Ben Mont Future Aired by BCIC at annual meeting
About 20 stockholders attended the Bennington County Industrial Corporation meeting as BCIC officials reported close cooperation with state authorities and Ben Mont Wraptures to resolve financial problems. The plant employs about 300, with loans totaling roughly $3 million guaranteed by the state via VIBA. BCIC's assets include cash, notes, land, and a warehouse loan of $300,000, with 87 acres at the Lyons District industrial park.
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Ben Mont Company
Bennington
Bennington County Industrial Corporation
BCIC
Ben Mont Management
Ben Mont
Wraptures Corp
Rochester
N.Y
Craig Smith
Hamilton L. Shields
Paradise
Vermont
Ben Mont Wraptures, Inc
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
VIBA
Ben Mont Wraptures Corp
Shields
Wilbur Rice
Norman H. Greenberg
Ben Mont Wraptures
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Rice
Armand Lampron
Garrison Inc
Polygraphic Co
North Bennington
Vermont Container Corp
Lyons
GOP Reunion Draws 200 Republican supporters in bitter cold
About 200 Bennington County Republicans braved sub zero weather to Mt Anthony Union High School for a Republican Reunion as part of a statewide series. Vermont party officials led by Elbert G. Moulton stressed organization as key to victory and urged appealing to young and independent voters beyond tradition.
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Bennington County
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Vermont
Elbert G
al) Moulton
Madeline Harwood
Manchester
Mount Hope Bridge
Fall River
Mass
Bristol
R.il
Mt. Hope Bay
UPI
Hoff urges major tax reforms for Vermont property taxes
Gov. Philip Hoff calls for five tax reform measures to stabilize local property tax burdens and move toward a $5 equalized tax rate. He seeks broad tax stabilization for all communities, notes tax collections rose from 9.5 million in 1940 to 56 million in 1967, and proposes exemptions for cattle and standing timber while studying farmers’ relief through a blue ribbon panel for the 1969 legislature.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Vermont
Rockefeller May Run in Oregon If Romney Loses NH
Albany NY governor Nelson Rockefeller weighs a possible Republican primary candidacy in Oregon on May 28. Outcome of the New Hampshire primary on March 12, where Nixon leads Romney, could force a decision. Rockefeller has said he is not a candidate but has not filed to remove his name from the ballot.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson Rockefeller
Oregon
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
George Romney
Michigan
New York
Johnson
Nixon
Red China accuses Laos of aggression and U S backing
Peking Radio quoted the Chinese Foreign Ministry saying Laotian troops with U S help launched a major offensive in northern Laos and bombed Chinese border areas. The broadcast warned of possible Chinese intervention if U S imperialism extended the Vietnam war to Laos and Cambodia, labeling the actions as grave provocations and pledging support for Laos against U S aggression.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
U .S
Laos
Communist Foreign Ministry
Peking Radio
United States
Cambodia
Yannan
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Mao Tse-tung
U.S
Peking
Vientiane
Democratic Republic of
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Trio Nabbed After Break At Londonderry
Brattleboro district court expected arraignment for three Rutland men alleged in a nighttime break at Adams Super Market in Londonderry at the junction of Vermont routes 11 and 100. Two were arrested near the store. a third fled but was captured near Rutland after a statewide APB and roadblocks around Winhall and Manchester.
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Brattleboro
Adams
Londonderry
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Winhall
Manchester
Bennington Area Highway Plans Under Scrutiny
Larsen tells a six member committee the arterial plan for southwestern Vermont was altered and he cannot identify who ordered the change. The shift boosted the 1966 program from 142 million to 457 million, with officials saying priorities put Bennington projects low. Kennedy accuses someone of directing inaccurate figures to the legislature. Larsen denies dishonesty and says no proof of misdeeds by the department.
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Larsen
Vermont
James Jeffords
Rutland
U.S. 4
New York
Barre
U.S.7
Bennington
Jeffords
House Highway Committee
Rep
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Highway Department
Kennedy
Budget and Management Division
Department of Administration
Humphreys African Tour Ends with Call for Clearer U S Stand
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey returned from a 26,500 mile goodwill tour of nine African nations. In Washington he urged a clearer U S stand on self determination and majority rule for Black Africa, more foreign aid, and targeted nation building focusing on education and development to prevent brain drain. He met leaders including Houphouet-Boigny Kaunda and Mobutu, and Haile Selassie Kenyatta Egal.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Africa
America
Humphrey
Andrews Air Force Base
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Ghana
Congo
Zambia
Ethiopia
Somalia
Kenya
Tunisia
Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Kenneth Kaunda
Joseph D. Mobutu
Haile Selassie
Jomo Kenyatta
Mohamed Egal
United States
Inside Page Teasers Highlight Winter and Road Woes
On the Inside Jean Wassick frowns on cold spell Samuel Ogden comments on highway mess Burned-out Williams students find temporary shelter continued on pages 3 4 and 6
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Jean Wassick
Samuel Ogden
Williams
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Deane C. Davis
National Life Ins. Co
James L. Oakes
Dwyer
Brave Cold
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Vermont Federation of Republican Women
Lynn Bottum
Shelburne
College Republicans
Moulton
Ferdinand Bongartz
Abraham Lincoln
Mounton
Rocky
Romney
N.H
Red China
Bennington Area
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