UVM fee clash heard in Franklin County Court
University of Vermont defends a 21 dollar mandatory activities fee and student control over its allocation. Dean Potter and Richard Powers testified as eight educators faced a suit by three students led by Roland Voorhees. Plaintiffs oppose funding for speakers and a liberal paper, while defendants cite accountability and prior speaker diversity. The hearing before Judge Sylvester continued.
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ST. Albans
UPI
University of Vermont
Roland Potter
Richard Powers
Franklin County
Potzer
University Board of Trustees
University Student Association
Burlington
Frederick Fayette
Roland Voorhees
Michael Stone
Stetson Blake
Vermont Cynic
Burlington Free Press
The
Cynic
Dean Potter
Deane C. Davis
Student Forum
John Birch Society
Harold C. Sylvester
Obituary for Bertha B. Fay 76 of Bennington Vermont
Mrs. Bertha B. Fay 76 of 203 Beech St widow of Walter P. Fay died Monday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after four weeks as a patient Born in Ironton Wisconsin Sept 13 1894 she was daughter of Peleg and Lucretia Burgess She moved to Vermont young lived most of her life in Bennington Married Walter P Fay in Greenwich New York June 9 1917 Mr Fay died in 1945 She was a 50 year member of Mt Anthony Chapter 1 Order Eastern Star and active in the First United Methodist Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha B. Fay
Beech St
Walter P. Fay
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ironton
Wis
Peleg
Lucretia
All) Burgess
Wisconsin
Vermont
Bennington
Mr. Fay
Greenwich
N.Y
Vandals damage garden and pool fences in Bennington
Bennington Police report vandalism at the Bradford Smith Memorial Garden beside the Bennington Free Library on Union Street. Cedar fence sections, a marble bench, and a pool fence at a nearby Main Street residence were damaged, with an estimated fence loss of about one third. Investigating officer John Ryan noted time of damage around 11:30 p.m. and considered a possible link between both sites.
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Bradford Smith
Bennington
Main Street
John B. Harte
John Ryan
Harte
North Bennington Tax Fight Sparks Town vs Village Clash
Residents press for charter changes and potential injunctions as North Bennington seeks relief over perceived tax inequities. Trustees discuss legal routes, water deductions, and potential unification options while wary townsfolk push for a private taxpayers association to challenge the town’s tax regime.
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Taxpayers’ Association
Bennington
North Bennington
Welling
Arthur E. Wickenden
J.C. Jerome
North Village
Jerome
North Ben
Old Bennington
Rural Fire District
Chancery Court
Board of Selectmen
Sanford Buxbaum
William Flood
Bennington plantings pick Brownell for Main Street trees
Brownell Landscaping of Hoosick Falls N Y won the bid to plant 60 downtown trees on Main Street next spring for about 7 500. Lindens and flowering crabs were chosen, with donors paying 125 each for a tree and plaque. The drive, led by Hy Savage and aided by the Bennington Garden Club, seeks pledges by Nov 1 to fund two-sided planting starting at Valentine Street.
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Brownell Landscaping
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bennington
Baker’s Nurseries, Inc
Brownell
Bennington County
John Page
Main Street
Valentine Street
Hiram G. “Hy” Savage
Greater Chamber of Commerce
Bennington Garden Club
Patman decries bailout, warns banks favored over sacrifices
Patman denounces broad presidential power to Stabilize and roll back interest rates, arguing it would let banks dodge sacrifices while the nation shoulders burden. Mortgage rates rose to 7.74 percent in July, with 1969 70 peaks near 8 percent hurting housing. Police report a two car Sunderland collision injuring none but totaling both vehicles. Hess of Arlington and Speyerer of Jackson Heights, N.Y., were identified as drivers.
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Patman
Sunderland
Alan W. Hess
Arlington
Theodore J. Speyerer
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Hess
Speyerer
OES Home Day in Randolph Aug 29 fundraiser
Randolph announces the annual Eastern Star Home Home Day on August 29 with an 11 am program. The Shrine Chanters will perform. attendees bring lunch while Beulah Chapter sells coffee drinks ice cream. Transportation help available. donations and a list of needed household items are requested.
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Randolph
Eastern Star
Chanters of the
Mt. Anthony
Vermont moves to require trial before student expulsion
The Vermont Education Board approved legislation to expound due process in school disciplinary actions. It directs counsel John Hutton to draft rules enabling hearings, witness presentation, and cross examination, aligning with federal court rulings. The measure accompanies other board actions and notes fears about union district apportionment and one party town exits.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Education Board
John Hutton
Federal District Court
Bennington Briefs Day Nursery Reopens August 30
Bennington Briefs notes the Day Nursery will reopen August 30 with Peg Gerity listed. Also mentions Bennington Minit Car Wash at 124 North Bennington Rd offering a Wednesday special with wax for 50c extra. A note on union school board reform seeks equal representation based on community population, with plaintiffs asking for board seats according to participating communities.
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Peg Gerity
Bennington Minit
North Bennington Rd
Mounted Posse annual bivouac in Bennington County
The Bennington County Mounted Sheriff's Posse held its annual summer bivouac on Saturday and Sunday with a noon departure from Bennington and a meeting at the Perley Hibbard farm in Pownal. Riders joined forces with Stamford units under Maj. Cornelius Van Steemburg for camp, training, and a map reading session supervised by Richard Hollister. A golden wedding anniversary for Gold Star parents Mr and Mrs Aime LaFlamme of 503 South St will be observed on Sunday. their son Gilbert died in the Mediterranean in 1944.
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Bennington County Mounted Sheriff’s Posse
Bennington
Hazel Kelley
Stamford
Perley Hibbard
South Stream Road
Pownal
Cornelius van Steemburg
Richard Hollister
Aime LaFlamme
South St
Hospital Notes Admissions in Hoosick Falls and Cambridge
On Monday August 23 1971 admissions include Kristin Liporace Kathi Liporace and Elizabeth Stemp from Hoosick Falls along with David J Senecal Hoosick Falls and Henry Bates of Cambridge. The list records patient names and hometowns for the hospital intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kristin Liporace
Kathi Liporace
Elizabeth Stemp
Hoosick Falls
David J. Senecal
Henry Bates
Cambridge
N.Y
Boylan predicts prison bill will be defeated
Vermont Senator John J. Boylan forecasts the 1972 General Assembly will reject a proposed 6.1 million maximum security prison. He favors studying regional cooperation on a joint facility. Opponents cite rehabilitation concerns and lack of state support. Bids exceeded the 1970 appropriation and estimates now run about six million.
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T. Garry Buickley
Bennington County
Vermont
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