Corcoran Water Case Found Faulty Village Actions 1962
A Vermont fact finding report determines Bennington village officials ignored an old ordinance to deny Joseph Corcoran water and sewer connections for a proposed trailer court. The report, filed Aug 26 by Judge Margaret Lillie, flags administrative misconduct and arbitrariness by the village trustees and water board. It informs the Vermont Supreme Court as it weighs a writ of mandamus to compel approval.
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Village of
Bennington
Village Water Board
Joseph D. Corcoran
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
Margaret S. Lillie
Vermont Supreme Court
Water Board
Corcoran
Atty
Milton Pinsker
Village Atty
John H. Williams II
Alfred W. Ellett
Vermont High Court
Trustees
Corcoran Permitsin Water System Delayed by Village Actions
A judge finds Corcoran, a licensed plumber, sought to tap village water in December 1962. Officials delayed action, left permits in abeyance, and imposed a street digging permit only after he had begun work. The finding notes bureaucratic delay and lack of official activity amid zoning and mobile home debates.
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Water Commissioners
Corcoran
Lillie
Water Department
Water Board
James B. Gibney
Coran
Invasion Denied Yet Biggest Gulf of Suez Raid Since 1967
Israeli forces landed tanks by assault craft along a 30 mile Gulf of Suez front south of Suez City in Egypt, firing on guardposts and destroying Egyptian positions. Dozens of casualties were reported on the Egyptian side while one Israeli aircraft was downed and another listed missing.
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Tel Aviv
Egypt
Middle East
Suez Canal
Israel
Cairo
Gulf of Suez
Suez
el Alamein
el Hafayer
Ras Zafrana
Sinai Desert
Washington
Dirksen Eulogized By Nixon at Capitol
Everett McKinley Dirksen lies in state at the Capitol rotunda as President Nixon leads a noon eulogy. Sen. Howard Baker Jr. delivers a reply. Dirksen, 73, died after lung cancer surgery and a heart attack. Burial plans include Pekin Illinois with a graveside service. his body rests in the rotunda until Wednesday.
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Dirksen
Nixon
Capitol
Capitol Rotunda
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Senate
Mllinois
Rotunda
National Presbyterian Church
Mlinois
Pekin
Dwight D. Eisenhower Lang
Relcans
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts
John A. Logan
Illinois
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Eisenhower
House
St Albans Votes 4th Time on School Tax Increase
St Albans voters go to the polls to decide a $2.80 special school tax for 1,050 elementary and 1,000 high school students. If defeated a state Education Board session could order action or withhold $240,000 in aid while court orders or a legislative tax could be used to open schools and protect the city’s credit rating. The district faces bond payments and increased costs from absorbing 550 displaced parochial students, with school opening in jeopardy and prior defeats noted.
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ST. Albans
UPI
State Education Board
James Jeffords
Jeffords
Education Board
Bellows Free Academy
St. Albans Public Schools
Diocesan
Tritium Threat Prompts AEC Talks in Vermont
Dr. Irving Lyon of Bennington College urges the Atomic Energy Commission to address tritium, radioactive hydrogen from reactors, arguing it enters living organisms via water. He questions safety standards, cites Johns Hopkins findings, and warns if plants cannot avoid tritium production nuclear plants should halt.
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Irving Lyon
Bennington College
Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont
Lyon
Committee For Survival
Logist
AEC
Timothy Merz
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Merz
Washington
Vernon
Connecticut River
Inside interpretive district court report Page 3
An interpretive account examines the usual dry district court session, revealing nuances behind proceedings and highlighting notable observations from the bench and courtroom dynamics.
Six Scientists Named To Confront AEC Panel
Six environmental scientists will face an Atomic Energy Commission panel in Burlington this Thursday led by Dr Ernest Tsivoglou of Georgia Tech. The event marks the first time the AEC allows experts with different viewpoints on the same program. Inner circle participants include Dr Dean Abrahamson, Dr Clarence Carlson, Dr Sidney Socolar, Arthur Tamplin, and Dr James Marvin with AEC officials and TV coverage to follow.
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Tsivogiou
Minnesota
AEC
Monticello
Minn
Vernon
Dean Abrahamson
Minnesota Committee For Environmental Information
Clarence Carlson
Conservation Department
Cornell
Sidney Socolar
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia
Arthur Tamplin
Lawrence Radiation Laboratories
Livermore
Calif
James Marvin
UVM
Elbert G. Moulton
Davis
James T. Ramey
Theos J. Thompson
Educational Television
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The
Scribner
Joseph Carroll
Henry Mallory
John H. Williams
Gulf
Everett McKinley
State
By Tyler Resch
LaMont C. Cole
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Pownal
Pownal Center
ABC
Lake Champlain Committee
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
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