Bennington Tutorial Center finances reviewed by Human Services
The Bennington Human Services Commission spent two hours examining the center's finances described as "the absolute shambles" by board member Barbara Geer. The center's board provided a report detailing over 800 in unpaid bills and a bank balance of 30 dollars as officials considered public release with consent from State's Attorney Raymond G. Bolton, who is probing possible misuse of town funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Human Services Commission
Barbara Geer
Bennington
Mary Aebersold
Geer
Commission
Raymond G. Bolton
Bolton
Judy Meneely
Averill Brown
Ms. Meneely
Robert Williams
VISTA
Bennington- Rutland Opportunity Council
BROC
Judy
Champlain Valley
Alan Prager
Linda Day
State treasurer clears Davis of wrongdoing
State Treasurer Stella Hackel cleared her predecessor Frank Davis of deliberate misuse after an audit found a $28,000 variance in checking accounts. Hackel and State Auditor Alexander Acebo pledged to fix the system with daily computerized account reconciliation, while noting the root issues lay in past accounting practices and chaotic records.
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Alexander Acebo
Davis
Hackel
Finance Department
Snelling quits amid Vermont GOP feud over hostility
Richard Snelling resigns as Vermont Party Finance Chairman accusing State Party Chairman Walter Kennedy of hostility. Kennedy rejects the charge and says he will oppose Snelling if he runs for governor next year. Kennedy and Executive Director John Wu will run finances until a successor is chosen amid a party rift following the 1974 election setback.
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Shelburne
UPI
Vermont Republican Party
Richard Snelling
Walter L
Kennedy
State House
Snelling
GOP
John Wu
Gnelling
Finance Committee
House
Peanut
Vermont
Stewart Smith
Lee Snelling
Grounding of South Vietnam F5 jets at Bien Hoa base
Communist artillery shut the Bien Hoa airstrip with a 130mm barrage crippling the F5 runway, forcing grounding as the base and nearby Saigon area faced renewed attacks. Mortar fire hit Bien Hoa and explosions rattled Saigon while one civilian was killed and nine wounded in Tan An. Two A37s were shot down near Ben Tranh. 29 wounded at Bien Hoa.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Xuan Loc
Long An
Tan An
UPI
Leon Daniel
Vermont budget deal restores funds to Human Services Agency
A House Senate conference committee hammered out a 208.7 million 1976 budget with no new taxes and restored 500,000 to the Human Services Agency out of nearly 800,000 cut by the Senate. The panel, after eight hours of meetings, announced the compromise amid revenues of 750,000. Governor Salmon benefited, though the Vermont Industrial Development Authority request for 400,000 was blocked. The plan made multiple line item adjustments across departments including education, state colleges, agriculture, and police while proposing to abolish the Joint Fiscal Office, criticized by Rep. Emory A. Hebard as a partisan tool of the Senate.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
House
House Appropriations Committee
Emory A. Hebard
Hebard
Senate
Bruce Mosher
Joint Fiscal Office
House Committee
Thomas P. Salmon
Vermont
Governor’s Commission On the Administration of Justice
Agriculture Department
Military Department
Education Department
Vermont State Colleges
Vermont Student Assistance Corp
State Development Agency
State Geologist’s Office
State Tax Department
State Environmental Conservation Agency
Water Resources Department
State Highway Department
State Police
Cambodian capital under siege as troops retreat and airlift supplies blown
In Phnom Penh the government’s elite 7th division destroyed airlifted American supplies and pulled five miles closer to the city in a bid to shore up a shrinking defense perimeter. Reports from Saigon said about 50 foreigners and Cambodians working for U.S. agencies were trapped inside the encircled capital while insurgents swept into outer suburbs and rockets hit Tuol Kork. Cambodian forces counterattacked western areas and reopened the highway to Pochentong airport, though insurgents pressed gains toward Tak mau as thousands fled toward the capital.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Cambodia
Saigon
U.S
Tuol Kork
Paris
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Khieu Samphan
Khmer Rouge
Lon Nol
Sihanouk
Pochentong
Armored Personnel Carrier Corps
Samrong
Phom Penh
Hong Kong
Takhmau
See
Senate leaders pledge speedy action on Vietnam aid
President Ford won Senate leaders cooperation for quick review of three aid bills totaling 1.0 billion dollars for South Vietnam. House and Senate committees will hear from Kissinger Schlesinger Weyand amid a White House meeting and a 90 minute briefing. Senator Case (R NJ) says evacuation funds likely to be approved, with discretion to use funds for a large scale evacuation of U.S. and Vietnamese workers.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Senate
South Vietnam
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Henry Kissinger
Defense
James Schlesinger
Army
Frederick Weyand
House
Vietnam
Congress
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Case
Budget, ACLU fight over MAU Living course at high school
Mt Anthony Union High School board approved a one year trial of the Living course for freshmen after hours of discussion and two votes. The program aims to raise self awareness and decision making with four groups and two month segments. Funds would come from Bennington Regional Alcohol Council and possibly from state divisions. Some directors opposed over controversy risk and improper content for freshmen.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
ACLU
Robert Cornwall
Cornwall
Bennington
Antoinette Button
Harrington
Inside National and Local News Highlights
Connecticut city runs out of funds closes schools and Lady Bird attests to Connally's character. MAU board adopts suspensions policy. Vermont Life names former selectman contributing editor. Editorial questions a MA A board member action. George Wallace stir notes in a David Broder column. Shaftsbury inform meeting on tax stabilization. Manchester school roof leak. May spring sports season opens track. MAYAA wrestling results and pictures. Dodgers beat Reds. Morton stays with Giants.
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MAU
Vermont Life
MAA
U.S
George Wallace
David Broder
Shaftsbury
Manchester
Dodgers
Morton
Giants
Pray in Bennington court as motions heard in new trial case
Gary V Pray, returned to Bennington County Superior Court, faces motions from Public Defender David S Potter. Aimed to dismiss an aggravated assault charge from May 1971 and to review pretrial release bail as Assistant Attorney General William Keefe seeks 100 000 dollars bail. Pray described how he improved in four years of prison while a trustee and furlough beneficiary. Court adjourned then resumed after lunch as hearings continued.
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Gary V. Pray
Bennington County
Pray
David S. Potter
Potter
Superior Court
John P. Morrissey
Morrissey
Putter
William Keefe
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Highway One
Human Services Agency
By John Leaning
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Connecticut
Lady Bird
John Connally
Page
Gary
Marian Garneau
East Arlington
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