Zoning and School Debates Dominate Bennington County Meetings
Bennington County town meetings focus on Pownal school bond and Stamford permanent zoning amid a 3400 acre land development fear. Pownal debates a 580000 bond for a school addition with state aid, plus land purchase for a Sarkis landfill. Stamford faces zoning that could curb unrestricted development, while Shaftsbury eyes clerk treasurer merger and Woodford sees high school board ideological clashes.
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Bennington County
Pownal
Stamford
Sarkis
Henry W. Bassen
Sarkises
Planning Board
Selectmen
Shaftsbury
Clinton McDonald
Woodford
Mount Anthony Union High School
Franklin Frantz
Lawrence
Moe’’ Harrington
Weather Brief Cold With Light Snow Ending This Afternoon
Cloudy and colder with intermittent light snow that ends this afternoon and a high in the mid 30s. Tonight will be partly cloudy and colder with a low in the teens. Tuesday looks fair with little temperature change. Yesterday’s high 33 and low 24, current 7 am reading 27. Sunset 5 41, sunrise 6 27.
Two Hoosick Falls youths die in Sunday crash
A one car crash on County Road 51 near Hoosick Falls leaves Walter Sprague 17 and Robert Thorpe 16 dead. Five others, including Thomas Brandalick 16 and James Dwyer 13, are injured. Driver Brandalick faces possible criminal action. State police report the westbound car left the highway and hit a tree.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Walter Sprague
Douglas Sprague
Willow St
Robert Thorpe
W. Clark Thorpe
Parsons Ave
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Thorpe
Sprague
Hoosick Falls Central School
Mapletown
Ball Street
James Dwyer
John Dwyer
Burchard Ave
Michael Bradley
William Bradley
High St
Michael Callahan
Earl Callahan
Fourth St
Brandalck
Center Brunswick
Town of Hoosick
North Hoosick
Putnam Hospital
Walter J. Sprague
Bennington
Douglas E
Kathleen M
Scott) Sprague
Christine Carrow
West Chesapeake
Ellen M. Sprague
Douglas E. Sprague Jr
Mark F. Sprague
Cora Sprague
Mary Eva Scott
Her
Bob
Rhodesia Declares Itself a Republic and White Rule Continues
In Salisbury Rhodesia 241 000 whites rule 4 5 million blacks as the country proclaims independence from Britain. A proclamation dissolves the queen's parliament at midnight, establishes a new constitution and appoints Clifford Dupont as acting president.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Clifford Dupont
Ian Smith
Dupont
Smith
Britain
Government House
London
Ahmadou Abidjo
Cameroun
Organization of African Unity
Rhodesia
Salisbury
Includ
U S Vessel Seized By Cuban Coast Guard
A converted U S fishing vessel named Jocelyn C was seized by Cuban authorities near Cay Lobos and remains in Cuban custody. Skippered by Sten Carlson of Chatham Mass the vessel was reportedly seeking sunken treasure in the Caribbean. The State Department confirmed no U S government mission and said Swiss intermediaries were handling inquiries.
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Miami
UPI
U.S
Caribbean
Coast Guard
Cay Lobos
State Department
Washington
Jocelyn C
Sten Carlson
Chatham
Mass
Havana
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuban
William Crock
Dr Leary Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
Dr Timothy Leary was sentenced to ten years in prison for illegally transporting marijuana into the United States. Judge Ben Connally denied bond. Leary, his wife Rosemary, and son John were previously convicted on related charges in Santa Ana, with a complex sequence of appeals and past convictions affecting the case.
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Santa Ana
Leary
Barbara
U.S. Supreme Court
Connally
Laredo
Inside column and page notes from March issue
Gerald Raftery reflects on March winds and words in Inside column. Tom Wicker visits Colorado to examine a clash between environmentalists and the Atomic Energy Commission. Town meeting coverage in Bennington County appears on pages six and seven. Basketball playdowns and tournament plans are announced on page eight.
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Gerald Raftery
Tom Wicker
Colorado
Atomic Energy Commission
Bennington County
Unification issue dominates Bennington voting tonight
Voters head to Bennington Elementary School and North Bennington Fire House for town village unification ballots amid debates. Trustees from Old Bennington back consolidation while Bennington and North Bennington oppose it for tax and local authority concerns. Fire Department remains split on the issue.
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Bennington
North Bennington
North Village
Old Bennington
James M. Toolan
Old Village Board
Bennington Village
Bennington Fire Alarm Replaced With New Unit
The village replaces 40 year old Bennington fire alarm control boards with a transistorized unit. The old controls in the Hook and Ladder firehouse on Safford Street will be given to the Bennington Museum. Chief Charles Sawyer and his son Mark inspect the old panel and the new compact unit.
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Bennington
Hook and Ladder
Safford Street
Charles Sawyer
Mark
Pompidou Cancels Meeting With Jewish Leaders in NYC
French President Georges Pompidou, angered by anti French protests over Mirage jet sales to Libya, canceled a planned meeting with Jewish leaders in New York. He then flew to NYC for an unscheduled visit with President Nixon, after a prior Washington talks during his U.S. state visit.
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White Plains
N.Y
UPD
Georges Pompidou
New York City
Nixon
State Department
New York
Pompidou
Washington
United States
Paris
Chicago
France
Libya
Waldorf- Astoria
America
Westchester County
United Nations
Thant
U.S
Emil
Vermont House Panel Endorses 109.8 Million Spending Bill
Vermont lawmakers approve a 109.8 million general fund measure with a 700 thousand dollar hike to the governor's 1971 budget. The Appropriations Committee endorsed funding for education welfare UVM and state colleges, while trimming scholarship funds and highway and Fish and Game appropriations.
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Vermont
Davis
University of Vermont
House
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Hackett
Vermont Educational Television
Administration Department
Governor's Office
Mental Health Department
Social Welfare Department
Brandon
Fish and Game Department
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Pownal Center
Oak Hill
Joseph
Martha Sarkis
Ford
Gloria) Brandaick
Jackson St
Thomas Brandalck
Arethusa
U.S. Coast Guard
Carlson
Carlson and Crockett
Kingston
Jamaica
Sub-Mare, Inc
Ing
White House
Ronald Ziegler
William P. Rogers
Kinshasa
Dr. Leary
David Scribner
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