Bennington BSD approves 7.2 percent budget rise with Catamount bond
Bennington School District boards unanimously adopted a proposed gross budget of 3,925,851 dollars a 7.2 percent increase. The budget includes a 1.5 million dollar Catamount Elementary School bond but excludes district receipts estimates delaying final figures. The vote came amid teacher contract talks after the resignation of negotiator William F Lally Jr. and a sparse audience at the Wednesday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leaning
Catamount
Bennington
William F. Lally Jr
Board Finance Committee
David J. Allen
Nancy S. Bohne
Ryerson Mausert
Bernard G. Winslow
Winslow
Allen
Lally
Mt. Anthony
Supt
George A. Sleeman
CVPS Sees 7.5 Percent Rate Rise as Good News
Central Vermont Public Service Corp president James Griffin calls the Public Service Board approved 7.5 percent temporary rate hike good news for customers and for financing future power supply and grid expansion. The increase piles atop a 12.5 percent temporary rise granted last December.
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Rutland
UPS
Vermont
Public Service Board
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Central Vermont
James Griffin
Griffin
Manchesterites study Amherst plan to rescue Equinox project
Manchester officials visited Amherst Massachusetts to inspect Otto Paparazzo Associates development called Amherst Fields. The 1600 unit mixed housing project features clustered townhouses apartments and homes priced 24000 to 54000. Officials observed design details from timber beams to village-like layouts and central parking while considering how the Equinox House project might be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Elliott
Manchester
Otto Paparazzo Associates
Equinox House
Amherst
Mass
Amherst Fields
Paparazzo
Nixon plans fight over subpoenas in impeachment case
President Nixon said he will not comply with two subpoenas or any future requests for information. White House aides predicted a fight as the House Judiciary Committee debated how to proceed. Judge Gesell pressed Nixon to turn over Ehrlichman and Colson files, hinting charges could be dropped if the White House refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodino Jr
D-N.j
Gerhard A. Gesell
Daniel Ellsberg
Gesell
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Jesuit aide McLaughlin called back to Boston to reflect life
Rev. John J. McLaughlin, a White House aide living in the Watergate complex, is ordered recalled to Boston by regional Jesuit superior Rev. Richard T. Cleary to pray and reflect on his life. Cleary seeks disciplinary action or possible expulsion, noting vows of poverty and obedience conflict with his lifestyle.
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Boston
UPI
John J. McLaughlin
White House
Washington
Watergate
McLaughlin
Richard T. Cleary
Jesuit Fathers of
New England
Watergate Complex
Cleary
Watergate Apartments
Brockway suggests scheme for college bicentennial role
Dr. Thomas P. Brockway proposes a Bennington College bicentennial project tied to Booths centennial to honor founder Dr. Vincent Raii Booth and his legacy. He spoke at Park McCullough House in North Bennington detailing the early power struggles before the 1931 ground breaking and Booths plans for a girls school.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Vincent Raii-Booth
Bennington College
Thomas P. Brockway
Booth
Old Bennington
Brockway
Park-McCullough House
North Bennington
Old First Church
Chicago
Cleveland
Troy
N.Y
James C. Colgate
Hall Park McCullough
James Eddy
Waiting game for Bennington County state Senate seats
Potential candidates wait as incumbents seek higher office. Merritt S. Hewitt of Shaftsbury announces Republican bid for the Senate seat, aiming to replace one of two incumbents who will pursue higher office. Names mentioned span Republicans and Democrats, with several testing the waters as others firm up plans for November.
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Jan Slusmon
Bennington County
Merritt
S. Hewitt
Shaftsbury
Hewitt
T. Garry Buckley
Dorset
Sen
Madeline Harwood
Manchester
Vermont
Joseph Caracciola
Thomas H. Foster
J. Duncan Campbell
GOP
Thomas R. Haley Sr
Bennington
George Heaslip
Ferdinand Bongartz
Kenalene Collins
Readsboro
Senate
Collins
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Kelton B. Miller
Cummings
Miller
Caracciola
House
Campbell
Subdistrict 31
Lawrence F. Powers
Haley Sr
Emma Harwood
Nixon residences cost 17 million in public funds claimed as gold plating
A House committee found 17 million dollars spent on Nixon private homes San Clemente and Key Biscayne with much for security and staff and much marked as gold plating. One payment for an exhaust fan triggered questions about federal fund law compliance.
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Nixon
Washington
UPI
House
Government Operations Committee
San Clemente
Calif
Key Biscayne, Fla
Secret Service
Key Biscayne
Herbert Kalmbach
General Services Administration
GSA
GOP
Inside Sea Notes Drive Dickey Lincoln Inquiry
On the Inside Sea Muskie seeks a closer look at the effect of Dickey Lincoln. Willowbrook reverses an unacceptable tenant decision. Kit Foster notes garlic wards mosquitoes. An observer reflects on last night's neighborly effort during a lost child search. George Connelly investigates Nixon’s house Jesuit. Hoosick Falls teachers receive a 9 percent pay boost. District Court news. MAU golfers win. baseball squad blows big lead and loses. John Hubbard writes about a golfer who didn’t stop at five or even ten.
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Sea
Muskie
Dickey Lincoln
Willowbrook
Kit Foster
George Connelly
Nixon
Hoosick Falls
District Court
MAU
John Hubbard
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Frank Galesi
Galesi
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Hayes
Bongartz
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D-Calif
Waldie
Clear
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
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