Bennington Lions Propose Town Bus Service Plan
The Bennington Lions Club unveiled a mass transit proposal serving Bennington Pownal North Bennington and Shaftsbury. The plan, endorsed by the club, aims to ease gasoline shortages provide transit for housing projects support employment and cut auto pollution with funding from two federal sources and possible local costs.
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Bennington
Pownal
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Lamb
Human Resource Council
Bennington considers $800,000 skating rink plan
Bennington selectmen heard plans for an $800,000 ice skating rink that proponents say could pay for itself. The board stalled on placing the proposal on the March Town Meeting ballot, urging petition-driven ballot placement instead.
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Bennington
Parks & Recreation Commission
John Lyons
Carl Territo
Territo
Lyons
Commission
Nixon pressed by 75 GOP congressmen on Watergate handling
Republican members pressed President Nixon face to face in a White House breakfast session as part of a plan to meet head on criticism over Watergate. Senate and House sessions followed with blunt questions and calls for resignation by some lawmakers, while court rulings and the Senate committee shaped the legal timeline.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
White House
House
Congress
Brooke
Alexander M. Haig
John J. Sirica
Watergate Committee
Howard H. Baker
Tenn
Edward J. Gurney
Fla
Lowell Weicker
Conn
Sen
Wallace F. Bennett
Mideast cease-fire advances as POW exchange set
Israel and Egypt agreed at a desert meeting to begin implementing the four day cease fire, including turnover of checkpoints on the Cairo Suez road and an exchange of prisoners of war. Maj. Gen. Ensio Siilasvuo said the pact would start Thursday with wounded exchanged by Red Cross planes.
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United Press International
Israel
Egypt
Cairo-Suez
Kilometer
Cairo-Suez Road
Middle East
Golda Meir
Suez
3Rd Army
Cairo
al Ahram
UPI
Richard C. Gross
Ensio Siilasvuo
U.N
International Red Cross
Tel Aviv
Siilasvuo
U S China Move Toward Diplomatic Ties Faces Taiwan Hurdle
After Kissinger’s China visit the United States and China agree to expand liaison offices and boost exchanges in arts and science while Taiwan remains the main sticking point. The communique signals cautious steps toward normalization and continued talks on one China.
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Tokyo
UPI
United States
China
Washington
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
Taiwan
Kissinger
Chou En-lai
Shanghai
Inside District Court notes and stray items summary
A collage of brief items from page 3 to 13 including court notes on Eden imagery and deer season, early morning setups with observe notes, references to a royal wedding and fertilizer age, Hoosick Falls municipal building issue, Arlington selectmen junk car debate, IRS status change for Park McCullough House, Giants-Dallas game reaction, and a deer report.
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District Court
Bob Maen
Eden
John Leaning
Hoosick Falls
Arlington Selectmen
IRS
Park-McCullough House
John Hubbard
Princess Anne Weds Capt. Mark Phillips In Royal Pageantry
Princess Anne marries Capt. Mark Phillips in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey watched by Queen Elizabeth II and a world audience. The event draws thousands in London and blends regal splendor with visible family emotion, highlighting a day of national unity amid crisis.
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London
UPI
Anne
Mark Phillips
Duke of Edinburgh
Capt. Phillips
Dragoon
Elizabeth
Abbey
Buckingham Palace
New bankers in town spread enthusiasm
In Bennington Vermont two new lenders joined the local scene. Melvin A. Dyson from Burlington became vice president of County National Bank now part of Chittenden Trust. Jonathan Taylor joined Catamount National Bank as senior vice president after moving from New York finance. Both are young, approachable, and eager about Bennington.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Ogden Nash
Vermont
Bennington
Melvin A. Dyson
Burlington
County National Bank
Chittenden Trust Co
Catamount National Bank of
North Bennington
Jonathan Taylor
New York Metropolitan
Catamount
Dyson
Boston
University of Vermont
UVM
Chittenden Trust
Arlington
County
Chittenden Bank
Chittenden
Ken
Kenneth R. Clayton
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Senate Watergate Committee
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Bennett
John L. McClellan
Ark
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Los Angeles
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Marlow W. Cook
James L. Buckley
Rn.y
Mideast
U.s.-China
U.S
David Bruce
Huang Chen
Vietnam
Asia Pacific
Mark
University of Massachusetts
Lybrand
Ross Bros. and
Montgomery
John T. Fay
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