Muskie defeats Nixon in preview of 1972 race
New York based radio poll shows Ed Muskie winning 56 percent to Nixon’s 43 percent in a runoff style mock race. Muskie earlier beat McGovern 62 to 38 in the primary. Wallace under 1 percent. The exercise aired on WCAUM with 5 000 callers.
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Muskie
Nixon
New York
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Maine
George McGovern
D-S.c
Alabama
George C. Wallace
John V. Lindsay
California
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Spiro T. Agnew
Charles H. Percy
Unemployment Rise Tied to GM Strike Effects
White House briefings attributed a portion of the November unemployment rise to the GM strike's secondary effects. Officials argued the rate would have been 5.3 to 5.5 percent without the strike, with December showing the sharpest one month jump since 1960. Some workers remained unable to return to work amid weaker overall business conditions.
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White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Goldstein
Cooper backs Baker for GOP Senate leader
UPI reports Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky urged Senate Republicans to back Howard Baker over Hugh Scott for the GOP leadership as Congress opens. Cooper, retiring in 1972, sent a letter noting Baker would be a capable leader for now and the future and would support him if he runs. Baker weighs opposing Scott with conference votes uncertain and Scott claiming 29 or 30 votes.
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Washington
India
Cooper
Baker
Howard Baker
Scott
Senate
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Bill
Tennessee
John Cooper
UPI
Town Meeting Caucuses Shape March Races in Lively Town
Democratic and Republican caucuses prepare for March Town Meeting with multiple open selectman seats under the Unification Act. Several posts including town clerk moderator treasurer and auditor are up for three year terms while two year terms begin this year for selectmen. Independent candidacies loom as party lines may blur before the caucus convenes.
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Virginio N
Max’’ Perrotta
Salvatore “Sal’’ Santarcangelo
Selectmen
J. Duncan Campbell
Selectman
Joseph E. Higgins
Higgins
Dist
Leon Boutin
Ormal Pierce
Edward Frasier
Bennington
Richard A. Sleeman
Sleeman
GOP
Hamilton L. Shields
Town Democrats
Perrotta
Obituary of Reginald J. Rabideau, 42, Bennington
Reginald J. Rabideau 42 of Pleasant Street died Friday morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born October 4 1928 in Burlington he was the son of Elphedge and Marion Sancomb Wright. He was a meatcutter and later worked for Fienberg's Department Store in Bennington. Survivors include his parents two daughters Michele and Tina and a son Reggie all of Bennington one brother Richard E. Rabideau of Bennington one sister Mrs Warren Rena Wielt of Schenectady NY and several nieces nephews and cousins. A prayer service will be held at Mahar and Son funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Monday with a Requiem High Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Entombment will follow.
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Reginald J. Rabideau
Pleasant St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Burlington
Elphedge and
Marion (Sancomb) Wright
Bennington
Rabideau
Fienberg’s
Michele
Tina
Reggie
Richard E. Rabideau
Warren
Rena) Wielt
Schenectady
N.Y
Mahar and Son
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Kennedy charges puzzle Snelling sparks GOP clash
Shelburne UPI Richard Snelling responded to accusations that the Republican State Committee is dominated by obstructionists and that some members should be removed. He said he talked with House Speaker Walter Kennedy, they remain friends, and he apologizes if he hurt his feelings. Funeral notices follow for Arnold James Wright, 18, who died at Albany Medical Center, with services at Gibney Haynes and Kane Funeral Home and entombment planned in Park Lawn Cemetery.
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Shelburne
UPI
Richard Snelling
Republican State Committee
Republican House
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Snelling
Kennedy
Floyd I. LaBombard
First Baptist Church
Gibney- Haynes and Kane
Arnold James Wright
Albany Medical Center
Park Lawn Cemetery
Center Shaftsbury
James Earl
Irma (O’neal) Wright
Steven
Ronald
James
Robert
John O’neal
Meridan
Conn
Harry McDonald
Perth
New Brunswick
Canada
Chester Walker
Willsboro
N.Y
Bennington Post
American Legion
Vermont teachers urged to lead in cooperative bargaining
Dr. Larson of the University of Vermont College of Education argues that Vermont can become a lighthouse for collective negotiations. He warns that rising teacher power shifts authority away from administrators, demanding broader influence in policy and curriculum while increasing accountability.
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College of Education
University of Vermont
Larson
Vermont
Donut Shop Plans Remain in Limbo Amid Legal Tangle
A Dunkin Donuts site at Main and School Streets is stalled as attorneys untangle a dispute over curb cuts. R G Develop ment Inc claims a zoning permit exists while Bennington Village Trustees and Wilbur Smith Associates oppose the curb cuts citing traffic concerns. An Oct 28 meeting left双方 at impasse.
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Main
School Streets
R & G Development Inc
Robert G. Cummings Jr
R & G Inc
Bennington Village
Main Street
Paul Clermont
Wilbur Smith
Dunkin’ Donuts
Bennington Briefs Local training and business notes update
IBM Data School training starts January 19 at Southern Vermont Computer Center in Bennington with contact details. Potters Yard Brasserie hours January Sundays 1 to 5 and daily noon to 2 except Tuesdays. Jeanne's Beauty Boutique opens Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 to 10 starting January 12. Trustees seek legal opinion on Dunkin Donuts site dispute. Clermont’s potential binding effect questioned. Friendly Ice Cream Co. building permit approved for a South Street Hillside Avenue corner shop with 40 parking spaces and about 400 daily vehicle trips, curb cuts and access planned. permit issued December 18 for 169 dollars.
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IBM Data School
Southern Vermont Computer Center
Bennington
John H. Williams II
Williams
Clermont
Smith Associates
Friendly Ice Cream Co
South Street
Hillside Avenue
Warner Nursing Home
William Fox
Friendly
Elm Street
Friendly’s
Friendly Co
Vermont has no delay in federal court cases
UPI reports U.S. Attorney George W. F. Cook in Burlington says new Second Circuit rules to speed trials will have little impact in Vermont. He notes Vermont courts have long met six month, six week and three to four month timelines for indicted defendants and trials, claiming Vermont is among the promptest districts nationwide.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Labor and Industry Department
Burlington
U.S
George W. F. Cook
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Cook
Circuit
New York
Connecticut
Woman's bulk proves fatal in Pacific Grove incident
Pacific Grove California authorities report Gladis Hardman 52 died after being moved from her home on dollies as eight men attempted to transport her on mattress covered boards. Firemen widened four doors with power saws but she succumbed to compression from fat around the chest during the evacuation.
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Pacific Grove
Calif
UPI
Gladis Hardman
John D. Lord
Lord
Retreat Planned for Springfield Men’s Group Event
A dinner at Mt. Anthony Country Club set plans for the annual retreat scheduled March 26 to 28 at Mother of Sorrows Monastery in West Springfield Massachusetts. William Haynes and parish chairmen from St. Francis de Sales St. John Baptist Sacred Heart and Our Lady of full details given.
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Mt. Anthony Country Club
Springfield
Mass
Leo Gorman
C.P
Mother of Sorrows Monastery
West Springfield
William Haynes
William Sennett
Harold Griffin
Paul Martin
St. Francis de Sales
John Lassos
Merton Snow Jr
Richard Diamond
St. John Baptist Church
North Bennington
Donald Raina
David Brookman
John Lyons
Robert Roy
Paul Caron
Theodore Sausville
Sacred Heart Church
Bertrand Trudeau
Our Lady of
Mount St Joseph Academy mulls second tuition hike
The Mount St. Joseph Academy Finance Committee in Rutland advises a second yearly tuition raise. Principal Rev. John OConnell says the school will seek diocesan approval to boost tuition by 25 dollars per family to 200 dollars annually. OConnell seeks two Rutland public school teachers for their business studies program to ease finances amid Vermont parochial school strain.
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Rutland
UPI
Mount St. Joseph Academy
John O’connell
Diocesan
Mount St. Joseph
O’connell
Vermont
Rice Memorial High School
South Burlington
Shaftsbury Alarm Test Time Change Announced
Shaftsbury residents are reminded by the Shaftsbury Fire Department that the Saturday alarm test moves to 1 p.m. from 12 30 and will run a full three minute cycle starting today.
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Shaftsbury
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Frank Church
Lame Duck
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bill Scott
WCAUM
Humphrey
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Mammoth Mart
Bennington Banner
Main St
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United Press Internationa
New York Times News Service
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Shannon & Cullen Inc
SWIFT
Chuck
Walker
Green Mountain
Johns Donoghue
Kendall Severy
Cornwall
FFA Star Farmer
Elizabeth Shattuck
Monkton
Marcel Dubois
Puzzle Snelling
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Bennington Briefs
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