Group Seeks No Vote On Merger Until Fall
Bennington Unification Study Committee recommends to town selectmen that there be no further vote at this time and that the committee reconvene toward the end of summer to choose an advisable date for a new vote. The proposal follows a narrow three vote defeat of a town charter unifying town villages and a fire district. Some members want a vote sooner, while others favor delaying until fall.
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Bennington
Unification Committee
Atty
Norton Barber
Francis Shoemaker
Bennington Village
Study Committee
Carmel Babcock
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Committee Hires Power Consultants for Hoff Bill
The Legislative Council power study subcommittee voted unanimously to hire Reis and Chandler of New York City as special power consultants at 6000 dollars for services through July 1, Hoff’s deadline for a council report. Former FPC chairman Joseph Swidler will work with the firm. Sanford Reis heads the firm and was involved in a western Massachusetts utility merger.
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Washington
Reis and Chandler
Sanford Reis
New York
Massachusetts
Governor Urges Dickey Lincoln Project Approval
Governor Hoff tells Senate Appropriations Committee the Dickey Lincoln project on the St John River Maine deserves 1.2 million for planning. He says it will not displace private projects and could supply 794000 kilowatts, with Canadian power as base load. Opponents doubt the project and call it a tax dollar waste.
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Washington
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Senate Appropriations Committee
New England
Hoff
St. John River
Maine
Frederick Fayette
D-Chittenden - Grand Isle
Fayette
Vermont Public Service Corp
Rutland
Cree
Senate
Electric Coordinating Council of
Dickey-Lincoln
Protestant Leaders Agree On Eight Church Merger
Dallas based Consultation of Church Union reports consensus on doctrine sacraments and worship but splits over governance. Eight denominations including Methodist Episcopal and Episcopal agree to study and comment on four documents outlining principles structure timetable and a call for unity within a loose federation by the 1970s. Article notes potential ordination of women and seeks grass roots input from 24 million believers.
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Dallas
UPI
America
Consultation of Church Union
COCU
United Church
Methodist Church
The
Episcopal Church
United Presbyterian Church
United Church of Christ
Disciples of Christ
African Methodist Episcopal
Hoff Urges Vermont Teachers to Recommend System Changes
Governor Philip Hoff urged more than 100 teachers at the Teachers Advisory Conference to speak frankly about the state education system. The group produced recommendations on teacher expectations, more courses, rural needs, school re districts, and better Education Department communication, while Hoff stressed the need for drastic education changes to meet contemporary challenges. Dr. Richard Gibboney, the state education commissioner, said teachers must be heard as administrators and boards often dominate discussions. The event followed a January Students Advisory Conference with student input on improvements.
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Education Department
Richard Gibboney
Vermont
Hoff
Merged Bennington School District to review personnel policy
The joint Bennington district announces a dialogue with teachers and staff to develop a new personnel policy and better administration. A teachers association letter spurred action, citing serious problems affecting security and professional rights, with two representatives to join discussions led by Superintendent Kelley.
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Bennington
Stewart E. Allen
Greater
Allen
Bennington Teachers Association
Mary Whiteway
Whiteway
Associa
Tion
Howard F. Kelley
Association
Kelley
Teachers Association
Frances Gibney
Rachel Kinney
Gibney
Inside Sunderland Arlington Officials Stand On Route Plan
On the Inside Sunderland column notes Arlington officials persist with a four lane U S 7 plan and page three details. An editorial urges a Bennington by pass and a page four column calls for a new route. Sam Ogden asks who bears responsibility for the Vietnam mess in a page four column.
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Sunderland
Arlington
Bennington
Sam Ogden
Viet Nam
Page 4
Offensive Red Buildup Seen As Peace Rejection
UPI report details a major North Vietnamese and Viet Cong buildup in South Vietnam as peace talks fail. U.S. forces total about 255000 in the region with 156500 Army, 13000 Navy and Coast Guard, 51000 Marines, 34000 Air Force plus 26500 Allied personnel. The Viet Cong and Hanoi regulars total around 250000 in the South with 90000 regulars and 160000 guerrilla forces, while South Vietnam fields about 700000 including regional militia and irregular units.
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Washington
UPI
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
South
U.S
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Congress
North Viet Nam
Saigon
Coast Guard
U S Files Suit In Alabama Race For Sheriff
The federal government filed a civil suit in Mobile seeking to declare Wilson Baker the winner over Sheriff Jim Clark in Dallas County Alabama. The action cites 1,412 Baker votes and 92 for Clark from six boxes of predominantly Black ballots tossed out by the election committee, potentially avoiding a runoff.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Wilson Baker
Jim Clark
Justice Deparment
Baker
Dallas County
Democratic Executive Committee
Clark
U.S
Daniel H. Thomas
Mobile
Justice Department
Sheriff
Rockefeller Pushes New Public Employee Strike Law in Albany
Governor Nelson Rockefeller sent to the Legislature a bill replacing the Condon Wadlin act with a collective bargaining based framework requiring unions to pledge no strikes as a condition of recognition. Violations could revoke recognition, permit contempt penalties, and seek injunctions, but Democrats oppose key penalties, making passage unlikely and Senate action uncertain.
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Albany
Nelson Rockefeller
Senate
Assembly
Organized Labor
School Doors Padlocked By Pranksters
Mt Greylock Regional High School in Williamstown Massachusetts faced chained and padlocked entrances on Thursday morning. The building superintendent used a bolt cutter to sever the chains and reopen doors for classes. Police investigate as 24 doors were found secured by hardware with a sign reading Do not open until Christmas.
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Williamstown
Mass
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
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