Unification Vote Put on March Ballot
Bennington selectmen voted to place a townwide unification referendum on the March Town Meeting ballot. Town Counsel Norton Barber urged including a consolidation article in the warning, arguing a charter would let Bennington act independently on ordinances and enable a town water system to support growth and better fire safety.
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Bennington
Norton Barber
Joseph E. Higgins
J. Duncan Campbell
Barber
Campbell
Higgins
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Edward R. Lamb
Campbell and Higgins
Selectman Campbell
Selectmen
Water and Sewer Commission
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Jefferson Heights
Mt. Anthony Union High School
FBI Arrests Three Men In Yablonski Slayings
In a Cleveland case linked to the Yablonski family murders in Pennsylvania, FBI agents arrested Aubran Martin Claude Vealey and Paul Gilly on federal charges of interfering with union rights, conspiracy, and obstruction. Authorities say a license-plate clue tied to Cleveland suspects spurred the raid. further arrests were anticipated as the probe continues.
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Cleveland
UPI
Joseph A
Jock”’ Yablonski
Pennsylvania
Cleveland Area
Washington, Pa
Yablonski
Clarksville
Washington City
FBI
Yablonskis
Aubran Wayne Martin
Claude Edward Vealey
Paul Eugenes Gilly
U.S
Robert Krupansky
Clifford E. Bruce
Martin
Vealey
Washington
Gilly
West Virginia
Washington, D.C
Joseph L. Rauh
United Mine Workers
UMW
J. Edgar Hoover
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
Morgantown
W. Va
Ray Martin
Morgantown Dominion News
Martin, Vealey
Gill
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland City
Bishop Joyce rebukes Salmon on abortion issue
The Most Rev. Robert F. Joyce, bishop of Burlington, sharply rebuked House Minority Leader Thomas Salmon for misrepresenting the church on abortion. Joyce accused Salmon of irrelevancies and said the bill to liberalize abortion raises serious moral aspects regardless of religion. A Vermont Educational Television program Friday will feature a doctor and a priest discuss abortion, with Dr. Mary Jane Gray and Father David Granfield, OSB, offering contrasting views.
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Burlington
UPT
House
Thomas Salmon
Robert F. Joyce
Salmon
Joyce
Rockingham Democrat
Vermont
Your Legislature
Mary Jane Gray
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Vermont College of Medicine
David Granfield
OSB
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Gray
Father Granfield
Doubleday & Co
Nixon Sees Major Push on Pollution and Crime in State of Union
President Nixon called for the most costly programs in U.S. history to tackle pollution and crime, outlining a $10 billion clean waters plan and a doubled 1971 federal spend for aiding local law enforcement. He urged inflation controls, a balanced budget, and a new growth policy to shape urban development at home while seeking greater global peace participation.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Vietnam
America
Presidnt
Fire Hits Home Atop Harwood Hill
Four fire companies battled a blaze at the home of Clifford Denio on Harwood Hill near U.S. 7. Firefighters faced water shortages and sub zero cold, relaying hoses a mile to a hydrant. One occupant, Fred Squiers, injured with hand burns, was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital in good condition. The fire, discovered by a Vermont State Police trooper, reportedly started from an overturned kitchen heater.
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Clifford Denio
Harwood Hill
U.S. 7
Bennington
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Fred Squiers
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont State Police
Vermont Bill Seeks Pesticide Advisory Council Stance
Vermont Agriculture Department moves to avoid an imminent DDT ban by proposing a Vermont Pesticide Advisory Council. The bill, drafted by John Scott, would empower the agriculture commissioner to regulate pesticide sale and use with council advice and extend research time, sidestepping a Dec 31 1971 deadline.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Agriculture Department
John Scott
Waterbury
House Agriculture Committee
Scott
Vermont Pesticide Advisory Council
State Aeronautics Board
Commissioner of Agriculture
Advisory Council
Nigeria frees foreign reporters after Biafra chaos report
Reporters from the United States and Europe, detained at Port Harcourt airport since Tuesday, were allowed to leave for the Presidential Hotel as Nigeria faced international pressure over coverage of starvation and chaos in the former Biafra. Armed guards remained, with Gowon expected to address the issue in Lagos later.
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Lagos
UPC
Port Harcourt
Sam Eppelle
Nigeria
Eppelle
Yakubu Gowon
Uli
Orlu
Vermont Lt Gov Attacks Ski Areas For Rich Out-of-State Benefit
Lt. Gov. Thomas L. Hayes told the Interagency Committee on Natural Resources that Vermont’s ski areas mainly serve the upper class and out-of-state residents. He urged a study of how low and middle income Vermonters use state recreation, including skiing and fishing, amid concerns over high lift ticket costs and public access.
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Hayes
Montpelier
Thomas L. Hayes
Vermont
Interagency Committee On Natural Resources
Denning Miller
Stowe
Water Resources Board
Miller
Forest and Parks Department
Williams
Green Mountain National Forest
Editorial notes and local columns headline Page 3
Inside Mt Anthony covers first term honor roll while columnist Catharine O Foster notes too many conservation issues to address. Page 4 carries an editorial criticizing a Vermont land developer’s notion of the common good. Page 6 reports Dorset sportsmen debating a deer feeding program amid controversy over its impact. District 32 Rep Harvey Carter urges a bill on legislative ethics.
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Catharine O. Foster
Vermont
Dorset
Harvey Carter
Carswell Repudiates 1948 Racist Speech
Supreme Court nominee G Harrold Carswell rejected a 1948 white supremacy speech as obnoxious and abhorrent saying he does not subscribe to those views now. He noted he lost that Georgia election for being too liberal and insisted his record supports racial equality.
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Washington
UPS
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Georgia
WJXT
Carswell
American Legion
Irwinton
Irwinton Bulletin
U.S
Tallahassee
Fla
Nixon
High Court
John N. Mitchell
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David Scribner
Monongahela County
W.va
Hoover
United States
Bishop
State Ag Department
Biafra
Biafran
Ower
Robert Williams
Mt. Anthony
Jacksonville, Fla
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