Bennington board moves to clarify confusing tax picture
The Bennington selectmen, in two unanimous votes, plan an ordinance to let large landowners sign away development rights for tax breaks and will publish informal Cole Layer Trumble grievance hearing results within 48 hours. Speakers urged transparency before Grievance Day, noting revised hearings were not publicized and appeals may be unfair without clear positions on relief contracts.
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Dean says Ehrlichman urged CIA pressure for Watergate coverup
Dean testified to Senate investigators that Ehrlichman pressed him to pressure Deputy CIA Director Vernon Walters to aid a cover up nine days after the Watergate break in. He said Haldeman warned him to stay out, and that Nixon may have approved clemency for Watergate figure Hunt.
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Submarine deaths blamed on carbon dioxide buildup
Key West Florida. Medical examiner confirms two scientists died of carbon dioxide poisoning while trapped 340 feet under the Atlantic aboard the Johnson Sea-Link sub. Al Staver and Clayton Link died around the same time after a 31 hour ordeal. two survivors were rescued from the forward cabin.
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Binghamton
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Vero Beach
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BSD budget blaze doused amid teacher salary dispute
Bennington School District officials defended a $2.2 million net budget after Mt. Anthony Union High School teacher William F. Lally charged that more than $100,000 was budgeted but not spent and that the 1973 74 salary figure implied a pay rise for teachers. Superintendent Sleeman explained the figures as staff costs for 56 teachers and other line items.
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Laird accused of intervening in SEC probe
Daily News reports former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird accused of trying to influence an SEC stock probe of Florida East Coast Railway figure Eiyard Ball. Court papers show SEC lawyers cited alleged interference in 1972 while Laird was secretary of defense, with Pentagon official John Dressendorfer allegedly making calls at Laird's direction.
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Inside NASA probes budget austerity on Page 2
A front page feature reviews a billion-dollar austerity plan in NASA budgeting, outlining potential cuts and department reallocations. Recreation Department unveils summer plans on Page 3, while Page 4 notes Benning Wentworth as a rogue figure cited by Cora Cheney.
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Bennington School Board candidates seek service and reform
Ronald R. Knapp, former BSD director and Monument Pet Shop owner, enters the June 25 race citing a lifelong education interest and a drive to heal differences, improve communication, and balance costs for taxpayers while guiding school policy. James P. Henry Jr., with nine children, enters June 26 vowing early identification of learning problems, targeted programs, and using retired teachers to free classroom time for teachers.
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