Pinsker Resigns Over Hasty Village Charter Change
Village Attorney Milton Pinsker submitted his resignation in protest of a rushed plan to revise the village charter. The move followed a long trustees meeting where a special hearing was proposed for Feb 24 on amendments including abolition of the elective Corporation Attorney post and adding snow in streets rules. Pinsker argued the change should not be rushed and questioned the statutory requirements.
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Milton Pinsker
Bennington
Pinsker
John Williams II
Henry H. Mallory
Mallory
Towns would control welfare aid under new bill
A Vermont House bill would require local welfare service officers to approve all applications for general assistance or aid to dependent children. Without that approval, the Welfare Department could not declare a family eligible. The measure adds four local appeals boards to review rejections, but faces opposition over potential federal violations and questions about rights to welfare.
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Kennedy
House Health and Welfare Committee
Benjamin Gould
R-Vergennes
Gould
Governor Eyes Nuke Watch Panel For Health Hazards
In Montpelier Gov. Deane C. Davis says he may back a proposal for a special independent commission to monitor environmental health risks. The move follows a New York Times report on radioactive emissions from the Rocky Flats plant near Denver and a Bennington College biologist Dr. Irving Lyon urging outside scrutiny.
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Lyon
Atomic Energy Commission
Chicago 7 Jury Deadlocked Amid Conspiracy Trial
Chicago jurors entered a fourth day of deliberations in the 1968 riot conspiracy case against seven men. Judge Hoffman had jailed defendants and two attorneys on contempt, with appeals filed and no verdict in sight as defense lawyers oppose any compromise verdict.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Federal Building
U.S. 7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
William M. Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
Kunstler
Hoffman
Bond
Allen
Percy Foreman
Texas
Foreman
Forman
Volpe orders replacement housing for residents displaced by federal projects
Transportation Secretary Volpe issues a new rule requiring replacement housing before any transportation project proceeds. The order aims to protect about 70 000 people displaced annually, with 50 000 moved by federal highway projects. It mandates offering housing and assistance to find a new home, ensuring a replacement home if needed, and may slow highway and airport construction nationwide.
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Transportation
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Haig Ayanian
California Division of Highways
Ross pushes Vermont study of nuclear versus fossil plants
Ross former Federal Power Commissioner urges the Environmental Control Commission to compare nuclear and fossil fuel power options for Vermont. He calls for public input on siting before any plant decision, as CVPS considers a 400 megawatt fossil plant in northern Vermont and explores Lake Champlain sites.
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Montpelier
Federal Power Commission
Vermont
Charles Ross
Hinesburg
State Environmental Control Commission
Ross
Com
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Environmental Control Commission
Lake Champlain
Charlotte
CVPS
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Connecticut River
Pusey Quits At Harvard
Nathan M. Pusey will retire as Harvard University president in June 1971 citing difficult problems requiring new leadership. The 24th president, who is 66 at retirement, says Harvard should change presidents soon to start a new era and allow his successor to guide upcoming development amid campus disorders and governance reforms.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Nathan M. Pusey
Harvard University
Pusey
Harvard Corporation
Harvard
New York Telephone Denied 175 Million Rate Increase
The Public Service Commission ordered New York Telephone to curb promotions and halt luxury services while denying a 175 million rate hike. A temporary 137 million increase may be considered on short notice if refunds are provided for excess charges. Hearings will determine future financial aid and service upgrades. The order also halts ad campaigns and certain new subscriber installs until capacity and service quality improve.
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Albany
N.Y
New York Telephone Co
Public Service Commission
PSC
New York
Sorensen Seeks Democratic Nod In N Y for Senate Nomination
Theo dore C. Sorensen former Kennedy aide announced his bid for the U S Senate seat once held by Robert F Kennedy in New York. He must win a primary against Paul O Dwyer Rep Ottinger and Morris Abram for the Democratic nomination.
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New York
UPI
Theodore C. Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Paul O’dwyer
Richard L. Ottinger
Morris B. Abram
Nomination hints for Oakes and Carswell in U S politics
Senator George Aiken says President Nixon may nominate former Vermont Attorney General James L. Oakes as a federal district judge within three weeks. Aiken also supports Nixon’s nomination of G Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. Abram, Brandeis University president, weighs a Senate run amid pressure to enter the race.
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Washington
UPI
George Aiken
R-Vt
Nixon
Vermont
James L. Oakes
Aiken
G. Harrold Carswell
Florida
Supreme Court
Inside Report from Bennington Traveler in Mexico and Local Letters
A Bennington traveler reports from Mexico on page 3 while a Woodford resident mails a letter to the editor on page 4, presenting a landowner’s view of a development crisis. Page 6 highlights Baptist women in Hoosick Falls contributing to the “white cross” work and a Manchester realtor’s complaint about debris left after a nearby injection project.
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Bennington
Mexico
Woodford
Hoosick Falls
White Cross
Manchester
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Weinglass
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Ernest W. Gibson III
National Science
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Richard J. Huebner
National Institutes of Health
Ernst Mayer
Jack S. Kilby
Texas Instruments Inc
Herbert C. Brown
Purdue
Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
William Feller
Princeton
N.Y. Phone Co
Sorensen
Senate
Judge Oakes
Charles E. Goodell
Robert Kennedy
Overseas Press Club
Abram
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Brandeis
Arthur Goldberg
United States Senate
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