Searsburg road claims another life
A fatal crash along a sharp Searsburg curve drew witnesses and rescue crews including Deerfield Valley and Wilmington squads. The article notes recurring fatalities at the curve and mentions a plan by the Highway Board to straighten Route 9 at the curve, a project estimated at 800000 to 1000000 dollars. Local residents recall past accidents and describe rescue efforts and onlookers reacting to the scene.
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Deerfield
Merton Rice
Rice
Bennington
Deerfield Valley
Wilmington
Dover
State Highway Board
Bennington County
Transportation
Arthur Ristan
Searsburg Mountain
Ristan
Edgar Stickney
State Highway Department
Denise Allen
Allen
Parker turmoil at college clouds leadership and finances
The article sketches Parkers' settlement of 110000 and relocation to Chicago, amid trustee friction and faculty opposition. It questions the college’s future given a low endowment and a paid-for but unpaid 6.7 million performing arts center, noting leadership departures, candidate retreat, and broader institutional strain.
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Chicago
Ms. Parker
Parkers
Salmon urges new internationalism for world peace
Gov Thomas Salmon seeking the Democratic Senate nomination presses a new internationalism using American values and resources to broker peace and progress. He favors detente as constructive bargaining with the Soviet Union and calls for disarmament steps, aid for the poor, and reform of the CIA and FBI, plus strong defense. Police report multiple Route 7 collisions in Bennington with injuries minor and uninjured. theft of airport signs and mailbox damage. local swim meet and farm corn sale notices follow.
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United States
Salmon
Soviet Union
Middle East
Salman
F.B.I
C.I.A
Congressional Oversight Committee
Israel
Rhodesia
South Africa
Bennington
Route 7
Kocher Drive
John B. Weir
York
Ontario
Joan T. Mann
Scarsdale
N.Y
Margaret C. Niles
Eagle Bridge
Helen L. Swain
New York City
Shaftsbury Town Line
Tracey A. Mulligan
Hoosick Falls
Phillip C. Richard
Arlington
Robert G. Cummings
Deborah A. Earnhardt
Plymouth
Robert J. Allen
Mammoth Mart
Bennington Airport
Gypsy Lane
Route 9
Walloomsac Road
Sandy Schneider
Convention okays GOP committeemen
UPI report lists new Republican National Committee members as approved at the convention. Connecticut elected John Alsop and Mary H. Boatwright. Maine chose Cyril M. Joly Jr. and Henrietta Page Crane. Massachusetts names Bruce Crane and Paula Logan. New Hampshire selects Robert P. Bass Jr. and Victoria Zachos. Rhode Island names Frederick Lippitt and June Gibbs. Vermont lists Roland Q. Seward and Madeline B. Harwood. Burlington officials say UVM may seek about 13 million dollars for fiscal 1978, up from 11.2 million this year, to fund raises while keeping in-state tuition steady.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
New Republican National Committee
Connecticut
John Alsop
Mary H. Boatwright
Maine
Cyril M. Joly Jr
Henrietta Page Crane
Massachusetts
Bruce Crane
Paula Logan
New Harpshire
Robert P. Bass Jr
Victoria Zachos
Rhode Island
Frederick Lippitt
June Gibbs
Vermont
Roland Q. Seward
Madeline B. Harwood
Burlington
University of Vermont
UVM
Lottie Coor
Coor
Steamtrain’s moment of truth in Vermont’s bicentennial run
Vermont faces a decisive budget moment as the Joint Fiscal Committee weighs discontinuing the states major bicentennial steamtrain or authorizing more funds. Officials estimate losses exceed 840000 this year with loans totaling 750000, while storms and schedule revisions cloud future summers and falls for the operation.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Legislative Joint Fiscal Committee
JFC
Salmon snubs private money saving study in Vermont
Gov. Thomas Salmon received an efficiency study on cutting state costs but refused to discuss its contents. The privately funded report, potentially saving up to 12 million dollars, was financed by the Vermont Council for Effective Government and conducted by Warren King.
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UPI
Vermont Council For Effective Government
Richard Snelling
Chicago
Warren King
Snelling
Salmon
King
Council
Vermont delegates back woman running mate in Ford ticket
Vermont’s 18 delegate group at the Republican National Convention endorses choosing a woman for the ticket with Anne Armstrong as a preferred running mate by 12 of 18 delegates. Ford aimed to announce his pick, while others jockeyed for Baker or Connally amid polling gaps.
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Kansas City
UPI
Vermont
Ford
Walter L
Great Britain
Anne Armstrong
Northeast
Alaska
Mrs. Armstrong
Armstrong
National Women’s Political Caucus
GOP
Jeffords
Treasury
John Connally
Obituary for Philip I. Dorman 67 World War II Navy vet
Philip I. Dorman 67 of South Stream Road East Pownal died unexpectedly Wednesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Born December 17 1907 in Pownal he was a woodworker at Bennington Display Co until 1970. Survived by wife Doris Dupee four daughters three sons 23 grandchildren four great grandchildren two sisters an aunt and many relatives. Funeral from Mahar Son Funeral Home Saturday at 10 a.m. with Elder Clarence Burrows officiating. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Memorials to Vermont Heart Association.
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Philip I. Dorman
South Stream Road
East Pownal
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal
Leon
Hazel (Smith) Dorman
Dorman
Bennington Display Co
Doris Dupee
Bennington
Violet Dufresne
Luella Crawford
Searsburg
Virginia Dorman
Doris Davis
Philip A
Cecil
Mesa
Ariz
Donald
Pownal Center
Mildred Burgess
Rutland
Eunice Sawyer
Mahar & Son Funeral
Clarence Burrows
Kingdom Hall
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Park Lawn Cemetery
Vermont Heart Association
Funeral Home
Hospital Notes Aug 18 1976 Admissions and Births
Admissions include Esther Lubesko Nanticoke Pa Richard Noble Bennington Richard Harmon Shaftsbury Michael LaFountain Pownal Benjamin James Hoosick Falls N Y Adam Batza Hoosick Falls N Y Connie Hawley Arlington Joseph LaRoche Bennington Discharges Everett Hurley North Pownal Charlotte Jordan Bennington Births a son Aug 16 to Mr and Mrs John Meehan Bennington
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Esther Lubesko
Nanticoke
Richard Noble
Bennington
Richard Harmon
Shaftsbury
Michael LaFountain
Pownal
Benjamin James
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Adam Batza
Connie Hawley
Arlington
Joseph LaRoche
Everett. Hurley
North Pownal
Charlotte Jordan
John Meehan
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Marcia A. Bonifas
Newburgh
Vermont Highway Department
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Brattleboro
Kenneth Connar
Sen. Dole
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Dole
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Bob Dole
William Roy
D-Kan
White House
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Florida
Morris K. Udall
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Bennington Briefs
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Rutland Recreation
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Woodford Road
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