Bennington Unification Passes in Narrow Vote
Residents approve the 1966 Unification Act to merge the village and town of Bennington by 898 to 692 ballots. The village must hold a special meeting within 60 days, and the overall consolidation hinges on village approval. Contested results include tax changes and local fraternal exemptions.
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Bennington
North Bennington
North Village
Bennington Village
Knights of Columbus
The
Masons
Peter Donavan Jr
Paul Fairley
Robert Pollock
Unification Debate Over Village Charter Merger
Government discussion centers on Willow Park and nearby districts as a townwide vote remains valid regardless of a village special meeting. If Willow Park retains its charter it could merge with the town later, triggering consolidation. Other villages and the rural fire district must hold special meetings on unification.
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Barber
Weather outlook with mixed precipitation and cold temps
The forecast calls for increasing clouds and a high in the low 40s. Snow is likely before changing to rain tonight with possible freezing rain or sleet as temperatures fall to the low 30s. Thursday remains cloudy with more rain possible and little temperature change. Yesterday’s high 33 and low 10. Sunrise 6 23, sunset 5 44.
Three Towns Vote Down Funding Regional Planning Body
Three of twelve towns in the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission voted against funding its ongoing work. Shaftsbury Pownal and Arlington rejected their shares, but planners say the commission will continue the work.
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Regional Planning Commission
Bennington County
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Arlington
Commission
John M. Moore
Moore
Central Planning
Theodore Riehle
Planning Commission
Bennington Commission
Technical Planning Associates
New Haven
Democrats Draft OBrien for party chair in bid
National Democratic leaders say Lawrence F. OBrien likely to be elected at the Democratic National Committee meeting to succeed Sen. Fred R. Harris. OBrien has worked for Kennedy, Johnson, RFK and Humphrey and would lead a party burdened by White House loss, debt, and political strain.
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Washington
UPI
National Democratic Organization
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Democratic National Committee
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
Inside The State Health Depart Ment Dentally Underprivileged Children
Health officials report that about half of southern Vermont children are dentally underprivileged in a statewide assessment. John Page questions experts who condemn pesticide use, suggesting they might starve without these chemicals. Williams begins a new environment study program while Burr and Burton win in Class I basketball playoffs.
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State Health Department
Vermont
John Page
Williams
Action by Congress Sought To Avert Railroad Strike
Washington United Press International report on Labor Secretary George P. Shultz urging Congress to enforce a contract settlement to avert a nationwide railroad strike. Nixon proposes emergency legislation. hearings planned in House and Senate. The tentative agreement favored by most unions faced opposition from Sheet Metal Workers. government would declare the pact as the contract.
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Washington
UPD
George P. Shultz
Congress
Nixon
Shultz
House
Senate
Rails Management
House Commerce Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Brock Adams
D-Wash
John P. Hiltz Jr
Railroads
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Aiken Sees Laos Stand as No Vietnam Second
Washington Senator George D. Aiken ranks GOP on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says Laos should not become a Vietnam replica. He views increased Laos military action as North Vietnam growing discouraged and using Laos for bargaining. His stance contrasts with Dems McGovern and Fulbright who criticized Nixon Laos policy.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Laos
Vietnam
Aiken
GOP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
George McGovern
South Dakota
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Woodford and nearby towns vote in local elections
County Town Meeting Highlights report results across multiple towns. In Woodford Lawrence Harrington wins seats on Mt. Anthony School Board and Woodford Town School Board. Pownal defeats a watered-down classroom addition proposal. Stamford approves a permanent forest zoning to bar a vacation home project. Arlington selects Robert V. Jones over Marjorie Doyle with police-force proposals failing. Shaftsbury backs road patrols and rejects clerk treasurer merger. Manchester voters elect Benson and Pelton in three-way races. Rupert approves replacing an old Route 153 railroad crossing. Details on pages 8 and 9.
French Sub Disappears In Mediterranean Storm
The French submarine Eurydyce with 45 crew vanished during a 1800-foot depth test dive off Toulon as a violent Mediterranean storm raged. An oil slick and wreckage were sighted 66 miles east of Marseilles while rescue ships and patrol planes combed the area amid 60 mph winds.
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Toulon
France
UPS
Mediterranean
Portsmouth
England
Marseilles
Charles de Gaulle
Minerve
Naval Area
Navy
Vermont Environment Bill Faces Its Moment of Decision
Vermont lawmakers debate a comprehensive environmental control bill designed to let the state plan development. House leaders frame passage as a choice between state guided growth and uncontrolled hillside subdivision by private buyers. Rep Miller flags interim land use plans as essential, noting local plans prevail when stricter. Unanimous committee support backs Gov Davis’s push for legislative approval.
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Montpelier
UPI
House
Vermont
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Kelton B. Miller
Dshaftsbury
Miller
House Natural Resources and Appropriations Committees
Deane C. Davis
Hayes Charges ETV Move is Political Football
Vermont politics turn on the ETV issue as Lt. Gov. Hayes, running for governor, accuses Gov. Davis of political motives in shifting ETV control from the University of Vermont to the Administration Department. Rep. Hackett defends the move as budgetary efficiency while trustees and a university dean warn it would end ETV.
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Hayes
ETV
Thomas L. Hayes
Deane C. Davis
University of Vermont
Luther F. Hackett
South Burlington
Appropriations Committee
Hackett
Davis
UVM
ETV Broadcast Council
Luther Hackett
Montpelier
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David Scribner
John Kennedy Jr
Board of Civil Authority
Ormal Pierce
Joseph F. Carroll
Mary Hodeck
Norton Barber
Willow Park
Scribner Board of Civil Authority
Scribner
John Cross
Henry Mallory
Joseph A. Pello
Harold Harrington
Roger Cross
Goldberg
Rocky
New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
Bronx
Herman Badillo
Supreme Court
Columbia Law School
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Committee
Humphrey
Matthew E. Welsh
Indiana
Burr & Burton
Hiltz
Adams
Woodford
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Lawrence E. ‘‘Moe’”’ Harrington
Mt. Anthony
Woodford Town
Pownal Center
Stamford
Robert V. Jones
Marjorie Doyle
Board of Selectmen
Doyle
Anthony Altobell
Henry Harrington
Manchester
Harold Benson
Selectman
Emil Zouflay
Austin Keough
Martha Pelton
Alberta Harrington
Stanford Zecher Jr
Rupert
Dakar
Environment Bill
University
UVM Board of Trustees
George
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