Pay hike sought by town road crew
Town highway department workers demanded a 30 cent hourly raise to 3.00, arguing 2.70 is not a living wage and noting state highway staff and fuel drivers earn similar or higher rates. Fifteen crewmen met with Selectmen and the Town Manager after a 10 cent raise approved last December. The board planned another discussion at the next weekly meeting.
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Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Montpelier
State Highway Department
Willow Road
State Public Service Board
Barre
PSB
Highway Department
Reloca
Highway Crew
Lamb
Michael Hogan
James Cross
Merton Cross
Edward Frasier
Delta tornado toll soars as disaster area declared in Mississippi
Rescue teams hunted missing across a 250 mile delta strip after a deadly tornado outbreak. The toll rose to 80 dead with 74 in Mississippi and 6 in Louisiana, while 500 injured and millions in damage were reported. President Nixon declared the region a national disaster area.
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Inverness
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Louisiana
Sen
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Nixon
Mississippi Delta
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Jackson
Jesse Hudson
Cary
John Stennis
D-Miss
California
Iverness
Pugh City
Little Yazoo
Delta City
Sharkey County
Maurice Phillips
Discrimination charged in welfare discontinuance
A seven hour hearing before the State Social Welfare Board in St Peters Episcopal Church examined alleged discrimination against Vivian Caron a Bennington mother of four on aid to needy families with dependent children. Potter contended the welfare office failed to consult medical authorities and used biased files while the department sought to prove proper procedure. The case hinges on whether Caron should remain at home to care for her two year old and her involvement with Vermont Welfare Rights Organization.
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Bennington Social Welfare Office
State Social Welfare Board
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
William Griffin
Burlington
Vivian Caron
Caron
Bennington
David S. Potter
Welfare Office
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
Welfare Department
Charles Bristow
Attorney General's Office
Potter
Mrs. Caron
Working People For Welfare Adjustment
Madeline St. Amand
United Counseling Service
St. Amand
Bristow
Barred owl spotted on Bennington restaurant roof
A barred owl rested on a roof ledge above 421 Restaurant on Main Street early Monday, drawing many onlookers from The Banner newsroom before a man with a broom shooed it away. Bird experts noted the owl is a night bird that can see in daylight and often nests in late winter.
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421
Main Street
Bennington
Thomas Foster
Adams
Banner Newsroom
Joe Swayze
Joanna
Geoff Chapman
Nixon seeks two year extension of wage price power
Treasury Secretary Connally told the House Banking Committee the Nixon administration seeks a two year extension of authority to impose wage and price controls while signaling no broad use unless a national emergency arises. He indicated selective controls in certain industries could be possible and noted the March 31 expiry of current authority.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
John B. Connally
House Banking Committee
Connally
Wright Patman
Patman
Israeli papers report pullback at map stage
Two Israeli newspapers reported today that Israel has begun a pullback at the map stage, with officials and analysts weighing possible concessions. The reports describe tentative steps and comment on potential implications for the peace process and regional dynamics.
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United Press International
Israel
Haaretz
Maariv
Golda Meir
Middle East
Tel Aviv
New York to sue to shift welfare costs to federal level
New York City plans to file suit in federal court to compel the United States to bear the entire welfare cost burden. Corporation counsel J Lee Rankin said the action challenges the 1935 Federal Welfare Law which splits costs among Washington, New York State, and the city. If successful, the city could refuse to pay its share for welfare and Medicaid for more than one million residents.
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New York
UPI
J. Lee Rankin
City Hall
Washington
John W. Lindsay
Tion
Rankin
Inside the Mankiewicz Braden column notes muted anti war mood
Harriet Davis offers methods to lure bluebirds back to Vermont as part of a Vermont feature. A deficit may force Arlington to consider a tax increase. A state schoolboy skiing competition gets described, highlighting youth athletes and regional interest.
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Mankiewicz-Braden
Harriet Davis
Vermont
McCarthy vows ongoing antiwar fight after 1968 recall
Eugene J. McCarthy told Harvard students the antiwar campaign in Indochina will build into a strong 1971 effort. Other speakers urged teach-ins, mobilization, and a united push to end U.S. involvement as students questioned the war and political leaders.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
Indochina
Minnesota
Lyndon Johnson
McCarthy
Harvard University
Joseph D. Duffey
Americans For Democratic Action
New Haven
Conn
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Donald F. Riegle
R-Mich
Sanders Theatre
Riegle
Tom Wicker
New York Times
Noam Chomsky
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cynthia Frederick
Committee of
Concerned Asian Scholars
Saigon
People’s Front For the Defense of Peace
Goeaseet Ramsey Clark
Yale
Vietnam
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Sen. Hart
D-Mich
Averill Harriman
Johnson
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