Selectmen accede place social agencies on ballot
Bennington selectmen voted to put four town social services budget requests on the March ballot. The day-care center seeks $20,000 and warned it will close July 1 without full funds. BOC and RSVP requests were partially approved with added amounts to be voted on, while other agency asks saw reductions.
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Rob Woolmington
Bennington
R. Paul Wickes
Timothy Corcoran
Bennington Opportunity Council
Depot St
Town trims highway budget and cuts taxes
Monday night the general fund tax rate fell 12 cents from this year, though an initial 6 cent drop was projected. Wednesday the board unanimously cut the highway budget by 21,600 to 485,000, debating contingency funding for equipment and unexpected costs. Morrissey and Donavan urged a 32,000 cut with a 5,000 contingency but lost support. Corcoran pushed for a larger fund.
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Bennington Selectmen
Gerald P. Morrissey
Peter R. Donavan
Corcoran
Bennington man found murdered near Williams College dorm
A 43 year old Bennington man Reginald Lyman Rockwell was stabbed to death near the Susan Hopkins girls dormitory at Williams College in Williamstown. Police seek a taxi rider from 1:30 to 2 a.m. and possible hitchhikers as witnesses. Autopsy planned by state pathologist Dr George Katsas. Rockwell lived with his mother in Morse Trailer Park Bennington and his body was taken to Hopkins Funeral Home in Williamstown.
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Williamstown
Mass
Bennington
Susan Hopkins
Williams College
State
Reginald Lyman Rockwell
Morse
Mountain View Road
Alice L. Rockwell
Rockwell
Denison Park
Hoxsey Street
North Adams
Hopkins Funeral Home
Massachusetts
George Katsas
Concorde jets debut as speed reshapes travel
Two British and French Concorde airliners opened supersonic passenger travel. London to Bahrain and Paris to Rio completed flights far faster than subsonic jets. Britain and France must win U.S. approval to land in America to recoup part of the $3 billion investment.
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United States
London
Persian Gulf
Bahrain
Air France
Peter Shore
America
Usery Nominated as Labor Secretary by Ford
President Ford named W. J. Usery to be labor secretary replacing resigning John T. Dunlop. Usery, 50, heads the federal mediation service and was praised for his long experience in handling controversial labor disputes and for his suitability for the cabinet post.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
W.J. Usery
John T. Dunlop
Oval Office
Usery
Federal Mediation Service
Mediation
ERA repeal fight shapes up tonight
The Vermont ERA repeal clash centers on tonight's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing as Gov. Salmon opposes repeal while the Morrisville based Vermont Caucus for the Family mobilizes about 100 members to educate lawmakers and rally against ERA. The group also filed suit alleging public funds were used to lobby for ERA.
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Washington County
Governor’s Commission On the Status of Women
ERA
Vermont House passes welfare curb with 123 to 21 vote
The Vermont House approved a bill removing able bodied singles from General Assistance, aiming to save about 400000 to 500000 dollars in fiscal 1977. The measure, passed after five hours of debate, awaits Senate concurrence and awaits regulatory rules before taking effect.
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Dale Austin
Newport
Social Welfare Department
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Thomas Salmon
House Appropriations Committee
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Democrats reply to Ford's panicky economy controls
In a national reply to Ford's State of the Union, Sen. Edmund Muskie accused the president of inept management and urged direct public works and job programs to reduce unemployment. He proposed local aid for short term projects, tax cuts, energy and food policies, wage price controls, antitrust action, and open foreign policy, claiming unemployment could fall with bold action.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Democratic Party
Edmund Muskie
Maine
U.S
Angola
Muskie
America
Congress
Nixon
Vermont maps 1000 natural areas into 62 high priority sites
A Yale computer study led Vermont to identify 1000 natural areas, refined to 62 top sites for protection. Robert Klein directs Phase II with VNRC funding to integrate inventory into planning manuals and Act 250 guidance, aiming for clear natural area definitions and enforceable protections.
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Russ Garland Montpelier
Yale University
Vermont
Vermont General Assembly
Vermont Environmental Board
Robert Klein
Chelsea
Duke University
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Vermont Natural Resources Council
VNRC
Klein
New England
Inside The Inside And News Highlights
The section outlines a mix of national and local items including a potential cease fire in Lebanon a political race in New Hampshire a TWA crash investigation and a range of local arts discussions city budget debates welfare policy state politics and community events with sports updates across college and professional leagues.
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Lebanon
Carter
New Hampshire
TWA
King Kong
MAU
Tom Braden
William Loeb
Reagan
William F. Buckley Jr
Chou En-lai
Sperling
C. S. Monitor
Ron Nessen
Loeb
Vermont House
Dorset Selectmen
Vermont
Arlington - Sunderland
Hoosick
Clemson
Maryland
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Selectmen
Richard Sears
Ronald R. Knapp
BOC
George Sauer
RSVP
Rutland
Concordes
United Press International
Leonid Brezhnev
Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Brezhnev
Kissinger
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Environmental Board
Garland
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