Buck family feud over Pearl Buck estate and truth
Walsh accuses Pearl Buck of covering up a son Ted Harris’s influence and spending, while Harris defends her autonomy and asserts funds were spent as Buck wished. The dispute centers on asset use, motives, and a forthcoming biography. ACLU voices warn against relying on courts alone and urge public education and legislative involvement.
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Walsh
Miss Buck
Ted Harris
Harris
Porson
ACLU Workshop on Bottle Ban Spurs Vermont Debate
The Vermont panel highlighted cost impacts of the beverage bottle law and opposition from grocers fearing cross-border sales loss. Plans emerged to repeal the ban with a lower bottle tax. regulators faced disputes over implementation and recycling incentives while a new student rights focus arose at Blue Mountain Union High School District.
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John Meaker
Waterbury
West
Martin Johnson
Supreme Court
Johnson
Robert Bloomer
Blue Mountain Union
Wells River
Harrison
Richard Kohn
ACLU
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rohn
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Kohn
BSD Board Meeting Tonight at Central Office
BSD meets tonight at 7 30 at the central office 604 Main St to discuss Mt Anthony legal issues BSD budget vote next week and announce the winner of the St Joseph school naming contest Cont'd from page 4.
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Wennington School District
BSD
Main St
Mt. Anthony
St. Joseph
River debris and flood risk prompt dam and gravel work in Walloomsac area
Town officials hear proposals to dredge the Walloomsac and Roaring Branch to reduce flooding. Lamb cites sediment buildup near Park Street and Route 7 bridges, with islands forming and erosion increasing. Efforts seek $20,000 from the Soil Conservation Service and possible future funding, while residents urge protective action.
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Lamb
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Glastonbury
Woodford
Park Street
Walloomsac
Route 7
Bennington
Wari
Roaring Brach
Brooklyn
Paper Mill Village
Lari
Hennington College
Fred Wohnus
Wohnus
Harsh River Basin Citizens Environmental Protection Association
Wuld
Catamount Dyers to curb noise with new muffler system
Catamount Dyers will spend about $5,000 implementing a sound engineer's recommendations to abate noise at its Ben Mont Avenue plant. The town will install muffling equipment and shielding on air pollution gear, with tests and further action to follow.
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Catanownt Dyers
Ben Mont Avenue
Edward BR. Bamb
Bennington Selectmen
Catamount
Sqand
John Elliot
Putney
Clarks Woods
Flkint
Lamb
Siliot
Enterprise Engineering Associates
Elliott
Tiblett
Mortimer Krane
Itzalee
Lath
Monument Refrigeration Co
Lower
Lamch
Willa Pembroke
Pembroke
Day care appeals for revenue sharing funds in town debate
Bennington Day Care Center leaders Norton Weal Jill Wickes and Chuck OLeary asked for 27000 from revenue sharing to cover a cut in federal funding from 54000 to 21000 plus 17000 from parent fees and 12000 in town support. Selectmen, sympathetic but budget-bound, tabled the request for Town Meeting ballot approval after hearing all social service requests.
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Selectren
Bennington
Norton Weal
Center Board of Directors
Jill Wickes
Chuck O'Leary
One Center
West
Sie
Nixon
Jerome
Corcoran
Sheridan
Perrotta
Socia
TET
Bennington Briefs From Local Meetings And Training
There will be no hotline training Thursday Aug 23. The next session is Tuesday Aug 29 at 7 30 p m at the Manpower office. Ladies Auditory Aerie 1861 Eagles meet Thursday at 7 with a joint meeting at 8. Glendora Wheeler president thanks participants in the Trattle Day parade.
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Aerie 1861
Eagles
Glendora Wheeler
4 H drama club stages Wizard of Oz at Mt Anthony
Maureen O Nea reviews the 4 H Club summer theatre production The Wizard of Oz with Dorothy Mary Bennett Scarecrow Brent Metcalfe Tinman Chris Connell Cowardly Lion Maria Lally and Wicked Witch Lesley Pratt in a lively but challenging adaptation. Mike Palmer John Riddle Jr played the Wizard with piano accompaniment. changes include a Good Luck touch on Dorothy and an atomic conveyance. Audience turnout was small but the director Wynn Metcalfe and cast delivered an intriguing and enjoyable show running at the Mt Anthony High School auditorium through Thursday at 7 30 p.m.
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Dorothy
Mary Bennett
Brent Metcalfe
Chris Connell
Maria Lally
Lesley Pratt
Mike Palmer
John Riddle Jr
Fantasyland
Toto
Wynne Metcalfe
Mt. Anthony Ltigh
Wilson Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy in Vermont
Administration Secretary Robert M. Wilson, 50, had emergency surgery for appendicitis Tuesday night at Medical Center hospital in Vermont and is in good condition. He is expected to stay a few days. A separate item notes a hoax aimed at Mt Anthony High School sports notices, with the athletic director Frank Zslick denying official involvement.
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Burlington
UPI
the Medical Center Hospital
Vermont
Wilson
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Frank Zslick
Tax rate bills to be mailed ahead of August due dates
Town bills will be sent out before August. To estimate town and highway taxes use assessed value, halve it, then multiply by .206. Last year’s school tax was 4.84 and this year’s is expected to decline by an undetermined amount to reflect the larger Grand List. North Bennington residents pay a different school tax, and village and Old Bennington property owners pay village taxes in addition to town, highway, and school taxes.
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North Bennington
Old Bennington
Hospital Notes From Bennington Area August 21 1973
Admissions include Frank Davis Bennington Brends Mattison Bennington Carria Squires Manchester Sarah Treat Manchester Depot Oliver Tifft Pawlet Evelyn LaPorte Kathleen Kelly Hooslck Falls NY Discharges include Agnes Mears North Bennington Patrick Morse Bennington Deborah Babcock Bennington Bradley Hayes North Bennington Jane Langton and son Pownal Carol Beaudoin Bennington
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Frank Davis
Bennington
Brends Mattison
Carria Squires
Manchester
Sarah Treat
Manchester Depot
Oliver ‘Tifft
Pawlet
Evelyn LaPorte
Kathleen Kelly
Hooslck Falls
N.Y
Agnes Mears
North Bennington
Patrick Morse
Deborah Babcock
Bradley Hayes
Jane Langton
Teens, Adults Plead Guilty Or Are Cleared In Arlington Cases
Dennis Weyers 19 of North Pownal found not guilty by a Hennington District Court jury Tuesday after pleading not guilty March 5 to careless and negligent driving, alleged Feb 20 in Arlington. Anthony Cross 17 of East Arlington sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in jail suspended and placed on probation after guilty plea June 18 to breaking and entering at a garage owned by Mrs Helen Goeckler in Arlington. Dudley Grittis Jr. of Manchester received a six month suspended jail sentence after changing plea May 29 to no contest to simple assault following earlier not guilty plea April 9.
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Dennis Weyers
North Pownal
Hennington
Weyers
Arlington
Anthony Cross
East Arlington
Helen Goeckler
Dudley Grittis Jr
Manchester
Grittis
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