Jury Acquits Bryant of Supermarket Break
A Bennington District Court jury found Daniel V. Bryant of Bennington not guilty of breaking and entering the Super Duper market during the night of August 3. The acquittal was delivered Tuesday in Manchester Courthouse after a trial in which Bryant was one of four defendants.
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Manchester
Bennington
Daniel V. Bryant
Bryant
Nington
Leonard Bump
Susan Craweford
Edward Walker
Keith King
Windsor State Prison
School Lease talks and Saint Francis class plans
School lease discussions center on Catamount building use for religion sessions starting at 5 p.m. Catamount students are older while St. Francis aims for younger after-school attendees. BSD officials debate control, facility limits, and possible rearrangements with St. Francis and John XXII Institute offering a cheaper lease.
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Michael Russo
St. Francis
Louis J. Perrotta
Sleeman
Msgr. Flanagan
BSD
Richard A. Sleeman
Harry Eddington
Bellemare
Perrotta
Eddington
Richard Sleeman
George Sleeman
John XXII Institute
Castleton to air grievances on faculty dismissals
Castlet on Provost Dr Robert Babcock and the trustees will meet with faculty and students Monday to air grievances after a student gathering questioned why contracts of certain teachers were not renewed. The college links cuts to a 500000-dollar slash in the 4.1 million budget for 1971 with one teacher suggesting politics over equal student voting status may have influenced reappointments.
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Castleton
UPI
State Colleges
Robert Babcock
Colleges’ Board of Trustees
Castleton College
John Meyers
Landgrove
Manchester Sees Drop In Town Tax
Manchester selectmen report a 1970 town budget near 265000 with about 21000 surplus from 1969. A lower tax rate is expected despite a higher 1970 Grand List, with general government and public safety requests up while public works and capital improvements decrease. The 1970 school directors budget is 717739, about 91000 above 1969, with school tax rate around 34.91.
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Manchester
Liquor Sales Reach Record During 1969 Christmas Season
Montpelier Vermont revenues show state liquor sales rising to 3.7 million during the 1969 Christmas period, a 14 percent increase from 1968. Tax collections total 907,000, lifting six month fiscal 1970 revenues to just over 4 million, a 515,000 year over year rise and a 14.6 percent gain.
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Montpelier
UPS
Liquor Control Department
Job Rate Stable in Vermont for Jan Week
Vermont’s unemployment rate remained nearly stable for the week of Jan 31 with a one tenth of one percent rise. Department of Employment Security figures show jobless claims moving from 3.2 percent to 3.9 percent of the state's workforce, compared with 3.7 percent a year earlier.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Car Truck Crash Injures One on U S 7 in Bennington
State police reported two accidents on U S 7. A 1964 Chevrolet driven by Bonnie Perron, 26, of Latham New York, struck an east bound oil tanker driven Leonard Knights, 30, of Bennington, near a curve on Walloomsac Road at 9 15 am causing minor damage and no injuries. Earlier a three vehicle incident at Harwood Hill left Jane Moffitt with whiplash after her car stopped for a left turn, Charles Larson was struck by Ronald Hall’s car.
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Walloomsac Road
Bennington
Bonnie L. Perron
Latham
N.Y
Leonard L. Knights
U.S. 7
Harwood Hill
Jane H. Moffitt
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Moffitt
Charles G. Larson
Pageant Street
Ronald W. Hall
Hamlin Avenue
Larson
Vermont Legislature in Action explores lowering drinking age
Vermont Educational Television airs Your Legislature in Action at 9 tonight from Burlington. Reps Brian Burns and John Alden discuss a bill to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18, with a phone-in question segment. Future programs will cover pesticides, land use taxes, environmental controls, sales tax repeal, and trailer park regulation.
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Burlington
Vermont Educational Television
Vermont
Brian Burns
John T. Alden
Woodstock
Railroad Tax Rebates Sought by Vermont Legislators
A group of Vermont lawmakers urged the House Ways and Means Committee to support a bill to return about 242000 dollars yearly to towns losing revenue from railroad tax exemptions. Rep. George Costes called the tax money town revenue, noting the measure could affect around 100 communities. In Lincoln Nebraska Army veteran Robert Heichenberg Jr. challenged a college entry rule demanding mustaches be trimmed even with the mouth, arguing it unfair.
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Montpelier
API
Vermont
House
Ways and Means Committee
George Costes
St. Albans
Lincoln, Neb
Robert Heichenberg Jr
Chadron State College
Heichenberg
Adolph Hitler
Mark Twain
Shaftsbury GOP Names Altobell
Shaftsbury Republicans met in Cole Hall to select candidates for town office. Anthony Altobell was chosen for three years as selectman to succeed Sam Sanborn. Thomas W. Hall Jr. and Clinton G. McDonald were named for moderator and treasurer. Incumbents Ed win A. Colvin Robert C. Peterson and David Rees were designated auditors. Other nominations included Cathleen Harwood for town clerk and Elizabeth King not seeking re election. Robert Lebert Wes ley Bump Winston E. Beebe Paul Jepson Leo Harrington and others were chosen for various posts including constables tax collector road commissioner grand juror trustee of public funds cemetery commissioner town agent and more.
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Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Anthony Altobell
Lorenzo
Sam”’ Sanborn
Thomas W. Hall Jr
Clinton G. McDonald
Cathleen Harwood
Elizabeth King
Public Funds
George J. Delaney
William E. Castle
Bernard Whitman
Bennington Attorney Admitted to Vermont Bar
Gary Randall Brown, a Bennington attorney, was admitted to practice law in Vermont in Montpelier by Supreme Court Judge James S. Holden. He passed the bar exam in October and will continue as an associate at Williams, Witten, Carter and Dollard. Brown, from Schenectady, N.Y., studied at Syracuse University and Albany Law School, and wrote on monopolies in the Albany Law Review. He resides in Bennington with his wife Rosemary, a Syracuse alumna and accomplished flutist who studied music in Florence.
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Gary Randall Brown
Bennington
Vermont
Montpelier
Supreme Court
James S. Holden
Brown
Williams, Witten, Carter and Dollard
Schenectady, N.Y
College of Business Administration
Syracuse University
University Union
Phi Epsilon Pi
Albany Law School
Union University
Law
Albany Law Review
Ben
Nington
Rosemary
Florence
Italy
Sen Fiore Bove Considers Dropping U S Senate Bid
Sen Fiore Bove of Chittenden and Grand Isle counties may abandon his plan to seek the Democratic nomination for U S senator. He says finances matter and plans to leave the Senate when his term ends this year to allow new men and ideas, as Hoff contemplates a run against Prouty.
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Bove
Garden Club Sale Plans and Meeting Details
The Plain Dirt Gardeners meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Old Bennington Schoolhouse. The program topic is Birds and a color film Yours for a Song. Mrs. Harold Riemann is chairman. A plant bulb and bake sale is planned for April 24 to aid White River Junction Hospital and Plain Dirt projects.
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Bennington
Harold Riemann
Frank Silvernail
James McKee
Philip Giddings
Loyal Nash
Riemann
James Wallace
White River Junction
Burlington Drugging Case Remains Open or Closed
The Burlington case involving a reported drugging of a high school teacher remains unsettled as of today. State prosecutors say authorities are not yet sure a crime was committed, with the investigation hampered by time gaps since the incident.
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Burlington
UPD
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Vermont
Bennington Trustees Vow Lights Pay Split in TOPICS Plan
A heated local dispute over 15 mph flashing school lights continues as Bennington Village Trustees delay funding until TOPICS pays for fixtures. BSD directors demand the village honor its half cost agreement or reveal their hands, with about 2300 dollars at stake.
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Bennington Village
Bennington
Supt
George A. Sleeman
Ormal B. Pierce
Pierce
Anthony Pello
BSD
Sleeman
Ormal Pierce
Pello
Bernard Bellemare
George Sleeman
Opposition mounts to DiBona as draft director
In Washington the Senate Armed Services Committee signals strong opposition to Charles J. DiBona for the draft director post. Nixon offered him the job after rejecting others including college coaches. Key issue is his backing of an all volunteer Army amid questions of maturity and seasoning. Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Chairman John C. Stennis reportedly oppose the nomination.
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UPI
Charles J. DiBona
The
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nixon
DiBona
Annapolis
Rhodes
White House
Lewis B. Hershey
South Carolina
Paul Dietzel
Ohio State
Woody Hayes
Indiana
Johnny Pont
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Easy Rider at Harte Theatre and Bob and Carol at Williamstown
Two films play in town with distinct tones. Easy Rider directed by Dennis Hopper starring Peter Fonda follows two motorcyclists across the South. Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice stars Robert Culp Natalie Wood Elliot Gould and Dyan Cannon delivering a sharp morality comedy. Showtimes vary by day.
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Peter Fonda
Dennis Hopper
Hopper
America
Harte Theatre
Bob
Carol
Ted
Alice
Robert Culp
Natalie Wood
Elliot Gould
Dyan Cannon
Williamstown Cinema
Funeral rites held for Wright and Knapp families in Woodford and Manchester
Funeral services were conducted for Frederick Carl Wright, WWII veteran and Woodford official, with military honors and VFW American Legion presence. Entombment at Park Lawn Chapel planned for a later date. Separately, Mrs Frances Evelyn Knapp, wife of Ronald Knapp, died after a long illness. services led by Rev Thomas D Steffen with committal prayers at Park Lawn Chapel. Relatives and teachers from Bennington area attended. Morrisville obituaries note Rev Frank A Stockwell, 80, longtime minister and artist, died Monday. he had resided there since 1916 and gained national notice in the 1960s.
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Mr. Payne
Bennington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ernest Costa
State Department
Thomas P. Kinney
William L. Kinney
James Welch
Frank J. Brown
Manchester
American Legion
William Campbell Beverage Co
Woodford
William Kinney
Thomas Kinney Jr
Bennington Vfw
Manchester American Legion Post
Edgar Bryant
Miles Carlson
Theodore Maher
Harold D. Benson
Mr. Wright
Hanson- Walbridge
Frances Evelyn Knapp
Ronald Knapp
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
Steffen
Park Lawn Chapel
Knapp
Morrisville
UPI
Frank A. Stockwell
Northern Vermont
Mr. Stockwell
Worcester
Mass
Universalist Church
Northern Vermont Artists Association
Bennington events delayed and upcoming community meetings
The Bennington Board of Sisters weekly meeting is postponed due to a full board absence and tentatively rescheduled for Saturday Feb 7 at 9 30 a m. Various local club gatherings and notices follow including home extension club meeting at 7 30 p m and a Del Monico steak supper at the Bennington Club with reservations by Friday night.
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Bennington Board of Sisters
Bennington Club
Thomas Ayers
Prospect Mt
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Thrift Shop
Bennington
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Hoosick Falls
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Buskirk
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Gibney, Haynes & Kane
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First Baptist Church
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London, Conn
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Haswell Avenue
Deland, Fla
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Arlington
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Bryant Street
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