Secret U.S. Talks In Dominican Crisis Amid Battle Turmoil
In Santo Domingo heavy fighting persisted as four U.S. fact finding officials McGeorge Bundy Cyrus Vance Thomas Mann and Jack Vaughn met secretly with Ambassador Bennett and OAS peace personnel to seek a coalition government amid rebel and junta clashes. Casualties were reported on both sides as rebel forces claimed some advances toward a transport depot.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Johnson
Paul VI
Junta
Fausto Rafael
Washington
McGeorge Bundy
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
Thomas C. Mann
Jack Hood Vaughn
U. S
W. Tapley Bennett Jr
OAS
Governor Hoff opposes Champlain Waterway project
Governor Philip H. Hoff told Lake Champlain Committee members through Natural Resources Coordinator Richard Macomber that he will not back a speculative project harming the lake. He called Champlain the region’s greatest natural resource and questioned ongoing advocacy of a waterway.
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Middlebury
UPD
Philip H. Hoff
Champlain
Lake Champlain
Hoff
Vermont
Richard Macomber
United States
Macomber
Vermont Legislation Gears Up For Reapportionment Battle
The Vermont House resumes sessions tackling reapportionment reducing the 246 member House to 150, while a realignment board plan and other items such as educational TV and state scholarships await action. The Senate plans further reapportionment work and moves on Hoff regional proposals and court realignment.
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Senate
House
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Teach-In Heads Still Want Bundy Debate
Organizers of a nationwide Viet Nam teach-in urged McGeorge Bundy to join a nationally televised debate after he canceled citing other duties. Bundy had led a high level U S mission to Santo Domingo to confer with the American ambassador and a Latin American peace delegation on the Dominican crisis.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
McGeorge Bundy
White House
Bundy
U. S
U.S
Santo Domingo
Sabotage ruled out in Bien Hoa Viet Nam air base disaster
Saigon reports that military officials ruled out Viet Cong sabotage after a catastrophic Bien Hoa air base explosion. A chain reaction destroyed 22 bomb laden planes and other property valued at $20 million, with 5 Americans killed and 103 wounded. Lt. Col. O Shaughnessy and Capt. Earl defused four 500 pound time bombs buried in the debris amid ongoing investigations.
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Viet Nam
Teat Bien Hoa
Saigon
U.S
APS
John P. O’shaughnessy
Robert J. Earl
Air Force
William K. Martin
Defense Department
Washington
Joseph H. Moore
U.S. Air Force
South Viet Nam
America
South
Moore
U. S
Vermont Brush Burn Ban May End
State Forester Albert Gottlieb said heavy overnight rain and rapid woodland greening in Vermont may end the current brush burning ban by Thursday. He noted intermittent showers keep surface ground moist and reduce fire risk, despite seven inch rainfall deficit. Minor weekend fires totaled a couple dozen, with two Northfield incidents scorching about 20 acres. Governor Hoff extended the ban from April 12 to May 10 and now may lift it as conditions improve.
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Vermont
Gottlieb
Northfield
Philip H. Hoff
Case Opposes Dirksen Reapportionment Amendment
Senator Clifford P. Case warned that supporting Everett Dirksen’s plan to let states choose nonpopulation criteria for one legislative chamber would backtrack on progress. He said a statewide referendum could let states use any criteria, complicating growth and urbanization challenges in cities.
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New Jersey
Republican
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Dirksen
Case
Town Managers Speak to Unification Committee Tonight
Inside Town managers from Spring field and Brattleboro address Bennington's Unification Committee this evening. An editorial calls the Vermont House vote on reapportionment responsible action. Pownal rejects a junkyard permit amid controversy. Brattleboro Colonels beat Bend i 6 1 and Bennington Catholic 17 9.
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Springfield
Brattleboro
Bennington
Vermont
Brattleboro Colonels
Bendi
Bennington Catholic
Johnson seeks four billion excise tax cut to curb prices
President Johnson asked Congress for an excise tax cut totaling about 4 billion dollars, with 3.5 billion in two 1965 installments and 464 million more from 1967 to 1969. He urged rapid pass-through to lower consumer prices and full employment, detailing repeals on telephones, admissions, autos, bulbs, lubricants, and stock stamps.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Taylor says no limit on U S troops in Vietnam war
In an exclusive interview Maxwell D Taylor says there is no cap on American fighting personnel to South Vietnam and that the situation is improving despite ongoing Viet Cong reinforcement from the North. He cites Da Nang Bien Hoa and Vung Tau as key safeguarded locations.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Taylor
Hanoi
da Nang
Bien Hoa
Vung Tav
Teen Art Show 65 Showcases Local Teen Talent At GBA
Hundreds visit the Greater Bennington Association building to view 75 works by teens in the first annual Teen Art Show 65. Prizes awarded across media include Tricia Killian best overall, with top ribbons earned by Killian Grimm Garrison Greer Thibodeau McGaughey Koehler Van Orman and others. Two local bands performed during the weekend event.
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Greater Bennington Association
South Street
George Grimm
the Kings
Steve McGaughey
Tricia Killian
Barbara Garrison
Charlotte Greer
Kevin Thibodeau
April Koehler
Gail van Orman
Don Andrew
Edith Greer
Buckler
Miss Killian
Bennington High School
GBA
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Ringheiser
Dave Guss
Wildwater Boating Club
Pennsylvania
West River
Jamaica
Guss
Tom Southworth
Southworth
Sen. Case
Pownal Board
LBJ
Earnest Hobbrecht
Travelers
Benhi
David Gil
Rcihard Comins
Ed Levin
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