Grievance Day at Bennington Sisters over tax assessments
Tax-weary property owners, many new buyers, packed into the Bennington Sisters office on South Street for Grievance Day. A three-man board heard complaints about inflated purchases and lower neighboring assessments, calling for professional reappraisal to ensure tax equity. Chairman Hogan noted the system may be unfair and that losing state aid hinges on reassessment, as 300 notices were sent and 60 appeals filed with a midnight deadline.
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Bennington Sisters
South Street
Frank J. Hogan
Hogan
Bennington
Hunt Street
Russell B. Sherry
See
Readsboro Planning Board denies condo project permit
Readsboro rejects Beck Enterprises proposed 20 unit condominium on a 2.9 acre parcel for residential zoning. Density rules allow one unit per two acres, leaving the site 37.1 acres short. Chairman Joseph Marchegiani says no building on the land and a denial letter was sent to Gary Beck.
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Readsboro
Heartwellville
Readsboro Planning Board
Beck Enterprises Ltd
Westport
Conn
Joseph Marchegiani
Planning Board
Gary Beck
Pentagon secrets published by several papers spark court fights
United Press International reports that the Los Angeles Times and Knight Newspapers listed 11 papers publishing portions of a secret Pentagon Vietnam study. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles probes the leak to the New York Times while the Supreme Court weighs First Amendment issues.
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Los Angeles Times
Knight Newspapers Inc
Los Angeles
New York Times
Post
Justice Department
Pentagon
the Times
Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Murray I. Gurfein
Gurf
Boston
Boston Globe
Globe
Chicago Sun-Times
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Sun-Times
The
State Department
Paul Vincent
Times
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
United States
Rusk
National Security Council
Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
Knight
Miami Herald
Philadelphia Inquirer
Detroit Free Press
North Vietnam
Florence
House
Freedom of Information Subcommittee
Stanton Refuses CBS Material in Pentagon Documentary
CBS President Frank Stanton refuses to surrender subpoenaed film material from The Selling of the Pentagon to a House Commerce subcommittee. Rep. Harley Staggers warns of contempt proceedings as Stanton cites First Amendment protections and agrees only to answer questions not probing specific editing or journalistic practices. The committee can recommend contempt action, to be voted by the House.
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Washington
UPI
CBS
Frank Stanton
Today
House
Pentagon
Congress
Harley Staggers
Dw.va
House Commerce Committee
Staggers
Stanton
Defense Department
House Commerce Subcommittee
CBS News
Shaftsbury cancels mobile home plan vote
Shaftsbury officials canceled the special Town Meeting set for next Monday in Cole Hall. The Dailey Construction plan to build a 150 unit mobile home park near the Vermont State Police barracks raised tax impact concerns from residents and officials. Dailey claimed the project would not raise town taxes through park regulations and projected about 30 000 yearly in town taxes with 7500 paid by the company and 22500 by individual owners, based on full occupancy two thirds vote would be required to rezone from residential to commercial.
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Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
William E. Dailey
William E. Dailey Jr
Dailey
Banner
Lee Shaftsbury
Security expert claims 20 million secret papers declassifiable
Retired Pentagon security specialist William G. Florence told a House subcommittee that about 20 million documents bear classification markings, and 99 percent could be safely released. He said the system is clogged and many items lack defense value, urging declassification reforms and questioning the Vietnam study’s original classification.
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Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
House
Pentagon
Congress
Florence
Confession read in court detailing Yablonski murders
In Washington County court FBI agent read a 15 page confession by Claude Vealey detailing how he and two Cleveland men, Paul Gilly and Aubran Martin, conspired and carried out the killings of mine union official Joseph A. Yablonski, his wife, and daughter for 5200 dollars paid by a man known only as Tony. The confession notes ten election campaign trips, the staged entry to the home, and the sequence of gunfire ending with Yablonski dying after a struggle.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
Washington County
FBI
Claude
Vealey
Cleveland
Paul Gilly
Aubran
Buddy” Martin
Tony
United Mine Workers Union
Washington
W. A
Boyle
Yablonski
Union
Charles Sweet
Yablonskis
Clarksville
Pennsylvania
UMW
Burgess calls for Moulton resignation over expense misconduct
Lt Governor John S. Burgess urged Vermont Development and Community Affairs Secretary Elbert Moulton to resign after admitting expense account irregularities. Burgess said falsifying vouchers for liquor expenses undermines Moulton's credibility and may end his political career, while Gov Davis ordered a thorough review of state expense policies.
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Springfield
UPI
John S. Burgess
Vermont Development and Community Affairs
Elbert Moulton
Burgess
WCFR
Moulton
United Press International
Deane C. Davis
Inside Bennington No Drug Crisis Center Says Rice
Steven Rice argues there is no drug crisis center in Bennington, drawing attention to local inadequacies. The piece surveys community response and local government inaction as residents seek awareness and action.
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Bennington
Steven Rice
Tom Braden
Vietnam
Lincoln
New York
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
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Charlotte) Yablonski
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