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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1970
Page
5
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The Ripon Society, a Republican research group, released a 29 vote rating of New England senators. Scores show Brooke 90 per cent and Kennedy 80 per cent in Massachusetts, Muskie 67 per cent in Maine, Dodd 39 per cent in Connecticut, Pell 74 per cent in Rhode Island, and Aiken 82 per cent in Vermont. The report argues for a parity view beyond liberal versus conservative, emphasizing limiting executive power, free markets, and national policies that reduce inequality.
A panel of three legislative experts outlined ten steps to turn environmental dissatisfaction into action. They urged citizen organization, direct talks with lawmakers, and sustained visibility, stressing alignment with legislators’ re election needs, unity through identified groups, and presenting proactive governmental action even with preliminary studies.
United States Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont praised a Senate Finance Committee staff recommendation to tie Medicare and Medicaid charges for hospital nursing home and physician services to local Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedules. He noted the plan aligns with his and Senator Anderson's bills and targets urban overcharges amid concerns the medical profession bears the blame for rising costs. In London, a Times letters page exchange concluded with a clergyman asking which of St Paul’s letters would be accepted for publication.
The Coast Guard searched over 100 square miles of sea near Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket to locate oil slicks that have killed hundreds of birds and threaten more. Aircraft and ships combed 10 miles south of Martha's Vineyard and 10 miles southeast of Nantucket, with patches and streaks reported up to 20 miles south. A helicopter was sent after the Edgartown shelter reported handling more than 700 oil-covered birds.
Springfield School Board Chairman H Francis Mahoney said four teachers whose contracts were not renewed will receive written reasons for their dismissal. Donald Robinson is being transferred from the high school to Riverside School without explanation, fueling student agitation and controversy over the board’s actions and a pending salary referendum. The fired teachers were Richard R. Smith, Robert W. Samson, Terry A. Tatro, and Arthur T. Cram Jr.
Albany moves to amend the state constitution removing the Blaine Amendment restriction on aid to church supported schools and replacing it with a First Amendment style clause. The plan faces opposition from Protestant leaders who warn against church state entanglement.
Adams-Woodrow Cummings administrator of W B Plunkett Memorial Hospital in Adams resigned after a Pittsfield conviction for possession of obscene photos. He had served 19 years and was fined $100. Evidence included 2000 phonographic photos and 1500 letters on wife swapping. His wife Mamie H. is hospital nurse supervisor.
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