Middlebury hosts weeklong conference on world food crisis
A week long Middlebury College conference on the world food crisis runs April 17 to 25 under the theme Food For All. It features national and regional speakers including Angier Biddle Duke James Grant and William Sloane Coffin with workshops films and discussions designed to explore crisis dimensions actions and plans. Public participation is invited and plans for continued projects and a fall conference are noted.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
Angier Biddle Duke
International Red Cross
Rome
James P. Grant
Overseas Development Council
William Sloane Coffin
Yale University
Addison County
Vermont
David Rosenberg
New England
Maryland
Rosenberg
VEA Annual Meeting Sets Agenda at Killington Resort
Vermont Education Association schedules its annual meeting at Cortina Inn Killington this weekend. NEA Director Oliver Ocasek will address Friday night. Key business includes bylaws, budget for 1975 76 and election of officers. Resolutions cover finance sex discrimination and emergency duties. VEA Vote and guest officials from NEA government offices will attend.
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Montpelier W
Vermont Educatio Association
Cortina Inn
Killington
NEA
Oliver Ocasek
Ohio
Association
VEA
Vea-Vote
Joseph Standa
Washington
Joseph Letorney
New England Regional Office For
Ping-Pong Tournaments at Recreation Center
Three open Ping-Pong tournaments for boys and girls are set for spring vacation at the Bennington Recreation Center. High school division April 18 at 6 30 p.m. at South Burlington Holiday Inn for Putnam Memorial Hospital sprinkler and ventilation project. junior high April 21 2 4 p.m.. elementary April 25 2 4 p.m. Registration advised. ribbons for winners. Also a men’s water basketball tourney on April 21 and 23 7 9 p.m. at the Community Recreation Center Pool. three-player rosters due by noon April 21 to Pat Schaffer.
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Bennington Area
South Burlington
State Office of Comprehensive Health Planning
State Review Committee
Holiday Inn
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pat Schaffer
Obituary Mary Storer Brooks Dies at 69 in Williamstown
Mary Storer Brooks 69 died Wednesday at her Bee Hill Road home Williamstown Mass from pancreatic cancer after chemotherapy at New England Medical Center Boston and Berkshire Medical Center Pittsfield She was born in Richmond Hill Long Island earned a 1927 BA at Connecticut College for Women taught in New York and Europe married Robert R R Brooks in Oxford England in 1929 and lived in Middletown New Haven before moving to Williamstown in 1937 She was active in civic groups, hosted students and officials, traveled extensively, helped with Stone Age art studies, and is survived by her husband three children and eight grandchildren Cremation is followed by interment in Westlawn Cemetery The family requests donations to the Visiting Nurse's Association of Williamstown.
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Mary Storer Brooks
Bee Hill Road
Williamstown
Mass
New England Medical Center
Boston
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield
Brooks
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Connecticut College For Women
New York
Europe
Robert R.R. Brooks
Oxford
England
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
New Haven
Wesleyan
Yale
League of Women Voters and Community Chest
Women’s Exchange
Williams College
Center For Development Economics
OPA
North America
Labrador
Panama
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Near East
South and
Southeast Asia
Afghanistan
Singapore
South Sea Islands
Djakarta
Timor
France
Spain
Sahara
India
United States
Robert M. Wright
Grand Bahama
William V. Skidmore Jr
Washington, D.C
Robin B.S. Brooks
Bailey Island
Maine
Jonathan S. Brooks
Waterport
N.Y
Westlawn
Alma Champine 76th birthday celebrated with family
A surprise party was held last Sunday for Alma Champine who turned 76. Dinners and gifts filled the day at Margo Bartlett’s Hoosick home with relatives Milton Surdam Jr Meredith Surdam Mildred Humphreys and George DeForge in attendance. Messages of greeting came from Eva Temple Charles Quackenbush and William DeForge Sr.
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Alma Champine
Milton Surdam
Bennington
Milton Surdam Jr
Meredith Surdam
Margo Bartlett
Marilyn Holland
Vermont Supreme Court overturns dog-chase case conviction
The Vermont Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a defendant may demand a jury trial if he so chooses, even without a lawyer, reversing Donald G. Bliss of East Calais for allowing his dog to chase deer. The court said conditioning a jury trial on counsel is improper and may render waivers involuntary.
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Donald G. Bliss
East Calais
Connarn
Local 806 To Hold April 23 Special Meeting In Bennington
Members of Local 806 Economy Graphics Co in North Bennington are reminded of a special meeting Tuesday April 23 at 3 45 pm in the North Bennington Library to accept or reject the new contract offer Representative Chesness will conduct the meeting. A Bennington Green Mountain Club hike on Mt Anthony is scheduled Sunday with a short afternoon climb meet 1 pm at the First Vermont Bank and Trust lot. Gold Star Mothers of Bennington dine and dance Saturday night at the VFW rooms North Street at 6 30 pm. National Guard Armory hosts VA benefits info Wednesday April 23 8 30 am to 4 pm for veterans and dependents.
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Tim Smith
North Bennington
Putnam Square
North Street
Bennington
Park Corp
Catamount National Bank
Downtown Living Program
The
Economy Graphics Co
Chesness
Green Mountain Club
Mt. Anthony
First Vermont Bank and Trust
Gold Star Mothers of
VFW Rooms
Vermont State Veterans Affairs Office
National Guard Armory
South Street
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University of Vermont
Richard Haedrick
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Munroe Lounge
Star Power
Science Center
Proctor Lounge
Nbcs
Duke
Mead Chapel
Adirondack House
Michael Turner
Holy Cross College
Africa
Putnam Hospital
Shultz Jewelers bin
American Gem Society
Main Street
Refle
Charles Quackenbush
William DeForge Sr
U.S
Armour Star Franks
Ifford & Gage
Bliss
Bennington Briefs
Bob Agard
Nichols
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