Fire Destroys Freighthouse on Depot Street
A wind driven blaze wiped out the old freight office at Depot Street this morning. Norman H. Greenberg and his son helped salvage lumber as flames gutted the building within an hour. The value was listed at 20000 dollars. Fire units from all four Bennington stations plus Rural Fire Department fought the blaze. no cause or damage total yet reported.
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Depot Street
Norman H. Greenberg
Greenberg
Edward
Bennington
County and Depot Streets
Norman Greenberg
Davis Charged With Exaggerating State Deficit To Win Sales Tax
In Montpelier a Democratic lawmaker accuses the Davis administration of overestimating the state deficit to push a 3 percent sales tax. Sen. George Hayes calls for reducing the levy or dropping it, while officials say revenue projections require more months of data before revision. Critics say the tax could raise $14 to $15 million, beyond early estimates, with debate continuing among lawmakers and fiscal committees.
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Davis
Montpelier
UPDA
George Hayes
Franklin County
Ron Crisman
Joint
Hayes
Republican House Appropriations
Luther Hackett
South Burlington
Hackett
Crisman
House Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
Giuliani
Searchers Find Girls Lost on Mt Greylock
A camp counsellor led a search for 21 missing girls on Mount Greylock Massachusetts highest peak. The group, aged 11 or 12, wandered after climbing to the top then strayed on a wrong trail. About 1000 searchers from police, rangers and Berkshire volunteers scoured the area overnight with temperatures in the fifties.
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Adams
Mass
UPI
Woods
Greylock
Massachusetts
Hopper
Berkshire Community Club
Albany
N.Y
Hank Smith
Camp Lenore
Hinsdale
Smith
Inside Page Calls Banning Pesticide Killers
An editorial urges banning pesticides described as people killers, arguing public health needs outweigh agricultural convenience. The piece stresses clear evidence of harm and proposes strict controls to protect communities and the environment.
New York greets Apollo 11 moon heroes with ticker tape
New York City gives a thunderous ticker tape welcome to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. They walk Broadway to City Hall for a mayoral reception before a 20 hour day including a Chicago parade and a Los Angeles dinner with President Nixon. Crowds fill the streets as bands play and newsreel cheers rise from the Wall Street heliport to Bowling Green.
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New York
UPI
America
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E
Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Ameriteca
Heroes
New York City
Mike
Buzz
Armstrong
City Hall
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Chicago
Loop
Los Angeles
Nixon
Apollo
John F. Kennedy International
Aldrin
Wall Street
Bowling Green
Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Lindy
Ike
MacArthur
Broadway Financial District
Windy City
Broadway
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Nixon Proposes U S Share Federal Taxes With States
President Nixon urged Congress to return up to 5 billion dollars in federal revenues to the states by mid 1975 without strings. He proposed starting with 500 million to share with states as part of a welfare reform plan to shift fiscal power away from Washington and back to the people. The plan bases shared funds on a percentage of personal taxable income and state population, with distribution formulas to local units, aiming to ease fiscal crises and lift Americans from poverty into productivity.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Washington
District of Columbia
Haynsworth Nominated for Supreme Court Seat
President Nixon plans to nominate Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. of South Carolina to the Supreme Court to fill the Abe Fortas vacancy. Dirksen said the nomination would be announced Thursday unless signals change. Haynsworth, 56, a 4th Circuit chief judge, is viewed as a strict constructionist and would join Chief Justice Burger on the court.
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Abe Fortas
Louis E. Wolfson
Burger
Haynsworth
Greenville
S.C
Furman University
Harvard Law School
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ripton Panel Plans Use Of Environmental Center
The 17 member Ripton panel approved a plan to create a conservation study center for 100 teachers at the former Job Corps site in Ripton and to relocate the Corrections Department Lakeside Center youths there to assist the institute. The program would expand to include youths and officials in year two with year round operations aimed for 1973. Governor Deane C. Davis seeks a $200,000 regional grant. officials expect funding.
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Elbert Moulton
Deane C. Davis
Ripton
Davis
Regional Commission
Moulton
Richard Wright
Commission
Hoff undecided on 1970 bid for Vermont Senate seat
Former Vermont Governor Philip Hoff remains undecided about running against Republican Winston Prouty, saying he will decide after the new year but before June. He faces strong funding questions, ABM opposition, and a potential Becker Research poll amid party currency and campaign dynamics.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Senate
Winston Prouty
Hoff
Prouty
George D. Aiken
Becker Research
Boston
New Hampshire
Deane C. Davis
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Harris
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David Scribner
County Street
John Wackerman
Paul Philbrook
Administration Department
Philbrook
John Simonds
William French
Mt. Greylock
Williamstown
Hoosick Falls
Lake Paran
N.Y.C
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dirksen
Cat
Fortas
Adlai E. Stevenson
4Th Circuit
Senate Judiciary Committee
California
Supreme Court
Louis H. Burke
Richmond
Lewis F. Pwell Jr
American Bar Association
Henry J. Friendly Jr
2Nd
U.S Circuit Court of Appeals
Bernard G. Segal
Philadelphia
ABA
Ripton Panel
Charles Adams
Lakeside Center
Aiken
Senate Republicans
Spiro T. Agnew
Newport
Rutland
Arthur Defresne
Stephen B. Hand
Burlington
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