Le Corbusier Dies at 77 in French Riviera
Famous architect Le Corbusier died of a heart attack while swimming at Roquebrune Cap Martin on the French Riviera. Born Charles Edouard Jeanerret Gris in 1887, he became a French citizen in 1930 and left a legacy including the Marseilles block and Chandigarh projects.
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United Nations
New York
Roquebrune- Cap Martin
Charles Edouard Jeanerret-Gris
la Chaux-de-Fonds
Switzereland
Marseilles
Informal reception planned for Rev. Charles Myers family
An informal reception will follow the worship service at Second Congregational Church on August 29. All are welcome to stay after the service to greet the Myers family.
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Charles Myers
Second Congregational Church
Seven Building Projects Under Way in Vermont
Vermont officials announced seven construction projects totaling about 500000 as authorized by the 1965 Legislature. Julian Goodrich Architects will design a 285000 Vergennes Weeks School with ten classrooms a library an industrial arts shop and home economics room. Payson Webber will design a 105900 Brandon State Training School dormitory for 20 students. Calcadni and Frazier will demolish a wooden structure for the dorm replacement. Mington will engineer a 40000 Vermont State Hospital laundry. Du Bois and King Engineers will handle a 20000 project to connect state buildings to the Montpelier sewer interceptor.
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Calcadni and Frazier
Bar
Mington
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
du Bois and King Engineers
Randolph
Montpelier
Final Concert By Composers Set Tonight
The 20th annual Bennington Composers Conference closes with an 8:15 performance at the Carriage Barn Bennington College open to the public. Programs include MUDGETT monologue by a mass murderer with a female voice tape, various chamber pieces, a two part solo violin work, and a Bach concerto with Max Pollikoff and Melvin Kaplan. Alan Carter conducts the conference chamber orchestra.
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Bennington Composers Conference
Bennington College
Toronto
Alice
Nellie
St. Vincent St
J.K. Randall
Melinda Kessler
Coast Guard Crackdown on Lake Champlain Littering
A Coast Guard boarding team will patrol Lake Champlain from August 31 to September 8 to enforce federal anti littering laws. Gov. Philip Hoff authorized the effort, noting it marks the first coast guard boarding on the lake with New York approval.
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UPI
Coast Guard
Lake Champlain
Philip H. Hoff
Burlington
Hoff
PSB Head Favors Maine Power Project
Ernest Gibson chairman of the state Public Service Board endorses the proposed 227 million St John River power project in northern Maine. He says private power companies should work with the federal government to provide inexpensive New England power.
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St. John
Maine
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Green Mountain Power Corp
Burlington
Vermont
Public Service Board Seeks Utilities Rate Specialist
In Montpelier PSB Chairman Ernest Gibson says the board still seeks a utilities rate specialist to police rates and service. Gov Hoff ordered review of excessive returns. the $170 weekly post remains open as PSB surveys rates, targeting rural line reductions and lower costs for Vermont customers.
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Gibson
PSB
Vermont
Seaver Progress Report on VIM programs and aftermath
Seaver details the Jackson Interfaith Council based VIM activities, including a Day Care Center and Head Start ties, an adult literacy and tutoring push, and a playground program for Negro children. It notes a 200 dollar bail for Myron Cook after his arrest the night Rev Thompson was shot and mentions ongoing litigation over VIM’s corporate structure and by laws.
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Seaver
Warren H. Taylor
Rutland
Thompson
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Vermont
Mississippi
Rev. Thompson
South
Myron Cook
Wisconsin
Mr. Thompson
Myron
Seaver Reports
VIM
State Employment Security Office
Jackson
Medgar Evers Community Guild
Cook
Miss
Spain's geographic divisions hinder unified growth says professor
Miami University geography professor Henry A. Kendall spoke to the Bennington Rotary Club on Spain's road to a modern economy. He noted regional fragmentation, land tenure issues with 40 percent of farms under 2.5 acres and 1,200 owners controlling 35 percent of farmland, plus tourism aiding construction and Franco's leadership viewed as pragmatic.
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Oxford
Ohio
Shaftsbury
Bennington Rotary Club
Spain
Henry A. Kendall
Michigan University
Kendall
Bennington Banner Details Contacts and Rates
The Bennington Banner lists its offices at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont and provides separate phone lines for business newsroom and advertising. It is published daily except Sundays and holidays with subscription rates ranging from 6 months to 1 year for Vermont and U.S. mailing, plus special serviceman rates.
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Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
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