Gray pushes highway support at regional meeting
Vermont Highway Commissioner John Gray urged supporters to back proposed routes Route 7 work between Bennington and Manchester remains a priority. He criticized local press coverage and pressed businessmen to back the highway effort. A $0 steak dinner for highway backers accompanied the address at Heritage House.
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Fromm
State Highway Department
John Gray
Regional Highway Council
Gray
House
Walter Kennedy
Highway Department
Bennington
Rutland Herald
Friends of Highways
Heritage House
Northside Drive
Ween
Kirtland
Burlington
Ed Formont
John T. Gray
Stenting
Horningstar
Highway Huard
Dames
Lt Wallace
Robert Condon
Nixon lifts oil quotas and tariffs to meet energy challenge
President Nixon announced suspension of all oil import quotas and tariffs to avert a potential energy crisis. He proposed a per gallon fee on crude and refined oil to replace quotas, extended tax credits for exploratory drilling, and greater offshore leases while easing some environmental standards to boost energy supplies and curb costs.
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Washington
UPL
Nixon
Congress
Nixon orders-wide probe into Watergate case
President Nixon bowing to pressure has begun a personal investigation of the Watergate bugging affair and vowed to fire any government official found guilty. He urged transparency and warned of immediate suspensions and possible dismissals for those indicted. Ziegler signaled some aides may be dismissed as the White House tests testimony before the Senate committee.
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Burlington
UPI
Nixon
Vermont
Consuelo Bailey
Bailey
Washington
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Fill
Mitchell
Marty
John
Democratic National
Martha Mitchell fears for life over Watergate disclosures
Martha Mitchell, wife of former attorney general John Mitchell, told a Washington reporter she could be killed tomorrow if she reveals all she knows about the Watergate case. She cited threats this afternoon and said she feared for her life while discussing the investigation and her husband’s involvement.
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Helen Thom
Washington
UFI
Martha Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
New York City
Manchester special election canceled by town board
Manchester selectmen canceled a May 4 special election to fill two proposed one year seats on the board. The move keeps the five member board option alive but delays filling seats to the March 1974 Town Meeting if the article passes. The action, urged by attorney Norton Barber, followed a legal challenge from local residents who argued officials could only be elected at Town Meeting.
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Charles Bonenti
Manchester
Selectmen
Board of Selectmen
Bennington
Norton
Barber
M. Douw Ferris
Ferris
Police Department
Inside Bobby Seale Runoff in Oakland Mayor Race
The page outlines a runoff in the Oakland mayoral contest featuring Bobby Seale, with other items noting a proposed summer craft fair and various local updates across pages.
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Bobby Seale
Oakland
John Page
Pownal
ATAU
Equinox House
Education Dept
John Hubbard Weltes
Selectmen Near Signing For Elderly Housing Project
Selectmen indicated a contract signing for a $1 million plus elderly housing project on South Street in Manchester was tentatively set for Tuesday, with ground breaking possible within ten days. HUD wants changes, and a personal issue was noted. residents complain rents in Bennington are rising sharply, and HUD housing would provide 48 units.
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Jan Slusmon
South Street
Manchester
N.H
Bennington Housing Authority
Hamilton Shields
Shields
Selectmen
Housing Authority
Holiday Park, Inc
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bennington
Uat
HUD
Edward FR. Lamb
Bennington Plans First Police Dog in State
Bennington votes 5 to 0 to authorize 200 for a giant schnauzer to join the police force. The dog will be trained free of charge by Avis Hurley of Woodford and assigned to one officer, with housing and care at the officer’s home. The plan emphasizes rescue work and criminal apprehension, citing potential benefits seen in other towns.
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Bennington
Avis Hurley
Woodford
J. Duncan Campbell
Lamb
William Hox
Fox
Selectman
J. Buncan Campbell
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Gray Imploves
Mrs. Bailey
John W. Dean II
Ziegler
James W. McCord Jr
U.S. District Court
Martha
Sai
John T. Carmody Jr
Campbell
J.C. Jerome
Ponce
Rutland Barracks
Kitchy
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