SVSU changes bring new North Bennington principal
The Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union reorganizes its administration at a North Bennington School meeting. Phillip E. Viereck steps down as elementary supervisor to become principal, with a one year trial of a cabinet of all 12 principals guiding curriculum planning and evaluation. Salary adjustments noted, final decision at year end.
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Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
North Bennington
Phillip E. Viereck
SVSU
Sup
Viereck
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
John Murray
Louis Axt
North Ben
Nington
Elementary Education Council
Central Office
BSD
Lucia Howard
Colson Sentenced to Prison in Watergate Case
Former White House counsel Charles W. Colson received a one to three year term for obstruction of justice in the Ellsberg break in. Judge Gesell ordered at least one year and up to three, with Jaworski dropping conspiracy charges in return for Colson’s guilty plea and cooperation. Colson cited his conversion to Christianity as the motive behind the scheme to defame Ellsberg.
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Colson
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Pentagon Papers
Daniel Elisberg
Elisberg
Gesell
Patricia
Long Lee Colson
MAUS candidates discuss issues at public pre election forum
Bennington and Mt Anthony Union School Boards candidates spoke at Monument Elementary in a League of Women Voters event attended by 25 voters. Topics included elementary and secondary reading, and support for the Catamount bond to buy the former Catholic High School and four other buildings over 20 years.
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League of Women Voters
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
Monument Elementary School
BSD
Bernard G. Winslow
David J. Allen
Nancy S. Bohne
Ryerson N. Mausert
Mt. Anthony
Steven Rice
Patrick Honan
Clyde Burgess
David Allen
Finance Committee
Richard Sleeman
St. Francis Parish
Green Mountain Power seeks 31.8 percent rate hike in Vermont
Green Mountain Power Corp. petitions the Vermont Public Service Board for a 31.8 percent permanent rate increase, adding to 25.6 percent of recent temporary raises and a 9 percent prior hike. President Peter McTague cites poor finances and investor losses, while BSD tax implications and a neighborhood school debate surface in related meetings.
Vermont House panel links land use with taxes at racetrack session
The Ways and Means Committee, meeting at Green Mountain Racetrack, backs a strong mandatory Land Use Plan tied to land use taxes. Key issues: how to tax, compensation for loss of development rights, and size of enforcement bureaucracy. Rep. Peter Guiliani leads the panel, with Rep. Roland Foster noting most members push a “shall” plan and possible delegation to district environmental commissions. The group also heard about Governor's Land Use Study preparations for 1975.
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Jan Slusmon Pownal
Ways and Means Committee
Vermont House
Green Mountain Racetrack
Peter Guiliani
Montpelier
Pownal
Vermont
Roland Foster
R-69
Moretown
Governor’s
Foster
Comnee
Environmental Commissions
Giuliani
Ment
Thomas Candon
Rutland
Ralph Stafford
South Wallingford
Harold Whitaker
Newfane
Frederick Hutchinson
St. Albans
John Murphy
Ludlow
Kermit Smith
Derby
Lee
Nixon Middle East aid promises total bill likely to reach billions
Nixon's Middle East aid pledges span Egypt Israel Jordan Syria Saudi Arabia and potentially others with long term programs. Costs await annual requests to Congress as White House refrains from setting a total figure while estimates hint at billions over years including about 1.5 billion a year for Israel.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Middle East
United States
Egypt
Congress
White House
Suez Canal
Israel
Irael
High court to hear briefs on presidential power
The Supreme Court faces a pivotal dispute over whether the President is subject to judicial process and compelled to reveal tapes from White House discussions. Oral and written arguments probe executive privilege versus the needs of evidence in the Watergate era, with a summer ruling anticipated.
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High Court
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
The
United
Nixon
Ches
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Lee High Court
Vermont Health Chief pushes modern radiation rules for Vernon plant
Health Commissioner Dr Anthony Robbins urged the Vermont Yankee Advisory Committee to draft updated state radiation standards for the Vernon nuclear plant. He argued current AEC iodine release rules are impractical, predicting Vermont Yankee cannot stay below an achievable threshold. The Health Board, lacking a quorum, took no action while Robbins pressed for law as practicable limits and noted need for tighter pesticide defoliant rules and rental housing health standards.
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Robbins
The
Health Board
Robbin
Vermont Yankee
Lisa Barrett
the Health Board
Inside Gas Lines Lurk For Summer Motorists
A fragmented page teases multiple local items from North Bennington to Hoosick Falls and St. Johnsbury. It highlights gas line dangers, community center happenings, campus committee shortages, and budget concerns, with notes on school additions, Latin instruction ending, and a looming New York boxing promotion reshuffle.
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Pete Horton
Bob Williams
Karen
Hoosick Falls
St. Johnsbury
Jack Dempsey
Madison Square Garden
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Elizabeth Dwyer
MAUS
By John Leaning
Green Mt. Power
U.S
Jordan
Syria
Hafez) Asad
Saudi Arabia
King Faisal
Joint Economic Commission
Jerusalm
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Ation
Bennington Water Department
Main Street
Dunkin’ Donuts
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