Bennington voters oust incumbents in BSD elections
About 1,500 voters in the Bennington School District chose newcomers for district offices. Edward B. Keough defeated David J. Allen for treasurer, while Richard J. Pinsonneault beat John E. Malone as tax collector. Joanne C. Collins and Thomas H. Jacobs won BSD board seats. The 1977-78 budget of 2,946,588 passed, along with a playground expansion at Catamount Elementary costing 18,750.
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Bennington
Edward B. Keough
BSD
David J. Allen
Allen
John E. Malone
Richard J. Pinsonneault
Pinsonneault
Malone
Joanne C. Collins
Sacred Heart
Thomas H. Jacobs
Catamount
Lee Bsd
Weather sketch: showers, storms, and warm highs
Showers tonight turn to mostly cloudy conditions with intermittent thunderstorms today and early tonight. Thunderstorms may bring gusty winds and locally heavy rain. Today's highs reach the low to mid 80s with breezy conditions. Lows tonight in the mid 50s to around 60. Thursday remains mostly sunny and breezy with highs around 80. Sunset at 8 38 and sunrise at 5 16.
Judge told to rethink pro abortion decision
UPI reports the Supreme Court told Judge John Dooling of Brooklyn to reconsider blocking Congresss Hyde Amendment. The order centers on federal funding for elective abortions and cites a June Supreme Court ruling on Medicaid funding. The case, brought by Cora McRae and a Planned Parenthood clinic, challenges the Hyde Amendment and possible stronger future restrictions.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
New York
Congress
John Dooling
Brooklyn
High Court
Dooling
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Henry Hyde
R-Il
House
Planned Parenthood
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Cora McRae
Court Rules Death Penalty for Rape Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court, in a 7 to 2 decision, rules that the death penalty for rape is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. The ruling spares Georgia inmate Ehrlich Anthony Coker and affects four other Georgia defendants and one in Florida. Justice Byron White delivers the opinion, citing the country’s stance against capital punishment for rape of an adult woman. Georgia remains the only state authorizing rape death sentences. Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee allow it for child rape by adults. The decision notes historical death penalty use and details Coker’s crimes and capture, while signaling broader limits on rape cases as capital offenses.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Ehrlich
Anthony Coker
Georgia
Florida
Byron White
America
Mississippi
Tennessee
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Coker
John Hooks
Donald Boyer
William James Hughes
John Eberheart
William Shue
Ware
Emita Carver
Waycross
Carver
Ware County
Shrinking Money Supply Triggers May Economic Dip
The Commerce Department reports the Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell 0.2 percent in May, with the shrinking money supply cited as the main cause. The Fed’s action to curb inflation pushed interest rates higher, raising borrowing costs for Treasuries, businesses, and home buyers, and lifting the federal funds rate.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce
Department
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Federal Funds
Bennington Board Ends in Shouty Session Over Executive Secretary Plan
Bennington selectmen aborted their Monday meeting after a loud clash between Town Manager Louis Sarelas and Selectman Gerald Morrissey over a VLCT report and the transfer of secretary Frances Bender. Sarelas favors an executive secretary in place of an assistant town manager, while Morrissey questioned who authorized the plan. The meeting adjourned with chair Richard Leake calling for order as tensions ran high. The VLCT report outlined options including an executive secretary, planning or fiscal assistants, and a potential community development director to aid the manager. Sarelas later said the executive secretary decision was based on need, and noted Bender’s transfer to the water department is to be filled by the new position. A charter bus from New York brought visiting youths to Bennington.
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Bennington Selectmen
Richard B. Leake III
Louis C. Sarelas
Gerald P. Morrissey
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
VLCT
Sarelas
Frances Bender
Savelas
Morrissey
Robert B. Stewart
WLCT
Bennington
Leake
Bender
Water Department
Zola Chaffin
Dudley Baker
Hoosick Falls voters approve a school budget
Hoosick Falls Central School voters backed a budget totaling 2,975,745 dollars in a County page report. The measure funds district programs and operations, aligning with prior expectations and local fiscal planning.
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Bennington
George Will
Supreme Court
Hoosick Falls Central
Maine House
Dennis Leonard
Kansas City
John Page
Brattleboro
Carter hints at Bl go-ahead for B1 bomber
President Carter signaled a decision on the B1 bomber, with Sen. Jennings Randolph saying the White House breakfast discussion suggested a substantial approval beyond prior talk. An announcement was expected at a Thursday news conference as the Air Force sought more than 200 Bis, leaving options to halt, limit, or proceed with full production.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Air Force
EDA funding decision delayed as Vermont reviews Phase 2
Vermont waits as EDA delays Phase 2 conclusions with all applications on hold. Bennington County and two others are cited as surplus counties likely to receive full funding if statewide decisions favor more disbursement. Grand Isle, Essex, Orange, Chittenden, Washington and Franklin counties figures shape ongoing deliberations and policy precedents.
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Grand Isle County
Houston
Chittenden
Washington
Franklin
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EDA
U.S
Register
Neal Houston
Robert T. Stafford
Caledonia
Windsor
Sen. Stafford
Essex
Orange
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