Pownal Budget Fight Over Rising Town Expenses
Pownal residents joined the annual town and school district floor meetings as a heated debate over rising town costs unfolded. Moderator Charles F. Mason asked voters to consider Article 10 seeking 17,900 for general town expenses, compared with 11,800 approved last year, citing landfill operation costs as the chief driver while selectmen defended the budget as realistic and lean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Charles F. Mason
Pownal Center
Selectmen
Robert Rudd
North Pownal
Joseph Sarkis
Selectman
A. Coleman Mason
Mason
East Pownal
Sarkis
Arthur George
George
South Stream
Harold Hicks
Margaret Lillie
Pownal Tanning Co
Miss Lillie
James Lounsbury
Lounsbury
Union School Board
Mt. Anthony
Pownall Tanning Co
UVM Disappointed With Cut in Appropriation
University of Vermont President Lyman Rowell voices disappointment after House Appropriation Committee backs Hoff budget, approving $13 million for 1968-69 versus $14.9 million requested. He warns cuts threaten faculty salaries and programs, cites 4,500 freshman applications and budget strains on psychology and graduate reading initiatives.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
UVM
Lyman Rowell
House
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Rowell
Vermont
Landmark Sandgate church destroyed by fire
A historic building once the Philip Embury Methodist Church in Ashgrove moved to Sandgate burned quickly, leaving a blackened Smokey the Bear poster outside. Town records are safe at Town Clerk Irma Renner's home. The town meeting is postponed two weeks and will be held March 21 at the Sandgate Methodist Church.
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Smokey the Bear
Sandgate
Irma Renner
West Arlington
Philip Embury
United States
New York City
Ashgrove
N.Y
Cambridge
Freeborn Garrettson
Sandgate Methodist Church
Board Delays Decision on Vermont Institution Site
In Montpelier the State Institutions Board postponed final action on locating a $1.2 million medium security facility. Three Colchester sites were discussed. a formal recommendation will follow an informal Wednesday meeting with Colchester officials and residents. Chairman Gerald Errion warned against rushing a choice, citing prior rejection of Pittsford.
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Pittsford
Vermont
House Institutions
Hospital Notes Points to Colchester as Site Choice
On Monday March 6 1967 admissions include Master Francis Collins Miss Susan Babcock Master Jeffrey Metcalf and others while discharges list Theresa Knights Mrs Mary Louise Mason and more Births are anticipated An alternative site to Pittsford is proposed Colchester is named as the chosen location Errion requests a joint House Senate hearing to gauge support and Woodhull cites a backup site in St Albans if Colchester is rejected
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Francis Collin
Susan Babcock
Jeffrey Metcalf
Francis Amidon
Grace Mack
Gerald Croft
Bennington
William Kelley Jr
Shaftsbury
Charlene Russell
Hoosick Falls
Theresa Knights
Mary Louise Mason
William McGurn
Blanche’ Rackliffe
Clarence Sausville
Pittsford
Colchester
Errion
Woodhull
House
Senate Institution
St. Albans
Catamount Radio Club open house set at Bennington Library
Bennington area citizens and amateur radio enthusiasts are invited to the Catamount Radio Club open house at Bennington Library on Thursday March 9 at 7 30 p m. The event includes ham radio education movies exhibits refreshments and free admission.
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Bennington Area
Citizens Band
Catamount Radio Club
Bennington
YMCA Camp Abnaki Registration Opens at Bennington YMCA
The Bennington YMCA hosts Camp Abnaki registration as the Vermont boys camp operates on North Hero Island with sessions from July 2 to August 27 1967. Eligible boys from first grade to 16 enroll in four age units with activities from swimming sailing canoeing hiking crafts and sports.
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Bennington Ymca
Camp Abnaki
Vermont
YMCA
North Hero Island
Lake Champlain
Abnaki
National Ymca
American Camping Association
State of Vermont
Norman van Gulden
Bennington Area
van Gulden
Andrei and
Grisha Alexieve
Andrew and
Brooks Boulter
Richard Brower
Richard and
Gregory Dana
Thomas Eddington
Mark Ekwall
Martin Greenberg
Malcolm Hewitt
Frederick and
Peter Hirsch
Ernest Hoisington
James Hold
Shaftsbury Voters OK 62339 Budget At Floor Meeting
Shaftsbury voters approved a selectmen proposed budget of 62 339 at the Cole Hall floor meeting. The vote included an overspend allowance, no tax rate set until the Grand List is complete, and raises for town officials. A truck purchase was rejected, with commissions authorized to study town equipment and consider a town manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Selectmen
Cole Hall
Alfred Wade
Wade
Michael Povsner
Leo Harrington
Edward Colvin
Colvin
Thomas Hall Jr
P.W. Roach
Suharto defends Sukarno as Congress acts on fate
In Jakarta, Gen. Suharto defends President Sukarno at a special Congress session amid moves to fire him for treason. Suharto warns against rapid action risking civil war as Parliament weighs a unanimous resolution. Sukarno’s fate could be sealed by Saturday amid finances probe and exile rumors. Dewi Sukarno gave birth in Tokyo, highlighting a tense national moment.
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Jakarta
UPI
Suharto
Sukarno
Congress
Dewi
Tokyo
Japan
Pro
Indonesia
Area Poets Finalists in 1967 National Book Awards
William Jay Smith of Williamstown Mass and Barbara Howes of Pownal were finalists in the 1967 National Book Award poetry category. James Merrill won for Nights and Days. Bernard Malamud of Bennington College won fiction. Awards include 1000 dollars and a dinner at Lincoln Center with Vice President Humphrey as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jay Smith
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Barbara Howes
Pownal
James Merrill
James MacGregor Burns
Bernard Malamud
Bennington College
Philharmonic Hall
Lincoln Center
Hubert H. Humphrey
Stock Averages Report Dow Jones Index at Noon
The Dow Jones industrials stood at 841.54, down 0.66 points, with a 30 industrials average of 841.54 and a composite index of 303.77, while the railroads averaged 230.20 and utilities 135.95 as volume reached 3,830,000 at Albany noon March 7, 1967.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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