Vermont Task Force Calls for 12 Regional School Districts
A Vermont education task force led by Attorney John G. Kristensen recommends reorganizing public schools into 12 regional districts with a state role in funding and governance. Proposals include higher state aid, regional superintendents appointed by the state, comprehensive high schools, expanded vocational and research programs, and tightened teacher standards with potential two year college pathways. The plan urges state financing, an educational research program, and an eight year commitment to develop patterns for an economically sound system.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Atty. John G. Kristensen
Guilford
Lyndon and Johnson
University of Vermont
State Department of Education
Kristensen
State Board of Education
Harold Raynolds
Springfield
State Education Board
Ellen McKibben
South Burlington
William O. Moeser
Robert M. Wilson
Bennington
America
Weather sketch of mild days and visible Pleiades
The forecast reports a fair, warming trend with a high near 70 and a cool night around 50. Expect sunny skies Thursday with stronger winds. yesterday reached 60 with a 33 low. Early morning reading 34, sunset at 5 56 p m, sunrise 7 19 a m. Precipitation negligible over 18 days. The Pleiades appear low in the eastern sky at dusk.
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Pleiades
Bennington Trustees Rework Village Zoning To Comply
Trustees vote to restart drafting and hearings for a new village zoning ordinance known as the safe way. A Village Zoning Commission will redraft the May ordinance and three public hearings are planned over about two months before a March vote.
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Bennington
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
Joseph D. Corcoran
John H. Williams
Ferry Sinks Off Seoul Carrying Schoolchildren
A river ferry capsized near Hoju southwest of Seoul while returning from a picnic. Police say 37 children and 12 adults drowned, with 88 rescued from the water as the vessel carrying 137 passengers, mostly fifth and sixth graders from Anyang, went over.
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Seoul
Korea
Anyang
Hoju
Here
Post Office spat sparks Bennington planning debate
Peter F. Grigas of John C. Burdis Associates told the Bennington Lions Club that the Elm Street site for a new post office was not recommended and ranked fifth among five options. He cited pedestrian concerns and how sites could better link the business district, noting the old library corner as favorable. Grigas challenged postal officials over building size and the project’s ignored planner input, while club members argued over lot size and condition of the current building.
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Grigas
Elm Street
Silver and
Main Streets
Bennington
Hoff backs task force report labeled courageous
Gov. Hoff said he supports the educational task force recommendations calling for 12 regional school districts with state appointed superintendents. He warned the legislature may have reservations and noted concerns about some aspects of the report.
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Montpelier
Hoff
U S Plans Cut in Surplus Food Aid to South Viet Nam
Washington reports a policy shift to pressure President Ngo Dinh Diem to curb authoritar ian moves and advance war efforts against the Viet Cong. Surplus wheat flour cotton and milk shipments will be reduced, with support to Diem’s forces tied to combat duty. Negotiations for 1964 allotments are delayed. about 60 million in 1963 aid, including 27 million in commercial channels, is under review.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
State Department
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Sinclitico Seen Poised to Lead Bennington County Democrats
James Sinclitico of Pownal appears headed for the chairmanship of the Bennington County Democratic Committee as the meeting at the Bennington County Courthouse considers nomination and likely election. Incumbent Spencer A. Haynes will not seek re election.
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Bennington
Earl J. Harris
North Bennington
Gloria Gil
McCall St
UN Troops Escort Travelers in Congo Amid Road Attacks
Elisabethville Congo AP UN forces begin escorting convoys as armed bands control main roads. Six Africans killed on the Jadotville route Saturday and over 40 Africans report being robbed or beaten since Friday. Local political notes include potential county posts with Earl Harris and Gloria Gil.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
United Nations
Jadotville
Big Lift schedule keeps pace amid fog and delays
Fog forced diversions of some Exercise Big Lift transports near Frankfurt as the 72 hour deadline loomed. Most troops from the U S 2nd Armored Division arrived at West German and French bases while Germany feared troop withdrawals. officials assured no Europe-wide pullback.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Rhein - Main Air Base
Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base
England
U.S. 2Nd Armored
United States
America
West Germany
Europe
Washington
Dean Rusk
Rhein- Main
Atlantic
Loring
Dow Air Force
Maine
Berlin
Hoff Not Hopeful for Special Session Plan
Governor Philip H. Hoff said he doubted Republican leaders would back his plan for a two day November special session. He blamed Lt. Gov. Ralph A. Foote and Speaker Franklin S. Billings Jr. for an unfavorable reaction while pushing education highways natural resources and local government as his focus.
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Hoff
Billings
Roger L. MacBride
Halifax
Foote
Inside Goldwater's U N shift signals UN success
An editorial on page 4 notes Barry Goldwater's evolving stance toward the United Nations as a sign of the world body’s growing legitimacy. Also mentioned are a historic Shaftsbury stone house and drought driven scratches at Green Mountain Park.
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Goldwater
U.N
Green Mountain Park
Chicago School Boycott Ties to School Head Policies
Nearly half of Chicago public school pupils stayed home in a large civil rights boycott attacking segregation and Superintendent Benjamin Willis. Officials reported 224,770 absences amid threats and a clash over an open transfer plan as 8,000 to 10,000 marched to City Hall.
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Chicago
Benjamin C. Willis
Willis
City Hall County
Board of Education
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Vermont Task Force
State School Directors Association
Resch
Raynolds
Mrs.McKibben
Moeser
Wilsen
Post Office
Bennington Lions Club
Knotty Pine
Peter F. Grigas
John C. Burdis Associates
Albany Planning
Bennington Town and Villages
Viet Nam
New York
Tito
Sinclufico
Congo
Harris
Norshaft Democratic Club
Gil
Shaftsbury
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