Engineer Reuses Tissue Mill Sludge To Seal Pond
Retired Hoosick engineer Dugald Maclachlan uses 20,000 gallons of sludge from Bennington Tissue Mills to seal leaks and raise water level in his one third acre pond. He plans weekly releases for 18 weeks plus five tons of volcanic ash to form a bottom seal. some aquatic life is harmed and odor remains a concern.
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Hoosick
Dugald Maclachlan
N.Y
Bennington Tissue Mills Inc
Bennington Road
Maclachlan
Vermont Tissue Inc
Water Resources Board
Walloomsac
Ben
Nington Selectmen
Scribner
Johnson Oil Co
Judge Denies Inquest Into Kennedy Auto Crash
Massachusetts Chief Justice G Joseph Tauro refused a request from District Attorney Edmund Dinis for a Superior Court inquest into the Chappaquiddick accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. Tauro cited exclusive district court jurisdiction and announced the DA would be informed today. Kennedy, 37, had resumed Senate duties after strong support from Massachusetts voters.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Superior Court
Edward M. Kennedy
G. Joseph Tauro
Dist
Atty
Edmund S. Dinis
New Bedford
District Court
Dinis
Chappaquiddick Island
Mary Jo Kopechne
Washington
Tauro
Superior Court
Kennedy
Martha’s Vineyard
Dukes County
Massachusetts
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
Miss Kopechne
Plymouth
Donald R. Mills
Richard C. Drayne
Nixon Seeks to Bridge US Pakistan Rift in Lahore
President Nixon and General Yahya Khan met in Lahore to ease strains since Eisenhower era and laid plans for dialogue though no immediate resolution on lifting the arms embargo. Nixon urged regional projects to promote peace while noting Asia must shape its own future.
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Lahore
Pakistan
UPI
Nixon
Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
United States
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Asia
India
New Delhi
Indura Gandhi
House Panel Completes Extensive Tax Overhaul
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a sweeping tax reform package, promising broad cuts for low and middle income taxpayers while extending a 10 percent surcharge for six months. The plan lowers rates, raises standard deductions, taxes foundations and art donors, and aims to reduce the tax load for millions, with key provisions set for 1970 into 1972.
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Washington
UPC
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Nixon
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
Cohen Te Wwed
Pope Pledges Effort To End Nigerian War
Pope Paul VI pledged to continue quiet diplomacy to end the Nigeria Biafra war. Speaking in Kampala before Ugandan leaders and African heads of state, he voiced heartful pain at failed peace attempts and urged decolonization and respect for national communities. The pope blessed 12 new African bishops during outdoor mass as thousands cheered, and he vowed to stay in Africa a month if needed to seek a settlement.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPD
Paul VI
Nigeria
Biafra
Black Africa
Kololo Terrace
Milton Obote
Giovanni Benelli
Vatican
Africa
Stolen Guns Recovered in Waterbury Raid
Waterbury raid linked to Bevis robbery recovered eight of more than 125 guns stolen from Ralph A. Bevis owner of the Gun Rack in Morgan Street. Connecticut troopers and Vermont police discussed confiscated items at a February home search tied to Pasquale Caversa. Seven thousand dollars worth of shotguns and rifles were taken in 1967. Other thefts occurred in Pittsfield Massachusetts and Shelburne during that week. Investigation continues to locate the remaining weapons and determine how they moved to Waterbury area.
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Waterbury
Conn
Ralph A. Bevis
Morgan Street
Vermont
Larry C. Robinson
Connecticut
Pasquale Caversa
Bevis
Pittsfield
Mass
Shelburne
Overlapping Bureaucracy Burns Through North Bennington Fire Rules
North Bennington School District votes to spend up to 8000 dollars for automatic stairway doors and safety items required by the state fire marshal. Officials condemn the overlapping bureaus while noting safety needs and confusion across Health, Public Safety, and Education departments.
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North Bennington
Lawrence F. Powers
Powers
Richard B. Diamond
Diamond
Health Department
Catherine Corcoran
Department of Public Safety
State Health Department
State Department of Education
Arthur E. Wickenden
Mt. Anthony
Prospect School methods questioned at North Bennington meeting
A special North Bennington School District session debated Prospect School methods and state funding links. Residents asked about costs and the district’s role while the superintendent explained the mutually beneficial plan to train teachers through a shared program with the private Prospect School and the public system.
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Prospect School
North Bennington
Edwin Luce
Duane Muckle
Raymond C. Murray
Vermont Federation of Taxpayer Associations
Prospect
Muckle
Merritt Hewitt
Hewitt
Catherine Corcoran
Lawrence F. Powers
North Bennington School
State Education Department
Corcoran
Ruth Mattison
Lillian van Surdam
Inside Letters and Editorial on Moral Indifference
A letter to the editor and an editorial raise questions to Senator George D Aiken. Columnist Sam Ogden laments the rise of moral indifference and decline of honor. A Hoosick Falls resident preserves history in costumes artifacts and memory.
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George D. Aiken
Sam Ogden
Hoosick Falls
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Pope
Robinson
Bennington
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