Bennington College Announces It Will Go Coed
Bennington College will become fully coeducational next fall with about 30 male students enrollment under admission standards. President Edward J. Bloustein said policy will continue, no fixed men to women ratio, total enrollment capped at 600. He noted campus benefits and earlier informal coeducation, citing educational opportunities for men and dating trends among today’s girls.
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Bennington College
Beoe
Edward J. Bloustein
Bloustein
Bennington
Road Protest Grows in North Bennington Over New Spur
In North Bennington residents, led by Lawrence F. Powers, press a petition with more than 150 signatures opposing a Vermont Highway Department spur through the village. A public hearing on the plan is set for next Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Bennington Armory with trustees and candidates attending to push for a bypass around Bennington and avoid the center of the village.
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Lawrence F. Powers
Shaftsbury
Lake Paran
Overlea Road
U.S. 7
Harwood Hill
Bennington Armory
Vermont High Department
Bennington
Selectmen’s
Hilda Hurley
Highway Department
Houghton Street
Powers
Johnson Faces Post Fortas Move in Supreme Court Fight
President Johnson faces a reduced margin after Abe Fortas withdraws his nomination. Warren may resign as justice, with Johnson needing a new plan for a successor. Senate opposition, party shifts, and advisers shape Johnson’s next step as Warren returns to the bench. Griffin, Thornberry comment on changing nomination norms.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Earl Warren
Fortas
Warren
White House
Ramsey Clark
High Court
Sen
Robert P. Griffith
Reich
Sparkplug
Griffin
Humphrey
Nixon
Circuit Court
Homer Thornberry
Texas
Wallace Names LeMay As His Running Mate
Wallace names retired Air Force chief Gen Curtis LeMay as his vice presidential running mate on the American Independent Party ticket in Pittsburgh. LeMay praised Wallace and said he would change conditions in the country while supporting victory in Vietnam.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
U.S
Vietnam
George C. Wallace
American Independent Party
Wallace
LeMay
Alabama
Mexican Disorders Threaten Olympic Games Cancellation
In Mexico City authorities faced a violent overnight clash as troops and police attacked snipers guarding a protest by about 10 000 students. At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in the Square of the Three Cultures area as military forces prepared to guarantee Olympic security with nine days until the opening ceremony. A presidential spokesman said roughly 450 leftist students were arrested while officials weighed cancelling the 1968 Games.
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Mexico City
UPI
J. Paul Wyatt
Wyatt
Jane Borg
Borg
Heinz Leitermann
Army Junta Takes Over In Peru
A military junta seized President Fernando Belaunde Terry in a pre dawn coup in Lima. Tanks and troops surrounded the palace at 2 15 am and the president was taken away in a jeep. The junta suspended constitutional rights and claimed all armed forces backed the action.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bennington School District weighs new neighborhood school
Bennington School District considers building a 25 classroom neighborhood elementary on the Stark Street site estimated at 1.2 million dollars with movable walls and core facilities. The plan would require planning, fireproof construction, and potential voter action within two years amid rising costs and debates on tax relief for the elderly.
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Howard E. Kelley
Alfred T. Granger
Hanover
N.H
Stark Street
Granger
Stewart E. Allen
Anthony Pello
Springfield High School
Allen
Robert B. Condon
Citizens Committee
On the Inside Third student house dedication page 3
A student writes on man and nature in her teacher's editorial column page 4 while Vermont Hospital Association holds a meeting in Manchester page 6.
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Trustees Echo Road
Japan
Catamount School
Bennington Catholic High School
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University of Vermont
Medical College
Burlington
Medical Center
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Billings
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