Caracciola Seeks Tight Budget as 1971 Term Looms
Vermont House candidate Caracciola, Bennington real estate dealer, vows to tighten state finances and avoid new taxes while possibly supporting a gas tax rise for critical road and education projects. He opposes gun control and right-to-work laws, backs Miller formula revision, and favors four year governor terms and joint ballots for governor and lieutenant governor. He also would raise 18 year old voting, if elected.
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Joe Caracciola
Vermont
Highway Committee
Walter “Peanut” Kennedy
Chelsea
Caracciola
Bennington
Allen
Montpelier
Miller
Foster
Bennington County State Rep Candidates Face Voters
A review of the candidates for Bennington County's only contested seats for state representative in Tuesday's general election outlines their views on the issues as they see them.
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Bennington County
Wagner balance the budget and deflect taxes in Vermont
Incumbent Leon E. Wagner of Bennington area schools seeks re election to District 3 1. He backs a balanced budget and opposes deficit spending while criticizing the Miller formula floor that boosted Bennington's state aid. He favors scientific deer control, local welfare review boards, environmental regulation, and unit pricing to protect consumers.
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Leon E. Wagner
Bennington
Wagner
Vermont
Fish and Game Department
Witten Announces Reform Plan for Welfare and Environment
Republican R Marshall Witten of District 3-3 pushes a two point welfare reform with work guarantees and a non profit fraud division. He backs stronger environmental enforcement and a constitutional revision. He frames state aid to education as a Vermont funding and control choice amid local tax concerns.
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R. Marshall Witten
House Appropriations Committee
Unemployment Office
Internal Revenue Service
Readsboro Readies Return of Readshoro Rep Collins
Readshoro voters seek third term for Mrs. Kenalene Collins the town’s first woman representative in the Vermont House District 32. She urged faster road work on Routes 9 7 and 100 and cited the need to adjust state aid formulas to reflect local taxes and services. A. Daniel Mason Sr. of Pownal Republican candidate for District 32 was hospitalized in Bennington but expected to be home before election and favors limiting state spending on beautification and environmental programs, arguing for federal rather than state funding.
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David J. Allen
Airport Road
Bennington
St. John’s College
University of Virginia
Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs
Bennington County
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
National Forest
Silver Lake
Leicester
Vermont
Allen
Readsboro
Kenalene Collins
Collins
Readshoro
Pownal
Daniel Mason Sr
Banner
Mason
The
LaMorder Seeks Rematch in Vermont Democratic Primary
Robert LaMorder of Whitingham, a 25 year barber and Southern Vermont Democrat, narrowly lost by 1 vote in the 1968 Democratic primary for state assembly District 32. He campaigns on crime control, tougher drug laws, more state troopers, and a reorganization of the education department.
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Whitingham
Robert LaMorder
Ellen Ruth Reiss
Wilmington
Vermont
LaMorder
State Democratic Committee
Reiss
Lions Clubs
Mrs. Reiss Seeks Vermont House Seat in District 32
Ellen Ruth Reiss, a mother, conservationist, and realtor, runs as Democrat and Independent in Vermont District 32. She faces two Republicans and another Democrat, hoping cross-party support will overcome past defeat in 1968 and counter what she calls mediocrity in state government.
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Vermont
Ellen Ruth Reiss
Foster and VanSantvoord Seek Vermont Office Focus on Reform
Veteran Republican Thomas H. Foster from Bennington campaigns on environmental protection with plans for a funded Scenery Preservation Council and broader land use while backing welfare reforms and a four year governor term. Democrat George VanSantvoord, veteran legislator, pushes constitutional revision and elimination of the time lock to expand democracy.
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George VanSantvoord
House
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End Forest
Joseph J. Caracciola
Witten
State
Mrs. Collins
A. Daniel Mason
Mrs. Reiss
Vernon
District 32
Thomas H. Foster
Scenery Preservation Council
VanSantvoord
Constitutional Commission
van Santvoord
Supreme Court
Senate
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