01 Mar 1972
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1972
Page
1
The Vermont House passed for Senate a 177.4 million dollar omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal 1973. It includes a one million dollar tax cut, extra social welfare funding, and 750 thousand for emergency town aid. Debates covered driver education, federal grants, and deficits.
The Vermont Senate is expected to approve a moderate abortion bill proposed by Judicial Committee Chair T. Gary Buckley. The measure allows abortion when pregnancy risks a woman's health and requires a hospital panel of doctors to approve by two thirds. Debate centered on mental health grounds and consent provisions for married women.
In Windsor, Vermont, SWVEA accuses the Windsor School Board and Harry Gale of Gale Associates of stalling talks for two months, risking a legal showdown as the union argues the board must negotiate with the SWVEA as the exclusive bargaining agent for BSD teachers. Gale says a compromise was rejected, leaving negotiations at a standstill.
On the Inside Interviews with selectman candidates in Bennington start today. The Times notes James Reston cites a China trip as Nizan's finest moment. Page references mention Vermont growth debates, Bennington tree planting progress, Manchester youths heading to West Point, Sunderland avoiding a floor fight over a local driver controversy, NASA seeking new planets, and college basketball leading sports pages.
A funded ecological study of the Walloomsac in southwestern Vermont launches a new Community Environmental Study program. Bennington College leads, with federal Title I funds and local coordinators guiding field work, labs, and student participation from elementary through college levels.
President Nixon told congressional leaders he plans to withdraw all but 2000 U.S. troops from Taiwan after the Vietnam war ends, with a residual force staying until cross-strait talks between Nationalists and Communists ease tensions. Senate leaders Scott and Mansfield said 6000 troops could depart once Indochina hostilities cease, framing the Taiwan pullback as linked to Vietnam settlement. Mansfield and Scott spoke amid a China trip invitation context and discussions on broader withdrawal deadlines.
Necessity hearings on a proposed U S 7 route through Shaftsbury Sunderland and Arlington concluded in Bennington County Court with strong opposition from Arlington town officials the Sierra Club Lawrence Wasco of Shaftsbury and the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont The judge urged parties to file statements by March as the two day session weighs whether lands may be taken for the highway but not the compensation amount Main issues include the Arlington exit and the Shaftsbury Harringtons Cobble segment with contention over route authority and an apparent discrepancy in an Arlington Sunderland planners letter and the department’s current proposal
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