Senate showdown on super agency in Vermont
The Vermont Legislature enters its eighth week with a Senate showdown over a Davis administration bill to create an agency of enforcement and protection merging six state departments. Amendments are planned to preserve regulatory powers, while attempts to curb fund shifting within the agency are expected. The bill won preliminary approval 18 to 12, with Republicans breaking against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Counties
Senate
Sen
Russell
Welfare Reclassification Hearings Turn Testy at Bennington
A Bennington welfare hearing over Mrs. Caron's reclassification grew tense as Potter pressed witnesses for crucial memory and Small and Masso could not recall meetings. Testimony suggested she was eligible for employment, while Bristow pursued complaints linked to welfare activism. The session touched on demonstrations and interdepartmental changes amid broader state reorganization talk.
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Potter
Welfare Department
Department
Clifford S. Small
Bristow
Putter
Small
Bennington
Masso
Caron
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
Louis Dutton
Thompson
Griffin
State Welfare Board
Gas suppliers seek 20 percent hike before PSB
Vermont natural gas firms Gas Company of Vermont and Rutland Gas Utility ask the Public Service Board for a temporary rate increase of 16 to 20 percent to cover losses and inflation. If approved, the plan would raise about 105000 in new revenue from 9300 customers across Barre St Johnsbury Springfield Rutland and Bennington and pave the way for a permanent rise with further hearings planned.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Public Service Board
The
Gas Company of Vermont
Rutland Gas Utility
Vermont Transit Bus Lines
Ralph Deslauriers
Bolton Valley
PSB
State Highway Department
Bennington
Barre
Davis finds extra 400000 in 1971 funds boost
Governor Deane C. Davis’s administration reports a new 400000 addition to the 1971 surplus, lifting the projected total to 22 million. Budget director Ronald Crisman updates the House Appropriations Committee as the previously announced 18 million rises, with 300000 expected to revert from 1970 Vietnam veterans' bonus funds. The administration has allocated 15 million of the surplus to supplemental spending, leaving 7 million for possible education aid. critics claim the surplus could reach 45 million and symbolically challenge the deficit of 15 million.
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House Appropriations Committee
Deane C. Davis
Robert Boardman
Dchittenden-Grand Isle
Davis
Boardman
Bennington Sisters Correct Grand List Errors
The Bennington Sisters report two errors in the 1970 Grand List tax exempt property tally. A lost tally sheet skewed the fair market value by $14 million, changing the total from $33,618,500 to $19,275,500. The Bennington Rescue Squad building on Safford Street was omitted, adding $20,000 to the corrected total. Frank J. Hogan said the mistakes were by the sisters, not the publisher.
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Bennington
Bennington Sisters
Safford Street
Hospital Notes February 22 1971 Admissions and Births
Admissions include Kenneth Grassette and several newborns at multiple New York state hospitals. Discharges list Patricia Dame, Jane Waltz, Della Wilcox, and Mary Rumrill. Births feature families from Johnsonville, Glens Falls, Saratoga, Troy and Derby with newborn weights and parent names.
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Kenneth Grassette
Douglas Whitman
Fred Loveland
Bennington
Patricia Dame
Jane Waltz
Cambridge, N.Y
Della Wilcox
Manchester Center
Mary Rumrill
Jacksonville
BSD MAUHS compromise on busing costs to seek state aid
The Bennington School District and Mt Anthony Union High School transportation committees reached a compromise on busing costs. They will ask the legislature for state reimbursement of transportation costs, aiming to halve BSD’s $45,000 share. Assistant Superintendent George Sleeman said sponsors will pursue a bill this session, with all member boards aligning first.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Robert J. McWaters
Mt. Anthony
BSD
High School
George A
Sleeman
Concensus
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
McWaters
Mauhs
Stephen H. Gilman
David Adler
Judith Fagan
Paul A. Fairfield
Bennington Rotary Club
Gilman
Norm Stratton
Neil S. Moss
Moss
Fairfield
Catherine Corcoran
Henry H. Carse
A-61
Hinesburg
House Education Committee
Mauhs Board
Bennington town clerk outlines absentee ballot process
Town Clerk Mary Hodeck announces official applications for absentee ballots for those unable to attend polls on March 2 must reach her office by 9 60 oclock Friday evening February 26. Mail requests must also arrive by that deadline. Sick voters may apply by 9 a.m. Monday March 1 with a physician affidavit. Out of town voters may vote in person at the clerk’s office until noon March 1. Office hours are listed for February 26 27 28. The Board of Civil Authority will meet February 27 to add names to the check list for Town Meeting March 2 with a midnight February 27 deadline.
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Bennington
Mary Hodeck
Board of Civil Authority For
Town of
Sisters’ Office
Civil Defense Plans for Spring Floods Along Connecticut River
Vermont Office of Civil Defense schedules reporting centers in river towns to warn of floods. Meetings with New England Power and officials discussed readiness as Connecticut River is named the major trouble spot. Only minor flooding reported in Lincoln.
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Connecticut
Vermont
Lincoln
Bennington Briefs Cover Local Notices and Events
Local items report Miss Mary E. Moore named to the University of Connecticut dean's list, senior party chairmen meet, Bennington Environment meets, Shrove Tuesday supper at St Peters, vase drive for Gray Ladies, Lenten services at United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary past presidents meet, library story hour discussion, town annual report copies, Elks Lodge meeting, wedding details, political ads for John Stone Jr and Catherine Corcoran, 101st birthday obituary of Delia Mahar, funeral notices for Flora MacArthur, and funeral arrangements in Hoosick Falls and surrounding areas.
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Mary E. Moore
Thomas Moore Jr
Lyons
University of Connecticut
Storrs
Moore
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Delia Mahar
Hoosick Falls
Cambridge
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Health Center
White Creek
Thomas and
Mary (Dailey) Mahar
Church St
Leonard
Albany
Ira Wood
Wood
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Flora MacArthur
Gibney
A.J. MacDonald
First United Methodist Church of
Shaftsbury
Outreach program brings paperbacks to readers at Bennington library
Bennington Free Library launches Outreach a plan to place paperback books at points of need including hospital Soldiers Home and Senior Citizens Center Readers can borrow simply to read not sign out or return Initial racks funded by Rutland Regional Library donations and community supporters may expand to nursing homes doctors offices barbers and beauty shops if the program proves popular and replenished through donations
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Bennington Free Library
Rutland
Soldiers’ Home
Senior Citizens Center
St Albans gains growth target area status and aid boost
The New England Regional Commission designated St. Albans a growth target area and approved an immediate 300000 grant to spur an economic revival. The plan envisions coordinated state and federal funding for projects such as sewage treatment and water supply, with millions more over four to five years. unemployment has hovered around 15 percent. A separate 23000 planning grant funds an historic village project in Victory Granby Essex County.
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Deane C. Davis
New England
NERC
Boston
Robert Wilson
Davis
St. Albans
Martin
Northeast Vermont Development Association
Victory-Granby
Essex County
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