Bennington Votes Against Fluoridation and Battle Day Altogether
Voters reject fluoridation by about ten to one and defeat a $4,000 appropriation for the Bennington Battle Day celebration at a special Town Meeting. The fluoridation measure drew 1,087 against and 189 for, while the Battle Day request failed, continuing a holiday tied to the 1777 Walloomsac defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Walloomsac
N.Y
Lyon
Bennington College
John E. Long
State Health Department
Wassick
North Bennington
Depot Street
Long
Montpelier
Boggs renews demand that Hoover resign
House Democratic Leader Hale Boggs condemned FBI surveillance of civilians as turning lawmakers into prisoners of the agency in a floor speech calling for the resignation of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. He alleged taps on home and office phones while urging allies to challenge the agency amid growing doubts about its practices.
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Washington
UPI
House
Hale Boggs
FBI
Boggs
J. Edgar Hoover
Louisiana
John N. Mitchell
Congress
Spruce Tissue plant financing in Vermont in doubt
Vermont loan support for Spruce Tissue Mills Inc. faces re-evaluation after the death of principal Henry Troline. BCIC and VIBA must renegotiate terms, with new leaders including William Husted and William Medoff guiding the revised package. Original plans had a $5 million state-guaranteed loan and a 600 by 100 foot facility near Pownal with 100 to 240 jobs projected by 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelton Miller
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
VIBA
Spruce Tissue Mills Inc
New York
John H. Williams II
Bennington County Industrial Corp
BCIC
Spruce Tissue
Harold J. Weyers
Pownal
Boston and Maine Railroad
Hoosic River
Holyoke
Mass
Williams
Viba Board of Directors
Henry J. Troline
Troline
William Husted
Spruce Paper
William Medoff
Spruce Paper Company
Silent march of 900 Vietnam veterans reaches Nixon era
Nine hundred Vietnam veterans marched silently past the White House demanding withdrawal from Indochina. They carried upside down flags as leaders noted the impact on Congress. Nixon, watching a TV game, reportedly signaled for the veterans to stay on the Capitol Mall area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
White House
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
Capitol Mall
Supreme Court
Capitol
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
William Proxmire
Dwis
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
Sen
Soviet three man crew launches toward space station plan
A three crew Soyuz 10 lifted from Baikonur toward rendezvous with unmanned Salute in near earth orbit as part of phase two toward linking ships into a manned orbital station. Tass reported the crew adapted to weightlessness and began flight objectives while several more ships may join in days ahead.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Tass
Baikonur Space Center
Central Asia
Salute
United States
Bochum
West Germany
Heinz Kaminski
Bochum Space Research Institute
Vladimir Shatalov
Earth
Nikolai Rukavishnikov
Rukavishnikov
Georgi T. Beregovoi
Rome
Vladimir M. Komarov
Inside: 45 Minute Steak From Freezer to Table
Ellen Cronan Rose offers a hurry up method to cook a steak from freezer to plate in 45 minutes. An editorial criticizes the Library Board for refusing to bear witnesses at an official hearing. Sam Ogden spent Patriot's Day at Fenway Park. Woodford faces another zoning decision. Ice leaves Lake Paran and the Coca Cola plant may depart Manchester. Runners head back to Pownal tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Cronan Rose
Library Board
Sam Ogden
Fenway Park
Lake Paran
Manchester
HUD confirms no fund for Bennington housing units
A HUD official in Manchester NH said the Bennington low income housing project will not be funded under the 1971 Housing Act. Officials seek to recapture funds from other communities to seed a smaller start for Bennington, possibly a portion of the 150 units, with a Monday meeting set to discuss alternatives.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Manchester
N.H
Bennington
John Bonkoski
Bonkoski
Hall Cushman
Bennington Housing Authority
Edward R. Lamb
Housing Authority
Vermont high court asked to validate trials with fewer jurors
Vermont state Supreme Court is asked to uphold a 1969 conviction tried by 11 jurors in Rutland District Court. Assistant Attorney General Russell Morss cites U.S. Supreme Court decisions allowing smaller juries while defense attorney David Buckley argues the Vermont Constitution requires a 12 member panel. The case raises whether Bashaw waived the right to a 12 jurors and discusses broader impact on court congestion and motor vehicle cases.
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Supreme Court
Justice Department
L. Patrick Gray
Montpelier
UPI
State Supreme Court
Russell Morss
U.S. Supreme Court
Near R. Bashaw
Springfield
Bashaw
Windsor
Vermont
Rutland
David Buckley
Bellows Falls
Buckley
Morss
Florida
High Court
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Hoover
Silent
Vietnam
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Foreign Relations Task Force
Capitol Hill
U.S. District Court
Saiil
Komarov
Woodford
Betsy Samuelson
Bennington Free Library
Arnold Quist
National Library Week
Elizabeth Howlett
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