Salmon vows nonpartisan stance despite controversy
Gov elect Thomas P Salmon says he will be a little controversial at times but remain nonpartisan, insisting he's not a partisan. Democrats worry about his stance as he tells lawmakers Vermont comes first. House Speaker Kennedy notes appearance matters and dress code, while race for House majority leader tightens between Tudhope and Dewey.
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Foc
Vermont
Democratic Party
House
Walter L. Kennedy
Chelsea
Senate
Wey
State House
Douglas Tudhope
South Burlington
Giles Dewey
Stowe
Paul Graves
Hayth Burlington
Butt
Graves
Kennedy
Judiciary Committee
County Court December term is postponed
The December term of Bennington County Court opened at the Bennington Courthouse but case scheduling starts in the week of December 18. County Clerk Elizabeth A. King noted brief ceremonies led by Assistant Judges Clyde H. Bryant and Howard C. Estes for Judge Ernest W. Gibson III, who presides over a $3900,000 medical malpractice suit in Windham County Court and is expected to call a jury in the week of December 11.
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Hennington County
Bennington
Elizabeth A. King
Clyde H. Bryant
Howard C. Estes
Ernest W. Gibson
Gibson
Windham County
Autos bump, he means skid at Bennington Main Safford
Bennington Police report a no car accident at the Safford and Main intersection early. Keith Parke and Oliver Alten were involved, with moderate damage to Parke’s Pariza and no injuries. State Police investigated a one car crash on White Creek Road in Shaftsbury. Margaret Dowling lost control, struck a pole and went over an embankment, car extensively garaged, no injuries.
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Bennington
Safford
Mainstream
Keith Parke
Oliver Alten
Allen
White Creek
Shaftsbury
Margaret Dowling
Justice Dept opposes removal of lake sludge case
The Justice Department told the Supreme Court that removing large sludge deposits from Lake Champlain and Ticonderoga Creek would harm water quality and that no sound disposal method exists yet. Government asks to join Vermont suit seeking dredging, pollution relief, and damages to navigation and public health.
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Justice Dept
Vermont
Newaka
Ravami Cutter
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Erwin N. Griswold
Lake Champlain
Act 250 plan criticized as vague and hurried
The editor denounces the Section 19 plan under Act 250 as vague, legalistic, and ill-timed, urging a public, English clearer rewrite that clearly states the public trust in land use. It faults secrecy, warns of prolonged litigation, and calls for full debate before the 1973 legislature.
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State Environmental Board
Environmental Board
Commissions
Vermont
Ta Toso
Woman Attacks Husband Sparked Catalan Car Crash Mystery
In Barcelona a wife leapt from the back of her husband’s car and attacked him prompting a loss of control that crashed the vehicle into a shop window. CIFRA reported the husband was with his mistress in the front seat. The wife had hidden in back to surprise them.
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Barcelona
Spain
UPI
CIFRA
Selectmen threaten action over Catamount Dyers pollution
Bennington selectmen Tuesday night authorized Town Manager Edward R. Lamb to set a deadline for correcting pollution from Catamount Dyers mill on Ben Mont Avenue after residents complained of fumes. If Krane delays past two weeks, legal action to shut the factory will follow. prior disputes over noise have left officials skeptical.
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Catamount Dyers
Bennington
Ben Mont Avenue
Mortimer Krane
Scott Street
Krane
Edward R. Lamb
Jane
Lamb
Papi
Selectmen
Wll
Selectan
Ray Pinsanneault
Vermont
North Street
Beech Street
Chapel Road
Calbun
Balles Brook
Selectman
J.C. Jerome
Jerome
J. Duncan Campbell
Town water crisis deepens as court case looms on deed
Bennington town officials wrestle with a aging water system and a court case over the Henry Putnam gift deed. A new west side water source may take five years. officials fear revenues and rates under current deed limits hinder repairs and upgrades. The suit against Putnam Memorial Hospital seeks to update the deed to allow higher revenues and borrowing for mandatory improvements.
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Bennington
Lamb
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Henry W. Putnam
Norton Barber
Arraignments Conclude for Vermont Football Pool Cases
The last of 17 defendants arrested in Vermont for gambling on football games faced arraignment in Vermont District Court. Four White River Junction and Lebanon, N H residents denied charges of selling or permitting football pool cards. their cases were placed for future jury trial and they were released on their own recognizance. Thirteen others were arraigned earlier after weekend raids in Vermont and New Hampshire.
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Whith River Junction
UPI
Vermont
George Ellison
Windsor County
Philip Spillane
Lorraine Hagerman
White River Junction
Lewis Lahaye
Gary Dulac
Lebanon
N.H
Ellison
New Hampshire
Court upholds three murder convictions in Vermont
Vermont Supreme Court upholds life sentences for Robert Murray of Richmond and Robert Magoon of Chester, affirming their 1990s murder trials, and sustains Gary Pray of Bennington for first degree murder in the death of his father‑in‑law. The court found competent counsel claims waived, and rejected Pray’s four trial‑court error claims.
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Murray and
Magnan
Chittenden
Windham
Pray
Bennington Briefs and Local Events Roundup
Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club announces its annual game supper for Saturday December 3 at 6 16 p m at the Bennington Club. Tickets at the door. Bennington Free Library screens Hall of Kings Friday at 10 a m an adult film about Westmingter Abbey. Candle Craft restocked at Knapp's Pets and Hobbies. Napolitano's Pizzas at 145 Ben Mont Bennington advertises new flavors. A birth: a son born December 1 at North Adams Regional Hospital to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Goodell of Barber's Pond Trailer Park Pownal. Gary Jones of Bennington joins Reb Cummins Barber Shop. ADY
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Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club
Bennington Club
Bennington Free Library
Westmingter Abbey
North Adams
Mass
Mia
Lawrence Goodell
Barber's Pond Trailer Park
Pownal
Obituary for Rev Elmer Benn Shaftsbury minister 89
Rev Elmer E Benn of Shaftsbury pastor emeritus died after a long illness at Crescent Manor Nursing Home at age 89. Born Sept 25 1883 in Coxsackie NY he served multiple churches in the area and was a member of the Troy Conference Masons. Survived by a son a daughter a sister eight grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral at First United Methodist Shaftsbury Thursday at 2 pm with burial in South Shaftsbury Cemetery. Memorial gifts to Shaftsbury First United Methodist Church.
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Elmer E. Benn
Elmer EB. Benn
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Crescent Manor
Coxsackie
N.Y
Lemuel C
Milla Benn
New York State
Shaftsbury Church
Benn
Troy
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge F&am
Clinton Lodge
Waterford
Elmer
Gansevoort
Clarence
Mabel) Hoss
Tray
Grace Raymond
Poughkeepsie
First United Methodist Church
South Shaftsbury
Hanson- Walbridge
Hospital Notes December 5 1972 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions Raymond McGarvin William Hennessey Mrs Clara Elliott Hoosick Falls James Meyer Miss Robin Colvin Arlington Miss Tina Lafontain Miss Rita Trembley Mrs Geraldine Gallant Bennington Mrs Elizabeth Hubbard Shaftsbury Robert Steller N Y Miss Helen Fitzgerald Manchester Discharges Master Norman Robinson Mrs Joyce Cates Hoosick Falls Gregory Wright Arlington Lee Barber Pownal Births Mr and Mrs Lawrence Thomas 135 Beech St a daughter December 5.
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Raymond McGarvin
William Hennessey
Clara Elliott
Hoosick Falls
James Meyer
Robin Colvin
Arlington
Tina Lafontain
Rita Trembley
Geraldine Gallant
Bennington
Elizabeth Hubbard
Shaftsbury
Robert Steller
N.Y
Helen Fitzgerald
Manchester
Norman Robinson
Joyce Cates
Gregory Wright
Lee Barber
Pownal
Lawrence Thomas
Beech St
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