Bennington Selectmen Race Sends Democrats Sweep to Victory
In Bennington voters reelected Democrat Timothy Corcoran and Democrat Paul Sheridan to the selectmen posts, with incumbent Republican J Duncan Campbell narrowly winning his seat by 41 votes. Democrat Scott Racicat won the auditor post, while Corcoran defeated John R Stone Jr by 557 votes to become possibly the town's youngest selectman. Voters approved water and sewer funding measures and eased tax costs for Fire District No 1 residents.
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Tro Bennington Selectmen
Democrata
Paul Sheridan
Timothy Corcoran
Selectmen
J. Duncan Campbell
Fred H. Baker Jr
Scott Racicat
Campbell
Baker
Towal
Dorothy Warren
John R. Stone Jr
Corcoran
Stone
Selectman
Radical
John Glover
Bennington Village
Board of Selectmen
Fred Phillips
Lexsard
Phillips
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Carmody ousts Benson in Manchester voting
Former State's Attorney John T. Carmody Jr. won Manchester selectman in the town's largest turnout, defeating incumbent Harold Benson by about 12 percent. Alan R. Baccei finished with 31 votes. Carmody seeks change and a possible five-member board, while Benson and Baccei opposed the idea. A petition for a special Town Meeting on the issue was withheld pending today’s section results.
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Charles Bonenti
Manchester
John T. Carmody Jr
Selectman
Harold Benson
Alan R. Haccei
Carmody
Benson
Baccei
Board of Selectmen
Baccel
Clyde Bryant Jr
Vermont House cuts funds for student aid programs
In Montpelier the House Appropriations Committee slashed the Vermont Student Assistance Corp budget by about 373000, aiming to bolster University of Vermont and state colleges. Ronald Iverson warns grants will be cut. administration may seek restoration. The panel also proposes selling all state cars for roughly 200000 in net gains.
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Montpelier
UPI
Thomas Salman
House Appropriations Committee
Vermont Student Assistance Corp
House
Salmon
Appropriations Committee
University of Vermont
Ronald Iverson
Robert Wilson
Inside This Week's Mt Anthony DVD Report Highlights
This Mt Anthony DVD section notes Students tying back by the pass on page three and State Police in a new Shaftsbury home on page three. An obituary for a Washington board that never accomplished anything appears on page four. An editorial on Pearl Buck's life and achievements runs on page four. John Hubbard writes nostalgia and hope about the Patriot basketball season on pages six and ten. Pee Wee basketball results are on page thirteen.
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Mt. Anthony
New Shaftsbury
TLIVE
Washington
Pearl Buck
John Hubbard
Pee Wee
Meeting highlights around the county
County meetings featured debates on road funding in Shaftsbury and a $350 000 gift decision for Woodford. Woodford voters approved a trust fund plan while rejecting a zoning ordinance. Shaftsbury saw Ursula Scott challenge incumbent Anthony Altobell for selectman as residents balked at $10 000 more for roads. Pownal reported calm ballots with one major item a $28 000 federal revenue share measure.
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Woodford
Gie National Forest
Wbout
Avis Hurley
Joseph ‘King
Shaftsbury
Shaftubury
Ursula Scott
Anthony Altobell
Altobell
Scott
Pownal
Controls set on oil prices
The Nixon administration imposed mandatory price controls on 23 of the largest oil companies, covering crude oil, gasoline, heating oil and related products. A 1 percent yearly price increase limit applies, with higher increases needing cost data or advance approval. Retail sales by these firms are included. imported crude resale is covered.
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Washington
Wixon
Tauily
Nixon
Lindsay bows out of NYC mayoral race after two terms
Mayor John V. Lindsay, a Democrat by affiliation, announced he will not seek a third term. He said eight years is long enough and that he could win but chose to retire from the mayoralty. Lindsay pledged continued support for progressive independent government and hinted at future political involvement.
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New York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Waday
Lindsay
Varme Funld
City Hall
Mary
U S aid pushed to expand Vermont veterans home beds
Senator George Aiken and Senator Robert Stafford co sponsor legislation to raise federal cost sharing for nursing care beds at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington from 1.5 to 2.5 beds per thousand veterans. The proposal would lift Vermont from 80 to 133 beds and follows already full states.
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Washington
Seni George Aiken
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Vermont Veterans Home
Bennington
State
Aiken-Stafford
Vermont
Sens
Claiborne Pell
John Pastore
DRI
Rhode Island
Aiken
Billboard lobby seeks to enter Vermont U.S. suit
The Outdoor Advertising Association of America plans to intervene in a Vermont federal case against the U.S. Department of Transportation. Vermont seeks to overturn a department ruling that would require payment to billboard owners for signs removed under the 1968 anti billboard law or risk losing federal highway funds. Attorney Henry Black of White River Junction says the industry will petition to join the suit.
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Burlington
UPI
Outdoor Advertising Association of America
U.S. Digirlet Court
Vermont
U.S. Department of Transportation
Department
Henry Black
White River Junction
Women win races across Vermont state in Tuesday elections
In Rutland Democrat Gilbert Godnick won the mayoral race with 3 329 votes, while Burlington’s Gordon Paquette secured a second term. Numerous wins for women marked the day, including Patricia Novotny in Ward 6 of Burlington and Margaret Martin as Middlebury’s first woman selectman. Newport saw Helen Hunter lose to incumbent Frank Spates. Voters approved a transportation authority in Chittenden County and rejected a large courthouse bond, with other local races noting firsthand female candidates and municipal contests.
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United Press International
Rutland
Gilbert Godnick
Burlington
Gordon Paquette
Godnick
William Soley
Godrick
Joseph Tailby
William Chapleau
Paquette
Joseph Sullivan
Patricia Novotny
Torrey Carpenter
Novotny
Middlebury
Margaret Martin
Benjamin Wissler
Milton
Anne Hurfeau
Newport
Helen Hunter
Frank Spates
Mavis Remick
Wheelock
Raymond Poulin
Fy Fletcher
Mary Garamella
Malcolm Flanders
Tod
Herbert Carpenter
Richard Burke
Vergennes
Isle la Motte
Larry Lormbard
Joan Green
Rulanders
Montpelierites
Chittenden County
Chttenden County Transportation Authority
Winooski
South
Burlington and Essex
Burlington Rapid Transit Co
Benson
Tinmouth
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By Jan Slusmon
McGowan
University of Nevada
Medical Center Hospital
Middlebury College
Democrats
Auditorelect
Scott Rachcal
Paul Sheridlan
Bryant
Emil Zoufaly
Eugene Gaiotti
Gaiotti
Dana L. Thompson
Thompson
John T. Carmody Sr
Geoffrey
Chapman
Nyc
America
Lindsay May
Senate
Tucob X. Javits
Ain
U.S
Billboard
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Myron Waite
Pawlet
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