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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1976
Page
3
The article explains cremation advantages over earth burial, keeping ashes at home or in a columbarium, and stresses advance planning with a funeral director. It covers burial at sea rules, Coast Guard procedures, required distances, and memorial protocols, plus crematorium operations and recent equipment upgrades.
Banking and Insurance Commissioner James A. Guest urges Vermont physicians and hospitals to avoid buying malpractice insurance from the Condor Trust, a Canadian outfit not licensed in Vermont. California officials have pursued legal action and the U.S. attorney general’s office is investigating. Doctors who received solicitations should verify license status with the department.
New Hampshire publisher William Loeb, booster of Ronald Reagan, labels Edward Kennedy a coward and Hubert Humphrey an eternal blabbermouth in a CBS 60 Minutes interview. He criticizes Kissinger as the greatest danger, defends Israel, and explains his combative editorial style while facts about his paper’s influence in New Hampshire are cited.
Charles Dix 21 of Wilmington faces charges in the fatal shooting of Richard Tracy 22 at a rented Wilmington camp. Dix arraigned in Vermont District Court pled innocent and innocent by reason of insanity and was sent to Vermont State Hospital Waterbury for psychiatric testing. Officials will wait on test results before deciding if a grand jury will be convened.
About 175 workers at Moore Business Farms in Rutland were tested in a federally funded five year project to investigate Vermont high respiratory disease rates. Tests were done in a mobile lab shared by the University of Vermont and Boston University. The study is conducted by the Specialized Center of Research, a joint project of UVM and the Vermont Lung Association.
Thrift shop items include RCA 19 inch floor model TV electric shoe polisher and two pairs of wooden skis. Kids clothing on sale at 50 cents or less. Woolens sold by the baker s dozen for rug braiding. Hours Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm Friday evening hours discontinued donations tax deductible.
North Hero residents voted 81 to 72 in a special election, rejecting a proposed zoning ordinance to divide the town into five divisions. Officials cited bad weather for low turnout and said interim zoning will remain while officials revise the proposal for a new vote by June.
The Battenkill Hoosic and Walloomsac River Basins Water Quality Management Plan is available for inspection in Bennington Arlington Pownal and Manchester and at the Bennington County Regional Commission in Arlington A public hearing on the plan will be held if requested otherwise an informational meeting is scheduled Feb 26 at 7 30 p m in the Bennington County Courthouse The plan inventories water quality data and outlines improvement plans for Vermont river basins under federal law and is one phase of the 303E program with potential later phases and broad planning implications.
A tax free exchange offers a way to sell a property at a profit and reinvest without capital gains tax. The concept may be especially useful for properties with substantial tax depreciation. Mrs. Hoisington, Principal Broker of Hoisington Realty, holds multiple real estate leadership roles.
United Press International lists 8 p.m. programs on ABC NBC CBS and PBS with Happy Days Laverne and Shirley Movin On and The Life and Structure of Hemoglobin Also PBS airs Consumer Survival Kit Tonight NBC premieres City of Angels a noir style drama set in 1930s Los Angeles The Adams Chronicles and John Adams Diplomat special air on PBS 9 p.m. CBS features the NBA All Star Game from The Spectrum Philadelphia 10 p.m. NBC debuts City of Angels and PBS presents Woman Alive 10 30 p.m. PBS discusses sterilization consent in labor cases through Sterilization and Consent segment
Engaged Lynn Marie Duval daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard E Duval North Pownal to Timothy J Curtis son of Mr and Mrs John H Curtis of Cazenovia N Y The couple both have local schooling and work histories with Lynn Marie a 1975 University of Vermont nursing graduate employed at Upstate Medical Center Syracuse and Timothy a Cazenovia Central School graduate a Postal Service employee Plans call for an Oct 30 wedding in the near future
Vermont figure Scott Skinner says Governor Thomas Salmon offered no encouragement for his planned Senate candidacy after a meeting last week. Skinner, ex-director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, reports Salmon warned of campaign pitfalls and stressed possible harm to Salmon if he enters a Democratic primary against Senator Robert Stafford.
Bennington town police logged two accidents involving town dump trucks Monday morning on North Branch Street and South Stream Road. At 10 40 a.m. Robert Morrissey 31 stopped his 1975 International to clear ice when pedestrians faced the truck and Clark Salmon 30 struck it with a 1974 Jeep Cherokee causing minor damage. At 11 05 a.m. John Jepson 54 backed up a town sand truck on South Stream Road and collided with Albert Davis 41 of Mesa Arizona driving a 1965 Mercury Comet who horned and failed to hear the reverse. Moderate damage to the Comet and minor to the town truck resulted. A third incident occurred at 9 a.m. Route 67A when Christopher Wuerslin 18 of Arlington collided his 1971 Toyota with Michael Lettre 30 of Pownal driving a 1974 VW sedan. both cars sustained moderate damage.
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