Tax sale triggers town rep and 8 percent fee in dispute
The town will be represented at a three year tax sale begun last March, with Growth Inc. expected to pay delinquent taxes. Malone collects 8 percent of delinquent taxes. about 100 delinquents exist with $97,000 unpaid at year end. Cushman plant history notes labor ties and recent downsizing, as workers fear sale and job loss.
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Lamb
Growth Inc
Malone
Essex Junction
Cushman
Upholsterers International Union
Eagle Square petition seeks new vote on contract
Eagle Square residents petition selectmen for a fresh vote on the matter. If tonight’s result favors the proposal, selectmen and company officials will finalize a contract, with Eagle Square’s board of directors expected to approve within a week or ten days and site preparation to begin immediately after signing.
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Eagle Square
Galbraith Calls for Public Ownership in Failing Industries
At the convention Galbraith argued Keynesian policy aimed at full employment and inflation control. He urged public takeover of industries where private enterprise failed, citing railroads and housing as examples. Daniel H Brill reported ASSA members expect inflation reduction and unemployment drop from 5.7% to 5.4%.
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John Maynard Keynes
Galbraith
Daniel H. Brill
Association
Business and Economic Statistics Section
ASSA
Bennington Town Management Promises Modern Methods
The speaker contrasts Campbell with Bennington noting a graduate engineer in public management in daily service, implying Bennington will bring a strong hands on approach. He predicts by January 1972 town management will be firmly established in modern business methods, despite tough times.
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Bennington
Vermont
Sludge suit expected today against New York IPC
Vermont Attorney General James Jeffords planned to file a suit against New York and the International Paper Co over 300 acres of lake sludge from the IPC plant in N Y and seek millions in damages and a cleanup order. He aimed to have the U S Supreme Court direct action to end the pollution of Vermont waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffords
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
New York
IPC
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Vermont
Medium Cool controversy prompts flag desecration debate
Rutland County State's Attorney says no plan to prosecute a theater owner after police seized three posters advertising the film Medium Cool for alleged flag desecration. He cites Vermont law questions amid national court challenges while posters are returned or offered back to owner Robert Shannon who may pursue legal action.
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Rutland
UPI
Robert Tepper
Tepper
Vermont
Robert Shannon
Shannon
Ex FBI agent named to head Vermont crime panel
Philip F. McCarthy 53 of Concord a former FBI agent was named executive director of the Vermont Crime Control Commission at $18,300 a year by Gov. Deane C. Davis. He succeeds Robert Bing who left to return to private practice and played a role in the Brinks robbery case.
Vermont AG Hanson Treated For Chest Pains In Berlin
BERLIN UPI Vermont Assistant Attorney General John Hansen was described in fairly good condition in the intensive care unit at Central Vermont Medical Center after experiencing chest pains during an early morning trip from Rutland. Dr Le Grand Burns said tests were under way to determine the cause with a three week hospitalization anticipated. Hansen helped pass the state's environmental control law and serves as chief legal counsel for the Environmental Conservation Agency.
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Berlin
UPI
Vermont
John Hansen
le Grand Burns
Rutland
Central Vermont Medical Center
Burns
Hansen
The
Environmental Conservation Agency
Candon Proposes 1 Percent Property Transfer Tax Aid
MONTPELIER The first tax bill of the new General Assembly comes from House Minority Leader Thomas H. Candon of Rutland. He would raise the state property transfer tax from .5 percent to 1 percent and grant a $20,000 homestead exemption. Candon, a Ways and Means member and professional appraiser, also notes session plans on education conservation and consumer protection as opening bills. Sen. T. Garry Buckley will seek to curb revaluations to prevent imbalances in Grand Lists.
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Montpelier
General Assembly
House
Thomas H. Candon
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Linus Pauling Vitamin C claim faces medical skepticism
Washington UPI report notes Dr Linus Pauling argues Vitamin C prevents colds in his book Vitamin C and the Common Cold. FDA commissioner and AMA say no scientific evidence exists. Pauling to meet FDA week of Jan 11. Americans spend tens of millions on cures and suffer millions of lost days from colds.
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Washington
UPI
Linus Pauling
Pauling
United States
National Institute of Health
American Medical Association
Food and Drug Administration
Charles C. Edwards
FDA
Edwards
The
AMA
Senate passes aid and pension hike amid rush to adjourn
In a midnight session the Senate scuttled welfare and trade bills, sought a new compromise on the defense appropriation, approved aid to Cambodia and Israel, and moved toward an $8 billion Social Security increase for about 26 million people. A $210 million SST program funding dispute remains unresolved.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Cambodia
Israel
House Conference Committee
House
U.S
Conference Committee
Margaret denies divorce reports from Washington paper
A Clarence House spokesman said a Washington Post report that Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon plan to separate and divorce is certainly not true. Margaret, 40, is at Windsor Castle for Christmas with Queen Elizabeth and is due back in London soon while Snowdon recovers from minor surgery in a London clinic.
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London
UPI
Margaret
Washington
Lord Snowdon
Clarence House
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Windsor Castle
Queen Elizabeth
Washington Post
Snowdon
The
Post
Church of England
Snowdons
Santa Claus Breaks Up Laguna Beach Rock Festival
Laguna Beach police ended a Christmas rock festival drawing about 20 000 youths with 400 officers at sunrise. Two arrests were made as 2 000 remaining participants were placed on buses and taken downtown amid cold fog and sleeping bags. Officers in riot gear declared the gathering illegal.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
UPI
Stiff tag for Statehouse renovations
The Vermont State House renovation price is set at 800000 dollars, about 50000 more than planned, with funds drawn from the contingency. Edgar Weed of the State Buildings Division notes work ordered by the legislature. When lawmakers return January 6 they will see a new heating system carpeting and desks though minor items like painting and lounge ceiling remain unfinished. The microphone system should be installed by February 1 and operations will not be hindered.
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General Assembly
Bates
Broadway Theaters Move Early Evening Shows to 7 30
The League of New York Theaters announced evening performances will begin at 7 30 p m on weekdays and matinees will start at 2 p m instead of 2 30 p m The change aims to satisfy patrons preferring earlier returns home while suburban residents and pre theater diners weigh the impact. A discussion of earlier start times has circulated in show business amid restaurant industry concerns.
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New York
UPI
League of New York Theaters
Youth pleads innocent to marijuana charge in Bennington
An 18-year-old Bennington youth William R. Gerleman pleaded not guilty in Bennington District Court to possession of marijuana. Judge Morrissey released him to custody of parents with bail set at 1000 dollars. police found marijuana and other drugs after responding to a naked-walking complaint near Edgewater Inn. District court action followed by mention of another case where Geoffrey H. Locklin pled guilty to hashish with intent to sell and a pre-sentence investigation ordered with bail set at 2500 dollars.
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Bennington
William R. Gerleman
Pleasant St
John P. Morrissey
Gerleman
Edgewater Inn
Pleasant Street
Geoffrey H. Locklin
Jefferson Heights
Vermont
Locklin
Morrissey
Funeral Notices of Barbeau Evans Thompson Weaver
Funeral notices for Arthur J. Barbeau of Lyons District and Mrs Mary Jane Evans of North Adams, Mass. detail services at Mahar Son Funeral Home and St Andrews Chapel with multiple bearers, offciants, and spring burials in Park Lawn and Eastlawn cemeteries. Additional rites for Mrs Jesse Clay Shannon Weaver of Arlington are noted with Rev John Geer officiating.
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Arthur J. Barbeau
Lyons
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Charles Wallen
C.S.C
Sacred Heart Church
Walter Parmenter
John Foster
Francis J. Hogan
Francis Corbett
Ralph R. Bennett Jr
John Pierce
Allon
Bennington Lodge
Olks
The
Elks Lodge
Albert Jones
Rene Dubois
Richard Ralph
Ralph Bennett
John B. Harte
John Ahearn
Park Lawn Chapel
Burlington
Mr. Barbeau
Mary Jane (Halkyard) Evans
Ernest Evans
North Adams
Mass
Vera E. Langlais
Banner
Pownall
St. Andrew's
Blackinton
Douglas R. Burgoyne
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Williamstown
Carlton E. Perry
Andrew K. Grant
G. Harold Fessenden
James Garner
Arthur Molyneaux
Francis Herrmann
Adams
Eastlawn
Mrs. Evans
Oldham
England
Mary Wolfe Thompson
Charles Thompson
Prospect Nursing Home
North Bennington
West Arlington
John Geer
Walter Finney
Donald Simpson
Clifford McKee
Maurice Mattison
James Edgerton
Charles Mason
Pawlet
Arlington
Grange
Hanson- Walbridge
Roy Crofut
George Cooledge
Geer
Evergreen Cemetery
Jesse Clay Shannon Weaver
Harold Bready Weaver
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
Federated Church
East Arlington
Weaver
Crescent Manor
Bennington Elks Club New Year Celebrations Details
Bennington Lodge Elks members may buy tickets at the club for New Year Eve and New Year Day events. Reservations for the Bennington Club celebration remain open, call Dick Torrey at 442-6502. The program includes cocktails, dinner, dancing, and midnight snacks. Bennington Lanes opens at 1 p.m. during school vacation with special student rates and all-open bowling on New Year’s Eve. A gala New Year’s Eve party is planned by F.C. Eagles aerie 1861 with dancing, music by Deltones, a midnight buffet, six prizes, and tickets at 200 for 3 dollars each or 5 dollars per couple from officers or the aerie auxiliary.
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Bennington Lodge Elks
Bennington Club
Dick Torrey
Bennington
F.C. Eagles Aerie
Eagles Rooms
Deltones
Aerie
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births in Bennington Area
Admissions list includes James E Reveal Hoosick Falls master Michael J Mears Mrs Sheila Robare master Daniel P McDonald Bennington Daniel M Steece Old Bennington Edwin G Cameron Manchester Discharges include Dorothy M Brown Bennington Pauline J Bourn and son North Bennington Births to Mr and Mrs Harold Weaver 914 County St a daughter Dec 28 or 29
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James E. Reveal
Hoosick Falls
Michael J. Mears
Sheila Robare
Daniel P. McDonald
Bennington
Daniel M. Steece
Old Bennington
Edwin G. Cameron
Manchester
Dorothy M. Brown
Pauline J. Bourn
Harold Weaver
County St
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Henry T. Cushman
General Interiors
Cushman Colonial Creations
Paran Creek
Water Street
Vermont 67A
North
Campbell
Holy Cross Novitiate
Exina LaFlamme
Maple Street
Joseph and
Albert LaFlamme
Hartford, Conn
Elmer LaFlamme
FBI
Rep. Candon
Santa Claus
Broadway
Barbara Tennant
Barbara
Neil S. Moss
Mt. Anthony Junior High School
Russell W. Gerleman
Stephen H. Gilman
Harold B. Weaver
Bennington Briefs
Maytag Porta
Egorgmy Auto Stores Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
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