Snow delays Vermont presidential primary voting in Mt Holly
In Vermont snow and poor roads forced Mt Holly to postpone its town meeting and presidential preference primary until Friday. With about 600 voters registered, officials paused after 10 a.m. at Town Hall as town leaders sought legal guidance from the Secretary of State. Elsewhere in the state ballots were expected to be lighter amid up to five inches of snow. Candidates include Jimmy Carter Sargent Shriver Fred Harris and Ellen McCormack in a preferential ballot.
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William Clark
Mt. Holly
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Richard Thomas
Jimmy Carter
Sargent Shriver
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Ellen McCormack
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GOP
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Hampshire
Wallace
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Boston
New Hampshire
George McGovern
Morris Udall
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Massachusetts
Vermont town meeting votes close on tax study
In Bennington a tight advisory vote defeated a plan to study quarterly tax collection as townspeople debated tax timing and school cooperation. Moderator Norton Barber oversaw close voice votes, with 26 ayes to 50 nos on quarterly collection and calls to keep annual taxes.
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Robert K. Lerner
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Barbara Jean Realty
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W.T. Grant Co
George Sauer
Robert B. Condon
Joseph F. Carroll
Selectman
Gerald P. Morrissey
Selectmen
Morrissey
Vermont town to vote on Fiddlers Contest sponsorship
Craftsbury residents vote today on whether the town should assume sponsorship of the Craftsbury Common Old Time Fiddlers Contest which drew nearly 20,000 last year. Nearby towns weigh electric utility plans, bottle deposit and tax reform as present Town Meeting Day issues.
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Craftsbury
Vermont
Horse and Buggy Club
Barre City
Barre Alliance
Green Mountain Power Co
Amateur Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Rockingham
Vermont Retail Grocers Association
Moynihan hints at possible secretary of state role
Daniel Moynihan told a Yale audience he might become secretary of state if Henry Jackson is elected president. He praised Jackson as the best Democratic candidate and his best friend in the party, and said he could rejoin government service after resigning as U.N. ambassador.
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New Haven
Moynihan
Manchester school budget approved with no opposition
Manchester voters approved the $1.14 million school budget in about ten minutes after a pointed defense by School Director Michael Powers. He defended $33,000 in cuts and staff adjustments, noting enrollment drop from 580 to 494 and stating reductions were not capricious. The meeting also reviewed a Vermont Senate investigation item and a separate $700,689 town budget, with the school measures dominating discussion.
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Manchester
Michael Powers
General Assembly
Ferdinand “Nandy
Bongartz
Vermont Senate
State Public Service Board
Dorset
Powers
Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
BRSU
Lee Manchester
Florida Campaign Heat Aids 1976 Democratic Primary Push
In Florida, George Wallace Jimmy Carter and Henry Jackson led a field of eight Democrats as Massachusetts Vermont voters faced snow and freezing rain. Voters weighed momentum and delegates in the second 1976 primary with Carter surge in Massachusetts and Wallace and Jackson opposing busing while Republicans Ford and Reagan focus on Massachusetts Vermont ballots.
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Cambridge
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New Hampshire
Carter
Udall
Reagan
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Inside the Nation and Local News Highlights
Defense rests in Hearst case as thousands of diseased pigs are destroyed in Rhode Island. Local items cover a slide show on early autos at the museum, Project Discovery, and Vermont delegation votes. County notes include Pownal school budget approval, Arlington questions, Dorset public input, and Woodford's strong finances. Sports mention MAU beating Spaulding and basketball roster notes.
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John Randolph
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