Booze interests charged with bribing PX officials
Senate investigators charged beer and liquor firms bribed Vietnam era PX officials. A four bedroom villa with maids and a bamboo bar was provided to John G. Goodlett Jr., head of PX operations in Vietnam, while three civilian managers worked under him. Crum, Mason, Lewellyn, and Swafford tied to the program allegedly received hotel rooms and gifts. The hearings follow prior probes into corruption among military and PX personnel.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Vietnam
Defense Department
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Permanent Investigations
U.S
Lavern J. Duffy
Duffy
William J. Crum
Carling Beer
Jim Beam
South Vietnam
John G. Goodlett Jr
Goodlett
Peter B. Mason
Richard Lewellyn
Clarence Swafford
Crum
Hong Kong Hilton
Carl Turner
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Earl F. Cole
Army
Hong Kong
Bennington approves $1 million town village budget
Bennington Selectmen unveiled a $1 million combined general fund and highway budget for 1971 based on a Grand List of $390,000 and a total tax rate of 2.82. The plan raises about $141,000 more than 1970, due largely to expanding the town police to 227,000. An automatic 65 cent rebate lowers taxes for residents outside the village, but Old and North Bennington residents receive no rebate unless without water or sewer.
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Bennington
Old
North Bennington
Old and
Henry White
Vote avoided on 40 percent aid plan in Vermont
In Montpelier a coalition of House members backing at least 40 percent state funding for school costs avoided a test vote. Rep. Emory A. Hebard withdrew his motion to relieve the House Appropriations Committee from considering a measure calling for 32 million dollars in state aid, after winning some support but stopping a roll call.
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Montpelier
UPI
House
Emory A. Hebard
House Appropriations Committee
Hebard
Deane C. Davis
Senate
Russell F. Niquette
D-Chittenden-Grand Isle
Liquor Control Board
Departments of Agriculture
Banking and Insurance
Labor and Industry
Highway Committee
Ways and Means
Tragic Driveway Death Of Bennington Child
A three year old boy, Elmer E Stratton Jr, was killed when his mother backed a 1965 Chevrolet station wagon out of the Lyons District home driveway. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Putnam Memorial Hospital. The accident occurred at 3:45 p.m. as the mother did not see him in the driveway. He leaves parents Elmer E and Marlene Briggs Stratton, two brothers and two sisters, plus a grandmother and extended family. Funeral arrangements are set for Friday at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home.
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Bennington
Lyons District
Elmer E. Stratton Jr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington County
Clifford B. Harwood
Marlene R. Stratton
Anthony
Steven
Patty Ann
Wendy Jean
Elizabeth Briggs
Hanson-Walbridge
Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
White Chapel Cemetery
Rockefeller proposes private $10 billion fund for 110 new U.S. cities
David Rockefeller outlining a private or quasi public corporation to raise ten billion dollars for predevelopment in each of 110 proposed American cities. He envisions a federal partner to acquire rural land and finance planning and infrastructure, with seed money from private lenders over thirty years. He stressed private capital can spur urban rehabilitation and linked the plan to National Committee on Urban Growth recommendations.
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U.S
New York
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Rockefeller
Columbia
Plan Association
Mortgage interest cut on U.S. insured loans
The FHA and VA insured home loans will see a 0.5 percent rate drop to 7 percent. Secretary George W. Romney and VA chief Donald E. Johnson announced the change, effective Feb 18 for new applications, with existing commitments honored at original rates. Federal offices will seek further rate reductions with lenders on subsidized mortgages.
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U.S
Washington
UPI
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
FHA
George W. Romney
Donald E. Johnson
Veteran Affairs
Romney
Connally asks Congress for debt ceiling rise to 435 billion
Treasury Secretary John B. Connally urged Congress to raise the debt limit to 435 billion dollars through July 1, 1972, saying deficits may be needed to steady the economy amid unemployment and unused capacity. He defended Nixon’s budget gap and called for removing the 4.25 percent ceiling on long term borrowing.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
John B. Connally
Congress
Connally
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Inside Story of a City Girl in Vermont Town
Leslie Ullman’s Mademoiselle opinion on happiness in a small Vermont town. Peter Horton critiques liberal Democrats in Vermont. Dorset’s interim zoning hearing draws crowd but ends inconclusive. A school with too much free time. The score 7 to 4 described as basketball not hockey or baseball.
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Vermont
Leslie Ullman
Mademoiselle
Dorset
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Khe Sanh
Kent Potter
Booze
Walter L. Kennedy
Chelsea
Agency of Administration
Frederick Fayette
Dchittenden - Grand Isle
Fayette
Hope
Hls
Jane Fonda
Howard Levy
New Yorker
Bob Hope
Peter Horton
India
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