Capital-for-a-Day Arrives for Bennington Visit
Gov Deane C Davis and four state commissioners set up offices in Bennington Courthouse and Town Office Building to hear residents concerns. They held a morning breakfast and pep talks, then met selectmen and villagers while residents queued for meetings. A trailer park resident detailed harsh conditions and planned legal action. Officials noted nursing home shortages and a Warner Nursing Home closure. Afternoon sessions included school discussions and a public meeting at Bennington Elementary School followed by a Beef n Beans dinner at Mt Anthony High School.
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Gov. Deane C. Davis
Bennington County
Davis
Lawrence Wright
Harvey D. Scribner
John J. Wackerman
John T. Gray
Marian Taylor
State Board of Education
Montpelier
Bennington
Wackerman
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Mt. Anthony Union High School
YMCA
Atty Gen Jeffords Takes to the Road for Con Con
Vermont Attorney General James J. Jeffords plans a six day, statewide campaign to back the June 3 referendum for a state Constitutional Convention. He argues opponents use three false issues while noting the convention could yield amendments earlier than the normal process. Jeffords cites cost savings, crime-fighting reforms, and a strengthened legal framework as reasons to support the convention, with the governor and legislature also backing it.
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Vermont Bar Association
Jeffords
Vermont
Senate
Montpelier
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Governor’s Commission On Crime
Burlington
Charles Smith
Dean Williams
Rutland
Springfield
WCFR
WVMT
Apollo 10 Paves Way For Moon Landing In July
Apollo 10 astronauts Thomas Stafford Eugene Cernan and John Young returned home after a Pacific splashdown and a successful lunar dress rehearsal. NASA officials and Neil Armstrong say Apollo 10 proves the July 16 liftoff and July 20 lunar touchdown are doable with Apollo 11.
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Moon
Stafford
Cernan
Young
American Samoa
Sea of Tranquility
Cape Kennedy
Neil A. Armstrong
Tom
John
Gene
O' Stafford
Earth
Princeton
Pago Pago
Houston
Owen S. Aspinall
Aspinall
Space Agency
Armstrong
Nixon
Pentagon Accused Of Wasting Billions
A joint congressional subcommittee condemned Pentagon spending saying billions were wasted in weapons purchases. It urged a tougher review of military versus civilian budgets as waste and inefficiency critics noted only 11.5 percent of last year’s Pentagon procurement used true competitive bids and 67 percent went to 100 contractors.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Congress
Senate House Subcommittee On
William Proxmire
Dwis
Department of Defense
Nixon Proposes Postal Shakeup
President Nixon asks Congress to move the Post Office into a government owned but independent U S Postal Service. A nine member board would run it and rate schedules could be vetoed by Congress within 60 days. The plan aims to end the red ink and political patronage.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
White House
Winton M. Blount
U.S. Postal Service
Cabinet Department
Post Office Department
Postal Corporation
House
Senate
United States
White House Backs Vietnam Tactics Amid Casualty Rise
A Nixon administration source says higher U S casualties stem from intensified enemy attacks, not expanded operations, as White House defends tactics and disputes a charge of escalation. Defense figures show 430 U S combat deaths last week, attributed to Communist offensives.
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Washington
UPI
White House
United States
Vietnam
Nixon
Administration
Ronald Ziegler
South Vietnam
Ziegler
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Defense Department
U.S
Pentagon
Legislature panel on power facilities faces debate
Vermont lawmakers debated the competence of a panel chosen to study electrical generation and transmission. Rep. Brian Burns urged blocking confirmation, saying several members had no stated interest, while supporters argued technical background was unnecessary. The council confirmed a nine member slate and referred two new members for selection, highlighting concerns about nuclear power and future environmental risks in Vermont.
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Peter Giuliani
R-Montpelier
Burns
Giuliani
Stovan Christone
Windham County
Legislative Council
Leo O’brien
Chittenden- Grand Isle
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Douglas Kitchel
Caledonia County
Burlington City
William Stebbins
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Frederick Fayette
Chittenden
Grand Isle
Vermont
House
John Burgess
Brattleboro
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Fort
State Board
Elbert G
al’ Moulton
Wright
Gray
Scribner
Isabell Roberts
Willows Trailer Home Court
Monument Shopping Plaza
Timenterial Inc
Plainville
Conn
Timenterial
Warner Nursing Home
South St
Warner
Harvey B. Scribner
Alvna Langois
Cage
John T.gray
Albert D. Ray
Deane C. Davis
Richard Corcoran
North Bennington Village
Joseph Carroll
Bennington Village
Atty. Gen. Jeffords
Mike
St. Albans
N.Y
Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Samoa
Lunar
Board of Directors
By Charles Kershner
Sanborn Partridge
Rutland County
Robert Boardman
Chittenden - Grand Isle
Richard Soule
Addison County
Harold Whittaker
Newfane
Richard Myette
Walter Cook
Johnson
Vermont Electric Cooperative
Howard Lewis
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Martin Johnson
Marshfield
Jonathan Brownell
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