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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1972
Page
6
Ralph Nader argued that advertising promotes inferior products and fuels social taboos while corporate practice hides fraud. He urged students to use their education to demand responsible citizenship and broaden democratic control of technology. He warned that industrial robbing damages billions, eclipsing petty bank crime.
Local residents report illnesses and recoveries including Agnes Bott and Kenneth Aiken confined at home, Mrs. Dufresne returning from McClellan hospital, and Amy Graves breaking a shoulder. Families hosting relatives travel between Cambridge and St. Petersburg while Cambridge Central School honors list notes top students. Church circuit to hold combined service at Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church on Sunday February 13 at 10:30 a.m. and men from the church installed sheetrock in the sanctuary front wall.
Vermont lawmakers push a one mill tax on nonbiodegradable containers entering the state while the ETV program Vermont Cracker Barrel explores the proposal. Sen. T Garry Buckley leads the discussion with Rep. Royal Cutts and senators Arthur Gibb and Arthur Jones, plus Grocers Association secretary Carl Smith and Stowe IGA manager James Walker.
In Higham England John Furlong installed draft milk beside beer after reporting increased police breath tests. The move aims to accommodate drivers and curious patrons, reflecting a shift in drink preferences observed at the pub.
Village trustees will hold a 7 30 p m Wednesday hearing at McCullough Firehouse to consider rezoning part of Main Street from commercial to R 2 residential. The action follows a resident petition and affects about six homes along east Main from Herrington cobblestone house to railroad crossing and west Main from Catamount Bank to crossing.
McCullough Library announces new adult titles including Many Paths to God by Radford and The Nursery Rhyme Murders by Christie. Additional titles listed are A Death of Innocence by Popkin, The Baxter Letters by Hitchens, The Toff and the Spider by Creasey, Paid Servant by Braithwaite, and The Doctors Warren of Boston by Truax.
HOOSICK FALLS N Y Recently elected elders of the First United Church Presbyterian here include Wayne Peereboom Warren Goucher Malcolm S Hill Dwight Howes Robert M Starr Miss Caroline Darlington and Harold B Robson They were installed at the Sunday morning worship service Also elected at the annual meeting were Dr Harry P Harrison financial secretary and
The North Congregational Bible class meets Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at the parsonage. Pownal Baptist Church holds choir, fellowship, and prayer services Wednesday evening. Cadette Scouts meet 7 to 9 p.m. at Pownal Center school. Church board meets 7 30 p.m. All invited. Mrs. Gary Hall returned home with newborn Gary T. born Feb 2. Snowmobile races sponsored by Pownal Center fire dept featured seven events with Bratcher, Tremont, Jelley, Alibozek and others placing. Races held Friday nights weather permitting. prizes are cash with 75 percent returned. Special recognition given to church elders and volunteers. Fifty Million Presbyterian fund reached, denominational change allows child Sacrament participation. Budget approved at 24 618.
Christie Whitman, a Johnson College student, is on crutches after knee cartilage damage. John Cross and Ralph Tudor are patients, with Cross at Putnam Memorial Hospital after surgery. The West Arlington Methodist Church will hold its annual charge conference on Monday February 14 at 6 pm, featuring a covered dish supper and afterward a meeting.
At a school board meeting Richard Ellis of Ellis Music Co outlined rental and lease options for instruments used by about 50 districts. Pricing differs by instrument value with credits toward purchase and options for school ownership, plus a five year lease plan to guard against price rises. The board asked for a full price list and plans. In other business artist Aaron Tager seeks to sculpt a stone figure funded by the Vermont Council of the Arts for MAUHS site, and the sixth grade Boston trip to cost 500 to 600 with fundraisers planned amid ski program woes and low snow.
Frank Novak is elected president succeeding Walter Hoffman in Hoosick Falls The Noble and Wood Credit Union also chooses Arm and Rosseau as vice president with John Jenuskevice and George E. Peer reelected treasurer and secretary A 5 percent dividend is reported Carleton Robinson is thanked for years of service Shirley Howard reports January calls for the Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad with 54 calls covering 2093 miles and 220 hours 40 minutes Thirty nine daytime 15 night trips include ambulance and auxiliary units The roster lists emergency transfers and hospital shuttle trips St Marys Alumni Association announces the annual Smorgasbord and show on Monday Feb 14 Walter Wirmusky to produce band concert theme is Band Concert tickets sold out Grievance Day for tax assessments set Feb 15 5 to 9 pm at Municipal Building J Joseph Hayden to hear village assessments Town residents 65 plus may apply for school tax exemption via Town Assessor John Burke
Ethel Booth a Beverly Hills educator and TV veteran works to unite educators with cable operators. She has led teacher institutes with UCLA KCET and directs a Cable TV program for the Hollywood Television Academy chapter. Booth plans Washington DC talks with NCTA to bring student input to cable.
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