Alternate Bypass Routes Proposed for Bennington Plan
Local opponents of the state Highway Department proposal voted to submit alternative routes to the state and ask engineers to reconsider the line unveiled at a recent hearing. The Cadiz Morse plan would avoid major village disruption, potentially saving hundreds of homes and many businesses while aligning with a three-quarter beltline concept.
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State Highway Department
Bennington
Regional Planning Commission
Bennington Village
Bennington Flats
U.S. 7
Hicks Corners
Molly Stark
Flats
Joseph A. Pello
Planning Commission
T. Garry Buckley
State Highway Board
Buckley
Highway Department
Daniel Cadiz
William H. Morse
Burgess Road
Vt. 9
Roaring Branch
Chapel Road
American Legion Hall
Willow Road
D. and D. Jolivette
Overlea Road
New York 7
Whipstock Hill
Cadiz
Morse
Bennington Selectmen Back Unification Vote Delay
Bennington selectmen appear set to back the Unification Study Committee’s recommendation to delay any new town charter vote until late summer or fall despite urges from the League of Women Voters for a prompt vote. The League argued villagers were misinformed about voting rights and urged a new vote to unify town and villages.
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Bennington Selectmen
Bennington League of Women Voters
Selectmen
Unification Committee
Frances Shoemaker
Norton St
League
Celler Defends Constitutionality of Proposed Fair Housing Bill
Rep Emanuel Celler defended the fair housing measure as constitutional after a California Supreme Court ruling struck down Proposition 14. He called the decision electrifying as hearings on the federal bill resumed. Rep William Cramer disputed its relevance, while backers hoped the ruling would bolster support for broad civil rights legislation.
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Celler
Washington
UPI
Emanuel Celler
California
Supreme Court
Johnson
New York
House
Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Civil Rights Subcommittee
Congress
Guillani Opposes Gov Hoff Canadian Power Plan Report
Rep. Peter Guillani reports unfavorability toward Gov. Philip Hoff’s Canadian power proposal. He cautions against long term commitments or prepayment for Hydro Quebec power, citing cost uncertainties and transmission challenges for the Churchill Falls project to Vermont. He plans to share the 27 page study with Vermont House members as the council weighs the plan for a 25 year import period.
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Hydro- Quebec Commission
Churchill Falls
Labrador
Guiliani
Vermont House
Franklin Billings Jr
Woodstock
The
National Life Insurance Co
Central Vemont Public Service Corp
Rutland
Hoff
Vermont
Hydro-Quebec
Quebec
Central Government of
Canada
Inside Manchester protests highway spur at town hall
A brief item reports town fathers in Inside Manchester protesting a proposed highway spur. It notes local governance concerns and potential funding questions affecting the town’s development plans.
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Manchester
Johnson Defends U S Viet Policy at Princeton Speech
President Johnson replies to charges of U S arrogance in world affairs by stating the United States has shown restraint in Viet Nam and other crises. He argues power is tempered by restraint, cites sacrifices and questions which nation would accept limiting objectives or remove forces after goals are met. The trip to Princeton also spotlights ties between academia and government and notes many appointees hold advanced degrees.
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Princeton
N.J
UPD
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
America
Southeast Asia
Thas
U.S
South Viet Nam
Welfare
John W. Gardner
Henry Cabot Lodge
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Fulbright
Funeral Rites Thursday For Senator's Wife
Beatrice Howard Aiken 71 wife of Senator George D. Aiken R Vermont dies after brief illness at home. Funeral services set for Putney Federated Church with husband returning from Washington to be at her side. Survived by three daughters Mrs Morse Montpelier Mrs Cleverly Wellesley Mass and Mrs Jones Putney and son Howard killed in 1959 plane crash.
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Putney
UPI
Harry Morse
Montpelier
Harry L. Cleverly
Wellesley
Mass
Malcolm S. Jones
Howard
Bennington Adopts Resolution For Elderly Housing Authority
Bennington selectmen approved a resolution following a Housing Committee report urging formation of a municipal housing authority to pursue a federally aided elderly and low income housing project. The committee outlined codes, eminent domain, bonds, and rent limits as prerequisites and powers, stressing nonprofit operation and low rents.
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Bennington Selectmen
Selectmen
Housing Committee
Brattleboro
Bennington
Raymond P. Betit
Francis J. Hogan
Atty
Robert E. Cummings Jr
H. Glenn Payne
Bennington Village
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Cummings
Rensselaer Audit Vote Divides County Supervisors
The Democratic minority on the Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors opposed a key audit resolution amid long standing claims of misallocation and deficits, but the GOP majority carried the audit 19 to 15 along party lines. A separate proposal to probe the Welfare Department by a management firm was also voted down by Democrats in a straight party vote.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors
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Louis Sausville
Joseph Higgins
Richard van Santvoord
North Bennington
Alma Langlois
William Cramer
R-Fla
Cramer
Guillani
Gov. Hoff
Elizabeth Dwyer
Walter Lippmann
Medicare
LBJ
U.S. Viet
By Bob Hagerman
Mao Tse-tung
China
Albania
Mehmet Shehu
Peking
Rensselaer Co
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