Village adopts 93 cent tax rate despite trustee bid
At Bennington town meeting, voters approved the 93 cent general fund and 55 cent highway fund tax rates as recommended by selectmen, despite Trustee Joseph Pello's push for an 89 cent rate. Pello argued that special articles would raise funds beyond need and proposed trimming, while rival motion by Charles Tilgner won favor for the 93 cent rate. Moderator Norton Barber ruled the higher amount prevails, and the 93 cent levy passed with few opposing votes.
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Joseph Pello
Pello
Charles Tilgner
Norton Barber
Gerald Cornell
Pelle
Ordor
Bennington
Cornell
Highway Department
North Bennington
Alma Langlois
John E. Malone
Joseph Higgins
Bennington Water Board approves Morse construction water request
The Village Water Board last night approved a water connection request from William H. Morse Construction Co. as selectmen stall ten major water and sewer extension bids. The panel reviewed Morse's application and details of the request in Bennington.
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Bennington Selectmen
Village Water Board
William H. Morse Construction Co
Morse
Vermonters Vote in Participatory Democracy and Local Elections
Vermonters celebrate participatory democracy with town meetings across the state. Voters consider budgets and taxes, elect mayors and selectmen, and approve bonds and tax changes. In Burlington, bond asks total 2.5 million for school additions while tax plans include a 98 percent school tax rise and 20 cent general tax increase. Rutland sees a four way mayoral race and tax questions, with a 115 dollar tax ceiling adjustment and 66 thousand dollar share for a property reappraisal. Local board actions include water project approvals and master planning. debates center on highway department unification and outside-town expenses. Atty John Williams and others discuss a car wash water connection and other utility requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Cain
Lyle Miller
Cain
Miller
Rutland
Harold Nichols
William Foley
Charles Shortle
Public Works
Ralph Rice
Astronauts Test Moon Landing Craft
NASA reports Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Schweickart and Scott maneuvered the combined command ship and lunar lander in Earth orbit. They fired the main engine for almost two minutes to test guidance and control, with hoses flailing but crew calling the ride smooth. The craft, weighing about 90,454 pounds, remains tethered to progress toward moon landing rehearsals planned for May and July. The crew rested after a 91 hour sleep period and began space breakfast in orbit.
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Space Center
Houston
Apc
Russell L. Schweickart
Schweickart
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Scott
Stuart Roosa
McDivitt
MacDivitt
Earth
Mission Control
Parry of South Vietnam Talks Deepens as Lodge Ky Meet
U S peace envoy Henry Cabot Lodge met South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky for 30 minutes at Ky’s residence amid rising Allied concern over Viet Cong offensive. Rogers warned Hanoi indiscriminate shelling won’t yield concessions and protests over attacks continued at Paris talks. Nixon’s approach drew mixed responses from Hanoi and Saigon observers.
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Paris
UPS
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Washington
Lodge
Paris Vietnam
Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Nixon
Nxuan Thuy
Hanoi
Vietnam
Johnson
William P
Rogers
North Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Saigon
Editorial urges senators to save Pavilion Hotel from bulldozers
Inside editorial calls for backing the senators who could prevent demolition of the Pavilion Hotel. Town meetings are reported in Pownal Dorset Sunderland Shaftsbury Manchester Arlington with notes on local civic actions across pages 6 and 7.
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Pavilion Hotel
Pownal
Dorset
Sunderland
Shaftsbury
Manchester
Arlington
Court lets bid on Hudson River Expressway proceed
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals Second District refused to halt the first bids on the Hudson River Expressway and set a March 13 hearing on actions to prevent construction. The proposed toll road would run from Tarrytown to Ossining along the east side of the Hudson River, a plan opposed by groups including the Sierra Club who argue it would ruin the scenery.
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New York
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Second District
Hudson River
Tarrytown
Ossining
Sierra Club
Sunny Warmer Day With Clear Cold Night Ahead
The forecast calls for a sunny, warmer day with a high near 35 to 40 and a clear, much colder night with a low around 5 to 15. Snow predictions have vanished and Wednesday should stay sunny with little temperature change. Yesterday’s high was 31 and low 23, this morning’s reading at 7 am is 26, sunset 5:43 and sunrise 6:23.
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Adv
Gadfly
John J. DeVito
Richard Sleeman
Bennington Taz Payers Protective Association
Raymond C . Murray
Jay Brady
Sedeatrian
Saith the Water Board
David Scribner
Montpelier
UPD
Weatherman
Vt. 67A
Harmon Road
Alfred Ellett
Water Board
Ellett
Selectmen
Carl E. Capella
East Road
Houghton Lane
Atty
John H. Williams
Richard N. Fabricius
William Hoisington
Duren Sales Corp
Schenectady
N.Y
Hicks Avenue
North
Bennington Road
Robert Dwyer
Arthur Eisner
Hanna Car Wash Equipment
Dwyer
Barber
America
Cape Kennedy
Houston Control Center
Apollo
Old Bennington
Pello and Selectman
J. Duncan Campbell
Shakesare
Campbell
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