Solons and Trustees Discuss Tax Relief for Bennington Area
Vermont lawmakers and Bennington Village trustees held a two hour meeting to review financial woes and seek state aid. Discussions covered possible tax revenue increases, elderly tax relief, consolidation of local government, retroactive education aid, the Miller formula, highway funding, fair market value assessments, and a statewide sales tax.
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Bennington County
Bennington Village
Bennington
Vermont
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Montpelier
Green Mountain Park
Mt. Anthony “Union High School
Miller
Pello
George van Santvoord
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Victory Dam funds sought for Moose River project
Governor Hoff announced he will urge Vermont’s congressional delegation to request federal support in the omnibus public works appropriation for the Victory Dam and Reservoir on the Moose River north of St Johnsbury. The Army Corps found need for flood control storage along the Moose Passumpsic and Connecticut rivers. The dam would be 930 feet long, 90 feet high, creating a 2880 acre lake with initial cost about 5.3 million dollars, with 600000 reimbursed locally. The reservoir would hold 82000 acre feet for flood control and 24000 acre feet for year round flood control, managed for recreation and wildlife benefits. Local interests would administer lands and waters for recreation and wildlife.
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Corps
Moose
Passumpsic
Connecticut
Hoff
Victory
Gayesville
Washington
George D. Aiken
Army Engineers
Greek King Leads Counter Coup Against Junta In Athens
King Constantine I reportedly led army units in a revolt, with tanks moving into central Athens and reports saying he fled the capital to overthrow the ruling junta. Athens Radio claimed the king was misled by opportunists while unconfirmed reports tied Crete and northern Greece to the rebellion.
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Athens
UPI
Constantine
1St Army
Larisa
Athens Radio
Greece
Crete
Constantine Kollias
Ansa
George Paridis
3Rd
Eisselman
Zaloxordidi
Selectmen Fail to Pick Vacancy Candidate in Bennington
Bennington will lack a third selectman until likely next March when town meeting voters elect one. At a weekly session Louis Sausville and Joseph Higgins did not resolve who should fill the late Richard Van Santvoord’s seat. Sausville backed his first choice, while Higgins supported Ellis Winslow as his, with Mrs. Ruby Van Santvoord, widow of the former member, noting the contention.
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Bennington
Louis F. Lausville
Joseph Higgins
Richard van Santvoord
Sausville
Ruby van Santvoord
Higgins
Ellis Winslow
John P. Riddle
Selectman’s Post
Richard Hollister
Bernard Winslow
Arthur ‘‘Toge
Theberge
Bennington Village
van Santvoord
Arthur Lauzon
Max Perrotta Sr
Arthur D. Taylor
J.C. Jerome
Walter Danisch
Lausville
Sansville
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
Hoff Amid Vermont Swing Backed by McCarthy Supporters
Vermont crowd hears about a Volunteers for McCarthy group aiming to mobilize grass roots for Sen. Eugene McCarthy. Gov Hoff cautions impact may be modest but expects policy debate from Vietnam issue to spur public discussion and avoid party split.
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Hoff
Vietnam
Johnson
Pioneer 8 Launch Sets Sunward Voyage for Space Weather
CAPE KENNEDY (UPS) Pioneer 8, a 145 pound solar weather satellite, lifted at 9 08 a m EST aboard a Delta rocket for a 400 day mission to map solar radiation and magnetic forces affecting Earth and the moon. The 21st Cape space shot of the year included a 40 pound piggy back moonlet to test comms and Apollo tracking.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Pioneer 8
Sea of Space
Earth
Moon
Cape
Delta
Apollo
Pioneer
Inside the Paper Highlights and Column Panels
An editorial on supersonic transport appears on page 4 by Elizabeth Dwyer. A note on Raggedy Ann dolls for cuddling also by Dwyer appears on page 4. Roy Marsden’s Red and Gun column covers a hunting expedition on page 12.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Red and Gun
Roy Marsden
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U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
5Th Vietnamese Marine Battalion
My Tho River
Saigon
Solons
Trustees Air
John Hamilton
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Royal Palace
Pentagon
McCarthy
William Hunter
Burlington
State Committee
Windham County
Clark’s Woods
South Stream Road
Roaring Branch
Rutland
U.S
Hamilton
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