Village approves mobilehome ban and votes for Gibney president
Ballots cast by 739 Bennington voters produced 11 unopposed winners and a few write ins. James B. Gibney won village president with 427 votes. Uncontested clerk Hilda Hurley led with 594, treasurer Michael Hogan Jr. 586. Article results: regional planning approved 391 265, auditors 443 218, 12 cent street resurfacing approved 422 261. Metered parking failed 412 278. Tax rate set at 2.09 General and .95 Highway.
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Bennington Village
James B. Gibney
Donald C. Hicks
Harold Griffin
Joseph Shaffe
James Clark
Hilda Hurley
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Reuben Levin
Julia K. Nash
Joseph Higgins
George Ryan
Henry Mallory
Charles Bodine
Herbert Horst
Floyd Harmon
School Street
Main
Pleasant
Adams Street
North Street
Bennington
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Regional Planning Commission
Gage and
River Streets
Banner Classified Ad Promises Quick Results
This banner ad touts one night to yield results and urges persistence in placing Banner Classified ads. It notes a 79 NICE 3-ROOM furnished apartment on North Street and invites readers to dial 6300 to place an ad choosing convenient days.
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North Street
Water Board Debates Strategy Over Old Bennington Pipeline
Bennington Water Department commissioners, frustrated by voter rejection of a key condition in a pipeline agreement with Old Bennington, discuss how to recoup ground. The plan would shift costs to private residents served by the deteriorating line, risking a deed dispute and loss of board control.
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Bennington Water Department
Old Bennington
Water Board
Alfred Ellett
Main St
Bennington Village
Old Village
Water Department
Bennington
Ellett
Holden Replaces Poeter as Vermont Highway Chief
William Poeter resigned as highway commissioner citing personal reasons. Russell A. Holden, 37, a vice president at Vermont Hardware Co., Burlington, was appointed to succeed him with a $13,500 salary. Board Chairman Cleon Perkins noted Poeter did not want reappointment.
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Poeter
Highway Board
Russell A. Holden
The
Vermont Hardware Co
Burlington
Holden
Cleon Perkins
Peeter
State Senator says probe not factor in Poeter resignation
Brattleboro Vermont State Sen. James Oakes chairing a legislative commission investigating the highway department says the probe did not influence the resignation of Commissioner William Poeter yesterday. He adds he is not surprised by Poeter’s decision not to seek reappointment as hearings resume at the Statehouse today.
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Brattleboro
James Oakes
Windham
Highway Department
William Poet
Oakes
Statehouse
Poeter
William Russell
Albany
N. Y
Searsburg
Ray H. Spofford
Clarksburg
Mass
New England
Excuse Didn't Work From a Tardy Student
A Nashville AP report notes a second grader blamed heavy homework for missing the first movie and catching the last showing, prompting a humorous parental and teacher response about the child's tardiness and the workload.
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Nashville, Tenn
Demobilization Considered for Guardsmen and Reservists This Summer
Defense officials weigh an August start for releasing over 155000 National Guardsmen and reservists on active duty. Most would be mustered out within weeks, as Berlin crisis tensions and Viet Nam concerns keep a cautious stance on target dates.
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Washington (Ap
Defense Department
Kennedy
Berlin
George H. Decker
Decker
West Berlin
South Viet Nam
1St Armored
Ft. Hood
Tex
5Th Mechanized Infantry
Ft. Carson
Colo
32Nd Infantry
Wisconsin
Ft. Lewis
Wash
49Th Armored
Texas
Ft. Polk
Relief Applicants Sign Statements on Status
Town selectmen discussed requiring signed statements of personal and financial status for relief applicants. Some members questioned legality and necessity while agreeing to research laws and compare with other towns. The board also approved purchasing a 1962 Willys pickup for the sewage plant to ease travel.
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Clayton Daigneault
Daigneault
Selectmen’s
Alma Langlois
Selectman
Leon R. Eldred
Willys
Paul Kelley
Kelley
Glenn Motor Co
Village Meeting Amends Water Line Proposal
A small turnout of villagers chased nine of ten floor articles. under other business a lengthy water line proposal sparked sharp debate. Village Attorney Reuben Levin outlined negotiations with Old Bennington trustees over 880 feet of private pipe on Fairview Street to be privately installed but maintained by Bennington Village at a cost of about 5 000 dollars.
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Old Bennington
Fairview Street
Bennington Water Department
Water Commissioners
Water Department
Village Water Commissioners
Village Atty
Reuben Levin
Quackenbush
Old Bennington Village
Levin
Water Board
Bennington Village
Nations press for moratorium on nuclear tests at Geneva talks
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva pressure grew for a halt to atmospheric nuclear tests before the United States resumes tests next month. Delegates from Sweden India Egypt Ethiopia Burma and others urged a negotiated suspension with inspection provisions as experts from the United States Britain and the Soviet Union explore a three power framework.
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Geneva
United States
Mahmoud Fawzi
United Arab Republic
Ketema Yifra
Ethiopia
U Thi Han
Burma
Osten Unden
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
Britain
Russia
Charles Stelle
Joseph Godber
Semyon Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
Menon
Nehru
New Delhi
France
de Gaulle
Khrushchev Proposes Joint Space Cooperation With U S
Soviet Premier Khrushchev agrees to cooperate with Kennedy on space exploration. He favors joint use of artificial satellites for long distance communications and weather forecasting. He suggests international agreement and joint launches toward the Moon and planets.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Space
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Miss Hurley
Mobilehome
Everett Lillie
Pownal
Vermont
Randolph
Tufts College
Vermont Hardware
Department
Keyser
Northeast Kingdom
Montpelier, Vt
William Poeter
Congress
Pentagon
U.S
By Taylor Holbrook
Halt
Mre
Moon
Mars
Venus
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