Unfunded Bennington Beltline Plans Draw Objections
About 200 residents and officials attended a Vermont Highway Department hearing at the armory in Bennington to hear that no funds are available now for final design and land acquisition of a beltline. Commissioner John T. Gray outlined the lack of money for the project. The meeting followed a previously heated discussion over the North Bennington spur.
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Bennington
Vermont Highway Department
Armory
John T. Gray
North
Bennington Village
Joseph Pello
Col. Ray Murray
J. Duncan Campbell
Gerald Cornell
Marie
Legacy
Donald Cone
Stearns Jenkins
Highway Board
James Wallace
Reginald Arnold
Richard Nichols
Arthur Goss
Highway Department
U.S.7
Deer Park
Pello
Robert B. Condon
Flats
Selectman
House Highway Committee
Gray
Montpelier
Donald Legacy
East End
Kearns
Beech Street
Nixon to send Borman on goodwill Europe trip
President Nixon commissions Apollo 8 commander Col. Frank Borman for a goodwill tour of Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, West Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Lovell and Anders stay behind for Apollo 11 duties. trip runs Feb 20 return with family in tow.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Col
Frank Borman
Europe
Borman
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
West Germany
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Hanoi Rejects U S on DMZ in Vietnam Peace Talks
At Paris talks, the United States urged withdrawal of both American and North Vietnamese forces and proposed a Demilitarized Zone as a step to peace. North Vietnam rejected the DMZ as ill intentioned while Viet Cong officials criticized U S aggression. Negotiators from all sides spent four hours speaking without prepared texts before continuing discussions.
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Paris
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Tran Buu Kiem
America
Judge imposes five year sentence in car theft case
Buffalo Ohio defendant Russell T. Freeland, 40, of Cleveland, Ohio, faced U.S. District Court Judge John T. Curtin who asked what sentence he would choose and Freeland replied a maximum term. The judge then sentenced Freeland to five years, noting multiple prior Ohio felonies since 1949. Freeland said he needed psychiatric treatment and could obtain it in prison. He was arrested by state police in Cleveland in December for crossing state lines with a stolen car.
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Brooklyn
Buffalo
N.Y
John T. Curtin
U.S. District Court
Freeland
Curtin
Ohio
Cleveland
Inside Editorials Split on Highway Money Use
The Bennington Banner and Rutland Herald present opposing editorials on how highway funds should be spent. Manchester Selectmen revisit a state funded traffic control project and plan an information meeting. A Whitingham land developer uses specific methods to lure customers, revealing insight into sales tactics.
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Bennington Banner
Rutland Herald
Manchester
Whitingham Land
Alternative Proposed To Vermont Sales Tax Debated
Sen. George Hayes with Democratic support proposes a 10 percent surtax on personal and corporate income taxes plus expanded levies on cigarettes liquor and inheritance to rival Gov. Davis 4 percent general sales tax. The plan aims to balance an $96.1 million budget with potential $17.5 million yearly revenue while Davis backs a sales tax projected to raise $18.6 million after a $20 per person rebate for low and middle income families.
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Montpelier
UPI
George Hayes
Franklin County
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Hayes
Davis
Israel Denies Baghdad Radio Air Raid Report
Baghdad radio claimed seven Israeli planes bombed Iraqi troops in Jordan and one plane was shot down, a report Israel denied. Dayan warned of no reprisal raids amid executions of 14 Iraqis, including nine Jews, and trials of others. U.S. and Britain pressed Iraq over the mass executions, while Beirut observers noted a shift to plots against the regime.
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United Press International
Baghdad Radio
Jordan
Israel
Tel Aviv
Baghdad
Iraq
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
United States
U.S
Paul T. Bail
Houston
Tex
Howard G. Mayes
Bail
Huntington
W. Va
State Department
Jerusalem
UPI
Eliav Simon
Simon
United Nations
Middle East
Beirut
Abdel Hadi Bachari
Bacharii
Abdel Rahman Bazzaz
Abdel Aziz Okeily
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Navy
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William E. Anders
Susan
Frederick
Edwin
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Congress
Sheraton Park Hotel
Spiro T. Agnew
House
Senate
Richard J. Nichols
Ivor T. Pelsue
Varney School
Park Lawn Cemetery
Middle Pownal Road
Desert
Central Vermont Public Service
Kelly Fuels
East Main Street
Chapel Road
Park Street
U.S. 7
Harwood Hill
W.H. Morse
St. Johnsbury
Green Acres
Whipstock Hill
New York State Line
Broad
Robert F. Kearns
D- 32
Hanoi
Lodge
French Foreign Ministry
Russell T. Freeland
Cleviland
Paul VI
Thant
Big Powers
U Thant
New York
U.N. Security Council
Agha Abdul Hamid
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