Vermont High Court Upholds Town Meeting Power
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled unanimously that local towns can require officials to call special town meetings when 5 percent of voters petition and two board vacancies exist. The Brandon case found Brandon voters had petitioned to add two board members after increasing the board size, and the selectmen initially refused. The court said Brandon Selectmen Allen Davis Sidney Rosen and Cecil Goodheart must call a special meeting as soon as possible.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Supreme Court
Brandon
Board of Selectmen
Supreme Court
Selectmen
Allen Davis
Sidney Rosen
Cecil Goodheart
Matress cash found with elderly couple after Christmas death
Police say a 90 year old man and wife were found dead on Christmas Eve in Schenectady with funds stuffed in a mattress to cover a 243 bill. Autopsy results were inconclusive pending further tests as authorities investigate the circumstances.
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Schenectady, N.Y
UPI
Frank Baker
Catherine
Baker
Two face court for kidnaping in Bennington
Two men aged 20 from Berlin New York and Pownal Vermont were to be arraigned in Bennington District Court on kidnaping charges involving a juvenile girl. They were arrested by State Police in Pownal after the incident at about 7 p.m. Wednesday and held at Rutland Regional Correctional Facility on $50,000 cash bail each. The victim, a minor, was released unharmed. The prosecutor said additional charges are possible but declined to specify.
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Bennington District Court
John J. Moon
Berlin
N.Y
Milford Rice
Pownal
Neil S. Moss
Moon
Rice
Rutland Regional
Moss
Town Douses Half Its Lights In Energy Crisis Plan
Bennington plans to darken residential neighborhoods to meet a 50 percent cut in municipal electric use per a Public Service Board request. Town Manager Edward R. Lamb tours streets with Central Vermont Public Service to determine which lights to switch off while keeping main arteries lit for safety. Even if successful, total town electric use may not drop by half as other municipal energy users remain. CVPS will disconnect power to noncompliant businesses within three days under PSB General Order 56.
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Bennington
State Public Service Board
Edward R. Lamb
Central Vermont Public Service Co
Lamb
Vermont
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Public Service Board
CVPS
Richard Bower
PSB
Bower
Main Street
Tax board meets tonight to abate local taxes
The Bennington Board of Tax Abatement meets at 7 in the town office to abate taxes for the previous year. The six selectmen, 15 town justices, three sisters, tax collector, town clerk and town treasurer oversee abatements for deceased, relocated, or unjustly taxed individuals as of yesterday while energy conservation rules limit outdoor lighting.
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Bennington
Vermont Governor Sees Fuel Crisis Easing Some
Gov. Salmon says the winter dual fuel shortage may be less severe than the 34 percent projection by the New England Power Pool. Anticipated power supplies and warm weather explained the shift, with possible cooperative grid support while warning the crisis is not over. Two committee chairs protested a private session after newsmen were excluded from the Montpelier meeting. Governor notes at least 20 percent of Vermont service stations have gone out of business since the gasoline shortage began.
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New England
George Aiken
R-Vt
UPI
Salmon
John O’brien
Chittenden County
House Municipal Corporations Committee
Lew Kedroff
Springfield
O’brien
Senate
Committee
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Montpelier
Kedroff
House
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Vermont
Town pays 300 plus to aid Bennington tax collector
Town officials use 300 to hire an assistant for Tax Collector John Malone and provide secretarial hours to prepare for an audit. The move accompanies plans to reform the tax office toward a salaried collector, replacing the current 8 percent delinquent tax fee.
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Bennington
John Malone
Edward R. Lamb
Malone
Lamb
Robert F. Johnson Sr
Rationing plan aims to curb fuel crisis with coupons
Simon said the public could lick the fuel crisis if cooperating with government mandates. A full rationing description will appear in the Federal Register in two weeks. Each person will receive an authorization card to obtain gasoline coupons at banks or post offices, valid for 60 days and exchangeable on the open market. Prices will vary by supply and demand, with extra coupons bought at local exchanges for more fuel. The system introduces a limited free market contrast to wartime бюreaucracy.
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Simon
Federal Energy Office
Federal Register
Bennington Selectmen Review Housing Board Vacancy and Policy
The unanimous appointment process for Eleanor Sourcliffe is noted as well as a request by Joseph Higgins to join the Bennington Housing Authority. Higgins would have to resign from the Planning Commission if appointed. A Federal Housing Administration letter on reserving some Applegate Apartment units for low income seniors and others was tabled for more information. Red Kearns and Richard Sleeman were absent amid flood and flood-wall disputes, while Sleeman had pressed a zoning change for a shopping center that was previously rejected.
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Eleanor Sourcliffe
Joseph Higgins
Bennington
Applegate
Orchard Road
FHA
Robert F
Red’’ Kearns
Barney Brook
Richard A. Sleeman
Woodford Road
Sleeman
Montpelier Lawmaker Proposes Flat Fuel Tax Kickback Plan
Peter Giuliani, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, favors a flat 10 fuel tax kickback for all with sales tax rebates. He urged major tax changes next legislative session and called for repeal of the governor's capital gains tax on speculative land sales and the income tax surcharge. He favored local towns deciding on the poll tax, urged a land use taxation section, and opposed bringing the open spaces tax relief package to the House floor. The Environmental Board finalized a land use plan without a land use tax section. Governor Salmon said he would push for the open spaces tax peg after a secret meeting with lawmakers.
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Giuliani
Environmental Board
Thomas Salmon
Bennington Briefs and Local Notices for December 26 1973
A craft crocheting workshop at Bennington Free Library runs Friday 2 to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to noon for Grade 3 and up, with attendees bringing crochet books and yarn and experienced crocheters assisting. Also notes New Year greetings from Napolitano's Pizzeria, bowling schedules at Bennington Lanes and Mid Town Bowl, area store closings, a divorce decree for Sen John V. Tunney and wife Mieke, sewing and tailoring services at Elaine's Fabric Center, and local admissions births discharge list for December 26 1973.
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Bennington Free Library
Bennington Masonic Leader Franklin D. Spicer 65
Franklin D. Spicer a Bennington native and noted Mason died at home after a heart attack while working at Thomson Manufacturing Co. The funeral is Saturday at 2 pm at Hanson-Walbridge with Rev. Floyd La Bombard officiating. He held multiple high Masonic offices and supported Rainbow Girls and Shrine charities.
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Franklin D. Spicer
Bennington
Fillmore St
Thomson Manufacturing Co
Hanson-Walbridge
Floyd I. la Bombard
First Baptist Church of
Park Lawn Cemetery
Henry and
Mary (Knapp) Spicer
Mechanicville
N.Y
Mt. Anthony
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Ted Ripley
Dick Jolivette
Willow Park
BOR
Benningtonians
Ripley
Corcoran
Perrotta
Tax Board
Kent
Morgan Springs
Ome
Community Recreation Center
John Durkin
New Hampshire
Lockwood
Blue Cross
Whaland
New York
Agencies
Bennington Briefs
Napolitano’s Pizzeria
Ben Mont
Burt Bros
Vogue
Tunneys
Riverside
Calif
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Mieke
Superior Court
Thomas Bucciarelli
Vanity
Shultz Jewelers
Atkins & Gould
Southern Vermont
Elaine’s Fabric Center
Monument Plaza
Mid Town
Maubs
Sanford Ketchum
Mary _ Stearns
Patricia Dickey
Jessica Whitman
Joyce Hyatt
Fred Babson
North Bennington
Fred Hirsch
East Arlington
Edgar Bryant
Manchester Center
Gordon Davis
Wilmington
Mary Philpott
Hoosick
William Sparks
Walter Co Sr
Hoosick Falls
N Y
Arthur Lynds
Buskirk, N.Y
Bennington Area
Peter E. C. Hill
Mahar and Son
Park Lawn
White Chapel
George and
Ida (Warn) Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eunice Camp
Peter G
Youngstown
Robert M. Wapato
Wash
Eunice Kelson
Harriet Proctor
Waterford
Patricia Foster
Hartford
William H. Haskell
St. Francis de Sales
Anna Haskell
Bennington Convalescent Center
Bennington Mills
Stephentown
Edward and
Roseann (McSorley) Nolan
William R. Brookman
William Raymond Brookman Sr
Old Mill Road
Williamstown
Mass
North Adams Regional Hospital
Ronald Brookman
Allen Brookman
Jean Ballard
Charles
Margaret (Walker) Brookman
Sloan Road
Mt. Hope Farm
Richard A. Ruether
American Legion
Myrtle Phelps
Donald
William Brookman
Phyllis Olson
Emily Anderson
Don Fulford
Glen Mills
Sherman Burbank
Second Congregational Church of
Visiting Nurses Association
Norman D. Magoon
Green Mountain
Pittsfield
Berkshire Medical Center
Balance Rock Road
Lanesboro
Methuen
Salem
N.H
Totalisator Co
Towson
Green Mountain Park
St. Luke’s Church
Elizabeth Colpitts
Robert G
Carol
Beth
Gerald L. Magoon
Richard
Arthur
Joseph Christopher
John Reed
Lawrence
Norman G. Fair
Winhall
Puntagorda
Fla
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick A
Minnie (King) Fair
Sigrid
Keith Smith
Washington, Conn
Carole Lee Horton
Joan Fletcher
Framingham
Brenda Montiverdi
Northboro
Bellows Falls
Alberta Stewart
Marion Blake
Alice Howard
Walpole
Doris Lamb
Langdon, N.H
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