Selectmen enter Bennington housing squabble clash
Bennington selectmen intervened in a month long feud between the Bennington Housing Authority and Village Trustee Joseph A. Pello Jr. after a heated meeting with raised voices and frequent violations of Robert’s Rules of Order. Pello blasted the housing authority for delays and alleged self serving deals while defending HUD turnkey recommendations. The board voted to require monthly progress reports from the housing authority amid tensions over federal funding and late applications.
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Bennington Selectmen
Bennington Housing Authority
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Robert
Bennington
Autonomous Housing Authority
Housing Authority Board
Pello
Hamilton Shields
Housing Authority
The
Edward Frasier
Frasier
Joe
J. Duncan Campbell
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
John Bonkoski
Edward R. Lamb
Bonkoski
Joe Higgins
Shields
Aid Pours In As East Pakistan Cyclone Hits Million
Massive relief arrives by air and sea to Dacca and coastal towns but communications fail and aid barely reaches starving survivors. Officials warn disease and starvation could kill hundreds of thousands. death toll ranges from 300,000 to over a million as logistics struggle to move supplies into flooded areas.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Britain
West Germany
Oakhali
International Red Cross
West Europe
Charrabber
U.S
Joseph S. Farland
Washington
Welfare Board weighs role in proposed welfare hearing agency
Vermont's Social Welfare Board eyed a shift from advisory to hearing authority amid friction with Commissioner Joseph Bett over welfare policy. The board may seek legislative clarity, while a federal court ordered reinstatement of aid for Robert Mott after Betit cut his AADB payments, citing rights and fair hearings.
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Rutland
Vermont
State Social Welfare Board
Social Welfare
Joseph T. Bett
Bett
John H. Williams II
Bennington
Williams
Fair
U.S. District Court
James L. Oakes
Betit
Robert J. Mott
Mott
AADB
State Welfare Department
ANFC
Vermont Legal Aid Office
VLA
John J. Welch
Welfare Department
Oakes
William Roby
U.S
Roby
Supreme Court
Social Welfare Department
Local gas and fuel oil prices take jump
Local reports note price increases for gasoline and No 2 fuel oil. Fuel oil dealers say increases of four to seven tenths of a cent per gallon bring consumer cost to about 19 cents. North Adams already over 20 cents. Gas stations expect further rises. one dealer may absorb part of the increase.
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Virginia N
Max”’ Perrotta
Agway Petroleum
Perrotta
North Adams, Mass
AT&T seeks long distance rate increases in 1950s plan
AT&T proposed raises in some long distance rates aimed at boosting revenue by 385 million dollars yearly, about 6 percent. Increases would affect pay phones daytime direct dial calls and operator assisted calls, while direct dial at night and weekends would stay unchanged. If approved by the FCC, weekday customer dialed calls would rise about three cents per minute. weekend and night calls largely unchanged. operator services could rise 10 to 30 cents for the first three minutes and one to five cents per additional minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Trustees weigh Crump case at Burr and Burton
Informational session set for 7 30 pm as Burr and Burton Seminary trustees meet in closed session to hear why Headmaster Neal McLaughlin did not rehire Coach Vic Crump. Crump supporters urge action while administration cautions delay and campus factions warn of disruption and backlash.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Board of Trustees
Neal McLaughlin
Vic Crump
McLaughlin
Douglas Shaw
Crump
Prudential Committee
Bennington Banner
Inside features and letters highlight welfare and school aid
On the Inside Pete Horton offers thoughts on the welfare problem and Shafts bury state school aid loss in a letter to the editor on page 4. County Forester Jim White notes money can place a tree almost anywhere on page 6. Roy Marsden writes about opening day of deer season from the Winhall Outing Club on page 13.
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Pete Horton
Shaftsbury
Jim White
Roy Marsden
Winhall
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Southern Vermont Computer Center
BenMont Avenue
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Charles W. Keir
George A. Sleeman
Robert Hayes
IBM
Computer Center
By Joe Swayze
Lindsay
Nyc
New York
John V. Lindsay
Edward Hamilton
Pakistan
M. R. Akhtar
Charjabber
Hur Juitee
Charbata
Akhtar
Farland
United States
Pakistan Times
Lahore
Government Press Trust
Welfare Board
BBS
By Charles Bonenti
Chuck Shafer
Peared
China
U.N
Yu Chi Hsueh
Center
Canada
Christopher H. Phillips
Glen A. Olds
United Nations
Phillips
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