Nuclear power foes warn of radioactive dangers ahead
Bogart details links between curies and cancer rates, cites a decline in reactor promises, and warns Vernon Vermont's large plant near an elementary school risks contamination. He argues low level wastes threaten waterways, urges new energy agencies, and recalls Eisenhower era hopes turning to hazards.
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Albany
Troy
New York
AEC
Vernon
Bogart
Wiscasset
Maine
Florida
Congress
Taxpayers Groups Form Vermont Statewide Unit
Col Raymond C. Murray leads Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association as about 40 concerned citizens from Rutland Pawlet Woodstock Cavendish and Bennington discuss a statewide federation. An April 10 meeting will elect trustees and plan action with more groups forming in Burlington Montpelier and Ludlow.
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Vermont
Taxpayers
Raymond C. Murray
Bennington
Montpelier
Murray
Cavendish
BTPA
Burlington
Ludlow
Vermont State Parks Set May 29 Opening For 1969 Season
Vermont Commissioner Robert B Williams announces May 29 as the official 1969 opening date for state parks with early use possible during the week of May 18. Off season camping rates apply from opening until the third Monday in June and from the second Monday in September until closing. Jamaica State Park debuts with 49 campsites, Groton Forest adds a new group camping area, and improvements include extra campsites at Lake Elmore Ascutney and Lake St Catherine plus a boat launch at Lake Carmi. Attendance last year neared 1 million with expectations to top 500 000 campers this season.
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Montpelier
Robert B. Williams
Vermont
Jamaica State Park
West River
Groton State
Kettle Pond
University of New Hampshire
Ascutney State Park
Appalachian Mountain Club
Ball Mountain
Townshend Dams
Lake Elmore
Ascutney
Lake St. Catherine
Lake Carmi State Park
Rodney A. Barber
No Immediate Plans For Champlain Nuclear Plant
CVPS president L Douglas Meredith said the Rutland based utility has no drawings or plans for a nuclear generating station on Lake Champlain at Charlotte. The company has an option on about 140 acres of lakeshore land owned by former state Rep Mary Thurber amid a preliminary feasibility study signaling possible plant construction. CVPS is a principal stockholder in the Vermont Yankee plant at Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogart
Allied Chemical Corp
New York State
New Jersey
AEC
Albert Einstein
Burlington
UPS
Central Vermont Public Service
Cvps) Corp
Rutland
Lake Champlain
Charlotte
Douglas Meredith
Vermont
Meredith
CVPS
Mary Thurber
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Connecticut River
Track To Sign Decision Of Arbitrators On Clerks
Pari mutuel clerks at Green Mountain race track in Pywnal will not receive extra pay for handling bets on Sunday. A three member arbitration board ruled in a Teamster Union dispute. Track officials sought a 1 percent reduction in the state’s share of the Sunday racing split to cover higher wages. A House measure proposes the state take the daily 5.5 percent split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Green Mountain
Pywnal
Special Arbitration Board
Junior Women Plan Benefit For Day Center Luncheon event supports Bennington Day Care Center
Plans for a luncheon card party by Bennington Junior Women to aid the Bennington Day-Care Center are advancing. The center, licensed and opened March 17 at 114 BenMont Ave, provides day supervision for children of working mothers with staff including an administrator and two full-time assistants. Committee chairs cover decorations prizes arrangements and tickets. Members meet the first Tuesday each month. tickets are sold at local agencies and through members.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
BenMont Ave
Roland Manasias
Neil Moss
Dennis Joy
Thomas Fetters
Thomas Bluto
Bennington Travel
New Englander Motor Inn
Aiken Won't Sign River Bill
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont says he will not join as a sponsor of the Connecticut River national recreation area bill until Vermont officials decide on the plan. He waits to see amendments from Vermont and New Hampshire as officials prepare a joint stance for their congressional delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Reported
Hospital notes list admissions including Clark Blake Mrs Lillian Guetti Miss Catherine Hickey Leo T Mulvihill Mrs Catherine Riley Hoosick Falls Mrs Marcia Coonrad West Dover and discharges of Dorothy Elwell and daughter Shaftsbury Juanita Holm and daughter Wilmington Births show William Baker Shaftsbury a son March 31 Carroll Downs Arlington a son March 31 Fayette A Carpo Box 414 Wilmington a daughter March 31
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Clark Blake
Lillian Guetti
North Bennington
Catherine Hickey
Leo T. Mulvihill
Catherine Riley
Hoosick Falls
Marcia Coonradt
West Dover
Dorothy Elwell
Shaftsbury
Juanita Holm
Wilmington
William Baker
Carroll Downs
Arlington
Fayette A. Carpo
Box
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Meetings and Incidents
A false fire alarm echoed in Bennington last night around 9 30. Police report a Monday collision at 9 40 AM on North Street involving a 1960 Ford Mustang driven by Una D Stark and a 1955 Pontiac driven by William H Barber with no injuries. Miss Ann Marie Cronin of West Side Drive a Syracuse University junior made the dean's list for fall. Little League meeting postponed to April 10 at 7 30 PM at the YMCA due to Holy Week. Housewarming for Mr and Mrs Harrington and daughter Diane on East Road. Village Trustees meet tonight at 7 and Bennington Junior Women meet at 8 at Neil Moss’s home. Mt Anthony Chapter 1 Eastern Star holds its annual meeting Wednesday at 8 PM in the temple.
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Village
North Street
Una D. Stark
Main St
William H. Barber
North Bennington Road
Ann-Marie Cronin
Arthur F. Cronin
West Side Drive
Syracuse University School of Science Education
William Harrington
Diane
East Road
Harringtons
Fayette Suspended By Court
The Vermont Supreme Court suspended former state Sen. Frederick Fayette of Burlington from the practice of law for four months starting April 15. The discipline follows his January 1967 federal conviction for influence peddling, upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals, and cited violations of professional conduct. The court stressed lawyers bear a higher duty and cannot fully shield themselves by political status.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Supreme Court
Frederick Fayette
Burlington
Fayette
Principal Backs Down In Hartford
Hartford High School principal John Gates, 60, signs a 41 week administrative assistant contract for 1969 70 after a three month effort to oust him. The school board, voting 3 2, affirmed its January decision not to rehire him after 15 of 28 years. Hartford residents petitioned, and students held a torchlight march in his support.
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White River Junction
UPI _ Hartford High
John Gates
Gates
Hartford
Lenten Series Ends Wednesday at Bennington church
The United Lenten series Christian Faith in Action ends Wednesday with Holy Communion at First United Methodist Church Bennington. Holy Communion will be served by several pastors in liturgy. The noontime service began noon and featured speakers Eugene V. Clark A Ranney Galusha J Duncan Campbell Sister Judith Levins John H Williams II. Sponsored by Bennington County Council of Churches.
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First United Methodist Church
Bennington
Eugene V. Clark
A. Ranney Galusha
J. Duncan Campbell
Judith Levins
John H. Williams II
Bennington County
Good Friday Services Hear Rev Stephen Rose at St Peter's
A three hour Good Friday service at St Peter's Episcopal Church on School Street features three half hour sermons by Rev Stephen C Rose. Rose a Presbyterian minister active in civil rights and an alternate delegate to the Consultation on Church Union has a lengthy record in church reform and ecumenism. Eight area clergymen will join in the union service sponsored by the Bennington County Council of Churches.
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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
School Street
Stephen C. Rose
Nashville
Ten
Chicago
Renewal Magazine
Association Church Press
Phillips Exeter Academy
Williams College
Union Theological Seminary
Christianity and Crisis Magazine
World Council of Churches
Geneva
Switzerland
Edward B. Geyer Jr
Theodore Shatagin
Arvell, Steece
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational United Church of Christ
William Abernethy
North Bennington
Obituaries for Noyes and Duverney in New York
Carl A. Noyes of Johnsonville died Monday at St Marys Hospital Troy after a short illness. Survivors include wife Helen Amidon daughter Nancy son Kurt sister and three brothers. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm at Charles F White Funeral Home Valley Falls with calling hours today. Leo D Duverney 53 of Harwood Hill died Monday night at VA Hospital Albany after long service as a mechanic for Holmes Transportation. Funeral services pending at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with callings hours Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 pm.
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Johnsonville
N.Y
Carl A. Noyes
St. Mary’s Hospital
Troy
Noyes
Dorothy Noyes
Third St
Hoosick Falls
Helen Amidon
Nancy
Kurt
Paul Stewart
Leo D. Duverney
Harwood Hill
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Albany
Duverney
Holmes Transportation Co
Blanche
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
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YMCA
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