Route 7 arterial plans eye Hoosick Falls to Vermont
Hoosick Falls leaders push Route 7 improvements to link from the New York Thruway through Troy toward New England. The Route 7 corridor is deemed a major arterial route to spur traffic handling and keep industry in the area. Cleveland Dodge of Hoosick Falls says regional officials are urged to coordinate on highway planning with Vermont and Massachusetts.
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Troy
Hoosick Falls
Vermont
Kasmer Stempek
Bie
Bennington
Massachusetts
Stempek
New England
New York
Raymond Schuler
Highway Department
Montpelier Official to Join Howard Bank Vice President Role
David Kirker Vermont's director of economic development will start a banking job next month. He will resign his state post to become vice president for community affairs at the Howard Bank.
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Montpelier Ope
David Kirker
Vermont
Kirker
Krik de Ving
Howard Bank
Chosen Jordan to perform with American Youth Orchestra
Cirly Jordan has been selected as the fret student to participate in the American Youth Performs orchestra. The events occur May 4 in Washington DC and May 8 at Carnegie Mall in New York. The ensemble includes students from District of Columbia Puerto Rico and Canada ages from 418. Each participant submitted a taped performance.
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Cirly Jordan
Iofimat
Mj. Anthony Va Linimat Wig
Washington, D.C
Carnegie Mall
New York
District of Calumbia
Puerto Ricad
Canada
Vermont Faces Welfare Cuts and Local Control Debate
Vermont eyes a shift as one third of state child care recipients lose federal aid. Officials and legislators in Montpelier urge local control, while acknowledging limitations. Lt. Gov Burgess notes practical challenges, yet sees centralization as likely future given regional needs and transportation links.
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Vermont
Montpelier
Arch-Fve
Ernest ''Stub
Earle
Raiden
Environmental Board
Schuyler Jackson
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
John Burgess
New dental care bill seen as likely next week
MONTPELIER UPI Approval is expected early next week for the comprehensive dental care bill boosted by Gov. Thomas Salmon. The measure, in the House Health and Welfare Committee, aims to reach the House floor swiftly to become law this year. It would cover children in Kindergarten through sixth grade.
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Burlington
Brian Burns
Vermont
House Reapportionment Move Threatens Court Action
In Montpelier the House passed a resolution directing reapportionment of the 1st-member House by March 1 1974 to deter court intervention. Rep Orbin Beattie said the measure would curb judicial interference though Rep Timothy O Connor warned courts may look past the text to discern legislative intent. The Senate is pursuing its own reapportionment plan this year.
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House
Government Operations Committee
Rep
Orrin Beattie
Manchester
Beattie
House Judiciary Committee
Timothy O’connor
D-Brattleboro
Sex in the Confessional Authors Excommunicated
Vatican excommunicates Italian authors and publishers of Sex in the Confessional for faking 835 church confessions to study priest responses. Norberto Valentini and Clara di Meglio defend the work as sociological, planned a future book, while the publisher Cesare de Michelis, a Methodist, notes shared beliefs. A separate item reports the New Hampshire Sweepstakes winner number 70007.
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UPI
Norberto ‘Valentini
Clara di Meglio
Italy
Vatican
Cesare de Michelis
Marsilio Publishing Co
Padua
Federico Alessandrini
Valentini
Valentin
Miss di Meglio
Harte Weekend Films Offer Snoopy and More Across Schedule
The Harte theater shows Snoopy Come Home in a 2 p.m matinee today and Sunday with all seats 75 cents. The lineup also includes Skyjacked and Kansas City Bomber, plus The Ruling Class starring Peter O'Toole. Poseidon Adventure features Gene Hackman and Shelley Winters. Life and Times of Judge Joy Bean stars Paul Newman and Ava Gardner with strong supporting turns. Times: 6:30 and 8:16 at Cinema I and II tonight with full schedules at 442-8170. Williamstown 7 and 9:15 tonight and 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Harte Harte
Snoopy
Woodstock
Kansas City
Gene Hackman
Shelley Winters
Jack Albertson
Ernest Borgnine
Irwin Allen
Williamstown
Judge Joy Bean
Paul Newman
Ava Gardner
Anthony Zerbe
Racy, Keach
Harte
Cinema I and I
Willamstown
Vermont Community Colleges Face Funding Crisis
Montpelier Vermont. Community College Director Peter Smith warns that without legislative approval and a state appropriation this year the education program he helped start will close. He cites a potential $58,000 request and says he can leverage $600,000 in federal funds. The merger with the Vermont State Colleges system and an attorney general opinion on the merger are also noted concerns. The program serves about 1,200 students and began with a federal grant to aid low income Vermonters and the educationally disadvantaged.
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Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Vermont State Colleges System
Watergate witnesses wary of FBI and grand jury access
McCord said he could not feel confident speaking with an FBI agent or testifying before a grand jury as U S attorneys work for the Justice Department. The Washington Post cited DOJ sources noting prosecutors moved witnesses away from the FBI to avoid leaks of FBI files to the White House. The government insisted the incident involved only the seven defendants, not higherups at the White House or Nixon's campaign.
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Washington Post
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White House
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Bottle bill stalled by Vermont Natural Resources panel
The Natural Resources Committee weighs a bill to delay a ban on returnable beverage containers for two years and double the four cent tax on throwaway bottles. Some members back Rep Edward Conlin proposal while others prefer keeping it stalled to let the July 1 ban go ahead. A Senate plan to create a statewide solid waste recycling system aims to replace landfills.
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Senate
Battick Case Faces April Start in Addison County Court
Battick remains in hospital after a dramatic shootout with police. He is in fair condition and has undergone, or will undergo, major operations as arraignment plans surface in his hospital room. Trial date not yet set but expected in April in Middlebury.
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Addison County Court
Middlebury
Battick
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Bennington District Court: Hoot pleads not guilty
Robert J. Hoot 20 of Philadelphia pleaded not guilty to simple assault from March 22 in Bennington. Bail set at 1000. held for lack of bail by Judge John P. Morrissey. Note mentions a past error about Richard Beddie 51 of Bennington. he did not waive extradition and remains held for lack of $3,500 bail in Rutland.
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Bennington
Robert J. Hoot
Philadelphia
John P. Morrissey
Richard Beddie
Partridge backs land plan with concerns over amendments
Windham attorney and former Environmental Board chairman Benjamin Partridge Jr told the Senate Natural Resources Committee that he supports the rewritten land use plan but questions provisions. He criticized a House amendment tying a land use tax to the plan and suggested removing a clause allowing developers to appeal district environmental decisions to county courts, though not crippling the plan.
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State Environmental Board
Benjamin Partridge Jr
Senate Natural Resources Committee
House
Senate
Partridge
Windham
Wey
Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
Montpelier
District Environmental Commission
Public hearing set for Blue Cross rate request in NH
New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner John Durkin told Blue Cross lawyer Richard Upton that rate settlement will proceed in open hearings rather than private meetings. He noted Vermont plans a hearing on the 17 percent request for April 6, urging public presentation and cautioning against behind the scenes talks at a Concord restaurant.
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N.H
Blue Cross
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Durkin
Brick Tower
Trekin
James C Watson Dies in Shaftsbury Pickup Tragedy
James C. Watson, 45, of 1 Church St., Shaftsbury, died Friday night of an apparent heart seizure while driving his pickup through the alley linking Depot Street with the A and P parking lot in Bennington. He was dead on arrival at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Dr. Arthur Faris will determine the exact cause. His GMC truck left the alley, struck a fence by the Walloomsac River. he was alone at 4:03 p.m. A retired Air Force sergeant, Watson’s obituary will run in Monday's Banner.
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Shaftsbury
Depot Street
A&p
Bennington
Watson
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arthur 8. Faris
Walloumnsae River
Air’ Force
Democrats rally boosts unity against Nixon policies
Democrats faced divisions before a meeting as House Speaker Carl Albert delivered a unifying kickoff urging party solidarity against Nixon and his economic approach. The scene highlighted tensions over Vietnam and economic policy while emphasizing reformers led by Strauss and Hughes within the party ranks.
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Nixon
Vietnam
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Strauss
Westwood
Utah
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Diona
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Obituary: Fred Smith Dies in Connecticut Remembrance
Fred Smith former Morgan Street Extension resident died unexpectedly Monday March 13 in Connecticut. He had lived in Darien Conn for several years. Survivors include two sons and two daughters, three brothers in Darien and Stamford Conn, and two sisters Mrs Gladys Daly and Mrs Thomas McDonald both of Beanington.
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Fred Smith
Morgan Street Extension
Connecticut
Smith
Darien
Conn
Stamford
Gladys Daly
Thomas McDonald
Beanington
Warning Issued Over Suspected Psychologist Calls
Vermont Education Department warns parents in Bennington area about a man posing as a psychologist working for the University of Vermont and funded by the Education Department. The caller asks questions on adolescent behavior in a telephone survey not sponsored by either institution. Reporters advise residents to report any such calls immediately.
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Vermont Education Department
Bennington
Education Department
University of Vermont
UVM
Ra Bhopay
Egay
Haran
Bennington News Briefs Highlight Local Elections and Events
Elected KU student Misa Diane Beecher becomes graduate student senate senator. A Bennington birth: Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bryant announce son Victor Seatt born March 23 at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge NY. Bennington HS class of 1943 plans 30th reunion and Little League meeting set for Sunday evening at Eagle Hose Firehouse with all directors and parents urged to attend. Wedding day wishes and photo services advertisement.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence
Misa Diane Beecher
Janice Beecher
Box
Bennington
Scnoor
William E. Bryant
Hoosick Falls
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
N.Y
Victor Seatt
Arthur “Jack
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Raymond P. Baitt
Main St
Little League
Eagle Hose
Main Street
Alden confident right to know bill clears committee
Senator John Alden says assurances exist that the public's right to know bill will pass the House Government Operations Committee this session. He cites confidence in the bill's supporters and denies any ransom-like linkage to other Senate legislation amid House inaction on constitutional amendments.
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Manchester
Senate
Beatle
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