Drysdale Named Bennington Third Selectman in Vacancy
Alexander B. R. Drysdale a former selectman and Vermont legislator has been named Bennington's third selectman to fill the vacancy created by Gerald A. Cornell's resignation. His term runs until next March. The appointment followed Democratic Committee suggestions of Drysdale Arthur Taylor and Fred Baker Jr. The board praised the choice noting Drysdale's prior town service and experience. He highlighted town manager and zoning issues and urged better village town coordination, while endorsing careful qualifications and local input. Drysdale, a Bennington native born August 11 1904, is a Yale graduate who has held multiple public posts including Vermont Development Commission chairman.
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Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Vermont
Bennington
Gerald A. Cornell
J. Duncan Campbell
Joseph E. Higgins
Democratic Committee
Drysdale
Arthur D. Taylor
Fred H. Baker Jr
Higgins
Campbell
New Selectman
Drysdale’s
County National Bank
Selectman
Vermont Development Commission
Democratic State Committee
Davis Creates Temporary Vermont Environmental Control Panel
Governor Deane C. Davis announces a temporary Vermont commission on environmental control to balance economic growth with resource preservation. Rep. Arthur Gibb will lead the panel, which aims to produce priority recommendations by November for 1970 legislation amid calls for broader action beyond billboard, dump, and junkyard regulations.
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Davis
Commission On State Environmental Control
Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Vermont
State House
Washington University
St. Louis
House Natural Re
Arthur Gibb
R-Weybridge
Commission
Nixon set to address nation on prospects for peace in Vietnam
President Nixon prepares a major address on Vietnam prospects to be broadcast from the White House at 10 p.m. EDT. Secretaries Rogers and Lodge travel to Saigon and Washington for consultations while Amb. Bunker and Gen. Abrams confer with Saigon leaders. No major troop withdrawals or breakthroughs expected. plan includes a cabinet NSC meeting and a return to Paris for talks Friday.
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UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Paris
White House
Cabinet
National Security Council
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Lodge
Nguyen van Thieu
Creighton W. Abrams
U. S
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
NLF
Security Council
Administration Backs Fortas Impeachment Move
The Nixon administration supports a House inquiry into Abe Fortas for possible breach of good behavior. Rep. Clark MacGregor urged a preliminary impeachment review and asked for a full committee meeting with Fortas and Attorney General Mitchell to appear. The Justice Department said it would cooperate and emphasized actions within Congress prerogatives.
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API
Nixon
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Clark MacGregor
Rminn
House Judiciary Committee
Fortas
Justice Department
John N. Mitchell
MacGregor
Mitchell
Congress
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House
Senate
Negro Mayor and Council Elected In Biracial Mississippi Town
Fayette Mississippi elects Charles Evers and five black council members in the state’s first all black government in a biracial town since Reconstruction. Evers vows order, gun limits, and a path for whites and blacks to work together while inviting cooperation from Allen and residents to build a better Fayette.
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Fayette
Miss
UPI
Charles Evers
Evers
Hollywood Baptist Church
Medgar
Jackson
Chicago
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
R. J
Allen
Natchez
Congress
Mansfield Urges Missile Moratorium in U S Soviet Talks
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged both nations to begin immediate arms control talks and place a moratorium on deployment of strategic weapons including missile defenses. The Montana Democrat called for a joint U S Soviet commitment to halt deployment while negotiations proceed.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
United States
Soviet Union
Powell Enters New York City Mayoralty Race
A petition bearing 8730 signatures filed with the Board of Elections lets Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell enter the Democratic mayoralty nomination race. Wagner leads with 59320 signatures among seven Democratic contenders. The piece also discusses Safeguard missile defense debates and Senate opposition, with remarks from Senators Mansfield and Cooper criticizing administration plans and defense secretary Laird.
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Powell
New York City
New York
Board of Elections For
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Robert F. Wagner
Inside George Connelly Critiques Fortas Appetite for Money
An editorial notes Fortas case details and money focus. It cites Mansfield criticizing White House delays in strategic arms talks with the Soviet Union and calls for a June start date to show commitment to constraining the arms race.
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Mansfield
Safeguard
Melvin R. Laird
Secretary of Defense
Laird
George Connelly
Justice Fortas
Sen. Mansfield
White House
Soviet Union
United States
Pentagon halts plan to ship poison gas across country
The Pentagon postponed moving 27 000 tons of nerve gas and other deadly agents after protests and a push for independent review by the National Academy of Sciences. Representatives say the plan called for B units from four facilities to a New Jersey naval depot and disposal by sinking in deep Atlantic waters, involving 809 railroad cars over three months.
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UPS
Pentagon
Defense Department
National Academy of Sciences
Richard D. McCarthy
D-N.y
Denver
Colo
Edgewood
Anniston
Ala
Lexington
Earle
N.J
Susannah's Secret opera at Bennington College tonight
The Bennington College Ensemble Theatre and Music Department present the one act opera Susannah's Secret by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari tonight and tomorrow at 8 30 in Jennings Hall lobby. Free to the public seating limited no late seating.
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Bennington College Ensemble Theatre
College Music Department
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Music Building
Jennings Hall
Marty Barolsky
Shelley White
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Clark M. Clifford
Readsboro
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Page
Academy
Govern
College
Miss White
Baritone Paul Peters
Polly Hewitt
Eric Martinsen
Mount Anthony Union High School
Avance Projet Theatre Company
Frank Baker
the College
Paul Gray
Ensemble Theatre
Henry Brant
Marianne Finckel
Michael Finckel
Flip Wilson
Caroline Simonds
Baker
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New Rochelle
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Paul Peters
Shelly White
Susannah’s
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