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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1975
Page
7
Manchester gardener Herbert Bell shares indoor and outdoor plant tips including cuttings for impatiens geraniums and spider plants while noting kalanchee's light needs. Dorset Players seek volunteers for Harvey casting May 22 to 25 with six male and six female roles.
Middlebury College Women’s Action Coalition hosts a Conference on Rape on Saturday May 3 from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m with public attendance invited. Vermont legislators will attend and transcripts will be sent to the legislature.
Pownal Baptist Church hosts choir rehearsal at 6 30 tonight and a prayer meeting at 7 30. Scout Troop 347 meets at 7 at the Pownal Center hut. United Methodist Women gather at 8 at Rev David Hubbard’s Pittstown home. Lions Club auction Saturday May 24 starts 11 am at North Pownal firehouse with pickup calls to David Adler by May 20. Fire department responded to a grass fire Saturday noon at Ladd Road and Route 7 with no injuries. Little League signups for ages 9 12 at 7 tonight in Pownal Elementary School gym require birth certificates. Missouri schools employ over 1450 guidance counselors.
Four area libraries receive advance copies of Rand McNally’s Atlas of the American Revolution from the Daughters of the American Revolution as part of bicentennial observances. The folio volume features 50 battle maps, a detailed flow chart of 1775 to 1782, an 8-page index, color illustrations, and a reprint of a 1776 British account.
Dorset Library announces new acquisitions across fiction non fiction mysteries and more. Notable titles include The Conserva tionist by Gordimer The Witch From the Sea by Carr Farther Afield by Read Mrs Arris Goes to Moscow by Gallico The Massacre at Fall Creek by West and Maigret and the Loner by Simenon plus reference guides and college handbooks.
Former U S Representative Richard Mallary of Vermont disputes New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson's narrow GOP philosophy. Mallary argues both major parties must be broad-based and inclusive as he prepares to leave Vermont for a Springfield Farm Credit Bank post.
Gov Thomas Salmon announced several appointments including Robert Huber to the Parole Board replacing a resigned member. L James Rivers Sister Janice Ryan and Dr Helen Krell join the Mental Health Board. John Nutting becomes chair of the Human Services Board with Dr Donald Robinson and Edward Hartman as new members. Barbara Goldman and Dr William Beach join the Health Board. Inmates moved to new Burlington jail as transfers begin to a $4 million Swift Street facility after fire marshal approval and insulation repairs.
Vermont lawmaker Rep. Macdean Bartlett Democrat Richford dies at home after serving since 1971. She was chairperson of the House Agriculture Committee and was named agriculture chairman this year. Funeral services are set for Wednesday.
Randolph Vermont residents told by the Vermont Health Department to boil drinking water until further notice after water samples showed intestinal bacteria contamination. Health officials announced the advisory Monday as tests confirmed the contamination.
W Brian Sullivan Troy municipal issues link juvenile crime to rising rates and urge bolstering the juvenile bureau with an additional staffer. Police on duty often numbered only four of 125 during certain shifts as violent crime rose about 20 percent and property crime nearly 30 percent over two years. The 1974 case load in the juvenile department fell from the prior year. A separate Troy protest opposed taxing the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute field house arguing tax could threaten two $22 million campus construction projects and public events. City officials push tax plan to curb losses from non taxed events and keep the facility open. Council weighing recommendations.
In Berkshire Pittsfield a vandal raid damaged Wahconah Park home of the Eastern League Pittsfield Rangers with up to 5000 dollars in losses from 33 advertising signs torn from the outfield wall and damaged fencing. A Monday police check revealed a rash of break-ins totaling at least 11 incidents including thefts at White Star Confectionary Co and Downtown Variety Store.
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