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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1974
Page
7
Dorset officials and teachers met to discuss a satellite hot lunch program sourced from Manchester, with 75 percent state funding approved for immediate pilot. The board also authorized a fourth bus to reduce early pickups and planned executive sessions for negotiations.
Albany County youths will hear the Albany Symphony Orchestra in four school performances on April 8 and 9 at 9:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Dan Persico, 17, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk senior, will solo with Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1. Info at 465-4755.
The Pownal Fire Protective Association holds a 7 PM monthly meeting at the firehouse. East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department meets at 7:30 PM at the firehouse. Solomon Wright Library opens 7–9 PM Monday to Thursday. Pownal Lions Club gathers Tuesday at 6 PM at Mount Anthony Country Club for social hour and dinner then 6:30 PM meeting. Public hearing on North Pownal School set for Tuesday in rooms 102-103.
A miniature time capsule placed in the Candle Mill wall includes a 1974 spring mail order catalog and a handwritten letter by owner Tom Weakley noting the wall under construction and the mill history. The wall is part of renovations aimed to open a new shop by June. other local items include a sunrise Easter breakfast and a school board hearing. Federal agents destroyed about 2000 marijuana plants at Kennedy Space Center with no arrests.
Arlington community notices announce Nimble Thimbles 4-H Club jewelry party at Bailey Hall Monday at 7 pm to raise funds for local projects. Media Aids of Arlington Memorial High School sponsor a May 4 newspaper and magazine drive with pickup options. Meanwhile Arlington High drama members promote Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music for April 26 27 with tickets via cast or 375-2540. Calendar items list weekly meetings and events. Boston weather foresees generally fair skies in New England with showers southern areas and temperatures from the 20s to 60s.
The body of a Burlington woman, likely Mrs. Laura Sanders, 26, was found burned in Cliffside Park around 11 a.m. Friday. Authorities said identification is pending dental records. death is considered a self-inflicted immersion with no apparent foul play.
Senator George Aiken announced a competitive Civil Service exam for July 6 to fill three U S Air Force Academy slots two at the U S Military Academy and one at the Naval Academy for entry in June 1975. Vermont residents aged 17 to 21 may apply by writing Room 358 Russell Office Building Washington 20510.
Robert E. Monroe of Ford Edward New York, 25, died Friday from burns suffered in a March 9 prison cell fire at Rutland Correctional Center. An autopsy found death by inhalation of soot and smoke, with uncertainty over whether the act was self-inflicted or an attention-getting gesture or due to another cause.
Rutland a Ludlow man named Paul Kalinen 27 received three sentences Friday in Rutland District Court that could keep him jailed for up to three years on three check fraud charges. He had pleaded guilty to the charges and earlier faced similar counts in Bennington District Court receiving a suspended sentence.
Donna Thornton aged 19 from Trumbull Connecticut, a Green Mountain College student, was selected Miss Vermont USA at the weekend event. She will represent Vermont in the Miss USA pageant en route to Miss Universe.
Regional Hospital Review and Planning Council of Northeastern New York finds a gap of 24 pediatricians in Rensselaer County. Overconcentration in Troy leaves outlying areas underserved while Troy remains overprovided. Recommend more general practitioners in outlying areas with nurse and health aide support and better transport to care sites.
A broad car pooling system begins in the Capital District with 52 banks as sign up centers. The Capital District Chamber of Commerce and state DOT sponsor the program to match home and work locations via computer grids, posting master lists at each bank across the range from Saratoga Springs to Amsterdam.
North Adams Mayor Bianco, citing Western Massachusetts needs, flies to Boston aboard a Sprague Electric charter to support a bill by Frank Matrango in the Committee on Natural Resources. Berkshire businessmen join in seeking a variance extension to allow oil with 2.5 percent sulphur amid fuel shortages during the energy crisis.
North Adams officials and school board critics condemn a state student rights bill now before the House for vague wording that could allow streaking or use of obscene literature. In separate North Adams notes, a veterans memorial sculpture design near the new city hall is approved. Ronald W. Waterman II to carve a 12 foot steel American flag, fluttering look, with completion set for April 1975 and cost about 4750 dollars.
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