Reappraisal fears and town actions dominate Bennington meeting
The meeting covered a proposed regional listing plan, doubts about statewide reforms, and a renewed push to reappraise taxes. Town leaders raised the town manager's salary to 15,000 and reported progress on insulation for the town garage. Also noted were housing and planning board changes, voting location questions, dog leash enforcement, a new Burgess Road project, and a brief note on YMCA matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aring
Miarch
Bennington
Barber
Frasier
Mary Hodeck
George Rogers
Rogers
Burgess Development
Burgess Road
Lamb
YMCA
Auto collision at North and County streets in 1County
Police report a 3:15 p.m. crash at the North and County streets intersection as snowy conditions and a recent sanding delay contributed. Evelyn L. Sherman 47 of Arlington drove a 1965 Dodge Dart northbound and skidded while turning left into a southbound 1969 Chrysler driven by John C. McFarlin 48 of Wellesley Hills Mass. Both drivers escaped injury with moderate damage to their vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village
Evelyn L. Sherman
Arlington
North Street
County Street
John C. McFarlin
Wellesley Hills
Mass
McFarlin
State Highway Department
Vermont Governor bars labor report in longest strike
Gov. Deane C. Davis refused to release a six month old emergency labor board report on the Jones and Lamson strike in Springfield. He plans talks with manager Robert Jones while union demands amnesty and renewed negotiations persist as more than 700 workers remain idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Electrical Workers Union
Davis
Roe McKenzie
Burlington
Jones
Lamson
Robert Jones
Emergency Labor Board
Vermont
Washington Signed Copy of The Contrast Joins UVM Bailey Library
A rare 1790 comedy The Contrast bearing George Washington's signature has been donated to the University of Vermont Bailey Library. The book, once in Washington’s Mt Vernon library, is valued at about 50 000 dollars and connects the Wilbur and Chittenden McCullough Vermontiana collections. Special Collections head John Buechler notes the rarity of Washington-signed items and calls the gift a major addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
United States
George Washington
University of Vermont Bailey Library
Mt. Vernon
Royall Tyler
Philadelphia
Hall Park McCullough
North Bennington
UVM
Washington
Bailey Library
Special Collections
John Buechler
Vermont
Tyler
Windham County
New York City
Thomas Wignell
Brother Jonathan
Wignell
Bushrod Washington
Samuel P. Avery
James B. Wilbur
Chittenden
McCullough
The
University
Wilbur
Christmas Eve musical service at Congregational Church
A 7 p.m. Christmas Eve service at Second Congregational Church Hillside Street features Prince of Peace cantata by Gordon Young scored for choir soloists narrator congregation and organ conducted by Mr and Mrs R H van der Linde. Choir rehearsed a month and Sunday after services. soloists include David Bidwell Susan Thompson Lenore Marken Howard Estes Raymond Peirce. choir members Elsa Estes Virginia Gerleman Beatrice Gilman. Admission is free and program open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Prince of Peace
Gordon Young
R.H. van der Linde
David Bidwell
Susan Thompson
Lenore Marken
Howard Estes
Raymond Peirce
Elsa Estes
Virginia Gerleman
Beatrice Gilman
Barbara Milazzo
Diane Jaquith
Jane Hayden
Winifred Buswell
Betty Peirce
Gene Irons
Eileen Bean
Pat Jesseman
Jan Serrigo
Carolyn Whittemore
Scott Whittemore
Joel Whittemore
Eugene Clark
Walter Dunham
Raymond Bowen
George Serrigo
Telephone cuts 10 party lines to four in Vermont villages
New England Telephone Co completes four year plan eliminating 10 party service for rural Vermont customers. A new tariff filed with the Public Service Board sets four party rates for Enosburg Falls and Fairfax, the last two exchanges converted under the 1964 board order. Two other 10 line providers remain to be converted, with completion expected by year end next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
New England Telephone Co
Public Service Board
Enosburg Falls
Fairfax
Town manager seeks snow removal help this Christmas
Town Manager Edward R. Lamb asks residents to refrain from pushing snow from driveways onto highways. With more snow expected tonight, the goal is to ease road crews' workload and keep roads clearer during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Sunderland bonds join state issue under Vermont plan
Sunderland voters approved a 200000 dollar school bond last year which may be bought by Vermont's Municipal Bond Bank as part of a statewide issue. The bank issued 45745000 dollars in tax exempt bonds to fund about 44 Vermont community issues totaling 41.23 million. Sunderland Board Chair Albert H. Lawrence said sale timing is uncertain but the bonds are in the block. Sunderland had funded construction with bank loans from Factory Point National Bank and National Shawmut Bank, repaid when bonds sell. The Vermont Bond Bank, created to pool small issues, prices bonds with yields from 3 to 4.5 percent and uses the state credit to redeem coupons and amortize debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard E. LaFlamme
Jennings Drive
Dufresne-Henry
LaFlamme
Lamb
Housing Board of Review
Fiveznan Appeals Board
Norton Barber
Dan Cadiz
Planning Commission
Joseph Guetti
Cadiz
Frasier
Commission
Steiner
Barber
Sunderland
Vermont
New Municipal Bond Bank
Sunderland School Board
Albert H. Lawrence
Peacham
Hew report criticizes Vernon radiation removal plan
A Hew report on the Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon shows the proposed radiation removal system was inferior to equipment used at other facilities. The original plan would vent radioactive gas after 30 minutes, a design changed after environmental protests, with other plants offering longer containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelia
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Vermont
Environmenta
Minnesota reactor rules in limbo as hearings wrap up
The AEC faces a mid January decision after hearings on the Vermont Yankee style Vernon project. Minnesota officials warn a court ruling could alter state radiation standards governing hospitals universities and research facilities. The HEW study finds the plant would have low environmental impact with nondetectable radiological levels in the Quabbin system and supports a strong surveillance plan including milk testing in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AEC
John Badalich
Minnesota Oilution Control Agency
Ernest ‘Isivoglou
Minnesota
Ernest Tsivoglou
Georgia Technical Institute
Vermont Yankee
Quabbin
Boston
Connecticut River
Vernon Lake
Northfield
Vernon
HEW
Expert Finds Police Quarters Inadequate In Village Survey
Preliminary survey findings for the Village Police Department label the office facilities completely inadequate says Town Manager Edward R. Lamb. Former Chicago officer John J. Thomas for IA C P will advise updating the record system as part of a larger report due mid January for budget planning. The governor’s crime commission sponsorship supports the study as selectmen push toward a unified town police force under the charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
John J. Thomas
Chicago
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Thomas
Rutland legislators push to restore education aid
Rutland lawmakers met with city school officials to press Gov Davis for full funding of the state education aid formula. Rep Frank Esposito, Democratic chairman, urged prioritizing education over welfare as campaign platforms supported 40 percent funding. A cut could cost Rutland about $170000 in state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Frank Esposito
Esposito
Adirondack Publishing Co Sold to Newton Man
Saranac Lake, N.Y. co owners Ja. Loeb and Roger W. Tubby announce the sale of Adirondack Publishing Co to William Moolittle, 33, of Newton. The firm published the Adirondack Daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saran Clake
N.Y
Loeb
Roger W. Tubby
Adirondack Publishing Co
William Moolittle
Newton
Adirondack Daily
Bennington Briefs Holiday Visits and Library Closure
Mr and Mrs James Storer and sons Taylor and Joel of Rome Italy are visiting Mrs Storer's parents Mr and Mrs Robert K Smith on Observatory Street. Storer is director of the FAO Fisheries Department in Rome. Bennington Free Library will close December 24 25 and 26 for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Storer
Taylor and
Joel
Rome
Italy
Bennington
Hospital Notes and Local Births in Bennington Area
Admissions list includes Angela Barney Cynthia Patten Howard Jepson Katharine McKee Elmer Wilkins Emma Boutin Betty Waters and daughter Gisele Merrills and son Ada L Dupras and son Bessie A Greene Deborah Lane and son. Births note twins for Francis Bushee on Dec 22 Charles Sauer son Dec 22 Douglas Grover daughter Dec 22 Robert Galusha son Dec 22 James Christmas daughter Dec 22. Enterprise reports Tubby, former Bennington Banner editor, now with Foreign Service Institute and former Truman press secretary. Loeb to remain with Enterprise part time as editor. sale of company stock to Doolittle, a Newark Evening News alumnus, with career path and 1967 Carnegie grant noted.
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Angela Barney
Cynthia Patten
Howard L. Jepson
Bennington
Roy McDermott
Dawn Wyman
Arlington
Katharine McKee
Old Bennington
Elmer Wilkins
North Bennington
Emma N. Boutin
Betty J. Waters
Gisele Merrills
North Petersburg
N.Y
Ada L. Dupras
Cambridge
Bessie A. Greene
Shaftesbury
Deborah L. Lane
West Arlington
Francis Bushee
Morgan Street
Charles A Sauer
Doolittle
Newark Evenings News
Newark
N.J
Harvard University
Boston Globe
Elizabeth
Daily Journal
Trentonian
Trenton
Carnegie Association
National Education Writers’ Association
Children Meet Santa at Vermont Bank & Trust Party
More than 1,050 children visited Santa at the Vermont Bank & Trust Co. party Friday afternoon. Coloring books and candy were distributed as Kiddies from the area attended early. Bank staff thank all who helped make the annual event a success and extend special thanks to the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Vermont Bank & Trust Co
Obituary notices for Mrs. James Spellman and Mrs. Dorothy Davis
Mrs. James Spellman 79, former Martha Hackett of Bennington, died Dec 16 in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts after residing there about 40 years. She was a nurse, survived by her husband and two Bennington sisters Frances Woodward and Mary Sausville, and nieces and nephews. Burial planned at Park Lawn Cemetery. funeral in Boston Cathedral. Dorothy Frances Davis 53, wife of Donald D Davis, formerly of Sunderland and Cambridge, N.Y., died at her West Henniker New Hampshire residence. Funeral arrangements pending.
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James Spellman
Martha Hackett
Bennington
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Frances Woodward
Mary Sausville
Edward J
Ellen Hackett
St. Francis de Sales Academy
St. Peter’s School of Nursing
Troy
N.Y
Saranac Lake
Dorothy Frances Davis
Donald D. Davis
Sunderland
Cambridge
West Henniker
N.H
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G.W
George C
John A. Washington
John A
John Austine Washington
Boston Athenaeum
Lucius E. Chittenden
Register of the Treasury
Lincoln
Congregational Church
Derby
Raymond Belleville
U.S
Canada
National Bank of Derby
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street
Goldman, Nay & Re
HEW Report
Tubby and Partner
Adirondack Newspapers
Bennington Briefs
Douglas Grover
Bradford Place
Robert D. Galusha
R.D
James C. Christmas
School Street
Mrs. James Spellman
Cathedral
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mrs
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Leo
Jeep Universal
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