Interpretations vary two towns in interim zoning snags
Five southern Vermont towns and state officials clashed over interim zoning questions at a Windham Regional Planning Commission briefing. Officials admitted the law is poorly written and hinges on local policy. The dispute centered on who grants variances and how zoning boards interact with selectmen under the new act.
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Jacksonville
Vermont
Windham
Bernard Johnson
Vermont Central Planning Office
Selectmen
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Atty
Harvey Carter
Pownal
Johnson
Board of Adjustment
Whitingham Selectmen
Whitingham Farms
Attorney General’s Office
Whitingham
Kenalene Collins
Readsboro
Attorney General
Collins
James L. Oakes
Asst
Louis P. Peck
Oakes
Peck
Selectman
Wayne L. Peck
Londonderry
Magic Mountain
Ski Area
William H. Schmidt
Windham Regional Planning Commission
Schmidt
Czechs Forced To End Workers' Councils
Prague reports Dubcek announces end to workers councils as Soviet forces crush reforms. Government order disbands all existing councils, signaling a broader rollback of liberalizations. Kremlin pressure and August invasion cited as motive. echoes of Yugoslav model condemned by Soviets.
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Prague
UPD
Alexander Dubcek
Kremlin
Dubcek
East Europe
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Patient Freed After 24 Years
Burlington, UPI report states Thomas Lyden aged 43 was discharged from the Vermont State Hospital after 24 years when Superior Judge Rudolph J. Daley ruled him sane. Hospital doctors and Vermont Rehabilitation Department officials testified he would not threaten the community in Chittenden County Court. Lyden had been committed in 1944 after a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity on a second degree arson charge.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Rudolph J. Daley
Thomas Lyden
John W. Wagner
Vermont Rehabilitation Department
Chittenden
Lyden
Johnson dampens hopes of Vietnam breakthrough
Washington reports that President Johnson sought to curb expectations for a rapid solution in Vietnam, signaling caution about imminent progress while stressing continued effort. The White House communications suggested no quick settlement or dramatic shift in policy, underscoring persistent uncertainty.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Vietnam
No Breakthrough Yet in Vietnam Bombing Talks
President Johnson told a news conference there was no basic change or breakthrough despite reports of an imminent total bombing halt. He stressed no news would be announced until there is news and noted March 31 bombing limits were justified. Administration officials kept silent on Paris talks and possible secret contacts.
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Johnson
Whitehouse
North Vietnam
Rowell approves gag placed on Sargent
University of Vermont President Lyman S Rowell backs restrictions on Dr Frederic O Sargent resource economist and columnist. The limits follow a Sept 20 piece opposing a 5.3 million Victory Dam project drawing criticism from Denning Miller Water Resources Board member. Tyler Resch Bennington Banner editor protested academic freedom.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
Lyman S. Rowell
Frederic O. Sargent
The
University
Sargent
State Water Resources Board
Denning Miller
Stowe
Victory
Northeast Kingdom
Miller
Tyler Resch
Bennington Banner
Laos Informed U.S. Plans Bombing Pause in Vietnam
Premier Souvanna Phouma told UPI that Washington informed Laos the United States intends to halt bombing North Vietnam but no date is set. He said U.S. envoy Sullivan reported planes would stop, with no agreed pause date with Hanoi. It was unclear if Laos missions would be affected.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Prince Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
U.S
William H. Sullivan
Sullivan
Washington
Hippie Police Raid Nets Dozens In Upstate New York
In Rochester and surrounding areas 280 policemen conducted 27 pre-dawn raids on a large narcotics operation. By afternoon 73 arrests were processed at a Rochester Police Academy command post. Seized were heroin marijuana hashish barbiturates amphetamines LSD and STP along with obscene films stolen cars revolvers and household items. Ages 17 to 40 included women college-age hippies and hard-core distributors. Fifty-seven arrestees were named in sealed indictments and arraigned before Justice Jacob Ark with bail set at 25000.
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Rochester
N.Y
Rochester Area
New York
William Lombard
Rochester Police
Prisoners Escape While Returned From Talk to Teens
In Greenville Mississippi two inmates Kenneth Holmes 31 of Memphis Tennessee and Earl Hickman 35 of Kennett Missouri escaped while en route back to the Shelby County penal farm after spending the afternoon warning local teenagers about crime.
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Greenville, Miss
UPI
Kenneth Holmes
Memphis
Tenn
Earl Hickman
Kennett
Shelby County
Hanoi Delays Peace Talks as U.S. Pressed
North Vietnamese sources said the next bargaining move rests with the United States as Paris talks stalled. In Saigon, U S Ambassador Bunker met with President Thieu while western and communist diplomats report Hanoi awaiting Washington’s reply to a U S plan linking halt to bombing with de escalation and South Vietnam’s participation. Johnson warned there was no breakthrough in the Paris negotiations.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
United States
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Washington
Red
America
Johnson
N Y C Strikes Threaten Presidential Election
New York faces a potential disruption to the presidential vote as large scale teachers strikes and police and fire slowdowns threaten to prevent polling. Officials warn electoral impact could swing the race with 43 electoral votes at stake and possible National Guard involvement. Albert Shanker goes on trial for contempt amid a long teachers strike that has closed most schools in the city.
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New York
UPI
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Teamsters
Thomas Mallee
Board of Elections
National Guard
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
PBA
John Cassese
Hong Kong
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
State Supreme Court
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John Randolph
Arthur George
Jacksonville Municipal Center
Campens Optimism
Rowell
Peared
Thomas Dowe
University of California
Upstate
Jacob Ark
Madeline Rusileski
Edmund Muskie
Ormsby Hill
Burr and Burton’s
BBS
Lamoille Union High
N.Y.C
Vienna
Interior Department
Wallace
Edward M. Kennedy
New Bedford
Mass
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