Public works head proposal shelved in Bennington
Bennington townsfolk shelved plans to create a public works department and hire a superintendent. Town Manager Edward R. Lamb withdrew support saying action is not needed now, while Barber Frasier Jerome and Campbell urged future consideration for coordination of highway, water, and sewer projects. Paul Kelley was named as the intended superintendent.
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Bennington
Department of Public Works
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Edward Frasier
Frasier
Paul Kelley
Norton Barber
Selectmen
Barber
J. C. Jerome
J. Duncan Campbell
Town workers secure 5 percent pay raise in 1972 schedule
Bennington Board of Selectmen adopted a 1972 pay scale last night, boosting payroll about 5 percent within federal Phase II wage guidelines. Hourly water sewer highway staff will rise from 2.90 to 3.12, with a 22 cent compromise after negotiations. Temporary hiring wage stays at 2.50, and an extra week of vacation was approved for long-tenured employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Board of Selectmen
Edward R. Lamb
Nixon
Water, Sewer and Highway Departments
Lamb
Ricky Knapp
Harold Harrington
Highway Department
Crime up 6 percent in first nine months of 1971
FBI Uniform Crime Statistics show a 6 percent rise in serious crime from January to September 1971, with violent crimes up 10 percent. Mitchell notes Washington jurisdiction fell nearly 14 percent while nationwide armed robbery rose 17 percent and major cities saw varied changes.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Chicago
Detroit
Houston
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Federal panel weighs Vermont parochial school law
A three judge federal panel in Montpelier considered arguments on the constitutionality of Vermont's 1971 parochial school aid law. Americans United urged striking it down citing church-state entanglement. Vermont officials defended the program as local districts funding teachers for parochial schools without direct aid. Rutland has $12,671 in the fund. Barre City also participates.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Americans United For the Separation of Church and State
U.S. District Court
Franklin Salisbury
Washington
Americans United
Tion
U.S. Supreme Court
Salisbury
Lawrence Wright
Burlington
Wright
Martin Miller
Attorney General's Office
Miller
Rutland
James Tinney
Barre City
New trespass law urged to cover snowmobile use
A Vermont panel on snowmobiles proposes a comprehensive trespass statute to ban unauthorized entry on private property and unoccupied buildings, with signs or town clerk notices, plus higher snowmobile fees from 3 to 7.5 dollars. It calls for insurance similar to motor vehicle operators and earmarked revenues for trail maintenance and enforcement.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Protests Over Health Care Charge Ceiling On Nixon Policy
On the Inside reports protests against a Nixon-imposed ceiling on health care charges. The section lists who died and when during 1971. Other items include Pete Horton musing about a Walt Disney film to save Vermonts Morgan Horse Farm and Russell Bakers note on marriage contracts. Doris Lake runs for Congress amid scrutiny. Sewage and traffic talks at Stratton ski area are detailed. An interview with a nearby mother of a Vietnam POW appears. Patriots gain some victory.
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AMA
Pete Horton
Vermont
Morgan Horse Farm
Russell Baker
Doris Lake
Congress
Stratton
Fourth day of U.S. bombing in North Vietnam continues
UPI reports U.S. fighter bombers hit North Vietnam for the fourth straight day with plans for a fifth, as pilots encounter MIGs at extreme range and weather forces high altitude raids. Hanoi Radio claims American planes hit hospitals and farms while denying the claims. other reports note intensified ground fighting near Phnom Penh and along the Cambodian border. An OH6 helicopter was shot down near the border, injuring two crewmen, as B52 raids target the Ho Chi Minh Trail to secure troop withdrawal.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Phnom Penh
Laos
Nixon
UPI
Kate Webb
Peam Chikork
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnam
Blood protest at White House amid Vietnam air raids
Demonstrators led by Vietnam Veterans Against the War sloshed blood on Pennsylvania Avenue before the White House as part of a fourth day of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. About 150 marched, 87 were arrested for disorderly conduct, and one man, Tom Urgo of New Jersey, faced littering charges. Protesters moved to Lincoln Memorial after marching from the Capitol.
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Washington
UPI
North Vietnam
White House
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tom Urgo
New Jersey
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
VVAW
Capitol
Lincoln Memorial
Abraham Lincoln
House of Representatives
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
North
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
Alaska
Russia and Bangla Desh to Draft Trade Pact
The Soviet Union and the new Peoples Republic of Bangla Desh plan a rapid trade treaty and Russian aid to rebuild East Pakistan. Talks in Dacca with V V Zoreb, M Mansoor Ali, and A H Kamaruzzaman focused on cotton, electrical equipment, cash, and technical guidance. A UPI report notes Indian relief efforts and dire conditions for non Bengalis in ghettos near Dacca.
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United Press International
Soviet Union
Peoples Republic of
V.V. Zoreb
M. Mansoor Ali
A.H. Kamaruzzaman
Bangla Desh
Ali
India
Bhutan
Bangladesh
UPI
Ajit K. Dass
Jessore
Nixon reassures Brandt on no secret Soviet deal
Nixon wraps up talks with Willy Brandt in Key Biscayne assuring there will be no secret deal on East West troop cuts with the Soviet Union. Rogers cites NATO framework. both leaders say relations are excellent as Nixon heads to Peking and Moscow.
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Europe
Key Biscayne, Fla
Upi
Nixon
Willy Brandt
United States
Soviet Union
Ronald L. Ziegler
Brandt
NATO
Moscow
William P. Rogers
Walter Scheel
Rogers
Eisaku Sato
San Clemente
Calif
Key Biscayne
Air Force
Fla
Vermont legislature weighs phasing out state funding for colleges
Vermont General Assembly will consider a plan to end state funds for the University of Vermont and Vermont State Colleges over 10 years. Democratic Reps Edmund Miller and Wayne Jameson sponsor the measure, which reallocates aid to a revised student assistance program rising from 2.3 million to 11.9 million.
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Pablo Casals
Puerto Rico
Casals
Lionel Tertis
Marlboro
23Rd Infantry Division
Paul Rosen
Castille
Arthur Higbee
Statue of Liberty
Edmund S. Muskie
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Russia
Biscayne Bay
Four Ambassadors Hotel
Miami
Peking
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