Vermont Tax Dept Criticizes Connecticut Appeals Board Practices
A Vermont pamphlet cites a Connecticut Review Task Force study on property valuation appeals. It urges professional qualifications for board members, adds training requirements, and recommends separating value assessment from possible abatements to improve fairness and morale.
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Vermont Tax Department
Connecticut Review Task Force
Connecticut
Boards of Tax Review
Vermont
Boards of Civil Authority
Tax Aids
Board of Civil Authority
Remembering John Sloane of Bennington
An obituary tribute recounts John Sloane’s 50 year career from Yale graduate to banker, public service and neighborly life in Bennington. It highlights his marriage to Hope Colgate Jerome, his gentle manners, leadership roles at the Bennington Museum and Yacht Club, painting, shuffleboard, and steadfast community presence despite aging senses.
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John Sloane
Bennington
Yale
New York
Jack Sloane
Hope Colgate Jerome
Robinson House
Academy Library
Country Club
Bennington Museum
Eisenhower
Churchill
Soldier Bleau Finishes Training Sets Post in Bien Hoa Vietnam
Pfc. Harold R. Bleau son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bleau Burgess Road completed eight weeks of aviation maintenance school at Fort Rucker Alabama and is now stationed in Bien Hoa Vietnam for a year. He invites friends to write at Pfc Harold R Bleau 09 40 0586 US ARV Trans Dept APO 96375 San Francisco.
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Vietnam
Harold R. Bleau
Kenneth Bleau
Burgess Road
Fort Raker
Ala
Bien Way
U.S. A.R.V
APO
San Francisco
Bennington Battle Day Picnic Program Planned at McCullough Mansion
The second annual Battle Day outing in North Bennington will feature games for all ages at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 15. Activities include horse shoe pitching, tugs of war, and potato races with a fife and drum exhibition by Nutmeg Fife and Drum Corps. A chicken barbecue costs $2 for adults and $1 for children. A children's theatre show and a Catamount Gadabouts square dance demo will follow, with free events otherwise. Advance tickets are available from the McCullough Park Foundation or committee members Wayne Timmerman, Julie Bow, James Harrington, Charles Dewey, and Paul Donlon.
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Bennington
Gov. McCullough
North Bennington
Nutmeg Fife and Drum Corps
Groton
Paul Donlon
McCullough Park Foundation
Wayne Timmerman
Julie Bow
James Harrington
Charles Dewey
UVM Evening Division Offers 100 Courses This Fall
The University of Vermont Evening Division lists over 100 courses offered on campus in Burlington and at off campus sites across Barre Bennington Brandon Bradford Enosburg Falls Hardwick Middlebury Montpelier Morrisville Newport Randolph Rutland Springfield Swanton Vergennes White River Junction and Williston. Friday August 27 is the last day to register by mail for on campus courses. Registration for off campus courses begins the first day of class. In person on campus registration occurs September 2 3 7 and 8.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Barre
Bennington
Brandon
Bradford
Enosburg Falls
Hardwick
Middlebury
Montpelier
Morrisville
Newport
Randolph
Rutland
Springfield
Swanton
Vergennes
White River Junction
Williston
UVM
Waterman Building
Choral Union to stage summer concert at UVM Ira Allen Chapel
The Burlington event features Prof James G Chapman directing the 40 member Choral Union and UVM Baroque Ensemble. Soloists Shaui Fleming and Burton Parker perform. Program includes Purcell Masque from Dioclesian and works by Justin Morgan Irving Fine William Latham and Kelly Raffman. Free and open to the public.
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Burlington
Choral Union
James G. Chapman
University of Vermont
Ira Allen
UVM Baroque Ensemble
Purcell
Dioclesian
Shaui Fleming
Burton Parker
Justin Morgan
Irving Fine
William Latham
Rome
Kelly Raffman
O'Brien Eyes 1972 Run as Vermont GOP Splits
Former Vermont governor hopeful Leo O'Brien, defeated by 20,000 votes in 1970, says he may run again in 1972. He cites a possible Democratic split and GOP primary fights, notes Gov Davis’ pick for successor Mallory stirs dissent, and mentions a potential clash with John Daley over party leadership as Frank Esposito may resign.
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Burlington
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Leo O’brien
South Burlington
Davis
Richard W. Mallory
O’brien
John J. Daley
Rutland
Frank Esposito
D-24
Daley
Creeper Lane for Mendon Mt. Rutland Traffic
Rutland residents get a new creeper lane on Route 4 east of Rutland to ease slow traffic. The project costs about $60,000 and is not expected to cause traffic delays.
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Rutland
Mendon Mountain
Camp to open for handicapped in Vermont region
Twenty six youngsters from Windsor and Windham counties will attend the first regional day camp for the handicapped for six days starting Monday August 9. The camp at Green Mountain Camp in West Dummerston is run by the regional Mental Retardation Service under Family and Child Guidance Services of Windham County and Windsor County Mental Health Service. Full-time staff and consultants will be present, with many volunteers. Mr and Mrs Isidore Battino direct Green Mountain Camp, and the camp’s board of trustees donated all facilities.
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Bellows Falls
Windsor
Windham Counties
Green Mountain Camp
West Dummerston
Family and Child Guidance Services
Windham County
Windsor County Mental Health Service
Mental Retardation Service
Isidore Battino
Sgt. Marcoux on Vietnam duty
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ronald R. Marcoux, son of Mr and Mrs Roland L Marcoux of 232 Division St Bennington, is on duty at Phan Rang AB Vietnam. He serves as a law enforcement supervisor in a Pacific Air Forces unit, with prior duty at Lackland AFB Texas. A 1960 graduate of Bennington Catholic High School, he earned an accounting degree in 1962 from Burdett College Boston. His wife is the former Wilhelmina B Moran.
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U.S. Air Force
Ronald R. Marcoux
Roland L. Marcoux
Division
St., Bennington
Phan Rang AB
Vietnam
Marcoux
Pacific Air Forces
Southeast Asia
Far East
Pacific
Lackland Afb
Tex
Bennington Catholic High School
the Sergeant
Burdett College
Boston
Mass
Wilhelmina B. Moran
IRS exams offered in Burlington for enrollment tests
Special enrollment examinations will be held on September 27 and 28 for accountants and others who wish to qualify to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. Tests will be given at IRS district offices and major city IRS offices. Non CPA or non attorney practitioners must prove technical competence to represent clients before the IRS. The practice right is governed by Treasury Department standards. Information document Publication 486 Enrollment and Special Enrollment Examination and Form 2587 are available.
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Burlington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Treasury Department
Jaffrey man pleads to false token in counterfeit case
In Windham District court Monday 22 year old Matthew W. Shepherd of Jaffrey N H pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of false token and was fined 300 dollars with a six month suspended sentence after being arrested Saturday for uttering counterfeit paper money in Wilmington Vermont. Co defendant Thomas R Adams 26 from Fairfield Conn pleaded not guilty and was released on 250 dollar cash bail. The pair allegedly passed about 65 dollars in bad currency at Ploughmans Restaurant and Grand Union Store in Wilmington.
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Brattleboro
Jaffrey
N.H
Windham District Court
Matthew W. Shepherd
Wilmington
Ploughman’s
Shepherd
Thomas R. Adams
Grand Union
Beets and homecoming recipe from Brattleboro garden
A Brattleboro essay reflects on returning from a Maine vacation to a thriving garden with eight beets grown in a miniature plot. It shares sensory details of home refreshes and ends with a recipe for Beets in Parsley Butter for four, using fresh garden beets and butter.
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Paris
St. Germany
London youth cleared of housebreaking after 370 day bail
Gianco Bottali, 19, who reported to a police station daily for 370 days while on bail, was cleared of a housebreaking charge when the prosecution offered no evidence. Judge Henry Elam said the police had grown weary of him and awarded Bottali 10 pounds as a gesture from public funds.
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London
UPI
Gianco Bottali
Henry Elam
Bottali
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