Reapportionment plans spark Vermont debate in Banner
The Bennington Banner discusses proposals to redraw Vermont House districts to address urban rural shifts. It notes Prof. Robert S. Babcock and Dorset’s Sargent B. Child plans, detailing town consolidation schemes and varying citizen representations across counties, including Chittenden gains and Addison losses.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Tennessee
Senate
Vermont
House of Representatives
Vermont House
Robert S. Babcock
University of Vermont
Sargent B. Child
Dorset
Banner
Child
Grand Isle
Franklin
Bennington County
Chittenden County
Addison County
The Law Is Last Resort In Teen Drinking Debate
The piece argues that illegal teen drinking in Vermont and nearby New York prompts calls to lower ages or loosen laws. It contends stricter enforcement and parental responsibility are needed, not wholesale repeal, to curb teen alcohol abuse.
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Vermont
New York
Woodstock
Springfield
Burlington
New York State
New York’s
Detergents raise guard on United States water purity
New York and Wisconsin move to study detergents amid rising foamy tap water reports. Experts note current filtration and purification fail to remove detergents as reuse of water expands, with Ohio River reprocessing reaching 3.7 times before joining the Mississippi.
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United States
New York
Wisconsin
Britain
Ohio River
Mississippi River
United States Targets Foreign Tourists With New Marketing Plan
The Commerce Department launches an unprecedented ad campaign to attract foreign visitors, backed by U S Travel Service funding and rail and bus fare incentives. Ads in Europe promote weeklong US tours at 98 dollars, while rail lines offer 15 percent coach fare cuts and buses run 99 day circle tours at 99 dollars for foreigners.
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United States
Commerce Department
U.S
Congress
America
Canada
London
Senate set for long debate over satellite communications bill
In Washington a Senate maneuver delays closing debate on the administration satellite bill. Democrats including Morse Neuberger Yarborough Gore Kefauver Long Burdick Gruening press for public ownership and anti trust action while warning of AT T monopoly control and heavy taxpayer funding of space communications. The measure faces weeks of discussion with possible amendments and a government ownership alternative.
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Senate
Washington
Ellite Communications
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
House
Wayne Morse
Maurine Neuberger
Oregon
Ralph W. Yarborough
Texas
Albert Gore
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Quentin Burdick
North Dakota
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Space Council
Robert S. Kerr
D. Okla
Aeronautical and Space Committee
White House
Kefauver
Western Electric
Army Signal Corps
Advent
State Department
Bonded debt critique letters Vermont finances debate
Hartland letter to the editor challenges Governor Keyser's statements on Vermont debt and taxes. The writer cites Standard and Poor's data showing 20 AAA ratings, current rates around 2.95 percent, and warns bonding is deferred taxation. notes maintenance costs and self liquidating bonds as priorities.
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Keyser
Vermont
Know
Hartland
Allen Britton
Massachusetts
Michigan
Department of Administration
Standard and Poor’s Corporation
Hudson Street
New York
Standard & Poor's
Britton
Calif
Conn
Ill
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Mass
Mich
N.H
N.J, N.Y
N.C
N.D
Ohio
S.C
Texas
Moody
Kennedy backs Anderson King health bill over Kerr Mills
AP analysis notes President Kennedy strongly supports the Anderson King proposal to extend medical care for the aged, arguing Kerr Mills falls short. It contrasts Kerr Mills limits and state variation with a proposed nationwide plan funded by a small Social Security tax, covering most seniors but not doctors fees.
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Washington
Kennedy
American Medical Association
AMA
Congress
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Rep. Mills
House
Kerr-Mills
Madison Square Garden
Democrats Weigh Rockefeller Opponent as Field Expands
New York Democrats murmur over who may challenge Gov. Rockefeller in November. State chairman William McKeon seeks grass roots input, with potential candidates including Stratton, Desmond, Hogan, O Connor, Wagner and others. upstate support and convention timing remain unsettled.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
George H. VanLengen
Onondaga County
James A. Farley
Frank O’connor
Queens
Samuel S. Stratton
Schenectady
Arthur Levitt
Charles S. Desmond
Court of Appeals
Frank Hogan
Manhattan
Desmond
McKeon
Buffalo
Stratton
VanLengen
Charlie Keene
Onondaga
Upstate
New York City
Syracuse
Rochester
Catskill
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Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Christian Science Monitor
Waugegan, Ill
News-Sun
National Press Club
George Cullen
Mail
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
Wall Street Journal
Naruldw
Marquis Childs
Herbert G. Ogden
Anderson-King
AP Press
HEW
California
Sen
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Rep
Cecil King
Rocky
Kirtland I. King
United Press International
Stanley Church
New Rochelle
O’connor
Albany
Daniel P. O’connell
O’connell
Jim Farley
Farley
Rockefeller
Navy
Hollywood
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