Vermont Senate advances confirmation bill and ERA referendum
Vermont Senate moves to final reading on a bill requiring confirmation of gubernatorial appointments even out of session. Attorney General advice questions advisory ERA referendum as unconstitutional. House panel reviews a broad land capability and development plan guiding Act 250 permits amid a larger land use plan debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Talbot Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Jes Boone
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Madeleine Kunin
Asit
Louis Peck
House
Judiciary
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Countties
Graham Newell
Caledonia County
Sage
Frank Smallwood
Brindsor County
Judiciary Committee
Smallwood
Attorney General's Office
Thomas Salmon
Buckley
Kunin
Robert Bloomer
H-Rutlard
Bloomer
Peck
State Environmental Board
Torner
Deane C. Davis
Jonathan Brownell
Environmental Control Commission
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Brownell
Environmental Board
John Mulligan
Hydeville
Andi
League of Women Voters of
Camme
League
Dorset Town Meeting Debates Police Chief Choice and Board Size
Town residents press for representation on the select board and challenge the move to add two members. The discussion centers on appointing a new police chief, with candidates from within the force under consideration and concern over leadership style and qualifications. Residents urge reconsideration, while officials defend board authority and seek to improve police staffing and coordination between town and village forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant
Harold Benson
Benson
Emil Zoufaly
Pauline Nardy
Kathleen Coombs
Wiscom
Ronald Wilcox
Dorset
Swo
Board of Selectsmion
Breman
Bennigton
Commanity
Police
Chst
Dana L. Thompson
Frank Dupree
Fred Wessner
George Hoag
Eugene Gaiotti
Dupree
Hardy
Hoeg
Coombs
Wilcox
Gaisin
Burr
Burton
Gary Almeden
Gaiotti
Ammeden
Chief Hoay
Hoag
Dover Ferris
Selectman
Goms
Garett
Gene
Mrs. Hardy
Henson
Gaiott
Richard B. Rockwell
Steve Bresko
Wessner
Morris Beauregard
Jmes Webb
Oakley K. Porter
Vermont Sludge Case Faces Supreme Court Schedule
Vermont pursues damages from New York and a paper company for pollution over 60 years. A sludge bed and 12 foot thick fridge of oily material scar the lake floor. The state seeks cleanup and a halt to further discharges while legislators debate funding and approval for ongoing litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
Montpelier
Senate
James M. Jeffords
Supreme Court
New York City
Vermont
New York
Paper Company
IPC
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tax plan and education funding request review
Withey told the Budget Writing Committee the governor's proposed education budget has flaws and relies on uncertain federal aid. Salmon proposed 32 million for local education, about 9 million under the Education Board's request, affecting 246 school districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon
State Education Board
Withey
Regional arts council to be discussed tonight
A public meeting at 7 tonight at Fisher Elementary School in Arlington will discuss forming a Southwestern Vermont Council on the Arts. The event, sponsored by the Community Resources Center Group of Bennington, features Frank G. Hensel of the Vermont Council on the Arts as the main speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Council On the Arts
Fisher Elementary
Arlington
Community Resources Center Group
Bennington
Frank G. Hensel
Hensel
CHCG
Richard A. Sleeman
CRCG
Arts Council
Bennington County
Mechnical Park
Sleeman
Fire hits old Chester High School during renovation
Fire broke out early today in the old Chester High School, then unused and being converted into apartments. Water pressure was poor due to subzero temperatures, with crews from Chester Lidlow Springfield and Bellows Falls aided by teams from Brattleboro Windsor West Windsor Saxons River Walpole and North Walpole, N S. About 10 200 pounds of paper and 1 200 pounds of glass were recycled during January 1927 at Bennington’s three sheds per jobber Robert Pedercini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Windsor
West Windsor
Saxtons River
Walpole
North Walpole
N.S
Bennington
Robert Pedercini
Mallary’s Vermont aide delayed by equipment trouble
Congressman Richard W. Mallary’s staff representative Partridge failed to appear for a 10 am office visit at the Federal Building on South Street in Bennington Vermont. He was expected to meet citizens from 14 aa to 3 pm but was reportedly delayed by equipment issues and was to arrive around 1 pm. An earlier appearance last Thursday was cancelled due to national mourning for President Lyndon B. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wating Partridge
Richard W. Mallary
Vermont
Federal Building
South Street
Partridge
Bennington
Federal
Lyndon B. Juhingyn
Cars Collide on Route 674 in Yeadon Two Drivers Escape
Two cars were demolished in a Yeadon crash on Route 674 near Economy Graphics Tuesday at 3 10 pm. William F. Hatch 24 of Bennington and Walton Harrington 73 of North Bennington escaped injury after Hatch skidded on a slippery road. A second Tuesday crash at Routes 7 and 674 involved Edward J. Dominelli 53 of Delmar NY and David Mattin 18 of Shaftsbury with no injuries and moderate vehicle damage. A third incident saw a snowplow edge strike Blanche C Hoag’s car on Gage Street. no injuries but moderate damage to Hoag’s vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeadon
Ryceou
Bennington
William F. Hatch
Fillmore St
Walton Harrington
North Bennington
Hatch
Edward J. Dominelli
Delmar
N.Y
Carroll Drive-In
David Mattin
Shaftsbury
Blanche C. Hoag
Gage St
Floyd &. Woodcock
Pownal
Woodcock
Safford
Gage Street
Hong
Bennington Briefs: Meetings and Community Events
The HOME. tnc board held its monthly meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Beech Court Apartment 12 with Mrs Davis Kinney and Mrs Sally Cooper in the VPW 1332 Auxiliary Peace Exercises at Memorisl Park Saturday night The Well Baby Clinic at Second Congregational Church March 5 from 8 30 to 11 am calls 442 5502 Free clinics for Bennington and North Bennington area The Catamount Gadabouts square dance at Molly Stark School Saturday 8 to 11 with caller Jim Ford of Barre Vt All Western style square dancers welcome.
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Board of Directors of
HOME
Tnc. With
Beech Court
Davis Kinney
Sally Cooper
VPW 1332
Memorisl Park
Second Congregational Church
Maridlay
Home Health Agency
Bennington
North Bennington
Molly Stark
Jim Ford
Barre
V¢t
Town caucuses set for Bonningiog tonight
Republicans meet at 7 30 at the county courthouse while Democrats gather at Sat St Joseph College auditorium to nominate candidates for selectman and three legislative districts. Incumbents J Duncan Campbell and Paul Sheridan attend. possible GOP race in district 33 with John Stone Jr and Charles E Dewey III as contenders. Dem Timothy Corcoran seeks district 33. Caucuses open to all voters and petitions may place names on the Town Meeting ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonningiog
Maret
St. Joseph College
J. Duncan Campbell
Paul Sheridan
Fred Phillips
John Stone Jr
School Street
Charles E. Dewey Iit
Timothy Corcoran
Hax
Board of Selectmen
Autor
Ravie
Bennington Town Meeting Warning Highlights Water Bond Plan
Bennington selectmen finalize a simple warning with one major article proposing a 3100.00 bond issue to upgrade the town water system by adding cross connections to relieve pressure in upper areas like Margaret Lane Crescent Boulevard Jefferson Heights and Old Bennington. The warning also seeks authority to set the tax rate later to reflect a new Grand List and budget, plus a fire protection tax rebate article for Fire District No. 1 that would become permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Pacttime
Kelly
Edward &. Lamb
League of Women Voters
Wes
Selectmen
Lucia Howard
LWY
Lamb
New England Telephone Co
Silk Road
Obituaries from Leaminster and Shaftsbury area
Obituaries note Quincey Harrington of Leaminster died unexpectedly Tuesday. Funeral set for Thursday at Mahar and Son Muneral Home with Rev Floyd Bornhard officiating. Entombment planned at Park Lawn Chapel. burial to follow later. Also noted are deaths of Forrest Huntington Botham of Fort Lauderdale, Martha Kunz of Shaftsbury, Elizabeth Murie Dernoga, and Margaret Morrison, with funeral details and survivors listed where available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincey T. Harrington
Leaminster
Mass
Bennington
Leaminster Hospital
Mahar & Son Muneral
Floyd
Bornhard
First Baptist Chapel
Park Lawn Chapel
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Forrest Tluntington Botham
Shaftsbury
Norman Dunlap
Irene (Huntington) Botts
Ruth Gibbs
Norman Edward
Douglas Edward
Martha (Wilson) Kunz
Arthur, Kunz
Putnam Meyorial Hospital
Rober and
Elizabeth (Hale) Wilson
Brooklyn
N.Y
Kunz
Jai
Edkton
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Tod
Park
Elizabeth
Murie Dernoga
Bernington
Tampa
Lansingburgh
Millis Memorial Baptist Church
Hetsy Stark Tees
Carise Starkleffner
Sicklurville
A.P. Bugs
West ‘Hillssara
Taropa
Waterford
Margaret R. Morrison
Harald J. Morrison
Bean View Park
Gore Road
Gennington
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Hospital Notes January First 1973 Admissions and Births
Admissions include Andrew Pallerin Edouard ODea Gail Trecker Lois Lewis Ruth Bodine Robert Rupprecht Kelly Ant Gorman Stephen Gorman Peter Comar Bennington Raymond McGarvin Hoosick Falls Discharges Theodore De Marco Blanche Armstrong Craig Gutermuth Born 9 40 am today Jan 1 Clayton County Hospital Forest Park Ga Eliah Asan to R Dewayne Phillips and Rogene Kellner Pippin Knoll grandparents Alfred Thibodeau Shaftsbury Roger Kellner Middletown NJ maternal grandmother Donald A Hemenwayne Pippin Knoll paternal grandmother David McDade Miami FIs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Pallerin
Edouard O'Dea
North Bennington
Gail Trecker
Cambridge
N.Y
Lois Lewis
Arlington
Ruth Bodine
Robert Rupprecht
Kelly Ant
Gorman
Stephen Gorman
Peter Comar
Bennington
Raymond McGarvin
Hoosick Falls
Theodore de Marco
Blanche Armstrong
Hoostik Falls
Craig Gutermuth
Berlin
Clayton County Hospital
Forest Park
Asan
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U.S
Douglas ‘Tudhope
South
Burlington
Cudhope
Manchester
Regional Arts Council
Joe McGurn
Perrott
Fells
Pello
Housing Authority
Payllis Agard
Mosurn
Tilgner
BCRC
Page
Commission
Campbell
Phillips
Tigner
Council
Mallary
Bennington Briefs
Quincy T. Wahrington
Arthur J. Kunz
St. Columban's Cemetery
Elizabeth Dernuga
Harold J. Morrison
Bennington End
Maher & Son Funeral
Edward P Mahar
Main St
Bannington
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