Southern Vermont Summer magazine debuts with Brattleboro Reformer
The June issue of Southern Vermont Summer, a 32 page magazine supplement to The Brattleboro Reformer and Bennington Banner, circulates with the edition. Circulation reaches 4,535,000 across four southern counties with distribution at hotels, restaurants, attractions, and information booths. Editor is Joanna Swayze. The cover highlights the 7th annual Northeast Craft Fair at Mt Anthony Union High School Bennington. Articles preview Coolidge centennial events in Plymouth, Equinox House revival in Manchester, a Vermont rodeo in Ludlow, and a new factory in South Londonderry.
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Vermont
Brattleboro Reformer
Bennington Banner
Joanna Swayze
Banner
Joe Swayze
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Calvin Coolidge
Plymouth
Manchester
Ludlow
South
Londonderry
Social Security hike clears Congress new 26 percent tax rise
Congress approved a 20 percent Social Security benefit boost effective September 1 and phased tax increases to cover costs, despite Nixon veto talk. The plan raises payroll taxes for about 96 million workers starting January 1974, with higher taxes rising to 27 percent for earnings over 10 000. The measure advances with House approval 302 to 35 and Senate 82 to 4, despite Republican opposition. The higher benefits begin October checks. See BEN Purge 2.
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Mike Weinsilber
Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
Senate
House
House of Senate
Russell B. Lang
Senate Finance Committee
South Dakota
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
Byrnes
N.Y
Carl T. Curtin
Neb
Paul J. Fannin
Aziz
Len B. Jordan
Idaho
Frank Church
Delaney Deliberates Candidacy For Vermont Governor
Colchester senator Charles Delaney D Chittenden County said from his Colchester restaurant he is still weighing a run for governor and will not announce until early next week. The delay comes amid party splits and rumors of alternate candidates as Vermont Democrats debate the field.
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Colchester
Charles Delaney
D-Chittersleas
Great Isle
Delaney
Elate
Chittenden
Daley Ousted by Credentials Panel Over Delegation Seats
The Democratic Credentials Committee denied seats to Daley’s uncommitted Miners delegation and seated a challenger slate largely backing McGovern. The panel ruled Daley’s delegates were chosen in secret sessions, contrary to new reform rules, with a 71 to 41 vote.
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Daley
Ry Howard Fields Washington
DPT
Democratic Credentials Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
George S. McGovern
Miami Beach
Waknat
Clinais
McGovernor
California
Unity at Miami Democratic Platform Committee Gains
Susan V Paris reports a shift toward cooperation among delegates from different candidates at the Washington Platform Committee, with broad reforms proposed including open meetings, universal voter registration, campaign finance transparency, and abolition of the Electoral College. She warns Miami may not sustain this unity due to anticipated factional fights.
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Joan
Susan V. Paris
Rreeting Syries
Washington, D.C
Hack
Bennington
Diseuters of Common Cause
Washington
Platform Committee
Paris
Hoff
Miss Paris
McGovern
Vermont
Miami
Lin
California
Democratic Party
Congress
Madamu Gow
George Wallace
Whan
Wallace
Opie Case Stands Against Stamford Zoning Plan
In Bennington County Court Stamford rested after six witnesses challenged developer Frank J. Opie's plan to create a leisure type subdivision on 3600 acres. Opie claims the forest zone blocks practical use and cites prior town actions, with proposed ski development on Houghton Mountain and a hoped 1.549 million dollar project cost including land, roads, and facilities.
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Kelton B. Miller
Manchester
Down
Stamford
Bennington
Frank J. Opie
Groton
Opie
US Forest Service
Stamford Selectmen
Tip Forest Service
John RB. Mellica
Selectman and Zoning Board
Lhe
Forest Service
Atre Lols
Houghton Mountain
State Environmental Board
Ira Whitney
Montpelier
Whitney
Rale
Molica
Mintrlee Winn
Winn
James Ritkin
Wilmington
Arlington
Farming in Pownal Faces Doom Without New Remedies
Jayson Coleman a Williams College senior outlines a looming crisis for farming in Pownal Vermont. His study finds land developers rising taxes and prices, and unchecked growth eroding a once agricultural town. With 450 mobile homes and multiple new enterprises the landscape changes as few farms remain viable.
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Jayson Coleman
Pownal
Williams College
Coleman
Pawnal
Clearing Partly Dowry Today With Afternoon Thunder
Weather forecast notes a clearing trend with a chance of afternoon thunder showers. High near 90. Fair tonight and Sunday, with continued warm and pleasant conditions.
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John WW. Byrnes
R-Wis
GOP
Ways and Means Committee
Geoffrey Chapman
Mobile Horne
Colesan
Eiral Place
Pege
Pownat
The
Reat
Chayie
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