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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1969
Page
6
Pownal, VT, faces overcrowding and unsafe buildings after a state fire marshal report. Center School to host kindergarten while Oak Hill and North Pownal require repairs. Center School addition planned. double sessions 7:45 to 5 with shift to 12:15 and 12:30 to 5.
Manchester Road Superintendent Robert Squires ignited 200 gallons of tar behind the town salt shed sparking a false alarm. Oakley Porter, at Cata mount National Bank, feared Manchester Elementary School was on fire as black smoke rose from the depot. The tar, stored in an old boiler slated to become a culvert on Richville Road, caused a scare before dispatchers halted the alert.
Charles Telford Sr. and family with Charles Jr and Forrest Charles along with Mr and Mrs Al Bayer of Huntington joined Mr and Mrs Ralph Phillips as recent guests in Rock City Falls.
A reflective piece urging Vermonters to inventory natural assets from mountains and fields to wildlife and rivers. It argues natural beauty is an asset, valued not by dollars but by sight and sound, urging annual notice and reporting to prevent loss through development. It warns of a balance sheet of nature and a coming era of natural asset valuation.
Lucille Clifton, noted black poet, will recite her work in Berkshire Prospect Lounge at Williams College on Monday April 21 at 4 p.m. The event accompanies news of her first poetry book Good Times to be published by Random House next November.
Manchester will host an elaborate civil defense training drill on Thursday afternoon May 29 staged by the University of Vermont. About 15 local disaster team members will participate after a brief by UVM staff, with a 50-page resources list to be compiled starting Monday.
Herbert E. Holbrook age 83 of Manchester received a bruised hand at the scene after his car collided on Center Hill with a vehicle driven by Eric S. Littmann 18 of Manchester Depot. Front end damage to both cars was estimated between 300 and 550 dollars. Authorities said the 10 am incident occurred when Holbrook turned left into Littmann’s path and was treated at the scene by Dr. Clifford B. Harwood.
A compact walnut cabinet radio delivers astonishing sound and quality far beyond its size and price. It functions as a self contained unit with speaker and tape out options, but is not stereo or able to play records.
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