17 Jan 1975
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1975
Page
1
Mt Anthony teachers voted to empower their negotiating committee to seek a $400 base pay increase, raising the base from $7,200 to $7,600. The move could put Mt Anthony’s $3.26 million budget for 1975-76 in a deficit, as the board had approved the budget with no base raise.
President Ford convened with energy advisers including Dr. Robert Seamans Jr. Interior Secretary Morton and Frank Zarb to push a program aiming for U S energy self sufficiency by 1985. They discussed nuclear power expansion and other energy sources while Ford criticized gasoline rationing and urged new energy incentives. The agenda also touched on budget impacts for education and public services amid rising costs and debated teacher raises.
The page surveys diverse items from ceasefire news in Northern Ireland and oil tax shivers in New England to local Methodist fund drives and crackpot cooking ideas. Editorials discuss truth slogans and lottery number printing while MAU Book Talks and new review procedures for federal A-95 projects appear. Sports highlight MAU girls basketball win, Maryland over NC State, and Bennington Generals financial report.
The American Civil Liberties Union won a 12 million dollar verdict against the District of Columbia for the false arrest and rights infringement of about 1,200 antiwar demonstrators on the Capitol steps in 1971. Each plaintiff averaging around ten thousand dollars, varying by confinement length, with appeals anticipated.
Israeli troops pressed a major tank assault in southern Lebanon marking the largest thrust in over two years. Guerrilla chief Yasser Arafat reportedly directed operations as artillery and mortars hit towns for a sixth day. Casualties cited by Beirut spokesmen: 21 Israelis killed and numerous wounded, four guerrillas killed and 10 wounded.
Gov. Salmon unveils a plan weaker than last year yet stronger than the legislative committee's. It zones the state into five classes, offers towns freedom to redraw boundaries over three years, and envisions mild sanctions for noncompliance. Rural development areas await mapping until 1977, with Act 250 as a stricter fallback if towns delay zoning or ordinances.
UPI reports that Washington and Moscow reaffirm good will despite the Soviet rejection of a 1972 trade pact. January 31 Geneva talks on strategic arms limits will proceed as the Soviets move SS18 missiles to bases. Kissinger notes some trade agreement provisions may survive while tensions ease.
Governor Thomas P. Salmon will submit a 359 million state budget to the legislature next Tuesday. Education leads with 67 million, 31 percent of the total, funded largely from general taxes and fees totaling 218 million. Federal funds provide 118 million and other sources 23 million. Departments were told to hold requests, but Human Services Agency gains 12 million, mostly from welfare grants, while cuts range from 353000 for the Public Service Board to 500 for Addison County Sheriff’s Department.
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