Bennington approves Molly Stark School addition bond
Bennington School District voters approved a 189000 bond to cover the Molly Stark School expansion, part of a 389710 project for Special Education spaces. Construction starts this summer, with completion planned for December, aided by state funds.
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Molly Stark
Willow Road
Bennington
HSD
James A. Britton Inc
Greenfield, Mass
Richard A. Sleeman
BSD
Eastman
Munes
Killen
WBTN
Vermont House to vote on minimum wage rise
The Vermont House could give final approval to a bill raising the state minimum wage from 1.60 to a level tied to Congress. If Congress sets 2.00 the state wage becomes 2.00. if Congress sets lower, Vermont follows that figure. The measure follows a narrow 71 to 70 defeat last week and involves Rep. Francis Esposito.
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Congress
Vermont
House
Florida primary yields Wallace and Kennedy at odds
In Florida, Wallace won with nearly a three to one edge over Humphrey, while Kennedy’s name remained off the ballot. Humphrey placed second amid strong union and black voting, with Jackson seen as the centrist, and McGovern failing to gain momentum. A straw vote on school busing and prayer showed broad support for equal educational opportunity and a return of prayer, but mixed views on reversing or maintaining racial balance in schools.
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Miami
UPI
Florida
Edward M. Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Wat Wallace
Nixon
Humphrey
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Democratic Party
Jackson
Lake Hawk
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Sen
George
McCtovern
South Dakota
Dia
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Shirley Chisholm
Brooklyn
McGovern
Kennedy
Rioien
Miami Beach
Dr. Kennedy
Uist
Is cooling system really safe for Vernon reactor
Vermont Yankee hearings at Brattleboro raised safety fears and delays as the AEC reviews an operating license for the 540,000 kilowatt plant on the Connecticut River. Experts and attorneys debated emergency core cooling systems ECCS and the likelihood of a spring or fall startup, with a possible delay if design changes are ordered.
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Norman Runnion
Brattleboro
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Masonic Temple
Main Street
Vermont
Yankee
Atomic Energy Commission
Connecticut
Temple
Vermont Yankees
ABC
Nolas
Samuel Jensch
Safety and Licensing Board
Jensch
ARC
Dit
Everest
Death Valley
David Hall
Los Alamos
Marc Goldsmith
MIT
New England Coalition On
Oon
Washington
Anthony 2. Rossman
AEC
New England Coalition
ECCS
Reisman
Thomas Dignan
Boston
Rossman
Pay Board weighs dock wage rise after West Coast strike
Washington reports the Pay Board held a closed session to decide on the longshore contract raising wages and benefits by about 13. The panel faced aims to avoid inflation while possible near-term strikes by East Coast dockworkers loom if the contract is reduced. ILWU head Harry Bridges urged relaxed guidelines amid dock efficiency gains. PMA backed the contract, while the Price Commission approved increases for two newspapers.
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Washington
Ukely
Harry Bridges
Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen'a Union
ILWU
Pay Boards
The
Price Commission
Cleveland Press
Bennington Selectmen Trim Budget While Sparing Fire Fund
Selectmen cut about 40000 from the town budget but left intact the Hennington Fire Department 10000 sinking fund for now. With a 872845 tax raise base, officials debate final 12000 cuts as Edward Lamb the town manager urged axing the fire department layaway plan. Fire Chief Wasick argued for preserving the sinking fund noting contracts and truck replacement costs.
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Bennington Selectmen
Hennington
Selectmen
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Fire Department
Stoos
Joseph Wasick
Wassick
Fred Phillips
J. Duncan Campbel
Alexander B.H. Drysdale
James C. Jerome
Bennington
North Bennington
Jordanian king proposes federal state with semi autonomous Palestine
King Hussein proposes reorganizing Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan into a federation named the United Arab Kingdom. A semi autonomous Palestinian region would be created on the Israeli-occupied West Bank with Jerusalem as a contested capital. The plan hinges on Israeli and Arab approval and could affect peace talks.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Husselh
United Arab Kingdom
Palestine
West Bank
Beirut
Israel
Bastian
Taraeli
Jerusalem
Hussein
Nle
Central Council of Ministers
National Assembly
Minster Golda Meir
Foreign Ministry
Anwar Hatlh
East Serasgatent
Haifa
Israq
Taraella
Inside Howard Hughes and other notes from page fragments
A collage of items from pages including a long inquiry about Howard Hughes and references to a mall car found on a railroad, a letter about overcrowding at MAUHS, John Page on beef cattle, a proposed new roisting beacon near Bennington Airport, Manchester selectmen seeking federal manpower funds for a recycling trash collector, and a $100,000 addition planned for a Dorset church.
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Howard Hughes
Nicaragua
Alabama
Plana
Mauhs
John Page
Superman
Bennington
Manchester Selectmen
Dorset
Paget
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By Mike Feinsilber
Northwest Panhandle
Gold Coast
Yorty Wallace Hartke
Humphray Fe
Lindsay
Ashbrook
Vernon Reactor
E. J. Flynn
Pacific Maritime Association
PMA
West Coast Steamship Companies
FE. W. Beripps Co
Los Angeles Herald Examiner, & Tearst Corp
Iwares
Bennington Museum
Henry Green Hoot
John Dryedale Root
Eugene R.kosche
Shaftesbury
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