Muskie to Address Vermont Democrats in Burlington
Senator Muskie of Maine will address a Democratic State Committee fundraiser in Burlington on Friday May 1 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 each via Thomas Whalen in Arlington. The Vermont party hopes for a Democratic year with gains for governor and senator.
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Burlington
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Democratic State Committee
Francis J. Esposito
Esposito
Sen. Muskie
Vermont
Senate
Thomas Whalen
Arlington
Hoosick Falls Youth Stage Tom Sawyer Operetta
Hoosick Falls Central School seventh grade general music class presented The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in the school auditorium with nearly 100 students. Directed by Calvin Pedersen the program featured main roles Tom Monahan Aunt Polly OBrien Peckham Huck Vetter Mary Tilley Becky Powers Cottrell Amy Lawrence Hall LaFountain etc. Mrs Eloise Canzeri was piano accompanist.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Hoosick Falls Central School
Calvin Pedersen
Eloise Canzeri
Michael Monahan
Tom
Irene O’brien
Lisa Peckham
Aunt Polly
William Vetter
Huck
Cynthia Tilley
Mary
Rebecca Powers
Sheryl Cottrell
Becky
Linda Hall
Rose LaFountain
Amy Lawrence
Theresa Darkward
Mrs. Harper
Kevin McLucas
Model Boy
Kerry Pokines
Jim
Richard Spink
Ben Rodgers
Ken Gates
Injun Joe
Robert Appel
Mr. Dobbins
Joe Harper
Sid
Ed Darknard
Mr. Sprague
Bus Drivers Protest Bus Woes At Mt Anthony Board Meeting
Mt Anthony Union High School bus drivers voiced grievances to the Mt Anthony school board over seniority pay, unpaid overtime, and the use of teachers to drive buses. They questioned the leasing plan, called for repairs and a competent mechanic, and protested insurance delays.
Green Up Day priorities set by highway crews and police
Salvatore Santarcangelo, Green Up Day chairman, met with district State Highway Department officials to plan trash cleanup along state highways this Saturday. Foremen say two workers per mile per side suffice, with volunteers filling bags donated by Heald Plastics and debris hauled to town dumps. Police will patrol borders with New York and Massachusetts to inform drivers, and Gov Davis may visit in a state police cruiser.
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Salvatore
Sal’’ Santarcangelo
Green Up
District
State Highway Department
Santarcangelo
Pownal Center
Williams
New York
Massachusetts
New Yorkers Plan Green Up Day Across Champlain Basin
Green Up Day expands to New York side of Lake Champlain with Essex and Clinton County events on April 18. Lake Champlain Committee leaders coordinate effort with Vermont Governor Davis endorsing interstate conservation. Public urged to join marchers at Vernon plant gates 8:30 AM or attend Brattleboro discussion at 11:30 AM.
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Willsboro
N.Y
New York
Lake Champlain Basin
Peter S. Paine Jr
Lake Champlain
Essex County
Clinton County
Vermont
Davis
Paine
Champlain Valley
Champlain Basin
Gov. Davis
Plattsburgh
Vernon Plant
Brattleboro
Moorer Named New Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Nixon appoints Admiral Thomas H. Moorer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff succeeding General Wheeler who plans to retire July 2 subject to Senate confirmation. Vice Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. will become Navy chief. Moorer is current chief of naval operations and the second Navy officer to hold the post. In Vermont, new social welfare standards take effect May 1 with near 90 percent of federal levels, though individual payments see little change. Village police report a two car collision at South and Union streets causing only minor damage to a 1965 Ford and extensive damage to a 1961 Volkswagen. no injuries.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
Moorer
Naval Operations
Wheeler
Senate
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Vietnam
Navy
Joint Chiefs Adm
Arthur Radford
Mount Willing
Ala
Montpelier
UPS
Thomas Hahn
Orleans County
South
Union Streets
William E. Bayer
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Vera G. Howey
Monument Ave
Bayer
South Street
Howey
Union
Apollo 13 Emergency Mission Leaves Crew Calm Amid Crisis
Apollo 13 executed a return voyage from space and a lunar orbit, with three pilots directing a critical salvage as the service module ruptured. They drew oxygen and power from the lunar lander for hours after the explosion, draining the command ship tanks. The lunar module held 50.6 pounds of oxygen at 7 a.m. EST, enough for at least six days for three men, well beyond their immediate needs.
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Moon
Bennington Unification Act Would Create Unified Town
The document outlines how voters may propose amendments, require a public hearing, and place changes before a fully warned Town Meeting. If approved, the Legislature may review. Consolidation would form a six-member board, with two members from each district, and promises tax savings for village and some town residents.
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Selectmen
Board of Selectmen
Bennington
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Milestones
Community notices report on Gold Star Mothers and Perfection Lodge meetings with officer nominations, a rescheduled recreation workshop, League of Women Voters gathering with guest speaker, a Macalester dean’s list student, a Vietnam assignment for Army Pvt. Norman E. White, a store death-related closure, La Leche League Arlington organizing meeting, a Mt Anthony piano recital, and adult league openings. The military funeral of Daniel F. Lillie Sr. includes a Requiem Mass, flag salute, and burial details with attendees from multiple towns.
College Students Boy Detergent Phosphate Protest
Bennington College Ecology Action group urges a campus boycott on phosphate detergents sold at vending machines and the Cooperative Store ahead of Earth Day. They cite sewage treatment limits and algae growth from phosphates, naming Axion as highest and Trend as lowest in phosphate content while proposing Duz Ivory Snowflakes Fels Naptha and Trend only, plus Arm and Hammer bicarbonate of soda as safe alternatives.
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Bennington College
Ecology Action
Joseph W. Parry
Ecology Action Group
Hoff Announces Today for Senate Hoff Announces Today for Senate
Former Vermont governor Philip Hoff will announce his bid for the U S Senate from St Francis Xavier School in Winooski He aims to unseat incumbent Republican Winston Prouty facing possible Democratic primary challenger Fiore Bove Hoff rose to prominence by winning three Vermont governor terms and aligning with RFK and McCarthy in 1968 He is expected to stress environmental issues Vietnam race and poverty.
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Winooski
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
U.S. Senate
Hoff
St. Francis Xavier
Winston Prouty
Fiore Bove
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Statehouse
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Vietnam
Post-Fact-Finding Strategy Faces Impasse at Mt. Anthony High
Fact-finding in the Mt. Anthony Union High dispute between teachers and the school board moves forward as talks shift to strategy. William Lally seeks to delay a final decision until April 29, arguing the April 28 date was set but conflicts with spring break. The board must decide within 10 days after filing, potentially before teachers review the report. Cadiz Torrisi and Holden serve as fact-finders, after hearings began last week.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
William Lally
Mauhs Board
Stephen H. Gilman
Lally
Southwest Vermont Education Association
Daniel Cadiz
Alfred Torrisi
Robert Holden
Obituary notices from Arlington and North Adams
Mrs. Ferieda F Bottum 72 widow of Harold Bottum died at Putnam Memorial Hospital Arlington Calling hours at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Wednesday 7 to 9 p m A further obituary will appear in Wednesday's Banner North Adams Miss Philomena Flynn 80 of 80 Bachand Ave Spruces Williamstown died at North Adams Hospital born in Avondale Newfoundland Feb 14 1890 survived by brother and nephews funeral Wednesday Mahar Son Funeral Home Bennington St John the Baptist Church North Bennington Requiem High Mass Burial in St John s Cemetery Burlington Edward Keenan 75 former Burlington mayor and outdoor writer died Sunday night in Florida funeral Thursday in Burlington
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Daniel Frederic Lillie Sr
East Pownal
St. Francis de Sales
Msgr
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Peter Krawczyk
Gerald Krawczyk
Reuben Levin
William P. Goodwin
D. Herbert Lillie
William F. Strohmaier
Edward B. Flynn
Flanagan
Park Lawn Cemetery
Edward Reod
Hugh Clark
American Legion Post 13
Mr. Lillie
Daniel F. Lillie Jr
Taps
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Keith Morse
Susan Stone
Arlington
Ferieda F. Bottum
Harold Bottum
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
North Adams
Mass
Philomena S. Flynn
Bachand Ave
Spruces
Williamstown
North Adams Hospital
Avondale
Newfoundland
Patrick and
Elizabeth
Wade) Flynn
Wollaston
Brown-Durrell Co
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
D. Gregory Flynn
Angelo Gaudiano
M. Matthew Flynn
St. Joseph’s Abbey
Spencer
William Flynn
Youngstown
Ohio
Robert Flynn
North Bennington
St. John the Baptist Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Burlington
UPI
Edward Keenan
Florida
Keenan
Vermont
Hospital Notes Admissions List From Various Towns
Admissions include Kim Pierce Lena Briggs Bennington Thomas Hammond Mary An drews Dorset Robert Livingston Arlington Thomas Joyce Manchester H Oscar Tobin Shaftsbury Discharges include Mary Ann Shoff Edward Hawley East Arlington Mrs Kathleen McNerney and son Manchester Births recorded for Walter LeBarron Hoosick Falls a daughter April 13 and Peter Lauzon Mechanic Street North Bennington a son April 13.
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Kim Pierce
Lena Briggs
Bennington
Thomas Hammond
North Bennington
Mary Andrews
Dorset
Robert Livingston
Arlington
Thomas Joyce
Manchester
H. Oscar Tobin
Shaftsbury
Mary Ann Shoff
Edward Hawley
East Arlington
Kathleen McNerney and Son
Walter LeBarron
R.D
Hoosick Falls
Peter Lauzon
Mechanic Street
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Foucher
Franklin Frantz
Joint Transportation Committee
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Mt. Anthony
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AEC
John Gorman
Arthur Tamplin
Who
Vernon
Connecticut River Valley
Bennington Briefs
Gold Star
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Hazel Guetti
Scott St
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Masonic Temple
Brandon Training School
College of St. Joseph
Rutland
League of Women Voters
Northern Unit
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Larry Bogart
Catherine
Kay”’ Smith
Macalester College
St. Paul, Minn
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Smith
Arizona
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Macalester
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Army
Norman E. White
Charles O. White
Park St
1St Signal Brigade
T.A. Carpenter
Safford Street
la Leche League
Dale Gilmour
Geneva
Montle Moore
Mt. Anthony Junior High
Warren Robinson
ADV
Bennington Lanes
Daniel F. Lillie Sr
Mrs. Harold Bottum
Salem's Super
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