Vermont Shaken by Worst Winter Storm in Years
Vermont recovered from a storm bringing rain snow 50 mph winds and plummeting temperatures. Schools closed roads iced over and several ski areas shut down. One death was blamed on the storm and power outages affected about 1100 Central Vermont service customers. Civil Defense warned of potential major flooding but said threat eased by Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Waterbury
Alton Michaud
Windsor Locks
Conn
Chester
Civil Defense
Bennington Obituaries Highlight Local Masonic Leader and Community Service
Obituary notices honor Leon W. Eldred 90 of Bennington deeply active in Masonry and the Eastern Star with services at the Masonic temple and memorials to Mt Anthony temple. Other deaths include Rutland aide James Hurley and Arlington detective Frank X McFarland Sr plus Kimberly Grassette 20 of Bennington and Stamford resident Paul Reed Sanford 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon W. Eldred
Hoosick
N.Y
Main St
Bennington
Order of the Eastern Star
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Masonic Temple
Joel B. Miller
OES
A. J. Holden
Mt. Anthony Lodge 13
H. H. Fonda
Eldred
Masonic
State of Vermont
Bennington Lodge of Perfection
Cairo Temple
Commandry
Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home
Frank X. McFarland Sr
Arlington
New York
Union-Carbide Corp
New York City
John and
Mary McFarland
Coast Guard
Long Island
St. Margaret Mary’s
White River Junction
Kimberly Lynn Grassette
East Main St
Miss Grassette
Kenneth J. Sr
Pearl (Stimson) Grassette
Kenneth Jr
Edward Flynn
Park Lawn
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Paul Reed Sanford
Main Road
Stamford
North Adams
Mass
Willard E. Bush
Stamford Community Church
Southview Cemetery
Robert J
Iva
Reed) Sanford
Troy
Sprague Electric Co
Grace Hanson
Robert
Scotia
Mary Jane Nassif
Latham
Carolyn Bobowiec
Henry
Stamford Community Church Memorial Fund
Vermont River
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Jim Gunn
Long Trail School
Dorset
Gunn
BCRC
MAUHS
Voyage of the Beagle
Science Club
Three GE engineers quit over nuclear doubts in hotel interview
Bridenbaugh Hubbard and Minor left GE amid doubts about continuing nuclear power. They cited incidents such as Browns Ferry, health effects of radiation, Indian nuclear tests, and Israel and Egypt reactor sales. They formed ties with Creative Initiative Foundation to pursue anti nuclear energy work.
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Bridenbaugh
Hubbard
Nuclear Energy Control and Instrumentations Department
India
Israel
Egypt
Brown’s Ferry
Ala
Japan
Minor
Hanford
Wash
United States
Creative Initiative Foundation
General Electric
Allan Benasuli
Drexel Burnham
Recreation commission mulls cutting staff to meet budget
Bennington Recreation Commission weighs eliminating one fulltime position after selectmen cut the budget by 17420. The group plans to discuss options at a meeting next Monday while continuing projects at the Center on Gage Street and reviewing a proposed outdoor recreation complex funding. Local officials and staff outline budget overruns and program expansions as they seek cost savings.
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Bennington Recreation Commission
Roger W. Goodnow
Pat Schaffer
Mark Long
Goodnow
Commission
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Gage Street
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Events and Meetings
Community notices cover a 4:30 start for a Bennington event with 2 dollar admission for adults and 1 dollar for children, an Al Anon meeting at 7 30 p m at Second Congregational Church, and a Delta Kappa Gamma state board gathering in Rutland with three Bennington participants. Also noted are a physician’s fellowship induction in New Orleans, a blood pressure check for seniors, a local student’s mention in a folklore author’s book, planning commission cancellation, a Catholic Daughters meeting in North Bennington with a guest speaker, a river study program at MAUHS, February admissions list, and several births with no discharges.
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Albany
Hurley
Jeffords
Albany Medical Center Hospital
St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church
Rutland
Mullin
West Rutland
Knights of Columbus
Whitehall
N.Y
Rutland Herald
Herald
St. Peter’s Church
Raymond Mahoney
Court St. Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
North Bennington
Fr. Mahoney
CDA
Capriola trial delayed two weeks in Vermont court
In Middlebury Vermont a Bennington attorney Charles E. Capriola Jr facing four embezzlement counts with funds from April 1971 to July 1974 saw his trial postponed about two weeks. Assistant Attorney General William Keefe postponed due to his murder trial in Burlington. Capriola pleaded not guilty in Bennington District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Bennington
Charles E. Capriola Jr
William Keefe
Keefe
Burlington
Capriola
Bennington Selectmen Approve Willowbrook Road Naming
Bennington selectmen met briefly and unanimously approved naming Shepard Street in the Willowbrook project in memory of Arthur Shepard. They rejected the lone bid for two 1973 Fords, plan to re-bid, and discussed damages payments to Salvatore Santarcangelo and to the son of the dog catcher. A Strohmaier farm bid issue and municipal works contract talks were noted with a near-term vote expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Housing Authority
Willowbrook
Shepard
Arthur Shepard
Powers Market
North
Creeley S. Buchanan
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Paul F. Sheridan
Gerald P. Morrissey
Timothy R. Corcoran
Salvatore Santarcangelo
BenMont Avenue
George Rogers
Heard Selectman
Richard B. Leake III
Strohmaier
Middle Pownal Road
Strohmaiers
Morrissey
Municipal Works
Water quality in Vermont towns under fire from study
VPIRG reports more than half of Vermont communities have deficient drinking water harming public health. Frogs and other creatures found in supplies. 13 towns show excessive lead. Rutland Montpelier Island Pond named. calls for stricter local monitoring and expanded health staff.
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Thomas Candon
the League
Candon
State Health Department
van Oot
Rutland
Montpelier
Island Pond
Concord
Middlesex
North Thetford
Bellows Falls
North Westminster
South Royalton
West Rutland
East Highgate
Center Rutland
Chester
Fairfax
Ludlow
Pownal
VPIRG
Health Department
State Division of Environmental Health Staff
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Bennington Banner
United Press International
Rutland County
Tinmouth
Maurice Burden
Acoss
Central
Bennington Area
James N. Hurley
James M. Jeffords
Mary Montiverdi
Mary Gribbin
Queens
Hanson Walbridge
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
St. Columban’s
Funeral Home Office
Paul R. Sanford
Recreation Commission
Jaycee
Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
Bref
Bennington Religious Education Foundation
Ecumenical Center
County Street
St. Joseph’s Convent
Catamount Avenue
Richard Hockman
Mary Ann Ames
Gertrude Harte
Sue Parizo
Pat Perrotta
Kay Phillips
Frank Sutton
Francis Stockman
Denis Therriault
Helen Therriault
Nora Scribner
Fillmore
Branch Streets
Timothy G. Finney
Mary A. Young
Woodford
Southern Vermont College
Cheryl L. Mull
Women’s Fellowship
Second Congregational Church
Mary Hall
Audrey Ringer
Dorothy Frost
Dollars For Scholars
Bennington Briefs
Al-Anon
Delta Kappa Gamma
Holiday Inn
Pat Gile
Ruth Mattison
Evelyn Hurlburt
Eta
David T. Greenleaf
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
New Orleans
Dr. Greenleaf
Bennington Senior Citizens Center
Bennington Home Health Nurses
Michele McShane
Maujh
Mr. and
John McShane
Duncan Emrich
Four Winds Press
Emrich
Country
Lyman Russell
Virginia
Amy L. Russell
Bennington Planning Commission
Earl Bump Jr
Sam Warren
Edgar Melanson
William DeForge
Ruth Foster
Amy Hebert
Arthur Moxley
Vernet Houran
Francis Pierce
Florence Allen
Joseph Paulin
Alethelia Chatfield
Shaftsbury
Roy Cole
Denise Miller
Petersburg
Patricia Knapp
Hoosick Falls
Robert Montgomery
Richard Bump
Bennington District Court
John P. Morrissey
George M. Fienberg
Middlebury Court
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