Governor Davis pushes state reform and constitutional convention
Governor Deane C. Davis toured southern Vermont and promoted reorganizing state government to create coordinated administration. He proposed a cabinet or merged departments and said he supports the Constitutional Convention to be decided by voters next Tuesday. He criticized press coverage and cited 149 commissioners reporting to him.
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Deane C. Davis
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Davis
Vermont
Governor Defends Sales Tax Amid Criticism In Bennington
Governor Deane Davis urged critics in Bennington that revenue needs come from six to eight years of program adoption, not his actions. He cited tax policy as a response to aging programs and federal fund shortfalls, while advocates pressed for relief for the elderly and questions about repeated taxation on cable rents.
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Guma
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Deane Davis
Harvey B. Scribner
Davis
Bennington
Minerva Holmes
Lawrence Wright
Vermont
Montpelier
Congressmen Gather for Paris Air Show Trip
Dozens of U.S. House members travel to Paris for about a week to attend an international air show. They will receive up to 50 dollars daily for living expenses with government funds covering additional receptions and events. Fronted from Andrews Air Force Base, the delegation's exact size and roster remain unclear.
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Washington
Pentagon
State Department
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Science and Astronautics
Armed Services and Commerce
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Armed Services Committee
J. Russell Blandford
Paris
U.S
Editorial and memorial day items from local papers
Inside editorial backs post office reform yet remains cynical about its chances. Manchester unveils plans for Memorial Day observances while Banner critic William Gilbert reviews a Buxton School play in Williamstown Massachusetts. Hoosick Falls and North Bennington publish Memorial Day schedules.
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Banner
William Gilbert
Buxton School
Williamstown
Mass
Hoosick Falls
North Bennington Memorial Day
Nixon Proposes Major Shifts in Foreign Aid Plan
President Nixon asks Congress for a 1970 foreign aid budget totalling 2.58 billion dollars the lowest in the program’s 22 year history. The request includes 2.21 billion in economic aid and 375 million for military aid with new concepts such as an overseas private investment corporation and expanded multilateralism and technical assistance to boost agricultural output and public health.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
House
Senate
John A. Hannah
Agency For International Development (Aid
White House
Hannah
United Nations
Congress Cool to Plan For Post Office Reform
Nixon proposes transforming the Post Office into a government owned corporation with a nine member board, but Congress signals reluctance to surrender rate and wage controls. Rep Dulski and Rep Udall predict slow or limited action while McCormack calls it long-range. The plan would allow bonds for modernization and aim for self funding.
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Congress
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Post Office
Capitol Hill
Legislative
John McCormack
D-Mass
Morris K. Udall
R-Ariz
U.S. Postal Service
Tennessee Valley Authority
Train stalls under river traps hundreds in smoke
An electrical fire on a Penn Central commuter train stalled in the Hudson River tunnel trapped hundreds of passengers in smoke they escaped by ripping out doors and windows. An off duty conductor William J. Thompson, Rahway, N J, died when an engine pushed the stalled train out. About 140 injured and 95 treated, many from smoke inhalation, as investigators probe the electrical mechanism fault.
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North Bergen
UPI
Hudson River
New Jersey
Penn Central
New Jersey Tunnel
William J. Thompson
Rahway, N.J
New York
Jill Bradsits
Roselle
N.J
Yorty Repeats Victory In LA Mayor Race After Poll Doubts
Los Angeles re elected mayor Sam Yorty to a third term with 53.25 percent to Thomas Bradley 46.74. Unofficial returns from most precincts show Yorty 447,030 and Bradley 392,379 as turnout nears a record 80 percent of 1,127,224 registered voters. Bradley, a former police lieutenant, challenged Yorty amid accusations of corruption and urged impartial law enforcement while seeking white and minority support.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sam Yorty
Thomas Bradley
Yorty
Bradley
Rex Layton
Cleveland
Gary
Ind
Jess Unruh
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Edmund G. Brown
Demonstrators Protest Rockefeller Visit in Colombia
Police guarded Bogota as hundreds of student demonstrators protested Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller’s Latin American tour. More than 100 were arrested after clashes at the University of Bogota and other cities including Cali and Barranquilla. Rockefeller’s trip aims to shape U.S. Latin America policy.
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Rockefeller
Colombia
Bogota
UPH
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
U.S
Cuba
Peru
Latin America
Luis Etillo Leyva
United States
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Washington
Pacific
University of Bogota
Cali
Barranquilla
Monterra
Bucaramanga
White House
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Gov. Davis
Human Resources and Natural Resources
Interagency Committee On Natural Resources
Montepelier
Manchester
Hannah Ex
Thaddeus J. Dulski
Dn.y
House Post Office Committee
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