Bennington School District Eyed Bond Vote Next Year
Bennington residents may face another bond vote to fund a new 24 room elementary school as the district weighs a 1968 69 budget. Director Anthony Pello urged urgency noting rental costs for BCHS space may justify a new building while parochial seventh and eighth grades edge toward public schools. The budget hearing highlighted reduced teacher aides and district concerns about allocations and future space needs.
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Bennington
BSD
Anthony Pello
Pello
Bennington Catholic
BCHS
Catamount
Stark Street
William F.D. Smith
Bennington School District Inc
Ray Roy
Louis Perrotta
50 000 Rally in Washington Supports Poor People's Campaign
In Washington 50 000 marchers from diverse backgrounds rallied to aid the Poor People’s Campaign and press Congress and the administration for justice. The event featured funding from church groups, unions, and midwestern liberals, with prominent leaders Abernathy Young Williams and Bevel planning further actions and education courses for non poor participants.
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Washington
UPS
Resurrection City
USA
Lincoln Memorial
Congress
University of California At Berkeley
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Hosea Williams
Andrew Young
James Bevel
Williams
Abernathy
Bevel
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Agriculture Department
Grievance Day Opens in Bennington Listers Office
Grievance Day began in Bennington with Col. Robert J. Gilroy first in line. Francis Hogan announced the right to be heard under Vermont law as hearings ran 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. The day drew a light crowd despite over 400 notices of changed assessments as taxpayers seek adjustments to listings.
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Bennington
Listers
Col
Robert J. Gilroy
Francis J. Hogan
Vermont
Richard Sleeman
Morgan St
Comi
Sleeman
Albert Schaad
West Road
Gypsy Lane
Sisters
George Legacy
Grove St
Edward Pinsonneault
House Committee Backs Stricter Gun Control Bill
The House Judiciary Committee approved the Johnson gun control bill 29 to 6, banning mail order sales of all firearms and limiting over the counter sales to state residents. The bill would set 21 as the minimum handgun age and curb ammo purchases, with broader measures to follow.
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Washington
UPI
House
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Congress
Vermont Youth Stabbed During Solidarity March
A Vermont boy, 15, was stabbed and robbed during the poor peoples solidarity march in Washington. Christopher Raynolds, of Springfield, was treated and released at George Washington Hospital after the incident near the Washington Monument. His companions, including Bruce Treat, 15, and Timothy Raynolds, 13, reported the theft of their camera and wallet amid the march.
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Washington
UPI
Springfield
Vermont
Christopher Raynolds
Ann Raynolds
George Washington Hospital
Raynolds
Timothy
Bruce Treat
Donald Treat
Washington Monument
Carol Stewart
Burlington
Venezuelan Airliner Hijacked Lands in Cuba
A Venezuelan DC9 with 80 aboard including Americans was hijacked during a Miami originating flight and forced to land in Santiago de Cuba. The plane, Viasa Flight 797, had been Santo Domingo to Caracas and landed shortly after midnight with Cuban officials promising safe treatment and brief refueling before departure.
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Caracas
UPI
Cuba
Miami
Viasa Airlines
San Francis
Dominican Airlines
Santo Domingo
Santiago de Cuba
Avianca Airlines
Curacao
Viasa
San Juan
Fidel Castro
Maracaibo
Delta Airlines
National Airlines
Florida
Castro
Inside Columnist warns trees in danger
On the Inside columnist Kit Foster cautions that American trees face threats to their health and survival. The piece argues for awareness and protective action to preserve urban and rural woodlands amid growing pressures. It reflects editorial concern over environmental stewardship.
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Kit Foster
America
Old DCHS Renamed Catamount
Scott Martin, a Molly Stark fourth grader, will receive a $10 prize and an engraved plaque for naming the old Bennington Catholic High School Catamount Elementary School. The name was selected from 235 student submissions at a Bennington School District Inc. Board meeting on Wednesday night as area fourth and fifth graders prepare to occupy the newly rented building next year.
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Scott Martin
Molly Stark
Bennington Catholic
Bennington School District Inc. Board of
Catamount
School Street School
Bennington
We School
Big Red School House
Thinking Box
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Poor People’s Campaign
Public Safety
Patrick V. Murphy
United Auto Workers
America Federation of Teachers
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Harold E. Stassen
Coretta King
Ethel F. Kennedy
Old Bennington
Gilroy
Board of Civil Authority
County Board of Tax Appeals
Kennon Morse
Edna King
Chapel Road
Savio
Conrad Hoffman
Pine Circle East
James Comi
Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors
State Supreme Court
T. Paul Kane
Grafton
East Greenbush
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Senate
Winston L. Prouty
Robert T. Stafford
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Right
Diocese of
Maine
Wilbur E. Hogg
Falmouth
Charity Weymouth
Bar Harbor
Clyde H. Cox Jr
Portland
Albany, N.Y
Storm
Town of
Hes
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