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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1971
Page
2
Senator Robert T. Stafford of Vermont casts a decisive vote to extend the draft as White House officials arrange a hastily scheduled meeting. The vote comes after Nixon invited Stafford to the White House and ahead of a likely special election for Prouty’s Senate seat.
New England lawmakers split on a compromise draft extension bill. The House voted 6-3 to kill the measure, a move rejected in the Senate 47-36. Senators paired votes as follows, with notable names including Prouty successor Stafford and Kennedy not voting.
The SVSU will meet next Tuesday September 21 at 7 30 p m in Mt Anthony Union High School to decide whether to offer the post to Sleeman or to open the post to other applicants.
About 400 delegates from 186 churches across Vermont will gather at First Congregational Church in Randolph Center for a special Vermont Conference United Church of Christ meeting Saturday. The event aims to develop practical peace actions for individuals, churches, and the conference under the theme Becoming Peacemakers. Lead speaker Rev. Dr. James Gustafson of Yale Divinity School will open, followed by a panel on possible peace in Southeast Asia with noted church and military figures.
Christopher Swezey, a Dorset lumberman and large landowner, told Bennington County planners that listing 3,000 acres at fair market value drives him to sell. He fears pulp operations if taxes rise, while defending open spaces and recreational use. Dorset listers, led by Charles Erdman, say values reflect sale prices and advocate tax stabilization to aid timber land.
Medina Kenneth A. Howard was acquitted on a separate count after Gene Oliver of Fort Lauderdale testified he killed the boy on his own. The court’s third murder specification, called “the big one” by Bailey, charged Medina with allowing his men to kill 100 Vietnamese civilians during a March 16 1968 My Lai sweep. The government contends Medina knew of the killings, deliberately did nothing, and thus encouraged the killings to continue.
Memorial services for Janet H. van Loon of Dorset are set for Monday at 2 30 p.m. at United Church of Dorset and East Rupert with Rev Hal Miller officiating. Van Loon, 60, died Thursday night. survived by husband Henry B. van Loon and three sons, a daughter, and a sister. Burial cremation planned. memorials to Mt Laurel School. Also, Blanche R Bagley, 89, of North Bennington died Friday after a long illness. She was born in Searsburg and survived by a daughter and two granddaughters. services held at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with burial at Hinsdillville Cemetery. Also noted is the funeral of Kenneth G. Tetreault, formerly of Bennington, to be held in California.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp lawyers met with state officials and conservationists in Brattleboro to tighten controls on the Vernon plant while seeking to drop the right to appeal the Public Service Board order. Attorney General James M. Jeffords touted a “landmark agreement” but talks stalled as company counsel objected to draft provisions.
Sno-Riders of Hoosick plan snowmobile drag races two miles south of town on Route 22 with 10:30 a.m. trials and noon races. Proceeds go to Hoosick Rescue Squad and the U S Olympic Committee. Also includes local club meet notes and Church Mass details.
Trustees of the Eastern States Exposition rejected a plan to move the annual fair to Connecticut by unanimous vote. They will spend about 4.75 million dollars on renovations, largely for the coliseum, citing irreplacable avenues and village areas. A consulting firm had urged relocation for better taxes, a shift tied to Massachusetts tax law changes.
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