Judge drops Betts bookmaking charges in entrapment case
Judge Eugene V. Clark dismissed the charges against Pietro M. Betts after a three day jury trial on a phase of the bookmaking law tied to raids on April 6. He said entrapment could not be ruled out and noted Betts was used by bookmaker Manuel Iskowitz. State's Attorney Burgess said the case would be appealed.
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Pietro M. Betts
Bennington
Vermont Department of Public Safety
Betts
John A. Burgess
Post Office rates threaten magazines and readers
The Senate should kill the proposed rise in second class postal rates. The plan to make the Post Office pay its own way risks wiping out many magazines, especially smaller ones, by adding hundreds of thousands in charges. Delivery is a public service, not a business, and the budget savings are negligible compared with cultural losses.
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Congress
Courts
Postal Department
The
Senate
Educational Television in Vermont Sees Broad Backing
Snowballing support grows for an educational TV network in Vermont with Gov Keyser backing and University of Vermont leadership urging action. Plans foresee 20 to 25 hours weekly of in school and cultural programming, live local courses, and interconnections from Montreal to Washington.
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St. Johnsbury
Eastern Educational Network
National Education Television and Radio Center
Vermont
CBC
Montreal
Maine
Boston
Washington, D.C
Burlington
Queen City
Public Safety Dept
Department of Motor Vehicles
Fish and Game and Social Welfare
Tomorrow and Today Germany Must Stand Against Gaullist Europe
The article argues West Germany should resist Franco German dominance and pursue Atlantic ties. It warns a Gaullist Europe conflicts with German and American interests, urging outward engagement with Britain and the Commonwealth to protect Berlin, reunification, and peace with the Soviet Union.
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Europe
France
West Germany
de Gaulle
Adenauer
Germany
NATO
Britain
Commonwealth
Dr. Adenauer
Washington
Berlin
Soviet Union
Live bait rules in Battenkill discussed by fisheries biologist
Montpelier Fish and Game Service biologist James M. MacMartin explains the Omnibus Bill relaxed live bait restrictions on the Battenkill with no law change specific to live bait. He notes hazards from dumping bait are remote and cites a 1956 shocker survey showing common forage fishes and rare pest species present naturally in the watershed. Brown trout totals from old cribbing at Street Bridge are also mentioned.
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Battenkill River
James M. MacMartin
Fish and Game Service
Montpelier
MacMartin
Warm Brook
Battenkill
MacMarchin
Street Bridge
Manchester
Pest Fish in the Kill and a Restored Wrist Watch
A river report describes pest fish hiding under old timbers in the Battenkill where electric shocks are needed to reach them. A fisherman loses his wrist watch in rising murky water, then recovers it two days later after a search with waders. The item survived hours underwater and still ran when wound. The piece ends with a series of quips and a telegram joke about a bishop requesting a substitute for a minister’s wife.
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Ford Robbins
Marilyn Street
Battenkill
Ford
Mason Amadon
The Flying Telephone Pierces a Sanctuary
A aviation column notes the coming air phone era allowing air travelers to call ground contacts. It argues the airplane loses a refuge from calls as phones invade ships trains and autos and predicts even pilots may be tracked by conversation.
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New York
California
Enzo Stuarti Breaks Through on Short Notice Fame
Enzo Stuarti, an Italian American tenor, found a life changing break in New Jersey when a hotel cancellations led to a last minute fill in. The 35 minute performance evolved into a five week run and a career boost with higher fees and financial stability. Stuarti, son of a baker, later sent his mother to Italy and continued a rising path in stage and recording work while balancing family and his passion for sports cars.
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Enzo
Stuarts
Italy
Azores
Supreme Court split on witnesses rights in Congress probes
A 5 to 2 Supreme Court decision reverses six contempt convictions for refusing to answer Congressional questions. Justice Stewart writes the ruling, joined by Warren Black Douglas Brennan, centering on identifiability of subject matter and First Amendment safeguards amid hostile political pressures. Justice Clark dissents, urging Congress to act as judge and jailer, while Douglas defends press rights against congressional overreach.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Potter Stewart
Earl Warren
Hugo Black
William O. Douglas
William E. Brennan Jr
Felix Frankfurter
Byron White
Kennedy
Supreme Bench
Stewart
Tom Clark
John M. Harlan
Clark
Harlan
Senate
House
Douglas
New York Times
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
White
Warren
Black
Brennan
Court faces free press limits amid cold war tensions
The piece argues that allowing a newspaper or pulpit to act as a Communist mouthpiece risks a totalitarian state. It notes critics like Sen. Eastland oppose automatic Congress punishment and discusses potential court realignments with Justice White and Justice Frankfurter.
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James Eastland
Mississippi
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Eugene Clark
Judge Clark
Harper’s
John Fischer
Atlantic Monthly
DeGaulle
By Walter Lippmann
Gen de Gaulle
Machiavelli
Richelieu
Talleyrand
Adenauer - de Gaulle
Dr. Schroeder
United States
Gen. de
Rod and
Bishop
Wall Street Journal
Colchester
Itizen
Enzo Stuarti
Hal Boyle
New Jersey
Finzo
Marquis Childs
Justice Frankfurter
Frankfurter
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