Sleeman vows legal fight after zoning defeat for Woodford Rd mall
Richard A. Sleeman vowed retaliation Tuesday night to overturn Bennington zoning through court action after selectmen tied 3 to 3 in denying a change that would permit a shopping center on Woodford Road. He demanded the town build a flood wall to protect his properties and pledged weekly pressure until the board agrees. The tie mirrored a two week old result. Town Counsel Norton Barber cited a legal technicality in the first vote, and about 50 residents attended, split between opponents and Sleeman backers.
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Richard A. Sleeman
Bennington
Woodford Road
Sleeman
Selectmen
Timothy Corcoran
Max Perrotta
Paul Sheridan
J. Duncan Campbell
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
J.C. Jerome
Norton Barber
Drysdale
Robert F
Kearns
Woodford Loses Plea to Stay With Bennington in Districts
Woodford seeking to remain in District 3 with Bennington failed as House Government Operations Committee approved a plan merging Woodford into Bennington-Pownal. Bennington-Pownal will retain six representatives while Woodford loses its long standing alignment. A Shaftsbury hearing drew Woodford residents and Bennington lawmakers, but committee offered little hope for reversal of the reapportionment.
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Montpelier
Woodford
Bennington
House
Pownal
Bennington-Pownal
Shaftsbury
House Committee
Truckers Block Major Highways In Fuel Price Protest
United Press International reports truck drivers stage protests across several states including Ohio, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. About 200 blocked the Delaware River Bridge at 2 a.m. EST with no arrests, while 300 to 350 blocked 27 miles of the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky and Lorain Elyria.
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Ohio
Delaware Memorial Bridge
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Delaware
West Virginia
Delaware River
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio Turnpike
Sandusky-Norwalk
Lorain- Elyria
Monroeville
Pittsburgh
Cambridge
Blairstown
N.J
Wheeling
W.va
Walter Barclay
Bellevue
Neb
Hebron
Robert Follin
Buffalo
Oil price hike approved to shift fuel from gasoline
The Cost of Living Council authorized higher heating oil prices to push refineries toward more heating fuel production, aiming to ease diesel and gasoline shortages without rationing. President Nixon plans a rationing decision within a month as trucker protests flare in several states, with energy adviser William E. Simon among attendees.
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Washington
UPI
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
William E. Simon
White House rattled by 18 minute Nixon tape erasure
White House witnesses admit an 18 minute gap may have been caused by a secretary’s mistaken record button during the June 20 tape review. Gen. Haig to testify as Sirica presses to locate explanations for missing portions and disputed tape existence claims.
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Nixon-Haldeman
White House
Samuel J. Powers
Rose Mary Woods
Nixon
J. Fred Buzhardt
Jill Volner
Powers
Alexander M. Haig
Administration
John J. Sirica
Rebozo to be questioned over Hughes cash gift
Senate Watergate hearings edge toward Charles Rebozo as an aide to Howard Hughes dumps $100,000 in cash on the committee table. Chairman Ervin signaled Rebozo will be called to testify about the Hughes contribution, while other Watergate angles unfold including tapes and tax return talks.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Charles G
Rebe
Rebozo
Howard Hughes
Sam J. Ervin
Dn.c
Chester Davis
Hughes-owned
Summa Corp
Davis
Hughes
Ervin
Phillips Petroleum Co
William W. Keeler
U.S. District Court
Howard F. Corcoran
Keeler
Congress
John C. Tower
R-Tex
GOP
Landowners press for clarity on state land use plan
At Manchester hearings on the tenth draft of Vermont's Land Use Plan landowners and town officials voiced anger and confusion. Schuyler Jackson of the Environmental Board described zones with conservation and resource designations as backlands, while critics said the plan could cheat landowners and impose post hoc zoning criteria.
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Martha Elliott Manchester
Schuyler Jackson
Manchester
Jackson
Vermont
Recycling envisioned as Vermont moves to wide scale
In Vermont experts forecast a shift from garbage to recycling as the state pushes for a mass program to tackle solid waste amid an energy crisis. The Tuesday conference in Montpelier urged rapid action with a planned network of recycling centers and state legislation, S 99, advancing in the Senate last year.
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Vermont Air Coalition
Vermont Lung Association
New England Regional Commission
John Clement
Resource Planning Associates Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Vermont
Martin Johnson
Sen. Smallwood
Senate
Inside Scoop: Alaskan Pipeline Debates and More
Page summaries hint at multiple topics including potential second Alaska pipeline projects, James Reston’s take on reform bill defeats shaping future legislation, Tom Wicker’s energy crisis analysis, and regional issues from sewage to school board challenges.
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James Reston
Tom Wicker
John Page
Pownal
Lamb
Perrotta
BCA
John Hubbard
Mt. Anthony
Cappelletti
New Hampshire
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United Press International
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Connecticut-New York
Danbury
Conn
Blakeslee
Hughes Aide
Biscayne, Fla
Robert G. Abplanalo
San Clemente
By Tyler Resch
Berkshire
Robert Pedercini
North Adams
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