Sisters Challenge College Housing Tax Exemption In Vermont Supreme Court
The Bennington sisters seek a Vermont Supreme Court test of whether 15 college residences on Bennington College property qualify for tax exemption under a 1941 freeze. They plan Grievance Day and potential appeals after adding the homes to the Grand List, arguing the law unfairly favors the college and strains North Bennington taxpayers.
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Supreme Court
Bennington Board of Sisters
Bennington College
Vermont Supreme Court
Vermont
Francis J. Hogan
Bennington Sisters
Bennington County
Hogan
Listers
Board of Civil Authority
County Board of Appeals
Richard Sleeman
Sleeman
North
Bennington
Prospect Street
Fred Welling
College
North Bennington
Sisters
Harry Pearson
Robert Koltenbeck
John H. Williams II
Williams
St. Michael’s
Essex Junction
Norwich
Northfield
Marlboro
University of Vermont
Sanford Buxbaum
Buxbaum
Destination Egypt hijacked plane refuels in New York
A Trans World Airlines jetliner hijacked over California refueled at Kennedy in New York then headed to Bangor Maine. FBI planned a showdown to stop the hijacker, who demanded a Cairo flight. passengers were released in Denver.
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UPI
Egypt
Bangor
Maine
Trans World Airlines
California
Kennedy Airport
FBI
Denver
Cairo
TWA
Kansas City
Miss del Monico
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Supreme Court bars public from Kopechne inquest
The Massachusetts Supreme Court granted a request to bar the public and press from an inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death. The court also refused to grant other requests by Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
High Court
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Edgartown
James A. Boyle
Supreme Court
Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Kopechne Inquest
Nixon Steps Up Campaign For Haynsworth Support
The White House pressed a nationwide effort to mobilize grass roots backing for Clement Haynsworth's Supreme Court nomination. Senate views remain divided as Sen. Aiken declines to announce his vote, awaiting committee reports before deciding. The clash over Haynsworth and related legal questions signals a deepening rift between the administration and opposition forces.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Clement Haynsworth
U.S. Supreme Court
Aiken
Vermont
Nixon
Senate
Haynsworth
Haynsworth Jr
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
White House
Chambers of Commerce and Trade
Afl-Cio
Inside Food: Ellen Rose tips chocolate numbers
The column highlights Ellen Rose's chocolate tasting notes. A separate piece by Sam Ogden criticizes a nation of cry-babies. A photo shows the Carthusians' charterhouse near completion on Mt Equinox. Garrison Corp presents its annual award to a children's book editor.
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Sam Ogden
Carthusians’ Charterhouse
Mt. Equinox
Garrison Corp
LBJ Cronies Involved In Federal Land Grab
Senator John J. Williams charged that in Johnson's final months the White House ordered the transfer of over 2 million dollars of federal land to a Texan nonprofit for a nursing home and used the land as collateral for 8.5 million dollars in government loans. He named Austin figures Frank C. Erwin Jr., J. C. Kellam, Roy A. Butler and others, citing White House approval and HEW support, while protest letters were ignored.
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Washington
John J. Williams
White House
Johnson
Justice Department
Delaware Republican
Federal Treasury
Williams
Senate
Austin
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Sen. Williams
Interior Department
Frank C. Erwin Jr
Texas
J. C. Kellam
Roy A. Butler
Burnell Waldrop
Richard C. Gibson
Willam R. Long
Austin Geriatrics Center, Inc
Wilbur J. Cohen
HEW
Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
Department
Fusion breakthrough in Tokamak 3 sparks renewed hopes
Britain and Soviet scientists airlifted five tons of equipment to Moscow and demonstrated that Tokamak 3 creates a hotter, denser plasma longer than prior efforts. The result boosts optimism for fusion power, though experts caution Tokamak 10 and other paths remain unproven and decades away from practical reactors.
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Abingdon
England
Moscow
University of Chicago
Nature
Soviet Union
R. Sebastian Pease
Bas’’ Pease
Culham Laboratory
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Britain
Berkshire
Royal Navy
Pease
Lev A. Artsimovich
Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy
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Boyle
Robert H. Quinn
Ellen Rose
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Marjorie Hunter
New York Times News Service
Walter Sullivan
Kurchatov Institute
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