Debate over Vermont deer policy tests trust in Fish and Game
Residents clash over deer management with Fish and Game critics accusing the department of arrogance while supporters praise biologists. Speakers urge more public consultation and legislative checks as residents dispute overbrowsing impacts and policy direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish and Game Department
Vermont
Fish & Game Department
Manchester Forester
Hugh Putnam
Bennington County
John
Joe’’ Murphy
Shaftsbury
Hale Mountain Fish & Game Club
Ben Day
Alan Hess
Arlington
Norman Shawn
Winooski
Stubb” Earle
Lamoille County
Jim Brooks
Barre
George G. Souhan
Stowe
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Selectmen Boost BCA and Clerk Pay at Polls in 1972
Selectmen raised the hourly rate for poll clerks and Board of Civil Authority members from $2.25 to $2.50 to take effect at the March 1972 Town Meeting. Initial 5 to 1 vote covered clerks alone, but an executive session later extended the raise to include clerks, selectmen, town clerk, and BCA members. Joseph Carroll criticized board participation, while John DeVito urged depriving selectmen of the $5 meeting fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Civil Authority
J. Duncan Campbell
Justices of the Peace
Selectmen
Joesph Carroll
Carroll
John DeVito
BCA
Campbell
J.C. Jerome
Edward Frasier
Vermont Democrats Aiming To Run Debt Free In 1972
Vermont Democratic Committee expects to enter the 1972 campaign debt free after a May fund raising dinner featuring Edmund Muskie or another presidential hopeful. Leo O’Brien reported a roughly $6,000 raffle proceeds as the party battles a near $30,000 debt from the November elections. Sam Lloyd accused defections of hurting credibility and called for reforms while Francis Esposito urged unity for 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Democratic Committee
Leo O’brien
Cochairman
O’brien
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Sam Lloyd
Weston
Lloyd
Deane C. Davis
Samuel Fishman
Vergennes
Winston Prouty
Philip Hoff
Francis Esposito
Esposito
Peace voices press for orderly Vietnam withdrawal plan
A Vermont peace meeting aired a proposal to cut U.S. troops to 284,000 by May and end military operations by December 31. It calls for freeing prisoners of war, asylum for endangered South Vietnamese, and financial aid aligned with withdrawal goals, as Johnson urged sustained antiwar action.
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United States
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Laos
WBTN
Robert Harrington
Nixon
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Events and Updates
Bennington news item summaries include school music supervisor George Fulginiti’s collapse and transfer to Berkshire Medical Center with fair to good prognosis, local Head Start notes, ICU Japan tea planning with Bethel guests, St Patrick’s Dinner at Bennington Club, workshops and meetings at Prospect School and Methodist Church, tax help by Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council through April 15, HOME Inc monthly meeting, Eagles auxiliary events, amnesia case update, and local ads for Shea Agency and Agway Petroleum.
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George Fulginiti
Pittsfield
Mass
Pittsfield Eagles
South Junior High
City
St. Luke’s Unit
Berkshire Medical Center
Bennington-Rutland
House Dems delay appropriations bill
Betsy Samuelson reports from Montpelier as Republicans consider an all night session to advance a $120 million omnibus appropriations measure. Debate focused on restoring $155,000 to keep two state owned farms at the Vermont State Hospital and Brandon Training School, while a plan to cut $3,700 from the fish and game budget was defeated. Eight amendments were offered.
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Francis R. Peisch
Burlington
Vermont Student Assistance Corp
VSAC
UVM
Vermont
Peisch
USAC
Bishop Urges Vermont Lawmakers to Save Parochial Schools
The Most Rev. Robert F Joyce, Vermont's Roman Catholic bishop, urged state legislators to preserve parochial schools, arguing public aid to private schools would benefit all citizens and education. He commented amid several bills, including one by the Davis administration to allow local boards to aid religious schools and count private school pupils in state aid calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Robert F. Joyce
Vermont
Davis
Belville heads police chief unit
Brattleboro Police Chief Reginald Belville was elected president of the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police at the annual meeting. He succeeds outgoing President James Mulcahy of Essex Junction. The session also covered budget debates on state aid to local districts, education funding, and proposed shifts in social welfare and college funding.
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Regional Commission
Simson
BRPC
Bennington
Merrill Lincoln
Technical Planning Associates
New Haven
Springfield
UPI
Brattleboro
Reginald Belville
Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police
Belville
James Mulcahy
Essex Junction
Vermont
Zoning board appointments in Bennington
Bennington selectmen reappointed Joseph Parks and Max Perotta to the Board of Adjustment. Harold E. Gordon was appointed to replace George Shea. Other continuing members are Hamilton Shields Charles Tilgner Arnold Blackstone Dion Finnegan Eleanor Sourcliffe and William Hoisington. Jesse Watson was offered to replace Harold Hilliard Sr. as fence viewer but declined. the role settles boundary disputes between adjacent property owners.
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Bennington
Auto hits wall near Bennington injures no one
A 17-year-old Bennington youth escaped injury when his 1969 Mercury left the road on Vermont Route 9 east of Bennington at 1:30 a.m. The car struck a stone wall in front of Peter Ayersbach's residence, sustaining major left side and front end damage. Kenneth C. Bleau of Beech Street Extension was reported to have lost control of his westbound vehicle.
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Bennington
Vt. 9
Kenneth C. Bleau
Beech Street
Epeeen
Peter Ayersbach
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges List
Hospital records show admissions including Mrs Ida A Mattison in Bennington Mrs Thyra Stannard of South Dorset Peter Messina Cambridge N Y Mrs Clayton E Shaw Hoosick Falls Mrs Rose Marie Darling Pownal. Discharges include Mrs Gladys Tollison White Creek N Y Master Michael P Brock Petersburg N Y Louis daughter Hoosick Falls Mrs Mary Lou Cole and son Manchester Center. Births reported for Mr and Mrs Theodore Becker Barber Pond Road Pownal a son March 10 and Mr and Mrs Richard Fothergill Harmon Road a daughter March 10.
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Ida A. Mattison
Bennington
Thyra Stannard
South Dorset
Peter Messina
Cambridge
N.Y
Clayton E. Shaw
Hoosick Falls
Rose Marie Darling
Pownal
Gladys Tollison
White Creek
Michael P. Brock
Petersburg
Louis
Mary Lou Cole
Manchester Center
Theodore Becker
Barber Pond Road
Richard Fothergill
Harmon Road
Juvenile court upholds abuse case and custody ruling
Vermont Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a Bennington District Court decision removing a 1 year old from her parents and placing her in the Social Welfare Department. The ruling, in a neglected child case, found evidence of repeated abuse by the father and supported the 1967 juvenile court procedures.
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Supreme Court
Percival S. Shangraw
Phyllis Smith
Obituaries Mention Leahy and Jones Families in Vermont
Two obituary notices from Vermont detail the deaths of Miss Leahy a former Bennington teacher and Lester Mason Jones of Winhall. Miss Leahy taught for decades at local schools and at Sacred Heart, with a funeral at Mahar and Son and services at Sacred Heart Church. Jones, born 1902 in Jamaica, leaves Eva Ellowen and three daughters plus a son, with services at White Funeral Home Townshend and interment in Bondville Cemetery.
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William J. Clifford
Red’’ Clifford
Main St
Bennington
Albert
Mary Ellen (Pellerin) Clifford
Watervliet Arsenal
Mary Ann Cushing
Thomas
Mary Catherine) Gillooley
Syracuse
N.Y
Alfred
Dorothy Ann) Gallette
Bellflower
Calif
Thomas J
Timothy J. Clifford
Michael S. Clifford
Rowena Carver
Irene) Prentiss
Pittsfield
Mass
Joseph
Paul Clifford
Mahar & Son Funeral
Bennington Rescue Squad
Vermont Heart Fund
Funeral Home
Anna M. Leahy
Meadow Brook Apartments
Monument Road
Putnam Memorial
Sacred Heart School
Leahy
St. Francis de Sales Church
Lester Mason Jones
Winhall
Grace Cottage Hospital
Townshend
Jamaica
Mason
Jeanette (Harris) Jones
Eva Ellowen
Londonderry
Mary Davis
Pensacola
Fla
Martha Ellison
Durham
N.H
White Funeral Home
Ruth Powell
Bondville Cemetery
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Mr. Maslow
Marlboro College
Marlboro
The
Brattleboro Reformer
Antiwar Movement
Dewey
Anti-Regional Planning Commission
John Woolman
Harriette Lyon
Bennington College
Irving Lyon
Internal Revenue Service
American Friends Service Committee
Rutland Man
Ea Es
Plattekill
Ralph Peters
Rutland
New York Thruway
Bennington Briefs
International Christian University of Japan
St. Peter’s Church
Marshel Dimock
Bethel
ICU
Mason Amadon
Bennington Club
Michael Arnone
VFW
Prospect School
ABC
Methodist Church
Board of Directors of
Home Inc
Beech Court
Order of Eagles Aerie 1861
Eagles Rooms
Eagles
George O’brien
Shea Agency, Inc
ADV
Geannesis Restaurant
Agway Petroleum
Ben-Mont Ave
House
Betsy Samuelson
R. Marshall Witten
Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
R-Montpelier
George van Santvoord
D-Bennington
Merritt S. Hewitt
R-Shaftsbury
Vansantvoord
Hewitt
Persch
John Hancock
R-Harwick
Hancock
Daniel Debonis
Dpoultney
Highway Fund
Zoning Board
William D. Worthington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Justice Shangraw
Park Lawn Chapel
Lester M. Jones
Foster's
Shankless
Turkeys
Foster
Market Corner of
SafFord & Gage
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