How the Vt. delegation voted By Roll Call Report
Washington reports show Vermont representatives voting on major roll calls from April 17 to 23. Vietnam aid passed 230 to 187 with troops allowed, youth camp safety passed 197 to 174, and a farm bill conference report adopted 248 to 166. Jeffords (R VT) supported Vietnam aid and camp safety.
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Washington
Congress
HOUSE
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Senate
Vietnam
Robert Duncan
D-Ore
Ford
Thomas O’neill
D-Mass
James Jeffords
Office of
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Campfire Girls
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Association of Private Camps
National Recreation and Parks Association
Marvin Esch
R-Mich
Jake Pickle
D-Tex
Robert Bauman
R-Md
Parenthood
Jeffords
Rising cemetery costs touch Berkshire County final needs
Inflation hits burial sites with Pittsfield Cemetery charging $200 for a grave while towns like Dalton, Lee, and Peru offer free lots or low fees funded by local operations. Adams Bellevue asks $80 for residents and $240 for nonresidents. Hancock restricts to residents with $15 fee. Catholic cemeteries remain steady under Springfield Diocese. St Joseph's Cemetery in Pittsfield has land for centuries. The piece also covers farm price support debates and Vietnam aid votes and confirms judge Thomas Meskill.
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Pittsfield
Dalton, Lee
Peru
Bellevue
Adams
Hancock
New Jersey
Berkshire County
Springfield
Timothy J. Leary
St. Joseph’s
Msgr
Leary
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Agriculture Committee
Robert Daniels
R-Va
U.S
Congress
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
James Abourezk
D-S.c
South Vietnam
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Saigon
Patrick Leahy
Robert Stafford
Meskill
Thomas Meskill
Connecticut
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
American Bar Association
New Britain
Conn
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
ABA
John Tunney
Dcal
Leahy
Stafford
Spring mailbox improvements week marks nationwide drive
Mailbox Improvement Week runs May 19 to 24 as Postmaster Warren E. Gager notes. The campaign mobilizes civic groups and officials to repair repaint and spruce up about 25 million rural and suburban mailboxes, with 1 833 served by the Bennington Post Office. Roughly 12 400 000 families rely on 31 000 rural routes, underscoring growing rural mail use.
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Warren E. Gager
Bennington
Gager
Funeral notices for Dr Peleg A Matteson and Mrs Helen Morse
Obituaries record the services for Bennington dentist Dr Peleg A. Matteson who died April 24 at Putnam Memorial Hospital with a May 27 service at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home officiated by Rev Thomas D Steffen. Also noted is the funeral for Mrs Helen Gates Morse of 201 Beech Street with burial in Park Lawn Cemetery and family attendance details. The text also mentions changes in rural delivery service expanding curbline mailbox eligibility and a statement by postal official Gager on mailbox regulations and manufacturer options for compliant designs.
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Peleg A. Matteson
South St
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson- Walbridge
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Robert J. Matteson
Schumann
Traumerer
Harold MacDonald
Shaftsbury United Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Mt. Anthony
Helen Gates Morse
Richard F. Morse
Beech St
Mahar & Son Funeral
Floyd I. la Bombard
First Baptist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
la Bombard
Edward J. Jr
Richard H. Sr
Michael T. Morse
Raymond Smith
William Reynolds
George Knights
Morse
Songbook History Lessons From the American Revolution
The article discusses Carolyn Robson Nee Press's Songbook of the American Revolution from Peak's Island Maine, 1974. It notes the historic play The Contrast and how 46 verses survive in four songs to a shared tune, with 18th century roots known in England and the colonies.
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Carolyn Robson Nee
Peak’s Island
Maine
Carolyn Robson
England
Colonies
London
Old England
Pressed Flower Pictures at Bennington Free Library May
Elizabeth McKiernan of Dorset will present a May display of pressed flower pictures at the Bennington Free Library. A reception for the artist is scheduled for Saturday, May 3.
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Elizabeth McKiernan
Dorset
Bennington Free Library
Eckankar talk and garden flower art exhibit noted in Bennington
A Bennington Brief reports an Eckankar introductory talk on the ancient path of total awareness on May 5 at 7 30 p m in Barns Hall Bennington College with public welcome and no charge. It also notes a library event 2 to 5 p m where Mrs. McKiernan meets the public, highlighting her wildflower pressed-art pictures.
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Eckankar
Barns, Bennington College
McKiernan
Dean Fausett
Hospital Notes Admissions List and Discharges Update
Hospital notes show admissions including Melissa Bennett James Griffin Evelyn Akrigg Fred Towsley Joseph Grover Bennington John Wilson Pownal Gertrude Hall Shaftsbury Emil Zoufaly Manchester Center Raymond Fisher Rupert George McInerney Cambridge. Discharges include Paula Melvin and baby boy Marjorie Burns Bennington. COLLEGE STATION Tex UPI Dr Carl Buck of Texas A&M says by 1980 one in ten Texas homes will be mobile homes.
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Melissa Bennett
James Griffin
Evelyn Akrigg
Fred Towsley
Joseph Grover
Bennington
John Wilson
Pownal
Gertrude Hall
Shaftsbury
Emil Zoufaly
Manchester Center
Raymond Fisher
Rupert
George McInerney
Cambridge
College Station, Tex
UPI
Carl Buck
Texas A&m University
Texas
Vermont to join national parade of American music
Vermont will participate in the Bicentennial Parade of American Music at the Kennedy Center on January 19 1976 at 5 30 p m. Vermont musicians will perform works written in or about Vermont by state composers as part of a nationwide tribute coordinated by the National Federation of Music Clubs and Exxon. The event will feature groups and soloists from all states plus the District of Columbia with a $200 000 Exxon grant supporting Kennedy Center concerts through December 1976.
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New York
Vermont
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
America
Floyd D. Mehan
Dorset
National Federation of Music Clubs
District of Columbia
National Music Council
Exxon
Leonard Feist
James J. Graham
Exxon USA
Atlanta
Georgia
Graham
Kennedy Center
Washington
Ford
Delaware
John Philip Sousa
Armed Forces Bands
Merle Montgomery
NMC
Congress
Council
Dr. Montgomery
Feist
Gilbert Chase
William R. Coyle
National Association of Music Merchants, Inc
Hal C. Davis
American Federation
Bearings and Do They Roll Clinic At BenMont Avenue
Pedal People announces a Thursday 7 p.m. clinic for home bike mechanics at Up & Downhill on BenMont Avenue covering hubs bottom brackets and headsets.
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BenMont Avenue
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North ST. Ben
Nington
Flower Power
Pat Sandler
Main St. Bennington
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Postal Service
By Paul A. Benjamin
Jonathon
Oldcastle Players
Bennington Brief
Philadelphia
Newport
R.I
Atlantic
Greece
Rome
Paula Melvin
Marjorie Burns
Mobile
AOD
Fisher Knits
Nichols
Jack Miller
Pat Jesseman
Master Charge & Bank Americard
Shaffe's
Main ST
Health -Tex' Stantogs
Health-tex
Drysdale
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