Bennington Naming Design Winners For Downtown Plan
The Bennington Downtown Living Program announced three design winners for the downtown revitalization plan. Whitman and Howard Inc of Boston Scape Unlimited Inc of Springfield MA and William Gillen Associates of Amherst MA were chosen from 15 entries. Each winner receives 2500 dollars and one will be selected as consultant to weave ideas into a comprehensive plan for downtown.
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Jay Zwynenburg
Whitman and Howard Inc
Boston
Scape Unlimited Inc
Springfield
Mass
William Gillen Associates
Amherst
Bohne
John G. Simson
Bennington County
American Institute of Architects
New England
New York
Putnam Square
Main Street
North Street
Pleasant Street
Simson
Downtown Development Corporation
Downtown Executive Committee
Justice Douglas Retires Opening Path for Woman Nominee
Justice Douglas, 77, retires from the Supreme Court after 36 years amid calls for Ford to nominate a woman to the seat. White House says a replacement will be named within weeks as discussions feature Carla Hills and other prominent female jurists.
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UPI
William C. Douglas
Supreme Court
Ford
Douglas
White House
High Court
HUD
Carla Hills
Stanford University
Yale Law School
Cathy
House
Shirley M. Hufstedler
9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cornelia G. Kennedy
Detroit
Vermont Bicentennial unit backs west-side steam train loop
The Vermont Bicentennial Commission approved a scaled down steam train excursion plan for 1976 by a 19 to 1 vote. The shift concentrates the loop on western Vermont to fit budgets while preserving upstate funds for Bennington County and offering eastern towns a future share of historic preservation money.
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UPI
Vermont Bicentennial Commission
Donald Webster
Robert Y. Justis
Vermont Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Bennington County
Justis
Vermont
U S Campaigns in U N For Political Prisoners Release
United States officials press at the United Nations for a General Assembly resolution demanding the release of all political prisoners. Ambassador Daniel Moynihan accuses totalitarian nations of misusing human rights to shield abuses.
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U.N
United Nations
UPI
United States
Daniel Moynihan
General Assembly
Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee
World and UN human rights debate echoed in political lines
Moynihan argued the UN resolution on South Africa and Chile undercuts human rights by selective morality. He noted 23 of 60 sponsors and 16 of 33 sponsors had political prisoners of their own, urging equal standards among members.
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South Africa
Chile
United Nations
Smoking a federal offense under Drinan bill
Rep. Robert Drinan introduced the Smoker and Nonsmoker Health Protection Act of 1975 to make smoking a civil offense in interstate transit waiting areas and federal facilities. The plan includes a penny-a-pack tax increase, directing $300 million to cancer and heart disease research, and stronger warning labels, with support from anti smoking groups ASH GASP and SOS.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Drinan
D-Mass
Drinan
Congress
ASH
Action
GASP
SOS
Vermont racing faces alleged fix at Green Mountain Park
In Vermont, a harness race at Green Mountain Park in Pownal drew attention as drivers allegedly arranged finish order. Two drivers were barred from racing as the investigation proceeded, with officials noting no state law directly covers race fixing.
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Vermont
UPI
Ray Betts
Betts
Green Mountain
Daniel Laughlin
Laughlin
Coltran blasts Bennington selectmen over governance
Bennington public works chief Coltran departing in two weeks accuses the board of focusing on surface problems and fast decisions. He faults selectmen for meddling in admin affairs, urges layoff of public works, and labels several members as on ego trips while drawing a contrast with a more balanced Colchester board.
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Congress
Bennington Rescue Squad
UCS
Tony Lewis
the Times
Justice Douglas
Kit Foster
Bennington
Ronald G. Coltran
Harold R. Saunders
Coltran
Saunders
Colchester
IBM
Scholar guilty of lying for Nixon's taxes
Lincoln scholar Ralph G. Newman, president of the Chicago Library Board, is found guilty by a U.S. District Court jury of lying to federal agents to help Nixon obtain an illegal $450,000 tax break. He back dated Nixon’s gift of prepresidential papers to the National Archives to support a tax deduction. lawyers claim it was a mistake, prosecutors say deliberate. The nine men and three women jury deliberated about three hours and then two more hours before the verdict.
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UPI
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Lincoln
Ralph G. Newman
Nixon
Newman
Patricia
Chicago Library Board
National Archives
United States
U.S. District Court
Frank J. McGarr
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