Bennington Budget Talks Narrow Tax Rate Lift as Grand List Grows
Bennington selectmen tentatively set a general fund budget of 335000, up about 9000 from 1968, while the grand list rises about 7000 to roughly 355000 for 1969. The final base tax rate is expected to stay at 95 cents, but town village tensions flare over highway funding and shared services amid confusion over how the grand list is determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Selectmen
Gerald Cornell
Fran
Cis Bender
Hogan
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Joseph F. Carroll
Pello
Milton Pinsker
Selectman
J. Duncan Campbell
Norton Barber
Barber
Vermont
Selectman Higgins
Vermont hears sales tax plan amid opposition at hearings
Public hearings in Montpelier drew Vermonters to oppose Gov Davis proposed 4 percent general sales tax citing burden on the poor and non residents. Critics urged income tax relief or revenue options while supporters from the Farm Bureau and OEO backed the plan to fund education and local programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Block
Middlesex
Francis Peisch
Burlington
House
Ways and Means
Arthur Gibb
Weybridge
Persch
Mittee
House Appropriations Committee
Derick Webb
Shelburne
Vermont Farm Bureau
Vermont Education Association
Vermont Superintendents Association
Webb
William J. French
Lawrence A. Wright
French
Wright
Vermont
Earl Boyce
Williamstown
Ruth Beeken
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Nixon Urges Senate ToOkay Nuclear Pact
President Nixon urged the Senate to ratify the nuclear nonproliferation treaty to curb weapon spread and aid peaceful atomic energy. He said ratification would advance negotiation with the USSR and pressed for prompt action despite past opposition tied to the Czechoslovak invasion. The treaty, spearheaded by the United States Russia and Britain, has 85 signatories but only eight ratifications so far.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Czechoslovakia
U.S.S.R
United States
Russia
Britain
Rockefeller to aid Nixon in Latin America trip plan
Albany governor Nelson Rockefeller says he may make short fact finding trips to Latin America for President Nixon to review inter American policies. He stresses Western Hemisphere unity and notes his priority is New York’s fiscal plans including a $6.4 billion budget and a $620 million revenue shortfall.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
Nixon
United States
Western Hemisphere
Americas
State of
New York
Planners plead with selectmen not to pursue Beltline issue
Bennington planners urged the selectmen to oppose House Bill 119 which would give Beltline construction priority over Route 7 from Deer Park to Manchester. The Planning Commission warned such a move could jeopardize highway funds and urged burying the bill in committee amid local political pressures and concerns of northern counties.
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Bennington
Thomas H. Foster
John C. Page
U.S. 7
Coun
Rutland
Planning Commission
Deer Park
Manchester
House Highway Committee
Joseph J. Caracciola
R. Marshall Witten
Leon E. Wagner
George VanSantvoord
Harvey D. Carter
Pownal
Kelton B. Miller
Shaftsbury
Board
Gerald A. Cornell
Campbell
Commission
Bennington County
Regional Planning Commission
Inside Columnists question eating well on five dollars
On the Inside columnist Elizabeth Dwyer asks whether anyone in Vermont can eat well for five dollars a week. The note appears on page four of the Sunday issue.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Vermont
Pownal
Vermont lawmaker proposes state controlled gambling in ski areas
Burlington Democrats Rep Brian Burns and Clarence Le Clair propose a bill to let the state operate gambling concessions in recreation areas and ski regions while banning gambling in cities. They aim to raise revenue amid tight budgets and reference prior calls for a state lottery. Off track betting remains illegal in Vermont.
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Brian Burns
D-117
Clarence LeClair
D-14
Legislative Council
Vermont
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington
Burns
LeClair
Trustees Would Clarify Village Town Relations
Village Trustee Joseph Pello urged a decisive plan Tuesday to define Bennington Village’s exact relation to the town. He explored opposing Gov. Davis’ 4 percent sales tax via a village floor resolution and suggested sending copies to county legislators to boost the case. Other trustees weighed politics of taxes, ski and race track issues, and effects on residents as they debated the village town dynamic.
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Bennington
Joseph Pello
Pello
Bennington Village
Village Water Board
Seymour G. Shultz
Davis
Frederick B. Tifft
Charles H. Bodine
Ormal B. Pierce
Joseph F. Carroll
Leo Nash
George) VanSantvoord
Nash
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Scribner
Higgins
Cornell
Col
Raymond C. Murray
The
Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association
John Zampieri
Drvegate
New Hampshire
Wilford Young
Barre
Keith Wallace
Farm Bureau
Lyndon B. Johnson
Capitol Hill
Rocky
U.S. 7 North
Montpelier
Rep. Miller
Manchester Selectmen
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