Vermont House kills ETV bond issue and Senate approves court reform
Vermont House defeated a 2 million bond to fund a statewide educational TV network after a three hour debate. Senate earlier gave preliminary approval to a district court reform bill replacing 17 municipal courts with five full time district courts. The amended bill creates five full time judges in Windsor Windham Rutland Washington and Chittenden Counties with salaries around 14 to 15 thousand dollars and includes a $5 thousand study by the legislative council. Debate highlighted concerns over ETV state control and potential bias while supporters argued benefits for rural schools and increased per pupil funding.
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Senate
Vermont
Windsor
Windham
Rutland
Washington
Chittenden
Legislative Council
James Kennedy
Essex County
Caledonia
Orleans
Kennedy
Glover
Emory Hebard
Pownal
James Lounsbury
W. Clark Hutchinson
Rochester
Hartford
Byron Hathorn
Legislature
Manchester Town Manager Porter resigns to join bank
Porter announces nine years as Manchester Town Manager ending with acceptance of a branch manager position at the new First National Bank of North Bennington set to begin June 18. Board expresses dismay but praises his extensive knowledge and wishes him well while noting his impact on sewer projects and emergency dispatch system.
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Oakley K. Porter
Porter
First National Bank of North
First National Bank of
North Bennington
S. Whitney Dickey
Ferdinand Bongartz
Oakley
Walter Leland
Maine
Bay Path Institute
University of Maine
Sheraton Corp. of America
U.S. Gypsum Co
Manchester Center
Breen
Oakley Porter
Manchester Selectmen
North Bennington Bank
New York Police Chief Quits amid Civil Rights Tensions
New York Police Commissioner Michael J. Murphy resigns after four years in command amid clashes with civil rights groups over police policy. He defends past actions and says he will lead the National Automobile Theft Bureau. Mayor Wagner calls him the best police chief the city has had as Lindsay challenges Wagner in the November race.
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New York
UPI
Michael J. Murphy
Murphy
Harlem
Robert F. Wagner
Review Board
Wagner
New York Police Department
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Racial Marriage Laws At Church Parley Urges Repeal
United Presbyterian Church leaders in Columbus Ohio consider a report from the Committee on Church and Society urging repeal of laws banning interracial marriage and repudiation of racism. Mrs Martin Luther King Jr predicted more protests as civil rights efforts expand nationwide. King plans Alabama rallies to press lawmakers for Negro concerns with no Deep South demonstrations next week.
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U.S.A
Committee On Church and Society
Assembly
Mar
Martin Luther King Jr
North
South
King
Atlanta
Alabama
Deep South
Legislaors
Bombers Roar In As Marines Seek Viet Cong
In Saigon, U S Navy planes bombed North Viet Nam resuming air strikes after a six day pause. A large U S Army parachute assault swept Viet Cong positions while a Coral Sea raid hit Hoan Lo barracks and a power house near Chanh Ho. Viet Cong losses were tallied at 776 captured or killed with 1,020 Vietnamese soldiers and 67 Americans killed or wounded.
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UPS
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
U. S
Navy
Coral Sea
Hoan Lo
Chanh Ho
U.S. Navy
Phu Qui
Democrats Review Baker Report
The Senate Rules Committee sessions focus on a controversial draft report about the Bobby Baker investigation. Chairman B Everett Jordan promises a line by line review of the draft, approved by special counsel Lennox McLendon. The document, though not public, is said to cite Sen. John J Williams of Delaware and imply he withheld information.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Lennox P. McLendon
Sen
John J. Williams
Rdel
Williams
Vermont House Approves Periodic Realignment Bill
The Vermont House approved a mechanism for periodic reapportionment. A five member board with a superior court judge and party representatives will redraw House districts every eight years based on voters, while the Senate is redistricted every ten years after the census. The pay for board members was cut to 35 dollars a day plus expenses, with guarantees for summoned town officers. If no act is taken by April 15 following a presidential election, the new plan becomes law. The companion remapping bill would trim the House from 246 to 150 members.
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Senate
Montpelier
Committee Votes To Up Scholarships In Vermont
The Senate Education Committee backed a bill to expand state senatorial scholarships and raise individual awards from 200 to 1000 dollars. The measure would maintain senators’ control and cost about 210000, opposed only by Sen. Harold Raynolds.
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Harold Raynolds
Windsor County
Katzenbach Urges Mail Order Gun Sales Curbed
Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach urged Congress to quickly approve a curb on mail order firearms sales. He framed the move as part of a nationwide battle against rape robbery mugging and murder. Katzenbach spoke to a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on outlawing mail order weapons and sales to out-of-state buyers. Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler was to testify.
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Washington
UPI
Nicholas Katzenbach
Congress
U S Says Dominican Leaders May Step Aside for Pact
The United States urged that some military leaders on both sides in the Dominican Republic step aside for a political solution. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker told the OAS that a temporary coalition government based on democratic principles is needed, with progress tied to leaders’ willingness to relinquish power. Maj. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barreras rejected a plan to resign for a coalition, while Antonio Guzman emerged as a possible compromise president.
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UPI
United States
Dominican Republic
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Organization of the American States
OAS
Johnson
Santo Domingo
Bunker
McGeorge Bundy
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Imbert
Antonio Guzman
Juan Bosch
Snelling Attacks Hoff Over Baumann Davis Affair In Vermont
Former Republican lieutenant governor candidate Richard Snelling criticizes Gov. Philip Hoff for what he calls a frightful war on high state officials. He cites the dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner William Baumann as an indirect, leaks-driven firing and warns the pattern risks creating an insecure state government. Snelling, who lost last fall, argues arbitrary dismissals harm state interests and degrade employer employee trust.
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Shelburne
Richard Snelling
Philip H. Hoff
Snelling
Epame
Fish and Game
George Davis
Hoff
State House
Barre Urges Tomato Shower For Hoff Visit
Barre Mayor Cornelius Granai, a Republican legislator, called on residents to bombard Gov. Philip Hoff with tomatoes when he visits for a chamber of commerce urban renewal forum. Hoff faces opposition over redevelopment plans in the granite city next Wednesday night.
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UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Granite City
Cornelius O. Granai
Flery
Hoff
Chamber of Commerce
Berkshire Downs tracks lose money but show improving handle
Berkshire Downs in Pittsfield, owner B A Dario of Providence reports the 1965 meet’s first half averages a daily handle of 197 404 dollars, up from 135 059 in 1964 and 137 472 in 1963, yet still below the break-even point of about 240 000. Saturdays hit or exceed that mark, while weekdays lag, with May 7 at 137 797 contrasting earlier highs.
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Mass
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
Massachusetts
B. A
Dario
Providence
R.I
the Eagle
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