Bennington Selectmen Approve 1972 Town Budget Growth
Town budget rises to 857000 with a 2.12 tax rate based on a 401000 Grand List. Voters will decide March 6 at Town Meeting on the higher tax levy and fire department funding changes. Highway budget still to be considered. net cuts reach about 6500 after adjustments and North Bennington fire contract added.
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Edward R. Lamb
North
Fire District No. 1
Bennington
Bennington League of Women Voters
Charles E. Dewey Jr
Fred Phillips
North Bennington
Vermont high court refuses to review abortion decision
The Vermont Supreme Court denied a motion to reargue a case that invalidated the 125-year-old abortion statute. Miss Jacqueline R. of Colchester challenged the law, which the court had previously found hypocritical for allowing abortion for the mother but not physicians. The court refused to withdraw its opinion, saying the controversy remains and the law is invalid, leaving Vermont under common law on abortions.
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Vermont High Court
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Supreme Court
High Court
Jacqueline R
Colchester
State Attorney General’s
New York
Chittenden
Supreme Court
Lower Court
Vermont
Miss R
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon Calls China Visit a Beginning Toward Peace
President Nixon said his February trip to China will not yield instant solutions but marks a beginning in US China relations. He noted a shift from denunciations to constructive dialogue and cited forthcoming talks in Moscow as part of broader détente efforts. The State of the World message and war-end efforts frame a watershed year for diplomacy.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
China
U.S
Congress
United States
People’s Republic of China
Peking
Moscow
Russia
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Bennington Tax Rates Set For School And Highway Budgets
Tax rates for Bennington's school and highway budgets are not final. A general fund rate of 2.12 per thousand, based on a 401,000 Grand List, yields 212 dollars tax for a 20,000 dollar home. The highway budget adds about 0.79, with overall town rates likely exceeding 3 dollars plus 15 cents if money articles pass in March. Last year the school rate was 4.54, bringing total town and school taxes to 7.37 for a 390,000 Grand List and a 20,000 dollar home, a 737 dollar bill.
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Bennington
Equinox House sale to Philadelphia firm for restoration plan
Manchester report says Equinox House resort complex and 1400 acres will be sold to Domestic Capital Corp of Philadelphia for about 1.2 million. The buyer plans a two phase year round restoration starting this summer, with architectural studies in two weeks and a 4 to 5 million cost estimate.
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Manchester
Philadelphia
John B. Poor
RKO General
Domestic Capital Corp
Domestic Capital
New Jersey
Ian Y. Bennett
The
Banner
Bennett
RKO
House Approves Welfare Revision Shifts Local Eligibility
Vermont House lawmakers vote 90 to 39 to loosen state welfare control by permitting town officials to verify general assistance eligibility. The measure, advanced 102 to 42 in a roll call for a local service officer, faces opposition from those who fear eroding the 1967 framework.
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House Government Operations Committee
Emory Hebard
R-Glo
Britain declares national emergency amid coal miner strike
London reports a national state of emergency to conserve dwindling fuel supplies during a fifth week coal miners strike. Emergency powers authorize electricity blackouts and troop use, with rationing rules to be issued. measures take effect at midnight and last 30 days unless extended.
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London
UPI
Privy Council
Queen Elizabeth
Far East
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
House of Commons
Selwyn Lloyd
Home
Reginald Maudling
House
Inside Bennington listers scrap 95 percent sales policy
Area mountains become death traps for light planes. Pete Horton notes Vermonters resisted the tear down life style long before others. Tom Braden discusses Senate rules reform and Hubert Humphrey's stance. Joe Pello explains objections to Bennington charter changes. Bulldogs fall in area basketball games.
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Bennington
Pete Horton
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Selectmen
By Joe Swayze
William H. Fox
Lamb
Richard V. Damour
Michael D. Lee
Thip
By Charles Bonenti
McCloskey and Co
Evelyn Jarrett
Burlington
Francis Peisch
Peter Joseph
Brighton
Henry Carse
Hinesburg
Britain
National Coal Board
William H. Meyer
Rupert
Liberty Union
U.S. Senate
John Simson
Bennington County
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