Nationwide strikes idle 47000 workers across industries
Strikes across meat packing to coal mining idle nearly 47000 workers nationwide. Teachers returned to classrooms in Louisville and Oklahoma after a one day boycott while wage and working condition demands loom. United Steelworkers meet in Pittsburgh to plan wage talks with the steel industry as Ford plants face a five day walkout affecting 16000 workers. UAW disputes affect Allis Chalmers and Mack truck plants with thousands out over contract talks.
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United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Mich
UAW
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Springfield
Ill
la Porte
Ind
Mack Truck
Seaboard
Johnson and McNamara seek leaner defense budget
President Johnson led cabinet talks to trim the defense budget below 100 billion while patching NATO rifts over a multinational Polaris fleet. McNamara Vance and Rusk reviewed spending plans as 13 task forces draft programs for the coming fiscal year starting July 1.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
NATO
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
Lbj Ranch
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Cyrus R. Vance
Noouse
Sdly Yuleson
McNamara
White House
Defense Department
Congress
Rusk
Bundy
Washington
Atlantic Alliance
United States
France
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
U.S. Losses In Viet Nam Set Record
In October 1967, 20 American servicemen were killed and another presumed dead as a missing in action, the highest October battle deaths to date. U.S. wounded totaled 49, while Viet Cong casualties reached 1,270 killed and 365 wounded. The Viet Nam government lost more weapons than captured, enough to equip 900 troops.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
UPS
South Viet Nam
Marine Corps
U.S
Inside Vermont educators meet in Boston on discovery age
Editorial comments on U S nuclear policy weighted voting plans for state legislatures noted across pages. Hoosick Falls scholars excel on TV schoolhouse segment highlights and a Manchester couple celebrates 50 years together on page five.
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Vermont
Boston
U.S
Hoosick Falls
Manchester
Billings Nixes State GOP Fight
Woodstock Vermont House Speaker Franklin S. Billings said there is no need for an intra party fight for control of the Vermont GOP. He expects no purge of Goldwater followers and favors scrutiny of Gov Hoff’s programs. He noted a GOP committee meeting is likely and did not foresee a party squabble.
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House
Franklin S. Billings
Woodstock
Billings
Republican Party
Barry Goldwater
Philip Hoff
Hoff
GOP State Committee
Mont
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Deer Season Delay Here Seen Likely
MONTPELIER Vermont deer season opens Saturday with expectations of a record kill but officials warn a delay is likely in four rain parched southern counties Bennington Windham Windsor and Rutland due to forecasted woodland closures If postponed compensatory days would be added to the season which ends November 29 Last year’s mild winter aided fawn survival hinting at a bumper crop for hunters
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Montpelier
Vermont
Bennington
Windham
Windsor
Rutland
Fish and Game
Nixon Says GOP Too Far Right Takes Center Path
Former Vice President Richard Nixon told United Press International the Republican Party has swung too far right and needs discipline to unite for 1966 elections. He named Rockefeller Case Javits Lodge and others as ultra liberal while urging a center position with Scranton Romney and Percy as potential leaders. Nixon emphasized focusing on 1966, not 1968, and said he would discourage any 1968 activity for himself.
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New York
UPD
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
Nixon
United Press International
John F. Kennedy
Barry M
Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Manhattan
Wall Street
California
Rockefeller
Spain
UPI
A. Rockefeller
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Senate
Thomas H. Rachel Calif
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
San Francisco
Michigan
George W. Romney
Charles H. Percy
Rival Vermont towns feud over consolidated governance
Brattleboro, a consolidated town and village with a single school district, paid fire department, town manager, housing authority, and wide zoning, contrasts with Bennington’s three villages and multiple districts. Corwin Elwell and George Miller compare Brattleboro’s streamlined system to Bennington’s fragmented structure, urging regional planning for growth and efficiency.
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Vermont
Bennington
Corwin (Corky) Elwell
Brattleboro
George Miller
Brattlesboro
Corwin Elwell
Janeway Pushes Burch Out as GOP Senators Back Hoff
Vermont GOP leaders pledge cooperation with Democratic Gov. Hoff after a party setback. Edward G. Janeway predicts Dean Burch will resign in a no confidence vote while urging unity with Nixon and Rockefeller. Sixteen of seventeen Vermont GOP senators meet to map strategy for 1965 session, promising to judge measures on merit and support Hoff’s administration.
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Dean Burch
Janeway
Windham County
Urch
National Committee
Burch
South Londonderry
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
San Francisco
Vermont
Senate
Philip H. Hoff
GOP
Winston L. Prouty
R.t
Partridge Group Readies Plans for Legislators
The Legislative Reapportionment Commission aims to present a set of reapportionment proposals in bill form as the 1965 session opens, with Rep. Sanborn Partridge leading efforts to beat the April 1 court deadline for realignment. Regular meetings continue as lawmakers prepare for the convening, under court orders barring new legislation except the revamping measure. The Gov. Hoff appointed blue ribbon panel is expected to relay findings to Partridge’s commission.
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Philip H. Hoff
Partridge
Legislative Commission
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Etter
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Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Manfried Kleiberg
Europe
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Lee Brattleboro
Huygens
Boyle
Ohm
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Jane Francis
Gerald Amadon
Thelma van Dale
John Dailey
Buckler
Partridge Group
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