Bennington BSD approves 1.2 million junior high renovation plan
The Bennington School District board backs a financing scheme to renovate the old Bendi junior high, with estimated costs at 1.2 million based on architects' drawings. The plan hinges on July voter approval to borrow funds, bank and state bonds financing, and higher union rents to cover costs. If approved by both districts, construction could begin. failure could force double sessions next year.
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Bennington
Bendi
BSD
Mt. Anthony Union
George A. Sleeman
Supt. Sleeman
Mt. Anthony
Norshaft
Pownal
Jonathan Durand
Panel warns Nixon to honor subpoenas or face possible impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee voted 28 to 10 to inform President Nixon that his refusal to honor subpoenas for Watergate tapes and documents might constitute grounds for impeachment. The panel debated a softened letter and may issue further subpoenas as part of the inquiry.
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UPI
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
John Conyers Jr
Michigan
Conyers
Kissinger Returns From Middle East Trip With Peace Breakthrough
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrives in Cairo to brief Egyptian President Sadat on the eight point Israeli Syrian disengagement accord. The text of the pact calls for an immediate cease fire upon signing in Geneva and troop pullbacks within four weeks, with disengagement to be completed in 20 days. The mission, his longest and toughest, is hailed as a potential turning point toward lasting peace in the region.
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Cairo
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Golan Heights
Kissinger
United States
Geneva
Israel
Sadat
Washington
Middle East
Ismail Fahmi
Ben-Gurion International Airport
Nixon asks high court to delay tapes ruling
President Nixon urged the Supreme Court to avoid a hasty decision on surrendering new Watergate tapes and records. He asked the case remain with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals first as Jaworski seeks access to 64 White House conversations. The brief cites executive privilege and notes the court may rule after its Friday private session.
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Nixon
High Court
White House
Supreme Court
Jaworski
Appeals Court
Bongartz runs for Senate in Bennington County
Ferdinand Bongartz of Manchester announced plans to seek the Republican nomination for one of Bennington County’s two Senate seats. A 27 year Manchester resident with long local service, he emphasized planning and land use as key issues and noted concerns about the winter economy and energy crisis. He previously held county and municipal posts and could have run for House District 25.
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Manchester
Ferdinand Bongartz
Bennington County
Senate
Bongartz
Planning Commission
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Legislative
Lee Bongartz
Vermont Seeks Equipment to Track Radioactive Emissions
Vermont Health officials say the state needs a $20,000 beta analyzer to measure radioactive iodine from the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp plant at Vernon. Despite a recent emission rise cited as a minor health risk, state officials pursue possible legal action to enforce stricter Vermont rules.
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Ashe
David Scott
Occupational Health Division
State Health Department
Scott
Vermont
Cheney
Vernon
Yankee
Atomic Energy Commission
Inside Green power rate hikes and page previews
The paper outlines a page 3 report on rate hikes for power from Inside Green and a driver’s 140 mile per hour chase arraignment. It previews editorials on power rates, inflation commentary, and questions about nuclear proliferation. It lists upcoming local events and district court notes, with MAU tennis and golf updates and a feature on recycled mail delivery HOAXes ending.
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By John Leaning
State Bonding Bank
Rep. C. V
Sonny” Montgomery
D-Miss
Gerald L. Warren
Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
JFK
Edward Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Assad
Charles Alan Wright
University of Texas
James D. St. Clair
U.S
John J. Sirica
House
Judiciary
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