Selectman's Son Named Towns New Accountant
Ronald Higgins, son of Selectman Joseph Higgins, was named the town accountant in a temporary appointment by the Bennington Selectmen. The post pays about $10,000, with a mid-December start and a probation-like path toward a potential permanent role after Town Meeting. Chairman J Duncan Campbell asserted no favoritism and urged awaiting public reaction before making the appointment permanent. Town Manager Edward R Lamb viewed it as effectively permanent, noting the position is not policy making and a probationary evaluation will apply. Higgins, a Bentley and St Joseph graduate, previously served as an Army accountant including time in Vietnam, and helped with a new uniform accounting system to be in place by January 1. The town contracted Jay H. Gordon to design the system.
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Bennington
Ronald Higgins
Joseph
Higgins
Selectmen
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
St. Joseph Business College
Bentley School of Accounting
Vietnam
Jay H. Gordon
Montpelier
Bennington Officials Recount Hiring Ban on Relatives
Former Bennington Selectmen chairman Gerald A. Cornell recalled that the board had a policy not to hire relatives of town employees or officials. He questioned the current board’s move to hire Selectman Joseph E. Higgins’s son as town accountant and said the policy existed, noting Higgins himself pressed for it in 1968 when a highway department worker’s brother sought a sewage plant job. Cornell plans to check records to verify.
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Bennington Selectmen
Gerald A. Cornell
Selectmen
Cornell
Joseph E. Higgins
Higgins
Highway Department
Vermont Votes On Year Round Champlain Plan At CVU High
Champlain Valley Union High School directors in Hinesburg vote 4-2 to pursue a year round schooling plan called 45-15. The plan divides students into four groups with three in session at a time and would be put to a nonbinding referendum on December 7 in Hinesburg Williston Charlotte and Shelburne. If approved, it would take effect next year and faces substantial local debate before residents choose between 45-15 and split sessions.
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Champlain Valley Union High School
Hinesburg
Vermont
Williston
Charlotte
Shelburne
Mt. Anthony
Tougher thermal nuke rules needed
Vermont faces possible loss of about 3.2 million dollars in federal funds for sewage treatment plants as the Vermont Water Resources Board regulation on thermal water pollution may not meet federal standards. The dispute centers on allowable Connecticut River heating from Vermont Yankee and a four degree limit versus a ten degree winter variation. Vermont Yankee could run with a four degree limit year round by closed cycle cooling, while state officials and environmental groups press for board to align with federal rules.
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Corwin Elwell
Connecticut
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Walter J. Hickel
Water Resources Department
Denning Miller
Stowe
Vermont Yankee
Harvey Carter
Pownal
The
Conservation Society of
Southern Vermont
Jonathan Brownell
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Water Resources Board
Carter
WRB
Miller
Hickel
New Hampshire
VRB
U N team arrives in Guinea to investigate invasions
President Ahmed Sekou Toure announced a United Nations mission has reached Conakry to probe charges of Portuguese aggression. He cited foreign warships off the coast and urged airborne U.N. troops to drive back threats in Guinea’s territorial waters.
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Brussels
Coast Guard Cutter denies asylum to Lithuanian sailor
A Lithuanian radio operator aboard the Vigilant attempted political asylum on a Coast Guard Cutter off Martha's Vineyard during a fishing rights conference with Soviet vessels. After an eight hour negotiation, fellow Soviet crew forced his return to his ship amid reports of beatings. officials said the incident involved a Russian seaman and occurred at the New Bedford based Vigilant.
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Boston
UPI
State Department
Martha’s Vineyard
Vigilant
John Burt
New Bedford Fishermen's Union
Burt
PSB may water ban on utility ads
Vermont Public Service Board faces a likely watering down of a proposed strict ban on promotional practices by gas and electric utilities. At a Tuesday hearing opponents argued the rule is too prohibitive, while supporters from conservation groups and the consumer office backed the measure. The board aims to curb discounts, giveaways, and low cost equipment rentals tied to advertising.
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Albert Cree
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Vermont Consumer Protection
William Gilbert
Laird vows more POW raids to free captives
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he will pursue every possible means to free U S prisoners held by North Vietnam, potentially including more raids like the weekend strike near Hanoi. He said the plan relied on the best intelligence available, though no photos of prisoners were obtained, and warned captives would be guarded more closely. Fulbright called the weekend escalation a sign the administration had given up hope for a negotiated settlement.
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UPI
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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J. William D-Ark
Fulbright
Nixon
Agnew
Defense
International
Calif
Agnew Sees Faulty Intelligence in Hanoi Prison Raid
Vice President Spiro Agnew blamed faulty intelligence for a weekend raid near Hanoi aiming to free American prisoners. Defense Secretary Laird disputed any intelligence breakdown, stating the operation was carried out with 100 percent excellence. Agnew voiced continued resolve to pursue POW rescues despite risks and possible North Vietnamese retaliation.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Hanoi
Nixon approval of Son Tay raid amid prisoner moves
Sources say President Nixon knew captives might have been shifted from Son Tay before the raiders hit the camp 40 miles west of Hanoi. He ordered the operation to reassure families, show effort to free prisoners, and spark global sympathy for harsher Hanoi pressure despite no prisoners being recovered. Estimates say 350 to 1500 Americans were held in North Vietnam across several sites.
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Inside Vermont plan to revitalize teased by Horton
Pete Horton critiques a Vermont revitalization plan with tongue in cheek in a guest editorial on Page 4. The piece analyzes current polarization and invites reflection on public discourse.
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Pete Horton
Vermont
Giuliani Attacks UVM Overfunding and Admissions
Montpelier trustee Rep Peter Giuliani told Vermont school superintendents that taxpayers balk at funding UVM and that the university is out of touch. He urged more vocational training and hinted at house cleaning, saying too many students do not belong there while backing trustee John Beckley who plans to resign over the hiring of radical professor Michael Parenti.
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University
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Beckley
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