Vermont Governor Deane Davis Ends Re election Bid
In Montpelier Gov. Deane Davis, 71, announced he will not seek a third term in 1972. He cited accomplishments in balancing the budget, reorganizing state government, and environmental gains, and said new leaders should build on his work.
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Charles Watlex Jr
Richard Shelling
John Burgess
Jeter
Days
Davis
John Daley
Vermont
Financial House
Veemonters
Atata
Roland Q. Seward
Wallingford
Nixon
Deane C. Davis
Vermont legislature edges toward adjournment amid funding shifts
Vermont lawmakers near final adjournment amid conference committee deals on a 180 million omnibus budget and waste disposal reform. A plan shifts 205,000 in license fees across six Human Services Agency boards to cover costs after rejecting charging Vermont Parimutuel Racing Commission expenses to Green Mountain Park. Governor Davis lauded the body as not perfect but well done.
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Montpelier
UPL
Vermont
House-Senate
Japan
Davis
Philip H. Hoff
House
Senate
Cuban Trade Offices Bombed in Montreal Fatal Guard Shot
A bomb exploded outside the Cuban trade commission offices in Montreal killing guard Sergio Perez, 25. Police detained seven guards and officials, with at least three to be charged with interference and weapon possession. Four employees held as witnesses in an inquest. An earlier pattern of explosive devices near Cuban buildings in Ottawa was noted. Perez was near the blast at the main door when it struck just before 12 30 a m EST.
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Montreal
UPI
Laurent Tavis
Sergio Perez
Ottawa
Levis
Perez
Trade Commission
UVM debated grade system shift from letters to pass fail
In Burlington during the 1960s and early 1970s educators questioned letter grades. Five University of Vermont professors introduced a resolution to remove pass no pass, arguing it harms student motivation and university interests. The plan, backed by faculty, faced Student Association criticism as it heads to Faculty Senate on April 5.
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Burlington
America
University of Vermont
UVM
Richard Flannery
Garrison Nelson
Stanislaw Starran
Richard Warner
Alan Wertheimer
Terry Demas
Inside Women in Belfast peek temporary truce
District Court news and a full mailbag of letters are outlined across pages. The report notes Tom Braden's take on Senator McGovern as a potential small but persistent force in Wisconsin's primary. A regional police force cost and regional travel notes appear in the listed pages.
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Belfast
District Court
Tom Braden
Sen. McGovern
Wisconsin
Shattabury
Dover
Newport High School
Bennington
John Ranaalpa
ITT probe widens as Mrs Beard’s doctors face questions
Senate investigators plan further questions for ITT lobbyist Dila Heard’s physicians after Mrs. Beard left Denver hospital to tape a CBS interview. Her doctors had said she would be unable to testify for six months, delaying the Judiciary Committee inquiry linked to ITT and Attorney General designate Richard Kleindienst.
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Washington
UPT
Senate
ITT
Dila D. Heard
Beard
Senate Judiciary Committee
International Telephone & Telegraph
Richard G. Kleindienst
Tenver
CBS
Mike Wallace
Judiciary Committee
Stat
Wallace
Bearé
Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital
Allies reject demand they return to talks
In Paris North Vietnam and the Viet Cong demanded a resumption of talks with the United States at the Vietnam Peace Conference. The U.S. and South Vietnamese delegations rejected the proposal saying it does not meet their conditions for serious negotiations. Willam J. Porter was in the United States for consultations as the stalemate continued.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Willam J. Porter
Gearrest
Jury still out in Berrigan trial after six days
Harrisburg Seven jurors deliberated into a sixth day on conspiracy counts. They reported inability to reach a verdict on nine of ten charges including conspiring to kidnap Kissinger, blow up tunnels, and vandalize draft boards. The jury convicted Berrigan on a separate count for sending a letter from prison in 1970.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Seven
Federal Building
R. Dixon Herman
J. Thomas Menaker
HUD OKs low rent units in Bennington Vermont
HUD approves a 17 million grant for Willow Road family housing to be built by Bennington Housing Authority, funding 75 units with Emile J. Legere Construction Co. of Keene to break ground spring. A separate 86 thousand dollar grant to BROC aids administration, programming, senior services, and staff training for Bennington and Rutland counties over 12 months starting April.
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Willow Road
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Bennington
Housing Authority
Emile J. Legere Construction Co
Keehe
N.A
Igset
Washington
Robert T. Stafford
Bennington-Rutlendmunity Council
BROC
Rutland
Broc Ls
Robert Green Jr
Mt Anthony School Board races see 13 seek seats
Thirteen people have filed petitions for five Mt Anthony Union School Board vacancies. Five candidates from Bennington and multiple contenders from Shaftsbury and North Bennington seek three year terms. Election is May 4 with ballots counted at the end of the 7 p.m. meeting.
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Mt. Anthony
Mt. Anthony Union School Board
Lucy Johnson
Mt. Anthony Union
At & P.m
Bennington
Lorraine Cross
Concerned Parents Party
Joe Higgins
Informed Citizens Party
Greg Sweet
Youth Party
Raymond Murray
Taxpayers Party
Gabreile Jewett
the People Pleasera Party
Marie Bergaulst
Moderation Party
Gerald Watson
Lee Party
Jor Hall
Interested Citizens Party
William Hassenpflug
Concerned Persons Party
Shaftsbury
Marion Smith
Thegeity Party
Eleanor Hylek
Time For Change Party
Wiliam J. Boreham
Independent Party
North Bennington
Oakley Frost
Labe
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