Sleeman attacks listers over Bennington property assessments
Independent candidate Dr Richard Sleeman widens his battle with the Bennington listers and Sisterhood chief Francis J Hogan over property assessments. He cites parcels at 325 School St 330 School St and 120 Adams St with 1966 values and 1967 reductions and questions which properties and buyers get favored treatment. He also questions Shields study and BCIC properties including Benmont Plant and Land and Hogan’s own past assessments.
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Richard Sleeman
Bennington
Board of
Listers
Sleeman
Itf
Hamilton Shields
Old Bennington
Shields
Bennington Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Francis J. Hogan
Sisters
BTPA
Bennington County Industrial Corporation
Ben Mont
Sisters of the Board of Civil Authority
School St
Adams St
Sisters’ Office
Hogan
Lister and
Selectmen
BCIC
Benmont Plant & Land
Sister Hogan
Elm
Dewey Streets
Lister Hogan
Nurses Collect Articles For Opportunity Sale Drive
The Bennington County Registered Nurses Association is gathering items for its annual Opportunity Sale planned for April. Donations include furniture books household goods clothing and more with proceeds benefiting the Mary A Baker student loan fund in memory of Putnam Memorial Hospital’s first administrator. Contact a nurse for drop-off or pickup details.
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Bennington County Registered Nurses Association
Mary A. Baker
Putnam Memorial Hospital
R.N
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local club and ski area updates
Green Mountain TOPS meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm in the VFW Hall with a noted change from Monday. VFW Auxiliary gathers Tuesday at 8 pm, bring items for the white elephant table. Stratton Mountain reports a base 11 to 39 inches with good to excellent conditions on upper and lower slopes. Miss Sally Ann Potter named to Albertus Magnus College Dean's List for fall semester. Bennington Club hosts a semi monthly dinner dance Saturday 6 30 to 8 pm with shish kabob, reservations encouraged. Altar Rosary Society supper meeting Tuesday at 6 30 followed by a meeting at Pope John XXIII Institute. Town Office sells auto stickers Friday at noon.
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Green Mountain Tops
VFW
Stratton Mountain
Sally Ann Potter
Burton W. Potter
Elm St
Albertus Magnus College
New Haven
Conn
Altar Rosary Society
St. Francis de Sales Church
Pope John XXIII Institute
Nursing Home Proposed In Old Bennington Hearing Set
The Old Bennington Zoning Commission schedules a March 6 hearing on Eden Park Nursing Homes plan to build an 80 to 120 bed facility on a vacant lot east of St Joseph College off VT 9. A special village meeting will follow to vote. In Albany NY based Eden Park, which runs about seven tri city area homes, shows interest. Fifteen members attended the Bennington Rural Fire Department Auxiliary meeting at Willow Road firehouse and approved donating six card tables to the Senior Citizens Center for possible future use. The group also noted Mason Amadon showed a film, with food committee members Olive Macauley Mary Ann Hansen and Ann Bushee listed for March duties.
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Old Bennington
Vt. 9
St. Joseph College
Eden Park Nursing Homes
Albany
N.Y
Bennington Rural Fire Department
Willow Road
Senior Citizens Center
Mason Amadon
Amadon
Olive Macauley
Mary Ann Hansen
Ann Bushee
Bennington LWV Pre Town Meeting Moderated by Hall Jr
Thomas W Hall Jr of Shafts bury will moderate the League of Women Voters Pre Town Meeting and Introduction to Candidates at Bennington Elementary School February 29 at 7 30 p m The Planning Committee will discuss proposals and will be available again March 1 during the same hours Also Roller Skate week at Twist a burger with events for girls boys and Yankee Doodlers admission 75 cents includes skate rental ADV and political notices noted Bennington home town pride and a candidate for selectman J Duncan Campbell speaks of balanced growth Iron Kettle offers haddock dinner for 1 25.
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Thomas W. Hall Jr
Shaftsbury
League of Women Voters
Bennington
Hall
LWV
J. Duncan Campbell
Selectman
Pol. Adv
Communism Mock Trial Ends in Suspended Judgment
Washington report on a mock World Court of Public Opinion concludes after three days of hearings that crimes by the Communist movement are supported, but the panel finds the broad conspiracy charge against fifteen Communist parties only implied and leaves reasonable doubts. Judge Richard H. Slemmer notes lack of documentary review but promises future detailed findings. The court asserts Communists cannot exist in the face of truth or freedom.
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Washington
UPID
Richard H. Slemmer
World Court of Public Opinion
Abram Seen as Brandeis President in UPI Report
New York attorney Morris Abram, senior adviser to the U.S. Mission to the UN, was named the leading candidate to become Brandeis University’s second president, with six candidates considered by trustees. Abram’s acceptance would follow President Johnson’s rejection of his Vietnam statements amid a potential New York Senate bid.
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Vietnam
U.S. Senate
New York
Abram
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Human Rights Commission
Economic and Social Council
Jacob K. Javits
New York Senate
Fitzgerald
University of Georgia
University of Chicago
Navy
American Jewish Committee
National Urban League
20Th Century Fund
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Sachar
Brandeis
Camp fire mix up corrects Boy Scout troop at Woodford site
The Banner corrects yesterday’s caption about a fire destroying the long time scout shelter in Woodford. Officials say Troop 355 from Bennington was in possession of the camp owned by Ethan Allen Council, BSA, at the time, not Troop 353 as reported. Plans to rebuild were not available and officials check on insurance. A Troop 353 member said the error happens and the troop will fix the damage and use the site again soon.
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Washington
Woodford
Bennington
Ethan Allen Council
BSA
Vietnam War Update From Saigon and Hue Battles
Reports from Saigon suburbs say US Army 25th Infantry Division troops killed at least 158 Communists in a daylong fight. Officials warn the Communists may repeat the Jan. 30 invasion and may field a larger force near Saigon. In Hue, Marines push into the Citadel area breaking the North Vietnamese hold as sharpshooters target observation planes.
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Saigon
Army 25Th Infantry Division
U.S
Maj
Bill Bauer
Waco
Tex
Oliver
Storm Lashes Deep South With Snow And Freezing Rain
Hazardous driving warnings spread across Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and Alabama as a mix of freezing rain sleet and snow blankets the region. Up to four inches in central Mississippi and up to two inches elsewhere. Temperatures plunge to near or below freezing across the eastern half of the nation with subzero readings in the north. Snow already falling in parts of the southeast with readings from Columbia South Carolina to Jackson Mississippi and Meridian Mississippi. Grand Forks North Dakota records 12 below zero as readings rise and fall across the country.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Columbia
S.C
Jackson
Meridian
Miss
Atlanta
Dallas
Grand Forks
N.D
Rocky Mountains
Havre
Mont
Craig
Cole
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
New Mexico
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Hunting and Fishing Fee Increases in Vermont Bill
The Vermont House quickly passed a bill raising hunting and fishing license fees. An amendment lifted out of state trapping licenses to 200 per year, with residents set at 2.50 for hunting and fishing, 5 for a combination, and 2 for trapping. Non residents face 30.50, 6.50, 32.50, and 200 respectively.
Bennington Officials Sued Over Property Appraisals
Civil suits filed against the Town of Bennington, the Village of Bennington and the Bennington Board of Sisters along with Francis J. Hogan, Raymond T. Betit and Charles A. Toomey seek 14000 in damages. Plaintiffs Paradise Restaurant Paradise Realty Corp Peter and Alice Pappas Despo P Playotes allege discriminatory and erroneous assessments caused overcharges since April 1 1967.
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Alice In Wonderland
Bennington
Paradise Realty Corp
Peter and
Alice Pappas
Despo P. Playotes
Paradise Restaurant
Paradise Motor Inn
West Main Street
Legislation Debates Con Con Referendum Questions in Vermont
In Montpelier the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a bill for a statewide referendum on holding a constitutional convention next December. Voters would decide if the convention is limited or unrestricted and, if approved, 90 delegates would be chosen. The measure includes a $30,000 appropriation. A separate bill calls for a $62.9 million bond issue for Vermont’s share of a $422 million road program. The House Appropriations Committee approved a $5,000 payout to the widow of a Windsor Prison guard killed in the line of duty.
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U.S
Senate
Philip H. Hoff
Bloodmobile at Elks Barn in Bennington Feb 28
Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Elks Barn in Bennington on Wednesday February 28 from 1145 a.m. to 530 p.m. Co chairmen Mrs Eugene V Clark and Mrs Richard B Leake III urge more donors as midwinter illness increases hospital needs. Doctors and nurses will attend and transportation is available by the Motor Corps. call 2 9458 for rides.
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Red Cross
Elks Barn
Bennington
Eugene V. Clark
Richard B. Leake, III
Bennington County
Roderick Humphreys
William Worthington
Elizabeth Faris
Ruth Ellen Steinman
William Browning
Patricia Ryan
Janet Fabricius
Natalie Wolfe
Janet Bellemare
Marie Ray
Betty Gossette
Dorothy Haddad
Betty Lou Palmer
Helen Gibney
Dorothy Crane
Mary Schaaf
Grace Reed
Barbara Bennett
Motor Corps
London engineers host two crisp lectures in one night
The greater London branch of the Institution of Technical Engineers advertises two consecutive lectures next month in London. The topics are The World Population Explosion and Design of High Pressure Containers.
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London
UPI
Greater London
Institution of Technical Engineers
Expenses Increase At State Hospital
Mental Health Commissioner Dr Jonathan P A Leopold reports higher costs at Vermont State Hospital Waterbury for treating and rehabilitating mentally ill residents. First half of Fiscal Year 1968 shows expenditures of 1 910 551 00 versus 1 663 387 00 in 1967, up 247 164 00 and 14.9 percent. Average daily population reached 1 079.
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Montpelier
Jonathan P.A. Leopold
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Surface in Vermont Budget Note
The report records admissions at the Vermont State Hospital from July 1 to December 31, 191 with 191 first time admissions and 200 prior patients, totaling 391. Discharges numbered 194 with 205 six month visits, totaling 399 leaving. It cites budget cuts reverting funds to the General Fund and cost-saving measures across mental health programs.
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Vermont
Vermont State
Brandon
Brattleboro
Vermont to expand school library resources funded
Washington officials said the Health, Education and Welfare Department approved a 208,063 dollar grant to Vermont to expand school library resources. The announcement came Friday through the office of Senator George D. Aiken, a Republican from Vermont.
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Washington
UPD
Health, Education and Welfare Department
State of
Vermont
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
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Quincy
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Soviet Communist Party
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John B. Rothrock
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Delaware
Ray Greenwood
The
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Robert Grassing III
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Ohio
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William Hain
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Pewnal
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Arlington
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