Vermont proposes 25 autonomous education districts plan
A Vermont committee of education experts proposes dividing the state into 25 autonomous education districts to improve quality education. The plan cites funding gaps, small student populations, staffing shortages, and outdated facilities, and sets nine quality standards aiming to raise district viability and pupil concentration to at least 2,000 per district.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Tri - Partite
Vermont Education Association
Vermont Superintendents Association
State School Directors Association
Philip H. Hoff
Tri-Partite
Weymouth Soldier Helps Rescue Berlin Wall Refugee
Army Spec. 4 Hans Werner Puhl of Weymouth joins four fellow soldiers in the Berlin Wall rescue. The group helped a East Berlin refugee escape to West Berlin amid 100 bullets and gunfire, with Puhl signaling guards and using tear gas to secure safety.
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Weymouth
Mass
Berlin Wall
Berlin
UPI
Hans Werner Puhl
Puhl
East Berlin
West Berlin
Bremen
Germany
United States
Dora Edges North East Coast With Gale Warnings
Tropical storm Dora churned north toward southern New England as warnings extended from Newburyport Massachusetts to Block Island Rhode Island. Forecasts predicted 35 to 45 mph winds with gusts to 60 mph and heavy rains for Cape Cod and the Islands.
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Boston
New England
Weather Bureau
Cape Cod
Salisbury
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Norfolk
Dora
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Youth Injuries Mark Weekend Auto Crashes In Area
A rash of area accidents over the weekend left four youths injured in a single Mangano youth wreck near Pownal Vermont. Theodore J. Thomas 18 North Adams suffered spinal and chest injuries and was moved to Albany Medical Center in chemical condition. Others injured were Mangano Delisle Mason. Edgerton escaped. A second crash near Vermont 346 injured Julia Greene 60 and Frank Greene 59 of Irving. David Knights survived a march wreck on Monument Avenue Extension. A deer caused damage to William Barrett 70 and two other drivers were in a collision near East Main and Pleasant Streets Bennington.
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John M. Mangano
North Adams
Mass
U.S. 7
Pownal
Vermont 346
Theodore J. Thomas
Mangano
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Thomas
Albany Medical Center
Edward J. Delisle
Julia Greene
Irving
Raymond Niles
Knights
William H. Barrett
Mercerville
N.J
Barrett
Bennington Village
Keith Chalmers
Clarksburg
Dean T. Mertrude
East Main St
East Main
Pleasant Streets
Hoff blasts Goldwater Foote in Vermont bid for re election
Democratic Gov. Philip H. Hoff told a Bellows Falls crowd that Vermonters will not buy Barry Goldwater or Ralph Foote and warned that Goldwater would reverse progress. Hoff accused Foote of drifting to safety while Dems seek the platform and opposed Snelling’s Republican bid tied to a sales tax and right to work.
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Bellows Falls
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Foote
Richard A. Sneileing
Shelburne
Snelling
Veremont
Campaign Trail Barry Heads South Johnson Goes West
Johnson campaigns the Far West and Sea while Goldwater targets the South and Midwest. Mrs. Johnson to lead an eight state whistle stop tour October 6 to 9 aboard the Lady Bird Special with daughters Lynda Bird and Luci. Humphrey plans Texas stops with Arkansas North Dakota and Illinois engagements. A nationwide telephone call blitz by Lyne don Johnson and Humphrey to rally women to vote.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater
South
Midwest
Goldwater
William E. Miller
Southwest
Hubert H Humphrey
Texas
Miller
Humphrey
White House
Mrs. Johnson
Lady Bird
Miami
Fla
Machinists’ Union
Far West
Great Falls
Mont
Lester Pearson
Vancouver
B.C
Blaine
Wash
United States
Canada
Arkansas
North Dakota
Illinois
Lynedon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
District of Columbia
Democratic National Committee
Khanh crushes coup as loyalists press for reform in Viet Nam
Premier Nguyen Khanh’s forces toppled a rebel coup without bloodshed in Saigon as loyalist officers demanded sweeping changes. They called for dismissing corrupt officers, ejecting traitors abroad, punishing profiteers, and purging civil servants tied to the Nov. 1, 1963 revolution. Khanh returned to say the situation is cleared though tensions linger with air force patrols.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Tan Son Nhut
Republic of
Viet Nam
Duc
Lam van Phat
Dalat
Cap St. Jacques
Duong van Minh
Useles
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
JFK Report Expected By Sept 28
The Warren Commission nears completion of its Kennedy assassination report. The White House is expected to release findings by Sept 28 to President Johnson. It reportedly concludes Oswald acted alone and Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby also acted alone.
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Washington
UPI
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
White House
Earl Warren
Johnson
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Oswald
Bennington Weddings and Engagements Snapshot
Inside the Bennington area page shows a full wedding and engagement section. The Banner features viewer letters such as a back lash and notes on Goldwater’s expected Burlington visit plus a state committee pursuing scholarships for needy students.
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Bennington Area
New State Committee
Farmer Chooses Death to Stop Vermont Highway
In Cutney Vermont 63 year old Ro Maine E Tenney burned his home and barn and died in the blaze rather than surrender land to Interstate 91. Deputies had moved belongings after a Windsor County court ordered removal as state work planned to begin. Tenney’s body was found in the cellar amid the ruins.
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Cutney
UPI
Vermont
Tenney
Windsor
New York School Boycott Dramatizes Racial Crisis
White parents opened a two day boycott of New York City schools to protest an involuntary integration plan. Picket lines formed at several schools while attempts to enroll a token group at a Queens junior high failed. Officials reported high absentee rates but no violence as 1,000 officers were on duty.
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New York
UPI
Queens
Brooklyn
Gross
Wages of Sin and Missing Peaches in Pueblo
Leone ard Carlo reported a theft of 10 of 16 peaches from a tree behind his pool hall in Pueblo. He also found two $1 bills on the grass beneath the tree and believes the money was dropped by a thief. at current prices the amount could buy about 10 pounds of peaches for $2.
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Pueblo
Colo
UPI
Leone Ard Carlo
Carlo
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