Vermont lawmakers face 1971 budget and reform clash
The 1971 Vermont legislature opens with a hold-the-line budget of 119 million dollars as Gov. Davis seeks to protect welfare while education funding stalls. Debates loom on parochial school aid, environmental laws, constitutional amendments, reapportionment, and a major House speakership race as the Statehouse renovation nears completion.
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Rodney Clarke Montpelier
UPI
Davis
Vermont Student Assistance Corp
Welfare Department
Vermont
General Assembly
Senate
Chittenden-Grand Isle
House
John S. Burgess
Brattleboro
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Kennedy
Statehouse
Nixon forecasts unbalanced budget with activist policy
President Nixon outlined an activist economic plan built on a deficit budget with no new taxes to curb unemployment and inflation. He predicted 1971 to be good and 1972 very good, amid talks of deficit spending, no tax reform, and future welfare and health care reforms.
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Washington
UPI
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Soviet Union
Caribbean
Cuba
Middle East
Moscow
United States
North Vietnam
Congress
House
Ways and Means
State of the Union
School board advised on dress code by attorney
Mt Anthon y Union High School Board attorney Eugene V Clark voiced doubts that student dress codes should reflect directors taste rather than school order The six page opinion suggested codes aim to keep order rather than intrude on student rights Mathematics instructor William F Lally Jr had requested a legal ruling six weeks earlier and asserted the codes infringe student rights Board members did not discuss Clark s opinion at the meeting last night
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Eugene V. Clark
William F. Lally Jr
Clark
Arkansas
Bennington
Man killed in North Adams fire
A two alarm blaze on State Street in North Adams, Massachusetts killed one man identified as Alfred Johnson and injured several others including fireman Anthony L. Guerino who rescued tenants and collapsed inside the building. The Wellington Hotel complex housed stores, offices, and upper apartment units heavily damaged by smoke and water. Police and officials noted the scene and related damage as crews fought the fire early today.
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North Adams
Mass
UPI
State Street
Alfred Johnson
Anthony L. Guerino
Wellington Hotel
Montgomery Ward
East Arlington woman dies in Manchester traffic crash
Mrs. Constance M. Jordan 46 of East Arlington dies when her Volkswagen collides head on with a loaded 15 ton dump truck on Route 7 near Dellwood Corner. The crash is Vermont's first fatal traffic accident of the new year. Burial in Riverside Cemetery Saugus. Burial at Riverside Cemetery in Saugus with services Wednesday at Zion Episcopal Church Manchester Center.
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Manchester
Constance M. Jordan
East Arlington
Burke
Clifford B. Harwood
Riverside Cemetery
Saugus
Vermont Local Briefs Highlight Tax, Fire, and Ski Topics
Inside Bennington notes loss of librarian on Page 3. An editorial on Page 4 urges selectmen to address fire protection equitably. Vermont skiing pioneer questions ski industry antipathy in a Page 4 letter. Page 6 reports Tax Department error on Shaftsbury Grand List and Hoosick Falls officials seek relief from high elderly tax assessments.
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Vermont
State
Shaftsbury
Hoosick Falls
BenMont plant sale rumors and revival hints in Bennington
Rumors rise that BenMont Inc. may reopen under new ownership as BCIC seeks a buyer for the financially troubled plant. Key furloughed personnel have been recalled and told a production return is possible though official confirmation remains unavailable. John H. Williams II declined to comment.
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BenMont Inc
Bennington County Industrial Corporation
Benmont
John H. Williams II
BCIC
Bennington Water Board Seeks Putnam Deed Update
In its first meeting the seven member Bennington water board voted unanimously to ask selectmen to update the Putnam Deed of Gift which has guided water policy in the town. The action aims to refresh agreements shaping local water rights and governance.
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New Town Water Board
Bennington
Chancery Court
Putnam
Norton Barber
Barber
John H. Williams
Water Board
Herbert Horst
Edward R. Lamb
Gerald E. Morrissey
Horst
Village Water Board
Herbert J. Horst
Jarring starts new round of Middle East peace talks
United Nations mediator Gunnar V. Jarring opens a fresh round of Middle East talks with Israel and Egypt, citing tough positions and the likelihood of difficult negotiations. Separate meetings seek ground for direct versus indirect talks amid calls for flexibility from U.S. Secretary Rogers.
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Middle East
United Nations
UPI
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Yosef Tekoah
Hassan El-Zayyat
Amman
U.S
William P. Rogers
Rogers
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Lynn Harrington
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