Bennington Reverses Sleeman Name Change at Memorial Park
Selectmen voted 4 to 0 to rescind the Sleeman name change for Memorial Park and undo room naming tied to the $100,000 pool fund. The move followed public pressure led by Sleeman, and a dispute over Campbell’s abstention in last week’s vote. Frasier, who gathered about 800 signatures, noted Sleeman’s withdrawal reduced support.
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Steeman Area Community Center
Bennington
Memorial Park
Sleeman
Selectman
Timothy Corcoran
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Frances Heather
Corcoran
Eadwart Frasier
Frasier
Bennington Shaftsbury clash over Main Street curb right of way
Bennington and Shaftsbury business owner William Dailey refused to grant the 20 foot right of way for curbing along Main Street to accommodate TOPICS funded safety upgrades. The stalemate imperils about $800,000 in federal funds for Phase 1 work including a fish fry and liquor store access. The town and Dailey discussed possible alternatives and planned to re consult Wilbur Smith Associates to seek a solution.
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Bennington
Shaftsbury
William
Dailey
Depot Street
Main Street
Paul
Robert E. Cummings Jr
State Liquor
Bepot
Cummings
Federal Department of Transportation
Wilbur Smith Associates
Selectmen
Nuke test in Nevada sways Las Vegas area structures
UPI reports a hydrogen thermonuclear device at NTS yielded 200 kilotons to one megaton, felt as a gentle sway in Las Vegas hotels and casinos about 110 miles away. Observers atop MGM Grand and Tropicana towers noted the tremor, with dust clouds and chandeliers moving. AEC and EPA monitored for radiation while Beatty evacuees described a brief blast.
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Las Vegas
Pahute Mesa
Nev
UPI
Las Vegas Strip
Mint Hotel
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Yankee Stadium
Exchange Club
Beatty
AEG
Nevada
Bealty
Bud Cathcart
Cathcart
Beaily
At & Am
Centrol
Mgm Grand Hotel
Tropicana
AEC
Environmental Protection Agency
Vermont Yankee cost at four mills predicted in 25 years
Glen McKibben of Green Mountain Power testified before the Public Service Board that energy from the Vermont Yankee Vernon plant would take 25 years to reach four mills per kilowatt hour. PSB staff estimate this year's power at 22 mills. McKibben noted Green Mountain must cover 20 percent of Vermont Yankee operating costs even when idle and that the plant will be shut down in September to replace faulty fuel rods and test a new filtration system.
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Montpelier
UPT
Glen McKibben
Green Mountain Power Corp
Tueday
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Public Service Board
PSB
Green Mountain
McKibbon
Vermont Yankee
Inside Look At Space Program Skepticism
A former astronaut now scientist offers a jaundiced view of where the space program is headed. Also noted are Gretchen Becker’s column on Frothinghamilet Vermont a mythical community and Page 7 John Page on pest control not by magic wand. Manchester residents oppose dump plans and Shaftsbury school costs rise as boards wrestle with funding. John Hubbard discusses a possible big leaguer from Bennington.
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Gretchen Becker
Frothinghamilet
John Page
Bennington
Stans balks at testifying before Watergate panel
Senatorial leaders faced a delay as Maurice H. Stans refused to testify unless his indictment dismissal is secured first. Sloan described cash disbursements of over 1.7 million in Nixon campaign funds, including payments to Liddy, with Stans and Mitchell as the closest Nixon aides tied to the probe.
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Washington
UPI
Maurice H. Stans
Senate
Watergate Committee
Stans
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
Sloan
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Liddy
Commerce
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Campaign
Mitchell
Nixon
New York
Lee P. Gagliardi
New
Nixon names Laird as top level aide amid White House shakeup
President Nixon announced Melvin R. Laird would return as chief domestic adviser and Gen. Alexander Haig would retire from the Army to become a presidential assistant. Press Secretary Renald Ziegler would take on higher responsibilities as Nixon sought a fresh image after Watergate disclosures.
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Washington
UPL
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Alexander M. Haig
White House
Renald L. Ziegler
Laird
John N. Ehrlichman
HR. Hob
Haldeman
Haig
Army
Bryce N. Harlow
Congress
Pentagon
Wisconsin
Harlow
Capitol Hill
Vermont high court bars districts from lowering teacher retirement age
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Hartford School District cannot set a lower mandatory retirement age for teachers. The decision found no statute authorizing independent retirement ages, upholding state law that teachers may retire at 60 and must retire at 70. The ruling also covered environmental appeals and a Burlington condo project.
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Bruce Talbot Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Supreme Court
Iiking
Hartford
Windsor County
Milford Smith
Wartford
Smith
Board
Vermont
High Court
Supreme Court
Pauline Cole
Alice Smith
Genevieve Lander
Vermont Electric Power Co
South
Burlington
Public Service Board
Percival Shang
Sunderland approves first permanent zoning in town
Sunderland voters approved the town's first permanent zoning by a 4 to 3 margin in a Tuesday special Town Meeting, with a 99 vote tally. They also approved $6,508 in federal revenue sharing funds for a complete property reappraisal to be completed by May 1974, using all revenue-sharing funds through last December.
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Sunderland
Sun
Derland
Arlington
Pawnal
Bennington
Sandgate
Dorset
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Joshua Wentworth
Goy
Benning Wentworth
New Wampshire
Vermont Grants
Piscatagus
Strawbery Dankerstorical Restoration
Portsmouth
Raw
South Burlington
Shangraw
Essex Middlebury
Queen City Park Road
North Avenue
J. Paul Preseault
Burlington Planning Commission
Board of Adjustment
VT. High Court
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