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Benningto lienninglon, Vermont, Wednesday, September 1966 am anner Rain tonight with low temperatures 55 to 60 degrees. Thursday rain and little temperature change but rain probably ending late in the day. Yesterday's high, 76 low, 54. Today at 7 a.m., 57. Sunset, 7:05 p.m.; sunrise, 6:31 a.m.

Weekly founded in 1841, Daily 1903. No. 20,170 10 L'enti SneUing Wins GOP Nod To Face Hoff in November El Soviets Expel Diplomat Moscow (upi) The soviet Union today ordered the expulsion of Donald R. Lesh, 34, second secretary of the U.S. Embassy In Moscow, presumably In retaliation lor the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from the United States on spy charges.

The announcement by the official Tass news agency said Lesh had been declared persona non grata for activities incompatible with his diplomatic status. It said the charge came from the Soviet Foreign Minisfry which demanded Lesh's expulsion. Tass gave no details but on Sept. the United States charged Russian Embassy Third Secretary Valentin A. Revln, the embassy's science officer, with espionage and ordered htm out of the United States.

Usually each country retaliates. The Lesh expulsion followed a series of incidents Involving Americans and the Soviet government and charges In the Soviet press that the United States was "waging total political espionage" against Russia in what may be a new campaign of Soviet vigilance. There were these other developments: Lorlenko, chief of the American section of the Soviet Foreign ministry, advised the embassy of Lesh's expulsion. He told David E. Boster, deputy chief of mission, thai Lesh would be given 72 hours to leave the Soviet Union.

Boster rejected the allegations Lesh had acted improperly. The 34 year old Lesh was second secretary hi the political section of the embassy. He was born in Illinois and educated at Rochester and Harvard Universities. Alter receiving a Master of Arts Degree at Harvard in 1959 Lesh spent a full academic year at Moscow University as a graduate exchange student. He served in the U.S.

Navy for four years. The Komsomolskaya Pravda dispatch listed three Americans (names translated from the Russian) as biochemist Rob" Madden: Andrlana" Fowerman, a Russian language teacher at Ohio University, and Prof. Charles Merlock, leader of a student group from Princeton and Columbia universities. Gen. Billado Carmody Campaigns John T.

Xarmody who won the nomination for state's attorney over Ray F. Paddock on both the GOP and Democratic ticket in the only county office contest in Tuesday's election, politicked outside the polls at Manchester where he was formerly a resident. Here he chats with an old acquaintance, Mrs. Henry B. Cherbonneau.

(Otis) Sales Tax A dvocate Beats Hayes MONTPEUER (UPI) Richard A. Snelllng, a sales tax supporter, was the Republican choice today to oppose in the Nov. 8 election Incumbent Gov. Philip H. Hoff, Vermont's first Democratic Governor in 110 years.

The 40 year old industrialist from Shelbunie won the GOP gubernatorial nomination Tuesday night with a resounding Vermont Primary victory over Thomas L. Hayes of Fair Haven. With all but two of the state's 246 cities and towns reporting, SneUing had 21,945 Votes. to 15, 368 for Kayes, Total balloting, estimated at 38,000, was substantially below the average primary turnout of 50,000. Snelling's conquest was particularly Impressive In that he consistently plugged for a politically unpopular limited 3 per cent sales tax.

The Snelllng proposed levy was denounced as "regressive and politically unsound" by Hayes, who until recently was a top aide to Sen. Winston L. Prouty, Vt. The new Republican standard bearer, an articulate graduate of Harvard Business School, admittedly will have an uphill fight in attempting to dethrone Hoff who Is seeking a third term. Hoff, a handsome and per man of 42, was unopposed in the primary.

In the OOP races, Braitle boro attorney James L. Oakes defeated Middlebury lawyer Gerard Trudeau for the attorney general nomination. John R. Perry of Darre whipped Word Bedford of Cornwall for treasuer, and Byron Halhorn of Hartford took the secretary of state nomination from Rudolph Smith of Hyde Park, the La inoille County clerk. With 241 cities and towns reporting, the vote was; REPUBLICAN Attorney General Oakes 27,130 Trudeau Treasurer Ligh itweight Turnout Robert E.

Treat 2, hangs on tight while his dad votes in Tuesday's primary elections in Manchester. A total vote in the state of 33,000 was estimated Wednesday morning, a turnout of only 18 per cent of those eligible to cast ballots. (Otis) Light Bennington Voting Produces No Surprises Hayes Takes County By BOB IIACFHMAN Political observers (and newspapers) enjoy looking for patterns that voters In different areas may establish for assorted candidates for different posts to see what Interpretation may thus be given to the outcome of a particular, election, But they will be hard pressed to find one In the case of Bennington County Republicans' voting on the two contenders who sought the party's nominationfor governor in Tuesday's primary While statewide it was Shel burne industrialist Richard SneUing who registered a decisive victory over Thomas Hayes, the former aide to Vermont Sen, Winston L. Prouty, lor the GOP gubernatorial nomination, Bennington County Republicans gave the majority of their votes to Hayes, The count was Hayes, 1,253, and SneUing, 1,151. But It was in the erratic pattern cf returns In this contest from the county's 16 towns where it would be difficult to draw any conclusions about why voters In these different communities voted as they did.

Republicans In the county's two largest towns, Bennington and Manchester, both favored Hayes over Snelllng, in the former case by a count of 320 to 294, and in the latter, 247 to 130. Four other towns at opposite extremes of the county also favored Hayes by significant margins. They were: Dorset, 134 77; Rupert, 95 80; Wlnhall, 20 13; and Pownal, 106 to 66, Republicans In five towns decisively favored Snelllng. They were: Arlington, 150 79; Sand gate, 17 Landgrove, 22 Stamford, 85 36; and Readsboro, 77 32. Of the six remaining towns, five all favored Hayes but by less significant margins, while In the fifth it was a tie vote between the two contenders.

These were with Hayes count given first: Shaftsbury, 76 70; Wlnhall, 20 13; Peru, 34 23; Sunderland, 46 35; Woodford, 20 14; and In Sears burg the tie with each receiving seven votes. In various other state level contests, county voters in all cases gave their majorities to the ultimate victors including John R. Perry, the surprise winner in a contest with Ward Bedfordfor the GOP nomination of a candidate for state Treasurer. In the one key county contest, that for State's Attorney, JohnT. Carmody Jr.

of Bennington decisively won both parties' nominations over Atty. Fillmore R. See HAYES Page 12, Col. 6 Lounsbury, Whitney Win in District 32 and Hayes, was: Subdlstrlct 3 1, 94 and 65; Sub district 3 2 (which includes Woodford), 48 and 94 and Sub district 3, 118 and 139. Tn addition there were 34 absentee votes for SneUing In the district as a whole and 22 lor Hayes.

In other tate contests the Bennington Woodford count broke down as follows, with the statewide victor given first In each case: Treasurer; John fi. Perry, 29S, and H. Ward Bedford, 253; Secretary ol State; Byron Hath ron, 381 and Rudolph Smith, 1S7; and Attorney General; James L. Oakes, 490, and Gerard F. Trudeau, 62.

In the one Democratic contest on the state level, that for the nomination for the Attorney General's post, Bennington and Woodford Democrats gave Incumbent victor John P. Connarn 96 votes while giving his opponent, Gerard Trudeau, 35. In the Bennington County State's Attorney race, where br contenders John T. Carmody Jr. and Atty.

Fillmore R. Paddock both filed for nomination on both tickets, Bennington voters generally went strongly for Carmody, the winner In both contests, while Woodford voters gave their nod to Paddock In both cases. Total vote in the district was; Republicans: Carmody, 402, and Paddock, 242; and Democrats: Carmody, 133, and Paddock, 33. The breakdown here by subdlstrlct was as follows with Carmody and Paddock figures given in that order: Subdlstrict 3 1: Republican, 97 and 00; Democrat, 36 and 13; Subdlstrlct 3 2, excluding Woodford: Republicans, S4 and 53; Democrat, 41 and 12; Subdlstrlct 3 3: Republican, 182 and 90; Democrat, 43 and 6. Republican absentee votes for Carmody were 23 while there were 23 for Paddock; in Democratic absentee balloting the fig See LIGHT VOTE Page 12, Col.

1 With a. bare 10 per cent of those on the checklist coming out to the polls, Bennington voters in Tuesday's primary generally contributed to patterns set throughout the county In various contests on the state and' local level. In balloting by. Republicans, voters In Bennington and Woodford, which together form Legislative District 3, gave 208 votes to gubernatorial contender Ricli ard SneUing, the statewide victor, while giving his opponent, Thomas Hayes, 32 more for a total of 340 votes. The breakdown by the district's three subdistrlcts (or SneUing Yello Dog Candidate? With a notable lack of Democrats announcing for office this year, the blank spots on theballot proved inviting for write in iciio syncracles.

Item: someone wrote in the cryptic "yellow dog" on theblank spot for Demcoratic town representative in Shaftsbury. Item: Gerard Trudeau of Jlld dlebury, running for attorney general on the Republican andDemo cratle ticket, gat a write in vote for Bennington County senator from someone in Arlington, Item: a couple of Republicans like Democratic Gov. Philip H. Jloff and think he's In the wrong party. Hoff got a write in vote on the GOP ballot for governor In Wilmington and Manchester.

Someone in Manchester also thinks Dr. Clifford Harwood of Manchester should be governor as he also had his name written ln for governor on the GOP ticket. Secretary uf Slate Hathorn 21,537 Smith 11,674 In the only Democratic contest, Incumbent Atty. Gen. John P.

Connarn defeated Trudeau, who had entered both the He publican and Democratic primaries. Nominated without opposition were Republicans Perry H. See SKELL1NG Page 12, Col, 8 Fire Dept. Reports Plans For Battle Day Celebration Dies Suddenly BURLINGTON (UPI) Maj. Gen.

Francis W. Billado, 59, Vermont Adjutant General and three time member cf the Vermont House, died at his home Tuesday night a' a heart attack. Billado, a Norwich University graduate, was named Adjutant General in 1955. His military career began In 1923 with the Vermont National Guard. Ten years later he was commissioned.

He served with the 43rd Infantry Division In World War and won the Legion of Merit. Billado was a member of the board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Bennington and a member of the New York Vermont Interstate Commission on the Lake Champlaln Basin. Bennington Battle Day won't be the generally lackluster holiday that It has been In this area in recent years, according to plans announced this week by the Bennington Fire Department. The department's chief, Charles Sawyer, told The Banner Tuesday that beginning next year the department plans to sponsor, an old Iashioned firemen's day" to help celebrate the Aug. 16 state holiday that marks the anniversary of a key Revolutionary War battle.

U.S. Troops in Assault On Jungle Stronghold Mrs. Collins trailed with 409 In unofficial returns. Mrs. Collins has served her town and district since 1963, emerging as a vocal and outspoken member of the legislature on a number of issues.

She gained nationwide publicity last spring when Gov. Philip H. Hoff spanked her on the steps of the State House. She was also mentioned as a possible candidate for lieutenant governor earlier this year. The Lounsbury win was the reverse of special election results last fall when Lounsbury trailed in a three way contest against Whitney and Mrs.

Collins. Horton, a newcomer to the political scene fn the district easily won his party's nomination, and was the only candidate seeking nomination as a Democrat. Isolated write in votes for Leo Emery and John Carrier, Collins and Whitney were also recorded on the Democratic ticket. Horton also received write in votes on the Republican ticket. Up So Early? HI Successful nomination Richard trail early meeting POWNAL Three term representative Kenalene Collins, it Readsboro, was defeated Tuesday in hr bid for re election by onetime Democrat James Lounsbury of Pownal.

Rep. Ira Whitney, Stamford, was also nominated on the GOP ticket in this 7 town district. Rufus llorton, wil mington, was nominated on the Democratic ticket, and it would appear from unofficial returns that Lounsbury also won a spot on the Democratic ballot for representative on the strength of 23 write In votes. Lounsbury, whowas first elected to the House in 1959 as a Democrat was re elected in 1963, but bolted the party in 1064 to serve as campaign manager for Roger MacBrlde of Halifax, a conservative Republican who unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination for governor that year. Lounsbury was re elected to the House in 1965 as a Republican, Lounsbury polled 459 votes.

Whitney tallied 550 votes and American B52 bombers from Guam today chalked up their combat sortie over Viet Nam, unloading tons of explosives on Communist troop concentrations and storage areas In the Central Highlands not far from the 1st Air Cavalry sweep. About 150 Viet Cong early today attacked a construction company motor pool on the outskirts of Saigon. Two civilians were killed, two others wounded and an American and an Australian missing and feared captured. Early reports Indicated more than $1 million damage was inflicted on the motor pool near Thu Due, less than six miles northeast of downtown Saigon. It Is operated by the RMK BRJ construction company combine.

Upwards of 40 trucks were destroyed by grenades or satchel charges, government spokesmen said. Three U.S. soldiers and a Vietnamese driver were wounded today In suburban Saigon when a terrorist tossed a grenade Into their jeep. A large Communist force attacked and burned down some 200 thatched hut dwellings of the Xuyen Tra resettlement camp 350 miles northeast of Saigon. Spokesmen reported 150 mis slons were flown over the North Tuesday.

i If all goes well, sawyer said, the special muster will be held every year. He said department members gave their enthusiastic approval to the Idea and noted that it would fill the existing gap In observances of the special day, In recent years there has been little In the way of local recognition of the holiday which has the town as Its namesake. Sawyer said he anticipated that the firemen's muster, would be along the lines of the various events which are held at the annual Vermont State Firefighters Association convention. This includes a big parade plus assorted contests between various flrefighting units. Sawyer anticipated that volunteer fireflghting units throughout southern Vemont, northwest ern Massachusetts and eastern New York would be Invited to participate.

He noted that this would mean that the celebration couldn't always be held on the Aug. 18 date Itself because of the difficulty of getting participants when this date fell on a weekday. Present plans thus are to hold the muster on the Sunday, and posstblly the full weekend, nearest the Battle Day date. On the Inside An editorial comments on the nomination of SnelUng Page 4. Columnist Elizabeth Dwyer talks about neglected statistics Page 4.

A visitor In the county reflects on problems of South Africa Page C. SAIGON. (UPI) Thousands of U.S. troops tn one of the biggest helicopter assaults of the war today pushed Into jungle stronghold 280 miles north of Saigon where intelligence reports have placed an entire Communist division, Military spokesmen in Saigon said a "multi brigade" force of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division was dropped Into an area of the Central Highlands known as the "crow's foot" In search of the mixed Viet Cong North Vietnamese 610 division.

The "crow's foot" is a bend in the Song Kim Son River surrounded on three sides by jungled slopes. Intelligence reports say some 6,000 Communist troops were moved Into the region prior to last Sunday's South Vietnamese elections, hoping to terrorize the countryside. The terror campaign failed and the U.S. strike force is trying to cut off the division. U.S.

spokesmen declined to discuss the number or Americans moved into the jungle but a brigade numbers about 5,000 men. A rash of Communist attacks and terror Incidents broke out elsewhere In South Viel Nam and U.S. planes continued to pound targets In the North, Two planes wore reported lost, in his bid to win the GOP for governor Tuesday, Snelllng hit the campaign Wednesday morning by voters at the H.P, Mood milk processing plant in Burlington. Snelllng termed himself the "underdog" In his bid to defeat incumbent Gov. Philip H.

Hoff this Novemher. ReSCttd A Coast Guard helicopter hovers over the burning 90 foot fishing trawler Cara CaralO miles from Boston light Tuesday, as rescue llaea boats remove sevan crewmen from the ship. (UP!).