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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1975
Page
3
The Bennington Library Children’s Room reports a busy season with three mini projects for kids: Little People Crafts, Read It Tell It Out, and Puppet Workshop. About 40 children enjoyed the paper folding activity on the Silver Street lawn, and the Read It Tell It Out minisession progresses from reading to telling to acting out stories as the program continues.
The Massachusetts Hospital Association and Mass Blue Cross seek state approval for a multimillion dollar rate hike contract submitted to the State Rate Setting Commission. It would guarantee payment increases to nearly all the state’s hospitals aligned with inflation, with Blue Cross expected to pay about 9 to 10 percent.
A new Blue Cross hospital contract, designed amid a state rate regulation law, plans for premium increases tied to inflation and includes utilization review aligning with Medicare. Spokesmen note costs rose 18 percent last year but may level off, with passthrough items like utilities and patient volume changes affecting costs. The agreement covers nongroup plans with a proposed $9 million rate hike for about 250,000 people, while group plans remain under state control.
Architect Jacquelin T. Robertson argues downtowns can remain vibrant through mixed use and active street life. He cites Olympic Tower as a model with retail space, offices, and 230 luxury condos, and notes broader efforts to avoid single use districts to keep cities lively around the clock.
Ann O Conor Sloane Fels and James Robert Atlas were married Saturday August 2 at the Park McCullough House in North Bennington. The ceremony was led by Rev Joel B. Miller. The bride, Harvard Medical School student, is magna cum laude alumna of Radcliffe College and Putney School. The groom, Harvard graduate magna cum laude, studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and writes literary criticism.
Bennington notices announce a HOME Inc board meeting on Wednesday August 6 at 7 30 in Apartment 12 Beech Court and a large book sale at Bennington Free Library front lawn from 11 a m to 5 p m on Tuesday August 22 with prices up to 1 to recycle books into local libraries. Also Agway Petroleum and Gail s Beauty Boutique ads appear with discounts and contact numbers.
Anita Marjorie Davis and Stephen William Parromchuck wed at 1 p.m. Saturday July 12 in North Bennington Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. Officiant Nicholas Parromchuck, wedding party included Priscilla Davis and Annette Magnusson. couple to reside in White Creek after a Virginia North Carolina trip.
The Champlain Shakespeare Festival begins its third repertory show Shakespeare's Timon of Athens at Royall Tyler Theatre on August 6 joining Our Town and Much Ado About Nothing in rotating performances through August 30. Timon stars Gerard E. Moses with John Milligan directing Much Ado and festival producer Edward J. Feidner guiding Timon.
Munson Nelson of Manchester aged 78 died Friday at Eden Park Nursing Home Rutland. A 28 year Manchester Police Department veteran, he also served with Bennington County Sheriff's Department and the National Sheriff's Association. Survivors include wife Florence, daughter Virginia Wilkins, sister Lesley Elliott, two stepsons, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Private funeral by McClellan Funeral Home Salem New York with burial in Evergreen Cemetery Salem. Contributions requested to Manchester Rescue Squad.
NORWOOD Massachusetts UPI scientists test a bed fire to study why cigarette smoking in beds causes fatal fires. The $40,000 blaze at Harvard led by Emmons used a live bedroom setup with 50 observers, six minutes ten seconds to flashover, then sprinkler control.
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