Boston & Maine ''200'' diesel to star in Bennington display
The GP 38 B M locomotive and attached display car will be in the Vermont Railway yard north of Bennington’s depot off River Street. Open to visitors 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, crewed by members of the Bennington & Rutland Model Railroad Club who sponsor the exhibit. The goodwill visit serves towns served by B M including North Bennington and Pownal. A whistle exchange with Steamtrain and "200" is planned.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Bennington
Vermont Railway
River Street
Bennington & Rutland
Rutland
Bennnington
Bicentennial Committee
Chamber of Commerce
B&r
Lerrigo laments Steamtrain reservation shortage
Bicentennial Vice Chairman George Lerrigo regrets the difficulties caused by the lack of Steamtrain reservations after being informed by Steamtrain officials that area residents face trouble getting aboard the train.
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Lerrigo
Bicentennial
George Lerrigo
Steamtrain
Shoff Crowston wedding ties Vermont and England in 6 p.m. ceremony
Barbara Miller Crowston, daughter of Elizabeth Crowston of South Humberside, England, married Staff Sgt. Larry Curtis Shoff of Pownal at the couple’s home in Pownal on July 17. The ceremony was witnessed by a small group including Charles Mason and members of both families. Guests later shared dinner at Terrace Restaurant. The newlyweds spent a month in Vermont before returning to England where Shoff is stationed with the Air Force.
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Pownal
Barbara Miller Crowston
Elizabeth Crowston
Crowston
South Humberside
England
Larry Curtis Shoff
Samuel
Irma Shoff
Charles Mason
Shoff
Cozy Meadows
Samuel G. Shoff
Wallingford
Fred Shoff
George Vallerin
Bennington
Thomas Pike
Arlington
Vermont
Air Force
Funerals for local residents held across Vermont towns
Funeral services were held for J E Fren chy Paulin longtime Shaftsbury service station owner at Sacred Heart Church with burial in Grandview Cemetery North Bennington. Roger Merrill Hughes died Aug 3 in Manchester with service at South Londonderry Baptist Church and burial in Winhall Hollow Cemetery. George H Lobdell Sr White Creek NY had military funeral at Jermain United Methodist Church with flag presentation and Taps. William Abbott Crandall of Manchester die d Aug 3 funeral at First Baptist Church Manchester burial Maple Grove Cemetery Weston.
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J.E. ‘Frenchy” Paulin
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Sacred Heart Church
Harry Eichorn
Hanson-Walbridge
Grandview Cemetery
North Bennington
Ejcchorn
Richard
Francis Morin
Steven
Robert Paulin
Daryl Wetherell
Fred Bishop Jr
South Londonderry Baptist Church
Roger Merrill Hughes
Manchester
Robert Abarno
Winhall Hollow Cemetery
John
Roy Mason
LeRoy
Clifford Stone
Charles Reiss
James Twitchell
Brewster
Manchester Center
George H. Lobdell Sr
White Creek
N.Y
Richard Torrey
Bennington
Lobdell
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
William Abbott Crandall
First Baptist Church
Richard D. Olmstead
Warren
David
John Keyes
Donald Capen
Kenneth Cote
Maple Grove Cemetery
Weston
Mr. Olmstead
Interstate move protection curbs high final bills
The ICC enforces a rule for interstate household moves requiring movers to present a maximum payment estimate before unloading. If the final bill exceeds the estimate by more than 10 percent, the excess need not be paid immediately. the consumer has 15 days to settle the balance. The rule applies only to interstate shipments.
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ICC
Mrs Hoisington's Real Estate Roles Highlight Vermont Board
Mrs Hoisington serves as Principal Broker of Hoisington Realty and President of the Southwestern Vermont Board of Realtors. She also acts as Assistant Dean of the Tri State Real Estate Institute and is licensed in Vermont and New York for Hoisington Realty.
Crazy Pete drives cross country on bicentennial autograph tour
Brooklyn storekeeper Pete Robinson known as Crazy Pete rolls a 1959 school bus named Free at Last across America to collect governors and mayors signatures for a red white and blue autograph book aimed at the Smithsonian. He began his sixth cross country tour in pursuit of a national birthday tribute and life on the road built for travel.
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Pete’’ Robinson
Pete
Apache Junction
Arizona
Smithsonian Institution
New England
State Capitol
Everone
Ford
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Citizens Band
Dumbo
Vermont Free Spirit Tours In Van Life Across State
Vermont traveler Pete travels with small motorcycles on bumpers a roof mounted aluminum boat and a red VW behind. He survives by odd jobs farm work and trading at flea markets and notes gas costs of thirty to forty dollars per fill. He wrote a self published book after 17 rejections calling it the worst book ever written. He says he inspired others to hit the road while skeptics question his sanity.
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Pete
New York City
Vermont housing agency to offer $20 million mortgage program
VHFA will sell tax free municipal bonds to fund a program that provides financing for more than 80 Vermont home loans at an interest rate no higher than 8.25 percent. The plan, supplementing $10 million already available, targets families with annual incomes of $19,000 or less and begins with bank applications next month.
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Myette
VHFA
Vermont
Bennington Briefs Headline: Pinsonneault Returns Home and Reunion Held
Peter Pinsonneault, formerly of Bennington, returned to Mesa Arizona Sunday after four weeks with his mother on Park Street. He came for his father's death and attended his 25th high school class reunion. Also reported are monthly 50 50 raffle winners Charles Sauer $25 Don Hart and Jack Gardner $10 each and Friday night snacks at the Bennington Club served by Ann and Dennis McCarthy.
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Peter Pinsonneault
Bennington
Mesa
Ariz
Park Street
Bennington Club
Ann
Dennis McCarthy
Buckley Proposes Free Student Rides on Vermont Steamtrain
Buckley urged that any teacher buying a ticket be allowed to take two students free as the state seeks to salvage money from the Bicentennial steamtrain. Officials project an $800,000 loss this season while Rep. Obuchowski pushes a discounted Aug. 12 ride for eastern residents amid route changes from Bellows Falls to Burlington.
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Bennington
T. Garry Buckley
Buckley
Michael Obuchowski
Rockingham
Obuchowski
Snelling criticizes Galbraith as Vermont outsider
Rutland dispatch reports Republican candidate Richard Snelling calls economist John Kenneth Galbraith an outsider and disputes his Vermont future vision. Galbraith warned of a service-oriented economy for urban refugees, while Snelling argues Vermont can expand farming and industry with natural advantages. Galbraith owns a Townshend summer home.
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Rutland
UPI
Richard Snelling
John Kenneth Galbraith
Vermont
Galbraith
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Rod Clarke
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United Press International
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