Bennington selectmen back pool revival plan at Memorial Park
A volunteer group led by Richard A. Steeman aims to raise about 400000 over 24 months to finish the Memorial Park pool project. The Bennington Board of Selectmen endorsed the effort informally, granting unofficial status while disavowing municipal legal responsibility. The plan hinges on broad community gifts with no guarantees from donors.
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Jorswayze
Memorial Park
Bennington
Sleeman
Dual space mission set by Nixon and Brezhnev
Moscow reports that Nixon and Brezhnev agreed on joint spaceflight and scientific cooperation as part of the Moscow summit. The talks moved toward a bilateral trade pact while finalizing an arms control treaty under SALT negotiations and a signing was targeted for Friday.
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Nixon
Brezhnev
Moscow
UPI
Leonid J. Brezhnev
U.S
Kremlin
Catherine Hall
Helsinki
Gerard C. Smith
Soviet Communist Party
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei W. Kosygin
William B. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Russia
Byo
United States
Wreckage Found of Missing Plane Over Dorset Peak
In Dorset Vermont the twin engine Piper Aztec wreckage was found on Mother Myrick peak. Two men, pilot Josep Mongl and William Beyer of North Philadelphia, were recovered from the mangled cockpit. The craft plunged nose first into a steep slope, killing both aboard. Investigators from FAA and Vermont police cordoned the site as searchers documented the scene.
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Charles Bonents Dorset
Burlington
Philadelphia
Mother Myrick
Josep Mongl
William Beyer
North
Better
Mt. Equinox
Dorset
Vermont
New York
Boston
Albany
Mongi
Air and Groud
Civil Air Patrol
Manchester Hiupberman Christopher Swezey
Delaware L Aviation Corp
Federal Aviation Administration
Foster C. Corliss
Rutland
Terry Tyler
Swezey
Harry Torrey
Manchester
Bovenut Arraie
Mother Myrick Peak
Belli
Christopher Swezey
Ryder Pond project approved by Windhaan District Commission
Haynes revised Ryder Pond plan in Whitingham won Act 250 approval with conditions. The 17 acre pond will be altered to drain only the swamp section and a dam plus H-lot subdivision allowed. A botanical group will oversee preservation and a licensed engineer will certify sewage systems for 14 lots.
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Stewart Hancock
Brattleboro
Lincoln Haynes
Ryder Pond
Whitingham
Windhaan District Environmental Commission
I. Garvin Murtha
Dummerston
John Howland
Springfield
District Commission
Peter Zilliacus
West Dover
Wimington
Commission
Haynes
Wilmington
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Conservation Society
State Environmental Board
State Board
Vermont Supreme Court
Excessive police force probe in Bennington arrest
Bennington officers facing an inquiry over alleged excessive force used on 17 year old Keith Parizo during a Dance Night arrest for breach of peace intoxication and an attempted escape. Parizo released on $1100 bond as investigation proceeds with witnesses supporting claims of rough handling. Female passenger Susan Kehoe 18 injured in Route 9 Woodford crash remains hospitalized.
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Bennington
Branch Street
Parizo
Lamb
Mare
Pariz
Young Parity
Woodford
Susan Kehoe
Albany Medical Center
Residents allege CVPS workers cover meters on Main Street
Disturbances reported as CVPS employees allegedly place bags over parking meters instead of coins. A Benn ington Selectman named James C. Jerome calls it dirty pool and says rate increase should be paid by the utility. Town Manager Edward Lamb will review the issue.
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CVPS
Main Street
Bennington
James C. Jerome
Malin Street
Edward KR Lamb
Inside McGovern wins Rhode Island and Oregon primaries
The newspaper notes McGovern’s victories in Rhode Island and Oregon. It mentions Gov Wallace vowing to attend the convention and references various section pages for related items on elections, court news, and Vermont matters.
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McGovern
Rhode Island
Oregon
Gov Wallace
District Court
Pete Horton
Vermont
Stanley Works
Patriots
Burr
Burton
Rm Bennington Little League
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Swayee
Richard Steen
Donald Homaniway
Burgess Uants
Buattleboro
John Burgess
Burgess
House
Walter Kennedy
John Grenier
Waterbury
Hep
John McClaughry
Kirby
Dennis DuGuay
Panet
Kenneth Mason
Shaftsbury
William C. Heinz
Nichols Ill
West Road
Heinzes
Hei
Gail
Appara
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Keith Parize
Bennington Forteeman
Edward Coyne
Richard Vachon
Benjamin Pindick
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