Village Voters Approve Water Main for Hospital
Bennington villagers voted unanimously to install an 8 inch water main from Franklin Lane to Dewey Street supplying Putnam Memorial Hospital. Trustee Joseph Pello faulted the $24,000 borrowing plan as unnecessarily expensive and urged drawing from the renewal fund. The hospital will return net water department income to the village and pay interest charges, while the project aims to safeguard future water system needs.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Joseph Pello
Bennington
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Water Department
Water Board
Alfred Ellett
Relief aid for Bennington dim in Vermont Legislature
Bennington taxpayers face slim odds for retroactive state aid after BCHS closed and 350 students moved to Mt. Anthony. Proposals rely on the Miller formula emergency fund or construction aid, but luck appears unlikely this year. Legislators have shown little movement to push action.
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Mauhs Board
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Marian Cummings
George van Sant
Brattleboro
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Anthony
State Housing Authority Bill Sent to Hoff Governor to sign housing plan
Vermont moves the third major bill this session to Gov Philip Hoff for signature. The Senate approved a plan creating a state housing authority to administer rent subsidies under federal 1937 housing laws using federal funds. The authority will cover areas without local authorities and pay the rent gap for low income families and the elderly. Also approved is a humane slaughter bill requiring quick pain free killing before butchering livestock.
Defector Says Viet Cong Spies Tip Off B52 Raids
A former Viet Cong officer claimed a Communist intelligence network warned guerrillas 24 hours before U S B52 strikes, with timing and location details. A U S military spokesman doubted the claim. The defector described outside Vietnam agents relaying data to Hanoi and battlefield units.
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House Approves Soldiers Home Appropriation
The House passed a 1 160 000 appropriation for construction at Benton ington Soldiers Home with 60 000 set aside for planning a 40 bed nursing home and medical facilities a rec hall and a chapel The plan awaits State Building Board approval before 1 100 000 is allocated to the four projects. In military news North Vietnam faced 71 American bombing missions with 812th plane lost two crewmen rescued and no MIGs reported Chinese claims on F111A raids from a Thailand base. Marine raids near Dong Ha killed 67 North Vietnamese as fighting continued with 12 Marines killed and 24 wounded.
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One Committee Approves Road Building Bill
In Montpelier the Senate Highway Bridges Committee backed Gov. Hoff’s $129 million road program by a 3 to 2 vote. They rejected moving up the Burlington Beltline referendum date. Voters will decide November 5 on the $28.9 million highway, with a $63 million bond plan to finish the interstate system and build new routes in southwestern Vermont. The bill also directs planning for bypasses at Bennington and Rutland and moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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Villagers Act In Record Time At Bennington village meeting
About 60 Bennington voters settled near 6,000 at last night’s floor session lasting 39 minutes. Reports were accepted, a 92 cent general fund tax rate set, and a water main approved for Putnam Memorial Hospital. Raises boosted fire dept and village officers. some officials not raised.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Bennington Village Polls Open For Annual Meeting
Voters may cast ballots today from 1 to 8 p.m. at Bennington Elementary School. The lone contested race is for tax collector between John Malone and Charles Mather. unopposed candidates include Milton Pinker village attorney George Ryan Fred Tifft Charles Bodine trustees Edward Ransom Herbert Horst Floyd Harmon water commissioners and H Glenn Remington auditor. Residents decide on three special articles to reimburse property improvements and whether to install meters in the North Street lot.
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Water Department
Joseph Pello
Pello
Vermont
Marion Hardy
Frost Road
George Corey
John Racicot
Putnam Street
Breard H. Hawks
John Malone
Charles Mather
Milton Pinsker
George Ryan
Fred Tifft
Charles Bodine
Edward Ransom
Herbert J. Horst
Floyd M. Harmon
H. Glenn Remington
North Street
Village water fund deal limits to 75000 max
The water board may retain the renewal fund up to 75000 under the deed of gift, with any excess directed to the hospital. The agreement was approved last night and details are on water main page.
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Water Board
Aiken backs Kennedy Vietnam War Commission plan
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont says the Kennedy proposed Vietnam War commission would have brought the war to an honorable conclusion. He notes the panel includes Senators Mansfield, and leaders like Edwin Reischauer and Matthew Ridgeway, while stating Kennedy did not discuss the plan with him beforehand.
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Matthew Ridgeway
Yale
Kingman Brewster
Inside the St Patrick’s Day Parade View
An editorial offers a cop’s perspective on the New York St Patrick’s Day parade. It comments on Bobby’s announcement and notes related civic issues likely tied to the event and public safety preparations.
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