The Rural Fire District of Bennington Faces Vote
Bennington plans a Tuesday vote on whether to retain the Bennington Rural Fire District charter. The rural department began in 1953 as a volunteer unit serving outside-town residents, grew to 75 members, built new firehouses in 1959 1966 and 1969, expanded equipment to four fully equipped trucks, and operates with tax funding and a three member Prudential Committee overseeing budgets.
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Bennington Rural Fire District
Bennington
Bennington Rural Fire District, Inc
RFD
Bennington Pomona Grange
Prudential Committee
Rural Fire Department
Norman LaCroix
Alden Harwood
Harry Percey
Frances Snow
Eleanor Moore
Norman Turgeon
James Moore
John Cross
Willow Road
Molly Stark
Beech Street
Fairdale Farms
West Road
Hahn
David C. Deane
Maxim Motor Co
Maxim
S.H.C
T. Howard Mattison
Brattleboro
George Deslaurier
Aimee Lemieux
Alden Harbour
John Baker
Glenn Morrissey
Vermont State Mutual Aid Association
Bennington County Mutual Aid Association
Vermont AAUW Sets 50th Anniversary Meeting at Wilson Castle
Proctor Vermont Aug 12 Vermont State Division AAUW will hold a summer board meeting and workshop at Wilson Castle to observe its 50th anniversary in the state Three guest speakers include Dr Anne Gary Pannell national AAUW president and director of Sweet Briar College Dr Martha Frances Allen Tupelo Miss and Mrs Virginia F Palmer Wayne Pa The event lists Bennington area participants including Mrs Dudley Baker and Mrs Peter Schaad and Mrs Robert Buck
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Proctor
Vermont
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Wilson Castle
Anne Gary Pannell
National Aauw
Total Organization
Pannell
Sweet Briar College
Virginia
Goucher College
University of Alabama
Alabama College For Women
Montevallo
Oxford
Canada
Europe
Germany
Amelia Gayle Gorgas
Camp Fire Girls
Mississippi State College For Women
Columbia University
Long Island University
Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Virginia F. Palmer
Wayne
Pennsylvania
Jane Doe
New York
Philadelphia
Bennington
Dudley Baker
Bennington Unit
Peter Schaad
Robert Buck
Parking as a $5 Billion US Industry Driven by Car Affection
UPI reports that 95 percent of the 110 million cars in the United States stay parked most of their lives, fueling a $5 billion annual parking business. Meyers Parking president Ronald J. Lenney cites city cases from New York to San Francisco as evidence that drivers and planners must accommodate vehicles rather than suppress them. He notes gendered parking preferences and a push to expand facilities in Philadelphia amid urban restrictions.
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Dean C. Miller
UPI
New York
United States
APCOA
Cleveland
ITT
Kinney Parking Systems
Auto Parks, Inc
Houston
Meyers Parking Systems, Inc
Hertz
Ronald J. Lenney
Meyers
Lenney
Century City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Yerba Buena
Bay Area
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Dartmouth Alumni Fund Fails to Match Prior Year Amid Recession
Dartmouth College announces the 1970 Alumni Fund raised 2,038,572 from 20,877 donors, down from last year by about 90,000 and 1,200 donors. Participation fell from 66 to 58 percent as economy slowdowns and campus issues coincided with the Third Century Fund effort. The period included 67,000 from 1,300 parents and over 100,000 in corporate matching gifts. The drive began in 1915. Four thousand two hundred volunteers contacted 33,000 alumni in all 50 states and 20 foreign countries.
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Lombard
Dartmouth
Omaha man sentenced for car theft and fraud crimes
Attorney Michael Levy sought a heavy sentence for Brooks H. Perry on charges of car theft passing bad checks and assault. The judge imposed six years saying other states had offered to drop related charges if Perry received a substantial sentence in Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Michael Levy
Brooks H. Perry
Levy
Perry
HVCC Wins Approval for Full Opportunity Plan
Hudson Valley Community College trustees accept the state system approval of a full opportunity plan. Beginning Sept 1 the college will admit any 1970 county high school graduate or Rensselaer County veteran who has completed high school. State funding will rise from one third to two fifths of HVCC operating costs. president James J. Fitzgibbons notes the policy reflects 17 years of providing higher educational opportunities to local youths and will formalize the current practice.
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Troy, N. Y
Hudson Valley Community College
The
State University System
HVCC
Rensselaer County
James J. Fitzgibbons
ConEd Rejects Nuclear for Gas Fired Units
Consolidated Edison announced in a stockholders report on Aug 1 that it will lease 21 gas turbine generators totaling 390000 kilowatts. The move aims for fast start-up and quicker delivery to meet rising summer peak loads, making Edison the first utility to lease generating equipment.
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Consolidated Edison
Don Edison
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International Tanker
Willow Road Firehouse
Vermont Aauw
Red
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Main St
Dial
Harry Kilbride
Southern Vermont Construction Co
Readsboro
Sanford Plumb
Heartwellville
Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
Richard D. Lombard
Rye
N.Y
Uo Bank & Trust
Vty Wans
OME
FDI Cc
New York State
Greenberg
Auto Stores Inc
Main Street
ConEd
Fienberg
Save-Way
Mammoth Mart
the Shea Agency, Inc
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