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2 Pennington HnmiiT, Sanirdnj, November 2, 1974 CVPS manager tells his story to Rotarians Vermont's Ford fund raiser yielded less than expected As Rick Bower of Central Vermont Public Service Corp. started his talk to the Ben nlngton Rotary Club Friday, somebody cut the switch on his mw'e projector, causing a very temporary outage. He told Rotarians that CVPS, of which he is Bennington area manager, is made op of 102 companies which were Joined together over the years, They Bennington Briefs The monthly meeting of the A videotape of a state forum Vanded iu Include the full slate ii Republican candidates. Previous plans were to finance only the candidates for governor, senator and congressman, Sanders Continued from Page United States is short, depending generally upon one specific issue, Sanders claimed that Liberty Union was not only he re to stay but that It would capture more supporters in the next few years than either major party, The major parties have repeatedly attempted to preempt Liberty Union of lis issues, according to Sanders, who warned that this policy would force the party 'to go even further out." On the matter of rate hikes by utilities, Sanders couldn't find the words to express his con tempt for a decision by Gov. inuniHi r.

Kuinuil alio, HIS HcpuDllcan opponent, House Speaker Walter "Peanut" Bennington Junior Women will on land use planning in Ver Feature "Toys for Tots" and will mont will be rebroadcaat committee had previously pu the total at about WO.OOO. Richard SnelUng, the chair man of the committee, conced ed there was "some erosion" in receipts, but voiced hope that late payments for tickets would raise the total receipts to more than J85 000 The committee was forced to borrow $15,000 from the Slate Republican Committee In order to make nil nrnmlsnrl nnliffroi MOOTPEIJER (UPl) President Ford's Vermont fund raising efforts were less sue cessful than previously repor ted, the Vermont Republican Dinner Committee revealed Friday. In a report filed 12 days after the legal deadline, the commit tec reported receipts of (75,322 at IheOet. 7 Burlington dinner honoring retiring Sen, George T. Aiken, VL at which Ford was liie principal speaker.

The i Watergate ts.enneuy, 10 ceciare we nines a "non Issue" In this fall's Gintinued from Page 1 campaign. aorry f(jr thflt Part of it and the Sanders seems philosophical damage it has dune to me and about the "theft" of issues from mY family," he said. "But 1 Liberty Union hy the maor tboughl at that time that there parties, noting that the "people etK of President Ninon and contributions, which were ei Stpin VI tv. rariunson, nan smigm to establish that former attorney general and Nfsen campaign manager John N. uitchell was suspicious" that Magruder had dipped into the till and had detailed Parkinson to investigate Magnider'a as sets.

Mitchell and Parkinson, a Washington lawyer hired lo handle Nixon campaign Watergate problems, are among the five men on trial for the cover up plot. project in Massachusetts. nearby A new system for putting electrically heated homes on half voltage for short periods of time to lighten peak loads is being tried in II this works whole towns ccuM be handled by remote control, switching from one town to another at 30 minute intervals. Also, a box of'hot bricks in electrically heated houses can be warmed up when there is an excess of power, and a fan blowing over these bricks will furnish heat when peak needs are high. These would be heal od by off peak heat.

New ideas on leveling out power usage are being considered and searched out constantly, Bower said. TM lecture set at college A free public lecture on transcendental meditation as taught by MaharlsM Mahcsh Yogi will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at Bennington College, Dickinson 117, sponsored by the International Meditution Society. Transcendental meditation, known to its devotees as "TM," first gained widespread publicity in the United Slates in the late 1950s when the maharishi listed cinema celebrities and musicians among his followers.

The maharishi preceded many Reach Roy rnck concerts during their national tours, and the Beatles (raveled to fndia several times to study his method. The Beatles later dtsavoived the maharishi. Now his following is diminished, but the In tematynal Meditation Society still "attempts to enlist new devotees. The society claims TM is a "simple natural technique which expands awareness, develops clear thinking and perception and provides deep rest resulting in more dynamic activity and full 'expression of creative in telligence in daily life." serve 91,000 customers, about per cent or Vermont, He pointed out that in 1941 CVPS was a member of the group that first fed electricity into the grid from windpower atop Grandpas rinoD in Castleton. It was plagued with breakdowns and problems.

In March of IMS the whole thing collapsed and was abandoned. Bower pointed out that in 2 fine. Vate clS Palhs vMeys Thfi are greater, repairs a bit more difficult, upkeep Is higher, but that the esthetics of the area ui NotinB the nroblem of cooling water in the atomic plants he said that 360,000 gallons of wat er a minute can be cooled by the ooling towers at the Vemon Atomic Plant. It Is Just one example of the way the company has to respond to public needs. Bovver said the company.

needs lo sell preferred stock to the public to keep up with electrical needs and changing costs. Electric poles have changed in cost from $35.10 to 4118.35 over Ihe past few years and other costs arc going up every day in a similar manner. Manv niehires of various CV personnel were shown and Bower pointer! nut all of Ihese people arc active In their ccmmunilies as well as busy at their Job. in the company, Rolarians saw slides uf company activity all the way from the linemen down through ihe ranks to Ihe head office. He situations till they are so tired they have lo he ordered off the job.

He described the new pump storage system which is used to pump water info storage when there is an excess of power and which can used to generate nv niB tt. that CV would henefit'from the Bear Swamp pump power Zday Nov. 4 from 7: i to hT 'comlnftv Arts taoetatio tanUced announced. Four Squires Restaurant will be closed from Sundav. Nov.

3 through Monday, Nov, 11 nation, reopen luesaay, Nov.U. ADV. AHIT to code invasion MONTPEUER (UPI) The Vermont chanter nf the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLUJ tiled suit Friday to block enforcement of a Montpe Her ordinance allowing building inspectors to enter private Property. "The Supreme Court has already made it clear that the Fourth Amendment aDDlies to housing code inspections," said lawyer Richard S. Kuhn.

"ACLU will move to assure that this protection against unreasonable search and sei zure will be provided to citizens throughout Vermont." The suit, filed in Washington County Superior Cuurt, asked l.n" ,1 communities throughout the ThE AC also asd the Vermont District Court to ndi cr)mMl dismiss pending criminal charges against Mairlce Gal Breath of Moirinalter. who refuscd loaJ! Inspeclors into Hoff denies backing suddenly hot loophole' beheMNoJ, 12 at 8 Tor cfl" saa A Wel te 5 from 1 to T' Congregational Church on Hillside Street. Complete enhve health screening Is "HL uiagnwB ana treatment Yung at 442 5429 for an an ncintrnpnt Shaflsburv voters. Pearl Hovt will appreciate your support for town renreiftntativo Trnn. sportatlmi to the polls, 2 4773 a 6977p.m.

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ADV. Woman hurt as car hits tree in Falls HOOSICK FALLS. N.Y, Barbara Bcnesteel, 20, of R.D Friday when her car struck a 1 1 WL 1,1 lnc Has Bonesteel was raveling south when she feu asleep; her UIB "STIZ rill fvJ McOellan Hospital by the Tow, of Hoosick Rescue Squad. Her car was towed to Bob's garugc. According to reports, Miss Bonesteel is a nurse and was return uig home from duty at the Mary McQeLan Hospital.

According to the hospital ipokesman Friday, Miss Bonesteel was resting 'comfortably with no serious injuries. forum corporations. Most of the legislative aspirants gave support for the idea of a state land use plan, but differed on how strong such a plan should be. The great majority of support was for a "weak" plan, with much local and Utile state control. However, the Liberty Union candidates again disagreed, stating that the present land use Plan is a "bow to buy and sell real estate plan." They advocated instead a major state commitment to small scale agriculture and related industries as a way of keeping land open and Vermont prosperous.

All of the candidates supported the concept of land use taxation, taxing open land on the basis of its productivity. The complete forum was videotaped by Community Video and will be shown on Channel 8 twice this weekend Friday at 7 and Sunday af. temocn at 2. BURIJNGTON (UPIJ Former Gov. Philip Hoff denied Friday thai he had supported a controversial tax loophole that has become an Issue In the Vermont congressional campaign.

Democratic candidate Francis Cain has claimed the loophole, limiting the ma ximum stale income tax to 4.5 per cent, shows Republican congressional Candidate James M. Jeffords was opposed to tax reform. Jeffords sponsored the amendment in 196? while a state senator. According to Gov. Thomas P.

Salmon, who has proposed repeal of the provision, It costs the state $550,000 annually by lowering the tax bill of Vermonters with incomes over JluO.OflO. Jeffords, in a statement defending the vote, had said it was needed at the lime to prevent wealthy citizens from "ll in mr. and my own sell protection was til most important "ft was a terrible, terrible blunder. It was a tragic mistake that I am trying lo rectify and am in prison now because of it." He said he had told a phony story about Watergatc that the bad extended pr bul ing cl w'lh "JE biujglng of nnratie party headnuartere r'0'nlh He of the June 17 l.bG ng arrests until Apnl J4 nt th year when hn wmt tu Prosecutors with the truth Ihe cover slory lo the press, to my wife, to mv friends and to neonle I was to ond I'm ashamed about tc5(lle'J, that eU fo.rm" collti 0 W0T he of Watergate after Mitchell quit as Mixon canv direclor July 1, 1972. Stein's questioning of Ma Rnider grew so heated tliat at one point U.S.

District Judge John J. Sirica cautioned hun nol to shout. stein hod sought to establish first with the jurors oat of the gunroom and later in Uicir preicncc ltal Mitchell was tlla Magruder had helped himself to epaiga 'and PflrMrlsan t0 reviJ Ma. nsse5i Fourteen candidates for the stale legislature in Bennington County offered rather predictable answers Wed ncsday niglit lo questions at a forum sponsored by the league of Women Voters at Mount Anthony High School. Cold Nights Ahead Flannel Sleepwear For The Entire Family BEST CHOICE NOW J7 MAIN ST.

EN KING I OH. 'i DIAL 3 JJil VjI U1 trLlfiT.T Legislative arc tne main neneficianes to a certain extent." On the national level, Sanders said, the major parties have conspired to create such dubious bipartisan national policies as those on Vietnam and the energy crisis. Friday was Sander's last swing through southern Ver mont in this election. He said lie planned lo spend Saturday and possibly Monday in Chittenden County, which along with ficnnlngton County is a Liberty Union "stronghold" He predicted a sopVisingly large numher of voles for himself, for Parenti and for Martha Ahtott candidate for governor. Us deplored the lack of sup pc 1 Ms Abbott has received from women, but said he wus not impressed with other women candidates elsewhere, termine F.Ua ttras so, a Democrat running for governor of Con neetlcut, "nothing more than a political hack House ransacked, .1 i anoiner roiiDed uT.u "1 IS 1 broken into and ransacked Tmirlay some time between noon and 4 p.m.

state poUce report Pol ce are nvestigat ing he in cHlent in conjunction with Hie Williamstown, J'oiice Hcpartment, who reported another Uayligh! robbery of a residence near Itie state line on lioutc 7 Wednesday. Both departments arc checking several leads. Any resident who may have seen someone on foot between noon anil i p.m. Thursday is asked In contact the state police, who were withholding other details. KKMKMHKR YOU (iKT DOUBLE TH1PLK "8" BLUB STAMPS EVERY WEDNESDAY GRAND UNION EMPIRE (Nd Minimum Purchnse t'ollllMl AdTH U.wjni foils nave shown Republican ZfflX extra donations we seen as indications the GOP was trying to prevent Gov.

Thomas P. Salmon's coattaib front carry mg in olher Democratic office seekers The dinner committee report frire increase when all bills were in. TneMinB the ITS MM ft im. rZ rri. ukH i.xtj lur uisinrjuiion to Hep, Richard W.

Mallary, Y1 lllc s11 candidate, Pli receiving 119,000 "JrIf B' ma congressional candidate James M. Jeffords said he received The committee did not reveal hjw much it would give to each of the other GOP candidates. leaving the state, and added it was backed by Hoff, who was governor at the time. Hoff said his administration opp nsed the provision, but "Senator Jefiords and the HmnMin mri'rv w. Mfiu in attaching this loo faced with cither accepting it or losing the whole legislation, which we felt was a vitally wmcn we len was a viiu needed reform measure despite ne.ienornsamenamenr, Cain renewed his attack on Jeffords, who called the loophole "alousy non issue.

"At a time when the American people are being taxed into bankruptcy while cerialn huge corporations and rich individuals escape through loopholes like this, I am astounded that my opponent dismisses the need, for lax reform as a rion issue," Cain said. Republican Daniel Mason and Democratic Rep. Claries Saucr. Absent were Democrat Lafayette Lyons from 4 1 and Ii dependent John Pudvar from M. The forum focused on two that had been given to each candidate in advan.ee how besl to finance education, and their position on land use planning and property taxes.

Most of the candidates expressed general support for the Miller formula concept of i doation aid, although several thought the formula in need of revision to make it more equitable for all towns in the state. A few candidates supported the concept of an Income factor being introduced into the for mula, while the Liberty Union candidates took a distinctly separate stand, advocating funding of educations through strongly progressive income taxes and higher taxes on about. Earlier Security administration state earlier overpayments to some returned the Several of overpayments District Court federal collect the injunction government aspirants address The candidates, including all six for the state Senate and eight for the House in District Benn 4 (Bennington. Pownal and Woodford), were hardly less numerous than the disappointing crowd o( 25. There were few surprises, with most reiterating positions stated earlier in their campaign.

The Senate candidates were Democrats Robert li. Cum mings Jr. and Kelton Mllle Liberty Unlonltes Penny Iirrison and Cheryl Nlertor man; and Republicans fa dinand "Nundy" Bongartz and Rep. Merritt Hewitt Jr. House aspirants on liand were, from Subdistrict 4 1, Republican Rep.

Joseph Caracciola and Democrat Lawrence F. Powers; 4 2, Republican Michael Silver, running unopposed; 4 3, Republican Rep. Thomas li. Foster, Liberty Unionite Laina Cerrish, and Democratic Rep. David B.

Shaffe; 4 4, Honest welfare recipients find names dropped from list John J. DeVito REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE ASST. JUDGE computer pro blems at the Social Administration, which took over of the program from the this year, had resulted in and entra checks being sent recipients, including Ihe 220 who checks. the persons who received the have filed suit In U.S. In Burlington to prevent the government from attempting to eilre money.

A temporary has been issued against the pending a hearing. MONTPELIER (UPIJ A total of 220 welfare recipients learned Thursday that honesty does nol pay. The recipients, who had returned earlier overpayment checks sent out by the Social Security Administration in Uallimore, found that their honesty meant their names were dropped from the roles. Vermont Welfare Commissioner Paul Pliilbrook, who announced the computer error, said he hoped ew rhecs under the Aid to Aged, Blind, and disabled program AABD could be processed and mailed by next Wednesday. He said anyone whosfi check does not arrive and has serious financial problems should contact ihe local welfare office for emergency assistance.

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