Town Officials and College Discuss Mutual Financial Ties
Bennington College President Edward J. Bloustein told town officials the college would discuss a contribution in lieu of taxes amid financial difficulties. He was joined by Finance Director Robert Kolkebeck and Development Director Kendall Landis as local boards and lawmakers attended in McCullough House. The meeting followed a proposal by the Sisters to place 15 faculty houses on the tax rolls, which may be settled by the state legislature this session.
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Bennington College
Edward J. Bloustein
Selectman
J. Duncan Campbell
Bloustein
Robert Kolkebeck
Kendall Landis
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
R. Marshall Witten
Joseph J. Caracciola
House
Senate
Witten
Vermont Council of Higher Education
Board of Sisters
Vermont Supreme Court
Department of Taxes
John H. Williams
Vermont
Williams
Woodford
Norton Barber
Listers
Francis J. Hogan
Senate panel approves Carswell for Supreme Court seat
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12 to 4 to send Judge G Harrold Carswell to the Senate floor for a full vote on his Supreme Court nomination. The panel stressed the need to advance the nomination amid broader electoral reform debates and lingering opposition over past rulings. The hearing also touched on Vermont college tax questions and the broader issue of tax-exempt status for on campus faculty housing amid regional financial pressures.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
G. Harrold Carswell
Nixon
Clement F. Haynsworth
Carswell
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Rockefeller Seeks No Fault Auto Insurance Across New York
Albany New York Gov Rockefeller proposed a no fault auto insurance system that could cut motorist premiums by up to 56 percent. Under the plan victims would receive full compensation for net economic losses including medical and wage loss without proving fault and the current liability system would be scrapped.
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Albany, N.Y
UPI
Rockefeller
State Department of Insurance
Chicago 7 and lawyers jailed for contempt in 1969 trial
The Chicago Seven and their attorneys await a jury ruling on conspiracy to incite a riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention as Judge Julius J. Hoffman has jailed them for contempt. Sentences ranged up to four years for Kunstler, with others receiving shorter terms. appeals were planned.
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U.S
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Chicago
Cook County
William M. Kunstler
Bobby G. Seale
Black Panther Party
Seale
Weinglass
David T. Dellinger
Lee Weiner
Kunstler
Medical School Dean Named UVM President
Trustees offered the UVM presidency to Dr. Edward C. Andrews, dean of the College of Medicine and head of the Division of Health Sciences. Andrews, a 1951 Johns Hopkins MD graduate and longtime Vermont faculty leader, 90 percent certain to accept after speaking with staff and family. decision expected in a few days. He would replace retiring President Lyman S. Rowell and has led campus growth as enrollment rose from 200 to 300 during expansion and reorganization of health programs into the Division of Health Sciences.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
University
UVM
Division of Health Sciences
College of Medicine
Edward C. Andrews
Andrews
Vermont
John Beckley
Thomas W. Dowe
College of Agriculture and Home Economics
James Olson
University of Missouri At Kansas City
Rockland
Maine
Plainfield
Middlebury College
Navy
Johns Hopkins
Medical College
Division
Health Sciences
Allied Health Sciences
Alfred B. Rollins
College of Arts and Sciences
George W. Kidder
Jean Lyndes
Aiken Sees Oil as Key To Middle East Crisis
Senator George D. Aiken urged Western Europe to lead on Middle East peace, saying oil dependence drives the conflict. He warned the United States must avoid overreliance and push Europe to secure peace rather than arm sales, stressing oil supply security hinges on stable conditions and NATO discussion.
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Aiken
Middle East
Vermont League of Women Voters
American Association of University Women
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Libya
Egypt
Europe
United States
Washington
Israel
Senate
NATO
Vietnam
Editorial notes NYT joins power plant concern
Inside page four editorial remarks that The New York Times has joined the growing worry over proliferation of nuclear power plants. Page six reports Hoosick Falls Central School robbed. Also page six notes another step toward creating a recreation area in Manchester.
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The
New York Times
Hoosick Falls Central
Manchester
102 Die In Dominican DC9 Crash At Sea
A Dominican Airways DC9 crashed two miles off the Airport of the Americas killing 102 aboard after one engine failed. Authorities cited possible additional factors. The plane, only one month in service, vanished during the return leg to San Juan Puerto Rico. Survivors unlikely. Notable aboard included boxing champion Teo Cruz, a Puerto Rican volleyball team, and relatives of ex president Imbert Barreras. National mourning declared.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Dominican Airways
Caribbean
Charles R. Harrison
San Juan Air Traffic Control Center
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Harrison
the Americas
Naval
San Juan
Puerto Rico
George Paine
John Paine
Nelida Simonetti
Carlos ‘‘Teo” Cruz
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Rafeal Leonidas
Trujillo Molina
Belanguer
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David Scribner
North Bennington
Town and Gown
Rocky
N.Y
Chicago 7
Lawyers For
Chicago Seven
Morton Stavis
Law Center For Constitutional Studies
New York
Edward J. Ennis
Amercan Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Ennis
Medical School
Western Europe
Fred W. Haise
James Lovell
Kennedy Space Center
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