School District Votes Tomorrow Bennington Balloting
Polls open Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Bennington Elementary School for Bennington School District officers. Six articles will be voted on from the floor after polls close at 8 p.m. including election of a moderator clerk treasurer and tax collector.
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Bennington
Bennington School District Inc
Ditor
BSD Inc
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Stephen S. Gilman
Frances Snow
Alma Langlois
John Malone
William F. D. Smith
Anthony Pello
Bernard Winslow
Pello
Joanne Pilling Bogardus
Stephen Gilman
William Hassenpflug Sr
Clyde Burgess Jr
Mt. Anthony
Convicts Riot at Ohio Penitentiary
Hundreds of inmates armed with pipes and bottles rioted at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, setting fires in ten locations including the print shop workshops hospital and mills. Eight guards injured one heart attack. three guards held briefly hostage but escaped. Fire and rescue operations with 800 National Guardsmen and police responded. hospital staff evacuated and convicts controlled as officials assessed damage. Governor Rhodes arrived amid the crackdown during a tense confrontation with the prison population.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Ohio Penitentiary
Ernie Maxwell
M.C. Koblentz
Ate
Correctio Aid
Koblentz
Richard Brooks
Ohio National
James A. Rhodes
1 000 Area Families Hit By Food Stamp Cutback
More than 1,000 low income families in Bennington County face reduced food assistance as a federal food stamp expansion is delayed for lack of $245 million in funding. Local officials express concern over impact on seniors, children, and other eligible households.ными
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Bennington County
U.S. House of Representatives
Vermont
Gerald A. Cornell
Selectmen
Bennington
Cornell
Stafford
Washington
Anthony Masso
Vermont Department of Social Welfare
Masso
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Congress
Tragedy in Buenos Aires Stadium Leaves 71 Dead
In River Plate versus Boca Juniors action, a chaotic stampede after a fire started by hurling flaming newspapers caused 71 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Police blamed Boca fans for instigating the trouble as exits jammed and fans surged down a winding staircase.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
River Plate
Boca Juniors
Boca Junior
River Plate Club
Williams Kent
Gate 12
Argentina
Feeley Visual Arts Center Planned at Bennington College
Edward J. Bloustein announced sufficient funds to assure the 1.3 million Paul T. Feeley Visual Arts Center at Bennington College. The center is named for painter and sculptor Paul Terence Feeley, who taught at the college 1939 to 1966, and funding includes a 400000 matching gift. Designer Robertson Ward of Chicago. Completion expected fall 1969.
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Edward J. Bloustein
Bennington College
Paul Terence Feeley
Bennington
Friends of the College
Paul T. Feeley
Chicago
Robertson Ward
Inside Columnist Dishes Butterfly Stories
Columnist Gerald Raftery surveys butterfly stories on Page 4 while an editorial on Chief Justice Earl Warren's resignation also appears on Page 4. Page 6 covers graduations from St. Mary's Academy and Hoosick Falls Central School.
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Gerald Raftery
Earl Warren
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosick Falls Central School
Minimum Fines Increased In District Court Cases
Bennington resident Ver non H O Dell, 38, the first victim of a new motor vehicle fine schedule by District Court Judge John P Morrissey, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after a domestic squabble led to beer can throwing. He was fined 150 dollars including costs. The schedule raises minimums from 15 to 25 dollars, with higher charges like driving with a suspended license or under the influence jumping to 150 dollars. Careless driving now carries a 50 dollar minimum, with most offenses still subject to higher fines based on circumstances.
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Bennington
Vernon H. O'Dell
Arrests as Resurrection City cleared on Capitol Hill
Police swept Resurrection City and arrested about a dozen inhabitants as the Poor People’s Campaign eviction began. Abernathy led about 350 protesters toward the Capitol steps before being arrested, while fire engines and heavy police presence marked the operation on a hot humid Washington day.
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Washington
UPI
Resurrection City
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Justice Department
Congress
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Lower Taxes Expected For Area Residents
Villages and towns in Bennington area anticipate tax relief for 1968 pending approval of the Bennington School District budget. If the $5.20 school tax rate is approved, village rates drop to a total of $7.68 and outside town to $6.75, with North Bennington's district tax expected below last year’s $4.97. Tax decreases vary by property value and location, with specific cuts cited for common valuations.
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Bennington
Old Bennington
North Bennington
Lawrence F. Powers
Powers
Gaullists Gain Lead in First Round of French Elections
Paris reports show Gaullist candidates with 9.6 million votes versus 9.1 million for Communists and other leftists. Runoffs planned as voters shifted amid street unrest. Mendes France narrowly advances to a runoff in Grenoble. In New York Ithaca, two girls playing with matches caused a Cornell fire valued at 250000 dollars, destroying barns and injuring livestock.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Waldeck Rochet
France
Socialist Party
Pierre Mendes- France
Grenoble
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney
Georges Pompidou
Maurice Couve de Murville
Michel Debre
Pierre Messmer
Ithaca
N.Y
State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Free France
Colombrey Les Deus Eglises
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Ralph Abernathy
Omar Palizza
Felix Porto
Cesar Romero
Washington Metropolitan
U.S. Park
Hosea Williams
Communist Party
Federation of the Left
Center Party
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