Zoning Board Rejects Camelot Village Expansion Plan
Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment denied veterinarian Peter Schaad a variance to use a brick building as an extra gift shop and rejected a 5 to 3 vote to add a coffee shop in the main gift shop building. The decision followed a hearing that drew more than 50 residents opposed to expansion and questioned Schaad's claimed financial hardship and figures.
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Peter Schaad
Camelot Village
Bennington
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Schaad
Dion Finnegan
Ransom Gore
Eileen Harrington
Thomas Bluto
Joanne Dunham
William Hassenpflug
Genevieve Murphy
Charles Tilgner III
W. Averell Brown
Bennington Superior Court
West End
Town
Old Bennington
Brown
Camelot
Planning Commission
Vermont eyes $2.6 million from NH commuter tax ruling
Vermont officials will study the Supreme Court decision overturning New Hampshire's commuter tax and decide how to recover an estimated 2.6 million dollars. Attorney General M Jerome Diamond lauded the ruling and said Vermont will pursue the money rightfully due after previously challenging the levy with Maine. Vermont offers a state income tax credit for residents who pay nonresident commuter taxes in states like New Hampshire.
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Vermont
Diamond
New Hampshire
Hue Falls as Saigon Forces Retreat Under Viet Cong Advance
Hue is abandoned as Communist forces seize the city aided by North Vietnamese tanks. An Loc and Phuoc Long endure sieges, while Tay Ninh and eight other provinces fall under Communist control. Refugees flood toward coast enclaves as Thieu pleads to defend territory. High U.S. officials blame aid cuts for setbacks.
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Saigon
UPI
Hue
Vietnam
da Nang
Binh Long
Phuoc Long
An Loc
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
U.S
Congress
Nguyen van Thieu
III
IV Corps
Mekong
Quang Tri
North Vietnam
Thua Thien
Phu Bon
Pleiku
Kontum
Darlac
South Vietnam
Thieu
South China Sea
George Brown
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Salmon presses energy plan amid consumer unrest in Vermont
Gov Thomas Salmon outlined a compromise to create a Department of Energy Planning within the state Administration Agency. He announced measures to allow yearly budgeting for utility bills and eased disconnection policies while briefing lawmakers on a commissioner level department led by a senior engineer to focus on energy planning, conservation, and plant siting.
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Salmon
Energy Department
Rod Clarke Montpelier
UPI
Thomas Salmon
Statehouse
Department of Energy Planning
State Administration Agency
Commissioner Level Energy Planning Department
Energy Planning Department
Vermont bill seeks veto over new nuclear plants
Harvard biochemist John T Edsall and ex state Rep Marshall Witten urged the Vermont Senate Energy Committee to empower the legislature to approve or disapprove future nuclear plant construction. The bill, passed by the House, would make Vermont the only state with legislative veto over nuclear plants, facing Gov Salmon opposition.
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Vermont General Assembly
Harvard
John T. Edsall
Marshall Witten
Pownal
Vermont
Thomas P. Salmon
Senate
Witten
Tax cut bill bogged down with amendments
The Senate failed to limit debate on a $29.2 billion tax cut bill, leaving it bogged down over whether to raise Social Security benefits and how to tax oil firms. A second cloture vote was set, with possible one hour of debate and no non tax amendments if invoked.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Democrats
John O. Pastore
D-R
Bicentennial officials scheme dream and dine at Mt. Anthony
Vermont bicentennial officials visited Mt. Anthony Union High School for pageantry and talks on transportation plans. James Hormel, executive director, described VT2 funding hopes as Washington weighs a $10.1 million Commerce Department decision. He cited possible $1.5 million to get the system moving. Former Lt. Gov John Burgess discussed sponsorship talks for a Lake Champlain side wheeler linked to a state bicentennial effort.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
James Hormel
Washington
Vermont
Commerce Department
Hormel
U.S
Robert T. Stafford
John S. Burgess
Burgess
Robert Burley
Waitsfield
Whitehall
Burlington
Vermont Bicentennial Commission
Mt. Anthony
Ford weighs oil tax cuts and aid compromises
President Ford considers possible compromises with Congress on tax cuts energy and Indochina aid. Senate moves a 29.2 billion tax cut bill while the House proposes 19.9 billion and Ford may sign about 25 billion if deficits are not increased. discussions with Zarb Ullman Church and Pearson target gradual end of U.S. military aid to South Vietnam in three years.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Indochina
Senate
House
White House
Ron Nessen
Frank Zarb
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means Committee
Frank Church
D-Idaho
James B. Pearson
Bkan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
South Vietnam
Bennington Plans Zoning Changes Aired At Tonight's Meeting
Bennington plans to open more land for residential growth while ending large roadside commercial zones. The zoning bylaws and town plan, prepared by the town planning commission, will be reviewed in hearings led by the selectmen. Tonight's informational hearing starts at 7 p.m. at the County Courthouse.
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Bennington
Town Planning Commission
Vermont
Inside National Senate committee counts NH ballots again
A Senate committee continues reviewing New Hampshire ballots for the umpteenth time amid ongoing national coverage. Local notes report death penalty discussion at a community meeting. The MAU Bulletin and garden feature highlight March leisure. County hearings cover Trust projects and HFCS personnel union considerations. NFL adopts new rules as NCAA action centers on Kentucky and Indiana. MAU honor roll marks academic achievements. GOP moves to patch up party splits.
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N.H
Medical Auxiliary
MAU
Gould
Monitor
Winhall Trust
HFCS
Union
NFL
Kentucky
Indiana
NCAA
GOP
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