Bennington Town Meeting races promise large turnout
Bennington voters head to the March 4 Town Meeting with three selectman districts up for election and a competitive lineup. Incumbent Timothy Corcoran faces Republican John Stone Jr and independent Janet Henry in district 3-3. District 3-1 pits Richard V. Perrott against Ralph Wright with sharp ideological clashes over social services. Auditor Patrick Honan, Democrat, opposes Robert F. Johnson Sr., Republican, in a ceremonial three-year post.
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Bennington Selectman
Mary Hodeck
Richard V. Perrott
Ralph Wright
Wright
Perrott
Timothy Corcoran
John Stone Jr
Janet Henry
Corcoran
Stone
Paul Sheridan
Sheridan
Patrick Honan
Robert F. Johnson
Town CDA committee meets to discuss two funding proposals
The special citizens' committee on Community Development Act funds will meet tonight at 7 30 at the town office building to review two proposals from last month. One seeks about 125000 in federal CDA funds for a revolving loan fund for housing rehabilitation and the other aims to purchase and renovate a downtown building for a senior center. Only one proposal has a real chance of approval as details are sharpened for public hearings on February 5 and 18.
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Special Citizens’ Committee On Community Development Act
Town panel debates funding for senior volunteer program
Warnings persist from the Commission as it deems the program worthwhile but costly in administration. RVSP backers urge townspeople to fund the senior volunteer matching plan for non-profit work and approve a $5,000 bicentennial director and related expenses. Selectmen oppose budgeting the post, arguing volunteers can run the celebration. Voters will also consider routine housekeeping articles at the March 3 floor meeting.
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RVSP
America
Bennington District Court Pleas in Four Cases
In Bennington District Court Judge George M. Fienberg heard four pleas. Myron Wilkinson 19 of Arlington admitted daytime breaking and entering on December 14 and received a six month to two year suspended jail term with probation. Albert Rodrigue 46 of Bennington was sentenced to six months in jail, suspended, after pleading guilty December 12 to simple assault on Bennington Police Sgt. Harley Graham dated January 18 1974. Michael S. McKeighan 21 of Rupert pleaded guilty to operating without the owner's consent March 30 1973 and got a six month suspended sentence. Charles H. Strobel 39 of Bellows Falls pled guilty to driving while intoxicated in Shaftsbury December 6, fined 150 dollars, with one year driving suspension and CRASH program advised.
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Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Myron Wilkinson
Arlington
Albert Rodrigue
Harley Graham
Michael S. McKeighan
Rupert
Charles H. Strobel
Bellows Falls
Shaftsbury
Frost attacks Harrington over curriculum cuts and ethics
Dr. Frost accuses Harrington of a ripoff and ethics failings as the board weighs school curriculum cuts praised as cost saving. Frost blasts Harrington, calls for more open discussion, and outlines 19 cost-saving proposals including volunteers and adjusted class structures pending tonight's curriculum committee meeting.
Ford seeks record ERDA budget for energy substitutes
President Ford proposed a 4.3 billion three agency energy package led by ERDA to end oil shortages. He sought 3.89 billion for ERDA, plus 207.6 million for FEA and 197.9 million for NRC, aiming to expand long term energy research and development across solar, wind, and fusion efforts.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
New Energy Research and Development Administration
Congress
ERDA
Interior Department
National Science Foundation
Pentagon
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Energy Administration
Energy Regulating Agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
AEC
U.S
Bennington Briefs Open meeting on rights group and local events
A Bennington Free Library open meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday will organize a local group in cooperation with the ACLU Women s Rights Project to investigate sex discrimination in education employment and reproductive freedom. St Mary s Guild will host a 12 15 p m Thursday pot luck with hostesses Miss Elizabeth Armstrong and Mrs Hazel Wilson. The 1960s property wealth mismatch is noted with Halifax cited as example near Mount Snow and ski condos. Youth program auditions at 4 30 p m Tuesday for Snow Queen productions. The Women of the Moose meet Feb 5 and Hospital Month events noted. Bennington Kennel Club meets 7 30 tonight to plan spring and August events with Beth Sexton as speaker. Eagles and AUW events listed. Roger F Sherman Jr joins the Air Force after GED at Mt Anthony. training at Lackland.
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Bennington Free Library
ACLU
Women’s Rights Project
St. Mary’s Guild of
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Armstrong
Hazel Wilson
Universty of Vermont
James F. Gatti
Halifax
Vermont
Mount Snow
Bennington County Kennel Club
Beth Sexton
Glens Falls
Roger F. Sherman Jr
Williams named to Catamount bank board in Bennington
John H. Williams II, a Bennington attorney and former acting president of Catamount National Bank, was elected to the bank's board to fill the vacancy caused by Donald S. Kendall Jr.'s death. Williams, a Princeton and Columbia Law School graduate, has long served as legal counsel to Catamount and held numerous local civic roles.
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Catamount National Bank
Bennington
John H. Williams II
Edward G. Janeway
Williams
Williams, Witten, Carter and Wickes
Catamount
Mt. Anthony Union High School
St. Peter’s Parish
Pine Cobble School
Williamstown
Mass
Vermont Supreme Court
Vermont Human Services Board
Deborah Cushman
Monument Ave
Old Bennington
Donald S. Kendall Jr
Arlington
Eric G. W. Barradale
J. Wayne Corbeil
Brattleboro
Orrin H. Beattie
Manchester
Merritt S. Hewitt
John G. McCullough
Frederick H. Welling
Joseph E. Joseph
Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington
Hall W. Cushman
Memorial services for multiple area residents announced
Obituaries detail memorial for Mrs Sondra Budge Bell 36 of Cambridge at Cambridge United Presbyterian Church with survivors including husband Thomas Bell and children Melissa Kate and Jonathan Thomas. Also notes deaths of Mrs Elsie Comar Bennington long resident. Florence W Towslee former Pownal town clerk. Mrs Clara D Mayhew Rutland widow. Roy H Stafford South Wallingford native. Funeral schedules, burial plans, and local church affiliations listed.
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Sondra Budge Bell
Thomas G. Bell
Cambridge
N.Y
Mary McClellan Hospital School of Nursing
Cambridge United Presbyterian Church
Robert Purrington
Schenectady
George and
Helen
Carmen) Budge
Draper High School
Ellis Hospital School of Nursing
Russell Sage College
Melissa Kate
Jonathan Thomas
Lynne McGill
Rexford
Cheryl Edkin
Rome
John Budge
Woodlands Cemetery
Pownal
Florence W. Towslee
Byron E. Towslee
North Pownal
Sweetbrook
Williamstown
Mass
Towslee
Frank and
Julia
Kimball) Wilson
Bennington High School
Clara D. Mayhew
East Center St
Rutland
South Shaftsbury
George E. Mayhew
Constance Piette
Rutland Town
Christ the King Church
Mayhew
Henry H. and
Louisa (Biggart) Darling
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gertrude O’neill
Edna Mayhew
Margaret Anne
Windsor
Patricia Mangan
Taftsville
Earl Mayhew
York, Pa
Helen Darling
Pinellas Park
Fla
Tedesco
Roy H. Stafford
South Wallingford
Congdon
Wallingford
Rollin C
Ella
Cook) Stafford
Walter Reed
East Dorset
Ina Stafford
Manchester Center
Manchester
Jeffords aide announces Rutland office hours start today
U S Rep James M Jeffords said his Bennington and Rutland counties field worker Jim Hurley will hold Monday office hours at the Paul Bienvenu Associates office 26 West St Rutland from 1 to 4 pm. The Rutland Bennington county matters fall under Burlington western district office led by Mrs Bernice Murray. Hurley can be reached by phone 773-3875 or 773-7375 or by mail Box 7 Center Rutland VT 05736.
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Washington
U.S
James M. Jeffords
Bennington
Rutland
Jim Hurley
Center Rutland
Paul Bienvenu
Bennington County
Jeffords
Burlington
Bernice Murray
Hurley
Ford Seeks Billion-Dollar-Daily Spend Amid Budget Battles
President Ford backs a near one-billion-dollar daily spend starting July 1 1975 while pushing a mix of budget cuts and tax relief. Rep Ullman predicts Congress will resist social and defense cuts, with proposals on tax cuts surcharges and food stamp changes. The House votes soon on delaying the oil import tax and debt-limit bill.
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Ford
Roy Ash
Ash
HUD
James T. Lynn
United States
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means Committee
NBC
Meet the Press
Congress
Ullman
Hospital Notes Friday January Thirtieth Five Admissions Readout
Hospital log lists admissions Stacy Sousis Louise LaFlamme Bennington Clyde Bryant Manchester Philip Rosen Wilmington Jason Taber White Creek Eleanor Jenuskevice Hoosick Falls and discharges Philip Young Bernadette Gemmell Ruth Myers Roberta O'Dea and baby girl Bennington Matthew Matte North Pownal Cecilia St Hilaire Hoosick Falls Births include son to Harold and Berlin and daughter to Jay Kenner West Dover Mary Dearstyne and baby girl Karen Morrison Bennington Jason Taber White Creek
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Stacy Sousis
Louise LaFlamme
Bennington
Clyde Bryant
Manchester
Philip Rosen
Wilmington
Jason Taber
White Creek
Eleanor Jenuskevice
Hoosick Falls
Philip Young
Bernadette Gemmell
Ruth Myers
Roberta O’dea
Baby Girl
Matthew Matte
North Pownal
Cecilia St. Hilaire
Kenneth Giles
Nancy Donosrio
Mary Ryan
Kenneth Grassette
Marie Disque
Marty Edith Leonard
Alice Gates
Harold Stanley
Berlin
Jay Kenner
West Dover
Mary Dearstyne
Karen Morrison
Salmon rejects Boylan budget as unacceptable middleground
Governor Thomas P. Salmon says no acceptable compromise to his 218 million dollar proposal has emerged. He criticizes Senate Chairman John H. Boylan for an alternative plan, while noting Vermonters resist deep cuts under a no tax approach. Salmon favors about 11 million in new taxes to cover deficits, including 7.6 million from gasoline liquor cigarettes tobacco advertising sales and services.
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Burlington
UPI
Thomas P. Salmon
Wcax-Tv
Salmon
Senate Finance Committee
John H. Boylan
Borleans
Essex
Vermont
Boylan
Boylan budget would repeal Act 250 warns Martin Johnson
Vermont Environmental Conservation Secretary Martin L. Johnson warned that Sen. John H. Boylan’s alternative budget would ‘repeal’ Act 250 by slashing about 80 of the 412 agency staff and cutting roughly $1 million from the 1976 plan, with over $200,000 in federal funds at risk. He said the move would cripple the agency, leave programs underfunded, and reduce district commissions’ funds by about $13,000, undermining joint board meetings and legal notices.
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Johnson
Vermont
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Elsie F. Comar
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Mahar & Son
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Robinson Avenue
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