River Pollution Probed Near Vermont Tissue Plant
Biologists from the state Water Resources and Fish and Game Departments studied pollution effects on the Walloomsac River below the Vermont Tissue Paper Co plant. Tests collected Tuesday form part of ongoing analyses, to be included in a report for the Water Resources Board, which may take the issue under advisement.
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WRD
A. William Albert
Water Resources
Seeks 28 Million For Education Budget Push
Vermont Education Department seeks a record biennial budget of 28.9 million dollars for 1965, including a 6 million dollar rise in state aid. Commissioner A John Holden Jr. notes the hike over the prior biennium and calls education funding and a stronger department the era’s top needs. The plan adds 27 positions and favors permissive larger school districts under existing laws.
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Holden
Group Moves To Strengthen Presidential Protection
Washington reports a cabinet level committee studying ways to heighten President protection is expected to urge a 3 million upgrade of Secret Service facilities. The Dillon panel, created by President Johnson, plans a 20 month implementation with a 50 percent rise in agents and computers to track would be assassins, an electronic fence around the White House, and armored cars with protective glass.
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C. Douglas Dillon
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Warren Commission
Dillon
Secret Service
Commission
New York County Bar urges liberal sex statutes reforms
The New York County Bar Association urged drastic changes to state sexual offense laws at public hearings, proposing that adultery and discreet homosexuality not be crimes and that the age of consent for women be lowered from 18 to 16. The recommendations, presented by H. Richard Uviller, sparked debate with State Supreme Court Justice Hofstadter opposing the moves as an “abomination” while arguing for realism in consent age.
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UPS
New York County Bar Association
The
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State Commission On
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State Supreme Court
Samuel H. Hofstadter
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Oviller
Deer Hunters to Break Vermont Kill Record Today
In Vermont the Fish and Game Department expects a new state deer kill record as hunters reached 12,120 deer, 377 shy of the 1962 mark. The tally is 4,500 above last year at this point, with Windsor County leading at 2,290. Bears totaled 270.
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UPI
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Vermont
Windsor County
Manchester Taxpayers face hearings on reduced valuations
Six motel and inn owners in Manchester will have hearings this week and next before the Bennington County tax appeal board regarding property assessment reductions. Some hearings were withdrawn, leaving Marion Marcels, Zoller, Tuttle, Bartholomae, Palmer, Webb, Weissman among others scheduled at the Bennington County Courthouse in Manchester. Other board members include William Laurie and William T. Burns.
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William C. Sennett
Banner
Sennett
Bennington County
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Dorothy Marcels
Lambert Jr
Joan Zoller
Montclair
Lewis
Cornelia Tuttle
Chalet
Richard Bartholomae
Four Winds Motor Lodge
Hans and
Eugenia Palmer
Palmer House
Albert
Virginia Webb
Weathervane Motel
Zlata Weissman
Four Seasons Motor Court
County Appeal Board
William Laurie
Rupert
William T. Burns
Dorset
Vermont Auto Insurance Rates Seen Rising About 20 Percent
State Banking and Insurance Commissioner Robert E. Cummings says he will approve an auto insurance rate hike in Vermont. The increase, expected to end the year, will raise premiums for a Burlington adult driver by about 17 dollars annually and about 11 dollars in Rutland and other areas. Bodily Injury coverage would rise nearly 5 percent and property damage coverage by more than 32 percent.
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Burlington
Rutland
Cummings
Inside Story On Reading At Red Brick School
On the Inside column recounts how retarded children learn to read and count at the Red Brick School as part of daily classroom routines. An editorial on Page 4 discusses Al Moulton's Vermont book prediction offering a word to the wise. Page 5 notes Shaftsbury citizens' committee prepping for a school information meeting and Manchester garden clubbers backing a second state board billboard resolution.
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al Moulton
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Manchester
Congo Rebels Torture U.S. Consul in Stanleyville
U.S. consul Michael P. E. Hoyt describes weeks of torture by Congolese rebels in Stanleyville. He recalls being forced to eat an American flag and marched to a public square where execution was threatened. Hoyt, rescued with staff in a joint airlift, arrived in Leopoldville wearied but alive, recounting the terror and massacres that occurred as rebels opened fire on crowds.
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Paul Carlson
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Phyllis Rine
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Hector Macmillan
Unevangelized Fields Mission
Stiff Upper Lip Old Chappie
Report from Sporting Life notes a Cheltenham meeting gag about a rider Michael Vance misplacing teeth. It also recounts a separate account of a rebel ambush and a flag eating incident involving consular officials, including Hoyt, with grim humor about durability.
Riots Persist In Saigon As Martial Law Imposed
Saigon soldiers breached a 15 foot wall of flame to quell fresh anti government riots. Prime Minister Tran Van Huong imposed martial law and a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. amid four days of student unrest. Sixty plus injured, many policemen, two officers near death. Saigon Radio warned agitators face court martial and swift penalties.
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UPI
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Nguyen Khanh
U.S
Maxwell Taylor
Washington
Johnson
FBI Chief Raps Pressure Groups at Loyola Dinner
Chicago CHICAGO Hoover denounced pressure groups using the FBI for selfish aims and urged adherence to impartial investigation. He criticized zealots who “cry liberty when they mean license” and defended the bureau’s independence and jurisdiction. He also lashed at King and the Warren Commission in remarks during the visit.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
President Johnson's Thanksgiving Proclamation
President Johnson proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to give thanks for a bountiful harvest and advancements while pledging to eradicate poverty, build peace, honor fallen servicemen, defend freedoms, and seek divine guidance for a future of liberty and justice. The address urges unity, devotion, and prayer across homes and worship places.
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Abraham Lincoln
Virginia
New England
Soviets Demand End to Congo Military Intervention
Moscow formally protested to the United States Britain and Belgium accusing them of aggression in the Congo. Tass said notes demanded immediate cessation of foreign intervention and withdrawal of mercenaries, while Moscow rejected U.S. assurances about paratrooper actions to save hostages. The Kremlin warned of crime against the Congolese people and threats to regional peace.
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Vasily V. Kuznetsov
U.S
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