Reappraisal Boosts Bennington Grand List by Sixty Four Percent
Bennington sees a 64 percent rise in the 1973 Grand List due to a professional re appraisal. Total assessed value climbs from 81.2 million in 1972 to about 122 million, with residential real property at 116.5 million and personal property at 15.9 million. Tax rate is expected to drop, with roughly one third of taxpayers paying less, one third the same, and one third more, while open land values rise faster than buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Slusmon
Bennington
Imost
Cole-Layer-Truuble Co
Dayton
Ohio
Sisters
Benningtos
Cole-Layer/Trumble
Cole- Layer-Trumble
Listers
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Bennington Gains Grand List Spark Backlash on State Aid
The Bennington town rise in Grand List by 84 percent draws concern that richer status will reduce state school aid and raise county taxes. Superintendent Sleeman cautioned aid cuts apply in 1974 as aid is keyed to last year’s Grand List and pupil counts, with exact loss undetermined until statewide equalized figures are released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
George A. Sleeman
Sleemsan
Gray's nomination as FBI head withdrawn
President Nixon pulled the nomination of L. Patrick Gray to be permanent FBI director after Gray asked, citing he would not win Senate confirmation. The move ends a bitter Watergate era controversy over his handling of the probe and season’s tension with lawmakers and the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
Gray
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Myles J. Ambrose
District of Columbia
Jerry ¥. Wilson
Teobert C. Byrd
D-W Va
San Clemente
San
Clemente
White House
Watergate
John W. Dean II
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon bids to salvage Alaska pipeline project
President Nixon presses Congress to authorize the Alaska oil pipeline to curb foreign imports and ease rising fuel costs. Interior Secretary Morton reports the plan would move 4 million barrels daily from North Slope to Valdez, potentially cutting $2.9 billion in annual imports, despite court challenges over right of way and environmental concerns. Morton, undergoing cancer treatment, spoke from the Western White House during a 10 day stay.
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Congress
Alaska
Nixon
Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
North Slope
White House
California Angels
Kansas City Royals
Morton
Interior Department
Valdez
Federal Court of Appeals
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court Mondey
Western White House
Stanford University Hospital
Vermont Health Systems transfers contract to state agency
The board voted 12 to 2 to move the federally funded contract from Vermont Health Systems Inc. to the Agency of Human Services. Secretary Thomas Davis proposed shifting the $600,000 test within the $952,000 contract to create a state health planning body and possibly a state health authority. Critics warned about reduced public oversight and consumer protection as the program moves in house.
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Burlington
Davis
Peter Diamondstone
Brattleboro
VHSI
Vermont
Public Interest Research Group
Jay Breines
Diamondstone
Billboard Law Sets Signs at Bennington Access Points
The Outdoor Advertising Division announces four information plazas with directional and business signs at Bennington. Locations include Manchester Shopping Center Route 11, Route 9 east of town, former Chamber booth Route 7, and Route 9 west. Applications for signs from lawful businesses and facilities are due by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Bennington
Manchester
Inside Ideas and Board Decisions Highlight Page Mix
On the Inside Karen Fortney suggests protein stronghold soy beans while Pete Horton presents a manpower training guide. James Reston heads back to the Midwest as the North Bennington School Board weighs next year’s class reorganizations. Morphynter selectmen discuss an Equinox sewer hookup request amid an oil spill at UVM and state pharmacists protest drug price advertising, with the Bruins losing a game and Esposito in the bargain.
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Karen Fortney
Pete Horton
James Reston
Midwest
North Bennington
Morphynter
UVM
Bruins
AIM leaders and feds end Wounded Knee occupation
AIM agreed to end the 37 day armed occupation of Wounded Knee while Indians remain armed until Saturday. Russell Means surrendered at the roadblock and was flown to Rapid City as part of the accord. The peace pipe was shared and federal officials discussed future meetings with tribal leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wounded Knee
UPI
American Indian Movement
AIM
Wallace Black Elk
Theepee
Tepee
Russell Means
Rapid City
Means
Sig Waot
ATK
Kent Frizzell
U.S. Cavalry
Washington
Frizzell
Hill
Thieu pledges continued aid to South Vietnam
President Nguyen Van Thieu urged continued U S economic and military aid during a Washington visit. He vowed never to seek the return of American troops to Vietnam while addressing the National Press Club, meeting House members and senators on Capitol Hill amidst small antiwar demonstrations.
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Washington
UPI
Newton van Thieu
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Thieuw
National Press Club
Thieu
Nixon
California
Capital Hill
House
Albert
Senate
Hugh Scntt
Scott
Press Club
Vermont Senate acts on land plan and constitutional convention
The Vermont Senate produced a busy session passing several measures and sending the land capability and development plan to the Judiciary Committee for review. Chairman T Garry Buckley signals rapid handling once legality is checked and hints at bargaining uses over tax provisions. A separate push seeks a constitutional convention to curb federal powers, while health, labor, and building bid rules move forward. The session also stalled a minimum beer and wine price bill and advanced a court-hearing expansion for committed mental patients, with bids and labor provisions shaping state projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley
Senate
Thomas P. Salmon
Attorney General
Judiciary Committee
Lsm
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
House
Russell Niquette
D-Calttenden County
Senate Appropriations Committee
Waterbury
Health and Welfare Committee
Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Administration
Edward Conlin
Windsor
Vermont
Pagel
Col
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Alaska Pipeline
Human Services Agency
Meares
The
Kon Petazull
Whirsday
Pine Hide
Wounded Knie
ATM
Teton Sioux
United States
Pine Ridge Reservation
Frizell
Thiel
Ciel Albert
D-Okla
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