Bennington School Board Mulls Bond Defeat and Next Steps
After Tuesday's defeat of the elementary school bond, Bennington school leaders debated a renewed campaign. Citizens' Committee co chair Robert Condon urged a real selling program and targeted fixes, while board members planned a follow up meeting and considered tax exemptions for seniors on fixed incomes. The panel will reconvene next Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the Bennington Elementary multi purpose room to size up a new campaign.
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Ivor S. Pelsue
Bennington
Robert Condon
Citizens’ Committee
Condon
Anthony Pello
Ronald R. Knapp
School Board
Bennington Villagers Circulate Petition For City Form
A group in Bennington Village circulates a petition asking trustees to add an article to the warning for this year’s Village Meeting. The goal is to authorize steps toward a city form of government embracing the village and nearby town areas that may join by vote. More than 200 signatures support the move.
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Bennington
Virginia N
Max) Perrotta
Vermont Senate kills panther bill in lively session
Vermont's panther bill dies in Senate after House adoption aimed at making killings a big game offense. Rep. David Allen and Rep. George VanSantvoord pushed the measure through in the House amid laughter and debate. Senator Fiore Bove humorously described the animal as vicious, and the bill was dismissed after a brief reconsideration. The epitaph on display notes the last Vermont panther was shot in 1881 in Barnard.
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Senate
Fiore Bove
D-Chittenden-Grand Isle
Douglas Kitchel
Caledonia
Kitchel
Allen
Vermont
Viet Fighting Intensifies Across Seven Offensives
Viet Cong battles raged across seven offensives as U S and South Vietnamese forces faced heavy casualties. U S helicopters downed, Viet Cong toll tallied, and operations Dan Chi 279 and Deckhouse 6 reported with ground combat near Kontum and Sa Huyn.
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VPI
U.S
Mekong
Quang Ngai City
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Central Highlands
Kontum
South China Sea
Sa Huyn
Sportsmen push restoration of cuts to Fish and Game budget
Vermont sportsmen urged the House Appropriations Committee to restore a half million dollars cut from the Fish and Game Department budget for 1968 69. They warned the trimmed funds would hinder adding game biologists wardens and fish biologists. The committee showed limited receptiveness, with advocates Warren Shedd and Allen Brent stressing district plans and staffing needs.
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Montpelier
Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs
House Appropriations Committee
Fish and Game Department
Department of Fish and Game
Edward Kehoe
Kehoe
The
Fish and Game Board
Fish and Game Clubs
House
Appropriations Committee
Warren Shedd
Calais
Allen Brent
Randolph
Brent
Shedd
Inactive Reservists Face Draft Reclassification
The Pentagon plans to call about 30,000 delinquent reservists to active duty and screen 75,000 others for possible reclassification. Estimated calls: Army 15,000 to 25,000. Air Force 3,500 to 4,000. Marine 2,000. Navy 100, with 55,000 Army Reservists, 8,000 Air Force, 12,000 Marine, and 900 Navy Reservists to be screened. McNamara says action extends the draft authority granted by Congress.
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UPI
Pentagon
Defense Department
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Navy
Marine
McNamara
Moulton urges Manchester to join regional planning
Vermont Development Commissioner Elbert Moulton urged Manchester to approve formation of a Bennington County regional planning commission. Speaking to the Bennington County Soil and Conservation District, he warned growth could outpace Vermont's scenic and economic assets, urging local zoning and planning to preserve schools, jobs, and outdoor recreation.
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Moulton
Manchester
Vermont
Planning For
Bennington County
Robert Graf
Rupert
House
Howard Wilcox
Conservation District
Washington
Montpelier
Dorset Hollow
Carlton B. Overton
Avalanche Motor Lodge
Bennington County Soil and Water Conservation District
Elbert
al) Moulton
Vermont Development Department
Merritt Hewitt
Overton
Ringheiser
Inside view on city government and village surplus cheers
An editorial discusses the city form of government. North Village trustees celebrate an $8,000 surplus, while Dorset and Arlington town offices prepare to greet voters on page 6.
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North Village
Dorset
Arlington
Eleven Killed in Texarkana Ordnance Explosion
TEXARKANA TEX An artillery shell exploded on an assembly line at Lone Star Army ammunition plant killing 11 workers and injuring 14. The 105 millimeter shell went off in the packing room, starting a two hour fire. Cause under investigation with no escapes unhurt and survivors recounting a domino effect.
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Texarkana
Tex
Leo C. Giles
Army
James Brown
Brown
Appointment Of N Y Judges Not Recommended
A bipartisan New York subcommittee recommended preserving the current method of electing judges rather than adopting the Missouri Plan of appointment. The panel found partisan backgrounds on advisory members and governor influence in securing favorable judges, after visits to Missouri and Nebraska.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Missouri
Nebraska
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Reckoning Country
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