Bennington BSD eyes Catamount School complex purchase
After months of talks the Bennington School District board agreed to pay 1 million dollars for Catamount Elementary School and adjoining buildings including St Francis de Sales Academy and the convent. The plan, supported by state officials and aided by possible state funds, aims to reduce rental facilities and expand K-6 programs across the district, with a total possible bond issue of 1.5 million pending voter approval.
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St. Francis Parish School Board
St. Francis de Sales Academy
St. Francis Parish
State Education Department
St. Francis
Supt. Sleeman
Francis B. Flanagan
Norton Barber recalls Prohibition era in Bennington County
Elizabeth Dwyer profiles Norton Barber, former Bennington County state’s attorney, who recounts the 1920 to 1933 era of Prohibition. He describes poor early enforcement, vanished evidence, jail lockdowns, raid evasions, and a corrupt system with sheriffs’ non-enforcement, ending with eased law after the 21st Amendment.
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Norton Barber
Bennington
Park-McCullough
North Bennington
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Wickersham Report
U.S
Wickersham
United States
Sheriffs’ Department
Nixon to sign minimum wage bill boosting to $2
The White House says President Nixon will sign a wage bill that raises the hourly minimum to $2 on May 1 and to $2.10 on January 1 next year. The measure expands protection to about 20 million workers and boosts roughly 4 million currently covered workers. Senate expected to approve. House action soon.
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Hugh Scott
Ziegler hints tapes may not exist in Nixon inquiry
White House press secretary Ronald Ziegler said some conversations sought by the House Judiciary Committee may not exist on tape. He noted recordings depend on where the conversations occurred and stressed officials have not yet turned over tapes. The committee seeks 42 tapes and faces a subpoena from the Watergate prosecutor.
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White House
John M. Doar
Doar
Zeig
Zeigler
Special Prosecutor’s Office
Leon Jaworski
Nixon predicts GOP victories at friendly dinner
President Nixon told a Republican fundraising crowd that the GOP would win in the fall, citing peace and prosperity as key issues. He acknowledged economic troubles but forecast an upturn by September and October. The event raised about $650,000 for 1974 campaigns, down from earlier years amid Watergate concerns.
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Political Angels
National Committee
Congressional
News blackout tight on kidnaped U S envoy in Mexico
Here is a compact report on the kidnaping of John Patterson, a U S vice consul in Hermosillo, Mexico, and the tight news blackout that followed. Authorities faced diplomatic tension over no negotiations and ransom talks rumored up to 500000 dollars. Patterson vanished Friday. his wife reportedly prepared funds but officials declined confirmation. His car was found abandoned hours after he was last seen leaving the consulate with an unidentified American citizen.
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UPI
John Patterson
U.S
William Saxbe
Washington
Patterson
Terrance G. Leonhardy
Guadaljara
Leonhardy
Cuba
Carlos Felton
Arizona
Saxbe
Mexico City
Inside Can oe safe cigarette page tease
Inside the paper brief lists sections on political topics with page references for Inside Can oe find a safe cigarette page Recent votes in Congress Page 3 Kit Foster column Page 4 energy questions Page 5 concert April 7 and refinery news Page 8 China today Page 10 Bangor burial Page 12 Revson son buried Page 13
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People’s Republic of China
Bangor
John Hubbard
Revson
Congress probes oilmen over profits and consumer prices
Washington lawmakers on a foreign relations subcommittee scolded oil executives from Aramco, pressing why fuel shortfalls coincide with huge profits. Senator Church cited profits rising from 700 million to 3.2 billion as Saudi price hikes lifted costs, while Muskie questioned U.S. leverage and consumer protection in energy policy.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
James Johnson
Aramco
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Johnston
U.S
United States
Muskie
Exxon
Mobil
Socal
Texaco
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