Redistricting Sparks Debate At Educational Parley
A Bennington gathering of school directors administrators and state officials debated redistricting amid fears of local control loss and an unclear future for Burr and Burton Seminary in Manchester. Panelists urged unified K 12 districts while concerns over private seminary status and local boards persisted.
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Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Bennington
State Board of Education
Harold
Ron) Raynolds
Howard F. Kelley
Bennington South Supervisory
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
Burr and Burton
State
Raynolds
Manchester School Board
North Shire
North
BBS
Powers
McCullough
Union School Board
Springfield
Hamilton
State Board Delays Approval for Manchester and Nearby Highs
Vermont state Board of Education heard Commissioner Gibboney recommend deferring approval for Manchester and Groton McIndoes Academy and Shoreham High Schools, placing them in a category of schools with serious problems. Arlington Memorial High School granted a time waiver. failure to progress by Nov 1 could lead to disapproval by July 1, 1968. Mount Anthony Union High School and Whitingham Wilmington High Schools named in compliance group.
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State Board of Education
Richard E. Gibboney
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Groton High School
McIndoes Academy
Shoreham High School
Gibboney
Arlington Memorial High School
Mount Anthony Union High School
Whitingham
Wilmington High Schools
Guideline Deal Proposed To Pass School Aid Bill
Washington D C. House leaders discuss a deal with southern lawmakers to back President Johnson’s 3.5 billion school aid bill through 1969. Southern reps push for Edith Green’s amendment to require uniform application of desegregation guidelines, with talks continuing up to the vote as Republicans threaten the aid package for needy private school pupils.
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Washington
House
Johnson
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Carl Albert
Okla
Carl D. Perkins
D-Ky
Education and Labor Committee
Joe OD
Waggonner Jr
D-La
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
Edith Green
Dore
Green
U.S. Office of Education
Harold Howe II
Perkins
Inside Columnist Sees Spring in Mountain Mood
Carlo Wolter notes spring may arrive in the mountains in his Inside column on Page 4. An editorial advocates highway improvements on Page A. A letter writer laments high taxes and low wages in the area on Page 4.
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Carlo Wolter
Thant in Cairo Aims to Avert War as Port Blockade Looms
Thant arrived in Cairo to urge de escalation amid Israel Arab tensions. Nasser threatened to blockade Elath, Israel’s only outlet to the Red Sea, fueling a regional crisis as U.N. forces were ordered withdrawn and both sides moved troops. Washington and London warned citizens to depart the area.
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Cairo
UPC
United Nations
Thant
Israel
Mideast
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Elath
Red Sea
New York
Mahamoud Riad
Indarjit Rikhye
India
U.N
Nasser
U. S. State Department
United States
Britain
U.S
Tel Aviv
Damascus Radio
Voice of
Syria
Gulf of Aqaba
America
Middle East
Gangster Influence Denied At Green Mountain Park
Vermont Attorney General James L. Oakes said there is no apparent link between Green Mountain Park in Pownal and the New England Cosa Nostra after consulting the FBI. He stated he personally checked possible connections with federal investigators Monday night.
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Green Mountain Park
Montpelier
UPD
Vermont
Pownal
New England
James L. Oakes
UPI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Davis
FBI
Providence
R.I
Louis Taglianetti
Warwick
Raymond Patriarca
Cosa Nostra
Patriarca
John Barbarian
Louis Smith
Smith
Rockingham Park
Salem
N.H
Barbarian
Berkshire Downs
Hanscock
Mass
Oakes
Green Mountain
Underworld
Morton warns of U S war fever over Vietnam policy
Senator Thruston Morton warns that U S war fever grows as no clear endgame is given for Vietnam. He says total victory would imply total world war and accuses the administration of under informing the public while FBI reports touch on underworld ties connected to New England racing interests.
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Washington
UPI
Thruston B. Morton
America
Johnson
Vietnam
Republican National
U.S
Kentucky
Morton
Senate
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
United States
Eisenhower
China
Brussels Fire Believed Triggered by Demonstrators
Police and firemen combed the ruins of Brussels big department store L Innovation for more than 200 missing as an arson possibility is explored. At least 34 bodies recovered and about 100 injured. Anti American pamphlets found. protesters linked to the blaze amid a chaotic crowd outside the American Week sale.
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Brussels
API
L’innovation
Pierre Bolle
The
For Peace and Independence of Peoples
Pamie
Communists Continue Truce Violations
SAIGON reports say Communist forces killed and wounded over 100 Americans during Buddha birthday truce violations. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks left at least 10 dead and 77 wounded Monday, with 13 killed and 14 injured in other incidents. Air raids before the 24 hour truce downed a MIG21, damaged Hanoi area targets, and two U.S. aircraft were shot down. American troops defended while drawing back to defensive positions in DMZ and across South Vietnam.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. Air
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
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Supt
Wagner
Mt. Anthony Union High
Bennington Catholic High School
Union School
State Board
Cabot High School
Lyman C, Hunt High School
Peacham Academy
Bennington County
New Union High Schools
Levi Eshkol
Jerusalem
Egypt
Damascus
Foreign Office
United Arab Republic
Sen. Morton
Belgium
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