Bennington Selectman Sounds Alarm Over Dog Crisis
Selectman J Duncan Campbell warned residents that ignoring the town dog ordinance could force big town spending on enforcement. He cited unlicensed dogs roaming school grounds and the impracticality of current facilities, urging owners to tighten control or face higher costs and possible impoundment.
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Bennington
Selectman
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Board of Selectmen
Humane Society
Vermont
Listers
George Rogers
Gerald A. Cornell
Willow Road
Peace talks stall as U S accuses Hanoi allies of deceit
In Paris the United States insisted that lasting peace in Southeast Asia requires North Vietnam to withdraw from Cambodia Laos and South Vietnam and urged a mutual withdrawal of troops. Viet Cong negotiator Tran Buu Kiem and chief diplomat Xuan Thuy countered that the U S is the aggressor and accused Washington of deception while pressing for North Vietnamese troop pullback and an end to extensions of the war into Laos and Cambodia.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
South Vietnam
Nixon
Tran Buu Kiem
Lawrence E. Walsh
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Washington
Walsh
Lodge
Thuy
Kiem
Hanoi
Red China
Big Four Start Talks On Mideast Peace Plan
United Nations talks opened with the Big Four seeking to set stage for progress in Middle East peace. An official said the session began at 10 30 A M EST and a communique could follow. Sources indicated the meeting would mainly plan technicalities and prep further talks.
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Big Four
Mideast
United Nations
UPI
Middle East
U.S
France
Nixon
United States
Israel
Jerusalem
Jordan
Suez Canal
Straits of Tiran
Elath
Arrest May Solve Horse Shooting Case
A Long Island man, Nick Bocchiaro, 35, of Farmingville, was arrested in Hoosick Falls on March 11 for allegedly shooting a race horse on Breese Hollow Road. He is jailed in Rensselaer County on 500 bail, charged with illegal cruelty to a domestic animal. The investigation involved New York and Vermont state police and Green Mountain Park race track officials. A second suspect is expected to be arrested later.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Long Island
Breese Hollow
Hoosick
Nick Bocchiaro
Rexmere Ave
Farmingville
Rensselaer County
Brookhaven
Thomas G. Restino
Bocchiaro
New York
Vermont
Green Mountain Park
BCI
Jerry Looney
John
Indictment Amid Plans for Midtown Bomb Plot by Black Panthers
New York prosecutors announce 21 Black Panthers indicted for a coordinated plan to bomb five midtown department stores including Macy's and Bloomingdale's. The plot aimed to ignite a shopping crisis, assassinate police, dynamite railroad tracks, and snipers were planned to target officers fleeing a bombed station. Twelve arrested, bail set at 100000 each. Robert Collier, former R A M leader, among those charged.
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New York City
New York
UPI
Black Panther
Midtown Manhattan
Negro Black Panthers
Hogan
New Haven
Penn Central Railroad
Morrisania
Bronx
Station House
Robert Collier
Revolutionary Action Movement
Collier
Lewisburg
Washington Monument
Philadelphia
Vermont House backs 6 percent take on pari mutuel racing
The Vermont House approved raising the state take to six percent for all race days at Green Mountain Park in Pownal, sending the bill to the Senate. Gov. Deane C. Davis warned the track and legislators as the issue strains the state track partnership and ponders Sunday racing, with a local referendum already won in Pownal.
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Green Mountain
Executive Committee
Davis
Inside News Highlights and Personal Reminiscences
Columnist Hazel Wills offers an abbreviated story, Kit Foster recalls the work of the late Shirley Jackson, and a note that Julian Bond will speak at Williams. Pueblo crewman James A. Shepard returns to his Williamstown home after 18 months away, marking a personal homecoming.
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Hazel Wills
Kit Foster
Shirley Jackson
Julian Bond
Williams
Pueblo
James A. Shepard
Williamstown
Pownal Meeting Aims to Explain Racetrack Actions
Local business people plan a 10 30 a m Saturday gathering at the Pownal Firehouse to hear area legislators discuss their actions in the Vermont Assembly regarding the racetrack. All interested residents are welcome.
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Pownal
Vermont Assembly
Senate set to review bill on track's Sunday racing fate
Governor Davis said the bill will move to the Senate for scrutiny while he monitors progress. Vincent Bartimo of the track expressed regret as the executive committee considers shutting down after the current harness meet. The House had debated extending Sunday racing with a 6 percent state take, matching weekdays, after initial 5.5 and 6.5 percent proposals. Pownal residents were given the right to decide.
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Senate
Pownal
Mayfest Announces Spring Cultural Fare in Bennington
The Mayfest steering committee announces a series of arts events from late April through May at Mt. Anthony Union High School Walker Morgan Memorial Theater. Highlights include My Fair Lady with 60 cast and orchestra, Claude Frank and Lillian Kallir piano program, the Boxtops rock show, a George Flaherty Foundation film week, and Brahms German Requiem with the Vermont State Symphony. The festival aims to become a permanent annual cultural event with tax deductible donations and broad community support.
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Bennington
Walker- Morgan Memorial Theater
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Lon Vasco
Jack Carton
Fantasticks
David and
Lisa
Brecht
Europe
Frank
Miss Kallir
George Finckel
Bennington College
Robert Flaherty
Flaherty Foundation
Flaherty
Mayfest
Bennington Community Chorus
Vermont State Symphony
Paul Boepple
Community Chorus
Dessoff Choir
New York
Alan Carter
Vermont Symphony
Greater
John H. Carton
Evans News
Powers
North Bennington
John G. McCullough
Edward J. Bloustein
Raymond B. Bowen
Arthur S. Faris
David Gil
Joseph E. Joseph
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Harwood McCart Jr
New York State
Armand Berard
Charles W. Yost
Yakob Malik
Lord Caradon
Park Avenue
Britain
Soviets
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Newark
N.J
Macy’s
Bloomingdale’s
E. J. Korvette
Alexander’s
Abercrombie & Fitch
House
Bartimo
Marshall Witten
Harvey Carter
R-Pownal
Ways and Means Committee
Claude Frank
Lillian Kallir
Ior Class
Mt. Anthony
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