Watergate details surface as trials loom
Reports claim Liddy resisted grand jury questions and faces contempt. Dean’s resignation appears near, with Haldeman possibly stepping down. A former White House aide testifies that Haldeman ordered cash payments during Nixon's reelection campaign. Magruder joins discussions after Election Day, seeking to avoid pressure. Frederick LaRue linked to hush money exceeding $100,000.
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Liddy
McCord
Grand Jury
the Post
Dean
White House
H. R. Haldeman
Jack Andersen
Federal Grand Jury
Haldeman
Nixon
Anderson
Gordon Strachan
Fred Laiue
Mepruder
Swinner
Magruder
CBE
Post
Mitchell
Frederick C. LaRue
Watergate
Pedal People Open Warm Season With Saturday Clinic
Pedal People begin their 1973 season with a Saturday morning clinic at Bennington Elementary School. The session teaches new cyclists road rules, safe riding, and bike maintenance, ending with a short town ride. Rain postponement is to April 28.
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Bennington Peat
Bennington
Vermont
Pedal People
Giard
Marian Cummings
Regional fire school set for Saturday in Pownal
Bennington County plans a regional fire school this Saturday April 21 at the Pownal Center fire house starting 9 am. The Vermont State Firefighters Association co sponsors the event open to anyone with six courses taught by certified instructors. Courses cover hazardous materials protective breathing apparatus ground fire tactics and decisions control of LP gas fires forcible entry ventilation ladders tanker evolution and portable pumps plus a noon class on cam use in fighting fires. Registration is $1 and meals are served at Pownal elementary. sign up via George Renner or local fire departments.
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Bennington County
Pownal Center
Vermont State Firefighters Association
Babuuck
Washington
Brian Austin
Rutland Town
Ray Davison
Vergennes
L.P
Phillip Noyes
Essex Junction
Walter Gavin
Bennington
Walter Moraney
Whiteover Junction
Kenneth Smith
Arlington
Fownal
Pownal
George Renner
Ladd Brookstead
Fire Departments
Anatomy of Cities Federal solutions discussion panel
The fourth weekly Hensington College lecture on the urban crisis features a three person panel discussing government solutions in the Tishman Auditorian at 9 p.m. Friday. Don Filler, Alex Cooper, and Catherine Morrison bring planning, design, and regional development roles from New York agencies and Suffolk County. The event skips April 27 for break, resumes May 4 with Robert Bristol presenting on ecological impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensington College
Tishman Auditorian
Don Filler
New York City Planning Commission
John V. Lindsay
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Tri-State Transportation Commission
Council Against Poverty
United Nations Development Corporation
Alex Cooper
Urbaxt Design
New York Planning Commission
Mayor's
Urban Design Council
Westside
Housing Development Administration
City of
New York
Catherine Orloff Morrison
Suffolk County Planning Department
Long Island Sound
New England River Basin Commission
Tong Island Sound
Seh
Robert Hristol
Selectmen debate hiring legal aide for town counsel
Selectmen discussed bringing in a local lawyer to assist Farber to learn municipal affairs. Some supported the idea but no action was taken. Perrotta urged aging Barber’s replacement within a year or so, while others favored phasing him out. The matter was left to sit for a future decision.
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Norton Barber
Timothy Tt
Corecoran
Farber
Max Perrotta
Barber
Perrotta
Obituary for Harry Bishop longtime Bennington resident
Harry Bishop age 68 or 69 died unexpectedly at his East Main Street home. He was born December 28, 1895 in Searsburg, son of William and Amanda Bishop, married Florence Hurley, retired member of Eagle Hose Fire Company, survived by wife, daughter Rita Niles of Bennington, son Harry J. Bishop of Bennington, four grandchildren, sister Eva Hager, half siblings William, Earl, Herman Bishop and Gladys Sensbach, and many nieces and cousins. Funeral at Mahar & Son Funeral Home Saturday at 10 a.m. with Rev. Floyd LaBombard. viewing hours tonight 7–9 and Friday 2–4 and 7–9. burial in Hinshillvike Cemetery.
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Harry Bishop
East Main St
Searsburg
Willian
Amanda (van Hosen) Bishop
Searsbury
Bishop
Bradford Mill
Florence Hurley
Woodforet
Eagle Hose Fire Company
Floyd, la Bombard
First Baptist Church
Hetating
Hinshillvike Cemetery
Local BROC faces funding ask and community input
Bennington County BROC leaders push localization and broader public involvement before seeking town funds. They acknowledge past waste and missteps while stressing achievements in drug and alcohol programs, elderly care, nutrition, education, and childcare.
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Green
BROC
Billy
B-Roc
Bennington County
BOC
OEO
Bennington Briefs Food stamp office schedules note
The Bennington brief outlines Friday hours for the food stamp office from 9 am to noon and a closure on Good Friday afternoon and Easter Sunday. It mentions Adult Basic Education meetings, a Napolitano's Pizzeria location, and various local gatherings including MOC Auxiliary and VFW Auxiliary meetings, plus local restaurant hours and bands.
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Food Stamp Office
Planners override Sleeman ok Willow Park for high density
Bennington planners approve a prezone near Willow Park for high density housing despite Superintendent Sleeman warning of crowded schools and tax costs. The 3 to 1 vote by commissioners Higgins Holden and Lemer in favor, Sleeman opposed, now goes to the selectmen for final approval.
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Beres
Willow Park
Beonington
Joseph Higgins
Hebert T. Holden
Robert Lemer
Sleeman
Bennington
Commission
MADES
Willowbrook
Applegate
Bennington Beltline Route 7 Plan Moves Ahead
Highway officials outline a two lane Route 7 on a four lane right of way with expansion to add two more lanes from the Massachusetts line north through Pownal and link to the Bennington Beltline. Arterial 9 west from Harwood Hill may connect to New York Route 7. Environmental statements and right of way hearings set for 1974 with tentative construction dates in 1975 and 1978, pending New York plans and federal reviews.
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Wall
Rutland
Highway Department
Massachusetts Line
Pownal
Bennington
Harwood Hill
New York
Nixon proposes 2.3 million for local use under Better Communities Act
President Nixon sent Congress a 2.3 billion per year plan to let towns meet local problems with reduced federal control. The Better Communities Act would scrap seven HUD programs, allocate funds by need, and pass money directly to local governments starting July 1, 1974.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
The
Depart
Low income shutoff ban proposed by WRO draws 3 Vermont utilities
Attorneys for Central Vermont Public Service, New England Telephone, and Vermont Gas Systems clashed with a WRO plan to prohibit utility disconnections for nonpayment. The May hearing will address the rule while parties argued it could harm paying customers and limit service, with emphasis on the Le Beau case and proposed board representation.
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PSE
Rushiard
PSB
WRO
Montpelier
le Beau
Kaufman
Rushford and Hackel
WIRO
Rusiford
Hackel
Ue Wro
Rushford
Kauf+man
Willian Gilbert
Robert Mello
Gilbert
Joseph McNeil
Hurlington Electric Light Dept
Charles Gibson Jr
Continental Telephone
Thomas Kenney
Lee Gray
Lyndonville Electric Dept
Thomas Pierce
Rochester Electric Light and Power Co
Blood Drive Appeals In Bennington Easter Campaign
An Easter blood drive sponsored by the Red Cross and local volunteers urges donations of a pint of blood on Wednesday April 23 at the First Baptist Church Colgate Hall 601 Main St Bennington from 1130 a.m. to 5 p.m. Medical staff will be present and volunteers from MIL Bennington County chairmen Mrs Eugene Clark and Mrs Richard Leake list doctors nurses and aides ready to help with donor processing and meals.
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Red Cross
Bennington
First Baptist
Bennington County
F. P. Carrigan
Hospital Notes April 18 1973 Admissions List
Hospital notes list admissions including James Payne James Mattison from Bennington Sherry Lynn Carangio North Bennington Susan Gill Wilmington Earl Philpott Wilfred Laforid Hoosick Falls Marion Clark Bernice Burdick Bennington Elizabeth Teal Shaftsbury into care with locations and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Payne
James Mattison
Bennington
Sherry Lynn Carangio
North Bennington
Susan Gill
Wilmington
Earl Philpott
Wilfred Laforid
Hoosick Falls
Insecares
Marion Clark
Bernice Burdick
Elizabeth Teal
Shaftsbury
Bennington District Court Hears Three Pleas on Drug Charges
In Bennington on Wednesday Acting Judge Robert Cummings presided as two young men and a girl pleaded not guilty to possession of Tharijuan and secubarbital. Arrested Tuesday in Manchester by local police, defendants are Martin D. Conquest 18 of Bennington Terry F. Spencer 17 of Pownal and Maryanne S Sholi of Pownal. All released after $200 bonds posted.
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Bennington District Court
Robert Cummings
Manchester
Martin D. Conquest
Bennington
Terry F. Spencer
Pownal
Maryanne &. Sholi
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Anatomy of
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Fron
Lst
Bennington Briefs
Ben Mont
MOC
Pleasant Street
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VFW
Bobby
Reid Northrup
Rick Olsen
Junction
Meritage House Restaurant
Bonnington
Betty Manning
Okay Willow Park
Jan Slusmon
Mont Anthony Union
Sleemani
Wennington
Mt. Anney
Wie
Union
Contractor Inc
Paul Bohne III
Bohne
Lemer
Board of Selectmen
Ment of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Aiready Availale
Med Cross
Robert Musavic
Dorothy Mager
Barth Vander Els
Roderick Humphreys
William — Christmas
Richard Fabricius
John Tanergan
David Greenleaf
Craig Bean
Charles Ray
James Palmer
Barbara Hennett
F. Simmons
Alice Fitzgerald
Anthony Aidea
Chris Harte
Pebble Haynes
Pat Ahearn
Pat McGary
Kim Harris
Mary Brook
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Castor
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