Selectman warns BSD on use of surplus board funds
Bennington Selectman J C Jerome cautioned the Bennington School District Board of Directors to handle the 215000 surplus with great care noting the surplus belongs to district voters who must decide its use. The warning came amid budget talks and a teacher loan agreement involving 87 students at Sacred Heart Parish.
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Selectman
Bennington
J.C. Jerome
Jerome
Charles Wallen
C.S.C
Sacred Heart Parish
BSC
Mt Snow sewage plans defended as purest ever
The Bennington District Environmental Commission heard four hours of testimony on Dover including Mt Snow complex as it weighs a $2.1 million Act 250 sewage plant. Lassiter and Dufresne described the project as among the best designed. the 1 million gallon plant aims to serve a 1980 daytime population of 35,000, with effluent deemed clean enough to swim in. The hearing resumes at a Dover or Wilmington location with a to be announced date.
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Brattleboro
Dover
Mt. Snow
Bennington
Joseph Lassiter
Prudential Committee
Springfield Robert Dufresne
District Environmental Commission
Bennington District Environmental Commission
Peter Zilliacus
Windham Commission
Dover Planning Commission
Benjamin Partridge
Lassiter
Dufresne
Deerfield
Environmental Commission
Communists ease demand on U.S. troop withdrawal in Vietnam
Paris dispatch reports the Communists dropped June 30 as an immediate deadline and offered to negotiate another withdrawal date for allied troops. U.S. Bruce dismissed the move, insisting Hanoi and the Viet Cong discuss prisoner transfers to a neutral country while timing for U.S. troop pullout remains unsettled.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
David K. E. Bruce
North Vietnam
Bruce
Washington
Xuan Thuy
Nixon
Thuy
Residency rules sought for New York student voters
The New York Assembly passed a measure to bar activist college students from voting in local elections where they study, setting residency standards and pushing most students to vote by absentee ballot in their home towns. The 89 to 46 vote sent the bill to the Senate.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
State Assembly
Peter Biondo
Ossining
Farrell
Senate
BSD directors decline proposal to cut own pay
The Bennington School District Inc. directors refused to propose reducing their $500 annual stipends. Lucia Howard contrasted Mt. Anthony Union High School directors earning $100 yearly for more meetings, while BSD discussed the 1972 budget. George Sleeman noted the $3,500 total line item for seven BSD directors, vs Mt. Anthony's $1,100.
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Bennington
Richard A. Sleeman
George A. Sleeman
Mt. Anthony
SST revival sparks House vote amid Senate filibuster risk
The House narrowly revived the SST appropriation by 201 to 197 converting it to research funding, while Senate Leader Mansfield warned of a possible filibuster. President Nixon urged approval of $85 million for the 1800 mph airliner, with environmental concerns delaying production. Boeing warned any new contract would need renegotiation, noting a $300 million hurdle to field two test planes.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Gerald R. Ford
Seattle
Boeing Co
Stockholm Elms Besieged By City Subway Plan
Residents guard 13 landmark elms in central Stockholm as authorities push to cut them for a new subway station. Reporting clashes, demonstrations, and mass protests with 10 000 stockholders gathered near the royal palace, while treehouses rise atop the elms and cultural figures join the defense of the trees.
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Stockholm
UPI
Kungtraed Gaarden
Royal Palace
Common Market signals Britain's 1973 entry date
In Brussels Britain and the six Common Market nations reached a breakthrough after dawn talks. The negotiators settled budget contribution, sugar trade safeguards for Caribbean Commonwealth, and aligning food prices. If Parliament ratifies, Britain would join the EEC by January 1, 1973, joining West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
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Brussels
UPI
Britain
Maurice Schumann
Geoffrey Rippon
Carib
West Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Inside News: Health officer duty on swimming areas
Editorial notes a new ruling clarifying the town health officers responsibility for swimming areas ahead of summer. It discusses implications for public safety and local oversight.
Invasion briefing aims to calm Vermont officials
About 200 municipal reps heard state leaders urge calm over anticipated influx of up to 50 000 youths. Health, safety and welfare officials stressed control not suppression, urging cooperation with visiting groups and leaders.
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Arnold Blackstone
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Phillip R. Viereck
Viereck
Foe
George Farrell
Floral Park
Alfred
Alfred University
Leonard Stavisky
Queens
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Royal Opera
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Great Britain
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League
Robert Stewart
James Jeffords
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Robert Aiken
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Corcoran
Joseph Betit
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Charlotte
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