Water line urged for Houghton Lane
Bennington Water Board unanimously urged selectmen to fund a 12 inch pipe along Houghton Lane about 4000 feet from Chapel Road at a $72,000 cost via bond. Residents cited landfill contamination and state funding issues while discussions noted advisory board status and potential 2.25 cent tax impact. July 1 appointment of a water superintendent announced.
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Bennington Water Board
Houghton Lane
Chapel Road
Eugene Bilodeau
Water Department
Beverly Harkins
Richard Jackson
Water Board
Gerald E. Morrissey
Bennington
Herbert Horst
Paul Sheridan
Louis Savelas
Lorraine Eastman
Norman Stratton
Ralph Wright
Ms. Eastman
Sunderland
Black Top North Road
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Selectmen and School Board
Gregory Burke
Bennington County Regional Commission
William Sheldon
Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
Sheldon
Brezhnev and Giscard clash over detente and rights
Paris diplomacy sharpens as Brezhnev accuses France of edging back to NATO and criticizes U S human rights talk while Giscard insists real detente requires respect for human rights. Brezhnev cautions on Carter era policy and Moscow vows Helsinki standards.
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Brezhnev
Giscard
Paris
UPI
Leonid Brezhnev
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
United States
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Carter
Rambouillet Castle
Leonid Zamiatin
U.S
Cyrus
Vance
Zamiatin
Vladivostok
Inside Edit Calls Shaftsbury North Bennington Merger
An editorial proposes merging the Shaftsbury and North Bennington school districts in an editorial on Page 4. The note hints at broader education policy questions and district consolidation trends.
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Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Cook and Handyman
Mary Ann Todd
Shaftsbury Eyes 750000 EDA Plan For Middle Grades
Shaftsbury officials discuss spending 886000 federal EDA funds to ease crowding by moving 7th and possibly 8th grades back to elementary schools. The plan would add an auditorium and shop facilities, with cost figures and charter changes under review. A public session drew about 50 people as officials seek feedback.
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Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony
Federal Economic Development Agency
Burlington
EDA
Sleeman
Edwin A. Colvin
Losing towns map plans for injunction
Manchester and several Vermont towns plan a federal injunction to halt public works funding until a new equitable formula is set. Attorney Arthur O'Dea says briefs and affidavits are being prepared. Manchester, Bennington, Dorset, Cavendish, Worcester and possibly others plan to join, while the Manchester School Board will not participate.
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Manchester
Target Economic Development Administration
Arthur O’dea
Vermont
Henry R. Lambert
Bennington
Dorset
Cavendish
Worcester
Retail prices still rising a bit slower
Washington reported that consumer prices rose 0.6 in May, yielding a 7.2 annual rate and indicating moderation in food costs. Despite the slowdown, inflation remains high versus late 1976, with food and fuel driving gains and expectations that prices stay elevated into summer.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
May
Belgrade conference deadlocked over Helsinki agenda
Thirty five nations meeting in Belgrade to review the 1975 Helsinki Accords failed to agree on an agenda for the fall conference. U S and Western delegates accused the Soviet side of stalling while Moscow proposed a broad review of all provisions, including human rights, amid neutral states pressing for compromise.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
U.S
Spencer Oliver
July Vorontsov
Finland
United States
Moscow
Helsinki
Romania
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Lee Sunderland
Yankee
Harrison
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