Hayes Says Sales Tax Dominates GOP Primary Issue
Vermont news notes Hayes leading as a sales tax plank dominates Republican rhetoric. Hayes argued candidates must declare stands before next Tuesday’s vote while Snelling backs the 3 percent tax and Hayes vows to block its inclusion in the GOP platform. Bernard Leddy sworn in as federal judge joining Brattleboro’s Ernest Gibson. Vermont State Police report 119 motor arrests over Labor Day weekend with 99 crashes and two fatalities plus 7 untimely deaths.
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Ludlow
VPI
Thomas Hayes
Hayes
Richard Snelling
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Albany Mayors Back Travers For Lieutenant Governor Nomination
In Buffalo the Albany mayor will nominate former Rensselaer County State Senator F Warren Travers for the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate. Travers says he has at least 60 delegates behind him, Albany County leading support, while Buffalo Mayor Frank A Sedita is viewed as a strong contender. NYC Council President Frank D OConnor expected to win the governor nomination. Republican convention opens in Rochester with no major surprise. Javits to place Rockefeller name for third term. Fossilized Ice Age horse bone found by workmen in the South Mall hailed as major find by NY scientists. Radiocarbon tests aim to date the lake bed and glacier sediment within 200 years, refining age estimates from a wide 5 000 to 100 000 year range.
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Albany
Erastus Corning
Rensselaer County
F. Warren Travers
Buffalo
Travers
Albany County
Frank A. Sedita
New York City
Frank D. O’connor
Rochester
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
Nelson A. Rockefeller
South Mall
New York State
Ressler Freed After Court Dismisses Manslaughter Case
Clarence J. Ressler, 24, who had been serving 7.5 to 15 years for the 1963 shotgun slaying of Maxwell K. Slick, walked free after County Judge John T. Casey dismissed the new-trial indictment for insufficient evidence. The prior confession was ruled inadmissible, and Ressler had won a new-trial ruling from the State Court of Appeals before this dismissal.
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Troy
Rensselaer
Clarence J. Ressler
Maxwell K. Slick
John T. Casey
Ressler
State Court of Appeals
Rescue of Air Force Captain Skowron After Downed Viet Nam Mission
Berkshire report details Capt. Edward Skowron of Cheshire being rescued after his F-105 Thunderchief was shot down 40 miles north of Dong Hoi Viet Nam. He ejected, parachuted into a bay, was picked up by an Air Force Albatross crew after ground fire. Skowron has completed 92 Viet Nam missions and earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses.
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Cheshire
Air Force
Edward Skowron
North Viet Nam
Skowron
Dong Hoi
South China Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
Viet Nam
Adams Memorial High School
Theodore Skowron
Ky Sees 60–70 Percent Turnout Possible in South Vietnam
Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky told reporters in Bien Hoa that few Vietnamese understand the upcoming elections yet he would deem them successful if 60 to 70 percent of eligible voters go to the polls to elect a constitutional assembly. He said the Buddhists have been free to voice opposition, predicted fair, free elections, and called it the first step toward democracy in South Vietnam. He also commented on North Vietnam, negotiations, and French President de Gaulle.
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Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Viet
Nam
France
Southeast Asia
North Viet Nam
South
Health Dept Seeks $5.3 Million Budget for 1967 68
Vermont Health Department seeks a 1967 68 operating budget of 5.3 million dollars, up 1.9 million from the current biennium. Executive administrator John Detore cites new health programs including air pollution control and radiological health, with a 50 000 dollar coronary heart disease program. A 40 bed tuberculosis wing at a Burlington hospital is not included. Federal funds support many programs despite past overages.
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Montpelier
OPI
Vermont Department of Health
John Detore
Department
Detore
Burlington
Health Department
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Bernard Leddy
Ernest Gibson
Brattleboro
Philip H. Hoff
U.S. District Court
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Truman
Johnson
Vermont Bar Association
Democratic State Committee
New York
Lt. Gov
Down In
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Dalton
4-H
U.S. State Department
Agency For International Development
Robert M. Hall
Washington, D.C
Florida
Wahconah Regional
Lee — Lee
Lewis Brukilaccio
Herkimer
N.Y
Brukilaccio
Rosina
Gould Farm
Monterey
Margarita
Franks
Ase Ais
ITV Dinners
Tobin
Boston
Omar Brand
del Monte
Morton
Mele
Mission Peas
Maxwell House Coffee
MTV
Clairol Nice & Easy
Oneida
E. Main St
Alka Seltzer
Health Dept
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