FDR Jr Speaks At Rutland Whistlestop Campaign Rally
A 300 strong crowd gathered at the old Bennington railroad station for songs and speeches on a Rutland rail line stop during a daylong western campaign. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and Gov Philip Hoff led the event with remarks praising economic and educational gains, industrial loans, and state development. Hoff noted cutting a multi million dollar deficit toward a surplus and pledged continued resource, education, and industry growth. The drizzle did little to dampen a partisan turnout as the train moved on toward Montpelier. Roosevelt urged strong support in Atlanta the next morning.
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Bennington
Frederick J. Fayette
U.S. Senate
Fayette
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Vermont Development Board
Philip H. Hoff
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Rutland
John J. Daley
Commerce
Benenington
Seven Daughters of
Chittenden County
U.S
Bennington County
Montpelier
Hoff
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Hagerman
Former Slack Season Sees Big Tourism Hike
Bennington tourism surged as registrations at the Greater Bennington Association soared beyond 1963 levels. Week by week, visitors from across the United States and six foreign countries filled motels, aided by fall foliage timing, promotion of the foliage festival, and the 1964 New York World's Fair influence drawing Westerners and Midwesterners east.
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Greater Bennington Association
Bennington
GBA
Union
Alaska
Utah
France
Venezuela
Australia
England
Scotland
Holland
80 Die In French Plane Crash
A French DC6 airliner with 80 aboard crashed in the Mediterranean off Spain’s southeast coast near Cartagena. All aboard appeared killed. Rescue planes from Britain Spain and France converged on the wreckage as officials weighed survivor reports. The flight UTA 887 departed Paris en route to Nouakchott with seven crew and 73 passengers including two Mauritanians.
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Madrid
UPI
Mediterranean
Spain
Alcala Galiano
Cartagena
Royal Air Force
Gibraltar
Union Transports Aeromaritimes
UTA
Paris
Nouakchott
Mauretania
Marseilles
France
Palma
Balearic
Majorca
Barcelona Spain
Spies Too Hot To Handle Espionage Charge Dropped
In Mississippi two individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in the slaying of three civil rights workers at Philadelphia during the summer. Judge Sid ney S. Mize ordered secrecy on the indictments pending arrests and cautioned not to reveal defendants’ names yet.
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Biloxi
Miss
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Meridan
Neshoba County
Philadelphia
FBI
Mize
Jackson
Justice Department
Student Apes Secret Service as Johnson Visits Providence
Providence high school student Neil P. Coady posed as a Secret Service agent during President Johnson's visit, helped control crowds at City Hall, and rode in the First Lady's car to Brown University's Meehan Auditorium. The incident followed earlier security breaches and a separate case of secret papers found by a Rhode Island School of Design coed.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Johnson
Brown University
Brown Daily Herald
Neil P. Coady
Smithfield
Johnson and Wales Junior College of Business
City Hall
Brown
Meehan Auditorium
Coady
Secret Service
Herald
Mrs. Johnson
University
Rhode Island School of Design
Nancy Willis
Simsbury
Willis
Kennedy
Aiken retracts on well replacement order
Senator George D. Aiken says he erred in interpreting a Public Health Service directive as forcing dairy farms to replace all wells within five years. He now clarifies the order targets pit wells, not spring water wells, calling it another federal control move on farmers.
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Washington
UPI
New England
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Public Health Service
Aiken
Vermont
Fear Trial Would Tell Top Secrets
In New York the government drops espionage charges against Alexandre Sokolov and Joy Ann Garber, citing national security. The couple, once facing possible death, are to be deported with hearings on destination set for next week, while defense and judge praise constitutional protections.
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New York
UPI
U.S
Russia
Alexandre Sokolov
Joy Ann Garber
Frank F. Dooling
Sokolovs
Edward Brodsky
United States
Dooling
Eisenhower says something is wrong with campaign during NY visit
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told UPI at the New York World's Fair that something's wrong with the presidential campaign and he can't define the issues. He noted the race was confusing as President Johnson and Senator Goldwater campaigned, then softened back to his usual cheerful disposition amid cheering crowds.
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New York
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
United Press International
New York World's Fair
Fairgrounds
Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater
Eisenhower
Mamie
Inside pages recap at Shea Co vote and Vermont notes
Partial findings on Shea Co. vote are summarized with notes from Jean Wassick. Roy Marsden contributes thoughts on Vermont deer in a separate piece. North Bennington school overflow discussed as it encroaches into a garage, page by page across the issue.
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Shea Co
Jean Wassick
Roy Marsden
Vermont
North Bennington
Education Bills Get Boost ey Set to Johnson
Congress completed action on a final education bill. The Senate approved by voice vote and sent to President Johnson a compromise package expanding two federal aid programs. It extends the impacted areas program to June 30, 1966, with about 390 million dollars per year, and lengthens the National Defense Education Act to June 30, 1968 at about 1.8 billion dollars over seven years to upgrade instruction from grade school through college.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
Johnson
House
White House
House-Senate
John W. McCormack
Appalachia
Congress Adjourns After Scrapping Johnson Must Bills
The House voted to adjourn the 88th Congress, shelving two Johnson priorities on health care for the aged and Appalachia. Medicare and social security benefit increases failed, while a foreign aid bill and a broad supplemental package moved forward as lawmakers returned to campaign.
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Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
Appalachia
White House
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