Bennington Selectmen push 60000 reappraisal plan for town
Bennington Selectmen unanimously approve a March Town Meeting article to authorize up to 60000 for a five year outside professional reappraisal of all real and personal property. The move comes at the urging of Bennington Sisters led by Frank Hogan who argues current assessments are unfair and uneven across blocks like Main Street to the Gold Coast.
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Bennington
J. Duncan Campbell
Leon Boutin
Ormal Pierce
Edward Frasier
Alexander B. R. Drysadale
Frank Hogan
Selectmen
Campbell
Hogan
Frasier
Board of
Listers
Lister
State
Gold Coast
Jefferson Heights
Board of Selectmen
Hanoi narrows peace terms in modified proposal
North Vietnam scaled back demands in Paris talks by dropping the call for Saigon regime ouster. It offered a ceasefire if the United States halts reconnaissance flights and withdraws by mid-1971, with discussions on South Vietnam's political future only if Hanoi’s conditions are met.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Nixon
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Judge rules AEC sets radioactive pollution standards
U S judge in Minnesota holds state agencies cannot tighten radioactivity limits beyond those set by the Atomic Energy Commission. The ruling centers on a dispute between Northern States Power and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over discharges from a Monticello nuclear plant. The decision emphasizes federal preemption to regulate radiation safety.
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U.S
AEC
State
ST. Paul
Minn
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Edward J. Devitt
Minnesota
Monticello
Mississippi River
Vermont
Vermont Yankee
U.S. Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
St. Louis
Warren Spannaus
Earl Ewald
General Electric Company
Northern States
Vermont dam plans on Mad River face environmental hurdles
The Vermont Water Resources Board released findings of fact on Hemco Corp.’s plan to build a 20 acre lake for a 140 unit central Vermont vacation home subdivision in Waitsfield. The board signaled opposition, citing impacts to scenic values fish migration and river ecology while noting little constructive value beyond tax gains. A hearing on the findings will be requested before a final decision.
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Water Resources Board
Real bank heist captured on radio by WGN newsman
Anthony Yakley, 27, charged with attempted robbery of American Savings Bank in South Chicago Heights. A radio tip from WGN’s Don Harris led police to intercept the crime in progress as Yakley tied bank president Louis Dandurand at his home and fled with keys. Police, aided by FBI, pursued and captured Yakley after a second set of bank keys surfaced. Bond set at 50000 with a Thursday hearing.
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Chicago
UPI
Anthony Joseph Yakley
American Savings Bank
Chicago Heights
WGN
Don Harris
Yakley
Bank
Louis Dandurand
Harris
Illinois
Rennie Smith III
Charles Beckett
Beckett
New York City
U.S
James T. Balog
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dandurand
Inside the Adirondack Park fate faces决定-Page 3
The clipping previews a set of page references and brief notes about upcoming articles. It mentions the Adirondack Park future, ski-tourist issues, a Santa Claus exposé, the Russian sailor return tale, Rossi development confusion in Manchester, and a Hoosick Falls basketball game featuring gymnastic rings as pivotal elements.
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Villians
Hoosick Falls
Poverty plagues Vermont elderly amid underclaimed benefits
Vermonters over 65 face widespread poverty with more than 25 000 living under the poverty line and a median elder income of 1 605 dollars per year. The Esco Consultants study also finds 32 million dollars in benefits not claimed and urges legislative and federal action to improve access and aid.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Green
Esco
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Vermot
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Pete Horton
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