Shaftsbury approves Eagle Square tax package by large margin
In Shaftsbury a record turnout of 1,540 voters approved Eagle Square Mfg. Co. tax concessions 474 to 24. Project Double Eagle plans call for expansion, 130 new jobs, with site work starting immediately and a new plant to cost at least 3.5 million dollars. The vote coincided with Cushman Mfg. Co. phaseout uncertainty nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Resch
Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Cole Hall
Eagle Square
Double Eagle
Thomas Hall Jr
Paul J. DeConinck
William C. Sennett
Bennington
Cushman Mfg. Co
Cushman
Benjamin Reid
Double Eagle Project
Eagle Street
Record setter warns Shaftsbury clash over tax plan
Shaftsbury faces a tax showdown as Project Double Eagle looms at Bennington Industrial Park. Bennington would gain tax revenue if Shaftsbury declines, while Shaftsbury’s tax base would shrink. Shaftsbury residents already felt a $60,000 state aid cut under the Miller formula, amid opposition from Cushman employees and John Billow. Eagle Square funded the special election, with vote returns announced in Cole Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Eagle Square
Cushman
John Billow
Selectmen
Reid
DeConnick
Cole Hall
Bijur
Globe Union
Pownal Tanning Co Fined $50,000 for River Pollution
A Vermont Superior Court judge levied a $50,000 fine on Pownal Tanning Co. for violating an order to stop polluting the Hoosic River. There will be no appeal, the tannery’s attorney said.
Poll tax challenge in court
A three judge federal panel will hear Jan 8 arguments in Burlington on suspending driving licenses for poll tax nonpayment Vermont Legal Aid challenged the state law as a key enforcement tool since the Supreme Court struck poll taxes as a prerequisite for voting The case follows a temporary injunction blocking the Vermont Motor Vehicles Department from lifting the license of George Bessette Jr of Monkton The article also covers a lengthy pollution case involving a tannery fined for discharging chemicals into the Hoosic River with a July 1 deadline for waste treatment facilities and state officials aiming to set water quality precedents and broaden anti pollution enforcement across industries, with river reclassification steps tied to regional cleanup efforts
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont Legal Aid
U.S. Supreme Court
Vermont Motor Vehicles Department
George Bessette Jr
Monkton
Robert W. Larrow
Vermont
Bennington
Vermont Water Resources Department
Larrow
Harry McKenzie
Banner
Jones
Boundary-line bungling in Dorset and Mt Tabor dispute
A 200 acre boundary error places property northeast of Emerald Lake State Park in question. Dorset Planning Commission gave land to Mt Tabor in Rutland County, while Dorset taxpayers and a National Forest parcel bear tax responsibility. Forest Service maps confirm the Dorset plan overstates the boundary by about 200 acres, prompting clarification by local officials and the regional planning office.
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Dorset
Bennington County
Peru Line
Emerald Lake State Park
Dorset Planning Commission
Mt. Tabor
Rutland County
Board of Selectmen
George Conners
North Dorset
Leonard Britton
National Forest
Planning Commission
Conners
Sydney Meachem
Commission
Central Planning and Development Office
Montpelier
Britton
Meachem
Selectmen and Planning Commission
Board of Sisters
U.S. Forest Service
Manchester
Taborleg
Forest Service
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and
al Johnson
Central Planning Office
Bennington
North
Governor commutes all 15 death row sentences in Arkansas
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller commuted the sentences of all 15 death row inmates to life terms in Arkansas urging a move away from capital punishment. The action, the first mass death row commutation, followed a recommendation by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles with potential future parole hopes if sentences are cut to years. Local inmates reacted with varying degrees of relief as officials prepared to review the new terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Rockefeller
Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Arkansas
Tucker Prison
Rockefeller
Christian
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Correction
C. Robert Sarver
Davis 72 budget keeps line on taxes and education funding
Montpelier UPI Davis administration proposes a $119,008,901 general fund for fiscal 1972, still not providing 40 percent state aid to education. No new taxes, but a one cent gasoline tax hike is considered for the highway budget. Revenue estimates rise to $111.2 million, with increases from tourist taxes and a higher sales tax. University of Vermont and Vermont State Colleges funding hold near 1970 levels while Vermont Student Assistance Corp. gains from 1.7 to 2.4 million. Social Welfare funded at 19 million with full aid standards for needy families included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane C. Davis
University of Vermont
Vermont States Colleges
Vermont Student Assistance Corp
Social Welfare Department
Joseph Betit
Bennington approves 1971 town pay scale for police and workers
Selectmen ratified a 1971 pay schedule elevating salaries for 15 town policemen and granting across-the-board cost of living increases for all town employees. Starting patrolmen earn 120 dollars weekly, with other hourly posts up 10 cents. The plan anticipates more policing as state coverage shifts, while Old and North Bennington residents fund the new town police through a local tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Swayze
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Vermont
Bennington
Brattleboro
Essex Junction
William Fox
Frank J. Hogan
Bennington Sisters
Board of
Listers
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Edward Frasier
Ormal Pierce
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Bach
Drysdale
John J. Thomas
Chicago
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Selectmen
Old
North Bennington
Frasier
Inside Pete Horton on a holiday symptom
Pete Horton writes a holiday symptom piece noting little goodwill toward men. The item appears on page 4 as part of a broader column describing seasonal sentiment and social observations.
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Pete Horton
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Resch
Pownal
Hoosic
Massachusetts
Stamford
New York
Dorset, Mt. Tabor
By Charles Bonenti
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