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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1969
Page
5
In Huntington, town clerk Sheridan Coveau, 55, was jailed in Burlington for violating parole after pleading no contest to embezzling 7000 dollars of town funds. He must repay 7000 by Feb 19 and 5000 within a year. Olga Halleck elected to replace him.
An international theft ring dealing in snowmobiles was cracked with the arrest of three Montreal men in Hudson Falls. The suspects Louis P. DuCharme Ronald Roy and Rolland St. Martin face charges of Interstate transport of six stolen snowmobiles from Quebec to New York. The machines allegedly went to buyers in Washington Warren and Saratoga counties within days.
Down in Berkshire adopts representative town meeting by a 307 to 269 vote. Lee becomes second county town to switch after Adams which did so in 1935 and implemented in 1937. Other larger towns have not switched. North Adams opposition to county health planning emerges after a unanimous vote by the Taxpayers Association. Pittsfield Housing Authority seeks 20000 for 100 units of low income housing. Lanesboro relocates Jonathan Smith monument near Route 7 to in front of Town Hall for reconditioning.
Democratic Mayor Francis Cain won a third term with 5 037 votes to 2 997 for Republican Lyle Miller. Proposals Cain backed failed by narrow margins, including a 1 8 million school bond and two tax increases, while Burlington approved a 400 000 sewer complex bond. In nearby Winooski, former Mayor Bernard Sumner defeated City Council President James Meyers.
Texas Governor Preston Smith urged President Nixon to delay action on Occidental Petroleum's plan for a Maine refinery until a national oil import policy is set. He called a free trade zone permit premature as it would affect U S foreign import policies and domestic production concerns.
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