Vermont Labor Council Endorses Five Democrats for State and National Posts
The Vermont AFL-CIO Labor Council endorsed five Democrats for top offices while voting not to endorse any candidate for the U.S. Senate. Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Philip Hoff, John Daley, and Bernard O'Shea gained support, with the Senate race endorsement decision narrowly settled 30 to 29 for no endorsement.
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Vermont Labor Council
Afl—Cio
Council
U.S. Senate
State Council
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Philip H. Hoff
John J. Daley
Bernard G. O’shea
Congress
Winston L. Prouty
Frederick Fayette
Isadore Pinan
Burlington
Fayette
Joseph Cerasoli
Montpelier
Cerasol
William 4H. Meyer
O’shea
Vermont GOP Platform Targets Hoff as Goldwater Backing Grows
More than 100 GOP leaders in Montpelier adopted a platform denouncing Gov. Philip Hoff and backing Barry Goldwater for president. The document opposes new taxes, avoids a right to work plank, and supports reform measures while favoring Foote and Snelling in state races. Premier Grotewohl dies in East Germany.
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Vermont
Barry Miller
Vermont Development Department
Goldwater and Eisenhower meet on television campaign film
Barry Goldwater met with former President Eisenhower in Gettysburg to sign on as a star in a nationwide campaign film and plan a luncheon. He then outlined criticism of the Johnson administration over the Gulf of Tonkin incident and Viet Nam, calling for truth and questioning details about the attack.
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Gettysburg
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Eisenhower
Goldwater
Washington
Charlotte
N. C
Southwest
Midwest
New England
Michigan
Arizona
Johnson
Gulf of Tonkin
Viet Nam
U.S
GOP
Eisenhower - Goldwater
Unity
Hershey
LBJ Eyes Labor Vote Push Across Union Ranks
President Johnson plans a tour to court organized labor this week highlighting anti poverty and welfare programs. He will speak at Morgantown West Virginia and Atlantic City New Jersey before addresses to the International Union of Electrical Workers and several other unions. He argues federal action strengthens individual initiative and national prosperity while challenging Goldwater on economic policy.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
Morgantown
W. Va
Atlantic City
N. J
United Steel Workers
International Union of Electrical Workers
United Rubber Workers
Chicago
Tobacco Workers Union
Miami
United Textile Workers
New York City
Minnesota
Afl-Cio
St. Paul
Missouri Afl-Cio
Kanesas City
el Paso
Tex
Chamizal
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma City
Barry M. Goldwater
Goldwater
Charleston
Manchester Names New Superintendent
Neil E. Cross 34, principal of Williams Town High School Vermont, named superintendent of the Bennnington Rutland Supervisory Union to replace ill health retiree Robert B. Vail. Cross, interviewed since Sept 9, will assume mid October after district meeting and state approval. He has prior South Royalton teaching and Williamstown administration history.
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Manchester
Neil E. Cross
Williamstown
Bennington—Rutland
Robert B. Vail
Albert R. Lawrence
Cross
Williamstown High
South Royalton
Vail
Arza Dean
Johnson to Campaign in Maine in late September
President Johnson will visit Maine on September 28 for a campaign stop, three days after Barry Goldwater's brief New England visit. A reliable source says he will arrive around 5 p.m. EDT and stay about a week if plans hold. Polls show Johnson with a wide lead over Goldwater in the state.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Reds Ridicule U S On Tonkin Fizzle
News agencies in Peking and Moscow mocked the Tonkin incident as a U S pretext for war in Indochina calling the event fizzled and warning Washington to pull back Russian and Chinese outlets claimed U S ships were not clearly identified or sunk in last Friday night’s Gulf of Tonkin episodes and urged restraint.
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Tokyo
UPD
China
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Tonkin Gulf
South China Sea
South Viet Nam
New China
Gulf
Washington
U.S
Robert McNamara
Moscow
UPI
Tass
Viet Nam
New Era Cited Triple Sonic XB70 Maiden Flight
The XB70 six-jet plane took off from Palmdale Airport at 8:39 am PDT on its maiden flight. Pilots Al White and Joe Cotton aimed to push toward 650-700 mph and reach about half its planned altitude during a test over the Mojave Desert.
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Palmdale
Calif
Edwards Air Force Base
Mojave Desert
Air Force
North American Aviation
al White
Joe Cotton
Defense Department
Los Angeles
New York
Foote Says Labor Group Snubbed Him at Bennington Convention
Lt. Gov. Ralph A. Foote, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, said Vermont state labor council snubbed him by not inviting him to its Bennington convention. Labor officials maintain an invitation was mailed, and Foote’s office confirms it was sent. Foote did not receive it.
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Vermont Labor Council
Vermont
Winston L. Prouty
Rutland
John J. Daley
Robert T. Stafford
Prouty
Berard G. O’shea
Stafford
Daley
Ralph E. Williams
Louis Lavin
Paradise Restaurant
Hagerman
Foote
Carroll P. Comstock
Capitol
Comstock
Richard A. Snelling
Inside Goldwater candidacy harms New York GOP
Columnist Kirt land I. King-Page 4 notes Goldwater’s bid weakens New York Republican efforts while BCHS and Bendi suffer season opening defeats on Page 6.
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Goldwater
New York State
GOP
Kirtland I. King
Bendi
BCHS
De Gaulle Begins Grand Tour Through Americas and Caribbean
French President Charles de Gaulle opens a 26 day foreign tour starting in Guadeloupe and Venezuela. Security is heavy with thousands of troops and police as he visits 10 nations on a 20000 mile voyage seen as extending French influence while testing his fitness for a possible seven year term.
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Point-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
South America
Caracas
Venezuela
de Gaulle
French West Indies
Paris
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Make
LBJ
A. John Holden Jr
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Lawrence
Hanover, N.H
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UVM
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Joseph B. Johnson
Springfield
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W. Earle Forman
Bennington
Vermont Association For
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Barnet
Michael Gardner
Underhill
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