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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1970
Page
5
Vermont farmers vow to post land against sportsmen to cut hunting and fishing revenue as milk price protests escalate. Mrs. Paul Blair says support grows for the tactic while milk dumps continue and a Milk Control Board plan to reduce floor prices looms.
Former Secretary of State Harry Cooley 76 after VISTA service contemplates a General Assembly bid. He was defeated by Republican Richard Thomas in 1968. Democratic primary for six Chittenden Grand Isle Senate seats intensifies as veteran Alfred Couture vows another Senate bid. Couture lost a prior primary but holds an alderman seat as an independent. Two incumbent Democrats will not seek re election while Sen Leo OBrien seeks the governorship.
SPRINGFIELD UP I workers from Local 218 of the United Electrical Union walked out at the Jones and Lamson Division of Waterbury Farrel amid a deadlocked contract dispute. Picket lines will be manned 24 hours. Unclear if a quick settlement is possible as the contract expired June 1.
Burlington Park Commission meets Thursday to discuss next steps in acquiring a potential recreational site on Lake Champlain from theCon-
Barre Vermont officials announced the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation denied federal funding for a proposed hockey and recreation arena with a $170,000 request after initial approval. The city may pursue land condemnation for 72 lakefront acres as Corenco has not replied to a $200,000 offer, while nearby Burlington voters already approved a $200,000 bond and HUD grant.
The Champlain Valley region spanning Vermont counties Chittenden, Grand Isle, Franklin, Rutland and Addison and New York counties Essex and Clinton is designated a federal air quality control region by HEW over New York’s objections. The action aims to set clean air criteria under the Clean Air Act. States have 90 days to state intentions, 180 days for public hearings, and 180 days to adopt enforcement plans.
Ludlow town officials vow to block a proposed rock music event. Town manager Dean Brown says a landowner was approached by a promoter but the plan was rejected and reports of land purchase and a June 27 festival date are false. Ludlow is the third Vermont town to reject such a festival after Orwell and Middlesex.
About 600 members of Local 218 United Rubber Workers voted to end the seven week Windsor Goodyear strike by ratifying a new contract. The pact includes $1.30 per hour wage and benefit increases over three years, pending nationwide ratification by 23,000 rank and file members. Spokesmen expect some workers back today as the plant resumes operations.
North Adams Sprague Electric officials dismissed reports of moving operations abroad after a 10 week strike ended May 11. Employment across three bargaining units stands around 1,700 with no plans to shift North Adams plants. A new Galashiels Scotland plant will not affect local operations. Stockbridge selectmen deny Alice Brock sign permit for Alice's Restaurant on former Music Inn site, Monument Inc. ownership. The sign would read Do Not Litter Alice & Arlo.
Philip W. Cummings, 39, a Mohawk Trail resident and former Florida School Committee chairman, was killed when a tree collapsed during cutting in the Drury area. His sons found his body after he failed to return by 3:30 am. Death likely occurred earlier that morning. a lunch remained in his car.
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