Monument Plaza expansion gets preliminary OK
The Bennington Planning Commission granted preliminary approval for an $800,000 Monument Plaza expansion to be built by Barbara Jean Realty Co of Cambridge Mass. The project adds a 57,000 square foot annex to the Grants building, new south side structures, and extra parking. Final approval hinges on landscaping, traffic control, drainage, and compliance with setbacks and elevations.
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Jan Slusmon
Bennington
Grants
Nixon Defends Innocence In Watergate Address
President Nixon declared the Watergate affair a simple truth of his innocence in a televised Oval Office address. He urged the Senate to end the hearings and defer to the courts, arguing critics seek to ruin him while he focuses on inflation and urgent national issues.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Oval Office
America
Senate Committee
Democratic
Goldwater Finds Nixon Watergate Address Unconvincing
In Washington Senator Barry Goldwater said President Nixon did not add anything to his Watergate messages to divert suspicion from himself. Goldwater backed Nixon’s call for urgent national business while criticizing the lack of new content. Other officials offered mixed responses as regional leaders gathered in Charlottetown to discuss the speech. See HEACTION Page 2, Col.5.
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Washington
UPI
Barry M. Geldwater
Nixon
Goldwater
John Tower
R-Tex
Edmund Muskie
D-Maine
George Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Republicans
Thomas Salmon
Vermont
Meaker Proposes Beverage Container Tax Replacement
Rep John Meaker urges repeal of Vermont beverage container law and adoption of an eight tenths of a cent tax on all bottles and cans. Supported by Rep Peter Joseph and Sen Andrew Orzel, opposed by Rep Macdean Bartlett and Sen Frank Smallwood. Committee to vote next September amid debate over recycling and municipal environmental funding.
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Tive
Peter Joseph
Brighton
Andrew Orzel
Bulland
Pan
Macdean Bartlett
Drichford
Frank Smallwood
Windsor County
Smallwood
Meaker
William Doyle
State Tax Department
Petition protests Pownal liquor site decision
A petition circulating in Pownal objects to the Liquor Central Board choice of a Green Mountain Raceway site for a state liquor store. The document questions public interest, access, and safety, noting competing bids by Green Mountain represented by state Sen. T Garry Buckley and by Manchester developer William Szerbik. Liquor Commissioner Harry Walker defends the decision as in the state’s best interest.
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Geoffrey Chapman Pownatl
Green Mountain Raceway
Liquor Central Board
Liquor Control Board
Liquor Commissioner
Green Mountain
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington
Manchester
William Szerbik
Szerbik
Lea Tanbianchi
Tanbianchi
Liquor Board
Harry Walker
Stowe
Banner
Walker
Pownalsite
Inside Steel rides ahead of parade of higher prices
A compressed page note references Inside Steel leading a parade of higher prices with continuing coverage on economic trends and market expectations.
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ACLU
Park-McCullough House
Tom Braden
Watergate
Safire
Ervin
Steeman
Puwnor
Pownal
Dover
Williamstown
Enemies Hear Nixon Address at New York Enemies Party
About 200 attendees at a New York restaurant watched Nixon’s Watergate speech amid groans and jeers. The event, titled An Evening With the Enemies, drew listed White House opponents who paid 30 dollars each, with proceeds to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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New York
UPI
White House
Nixon
Reporters* Committee For Freedom of the Press
Lewis Rudin
General Motors
Stewart Malt
Sid Davidoff
John V. Lindsay
Mactay Kempton
Howard Samuela
Washington Post
Bob Woodward
Carl Bornstéin
Eyewitness letter sheds light on Battle of Bennington found
The Josep Rung letter, an authentic eyewitness document from the 1777 battle, is located in Bennington Museum manuscripts and moved to the genealogical library. It notes Aug 26 1777 fears after the engagement. Other accounts include Peter Clark’s NH letter. The discovery follows partial cataloging of a Montanha Montana collection donated by Hal Park McCullough. Martha Greene contributed to the project.
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Josep Rung
Bennington
In Museum
Joseph Rudd
Leutenant
Elijah Dewey
Vermont
Rudd
Battle of
Peter Clark
Lyndheboro
Hillsboro County
Clark
McCullough
New York
Robinson
England
Great Britain
Letter from Joseph Rudd Describes Bennington Battle
In a dated August 26 1777 Joseph Rudd writes of a fierce engagement on the 16th where he and his brother John survived a hot battle. He claims driving the enemy from their breastwork and taking field pieces while noting Dutch Hoosack participation and losses of thirty to forty. He mentions neighbors captured and plots after the fight, plus family matters and a note about funds and land.
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Brother John
John
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