Legislature hearing backs Salmon plan with tax relief focus
At a public hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee in Montpelier, reaction to Gov. Salmon's property tax relief bill was broadly favorable. Objections centered on a proposed capital gains tax on land sales and the bill's funding through that tax to curb development, with supporters emphasizing relief for the needy and a cross section approach to housing.
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Edgar Freehardt
Barton
Merchenke
Bcst
Vermont
Senate hearing shows broad opposition to large-user rate cut bill
Nearly all witnesses at a Senate Finance Committee hearing opposed a bill by Sen Herbert Ogden to end special rates for large electricity users over five years. Critics warned higher rates would burden farmers, schools, hotels, and businesses, while a few supported the goal of reducing power consumption. Some proposed tiered rates or federally funded power research instead of broad rate changes.
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Nessmen
Walter Cook
Vermont Electric Cooperative
Johnson
Vermont Hotel and Motel Association
Ryan
Uwiderstand
Ogden
Borden Avery
Avery Inn Chain
Bil
Scott Skinner
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Skinner
House action on Vermont land plan study urged
The Vermont House moves to create a special panel to study the state land capability and development plan. Hearings in Old Bennington will review zoning bylaws and the plan with public input sought, and a report due by February 13. Rep. Melvin Mandigo opposes special treatment for the plan.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont House
House Natural Resources Committee
Royal Cutts
Townshend
Cutts
House
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
State Environmental Board
Vermont
Old Bennington
Old
Kennedy
Natural Resources
Ways and Means
Natural Resources Committee
Potts
Melvin Mandigo
Mandigo
Vermont Yankee plant scram speeds tests on faulty fuel rods
Governor Salmon aides say the incident prompted an expedited shutdown and rapid testing after a reactor scram at Vermont Yankee near Vernon. ABC officials say releases were not dangerous, with tests under way to locate and replace defective fuel rods among about 18 000 in the core.
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Thomas P. Salmon
Norman Jones
William) Gilbert
Vermont Public Service Board
Salmon
Washington
Vermont
Montpelier
ABC
Tok Place
Vermont Yankee
First fatality in state ruled at Middlebury
Addison County records a 1973 highway fatality after Norman Edmund Howe, 74, of Seymour Street, died from a Jan. 7 traffic crash while crossing Main Street. Autopsy cited pelvic fracture and shock and the victim was struck by a vehicle operated by Elizabeth Horton of Middlebury.
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Middlebury
Jae
Norman Edmund Howe
Seymour Street
Addison County
Main Street
Hope
Suirlington
Dram
Hope Was Struck By A Statlnamanert
Alden
Elizabeth) Horton
Bennington District Court Arraigns Five Defendants in Manchester
In Manchester on Wednesday Theodore Ronesiell of Windsor Connecticut pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering at the Dewey Street offices of Drs Richard Guerrero and William Christmas on November 11. Paul Waine of Pownal and Thomas Gormaley of Dorset face separate trials in Manchester for marijuana possession and careless driving plus DWI. Ludger Gauthier pleaded no contest to simple assault with a $90 fine. Court schedules include January pre trial and jury dates.
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Bennington
Manchester
Theodore Ronesiell
Windsor
Paul Waine
Pownal
Benington
Thomas Gormaley
Dorset
Waine
Gormaley
Bennington County Court
Ludger Gauthier
Manchester Depot
Pearl Coli
Health Board bans asbestos in road work
Vermont Health Board fails to enact a temporary ban on asbestos fiber sales for roadways and open areas. The action follows a Health Department engineer's push for EPA restraining orders against Belmidere Mines of Eden for selling asbestos to towns and schools for snow and play area use, due to health hazards.
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Health Board
Burlington
UPI
Vermont Health Board
Vermont
Health Department
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Belmidere Mines of
Eden
Harold Sargent
Comany
Sargent
New principal named at Catamount-Brookside
David Morse of Chester Depot has been named principal of Catamount-Brookside School. The Bennington School District Board ratified the choice at a special meeting. Morse replaces Louis Axt, who became director of special education and pupil personnel services. Morse, Brattleboro native, previously led elementary schools in Charlotte and Springfield and has held roles in Springfield Times Reporter and local government. He is a Castleton State College graduate pursuing a master's in elementary administration at Boston University. he and wife Jane White have five children. Supt Sleeman said Ant will assist during the transition for a couple of weeks.
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David 0. Morse
Chester Depot
Catamount-Brookside
Morse
Bennington School District Board
Louis Axt
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
Axt
Motsé
Brattleboro
Charlotte
Springfield
Springfield Times-Reporter
Chester
Castleton State College
University of Vermont
Boston University
Bennington
Supt
Sleeman
Ant
Catamount
Castleton State to offer five graduate courses here
Castleton State College announced five winter graduate courses at Mt. Anthony Union High School in Bennington. The MA in Education program includes Educational Research, Teaching for Learning, Fundamentals of Educational Administration, Principles of Guidance, and Modern Africa. Courses run once weekly from 7 to 9:30 pm with various instructors and registration details provided.
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Castleton State College Today
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Heuling
Mark Waltz
Phillip Viereck
Southwest Supervisory Union
Orrin Griffis
Louie Perrotta
Drury High School
Orth Adams
Mass
Philip Allen
Africa
Obituary of Dr John J Hainey Troy ENT Specialist
Dr John J Hainey an esteemed ear nose throat specialist of Troy New York died Thursday at Samaritan Hospital after a long illness He would have turned 89 in Marel a misprint The physician retired from surgery at 75 and from medicine at 83 He authored works on Meniere disease and served on hospital staffs and several medical societies Survivors include a daughter a son two grandchildren and six great grandchildren The funeral will be Monday at Morris and Stebbins Funeral Home and at Our Lady of Victory Church Interment will be in St Marys Cemetery
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John J. Hainey
Troy
N.Y
Samaritan Hospital
Marel
Troy High School
Albany Medical College
University of Vienna
Austria
Samaritan
St. Mary's Hospitals
American College of Surgeons
International College of Surgeons
New York Academy of Medicine
Rensselaer County Medical Society
Helen Keefe
Ailee
John T
California
St Morris and Stebbins Finneral
Hoosick St
Our Lady of Victory Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Manchester man hurt in morning home fire
A Manchester man, Louis Rupprecht, 11, sustained smoke inhalation and first and second degree burns in a morning fire at his Franklin Avenue home. Fire officials say the blaze started in a basement electric panel and confined to the basement stairwell area before being brought under control after several hours.
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Manchester
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Franklin Avenue
Louis Rupprecht
Rupprecht
B. F. Wilcox
Tiny hospital deficit told Holden renamed board chairman
Robert T. Holden, president of Fairdale Farms, was reelected president of Putnam Memorial Hospital at its annual meeting Jan. 18. Officers re elected were Charles Fienberg vice president Mrs. Elizabeth C Luster secretary and Armand A. Lampron treasurer. New corporators named include John Lonergan Dorothy Pizeano Susan Jannicky Raymond Veirce Linta Tilgner Homer G. Ellis Jr. and J Stanford Zeener Jr. The year 1972 featured a near $1 million fund drive and the start of a 68,000 square foot addition amid a high staff growth and efforts to manage deficits under the Economic Stabilization Program.
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Robert T. Holden
Fairdale Farms
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Charles Fienberg
Elizabeth Cluster
Armand A. Lampron
John Lonergan
R Bennington
Dorothy Pizeano
Pownal
Susan Jannicky
East Arlington
Raymond W. Veirce
North Bennington
Linta ‘Tilgner
Bennington
Homer G. Ellis Jr
Manchester
J. Stanford Zeener Jr
East Dorset
Mary Dailey
Herbert Horst
Holden
James M. Toolan
Robert J. Stout
Helen W. Toolan
J. Duncan Campbell
Gray Ladies
William A. Castle Sr
Women's Auxiliary
Housing topic lecture panel in Bennington at St Joseph College
The Bennington Slutland Opportunity Council presents the second Consumer Education Program lecture Monday January 22 at 7 30 p m at St Joseph College auditorium on housing problems and plans for the future. Panel includes Steve Edelstein Greg Burke Tim Smith Jerry Butler Paul Clermont Rev Max Webster and Bob Sourdiffe. The session is free and open to the public with enrollment for 3 Castleton State College credits before the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington-Slutland Opportunity Council
St. Joseph College Auditoriwa
Bennington
Steve Edelstein
Ruland
Castleton State College
Composer Persichetti cancels Nixon address score request
Peralchetli says the idea surprised him yet he finished an 11 minute score after reading Lincoln’s address and then learned Ormandy and the committee canceled it amid worries of embarrassment to Nixon. Persichetti, tied to Juilliard, awaits Nixon’s response and notes his overdue recognition.
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Peralchetli
Persichetti
Ormandy
Persichett
Nixon
Lincoln
Peratchetti
Calabro
Juilliard School of Music
New York
Philadelphia
Peruschetti
Tchaikovsky
Moose Lodge 27th Anniversary Weekend Celebration
The Moose Lodge marks its 27th anniversary with a Saturday banquet at 7 p.m. and dancing at 9 p.m. featuring Bill Hart's Band. A Sunday class enrollment includes entertainment for ladies, and a buffet will close the program.
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Moose Lodge
Bill Hart
Bennington Club
Dion Finnegans
Ron Merie
Woodford
Hospital Notes January 18 1973 Admissions and births
Hospital Notes for Thursday January 18 1973 list admissions including Altair Mallory Donna Harrington Dennis Young and others from Vermont areas such as Shaftsbury Manchester Center Pownal and Bennington plus a New York entry Petersburg. Discharges include Gladys Daly Henry Hansen and Catherine Burdick. Births report a son to Mr and Mrs Myron Lake North Bennington and a son to Mr and Mrs Robert Janes East Arlington.
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Altair Mallory
Donna Harrington
Dennis Young
William Standish
Marilyn Crandall
Bennington
Joseph Coonradt
Shaftsbury
Eugenia Palmer
Manchester Center
Brenda Sherwin
Arlington
Colleen Sweet
North Pownal
Julia Morgan
Petersburg
N.Y
John Wilson
Pownal
Judith Goodermore
Hoosick Falls
Gladys Daly
Henry Hansen
Catherine Burdick
Susan Meiklejohn
Shoftsbury
Myron Lake
Overley Road
North Bennington
Jan
Robert Janes
East Arlington
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Westminster
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Hoyt
James Hetty
Waitsticki
Vermont Pub
Lic Interest Research Group
Keith Wallace
Vermont Farm Bureau
Vernon
Walker
Jane White
Marshall H. White
Park Street
David O. Morse
Castleton State
Nington
Walter Reuling
John J. Rainey
Bennington Briefs
Shea Agency Inc
Southern Vermonts Insurance Center
Beeline
Irae Fark
West Road
Sonyalee
Armea
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