Rich towns plan to take Miller formula case to Supreme Court
Halifax Vermont committee chair George Butler says 33 low aid towns have funded a court challenge to the Miller Formula's constitutionality. Attorney A Luke Crispe will file in the Vermont Supreme Court this summer, aiming for a ruling before January. The suit argues aid is not based on true taxpaying ability, harming small landowners near ski areas.
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Miller Formula
Supreme Court
Halifax
George Butler
Butler
A. Luke Crispe
Brattleboro
Vermont Supreme Court
Crispe
Crispe Crispe
U.S. Supreme
Vermont
Kids earn swim honors at town pool lessons
Swimming lessons at the town pool reach halfway mark as many boys and girls pass tests. Minnow awards have been earned by Nicky Harrington, Mike Harrington, Tom Leonard, Bill.
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Nicky
Mike Harrington
Tom Leonard
Bill
Recreation Dept offers Boston trip for youths and adults
The Recreation Department arranges a Boston trip to watch the Red Sox play the Tigers on August 9 at 1 30 PM. A bus leaves early, with a $4 25 charge to cover admission and part of transport. Open to all, especially youth. adults needed as chaperones. Registration through the recreation office at 120 North Street or Senior Citizens Center 442 3543.
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Boston
Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Recreation Department
North St
Senior Citizens Center
White Creek youth escapes early morning car flip
A 17 year old White Creek New York youth escaped injury about 7 30 when the car he was operating went out of control and flipped on Crow Hill Road in Arlington State Police identified the operator as Gerald A Harrington The 1962 Chevrolet he was operating received moderate damage to the top and front end In Pownal on Route 7 Thursday afternoon about 4 two cars collided near the intersection of Routes 7 and 346 Operators were identified as Emma Conroy of Bennington and Merion Gray of South Glens Falls New York Damage to Conroy vehicle was described as major left rear and to the Gray vehicle minor left front There were no injuries In Woodford on Route 9 several hours earlier two eastbound cars collided at the crest of a hill when one car halted for Drivers were identified as Shirley Frazier 42 of Springfield Massachusetts and Walter Rapaport 77 of Hollywood Florida The accident which resulted in no injuries occurred near the Lake View Motel.
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White Creek
N.Y
Crow Hill Road
Arlington
Gerald A. Harrington
Pownal
Emma Conroy
Bennington
Merion Gray
South Glens Falls
Conroy
Woodford
Route 9
Shirley Frazier
Springfield
Mass
Walter Rapaport
Hollywood
Fla
Madison Elks drop whites-only rule at national meeting
At the Madison Wisconsin meeting 3000 delegates voted by show of hands to remove the whites-only restriction from membership. Outgoing ruler Glenn L Miller said the vote did not reach a required two thirds. A loophole rule also allows leaders to lift the limit for lodges on federal property.
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Madison
Wis
Elks Lodge
Glenn L. Miller
Elks
North Bennington tax relief awaits word from Barber
The Bennington Board of Tax Abatement has not received legal guidance from Town Counsel Norton Barber regarding authority to grant tax relief for North Bennington. Trustee Robert Lerner says the 30 day window after June 16 has passed with no word from Barber or the board, despite North Bennington residents urging action. The plea cites no town funds for their fire department, police services, or Bennington water system, which is independent and self funded.
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Bennington
Norton Barber
North Bennington
Tax Abatement Board
Barber
Lerner
Joseph Carroll
Board of Civil Authority
the Abatement Board
Carroll
Tax Board
Natural mercury in water not hazardous to consumers
VT task force head James McMartin says natural mercury in the environment poses no direct danger to people. He notes tests show mercury has long existed in nature and urges restraint only for certain fish, especially for pregnant women and young children, with guidance from health officials.
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McMartin
Vermont
Rural area aid bill aims to curb urban migration
Washington Senator Thomas McIntyre co sponsors the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to revitalize small towns. The plan reorganizes the Agriculture Department to stress farm credit and rural development, expanding credit for those lacking access from banks. It envisions a borrower owned system with 5 to 10 percent loan reinvestment.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. McIntyre
McIntyre
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
Agriculture Department
Bennington Unemployment Higher Than Vermont State Rate
Insured unemployment in the Bennington area for June averaged 5.8 percent, above Vermont’s 4.7 percent. May was 6.9 and June 1970 was 4.8. Initial state unemployment claims totaled 205, up from May’s 189, with 59 percent from printing, paper, trade, and apparel sectors. Local office serves Bennington County with Arlington and Manchester itinerants.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester
Court upholds Goddard in student records case
Goddard College wins federal court ruling preserving student record confidentiality. The ruling scuttles most of a Pennsylvania law requiring colleges to report student dissent to keep state financial aid. President Gerald Witherspoon calls it a major civil liberties decision.
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Plainfield
Goddard College
U.S. District Court
Goddard
Gerald E. Witherspoon
U.S. District Court of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Witherspoon
Lawrence Silver
Philadelphia
Purt
Apollo 15 Costs Rise for Moon Mission
The Apollo 15 mission is projected to cost 445 million dollars, up from Apollo 14’s 400 million. NASA attributes the rise to the moon car, expanded scientific payloads, and seven detailed cost categories including the command ship, lunar module, Saturn V rocket, moon surface station, moon car, lunar orbit observatory, and operations.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Lunar
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Inmate gets three more years for Wind sor arson
In Vermont, Charles Barrett of St. Albans received a concurrent up to three year sentence from District Judge George Ellison for being an accessory after the fact to the Wind sor Prison arson. Barrett already serves 15 to life for the 1968 second degree murder of Clifton Combs of Richford.
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White River Junction
UPI
Charles Barrett
St. Albans
Windsor
Barrett
Vermont
George Ellison
Clifton Combs
Richford
Bennington Listers Face Pressure Over Assessments
Bennington listers admit they discriminate against recently sold property to keep assessments up under Department pressure. Sisters call for a professional reappraisal, while Buckley warns a $60,000 reappraisal will create inequities. He favors funding full-time appraisers for an elected board.
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Bennington
Tax Department
Buckley
Middlebury Farm Grants Testing Access For Velco Project
In Middlebury Vermont a second farmer Gerald Sawyer has allowed Vermont Electric Power Co Velco to perform engineering tests near Abbey Pond watershed marking a setback for local opposition. Velco recently bought 100 acres in the area to conduct test borings as the Abbey Pond Watershed Protective Association sought to block test access by urging landowners to withhold permission.
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Middlebury
UPI
Vermont Electric Power Co
Abbey Pond
Gerald Sawyer
Moss delays decision on Union Carbide fish kill case
Bennington County State's Attorney Neil S. Moss will not decide whether to prosecute Union Carbide over the ammonia spill in the Walloomsac River until a completed investigation report from the Department of Water Resources is received. Moss has reviewed a partial report and discussed with Water Resources investigator Paul Cummings. Restitution talks with Fish and Game may shape charges. the department estimated restocking the affected 3 1/2 mile stretch at about $4,000.
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Bennington County
Neil S. Moss
Union Carbide
Walloomsac River
Department of Water Resources
Moss
Paul Cummings
Water Resources Department
Norman Brown
Fish and Game T
Fish & Game Department
Edward F. Kehoe
Walloomsac
Bid to print Rutland City Report goes to Novak Printing
In Rutland the Novak Printing Co. submitted a bid of just over 5300 dollars for printing the Rutland City Report. Three other local firms declined to bid as Novak has held the contract since 1939. The Novak Printing Co. is owned by William Foley who is Rutland’s mayor.
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Rutland
UPI
Novak Printing Co
Novak
William Foley
Bennington Club Snacks Ed Ames Tonight
Ed Ames will serve snacks tonight at the Bennington Club. A reception for Mr. and Mrs. David Hendry at the home of her parents in West Rupert is set for Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. A Girl Scouts workshop for the float is planned at Sacred Heart Parish Hall July 26 at 10 a.m. A newborn son to Sgt. and Mrs. Joseph Bishop in Augsburg, Germany, was announced for July 9. The Bishops’ family contact is Earl and Mrs. Bishop of South Stream Road. The Reeds recently returned from a two week honeymoon with 100 guests attended a party at Prospect Ski Lodge with cake by Mrs. Gary Reed and punch by Mrs. Jesse Reed. The Bennington Fire Department responded to a false alarm at 11 last night from an alarm box at Putnam Bridge on North Street. Police are investigating. Physicians Laboratory will close July 26 through Aug. a. The BankAmericard polaroid camera will be at Vermont National Bank Bennington for a month starting July 22. ADV: Beginning July 25 Geannesis Restaurant on Main Street open all day. ADV. Finest life insurance protection advertised by Shea Agency Inc. ADV. T.A. Carpenter and Sons lumber yard and store will be closed Saturday. ADV.
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Prospect Ski Lodge
Bennington
Putnam Bridge
North Street
Physicians Laboratory
BankAmericard
Vermont National Bank
Main Street
Auction of the century ends as highboy sells high
An 18th century Rhode Island walnut blockfront highboy from 1760 brings 47 500 at the second session of a nationwide sale. About 1 000 dealers and collectors bid as the estate of the late Mr and Mrs James Campbell Lewis and William A Smith of Plainfield New Hampshire investors offered the collection for 500 000.
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Cornish, N.H
UPI
Rhode Island
Highboy
William A. Smith
Plainfield, N.H
Hospital Notes July 22 Miss Marguerite Frappier Bennington
Discharges include Miss Darlene Alderman Petersburg NY Mrs Ruby Bent Bennington Charles F Guetti Bennington Mrs Anna C Griffin Hoosick Falls Master Scott Hall North Bennington Mrs Maud Mc Nancy Bennington Master Kean Clyde Petersburg Mrs Sheveley Cooper and baby Births two sons to Edward N Patrie Hoosick Falls and Howard Steere Manchester Center plus a daughter Nancy Lynn Gauthier born July 20 Memorial Hospital Bellows Falls Seaman first class aboard USS Little Rock in Cuba. Frank E Richardson admitted July 18 not discharged as reported.
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Marguerite Frappier
Bennington
Darlene Alderman
Petersburg
N.Y
Ruby Bent
Charles F. Guetti
Anna C. Griffin
Hoosick Falls
Scott Hall
North Bennington
Maud McNancy
Kean Clyde
Sheveley Cooper
Edward N. Patrie
Second St
Howard Steere
Manchester Center
Nancy Lynn
Memorial Hospital
Bellows Falls
Joseph Gauthier
Little Rock
Cuba
Gauthier
Linda Crawford
Francis Crawford
Lillian Snyder
Shaftsbury
Leo Gauthier Sr
Middle Pownal Road
Frank E. Richardson
Crime rate shows jump in Vermont
Vermont Public Safety Department reports a rise in major crimes and fires in the first six months of the year. Major crimes investigated rise 18 percent versus last year with nearly 1,200 complaints filed. Fire probes total 150, up from 129, with most listed as suspicious origin in both years.
Power line cutover planned Thursday in Vermont
Central Vermont Public Service Corp announces a planned power interruption in the Stratton Winhall area on Thursday July 29 from 1 to 4 p.m. to permit a power line cutover with a possible Friday July 30 fallback. Customers will be notified by mail before the outage.
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Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Stratton-Winhall
Central Vermont
Towns receive blanket discharge permits in Vermont
Vermont's Water Pollution Control Law requires permits for all polluters. State officials note towns applying for blanket town permits will oversee compliance and bear penalties if rules are violated. Contamination prompts boil-water directive for Wallingford residents.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Martin Johnson
Johnson
SUNY Artist to Aid St Peters Fair Activities
SUNY New Paltz artist Benjamin Karp will assist in charcoal and pastel life sketches at St. Peters Fair. He is a professor of art teaching sculpture and will attend from 11 30 a m to 1 p m. The fair runs 11 a m to 5 p m with an antiques auction on School Street from 10 a m until opening.
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Benjamin Karp
State University of New York
New Paltz
St. Peter’s Fair
Karp
School Street
Kehoe Rejects Tourist Village Near Victory Bog
Vermont Fish and Game Commissioner Edward Kehoe says no tourist trap near Victory Bog will be approved. He vows a flat no to a Sturbridge style attraction proposed by a North Concord resident as part of a holiday in the hills plan. Kehoe bought the 2800 acre bog in 1969 for 200000 and has started talks with neighbors to lease wilderness lands for a large multi recreational program.
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Kehoe
Victory Bog
New England Power Co
Rutland gifts aid to poverty agency through council
Rutland city officials approve a $500 grant to the Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council. Mayor Foley included the sum in the budget and the 11 member Board of Aldermen approved the item. Rutland is the seventh town to contribute, totaling $2025 across seven towns.
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Rutland
Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council
Rutland County
William Foley
The
Opportunity Council
Bennington
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