40% School Aid May Be Doomed in Vermont
Governor Deane C. Davis warned at the Vermont League of Cities and Towns meeting that bleak near term finances could wipe out 40 percent education funding. He said upcoming costs to maintain the aid are frightening and little money remains for other programs. He urged efficient tax use as Vermonters pay high taxes and vowed to cut last year’s deficit rather than add programs.
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Middlebury
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Davis
Brattleboro
Joseph Carroll
Charles Sawyer
Code Committee
Carrigan Lane
Albert D. Ray
East Main Street
Ray
W. Averell Brown
Town Housing Authority
Federal Housing and Urban Development Dept
Brown
Housing Codes Aired in Bennington Village Meeting
Bennington Village trustees held a sparsely attended public hearing in the County Courthouse on proposed Building Housing and Safety Codes affecting all property owners. Trustee Pello urged understanding ahead of adoption at the next trustees meeting while attorney Pinsker noted a 5 percent petition can trigger ballot action.
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Bennington Village
Joseph A. Pello
Trustees
Milton Pinsker
Pello
Village of
Prouty to announce re election plans June 15
Senator Winston L. Prouty of Vermont set to reveal his plans for the 1960s political future on June 15 confirming he will seek a third term. Hoff and Meyer plan Democratic nominations with Meyer eyeing a third party bid if necessary.
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Washington
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
Prouty
Philip H. Hoff
William Meyer
West Rupert
Meyer
Record Set Market Makes Dramatic Gain
New York stocks surged to the largest one day gain in history with the Dow Jones industrial index rising 32.04 points to 663.20 as bond prices also climbed and American Stock Exchange listings posted their best day in years. The rally followed a mix of theories on why traders covered shorts, hopes from White House talks, and an oversold market, with 1,315 issues rising on the NYSE and volume at 17.46 million shares.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
John F. Kennedy
Wall
Broad Streets
Vietnam
Cambodia
Washington
Wall Street
Nixon Optimistic On U S Economy
President Nixon told business and financial leaders at a White House dinner he expects an economic upturn in the second half of the year with a third and fourth quarter rebound. He also said Cambodia operations are on schedule and troop withdrawal by June remains feasible, though he offered no guarantees.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Robert S. Oelman
National Cash Register Co
Cambodia
Mitchell
Lawrence D. Meyer
Chiarello
Republican Leader Indicted In Rensselaer County Probe
GOP chairman Joseph F. Casey and three associates were indicted on multiple felonies including grand larceny perjury and bribery in a year long probe of Rensselaer County politics. Caseys and Massrys cases stem from alleged misuse of contracts and tax related actions. Hearing set for June 30.
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Rensselaer County
Bill Kovach
N.Y. Times News Service
Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County Republican
Joseph F. Casey
GOP
State Assembly
Morris Massry
James J. Mitchell
Harold W. Chiarello
State Commission of Investigation
Casey
Republican
People’s Representatives
Massry
Republican Finance
House OKs SST funding as Senate fight looms
In a 176 to 163 vote the House approved a 290 million SST appropriation, keeping the project alive amid environmental opposition. Leaders argued for competitiveness with Soviet and British-French SSTs, while Rep. Yates warned of noise and environmental impacts and urged halting the program.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nixon
United States
Kennedy
Sidney R. Yates
D-Ill
Yates
Federal Aviation Administration
America
Inside Garden Club meeting covers land-trust plan
An Inside Garden Club of America meeting in town covered a land-trust plan. The article notes a page 3 reference and highlights ensuing editorial comments on a supersonic plane on page 4.
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Garden Club of America
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Sen. Prouty
Mt. Anthony Union High School
U.S
Christopher Lydon
Times News Service
FAA
Edward P. Boland
Dmass
Subcommittee On Transportation Appropriations
Boland
Thomas M. Pelly
Coalition
SST
William E. Minshall
Ohio
Friends of the Earth, Environmental Action
The
Sierra Club
Mankiewicz-Braden
Spiro T. Agnew
Will Rogers
Philip Hoff
Hoosick Falls
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