Law to let guardians retrieve cult victims proposed
Vermont legislative committee proposed a guardianship law to allow parents or guardians to temporarily retrieve young church members from religious cults. The measure aims to protect individuals at risk from manipulation, with prior cases of parents abducting children from the Unification Church cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unification Church
Sun Myung Moon
Church of Moon
Moon
Steven Lotz
Charlotte
Oakland
Calif
Lotz
Diamond
Land use taxation and forest land study report changes
Vermont lawmakers consider tax policies to aid forest management and reduce local property tax burdens. A statewide committee notes 75 percent of six million forest acres are private and urges shifting education costs to statewide taxes while resisting statewide forest land differential assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Salmon
Severe weather pushes Vermont road costs higher
Vermont faces higher highway upkeep as early heavy snow and freezing rain boost salt sand usage and road calls. State officials report $300,000 already spent and warn costs could top $2.8 million more than last year, prompting a $1.2 million supplemental winter budget request.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
State Highway Department
Transportation
Arthur Ristau
Ristau
Salmon named leading prospect for federal energy post
Boston Herald American reports Gov. Thomas P. Salmon of Vermont is a leading prospect to become Carter's federal energy administrator. He is among final two or three candidates to replace Frank Zarb and heads the National Governors Conference natural resources committee. Salmon, 44, has been governor since 1972 and ran for Senate this year, losing to Robert Stafford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Boston Herald American
Thomas P. Salmon
Vermont
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Salmon
Frank Zarb
Herald American Washington
Wayne Woodlief
National Governors Conference Committee On Natural Resources
Northeast
U.S. Senate
Robert T. Stafford
Beech Street School options split over funding plan
Beech Street School faces a critical shortage with costs under 30000. Board discussions proposed shifting Catamount renovation funds to Beech Street, exploring annual budget additions or a modest bond. Public urging favored neighborhood schools and avoiding Beech Street closure, with Dec 21 for a further decision.
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Beech Street
Kathy Greenleaf
Catamount
Diamond
Supt. Sleeman
BSD
Thomas R. Haley
Bennington
St. Francis Academy
Supt
Sleeman
Robert S. Morton
Morton
David O. Morse
Thomas Steffen
Catamount Complex
Listers add to Grand List in Bennington
The Bennington Board of Listers prepared corrections adding 14848 dollars to the 1976 Grand List. Selectmen reviewed 17 properties. only two signatures from Chairman Timothy Corcoran and Richard Leake were present, and more study time was requested before finalizing. The largest increase was on Pownal Road for Wayne and Audrey Ringer from 38190 to 59500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Board of Listers
Timothy Corcoran
Richard Leake
Pownal Road
Wayne
Audrey Ringer
Vermont to ban flip tops and throwaway bottles
On January 1 1977 Vermont will outlaw selling flip-top cans and throwaway bottles with a $1000 fine for violations. retailers and distributors fear unsellable stock. officials from the Agency of Environmental Conservation and the Liquor Board outline relief ideas including redistributing inventory and selling excess stock to bars with board permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Donald Webster
Agency of Environmental Conservation
State Liquor Board
James Finneran
Webster
Spat over back-tax records shocks Bennington board
Bennington selectmen learned from Town Manager Louis C. Savelas that former delinquent tax collector John E. Malone has not turned over tax files. Malone says he provided monthly breakdowns, while officials say records are missing, delaying delinquent tax details and fueling calls for court action to compel disclosure. The dispute ties to Malone’s 8 percent collection fee on taxes not fully paid and to centralizing records at the town office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leaning
Bennington
Louis C. Savelas
John E. Malone
Malone
Selectmen
Savelas
Sarelas
Joan Perrotta
Ronald Higgins
Stuart Hurd
Planning Commission
Commission
Hurd
John Griffin
Gerald P. Morrissey
S. Savelas
Griffin
Paul Sheridan
Morrissey
Sheridan
Terry Ehrich
Paul Bohne
Congress
Heard
Richard Leake
Leake
Albert Lemieux
Harmon Road
Hospital Notes and Town Board Minutes Detail December 8 1976
Admissions list includes David Parker Dean Yarnell Bennington Dorothy Andrews Pownal Diane Bero Shaftsbury and others. Discharges note Cecile Roy Kevin Hogan William Martin Gary Pleasant Charles Avery Loretta Elwell and baby boy. Birth announced for Son Nov. 15 to Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis of Roxborough Massachusetts, former Bennington residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Parker
Dean Yarnell
Bennington
Dorothy Andrews
Pownal
Diane Bero
Shaftsbury
Alice Bump
Frank W. Danforth
Frank Danforth
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Cecile Roy
Kevin Hogan
William Martin
Gary Pleasant
Charles Avery
Loretta Elwell
Baby Boy
James Lewis
Roxborough, Mass
Marcel Lewis
Theda Sausville
Theodore Sausville
Funeral services for Aileen M. Pello announced
Friends may pay respects Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Mahar and Son Funeral Home. The funeral is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Francis de Sales Church. An obituary errata notes Joseph A. III of Bennington was omitted in Wednesday’s notice.
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Susanna P. Deal
Hawthorne Ave
Troy
N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Church of the Ascension
Jack R. Lewis
Miss Deal
Emma Willard School
University of Wisconsin
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Mass
Frank
Helen (Robe) Deal
Emma Willard Alumnae Association
American Physical Therapists Association
Rensselaer County Historical Society
van Rensselaer Garden Club
Ilium Literary Club
Thursday Morning Club
Samaritan Hospital
James A. Eddy Foundation
Putnam Hospital
West Allis Hospital
Wisconsin
Sunnyside Hospital
Schenectady
Samaritan
Aileen M. Pello
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales Church
Joseph A. III
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Richard Diamond
Beech Street School
M. Jerome Diamond
Barrytown
Eric
Elizabeth Schuppin
Tamara
NATO
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Moscow
West
Soviet Bloc
Rhodesia
United States
Northside Drive
Crystal C. Gilbert
Perry R. Snyder
Marilyn Velent
Recreation Center
Gage Street
Energy
Catamount School
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