Bennington Planners Back Full Steam On Bypass Relocation
Bennington Regional Planning Commission agreed to move ahead with a recommendation for relocating two main highways around the village, meeting with consultant John C. Burdis of Albany to review traffic data, and then presenting findings to town and village officials. The plan aims to submit a final proposal to state engineers for U.S. 7 and Vermont 9 bypass routes, with construction possible no sooner than four years, and funding hurdles previously delaying the start.
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Bennington
State Highway Department
Commission
T. Garry Buckley
Begin
Gov Hoff Creates Vermont Poverty Program Office
Governor Philip Hoff announces the creation of the Office of Economic Opportunity in Montpelier to implement the federal anti poverty program of 1964. The office will be chaired by Hoff with an advisory council from ten state agencies and an executive committee to be appointed. No immediate appointments were announced, with speculation centering on Paul Guare for director.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Hoff
Paul Guare
Vermont
Deadlock Over Medicare Threatens Benefits Hike
Washington lawmakers fail to break a House Senate deadlock over aged health care threatening a benefits increase. Senate and House wrangle over funding and eligibility rules, risking delay or rollback of Medicare improvements for seniors.
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Washington
UPD
Senate
No Strings In Cyprus Russia Pact Opens Aid Talks
Moscow and Cyprus sign a pact promising Soviet aid to Cypriot President Makarios’ government after Turkish attacks last August. Foreign Minister Spyros Kyprianou returned to Nicosia stating there were no strings attached, while details remained undisclosed. Meanwhile U S lawmakers push Medicare talks and potential Amish exemption from Social Security funding.
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Moscow
UPD
Spyros Kyprianou
Cyprus
Kyprianou
Nicosia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Makarios
Navy Gets Photo Of Thresher
The Navy reported it has photographs of the Thresher hull including the tail section stern planes topside rudder and superstructure. The images show the sub number 593 and were taken by the Trieste II deep-diving bathyscaph about 220 miles east of Cape Cod where the submarine sank in 8,500 feet of water with 129 men aboard on April 10 1963.
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Washington
UPI
Navy
Thresher
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Cape Cod
Mass
Floods in India Kill Hundreds Amid Monsoon Disaster
Floods and cyclones sweep across southern India causing hundreds of deaths and widespread destruction. Death toll feared near 800 with rescue planes deployed. at Madenia a dam burst sent a 10 foot wall of water, threatening many lives and destroying a local hospital.
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New Delhi
India
Indian Subcontinent
Cananada
Indian Air Force
Madenia
Barry Goldwater Attacks Johnson Over China Policy
UPI reports Senator Barry M. Goldwater accuses President Johnson of downgrading China policy amid broad foreign affairs criticism. The exchange centers on U.S. stance and perceived concessions, with Goldwater urging stronger action and clearer leadership from the Johnson administration.
Ports Hit by Longshoremen Strike Across Atlantic Coast
New York and Washington report a 60,000 longshoremen strike crippling port operations from Maine to Texas. Most cargo halted, some passenger service continues, and a court injunction under the Taft Hartley Act may be pursued within 80 days as negotiations with ILA head Thomas Gleason and New York Shipping Association chief Alexander Chopin proceed.
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Maine
Texas
New York
UPS
Johnson
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
International Longshoremen’s Association
Justice Department
Thomas Gleason
ILA
Alexander Chopin
New York Shipping Association
15th Anniversary Passes Quietly In China Parade
Tokyo reports Communist China marked its 15th anniversary with a massive parade in Beijing but offered no hint of an atomic test. New China News Agency described 700,000 marchers as Mao Zedong watched, while Western observers monitored potential blast signals and U S planes patrolled the coast. Khrushchev sent trade union head Vik tor Grishin, and Lenin and Marx portraits adorned the gates of Heavenly Peace Square.
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Tokyo
UPI
China Today
Peking
New China News Agency
Dean Rusk
China
U.S
Japan
Formosa
Okinawa
Mao Tze-tung
New
Inside Foote Education Proposals and Local Ed Plans
The editorial on education outlines Foote’s proposals while New Bennington’s brochure aims to attract teachers. North Bennington reports successful kindergarten gym classes and Alumni Field improvements earn praise from the school board.
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North Bennington
Four Teacher's Aides Hired by School Board
The Bennington Graded School District authorized four teacher's aides at up to $1000 each for the coming school year. Three aides will serve Bennington Elementary and one at Cora B. Whitney School. Aides will assist with tasks to free teachers for instruction and may supervise students and handle routine duties. A service corps with high school students will support primary grades.
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Ford Foundation
Bennington High School
Vermont
J. Roy Newton
State University of New York At Albany
University of Vermont
Bennington Graded
Bennington
Cora B. Whitney
Benhi
Ralf
Kates
Service Corps
Johnson Urges NATO Ties Through Trade and Aid
President Johnson called NATO partners to bridge East and West through trade ideas visitors and humanitarian aid as part of a broader Western role in NATO. He urged unity restraint and a widening common ground while noting campaigns and future plans with Goldwater.
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Goldwater
Presidency
Supreme Court
Johnson
Congress
Indiana
Tolco
Ohio
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
China
Baltimore
UPI
America
NATO
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Johns Hopkins University
Barry M. Goldwater
Johns Hopkins
Milton S. Eisenhower
Soviet Union
George C. Marshall
Brown University
Providence
R.I
North Carolina
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
California
Mrs. Johnson
Raleigh
N.C
New Orleans
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N.M
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Tenn
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Ways & Means Committee
Estes
John L. McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Dept
Barry
Indianapolis
Jeffersonville
Foote
Theale
England
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