Town zoning map presented to selectmen by planning group
Bennington Planning Commission presented the final version of the permanent zoning ordinance and land-use map to selectmen after four amendments from the November hearing. The plan calls for a new public hearing within 30 to 90 days, with copies mailed to adjacent towns and regional offices 30 days before the hearing. The meeting featured Commission Chair Burt and members Tilgner Bohne Foster Tilgner as changes were shown, including moving the airport zone away from the Walloomsac River and reclassifying part of Mt Anthony area as agricultural land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Town Planning Commission
Selectmen
Norton Barber
Barber
Planning Commission
Bennington
Hoosick
Petersburg
New York State
Eugene C. Burt
Paul Bohne III
Thomas H. Foster
Charles Tilgner III
Commission
Burt
Tilgner
Joseph E. Higgins
Walloomsac
Vail Road
Mt. Anthony
Charles Tilgner
Come Mission
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Joseph Higgins
J. Duncan Campbell
Davis Names Four As Ripton Planners
Gov. Deane C. Davis appointed four conservationists to the nine member panel for planning at the Regional Institute in Green Mountain National Forest. Frederick Mold, Richard Brett, Frederick Smith, and Rep. Arthur Gibb were named to the panel, with an executive director choice to come later. The New England Regional Commission funds total 90 thousand dollars. A subcommittee approved water pollution statute revisions, local environmental control officers, a pollution permit system, and permit penalties to strengthen state water protection. Royal Cutts called local officers the first line of defense against polluters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Cutts
R - Townshend
Milk payments in escrow to be distributed to New England farmers
Senator George D. Aiken reports the Boston Milk Market plans to bring in Agriculture Department staff to allocate about 9 million dollars held in escrow for New England and New York milk producers. Aiken notes 3,816 Vermont residents stand to benefit from a Supreme Court ruling backing the federal action. Russell Allen, a Fair Haven dairy farmer, hails the decision as justice and Christmas gift after suing over unequal payments to farmers near Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Boston
Agriculture Department
New England
New York State
Vermont
Aiken
U.S. Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
GOP
Senate Agriculture Committee
New
England
New York
Fair Haven
Supreme Court
Russell Allen
Goldberg Declines To Enter New York Political Arena
Arthur J. Goldberg announced in New York that he will not run for governor or U S senator in 1970. He said the decision is final and will remain a private citizen to pursue peace and justice, despite pressure from public figures to seek office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldberg
New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
Supreme Court
W. Averell Harriman
Ecological disaster talk on Vermont ETV Inside
Vermont ETV Page 3 discusses the threat of ecological disaster while Hoosick Falls faces a water system pressure fluctuation prompting an investigation by town officials. Manchester learns it will receive 13000 dollars less than expected under the Miller Formula Page 8.
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Vermont
Hoosick Falls
Manchester
Judge rejects Kopechne autopsy ruling in Chappaquiddick case
Luzerne County Judge Bernard Brominski refuses Massachusetts request for an autopsy on Mary Jo Kopechne 28 who died when Edward Kennedy's car plunged into a tidal pond on Chappaquiddick Island Mass. The ruling notes death by drowning and denies exhumation. Parents say they are pleased and an inquest will proceed in Massachusetts.
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Wilkes-Barre
UPI
Massachusetts
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard J. Brominski
Luzerne County
Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Mass
Brominski
Sen. Kennedy
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N. J
Joseph Flanagan
Edgartown
Dominic J. Arena
Edmund
Dinis
Larksville
New Bedford
Nixon Praises Youth At Football Dinner
President Nixon praised the competitive spirit of American youth at the National Football Foundation Awards dinner in New York while outside thousands of antiwar protesters clashed with police. At least 63 arrested and seven officers injured as demonstrators smashed Fifth Avenue shop windows. Nixon attended a black tie Waldorf Astoria gala honoring the Gold Medal Award and nine Hall of Fame inductees including Bud Wilkinson, noting Texas as the best college team and praising Penn State while defending his own choice in a lighthearted speech. Outside, Park Avenue clashes began with a small red flag escalated into a major confrontation near the hotel. See Nixon Page 22.
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New York
UPI
Nixon
National Football Foundation
Fifth Avenue
Waldorf Astoria
Football Foundation
Bud Wilkinson
Football Hall of Fame
Texas
Behin
Razorbacks
Penn State
Park Avenue
Army seizes power in Dahomey. President Zin Sou captured
In Cotonou, Dahomey, rebels led by Lt. Col. Maurice Kouandete seized the radio station and stormed the presidential palace. President Emile Zinsou was reportedly wounded and later held captive after a gunfight, with officials inside the palace confined. The coup marks the fifth since independence as the nation, poor and debt burdened, reels from repeated upheavals.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
UPI
Emile Zinsou
France
Lome
Togo
Maurice Kouandete
Army
At & A.m
Atlantic Sea Front
Zinsou
Nattitingou
Justice
Ah Army
Charles de Gaulle
Kouandete
Christophe Soglo
Bright Future Seen for Farmers in Changing Times
A panel of agricultural experts told about 40 Bennington County farmers at Mt. Equinox Grange Hall that a brighter future is possible in the 1970s if they persevere and adapt. They warned of higher loan rates, land tenure pressures, and rising public environmental worries, urging better planning and smarter land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Times
Bennington County
John C. Page
Mt. Equinox
Page
Louis Latuch
Farm Credit Co. Op
Rutland
Latuch
Dwight Eddy
University of Vermont
Winston A. Way
Extension Agronomist
Way
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David Scribner
Davis
Ripton Planners
Allen
Frederick Zuber
North Dartmouth
John F. Kennedy
Labor
Lyndon B. Johnson
United Nations
By Tyler Resch
Resch
UVM Extension
Stewart Gibson
Alvan Lawrence
Shaftsbury
Winston Way
UVM
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