BSD denies role in ACLU lawsuit
The Bennington School District Board denied any role in the ACLU apportionment suit against Mt. Anthony Union High School Board. It stressed that bond funding for a $1.575 million junior high project is not tied to the suit and urged the union district to approve a repayment plan for education and safety reasons.
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Bennington
American Civil Liberties Union
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony Junior High
George A. Sleeman
BSD
Sleeman
Bendi
ACLU
Woodford
Supreme Court
Plans appeal Army delays Calleys release
An attorney for former Lt. William Calley criticized the Army for delaying his release from Ft Leavenworth after a federal judge overturned Calleys My Lai murder conviction. He accused the Army of unequal rules for deserters and those who served, noting rapid actions in clemency cases for other prisoners.
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Columbus, Ga
UPI
William Calley
Calley
My Lai
Army
Kenneth Henson
Columbus
Washington
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Leavenworth
Henson
U.S. District Court
Salmon orders state probe into police shooting death
Governor Thomas P. Salmon ordered a state police investigation into the fatal shooting of Luis M. Ponce Jr. by Burlington police after Ponce was surrounded for more than an hour during a 4:15 am arrest attempt on a burglary charge. The ACLU urged a special prosecutor to present the case to a grand jury, while Chittenden County State's Attorney Leahy called the death justifiable homicide.
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ACLU
David Harrison
Chittenden County
Patrick J. Leahy
Leahy
Ponce
Burlington
Pointblank Range
Harrison
Salmon
Burlington Board of Alderman
Red Lion
David Leighton
Woonsocket, R.I
Leighton
Police Department
Nixon suffers blood clot in lung delaying Watergate trial
Long Beach California UPI reports Richard Nixon has a blood clot in his right lung, a sign of possible serious complications. Dr. Walter Lungren says the condition is not yet critical but will keep him hospitalized and away from the Watergate trial for now. Dr. Joseph Fratantoni warns more clots may appear, potentially fatal, noting 300,000 to 400,000 phlebitis cases annually in the United States.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Walter Lungren
Washington
Joseph Fratantoni
National Heart and Lung Institute
Fratantoni
Lungren
Leon Jaworski
John Ehrlichman
U.S. District Court
John Sirica
Jaworski
Sirica
California Supreme Court
California State Bar
Bar
Democrats seek big name for Vermont fund-raiser
Vermont Democrats seek a prominent national Democrat to headline a late October fundraiser to raise at least 10 000 dollars for party candidates. Potential speakers include Henry Jackson Sam Ervin Walter Mondale William Proxmire Morris Udall Robert Drinan and Joseph Biden Hoff notes the event is about money and not debt repayment and stresses the party remains financially strapped.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Henry Jackson
Washington
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Morris Udall
Arizona
Robert Drinan
Massachusetts
Hoff
Genghis Khan
Republican Party
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Canopy Plan At 310 Main St Faces Zoning Review
Traims Luksus seeks a large sidewalk extending canopy in front of 310 Main St with a split art gallery and shop, backed by Breard Hawks building ownership. IBA demands detailed plans on dimensions materials anchoring and snow removal. next week joint meeting set after architect drawn plans.
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Traims Luksus
Main St
Bennington
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Luksus
Breard Hawks
IBA
Planning Commission
Upstreet
Main Street
Vermonters Aid Honduras After Hurricane Disaster
Vermonters tied to Honduras mobilize to aid hurricane victims through Partners of the Americas Honduras Vermont. They coordinate clothing drives with churches and groups and plan a four day relief visit to Tegucigalpa to assess needs and coordinate shipments of summer clothing sheets gowns shoes and fabric.
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Montpelier
UPI
Honduras
Partners of the Americas
Vermont
Tegu
Inside Banks lower prime rat to ease money crunch
Collectors and conservationists find themselves at cross purposes. Apple aficionation will like Kit Foster's column today. Tom Braden comments on Sen. Kennedy's decision not to run. Manchester sets priorities for revenue sharing funds. Democratic headquarters opens in Arlington, Mrs. Gardner complains of state inequities. Johnny Miller worries about his golf game being too good, we should all have his worries. Summer crop of athletes of the month nominated. How to create sourdough bread without going to San Francisco.
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Apple
Kit Foster
Tom Braden
Sen. Kennedy
Manchester
Democratic
Arlington
Anthropologists report at Big House How Montagnards deal in arms
A North Bennington talk by Jane and Lucien M. Hanks recounted three year surveys of Montagnards in northern Thailand. They contrasted hill tribe life with lowland Thai society, detailing village visits across about 200 communities and daily hospitality in hill markets.
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Tyler Resch
Southeast Asia
Jane
Lucien M. Hanks
Bennington
Thailand
McCullough
Hankses
Burma
Laos
China
Hanks
Bennington College
State University of New York At Albany
Hankies
Hawkies
Lucien
Jane Hanks
North Bennington
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