Vermont snowmobile clash probes land access and noise limits
A near three hour Vermont snowmobile session centered on Sierra Club amendments to the Gibb bill. Proponents push landowner permission, designated trails, and lower noise limits while critics warn of lost freedoms and enforcement gaps. Debates highlight local vs state controls, out of state registrations, and the aim to curb rather than ban the sport overall.
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Sierra Club Group
Gibb
Ogden
Montpelier
Vermont
Sierra Club
Heartwellville
Bennington County
Vermont State Police
Department of Public Safety
Maoist Elements in China's Revolution Echo Western Roots
Hinton outlines that China’s revolution diverged from capitalist goals, tracing leadership to the working class and Mao Tse-tung. He emphasizes a cohesive Communist party, a leading army, and a flexible united front with peasants and workers. The talk notes land reform, buried wealth searches, and the cultural shift from 1949 to 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
China
Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
Mao
Lenin
Marx
Chiang Kai-shek
United Front
Bennington Briefs highlight local fire and community notices
Bennington firefighters quelled a small elevator shaft fire at Thomson Manufacturing Co on West Main Street using a fire extinguisher. No damage reported and one unit responded. Plus local announcements include an Adult Lenten program at John XXIII Institute, Navy Seaman Salsburg’s graduation, a kidney disease teaching day at North Adams Regional Hospital, a Denis Hall Junior High honor roll listing, and an Extension Homemakers Washington tour May 9-15. TOPS chapter elected Irene Andrews as leader with several officers named. A rummage sale by the American Legion Auxiliary supports child welfare at K of C Hall. Free Easter promotions at Carrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Thomson Manufacturing Co
West Main Street
John Harte
John B. Harte
Denis Hall Junior High
Alfred
Maine
Roland Gaudette
F.J.C
Denis Hall
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Zoning board weighs 50 unit apartment plan in split zone
Norman H. Greenberg seeks a zoning variance for a 50 unit multi story complex at West Main Street and Convent Avenue near the Greenberg apartments. The Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustments meets at 7 30 PM with Dion Finnegan chairing and anticipated nearby residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman H. Greenberg
Bennington
Greenberg
Finnegan
Board of Adjustment
Eleanor Sourcliffe
Charles Tilgner III
Arnold Blackstone
William H. Hoisington
Virginia
Max’’ Perrotta
Joseph Parks
Hamilton Shields
Harold Gordon
Liberty Union plans March 31 antiwar rally at Statehouse
Vermont third party Liberty Union announces a 11 a.m. March 31 rally at Montpelier Statehouse to petition the Legislature to ratify a Treaty of Peace Between the People of the United States and the People of South and North Vietnam. Students from Vermont colleges and the Vermont Poor People's Congress are expected to join, with other groups supporting the joint treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Liberty Union
Vermont
Statehouse
Montpelier
United States
South
North Vietnam
John Hammar
Liberty Unionists
Vermont Poor People’s Congress
Doris Parker
Quebec
Fatal crash defendant changes plea to no contest
James Jay Moore Jr. 32 of North Bennington pleads no contest and is fined 750 by Judge John P. Morrissey in Bennington District Court for a fatality caused by driving carelessly on Main Street Oct. 22. Barry Purdy 27 of Bennington, seated in a parked car, died in the early morning crash. Other defendants: Pasquale J. Oronato 16 of Woodford pleads not guilty to a 1968 VW ownership charge. bail set at 500 with guardian required for April 5. Laurence Parizo 34 of Gore Road pleads innocent to nighttime breaking and entering. bail 500. David Walker 36 pleads innocent to breach of peace. bail 150. He allegedly beat his wife Shirley.
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James Jay Moore Jr
North Bennington
John P. Morrissey
Bennington District Court
Main Street
Volkswagen
Lisa LaCroix
Bennington
Laurence Parizo
Gore Road
Parizo
Cummings
Sleeman
Gage Street
David Walker
Shirley
Abortion reform bill stalls in Vermont House committee
Vermont House Judiciary Committee will not act this session on the abortion reform measure. Chairman Rep. Frank Bunting says a transcript is needed and panel may work on it this summer. The bill would allow abortion in licensed facilities up to 20 weeks and afterward if the mother's life is in danger.
Two Vehicle Crashes Reported by State Police
State Police logged two Wednesday crashes. In Arlington on Chiselville Flats Road a 1971 Chevrolet pickup driven by Cyril Hoyt Jr. collided with a 1966 Corvette driven by Martha Paustian, causing minor rear and major front end damage respectively. Both were northbound. Near Bennington College on Route 67A a 1970 Mercury driven by John Miller collided with a 1970 Plymouth driven by Lewis Betit after Miller failed a curve, with extensive right side and front end damage. Miller was westbound, Betit eastbound.
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Chiselville Flats
Arlington
Cyril Hoyt Jr
Martha A. Paustian
East Arlington
Hoyt
Paussian
Bennington College
Mercury
John G. Miller
North Bennington
Plymouth
Lewis H. Betit
Bennington
Miller
Betit
Lawyers skirmish over billboard compensation
In Windham County Court Vermont A G James M Jeffords pressed to dismiss a challenge to the 1968 anti billboard law. Lawyers for Skorstad Enterprises Vermont Advertising Co and National Advertising Co argued for compensation for removed signs. Judge Stephen B Martins decision to allow Vermont to be named a co defendant stands. rulings on other motions postponed to April 26. The case questions compensation under the federal funded program with a test zone in southeastern Vermont. The Vermont Travel Information Council and Highway Department study compensation methods while Thomas steps down as TIC chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfane
Vermont
Windham
James M. Jeffords
Stephen B. Martin
Henry Black
White River Junction
E. Bruce Weber
Brattleboro
Skorstad
Rockingham
Richard C. Thomas
John T. Gray
Black
Jeffords
Weber
Formation Council
State Highway Department
Thomas
TIC
Elbert G. Moulton
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Apportionment Senate measure proposed in Montpelier
The Senate Judiciary Committee backs an apportionment plan that may remove the need for Chittenden County to gain a seventh senator. Russell F. Niquette opposed the plan that sets four year terms for senators and creates districts. The 41 vote endorses rewriting the current 30 seats provision tied to county populations. The plan ends the decade based apportionment and awaits Senate consideration next week.
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Reported in Vermont NY Areas
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs. Margaret Okerman Garry R Church Mrs Nellie Welch Mrs Ruth Hall Mrs Marjorie E Shortt Bennington Gordon C Welch North Bennington Mrs Alma Harrington Shaftsburg Mrs Barbara F Scott Kent Conn Discharges include Elizabeth Sanderson Miss Daniell Whitman Julia Pierce Larry Moffitt Norman Whitman and daughter Bennington Carmella O Donovan and son Petersburg Master Mark J Reynolds Whitingham George Sigmund Hoosick N Y Sheila Blair Arlington Births report a son March 24 to Mr and Mrs Richard Browe Shaftsbury and a son March 25 to Mr and Mrs Coonradt Sycamore Lake Judith Murray is cited as Mrs Coonradt formerly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Okerman
Hoosick
N.Y
Garry R. Church
Petersburg
Nellie Welch
Ruth Hall
Marjorie E. Shortt
Bennington
Gordon C. Welch
North Bennington
Alma Harrington
Shaftsburg
Barbara F. Scott
Kent
Conn
Elizabeth Sanderson
Daniell Whitman
Julia Pierce
Larry P. Moffitt
Norman M. Whitman
Carmella O’donovan
Mark J. Reynolds
Whitingham
George Sigmund
Sheila Blair
Arlington
Richard Browe
East Street
Shaftsbury
Coonradt
Sycamore Lake
Davis administrator seals hospital payment compromise deal
The Davis administration ends a five year dispute by approving a compromise to pay hospital bills only for general assistance eligible residents. Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries will be excluded, with funding cuts already slated and discussions led by Gov. Deane C. Davis and state officials at the new Pavilion Office Building in Montpelier.
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Montpelier
UPI
Pavilion
Deane C. Davis
South Burlington
Angelo Pizzagalli
Social Welfare Department
Human Services
William Cowles
Social Welfare
Joseph Bett
Richard Mallary
Social Welfare Board
Luther Hackett
Davis
Obituaries for Edward W Bates and Titcomb highlight Albany area farewells
Edward W Bates 88 a veteran Albany newsman and Capitol reporter died at Albany Medical Center. He worked from 1902 onward for the Albany Journal Albany Argus Albany Times Union New York Herald Tribune Troy Record and American Banker and led Dateline Albany on radio. Titcomb 77 an Arlington antique dealer died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a Troy life. survivors include nieces and nephews. Funeral services in Arlington and Troy with memorials requested to Arlington Rescue Squad via County National Bank.
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Edward W. Bates
New York State Capital Area
Albany Medical Center
East Greenbush
N.Y
Mr. Bates
Old Albany Journal
Albany Argus
Journal
Albany Times-Union
Capitol
New York Herald Tribune
Herald Tribune
Troy Record
American Banker
Dateline Albany
Rockefeller
Ed Bates
Legislative Correspondents Association
Bates
Albany
Marie Tommaney
Albert Titcomb
East Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Lansingburgh
James
Mary Titcomb
Troy
Arlington
Hanson- Walbridge
John Geer
East Arlington Federated Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Arlington Rescue Squad
County National Bank
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Lake Champlain
Jericho
Russia
The
Robert Willard
Red China
Chiang
Tishman Lecture Hall
Bennington Briefs
John XXIII Institute
Clifford T. Salsburg
Patricia M. Arrison
Marilyn St
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, Ill
Cecil Coggins
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
North Adams Regional Hospital
Coggins
Extension
Washington, D.C
National 4-H Foundation
County Extension Service
South St
Green Mountain Tops
Irene Andrews
Margaret Bull
Angela O’brien
Freida Pello
Carolee Palmer
Marie Martin
American Legion Auxiliary
K of C Hall
Carrol
Shea Agency Inc
ADV
Zoning Board
Moore
Barry Purdy
Pasquale J. Oronato
Woodford
Robert E. Cummings
Oronato
Thurber’s Garage Inc
Senate
State Apportionment Board
Chittenden County
Robert Shillinglaw
Marshall W. Tebbutt’s
Armour Star
Franks
Foster's
Ham Gee
U.S. NO
Market Corner
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