Federal flood data outlined to BCRC
HUD planned maps face criticism as curvilinear contour methods replace block maps. Archila urges towns to submit data from topographic maps and residents letters to contest designations. Flood-prone towns must join federal program by set dates to obtain flood insurance and avoid loan restrictions. Bennington gains leverage from Army Corps study enabling immediate use of new model ordinance.
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Archila
HUD
Bennington County
Sunderland
Readsboro
Stamford
Shaftsbury
Dorset
Arlington
Manchester
Rupert
Pownal
Manchester Village
Bennington
BCRC
Greg Burke
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Burke
Army Corps of Engineers
Trustees weigh funding aid and tuition hike option
Trustees debated revenue sources with several members urging higher state funding. If the legislature cannot provide more money, Luther F. Hackett warned that the only alternative is tuition increases. In-state tuition will rise by 95 dollars to 1045 next year, with further increases considered up to 200 dollars.
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Luther F. Hackett
Obituary Frederick A Dufresne Jr in Manchester
Frederick A Dufresne Jr 42 died Friday afternoon at Rutland Hospital from a personal safety related gunshot wound suffered earlier in Manchester. He was born May 16 1982 in Bennington son of Frederick A and Etta May Mason Dufresne. Survived by wife Elsie Abramson his parents three sons and two daughters all at home. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Rev Richard D Olmstead officiating entombment Factory Point Cemetery receiving vault. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Manchester
Frederick A. Dufresne Jr
Rutland Hospital
Bennington
Frederick A. and
Etta May
Mason Dufresne
Burr & Burton Seminary
Elsie Abramson
Cambridge
N.Y
Alan R. Jeffrey L
Scott C. Dufresne
Deborah Ann
Delores Elaine Dufrsne
Brewster Funeral Home
Richard D. Olmstead
First Baptist Church
Factory Point
Bennington Briefs Overview of Local Arts and Education Notes
The Bennington Free Library hosts free children's films at 2 PM. Andrews pushes more out of state students to boost tuition revenue amid nursing and football program funding debates at the university. A suspect fled to Bennington, later arrested in Massachusetts. extradition to Troy planned for arraignment.
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Bennington
Denis Lambert
Andrews
Vermont
Harry J. Boswell
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
More Route 7 awaits court, Gray says here
Vermont Highway Commissioner John T. Gray addressed the Bennington Rotary Club recounting Route 7 north of Bennington. He noted the Second Court of Appeals has heard the case with a decision expected soon and, if favorable, work will begin promptly.
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Vermont Highway
John T. Gray
Bennington
Highway Fund
General Fund
Gray
Manchester
Dave Kelly
Federal Highway Administration
Vermont Highway Department
Students seize U Thant’s casket at Rangoon campus funeral
Buddhist monks and thousands of students restrained from burial plans in Rangoon after forcing the casket from its pandal on a panel truck. They moved it 10 miles to the university, rejecting family pleas to bury him at Rangoon cemetery and offering no official explanation. Thant died in New York on November 25 after retiring as U.N. secretary general in 1971.
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Rangoon
Burma
UPI
U.N
U Thant
Rangoon University
U Khant
Thant
Communalists Meet Sunday in Williamstown Church
A Vocations for Social Change Communes Project meeting is set for Sunday Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church Williamstown upstairs Youth Center Routes 2 and 43. Child care will be provided. City planner Robert Pollock and Laird Graeser of Clover Hill Farm will share views. Those interested in communal living or community development are invited.
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Williamstown
Mass
First United Methodist Church
Robert Pollock
Planner
Will
Will Laird Graeser
Clover Hill Farm
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Danby
Great Barrington
Housatonic
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Schaghticoke
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Barrer
Bennington Briefs
Ben Mont
Shea Homepac
Shea Agency Inc
Insurance Center
Adv
Richard
B&b
Massachusetts
Rensselaer County
Barker
Troy
Bennington Banner Telephone
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
U.S
Bennington & Bookshop Office Products Center
Catarmoun
National Bank
Dad
Walker
Mt. Anthony
Main Street
Michael Marton
Eagle Bridge
Stonewall
Joe Robertson
Marton
Channel 8
U Nu
Ne Win
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Mar
Kelvinator
Main ST. Bennington
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Aeks
Alels
Roold
Tal
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Eels
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