Vermont primary voting under way in Bennington area
Polls opened at 10 am and reported steady turnout in Bennington with about 200 voters in the first hour across four stations including Eagle Hose House Bennington Elementary School and the North Bennington Firehouse. The 1968 Vermont primary features hot GOP races and Democratic write-in bids aimed at boosting cross-over support for key contests.
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Bennington
Eagle Hose House
Bennington Village
Depot Street
North Bennington
Woodford
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Water Board weighs town village consolidation in Bennington
The Bennington Village Water Board unanimously recommends to village trustees that an article favoring consolidation be put in the village warning to address town water problems. The motion aims to unify governance while opposing moves to break the 1912 Putnam deed of gift restricting the water works.
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Bennington Village
Putnam
Henry W. Putnam
Bennington Water Department
Town Commission
Water Department
Bennington
Alfred W. Ellett
Water Board
Ed Ransom
Esposito Elected New Democratic State Chairman
Rep Francis Esposito of Rutland was elected unanimously as the new Vermont Democratic State chairman succeeding Burlington candidate William Hunter. Esposito pledged a steady push for a landslide victory in November and immediate party work. The report also mentions Bennington water supply projects and a town village water department funding crisis, with unresolved transmission lines and money shortages impacting Bolles Brook plans.
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Montpelier
UPI
Democratic State Committee
Francis Esposito
Rutland
Esposito
William Hunter
Burlington
Democratic Party
Vermont
Bennington
New Town Commission
Water Board
Hilda Hurley
De Gaulle Condemns Soviets For Invasion Of Czechoslovakia
Paris reports President De Gaulle denounced the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia as absurd and condemnable during his news conference. He urged national independence and outlined participation as profit sharing and worker input in industry policy, amid labor unrest and employer opposition.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Czechoslovakia
UPID
Soviet Union
DeGaulle
National Council of
Elysee Palace
U.S. Vietnam
Western
Europe
Hoff Asks White House to End Road Funds Freeze
Governor Philip Hoff urged the White House to restore highway trust funds for Vermont projects. He sent a telegram to Price Daniel noting the $24 million freeze by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads would be highly detrimental to statewide highway work.
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Barre
Central Vermont Medical Center
Berlin
Turner
Larsen
Brookfield
Sharon
Royalton
Fair Haven
Readsboro
Larson
1965
Highway Board
Vermont
Colchester
Swanton
Rockefeller names Goodell to fill RFK term in Senate
Governor Rockefeller selects Rep. Charles E. Goodell to complete the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s term, offering a liberal upstate Republican with a decade in the House. Goodell pledges to listen to constituents and refrain from special interests as he faces potential special elections and a one to two year tenure depending on court actions.
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Albany
UPI
Rockefeller
Charles E. Goodell
Robert F. Kennedy
Goodell
House
Kenneth Keating
Kennedy
Jamestown
Red Room
State Capitol
Inside Conflict: Administrators vs Teachers Debate
Columnist Carlo Walter weighs a growing rift between school directors and teachers, highlighting governance tensions and responses from educators. The piece outlines how policy shifts and administration strategies fuel concerns over classroom priorities and staff collaboration.
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School Directors’ Association
Study Committee Named as MAUHS Bond Vote Sought
Mt Anthony Union High School directors planned a study committee to investigate space needs for the Mt Anthony complex and consider future high school expansion. Board members discussed a bond vote with BSD Inc. and noted current enrollment and overcrowding pressures at MAUHS.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Arthur S. Faris
Bennington School District, Inc
Don Rogers
Pownal
BSD Inc
MAUHS
Stephen Gilman
Bennington
Charles Salem
Gilman
Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington
Rogers
Faris
Shaftsbury
Mary Dailey
Franklin Frantz
Woodford
Paul Fairfield
Howard F. Kelley
Kelley
Charles W. Keir
Keir
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Chittenden County
Hoff
U.S. Senate
George D. Aiken
Senate
William K. Tufts
Bethel
Aiken
Guilford Atty
John G. Kristensen
Robert T. Stafford
U.S
House of Representatives
Deane C. Davis
National Life Insurance Co
Atty
James L. Oakes
Davis
Oakes
Water and Sewer Commission
Village Board
Seymour G. Shultz
Shultz
New Democratic
White House
Rocky
RFK
James Marro
Frederick Fayette
Ralph Ross
Danville
Marro
H. James Wallace
Wallace
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Carlo Walter
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Whitingham Vacation Home Developers
David Adler
Mauhs Board
Dr. Faris
Catamount Elementary
Mt. Anthony
Mt, Anthony
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