Bennington Agencies Seek Ballot Vote On Funds
Bennington selectmen refuse to include 68,404 in the 1974 75 town budget for five social service groups but will place the requests on the March 5 Town Meeting ballot. The agencies are the Bennington Opportunity Council Day Care Center Planned Parenthood and the Bennington Tutorial Program.
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Selectmen
Bennington Opportunity Council
Bennington Day Care Center
Depot Street
Planned Parenthood
Bennington
Bennington Budget Ballot Items Include Seven Local Agencies
Five groups seek 68 404 on the Town Meeting ballot while the town gains 592 000 in revenue sharing. Bennington groups request 19 500 for the Bennington Opportunity Council plus smaller sums from other towns to fund local anti poverty efforts as federal funding ends. Selected programs include day care, youth rehabilitation, Planned Parenthood, and social services serving about 500 families monthly across the county.
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Bennington Opportunity Council
Bennington County
BOC
Opportunity Council
Bennington
Arlington
Dorset
Manchester
Pownal
Rupert
Sandgate
Shaftsbury
Sunderland
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity Money
Council
Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council
Nixon
OEO
BROC
Ron Knapp
al Barnes
Carol Beaudoin
Kathy Bartell
John Calloway
Jim Colvin
Adelaide Fine
Marge Galvin
Emma Harwood
Claire O’leary
Gary Sweet
Shirley McTernan
Robert L. Green Jr
John Peterman
Bob
Sourcliffe
Tina Calabro
Flora Mason
Connie Harrington
Anne Blake
Head Start
Dorset Nursing Association
Vermont Dental Clinic
Food Stamp Office
Main Street
Planned Parenthood
Judy Wichemns
Main Street Family Planning
Wichelns
Tutorial Center braces for future without town funding
Proponents note tutoring boosts earnings and skilled labor supply. Volunteers are trained tutors, many retired teachers or education students. Ms Wichelns serves as half time director. Board includes Marion Smith, John McTernan, Ed Colvin, Marge Galvin, Alan Prager, John Peterman, Barbara Geer, Rev. Richard Sherlock. Center survives on donations but faces closure without town funding as Williams term ends. In Montpelier, the Vermont House Commerce Committee rejects a Salmon administration plan for a state energy planning agency and pushes to tighten Velco oversight, led by Rep. Brian Burns.
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Richard Sears
St. Albans
Bennington
Paul W. Bohne III
Phoenix Board
Bohne
904
Richard Sherlock
John Lazarczyk
John Peterman
Robert Poblocki
Allen Barnes
Neil S. Moss
William Bryan
James Henry
United Counseling
Sears
Reginald Boucher
John Allard
Eric Burgess
Alma Mann
Montpelier
UPI
House Commerce Committee
Salmon Administration
Vermont Electric Power Co
Velco
Brian Burns
Burlington
Vermont Senate reapportionment plan rejected by high court
The Vermont Supreme Court heard arguments on the 1973 Senate remap challenging its constitutionality. The court did not indicate when a decision would be made, as Sen. Robert Bloomer led the attack and Attorney General Kimberly Cheney defended the plan aiming to boost representative government.
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Rutland County
Grand Isle County
Addison County
Senate
Chittenden County
UVM Senate Backs Five Day Week Return
The University of Vermont Faculty Senate voted to return to a five day academic week this fall after adopting a four day week to conserve fuel this semester. If fuel reserves allow, Wayne Patterson says administrative work weeks will return to five days in April to keep buildings open.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
UVM
Wayne Patterson
Bennington Day Care Center Seeks 18 Month Funding
The Bennington Day Care Center requests 30 750 dollars from the town for the next 18 months to provide child care for working parents. Founded in 1969, it has enjoyed political support as funding has been cut by federal and state sources amid rising costs.
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Bennington
Vermont House votes for tough campaign finance limits
House Majority Whip Douglas Tudhope urges passage of a state campaign finance bill to curb large donations. The proposal caps contributions at 500 dollars from a single source for state elections, requires disclosure of names and addresses for donors over 10 dollars, and bans corporate, union, and out-of-state funds to statewide candidates. Support comes from Republican leaders. legality questioned for out-of-state bans.
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House Government Operations Committee
Tudhope
Stewart Smith
Vermont
Kimberly Cheney
Vermont Supreme Court vacancy sparks Bit of intra court challenge
Vermont judges William Hill and Robert Larrow contest the Supreme Court seat as the Judicial Selection Board notes Hill is next in line. The House backs a $44 million capital plan including a Waterbury proposed maximum security prison to house 45 inmates from Windsor, with Chief Justice Shangraw retiring March 1.
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Windsor
House Institutions Committee
Waterbury
Percival L. Shangraw
Albert Barney
Shangraw
Judicial Selection Board
William Hill
Robert Larrow
Hill
Larrow
Supreme Court
House
House Appropriations Committee
Commune murder suspects return to Bay State
A 21 year old Easthampton man waived extradition and will be sent to Hampton County Massachusetts to face first degree murder charges. Donald E Major Jr appeared in Vermont District Court. Major and Richard La Brecque both linked to a deadly Holyoke shooting on December 26. La Brecque had waived extradition earlier.
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Burlington
UPI
Easthampton
Mass
Hampton County
Donald E. Major Jr
Vermont
Major
Richard la Brecque
Newport, Vt
Orr predicts nationwide gas rationing amid Vermont shortage
Vermont energy chief Forrest Orr warned of growing militancy among motorists and pump operators as gas lines and shortages worsen. He said a national rationing system likely under Nixon is the only way to fair distribution, criticizing Washington for delaying decisive action and noting Vermont received only 675,000 gallons of its February need.
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Berlin
UPI
Vermont
Forrest Orr
Orr
Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Federal Energy Office
Washington
Nixon
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
Thomas P. Salmon
FEC
Leahy backs five Vermont constitutional amendments
Senatorial candidate Patrick Leahy wholeheartedly endorsed five proposed amendments to the Vermont Constitution. The Democrat announced support at a county meeting, saying the changes would keep the constitution short and simple and boost accountability with longer terms for governor and other officials.
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Burlington
UPI
Patrick Leahy
Vermont
Chittenden County
Thomas Salmon
Philip Hoff
Deane Davis
Leahy
Republican Party
Stewart Garth
Liberty Union
Bernard Sanders
Banks Promise Loans at New 8.5 Percent Rate in Vermont
Burlington report notes several Vermont banks committing to home mortgage loans at 8.5 percent though the legislature has not yet raised the ceiling from 7.5 percent. Chittenden Trust Co. President Hilton Wick says his bank offers a limited number of 8.5 percent commitments and has stopped loans at the old rate as the House Commerce Committee backs a 1 percent increase and Gov. Salmon supports the measure.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
House Commerce Committee
Thomas Salmon
Chittenden Trust Co
Hilton Wick
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