Dry Victory Dam Plan Opposed By Natural Resources Council
Vermont Natural Resources Council votes to protest Gov. Deane C. Davis backing a dry dam for Victory. Critics say it harms environment and offers little flood control. Board to send letter and back studies on economic ecology and land use. The group also seeks an Environmental Quality Commission and notes a 20 minute audio-visual project reaching about 1,000 viewers.
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Natural Resources Council
Roxbury
Deane C. Davis
Victory Dam
The
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Victory
Frederick Mold
St. Johnsbury
Connecticut
James MacMartin
Fish Hatchery
Justin Brande
Cornwall
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Vermont Guide Service
Bondville
Vermont
John Stevens
Society and Guide Service
VNRC
Brande
Davis
Council
Nasser interview preempts Vermont ETV schedule
Vermont Educational Television preempted two evening programs on April 21 and 24 for a rare interview with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and a Spectrum report on Israeli science. News in Perspective on April 21 will feature Nasser’s first foreign TV interview in four years. Vermont Town Meeting extends to 9:30 p.m. on April 24 for the legislative session analysis.
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Burlington
Vermont
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
New York Times
Clifton Daniel
Spectrum
Area Well Represented At New England YMCA Meeting
The Southwestern Vermont YMCA led by Executive Director Loomis G. Dana and Development Committee Chair Herbert Leonard participated in Hartford Connecticut for the New England annual meeting. Waldo Holden, a Bennington lawyer and former national and international YMCA official, chaired the New England Area Board meeting. The note highlights youth involvement and potential regional consolidation with New York State. A funeral for Harriet E. Montgomery of Silk Road was also reported, with services at Shaftsbury First United Methodist Church and interment in Shaftsbury Village Cemetery.
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Vermont
YMCA
Bennington
New England
Hartford
Arthur J. Holden
Springfield College
State of Vermont
Waldo Holden
Bennington Area
Ymca Center For
State Ymca
International Committee
World Service Committee
Holden
New York State
National Ymca
Area Council
Harriet E. Montgomery
Silk Road
First United Methodist Church
Shaftsbury
A.J. MacDonald
Eleanor Lawrence
Julia Young
Isle of Somewhere
Montgomery
Howard Cox
Corwin Elwell
Bernard McDonald
Charles Bollinger
Louis Montgomery
Leo Fay
D. Herbert Lillie
Shaftsbury Village
MacDonald
Albany
Syracuse
Lebanon
N.Y
Rutland
Williamstown
Mass
Michael E. Costello
Costello
Convent Ave
Father Costello
St. Raphael’s Church
Poultney
William and Mary (Cummins) Costello
St. Francis de Sales Academy
St. Michael’s High School
Winooski
St. Michael’s College
66Th Artillery
Grand Seminary
Montreal
Georges Gauthier
St. James Basilica
St. Michael’s Church
Brattleboro
St. Mary’s Church
Brandon
St. Peter’s Church
St. Jerome’s
East Dorset
St. Thomas Church
Underhill
St. Ambrose Church
Bristol
Knights of Columbus
American Legion
Mary I. Costello
Bridget Costello
Ann C. Costello
John
Nora) McGarvin
St. Francis de Sales
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Jerome’s Cemetery
North Adams
Arthur J. MacDonald
Angell St
Albany Veterans Hospital
Pownal
Renton Bakery
Albert
Ralph Goodwin
Clarksburg
L. Edmund Sharron
Pittsfield
Paul Drowne
Gardner
Guy MacDonald
North Pownal
Elida Upton
Burlington, Vt
Edward Legacy
Marion Gilbar
Vietnam
Trottier
Adams
Southview Cemetery
Vicious Dog Charge Aired in District Court
In Bennigton District Court acting as judge Atty Neil Moss took Morrissey’s place during his vacation and presided after struggling through the usual courtroom procedures Case involved a dog described as vicious and the proceedings addressed the charge against the animal owner.
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John P. Morrissey
Atty
Neil Moss
Bennington District Court
Morrissey
Town-Gown Roll Highlights Local Economy Debate
Bennington College property remains tax exempt except for income producing uses like apartments or rentals. Brockway notes local attendance at free events is sparse, citing about 20 townspeople at a recent Bennington Armory concert while most attendees were college members.
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Bennington College
Brockway
Bennington Armory
Bennington College community ties fade in Vermont history
A veteran Bennington College insider discusses the gradual drift between the institution and its town since opening in 1932. He recalls early shared events, current limited town access to campus facilities, and a 1923 fundraising start that produced 672000 in pledges, with later trustees and faculty largely drawn from outside Vermont.
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Bennington College
Michael E. Costello
Brockway
Bennington
Joanna Kirkpatrick
Bennington High School
Vincent Ravi Booth
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Booth
Montpelier
Benningtonians
Hospital Notes and Local Accidents Reported
Admissions list for April 18 and 19 1969 includes Brian Sheldon Dennis Gearin and others. births noted for Gary Dustin Michael Moretti Howard Andrew. Police report two weekend incidents: Harley motorcycle and 1967 VW collision in Bennington and Route 346 crash near Pownal with no injuries. Movie listings for Williamstown Cinema and Harte Theatre feature double bill The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter with Rachel, Rachel and Smith with The Incredible Journey plus Disney features.
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Gary Dustin
Jacksonville
Michael Moretti
Washington Ave
Howard Andrew
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Village
Gage and
Grove
Volkswagen
Elizabeth Trainor
Gage St
Herve Lachance
North St
Pownal
Alan Richer
North Adams
Mass
Robert L. Buck
North Pownal
Alan Arkin
Rachel
Joanne Woodward
Newman
Arkin
Woodward
Williamstown
Senators face probe into ski holdings in Vermont
Senator T Garry Buckley R Bennington County urged an investigation into the ski holdings of Rep Peter Giuliani and Senator Edward Janeway as part of a political clash over an amusements tax. Giuliani disclosed he and his wife bought 1500 dollars in Glen Ellen ski area securities five years ago and backed outside risk capital there. Janeway serves as a Stratton Corp director developing Stratton Mountain Ski Area.
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Buckley
Giuliani
Glen Ellen
Waitsfield
Vermont
House
Ways and Means
Janeway
The
Stratton Corp
Stratton Mountain
Stratton
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Duncan A. Campbell
Woodford Road
Campbell
Gama
James Davis
Center
Bennington Citizens Scholarship Foundation
Kathy Ranzona
Stanley Jepson
Mt. Anthony Union Junior High
Bennington Briefs
Main St
William Fox
Mary Hodeck
Mt. Anthony
Eastern Star
Red Mountain
Senior Citizens Club
North Street
Rural Fire Department
Beech Street
Stewart Jones
N.E
Curtis Flory
United States
Bennington Lanes
Harriet Montgomery
N.E. Ymca Board of Directors
North Bennington
Robert D. Leigh
Colgate
Leigh
Country Club
Mrs
Napoleon Maynard
Union St
Anna Vosh
Hoosick Falls
Agnes Vosh
Lawrence Vosh
Max’? Maynard
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mahar & Son Funeral
Park Lawn Cemetery
Bennie R. Corse
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bank Street Extension
Cambridge
Benjamin
Olive Scott Corse
Bakersfield
Jeffersonville
James Washington
Washington
Moss
Erald Pike
Arlington
U.S. 7
Pike
Charles R. Spitzer
Massachusetts
Spitzer
Brian Sheldon
Fast
Jean Ames
Francis Bushee
Jesse King
Helen Mears
Linda May Mears
Linda Lebert
Robert Reeves
Rosalie Wade
Frank A. Reynolds
Mary Lazelle and Son
Wilmington
James Donovan
Evelyn Welch
Julia Gates
R.J
Vosburgh
Clar B
Vaughn
Marjorie Jones
Millertown
Margaret J
Morandi
Josephine E. Hayes
Margaret Young
Edith Prandini
Kathleen Sheils
Smith
Glenn Ford
Harte Theatre
North ST Bennington
Senators’ Ski Holdings
Jeepster Commando
Kaiser Jeep Corporation
Glenn Motor CO
North
Bennington Rd
Pleasant St
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