Bennington approves land sale for Jolivette project
Town voters approve selling a half acre L shaped parcel north of Willow Road to Jolivette Electric for 250 dollars to enable low income apartments. The plan, backed by the Vermont Housing Authority lease, includes adding land to the fire district and extending a roadless site for future building. Nine new town constables were appointed for Bennington College until Sept 23, 1970.
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Bennington
Willow Road
D Jouvette Electric
Richard Jolivette
Jolivette
Vermont Housing Authority
Bennington Fire District No. 1
Fire District
Clayton Daigneault
Daigneault
Selectman
Selectmen
Town Planning Commission
Bennington College
Michael Blake
Robert Borden
Edward Gould
Ralph Larson
Murray McGuire
Robert Masten
Mitchell Mason
Ralph Reierson
Henry Hall
SST Faces Fight in Congress in 1960s era push
Washington lawmakers clash over President Nixon's request for 662 million dollars across five years to fund the supersonic transport. Supporters praise U.S. leadership and economic returns while critics warn of vanity projects and noise concerns.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
John Volpe
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Daniel Evans
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Charles H. Percy
United States
House
John McCormack
America
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Scott selected as GOP Senate floor leader
In a closed party vote the Republican Senate chose Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania over Howard Baker Jr. to succeed the late Everett Dirksen as floor leader. Scott, 68, becomes the first liberal moderate to hold the post, with the vote 24-19 and a vacancy created for assistant leader. Baker, 43, represents the conservative wing.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Everett M. Dirksen
Scott
GOP
Vative
Young Turks
Baker
Dirksen
Sens
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Scott-Baker
House
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
Congress
Vermont Gov Davis pledges careful aid to poor and tax payers
Governor Deane C. Davis said he will do the very best job to aid Vermont's poor while weighing budget limits for taxpayers. He floated possible limits on welfare grants under aid to needy children and declined firm judgments on a critical welfare report. He defended past actions and signaled no final budget decisions for 1971 while noting old program requests must be compressed.
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Davis
John Wackerman
Wackerman
Department
Philip Hoff
Pinkerton
Manchester Girl Still Unofficially Identified
In Manchester a three year old girl killed Monday is reportedly identified as Rebecca Newton by police. No authorities have released survivors or a death certificate. the body was released per a doctor and family request, with the manner of death attributed to a driverless tractor with front loader and back hoe near the child’s home.
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Manchester
Rebecca
New York Debates Broad Tax Overhaul in Albany
Albany New York lawmakers study a sweeping tax reform potential with a minimum income tax on high earners and scrutiny of tax exempt groups. Proposals include raising credits and adjusting deductions for couples and individuals, plus possible taxes on capital gains and gifts. Public hearings over three months will shape 1970 session measures as federal action looms.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Perry B. Duryea Jr
R-Montauk
Duryea
Congress
Washington
Inside editor notes duty in reporting accidents
Page 4 reveals an editorial criticizing a newspaper's distasteful duty in reporting accidents. Page 4 also notes James Reston observing that Nixon policies and Saigon generals on troop withdrawal do not align. Dorset eyes interim zoning on Page 8. Hoosick Falls residents get a special interest in a new TV series Bracken's World on Page 9.
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James Reston
Nixon
Saigon
Hoosick Falls
Piercy Drops Discrimination Complaint in Vermont
A Bennington woman Marjorie Piercy has dropped her housing discrimination complaint before the Vermont Human Rights Commission. Assistant Attorney General Richard Blum said reasons were not stated as she chose not to pursue a formal filing, though an investigation flagged the issue as serious. The commission’s case remains pending a decision by Superior Judge Rudolph Daley. A separate case involves a black veteran from New Jersey alleging a Shaftsbury couple refused to sell him land due to color.
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Piercy
Bennington
David
Rudolph Daley
New Jersey
Shaftsbury
Hoff denounces welfare report as witchhunt against 1967 act
Former Vermont governor Philip Hoff assails a governor’s social welfare committee report as vindictive and dishonest. He criticizes the tone as dehumanizing and defends State Welfare Commissioner John Wackerman, calling him the scapegoat amid partisan critique of welfare policy and the 1967 act. He warns the act could be at risk.
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Hoff
John) Wackerman
Deane C. Davis
Bennington-Rutland picks Connecticut minister for BROC
The Bennington Rutland Opportunities Council named Rev. Robert L. Green Jr. of Wilton Connecticut as executive director over Brattleboro attorney Peter S. Diamondstone. Green is 52 a Harvard graduate and previously led a Fairfield County parish developing services for the poor. Diamondstone was the other top candidate and known for advocacy on Vermont’s poor.
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Robert L. Green Jr
Wilton
Conn
Carter
Peter S. Diamondstone
Vermont
Brattleboro
Green
Harvard
Fairfield County
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U.S
Employment Security Department
War On Poverty
Thomeas Davis
Philosophical
Paul Philbrook
Philbrook
Dorset
BROC
Connecticut
David Scribner
Atty
Harvey Carter Jr
Pownal
Bennington - Rutland Opportunity Council
Gloria Gil
Thomas Quinn
Rutland Department of Employment Security
Joseph Hall
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