Bennington Debates Depot Street Traffic Light Cost
Residents press for a Depot Street traffic light to curb speeding and incidents. Richard Perrott of Richard's Restaurant argues the $4,000 cost is worth saving lives, while selectmen balance safety against expense and plan to revisit next week.
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Depot Street
Bennington
Richard Perrott
Richard
Depot and
County
Perrott
Perratt
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
BSD budget disputes and school board actions reviewed
The board faced months of budget talks without agreement while backing an $18,000 repair tier and reviewing absentee ballot issues from the election. Supt Sleeman said teaching vacancies were in excellent shape with 1 teacher having left from 96. The board re elected Sleeman as chairman and discussed an alleged incident involving a teacher and a student, with principal Morse and education director Vereck reporting no conclusive proof.
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Riddle
Supt. Sleeman
David Allen
Joseph Carrell
Gerald Cornell
Richard Sleeman
Louis Perretta
Bernard Winslow
BSC
Virginia” McKenna
David Morse
Phillip Vereck
Cheryl King
Grease fire at Four Squires Restaurant causes minor damage
A grease fire on a kitchen stove at the Four Squires Restaurant spread to an air vent and roof. Bennington firemen contained the blaze with vent pipe damage. one kitchen worker reportedly burned her hand and arm but did not seek medical help.
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Four Squires
Bennington
Banner celebrates Agnes Rockwood retirement after 51 years
Governor Salmon lauds Agnes Rockwood for chronicling Bennington lives as she retires from The Banner after 51 years. A Park-McCullough House dinner honored Miss Rockwood and proofs editor Margaret Doyle with about 65 attendees and messages from former editors and public figures. Guests included Roger Tubby, Leonard Wilson, and longtime Banner retirees from Bennington.
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Agnes Rockwood
Park-McCullough House
Banner
Roger Tihhy
Kelton B. Miller
Tyler Hesett
Leonard A. Wilson
Philip P. Savory
Nalism Agi Pablic Service
Park- McCullough
North Bennington
Miss Rockwood
Margaret Doyle
Heritage House
Kelton
Miller
Gov, Salmon
W. Artur Grant
Durham
N.H
H. Warren Buckler
Louisville
Roger Tubby
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Waitsfield
Tubby
U.S
U.N
Geneva
Wilson
Truman
Vermont
Alice M. Harwood
Moise Pineau
Alfred Bushee
Bennington
Mallary votes for override of Nixon veto
Representative Richard Mallary of Vermont voted to override President Nixon on a bill that would have banned bombing in Cambodia. The House failed to reach a two thirds majority, but Senate leaders say the fight remains unresolved on the issue.
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Washington
UPL
Cambodia
Richard Mallary
R-Vt
Nixon
House
Senate
Names on White House target list reveal political foes
A 1971 memo details a White House list of 20 political enemies ranked for “priority” and used to guide invitations and appointments. Names include Arnold Picker, Ed Guthman, Maxwell Dane, Leonard Woodcock, Sidney Davidoff, Daniel Schorr, Paul Newman, and others described as media foes or agitators. The document frames the list as a simple briefing tool for staff rather than covert action.
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Dean
White House
Larry Higby
Charles W. Colson
Colson
Colsen
Counsel
Arnold M. Picker
United Artista Corp
Ed Guthman
Los Angeles Times
Maxwell Dane
Doyle, Dane and Bernbach
New York
Goldwater
Dane
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Sidney Davidoff
Lindsay
Daniel Schorr
CBS
Paul Newman
Mery McCrory
Washington Evening Star-News
Vermont Supreme Court to rule on phone rate relief request
The Vermont Supreme Court will decide on New England Telephone Companys appeal for extraordinary relief after the Public Service Board dismissed the case for lack of cost of service data. The court may issue a ruling by weeks end.
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Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Caroline Nickerson
John Carbine
Albert Barney
Carbine
Nickerson
Barney
Tion
Vermont Bar Association
PSB
Averill Laundon
Ceat
Tate
Thomas Kenney
New England Telephone
Toney
Supreme Court
Bloodmobile collects 170 pints in Bennington drive
During the June Red Cross Bloodmobile visit in Bennington area residents donated 170 pints. New members joined the Gallon Club while numerous volunteers and staff assisted as technicians nurses aides canteen and readers. The next blood drive is scheduled for August 22 at Colgate Hall Baptist Church.
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Red Cross
Bennington
Gallon Club
Thomas Crowley
John Morrison
John Peterman
Rosemary Lindsay
George Rapitsky
Martha Tripp
John Duval
Henry Pinsonneault
Donald Lorom
Harold Warner
George Renner
Top Donier
Ernest Coonradt
David Buzzell
Elizabeth Wikar
Mary Spina
Debbie Schulz
Richard B. Leake Jr
Edward Lusignan
James Meranowicz
Franklin P. Jones
Ferdinand L. Mayer
Bennington County
Colgate Hall
Baptist
Maine Yankee Wins 40 Year Nuclear License Approval
The Atomic Energy Commission says its licensing board authorized a full power 40 year operating license for Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co. The plant already held a 75 percent power license. The period to file exceptions or appeal was extended to July 30 after an intervenor motion. Conditions mirrored those on the existing Maine Yankee license.
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Washington
API
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Fll
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co
ABC
Maine Yankee
Gains tax on land sales yields only fifty thousand
Vermonts new capital gains tax on speculative land sales has brought in only 50 000 in its first two months on the books The tax aimed to raise 3 million in the first year according to Tax Commissioner Robert Lathrop He expects a slow start due to a previou land sale boom and possible delays pending a Supreme Court ruling The tax permits taxation up to 60 percent of profits for holdings under a year with a 20 percent gain and faces appeals in Washington County Court Attorney Richard Davis will seek higher findings before a possible Supreme Court review
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William Hill
Washington
Richard Davis
Barre
Dairy farmers funds to be freed in Cranston case
Vermont Agriculture Commissioner Lo O'Brien reported a federal court order directing the release of escrow funds from the Cranston milk case. He said about 14 million dollars will go to dairy producers in Vermont and New York, with attorney fees near 90,000 dollars.
Sewer Work Causes Detours on Local Streets
The Brooklyn sewer project will focus next week on the North Branch Street Extension and Bowen Road areas. Detours require drivers to use alternative routes. DuBois and King engineers expect Bowen Road completion by week’s end, with work moving south on North Branch and toward Kocher Drive afterward.
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Brooklyn
North Branch Street
Bowen Road
DuBois and King
North Branch
Kocher Drive
Bennington Briefs Crowned 2% Queen and More Local Notes
Bennington 2% Take Of Pounds Sensibly queen was Patricia Ogilvie with Frieda Ann Pello as runner up. A town drug council meeting invites attendees at 7 30 pm at Second Congregational Church. Judge James Foley in Albany ruled on a 1967 case about milk price differentials, funds held since a 1965 hearing after a Washington protest by Vermont farmers. A minor South Street collision left light damage to a 1970 MGB driven by Louise Price and a 1967 Plymouth driven by Cathryn Scholis.
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Turgeon
Moffitt
Morrissey
Buckley
Vermont
Barkley
Code of Judicial Ethics
Legislative Council
The
Justice Artment
Lawrence Turgeon
Supreme Court
Burkey
Patricia Ogilvie
Frieda Ann Pello
Second Congregational Church
George Aiken
James Foley
District Court
Albany
N.Y
Foley
Washington
New York
South Street
Bennington
Louise M. Price
Cathryn Scholis
Cambridge
Price
Scholis
Hospital Notes June 27 1373 Admissions and births
Hospital notes list admissions Pauline Burgess Bennington Jil Horton Joseph Dougan Hoosick Falls Charlene Hussey Carpbridge discharges Coral Potter and baby daughter Pownal Cheryl Loomis and baby daughter Shaftsbury Teresa King Sandgste David Downey George Colegrove Hoosick Falls births a son to James Houran and wife of Pownal Center correction Mary Buzzell of Bennington admitted June 22 not Mary Bustle.
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Pauline Burgess
Bennington
Jil Horton
Joseph Dougan
Hoosick Falls
Charlene Hussey
Carpbridge
Coral Potter
Pownal
Cheryl Loomis
Shaftsbury
Teresa King
Sandgste
David Downey
George Colegrove
dJames Houran
Pownal Center
Mary Buzzell
Mary Bustle
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