Bennington budget survives critics at Town Meeting
At Bennington’s first unified Town Meeting, a $1,059,508 general fund plus $264,218 highway budget near intact despite dissent. Voters kept the general fund tax at $2.04, cutting about $16,000, while highway rate stayed at 79 cents. Debates centered on police costs and North Bennington opposition, with Town Manager Edward Lamb defending the plan.
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Joe Swayze
Bennington
J. Duncan Campbell
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Ormal Pierce
Edward Frasier
Edward R. Lamb
Norton Barber
Lamb
North Bennington
Fred Welling
Gerald Cornell
Welling
Barber
Readsboro urged to join Windham County
Readsboro residents were urged at a town meeting to consider joining Windham County, with Rep. Kenalene J. Collins proposing to move Readsboro from Bennington to Windham. She noted closer ties to Brattleboro and Whitingham School and suggested hearing before state action. Some residents supported the move citing funding and industry links. others opposed keeping Bennington County.
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Readsboro
Windham County
Bennington County
Kenalene J. Collins
Brattleboro
Bennington
Windham Regional
Collins
Montpelier
Wilmington
Dover
Deerfield
Massachusetts
Betty Bolognani
Inside Prospect School Featured in National Magazine
National magazine spotlights Inside Prospect School on page 3 while Tom Wicker laments war’s morality on page 4. Carlo Walter reports icy flowers in Searsburg and real spring in Springfield Massachusetts on page 4. Mt Anthony Patriots’ 1971 road trip ends in Rutland on page 10. Hoosier wrestlers win county title.
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Prospect School
Page 3
Carlo Walter
Searsburg
Springfield
Mass
Mt. Anthony
Patriots
Rutland
Inside Capitol bombing hints at an inside job
Army bomb expert Capt. Edwin Joyner testified the Capitol blast likely involved dynamite and a clock-related device. He noted a 15 to 20 pound charge could have been easily brought into the building, while others raised questions about security and access after the six-office explosion.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Capitol
Edwin Joyner
67Th Ordnance Battalion
Ft. McNair
Senate
Joyner
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Senate Public Works
Capitol
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
FBI
James W. Powell
John V. Tunney
Calif
Powell
Tunney
Robert G. Dunphy
UMW President Boyle Indicted Over Union Funds
W A Tony Boyle head of the United Mine Workers of America is indicted on charges of conspiracy and embezzlement. The grand jury also names John Owens and James Kmetz in related counts involving illegal political contributions totaling forty nine thousand two hundred fifty dollars from union funds. Potential penalties include prison and fines up to limits per count.
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Washington
UPI
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
John Owens
James Kmetz
Labor
Non- Partisan League
LNPL
Boyle
John L. Lewis
County meeting roundup on Pownal bond and town budgets
Pownal voters debated an $857,000 elementary school addition with the town share of $600,000 as part of a meeting where a final vote continued today. A $1,008 drop in last year’s $36,900 budget was approved, but taxes rise with the general rate to $1.26 and school tax to $5.02, totaling $6.45. Other towns like Arlington, Sandgate, and Sunderland discussed a joint town manager study.
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Pownal
Arlington
Sandgate
Sunderland
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Shaftsbury
Dorset
Ity Regional Planning Commission
Burr and Seminary
BBS Board of Trustees
Readsboro
Shaftsbury votes oppose eastwest highway plan
About 100 Shaftsbury residents at a town floor meeting expressed strong opposition to a proposed east west highway through the Bennington Brattleboro region. Moderator Thomas Hall Jr said he was neutral but requested a straw vote showing six in favor and the rest opposed. The New England Commission plans a decision soon.
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Shaftsbury
Thomas W. Hall Jr
Bennington Regional
Hall
Rutland Area
Burlington Area
Bennington-Brattleboro
New England Commission
Nixon appeals to Midwest in Des Moines visit
President Nixon toured Des Moines Iowa as part of a Midwest push for revenue sharing and government reorganization. He faced a blend of construction workers and farmers among antiwar hecklers while announcing a $100 million rural development boost and meeting four state governors including Missouri’s Warren Hearnes and Wisconsin’s Patrick Lucey who endorsed his program.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Midwest
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Laos
Illinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Warren Hearnes
Patrick Lucey
Hearnes
Rockefeller pushes unit pricing in consumer bill
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's consumer protection package includes unit pricing for groceries to show cost per ounce, pound, or gallon. The measure, already in effect in Massachusetts and New York City, aims to help shoppers compare prices and identify better buys.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Massachusetts
New York City
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North Bennington Village
Robert J. M. Matteson
General Fund
Cornell
Ellis Winslow
Matteson
Joseph A. Pello
By Stewart Hancock
Tom Wicker
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
House
Hale Boggs
D-La
Nixon Hecklers
Rocky
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