Floodwall Could Start by May If Selectmen Can Get Easements
The Army Corps told Bennington officials they have until March 15 to secure the two remaining easements for the Roaring Branch floodwall before funds are withdrawn. Town Counsel Norton Barber questions the March deadline, while Sen. George D. Aiken says construction could begin in May if three additional tracts are acquired, with $250000 added to the 1971 budget for the project.
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Vermont
Supreme Court Okays Regulation of CATV
The Supreme Court ruled states may regulate CATV rates and service, upholding Nevada law sharing regulatory powers with the FCC. Nevada, Connecticut and Rhode Island have CATV laws, with 2,000 systems nationwide and most regulated only at the local level for franchises.
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Rhode Island
Inside The Banner Groundhog Day features column poem sketch
On the Inside The Banner the Groundhog Day edition includes a column a poem and an original sketch by Page 4 columnist Tom Wicker de plores the awful sound of silence from jurists on the new crime bill A review of articles to appear on the Pownal Town Meeting agenda and an unusual abundance of candidates for town office in Pownal promise a lively Town Meeting Page 6
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Pownal
Vermont extension offices discard DDT bulletins
The Bennington Vermont Extension Service heads join state offices in discarding all U S Department of Agriculture bulletins recommending DDT use. A Burlington director notes new restrictions wipe out home and garden clearances and even some commercial doses. Public guidance will be posted. existing stocks should be disposed of.
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John C. Page
Burlington
William W. Stone
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Vermont
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South Street
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Nixon Budget Sacrifices Sacred Cows in 1971 Plan
President Nixon asks Congress for 2.2 billion in higher taxes and postal rates to balance a 200.8 billion spending proposal. He trims outmoded programs including the milk program and land grant college grants, aims for a 1.3 billion surplus, and shifts toward human resource spending amid defense cuts and new social initiatives. He cites hard choices to curb inflation and signals no Vietnam specifics in the budget.
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Vps
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Savannah
Four Year Old Debra Crawford Dies. State Police Probe
State Police investigate the death of four year old Debra Crawford in a West End trailer park. Autopsy cites head injury and pneumonia as causes. The girl, staying with Mr and Mrs Thomas Maynard, was found on the floor near a bed. Parents are divorced. father Earl Crawford lives in Searsburg. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. with entombment at Riverview Cemetery.
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West End
Fairdale Farms
Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
John T. Carmody
Larry Robinson
Lawrence Harris
Burlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robinson
Thomas Maynard
West Road Park
Maynard
Bennington
Earl Crawford
Searsburg
Covey-Allen Funeral Home
Wilmington
Henry Peck
Second Congregational Church
Riverview Cemetery
Court Order Stays National Rail Strike
Representatives of four railroad unions and the railroads agreed at government request to resume bargaining to avert a threatened nationwide shutdown. The move aims for a voluntary contract and ends a potential national rail strike.
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Washington
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Shepcraft
George P. Shultz
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Union Pacific Railroad
Unions Begin Vote on GE Contract Amid Mixed Results
United Electrical Workers and International Union of Electrical Workers members weighed the tentative settlement. In Pittsfield Massachusetts IUE members backed returning to work while Syracuse New York IUE voters opposed. Overall, most idle GE workers in 33 states will vote later if their unions have not settled.
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IUE
Pittsfield
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N.Y
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John Stanley
Burlington
Union Hall
Harold French
Edward Patterson
Agnew Rules Out 1972 Nixon Challenge
Vice President Spiro Agnew dismissed any notion he would challenge President Nixon for the Republican nomination in 1972 calling it ridiculous. He left open the possibility for 1976 but did not express strong ambition. He spoke on Face the Nation CBS.
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UPI
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Face the Nation
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Argentina Train Crash Toll Climbs As Signal Error Blamed
At least 150 to 200 feared dead in a Buenos Aires province collision after an express train rammed a stalled local 22 miles from Buenos Aires. Two men were arrested over the signal error blamed on Benavidez station workers. 1,090 passengers were aboard the two trains. 300 injured, with a makeshift hospital set up at General Pacheco Station as rescue teams, helicopters, and doctors aided the injured.
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Benavidez
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Juan Carlos Ongania
Nava
Juan Carlos Demarchi
National Railroad System
Maximi Blanco
General Pacheco Hospital
Victor Ceroli
Army
Air Force
General Pacheco
Retiro
Maria Isabel Godoy
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