Novitiate at Quackenbush estate in Old Bennington
Text and photos by Rob Woolmington describe a 40 acre former estate near Fairview Street now serving as a Holy Cross novitiate. The setting overlooks Mt. Equinox and Mt. Anthony, with a large house that has housed a summer home inn restaurant and college. The article notes monastic life among blue denim clad novices and recalls changes in the Catholic Church’s reforms since 1930.
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Quackenbush
Holy Cross Novitiate
America
Canada
Holy Cross Order
Old Bennington
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Fairview Street
Chatham
Iowa State
Frank Gartland
Holy Cross
University of Notre Dame
Gartland
Notre
Searsburg Cutoff on Route 9 to Start This Summer
Bennington County awaits the Searsburg cutoff on Route 9 an $800000 project aimed at removing a hazardous twisting stretch that has claimed lives of motorists and trucks. A second Route 7 proposal from Shaftsbury to Arlington faces possible contempt of court actions over right of way and federal court injunctions.
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Bennington County
Searsburg Cutoff
Route 9
Searsburg Mountain
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Highway Department
Harvey D. Carter Jr
Searsburg
Gleason
Gus’’ Ayers
Ayers
Pownal
Center Shaftsbury
Bottom Hill
Bennington
Harwood Hill
State Highway Board
Passover Eve Tonight Weather Outlook
Passover Eve tonight with sunset at 6 21 and sunrise Sunday at 5 32. Scattered rain develops late afternoon as clouds thicken. Saturday highs near 50 with tonight’s lows around 40. Windy and showery Sunday, temperatures in the 50s.
Carter rejects shoe tariff in cautious stance
Washington President Carter rejects restrictive tariff quotas on shoes and directs his trade ambassador to pursue a cautious policy path while weighing potential economic and political impacts.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Carter rebuffs tariffs on foreign shoes in U S move
President Carter rejects broad tariffs or quotas on imported shoes, saying only severe problems would push him to limits. He orders trade negotiator Strauss to seek orderly marketing agreements with key suppliers Taiwan and South Korea. Strauss plans talks next week under the 1974 Trade Act with 90 days to craft deals and aid measures for the U S shoe industry.
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Concord
UPI
Carter
Robert Selig
Laconia Shoe Co
Taiwan
Korea
Selig
U.S
Robert Strauss
Strauss
Democratic National Committee
South Korea
United States
New England
International Trade Commission
Congress
Two Experts to Study Bennington Lead Pipe Problem
Bennington plans a Tuesday review with EPA officials and two lead contamination experts. Dr. Joseph O’Brien of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality and Dr. James Patterson of the Illinois Institute of Technology will inspect the town’s corrosive Bolles Brook sourced water and advise on remedies to reduce lead exposure, especially for children.
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Bennington
Louis C. Savelas
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Joseph O’brien
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality and Engineering
James Patterson
Illinois Institute of Technology
Bolles Brook
Peter Karelekas
Boston
Ghost on the Hill Over Kennedy Case Attracts Witness
Dutch newsman Willem Oltmans told the House Assassinations Committee that George de Mohrenschildt claimed he and Lee Harvey Oswald planned Kennedy's murder from A to Z. He alleged a $50,000 contract in Texas and identified an FBI official, with de Mohrenschildt fearing testimony.
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Washington
UPI
House Assassinations Committee
George de Mohrenschildt
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Kennedy
Ato
Willem Oltmans
Kennedy
Texas
Oltmans
Oswald
de Mohrenschildt
FBI
CIA
H.L. Hunt
Jack Ruby
Florida
House
Dallas
Mohrenschildt
Geisel recesses Brazilian Congress delaying return to democracy
President Ernesto Geisel invoked emergency powers and recessed Congress for an indefinite period after a vote by opposition parties blocked government backed judicial reform. The move delays the military plan to restore democracy by almost ten years, marking the 13th anniversary of the 1964 coup.
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Brasilia
Brazil
UPI
Ernesto Geisel
Congress
Geisel
National Security Council
Brazilian Democratic Movement
Venue Change Ordered in Minckler Murder Trial
Superior Court Judge Thomas L. Hayes granted a change of venue to White River Junction for Richard Ricky Minckler’s first degree murder trial in the October 5 Manchester bartender slaying. The May 16 start remains, with separate trial planned for Michael J. Martin. Minckler, 25, is jailed with a New York detainer. Martin and Minckler both plead innocent.
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Maggie C. Bucholt
Superior Court
Thomas L. Hayes
Richard
Ricky’’ Minckler
Manchester
Minckler
David Reid
White River Junction
Raymond G. Bolton
Bolton
Hayes
Rutland
Harry Cirelli
Palace Hotel
St. Albans
New York
Rouse’s Point
N.Y
Michael J. Martin
North Clarendon
Cirelli
Martin
Budget debate highlights Vermont economic future
Vermont lawmakers push for tax cuts and energy relief as the House passes a 182 million General Fund budget aligned with Gov. Snelling while revenue forecasts spark a split on timing. Snelling warns of possible deficits in 1978 and 1979, urging caution amid an improving but volatile economy.
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William Poole Montpelier
UPI
House
Richard Snelling
Snelling
Senate
House Appropriations
Madeleine Kunin
Burlington
Thomas Salmon
Salmon
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Rob Woolmington
MT. Equinox
By John Leaning
Highway Board
New York State
Mammoth Mart
N.Y. Route 7
New York Transportation
Bennington Banner
White River
Montpelier
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