Vermont House Debates Tax Reform and Education Bills
Vermont Senate advances a bill exempting active duty servicemen from state income tax, costing about 50000 dollars yearly, while the House starts streamlining income tax laws to close a nonresident loophole. Also, a driver education program funding of 175000 dollars is approved. Memorial Day off for 80000 schoolchildren is reconsidered as Memorial Day falls on Sunday.
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Vermont
Senate
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Senate Education Committee
Ellery Purdy
Rutland County
Gerald Witherspoon
Witherspoon
House
Hoff Gesture Saves Granai from Red Face
In Montpelier Gov. Philip Hoff intervened to spare Barre representative Cornelius Granai from possible embarrassment by asking Republican John Masterton to withdraw a censure resolution. Granai had threatened tomatoes at Hoff during an urban renewal talk, but Hoff said the incident was likely jest and reaffirmed support for urban renewal.
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Hoff
Masterton
House Judiciary Committee
Granai
Barre
Dante's Birth Celebration at Bennington College
Bennington College students plan a Dante birthday celebration marking his 700th birth anniversary. Festivities include Hell in the dump beyond the Commons, Purgatory on the Commons lawn for costumed attendees, and Paradise dessert and music at Jennings garden.
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Bennington College
Dante
Hell
Commons
Paradise
Jennings Garden
Stratford Shakespeare Festival draws 206 today
Inside Bencs reports a 206 attendance for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival today with brief notes on program highlights and guest appearances. Rep Van Santvoord outlines more bills in the Vermont House as coverage continues. The Bennington County court docket mentions the ghost of Mario Paris in a recurring case, and local baseball tournaments take center stage in three area games.
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Rep
van Santvoord
Vermont
Mario Paris
Bennington County Court Docket
Dead miner found as four remain missing near Robbins mine
A rescue team in Robbins Tennessee reports one miner’s body recovered from a Brimstone Mountains coal shaft after an explosion. Five men were trapped 3000 feet underground Monday. the others, including brothers Lawrence and Clayton Griffin, remain unaccounted as fumes and heat hinder efforts.
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J. M. Sisson
Tennessee
S. M. Sampson
Pocahontas Coal Company
Morco
Lee West
Pegasus Satellite Races into Orbit
CAPE KENNEDY UP I reports Saturn I rocket launches Pegasus satellite into orbit. The bat like meteoroid detector will study debris hazards for Apollo moon missions. It orbits every 97 minutes at altitudes from 316 to 466 miles and will operate at least three years.
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UPI
America
Pegasus
Earth
Globe
U.S. Planes Stray, Vietnam Base Hit. Reinforcements Planned
Four American jets strayed off course and fired on Gia Linh, wounding five South Vietnamese soldiers and destroying a bulldozer. U.S. sources say 25,000 more troops will join the war effort, bringing total U.S. forces to about 70,000. Premier Phan Huy Quat reshuffled his cabinet amid unrest, replacing key ministers. Earlier, guerrillas destroyed three rail bridges near Da Nang and killed six Vietnamese soldiers in a relief ambush.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
South Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
Phan Huy Quat
Nguyen Hoa Hiep
Tran van Thoan
Kinh Quang Vinh
Psychological Warfare Ministry
Information Ministry
Dinh Trinh Chinh
da Nang
Gia Linh
Police Mum On Assault Report In Manchester
Police say both state and local authorities are investigating an assault reported early this morning by Mrs. Gordon Hurley of Barnumville Road. She said she was awakened in her bedroom after being struck on the head by an unknown assailant who fled after her screams. Mrs. Hurley, director of the Joyce Hurley School of Dance, was alone with her two children Kimberlee and Jeffrey when the attack occurred. She telephoned a business associate of her husband, who found her bleeding from a deep scalp wound.
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Manchester
Gordon Hurley
Barnumville Road
Hurley
Joyce Hurley
Thomas Martin
Manchester Center
Cloture Invoked In Voting Rights Bill In Senate
The Senate voted to shut off its five week debate on the voting rights bill. The move clears the way for a final vote and indicates strong party support for advancing the measure.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
South
Ing
Russell B. Long
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Five children strangled at Springfield home
Five children four brothers and a sister were found strangled at a Springfield Massachusetts home at 150 Northampton Street. Their mother, 26, was taken into custody though no charges were filed yet. Names identified include Eric LeMond six Howard five Craig two Norman one and Debbie four. Deputy Police Chief Edward Cullen reported the discovery and custody action ongoing.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
Eric LeMond
Howard
Craig
Norman
Debbie
Edward Cullen
Northampton St
Massachusetts
New England
Skowhegan
Maine
Beauty Seekers Blame Roadbuilders at Beauty Conference
A White House conference on Natural Beauty maps strategy in a two day meeting. Delegates denounce the Federal Highway Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers for intrusions into scenic vistas and destruction of beauty spots. Mrs Lyndon B Johnson opens sessions and attends multiple panels as 1000 leaders participate.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Unjust Assessments Hit by Witherspoon
State Tax Commissioner Ger ald Witherspoon says local appraisers use kangaroo court justice to raise lowered assessments. He urges an emergency bill to prohibit town sisters from raising appeals for three years and cites cases where land valued at 15000 was cut to 7500 on appeal but jumped back to 15000 next year. Hoff administration backs a county board system but action is uncertain.
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Listers
Hoff
County Board of Sisters
Vermont
Santo Domingo Returns to Normal Under OAS Peace Force
Santo Domingo daily life crept toward normal with bars and stores reopening as the OAS peace force assumed control. Rebels manned sniper posts at night but firing was minimal while international patrols in mixed nationality units operated under standstill rules. General Hugo Panasco Alvim of Brazil leads the force with Lt. Gen. Bruce Palmer Jr. as deputy. the 23000 American troops remain under foreign command for the first time since World War II.
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Santo Domingo
UPS
Organization of American States
OAS
U. S
Hugo Panasco Alvim
Europe
Bruce Palmer Jr
Brazil
Alvim
Auto Dealers Push For Schwartz Reappointment
The Chittenden County Automobile Dealers Association asks Gov. Hoff to reappoint Republican Robert E. Schwartz as state motor vehicle commissioner. They praise his duties and changes in department policy as progressive and for the public good, and urge placing the job above partisan politics.
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API
Chittenden
Hoff
Schwartz
Auto Dealers
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