High Court Firm On Reapportionment
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its one man one vote ruling but agreed to hear new voter disputes from Virginia and Georgia. It declined further hearings on the landmark reapportionment decision, while accepting Virginia and Georgia cases for the new term. Virginia challenges a residence certificate to vote law. a Georgia case questions county wide voting in seven counties under the 1962 senate reapportionment law.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Virginia
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Illinois
Congress
High Court
Senate
Columbus Day Observance Divided In Bennington Area
The Bennington Italian American Club plans no Columbus Day observance while town and village employees celebrate. Banks and schools in neighboring New York and Massachusetts close in his honor as debates rise over Columbus voyage history and earlier Norse exploration.
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Bennington
Joseph Y. Shhaffe
Banner
Christopher Columbus
Bahaman Islands
New York
Massachusetts
America
Battle near Saigon Produces Heavy Viet Nam Casualties
In South Vietnam a major sun up battle near Saigon left over 300 Americans and Vietnamese wounded or killed in 24 hours. Two American advisers and a Vietnamese battalion commander died when their jeep hit a mine. Casualties include 98 government troops killed and 150 Communists killed, with 11 clashes reported as the fighting expanded in the Saigon area. A Marine officer was slightly hurt in a helicopter crash attributed to mechanical failure.
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Saigon
UPI
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnamese Defense Ministry
VEA convention draws about 3500 in Burlington
The Burlington convention is expected to attract about 3,500 attendees this week as the state workers gather for the VEA event. Bill Mauldin’s cartoon depicts the GOP’s predicament with Goldwater at the helm, reflecting the era’s political tension. A valuable horse is believed lost in a Pownal fire, prompting local concern and firefighting response.
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Burlington
Pownal
Early Halloween Prank Scares Neighbors on Dewey Street
Mr and Mrs Foley of 231 Dewey St staged an early Halloween illusion after a pheasant mistook their reflection and crashed into the front window, leaving a spider web crack pattern. A plastic spider prop taped to the window completes the effect while a replacement pane awaits arrival. Residents say the display draws many comments as they celebrate Halloween ahead of schedule.
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James F. Foley
Dewey St
Foleys
James Foleys
Johnson Proposes 10 Point Bill of Responsibilities
President Johnson outlined a 10 point bill of responsibilities to guide policy if elected, urging government restraint and global leadership. He defended his campaign amid attacks on Barry Goldwater, while Goldwater rested at his Phoenix home before a 10 state tour. Mil ler in Washington recovered from a cold as Humphrey pushed into New Jersey and New York.
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Goldwater
Phoenix
UPI
United Press International
Barry M. Goldwater
Washington
GOP
William E. Miller
Hubert H. Humphrey
New Jersey
New York
Reno
Nev
U.S
Father Son Jailed After Hit And Run
A Cherry Plain father and son removed a license plate and fled after a three car collision at Tomhannock Reservoir Road and New York 7. Charles H. Teal, 37, and his son Harvey Teal were fined $25 and jailed 30 days for leaving the scene after being arrested 20 minutes later by Center Brunswick troopers. Victims include Ann Jensen of Montreal and Diane Peteet of Barrington with leg cuts and facial injuries. others treated and released.
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N.Y
Rensselaer County
Charles H. Teal
Harvey
Center Brunswick
Tomhannock Reservoir Road
New York
Frank Marmillo Sr
Stillwater
Tomhannock Road
New York 7
Ann Jensen
Montreal
Canada
Reservoir Road
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Miss Jensen
Diane Peteet
Barrington
R.I
Barbara Quakenbos
Wayland
Mass
Megan Collins
Tuckahoe
Snelling Rebuts Hoff Over Fairbanks Credit Claim
Republican lieutenant governor hopeful Richard A. Snelling defended his claim that Republican planning kept the Fairbanks Morse plant in St. Johnsbury. He noted the 1961 Industrial Building Authority Act and said Hoff should recognize early GOP actions, while Hoff called Snelling’s recounting a distortion. Snelling spoke in St. Johnsbury during a Bennington County Republican caravan event.
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Richard A. Snelling
Philip H. Hoff
Snelling
Fairbanks-Morse
St. Johnsbury
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Hoff
Bennington
Industrial Building Authority
F Fairbanks- Morse
State Development Commission
Gov. Hoff
Bennington County
Pownal
Manchester
Voskhod 1 Launch: First Multi crewed Spacecraft
Moscow reports Voskhod 1 carrying pilot Col. Vladimir Komarov, engineer Konstantin Feoktistov, and doctor Boris Yegorov aboard a 24 hour mission after liftoff at 3:30 a.m. EDT. Tass notes orbit near calculated path as crew adapts to weightlessness and signals ahead of future space feats.
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Moscow
UPT
Russia
Voskhod
Tass
Yuri Gagarin
U.S
Jean Coulombe
France
National Center For Space Research
Leningrad
Konstatin Feoktistov
Boris Yegorov
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Earth
Space
Africa
Radio Moscow
GOP Urges Baker Probe Ahead of Election
Republican Sens. Curtis Cooper and Scott press for public hearings on Robert G. (Bobby) Baker and three others before the November 3 vote. They seek testimony about a $25,000 kickback linked to the 1960 Kennedy Johnson campaign fund and offer to be available on short notice to help quorum.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Rules Committee
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Committee
Everett B. Vordan
D-N.c
GOP
Baker
Carl T. Curtis
John Sherman Cooper
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
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