Preservation conference at Vermont university details program
The Second Governor's Conference on Historic Preservation unfolds Friday at the Royall Tyler Theatre, University of Vermont. It features nine technical talks by experts from Vermont, NEA, National Trust, and Marble Savings Bank, plus a Burlington walking tour and a Friday evening Thurber Carnival performance. Registration and lunch cost 7 dollars. write Burlington Planning Commission at City Hall for details.
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Royall Tyler
University of Vermont
Peter D. King
Vermont Division For Historic Preservation
Robert McNaulty
Architecture and Environmental Arts
National Endowment For the Arts
F. Aldrich Edwards
Architectural Heritage Foundation
Theodore A. Sande
Office of Properties
National Trust For Historic Preservation
St. Johnsbury House
William Truex
William B. Wright
Marble Savings Bank
Rutland
Burlington
Burlington Planning Commission
City Hall
Vermont Co Ops Consider Merger Proposal
Rural Electrification Administration urged Vermont’s two large electric cooperatives to study a potential merger. Loan officer Joseph Zollar confirmed the suggestion, calling for a feasibility study of Vermont Electric Cooperative and Washington Electric Co-op, which together serve about 13 000 members.
Vermont pageant seeks Our Little Miss Ideal contestants
Entries are open for the 1976 Vermont Our Little Miss Ideal pageant in Brattleboro. Girls ages 3 to 17 may compete in three divisions Miss La Petite Miss Vermont Our Little Miss and Ideal Miss with party dress sportswear talent and formal wear. Winners advance to the World Finals at LSU Baton Rouge and compete for scholarships and awards.
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Brattleboro
Vermont
Louisiana State University Assembly Center
Bay State Productions
Amherst
Mass
Kiwanis Plan Brochure and Doctor lure in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club reviews first half results under President Howard Haynes and outlines second half goals. Plans include a Hoosick area publicity brochure led by Philip Leonard, and efforts with attorney William C Johnston to attract another doctor to the community. Lew Ruby leads the Kiwanis Good Will trip to Montreal on April 27, with the first of two chicken barbecues scheduled for May 18 at Baptist Memorial Hall.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Kiwanis Club
Howard Haynes
Hoosick Area
Philip Leonard
Kiwanis
Lenard
William C. Johnston
Lew Ruby
Kiwanis International
Montreal
Baptist Memorial Hall
Special church services and local events in West Arlington
West Arlington Mthodist Church will hold Maundy Thursday service at 7 30 p.m. in the annex with a Communion Message by Rev. David J. Bort and a table reenactment. Easter Sunday service at 10 30 a.m. will feature special music by David J Bart IV and a sermon titled The Victories of Easter. Call 375 2284 to donate Easter lilies. Also noted are Kiwanis Red Cross bloodmobile in May, a tentative June 20 golf tourney at Hoosick Falls CC, and varied postboard spending on community activities, plus nominations for next year.
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Arlington
West Arlington
David J. Bort
David J. Bart IV
Prudence Vaughn
Wade Clemons
Robert Sargood
Kiwanis
Red Cross
Hoosick Falls Central School
van Rensselaer
Saranac Lake
The
United Church
Baptist Church
Firemen’s Association
Wade Clems
Jack Burke
Herb Loretan
Haynes
Arthur Moseley
Liquid manure history program set for Middlebury event
A lecture panel including Winston A. Way Dwight Eddy and John Stephenson will present an illustrated program on the history and economic value of liquid manure in Vermont. They will discuss handling methods such as stacking lagoons and holding tanks at 1 30 p m Wednesday April 14 at the Knights of Columbus Hall Middlebury with refreshments. Hosted by North Country Harvestore.
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Middlebury
Winston A. Way
Dwight Eddy
John Stephenson
Addison County
Vermont
Knights of Columbus Hall
North Country Harvestore
Pownal Lions Club and ZBA to meet. Scouts and PTG events listed
The Pownal Lions Club meets at 6 p.m. at Mount Anthony Country Club with social hour dinner and a 6 30 meeting. Zoning Board hearing Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. includes a doughnut shop, motel unit to restaurant, 38 unit motor lodge and variance requests. Little Baseball tryouts April 17 at 9 a.m. for ages nine to 12, eligibility rules and registration details. Also Pownal Parent Teacher Group meets Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at Pownal Elementary. Easter dams and officers to be elected. Bennington County firefighters Association meets Wednesday 7 30 p.m. Hoosick Falls Troop 63 notes senior patrol leader Fred Waite and merit badges awarded. meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at First United Church.
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Pownal
Leo Pambianchi
Lions Club
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
David St. Hilaire
David Jones
Seth Holbrook
Robert Stevens
Patch
Fred Waite
First United Church Hall
Main Street
Slay Trial Returns as King Testifies in 1974 Killing
Bonnie Lee King resumed testimony in Windsor County Superior Court in the first degree murder case against her ex-boyfriend charged with inciting her to kill Larry Juaire in 1974. King, speaking softly, said Gerald Max Ryan of Fletcher ordered the murder to prove his love before he would marry her. Ryan was jailed when Juaire was slain in a Fairfield supermarket parking lot. King has pleaded guilty to a reduced second degree murder charge.
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Woodstock
UPI
Bonnie Lee King
Miss King
Windsor County Superior Court
Gerald Max Ryan
Fletcher
Juaire
Larry
Snelling vows no tax hikes if elected Vermont governor
Republican Rep. Richard Snelling of Shelburne pledged in St. Johnsbury that he would not raise taxes if elected governor in November. He told a local service club Americans work more to pay taxes at local, state and federal levels and argued Vermont is among the most taxed states, insisting tax relief is fiscally responsible and essential.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Richard Snelling
Shelburne
Snelling
Vermont
Martin H. Wehncke dies at 92 former NY Commodity Exchange treasurer
Morrisville report states Martin H. Wehncke aged 92 former treasurer of the New York Commodity Exchange died Monday. He served as a member of the Board of Economic Warfare during World War II.
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Morrisville
UPI
Martin H. Wehncke
New York Commodity Exchange
Wehncke
Board of
Economic Warfare
RPI to donate circus hosting rent to city in May
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute officials said the $9,000 rent for hosting a May circus will be donated to the city. The gift fulfills a pledge from last year and follows a promise to make the benefit annual. Troy officials had decided not to tax the field house, and the city seeks state permission to determine its tax status. Francis Flynn questioned whether $9,000 suffices. Traditionally, RPI also donates $27,900 annually to the city.
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Troy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI
Francis Flynn
Rensselaer Democrats keep leadership after elections
Edward F. McDonough was returned as county chairman without opposition. James W. Cramer was re-elected Troy chairman, and William Carney was returned to Rensselaer.
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Troy
Rensselaer Democratic Party
Edward F. McDonough
James W. Cramer
William Carney
Rensselaer
Three men escape Berkshire County jail in Pittsfield
Pittsfield state police say three inmates reportedly escaped from the Berkshire County House of Correction Sunday night and remain at large. Norman St. George, in prison blues, was serving time for auto theft and burglary tools. Robert Partridge and Thomas Tierney, in civilian clothes awaiting trial, faced rape charges and armed robbery and assault counts respectively.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Bianco vows to avoid city council after disposal defeat
In NORTH ADAMS the city council rejected Mayor Joseph R. Bianco’s plan for garbage disposal, keeping current contract hauling to a Florida Mountain piggery. Bianco said he would not return to the chambers unless summoned, accusing councilors of throwing red herrings as concerns about health hazards from rats and dogs near barrels were raised.
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North Adams
Florida Mountain
Joseph R. Bianco
Bianco
Grass Fire Epidemic Plagues Pittsfield This Spring
Pittsfield faces a spring grass fire epidemic says Fire Chief Joseph W. Coy. In five days last week firefighters answered 76 calls including a Wednesday blaze that burned five acres behind Hillcrest Hospital tying up two companies. Coy warns youths may endanger lives by carelessly starting fires.
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Pittsfield
Joseph W. Coy
Coy
Hillcrest Hospital
Pittsfield Records Cold April Day Snow Totals Rise
Pittsfield recorded a low of 14 degrees on Monday, a record for the day but not the month’s 10 degree record from 1964. Weatherman George J. Bulgarelli reported 0.3 inch of snow at the airport, the first measurable snow since March 19, lifting the season total to 80.8 inches, seven inches below last winter. He called chances for more snow this month pretty remote.
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Pittsfield
George J. Bulgarelli
Bulgarelli
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