Town Ends Fiscal Year With a Small Surplus
Bennington closed its fiscal year with all bills paid and a small balance of 1620.91. Selectmen heard unbudgeted year end payments of about 35 000 included 23000 to Putnam Memorial Hospital for indigent care and nearly 10000 to physicians, plus 800 for a roof and 795 for police department office renovations. Officials called the year’s finances “pretty good” overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Village
Joseph Higgins
Viet Cong assault halted at U S command post near Saigon
About 500 Viet Cong stormed a U S Army post northwest of Saigon and were repelled by point blank artillery fire, leaving at least 66 Communists dead and five Americans killed with 28 wounded. The attack marked the fourth in five days against Saigon area posts amid broader offensives across the country. Government reports cited civilian and inmate casualties and extensive damage in several districts as U S and South Vietnamese forces pressed counterattacks in the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands.
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Saigon
APS
U.S
Central Highlands
Capital
Mekong Delta
U.S. Army
25Th Infantry Division
Kontum City
Rice Bowl
Que Son
North Vietnam
Selectmen Oppose Delay In Area Road Construction
Bennington selectmen oppose delaying the U.S. 7 and Bennington by pass project. They approve a letter urging all Bennington County legislators to push for the 1966 promise and refuse 1980 or later funding. Officials warn that slow road work harms Bennington County as a gateway to Vermont and tourism.
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Higgins
Bolles Brook
Flats
Bennington Road
White Chapel Road
Austin Hill Road
Airport Road
Monument Ave
Airport
State of
Vermont
Dewey Street
Pine Road
Green Acres
Bennington
Burdis
U.S. 7
Vermont Highway Dept
Bennington County
Vermont House
Senate
Joseph Higgins
Montpelier
Highway Department
Rutland
Burlington
New York State
Hoff Seeks New Taxes In Vermont Budget Plan
Governor Philip Hoff urges a 2 percent rise in rooms and meals and corporate franchise taxes to raise 4.3 million dollars for fiscal 1969. He backs applying the room and meals increase from April 1 and the corporate rate to corporate years ending Jan 1, 1968, to avoid deficits.
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Vermont
Hoff
Power Failure Blamed On Extreme Cold Wave
A regional cold snap disrupted electric service in Bennington and Shaftsbury, Vermont, with CVPS crews restoring power after hours of outages. A contour circuit burned out and an oil circuit recloser failed, prompting shutdowns in Shaftsbury Hollow and nearby areas. Officials cited extreme cold as a factor in conductor expansion and contraction while investigations continue.
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Bennington
Shaftsbury
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
J.F. Lowre
Cvps Division
The
Banner Today
Power Company
Lowre
East Road
Willow Road
County Street
Ben Mont Avenue
West Main Street
Paulin
U.S
Shaftsbury Hollow
West Shaftsbury
North Shaftsbury
Maple Hill
CVPS
Propane Truck Accident Sparks Explosion Scare in Grafton
A propane gas truck from LP Gas Transportation Co. veered off NY 2 near Grafton Elementary School in Rensselaer County. The vehicle tipped, triggering an explosion scare and recalling the nearby 1962 Berlin disaster. Local authorities responded as residents watched the scene closely.
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Grafton
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Berlin, N.Y
LP Gas Transportation Co
Ches
Selkirk
Berlin
Adirondack Bottled Gas Co
World’s fifth heart transplant patient dies after surgery
Louis Block aged 57, the world’s fifth heart transplant recipient, died 10 hours after an eight hour operation at Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn. The donor heart from Miss Helen Krouch of East Paterson New Jersey could not pump enough blood, despite a 25 member surgical team led by Dr Adrian Kantrowitz. Block’s death follows two other failed transplants by Kantrowitz, as doctors assess lessons learned and the ongoing efforts for heart transplantation breakthroughs.
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New York
UPI
Louis Block
Block
Adrian Kantrowitz
Helen Krouch
East Paterson
N.J
Joseph Krouch
Kantrowitz
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn
Miss Krouch
Palo Alto
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital
Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Maimonides
Inside Letters and Local News Snippets Highlights
Inside letters discuss highways trees and liquor tax changes. Manchester landmark changes hands noted with page reference. Dorset’s Sage heads south to Sunderland marked on page 18.
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Manchester
Dorset
Sage
Sunderland
Guaranteed Income Urged by ADA for Poor
Washington UPI ADA calls for a guaranteed annual income of 4160 dollars for a family of four with no tax, as a partial replacement for welfare. ADA argues wealth contrasts provoke poverty and urges a multibillion domestic program to lift the poor, especially African Americans. NEA backs a 6 billion dollar federal education program to raise teacher pay, boost per pupil aid, and fund summer programs to curb unrest.
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Washington
UPI
Americans For Democratic Action
Congress
ADA
National Education Association
NEA
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Point Blank Range
Pittsburgh
Pavnch
By Charles Kershner
University of Vermont
UVM
Vermont Free Public Library Service
Labor and Industry Department
Vermont National Guard
Central Planning Office
New England Regional Commission
St. Albans
Windsor State Prison
Allied Health Services
Medical Techology
Ter, N.Y
Grafton Elementary
James Burnett
Williamstown
Mass
E.A. Alexander
Public Safety
Glen Merrill
Tinmouth
North Adams
Burnett
Orwell
Grafton Fire Dept. and Rescue
Wynantskill
Charles L. Schultze
Charles J. Zwick
Johnson
Schultze
Zwick
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