Bennington Health Care Survey Shows Nutrition Programs
A Williams College student explains Bennington area nutrition and health services including WIC at 310 Main St, BOC food stamps and emergency loans, Extension Service education, Area Office on Aging hot meals, and the Bennington Home Health Agency. It notes sliding-scale fees, home visits, and benefits versus hospital costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WIC
Bennington Opportunity Council
BOC
Main St
Bennington
Social Welfare Office
Bennington County Extension Service
Bennington Area
Pownal
Arlington
Manchester
Office On Aging
UCS
Senior Citizens Center
Medicare
Cats Demand Conference Meets Resistance From Master
A narrator recounts a planned cats conference in the household and his clash with Alcibiades the Spokesfeline and a dog-like black cat. He resists their demands for gourmet pet food and public speaking, preferring silence or exile to the animal pound as family tensions rise with pet empowerment and media saturation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcibiades
Animal Pound
Legislative pay raise debate stirs Vermont voters concerns
Lt Governor Buckley solicits public input on an 83 percent inflation era pay raise for legislators. House actions raise weekly stipends and per diem, while a $100 monthly salary proposal sparks opposition to self pay raises and citizen legislature implications. Support cites 1967 base, rising costs, and labor view. Public comments requested via mail and hotlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Vermont Townsmen Fight Major Grass Fire Near South Shire
In Bennington and surrounding areas, fire crews with town volunteers battled a severe grass fire that threatened the South Shire Development hillside as Howard Mattison, the newly elected road commissioner, helped extinguish flames. Ruth Matteson and Ruby Wheeler returned from five weeks in Tampa with upbeat views on winter. John Spargo is named to the World Fair National Advisory Committee, chaired by Winthrop Aldrich of Chase National Bank. Lucille Weichert, fifth grader at Bennington Graded School, took top honors in her class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Matteson
South Street
Ruby Wheeler
Main Street
Bennington
Tampa
Florida
Southland
John Spargo
Old Bennington
Grover Whalen
Winthrop Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Howard Mattison
New South Shire
Breathing space and green earth amid a city scene
A breeze of greenery returns as grass greens the region and air, while an art show at the YMCA by the American Association of University Women features works at Fleming Museum Burlington. Community notices include residents moving, a birthday party, and school board talk on Mount Anthony’s head coach. Fall foliage plans are approved by the Greater Bennington Association with new life promised. Historic dates trace American milestones from 1775 to 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
American Association of University Women
Fleming Museum
Burlington
MAU
Mount Anthony
Ben Rusileski
BCHS
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Williams College
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Bennington County
Home Health Services
New York
Dr. Spock
Spiro Agnew
By T. Garry Buckley
Montpelier
Vermont
Labor and Industry
General Assembly
U.S. Congress
TELE
T. Garry Buckley
State House
Mont
Dorset
Lucille Weichert
New York Times
Chester Cooley
Putnam, Conn
North Bennington
Mr. Cooley
Hall Farm
Henry Covered Bridge
Alice A. Reilly
H.J. Mercier
Deborah Brophy
Ada and
Averill Cook
Robert Eaton
Diana Johnson
Susan Peterson
Melissa West
Greater
United States
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Harry Truman
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Puinam Sosphtai
Lee Jacobs
Williamstown
Mass. Col
Cheerios
Betty Crocker
Stanley
Wee Call
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
Burlington Free Press
Nichols
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