Salmon appoints several to boards commissions
Gov. Thomas P. Salmon named Mrs. John P. Perry of Barre to the state Board of Elections and Peter P. Plante of Norwich to the Parole Board. He also picked Cadiz of Bennington Chase of Rutland Town of Johnson to the Land Surveyors Board and Titcomb of Perkinsville to the Architects Board. Burlington Mayor Paquette join Governor’s Commission on Administration of Justice and Beliveau named chairman of Scenic Preservation Council. Also chosen were Wolfe, Dalton, Pasetti, and Helm for various state commissions.
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Armand J. Beliveau
Hinesburg
Governor’s Scenic Preservation Council
Albert L. Wolfe
Burlington
Alan C. Dalton
South Burlington
Governor’s Commission On Employment of
Sergio Pasetti
Barre
Educational and Health Buildings Finance Agency
David Helm
Governor’s Commission On Children and Youth
Mallary Reassesses After Hearing Tape
Mallary said he was convinced after listening to the tape, though the remark had been seriously discussed earlier on page 1. The noted figure indicated a change of view following the audio.
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Mallary
Liberty Union caucus set in District 4-3 Bennington
A Liberty Union caucus to nominate candidates for District 4-3 will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday Sept. 6 at the Bennington Free Library to formalize Laina Gerrish's candidacy for a District 4-3 House seat on the LA ticket. Police report note multiple Friday traffic collisions in Bennington with no injuries.
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Liberty Union
Bennington
Bennington Free Library
Laina Gerrish
Union St
Gerrish
FHA approves co op water loan for Thetford Vermont
The Farmer's Home Administration approved a $200,000 loan to Thetford Water Cooperative in Vermont to replace aging lines. The project will upgrade the water system serving about 75 homes and businesses under the Aiken Rural Water Facilities Act, announced by Senator George D. Aiken.
Assassins Shoot Cypriot Adviser Lyssanides in Circle
Cypriot leftist adviser to ousted President Makarios Dr Vassos Lyssanides was slightly wounded when gunmen fired submachine guns at his car in central Nicosia. His bodyguard Doros Loizou was killed and his wife Barbara Loizou injured. two bystanders wounded. The attack, blamed on pro Greek guerrillas and the CIA by Lyssanides, followed another Cyprus shooting two weeks earlier. U.N. Security Council urged Greek Turkish cooperation to aid 150000 refugees as talks prospects linger.
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U.S
Rodger B. Davies
Barbara Bell
Newton
Mass
New York
U.N. Security Council
Council
Yakov A. Malik
Soviet Union
Security Council
Social Democratic Party
EOKA
Greece
Aiken declines to endorse in Vermont GOP primary
Senator George Aiken of Vermont says he will not endorse any candidate in the September 10 primary. He notes he has never backed a candidate in a GOP primary, as three Republicans contest the seat to replace him after 34 years in the Senate.
Salmon asks for more foreign workers to pick Vermont apples
Gov. Thomas P. Salmon urged Labor Secretary Peter Brennan to approve additional foreign workers to harvest Vermont’s one million bushel apple crop. Washington authorized 150 foreign workers. 264 more were requested. Vermont reports domestic pickers scarce, with 2000 total workers needed including arrivals from the British West Indies. season runs four to six weeks starting mid September.
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Vermont
U.S
William H. Kolberg
Salmon
Brennan
State Employment Service
British West Indies
New England
Burgess attacks Harwood over AMA fund and NHI stance
Lt. Gov. John S. Burgess a Republican candidate for Congress endorsed national health insurance and criticized Sen. Madeline Harwood for taking a $5,000 donation from the American Medical Association. He urged Mills proposals to cover major health needs without extra burden. Caledonian Record backs Charles Ross in GOP race, noting his moderate stance and independent judgment as he gains on Mallory in a competitive nomination contest.
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House
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Charles Ross
The
Caledonian Record
St. Johnsbury
Ross
Greyhound racing expands in New England with town licenses
Laughlin notes dog racing gains popularity in New England and cites Hinsdale and Won derland in Boston as leading tracks. A March 22 Vermont House vote allows the Racing Commission to grant a greyhound license to any town with a horse license, currently only Pownal holds such a license. Greyhound racing could add about $500,000 annually to state coffers while Green Mountain revenues yield 5 percent today.
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New Hampshire
Laughlin
New England
Wonderland
Boston
Vermont
Racing Commission
Pownal
Green Mountain
Slimnastics and fitness classes for women offered
The Bennington Recreation Department will run two programs at the Community Recreation Center this fall. Swimnastics starts Sept 10, meeting Tue Thu 6 30–7 30 pm and Mon 2 30–3 30 pm. A separate Tue 6 30 pm dry land class focuses on relaxation and body awareness and includes rigorous exercise. Contact Pat Schaffer at 442 5446 for details.
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Bennington Recreation Department
Community Recreation Center
Pat Schaffer
Red Cross
Gage Street
Bennington Briefs Advertises Local Meetings and Offers
The Green Mountain Homemaker's Group meets Sept 3 at 7 30 p m at Marjorie Jones home Lyons Street Bennington Susie Davis organizes a noon charity fair for muscular dystrophy in Armstrong's yard East Road call 442 2096 for directions Mt Anthony chapter 1 Order of the Eastern Star meets Sept 4 8 p m at Masonic Temple dues due Napolitano's Pizza promotes subs meatball sausage peppers and pasta to go Chapel Nursery School opens Sept 4 for 1974 75 session Butter Sugar sweet corn at Leake's Corn Wagon on Woodford Road through Labor Day
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Green Mountain
Marjorie Jones
Lyons Street
Bennington
Susie Davis
Armstrong
East Road
First Road
Stratton
Leake’s
Woodford Road
Labor Day
Woodford man held in N Y for car backfire gunshots
Gerald A. Smith a 21 year old resident of Woodford Vermont was arrested by New York State troopers at Fogarty Road Schaghticoke on seventh degree drug possession and driving while intoxicated charges after observers reported gunshots from a passing car. Authorities said the sounds were backfires from a poorly tuned engine. A 14 year old runaway girl was also taken into custody and returned to her parents. Smith was arraigned before Town Justice George Blair and remanded to jail in lieu of an $85 fine plus court costs.
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N.Y
New York State
Gerald A. Smith
Woodford
Smith
Fogarty Road
Schaghticoke
George Blair
Rensselaer County
Democratic Caucus to Nominate Justice Candidates in Arlington
A Democratic caucus will be held at 8 p.m. on Tuesday September 3 at the Arlington Community House to nominate candidates for judicial seats. The meeting invites party members and interested residents to participate in the selection process.
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Arlington Community House
State economics session set here next Thursday
The fifth in a series of statewide conferences sponsored by the Vermont Council of Economic Advisors created by Gov. Thomas P. Salmon will be held in Bennington Sept. 5. The meetings aim to improve communications between the council and Vermont businesses. The Bennington workshop, at Mt. Anthony Country Club, runs 9:30 to 12:30 with remarks by Council chairman James Ritchie and Gov. Salmon.
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Vermont Council of Economic Advisors
Thomas P. Salmon
Bennington
Vermont
Mt. Anthony Country Club
James Ritchie
Gov. Salmon
Donald V. Webster
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Richard Leethaler
Stratton Mountain Corp
Charles O'Leary
Green Mountain Furniture
Walter A. Hersom
Wells Real Estate
Thomas D. Parker
Bennington College
Funeral for Wesley Weeden in Petersburg N Y
The funeral for Wesley Weeden a 67 year old Petersburg native who died Tuesday in Troy after a long illness was held Friday at the Thomas M Barber Funeral Home in Petersburg with Rev William ODell of the Grafton Baptist Church officiating Burial was in Meadow Lawn Cemetery Petersburg Weeden was a longtime lumberman in the Peters burg area and a son of Milo and Hattie Peck Weeden He is survived by five sons Melvin Richard Victor Earl and Arthur and seven grandchildren
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Petersburg
N.Y
Troy
Thomas M. Barber
William O'Dell
Grafton
Meadow Lawn
Milo
Hattie (Peck ) Weeden
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