Remedies for school tax inequities urged in Vermont debate
Speaker cites California tax ruling as part of a broader impact on education funding. John Silard argues wealth based inequities mirror race based invalidity and proposes remedies such as statewide tax, per pupil limits, redistributing from rich districts, or Vermont style equalization. Steven Weiss lauds Vermont formula as a strong equalization model.
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Silard
U.S. Supreme Court
Vermont
Steven Weiss
Federal Reserve Board
Vets recount indiscriminate bombing and war not winding down
Boston reports from Winter Soldier Investigation II show Vietnam veterans describing civilian harm, high tech monitoring dreams, and continued air raids. Daniel Elisberg endorses the Pentagon Papers edition as a cheaper alternative to Xeroxing while Sen. Kennedy warns of rising refugees as U.S. withdrawal proceeds.
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Faneuil Hall
John Adams
Detroit
Housing programs guide regional housing effort in Vermont counties
The BCRPC study outlines HUD and Farmers Home Administration programs available through the Manchester New Hampshire regional office. It details loan terms for community projects and individuals, with incomes under 8500 dollars, up to 50 year mortgages for renters and 33 year mortgages for families, and notes emphasis on stimulating private construction of low to moderate income housing. It also critiques public relations, land hurdles, planning laws, and the need for local support and coordination as the region digests findings and moves toward federal funding and housing authorities.
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Bennington
Bennington Housing Authority
Manchester
N.H
Shaftsbury
Arlington
BCRPC
Farmers’ Home Administration
Farmers
Farmer’s Home
Windham
Farmer's Home
Vermont Housing Authority
Vermont
Pownal
John Simson
Massachusetts Mutual seeks Vermont approval for Bay Colony Life
Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co. of Springfield asks Vermont Banking and Insurance Commissioner Charles Black to certify its wholly owned Bay Colony Life Insurance Co. to operate in Washington County. Boston counsel A. Peter Quinn Jr. cites harsh Massachusetts laws as a competitive disadvantage and notes plans to finance the subsidiary with 1 million in surplus and 1 million in stock sales. Massachusetts lawmakers have taxed investment income, prompting some insurers to relocate.
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Mass. Mutual
Court allows Montpelier to collect state tax on Pavilion building
Superior Judge Robert Larrow denied a bid to stop Montpelier from collecting an $86,000 tax on the Pavilion Office Building with half already paid under protest. The dispute questions whether the property is state owned or privately held during construction. Gov. Davis opens the Governor's Conference on Natural Resources in Montpelier with sessions on land use water pollution and electric power. The Howard National Bank faces a $300 fine after pleading no contest to starting a Waitsfield branch without a required development permit.
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UPI
Davis
North Adams
James C. Roy
Suffolk Superior Court
State Manufacturers’ Association
Associated Industries
Massachusetts
Sprague Electric
Deerfield Glassine
Monroe Bridge
Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd
Amsterdam author Harvey Chalmers II dies at 81 fishing
Harvey Chalmers II an Amsterdam novelist and industrialist died Thursday night at age 81 of an apparent heart attack while fishing near his home. He authored West to the Setting Sun and The Birth of the Erie Canal and ran a pearl button factory before plastic ended its operation. Meanwhile Schenectady man Charles J. Katomski, 23, died after his car hit an old bridge abutment on Lock 7 Road in Niskayuna and he was pinned beneath the wreckage before dying at Ellis Hospital.
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Harvey Chalmers II
Chalmers
Joseph Brant
State Education Department
Frontenac
Nez Perce
John H. Flandreau
Schenectady
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Niskayuna
Charles J. Katomski
Highland Park Road
Ellis Hospital
Berkshire indicts two in Stockbridge drug jail break case
Berkshire County Grand Jury indicted William J. Obanhein Jr. and Donald Burnell of Stockbridge on charges linked to a jail break on July 28. Obanhein allegedly freed Burnell using a police carbine to shoot the lock. Burnell faces narcotics cultivation and larceny counts.
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Berkshire County
William J. Obanhein Jr
Donald Burnell
Stockbridge
Obanhein
William J. Obanhein
Burnell
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