Bennington Listers Hear Calm Grievance Day Appeals
Nearly 90 tax appeals were filed as the Bennington listers, led by Chairman Francis J. Hogan, reviewed 50 taxpayer complaints about raised real estate and personal property assessments. Vermont official James Alexander explained the new policy link to state aid under the Miller formula, while noting that transfers and inventories drive assessed values. Alexander cited Xerox inventories and a Mendon case to limit appeals’ use of comparative valuations.
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Lister
Francis J. Hogan
Listers
Bennington
Hogan
Atty
John H. Williams II
Vermont Tax Department
James E. Alexander
Board of Civil Authority
BCA
Vermont Supreme Court
Alexander
Town of
Mendon
Rutland County Board of Tax Appraisers
Nixon eyes withdrawal of over 200000 troops from Vietnam
President Nixon expressed hope that more than 200000 U S ground troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam by year end 1970 while warning of a long hard road to peace. He called for cease fire and elections with international supervision and defended his Vietnam policy amid criticism from former Johnson officials.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Johnson
North Vietnam
Communist Revolutionary
South Vietnam
United States
Nguyen van Thievu
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Foreign Affairs Quarterly
Clifford
Paris
White House
Soviet Union
National Security Council
America
Geneva
Vienna
Disci
Public Power Firms Cool to N E Pool Idea
Public power officials showed limited enthusiasm for a proposed New England power pool backed by investor owned utilities led by Northeast Utilities president Lelan F Sillin Jr. The plan aims to form NEPEX with 160 attendees from 70 of 123 area electric companies to operate in 1970.
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Northfield
Mass
New England
Lelan F. Sillin Jr
Northeast Utilities
Northfield Inn
Northeast
New England Power Exchange
NEPEX
Western Mass Electric Co
West Springfield
William Webster
New England Electric System
Sillin
C. Duane Blinn
Westboro
Office of New England Electric System
Mrs. William H. Wills Dies Former Vermont First Lady
Mrs. William H. Wills once the Vermont First Lady from 1941 to 1945 died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was 82, a Bennington educator, library leader, and longtime church and humanitarian volunteer with deep ties to Bennington College and the University of Vermont.
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William H. Wills
Hazel McLeod
Vermont
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Elm Street
Old Bennington
Goldsboro
N.C
Henry Thomas
Fanny (Kimball) McLeod
Bennington
Bennington High School
Middlebury College
Pi Beta Phi
Bennington College
University of Vermont
State University
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Woman’s Auxiliary
Diocese of
Bennington Family Service
United Counseling Service
Vermont Association For the Crippled, Inc
Lee
Wills Page
Inside Columnist on Bureaucratic Maneuvers Blocking Black Capitalism
John Chamberlain argues that bureaucratic maneuvers hinder Nixon's black capitalism plan in the Inside column. An editorial weighs the Supreme Court Powell decision on Powell v. McCarren and its implications. Shaftsbury voters plan to consider a $396,000 school budget at next Tuesday's meeting.
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John Chamberlain
Nixon
Supreme Court
Powell
Shaftsbury
Davis Assures Local Rights In Tax-Anxious Wilmington
Gov Davis stated local landowners in Wilmington may set land values as they wish while the state appraisal used for education aid remains the basis for school funding under the Miller formula. He arrived with officials, amid protests after a spring re appraisal raised land values to about 300 dollars an acre, triggering a Grand List jump and tax rate drop but widespread tax anger.
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Davis
Wilmington
Deane C. Davis
Wilmington Sisters
State Tax Department
Miller
Atty
James Jeffords
Lawrence Wright
House Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
R-92
Montpelier
Dorian Robinson
Brattleboro
Vermont
Alternatives Eyed To Combat Inflation
President Nixon warned that if anti inflation actions fail to curb prices and interest within two to three months the administration may pursue other courses. Treasury Secretary Kennedy rejected rolling back rates or wage controls, backing higher taxes tight money and reduced spending with a summer rate drop possible if Congress extends the 10 percent surcharge.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
House Banking Committee
Conservationist Rejects Nuclear Tainted Award
John W. Stevens, executive director of the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont, refuses to accept a Connecticut River Watershed Council award at its annual meeting at the Connecticut Yankee nuclear plant in Haddam Neck. He objects to being photographed at a nuclear facility and says the council is funded by power interests, risking membership loss.
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Bondville
John W. Stevens
The
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
Connecticut River Watershed Council
Haddam Neck
Conn
Stevens
Watershed Council
Bennington County seeks open burn waiver for dumps
The Bennington County Regional Planning Commission moved unanimously to draft a letter asking the state Board of Health for a blanket waiver on the July 1 open burning deadline for town dumps. William Bingham of Rutland urged action after noting Central Vermont planning officials already sought a waiver for their towns. The waiver would delay strict enforcement to allow towns to plan and upgrade dump facilities, potentially lengthening the deadline from 30 days to a year or more based on progress. State Planning Director Theodore Riehle indicated approval would hinge on towns’ plans and emphasized local planning enforcement and minimal state interference. He noted resources are available upon request, while stressing the aim to balance environmental needs with local capability. The meeting also touched on land value and tax pressures affecting farmers amid development sprawl.
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Sillin
Northeast Utilities
Fred H. King
Holyoke Municipal Gas and Electric Co
King
American Public Power Association
New England
George Spiegel
Washington
Spiegel
Northeast Public Power Association
Publ Power
Public Power Group
Maine Yankee
Vermont Yankee
William H. Dunham
Central Maine Power Co
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Arlington
Vermont
Bennington County
Central Vermont Planning Commission
Bingham
Bennington County Commission
Health Department
Central Planning Office
Theodore M. Riehle
Commission
Arlington Town Hall
Riehle
Lawrence Moore
Ver
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Xerox Corp
Scribner
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Noon’s
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Richard Sleeman
Sisters
Frank J. Hogan
Viet
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New York
John Marchi
Middle East
N.E. Pool Idea
Thomas O. Morton
Free Public Library Commission
Albert A
Cree
L. Douglas Meredith
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Rutland
Meredith
Harold Durgin
CVPS
Robinson
Regional Planning Agency
Mont
John C. Page
Committee On Agriculture and Timber
Harvey D. Carter
Pownal
Page
Carter
Planners
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