Topping Tavern to Be Rebuilt After Major Fire
Shaftsbury Bennington Museum curator Peter W Cook says rebuilding the 18th century Topping Tavern on East Road is likely after a Friday night fire left the first and much of the second floors intact while the third floor was lost. Trustees will decide soon with an emergency meeting possible.
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Topping Tavern
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East Road
Aiken to Testify on Vernon Vermont Yankee Hearing
Energy experts environmentalists and former U S Senator George Aiken plan to testify at a special House Government Operations Committee hearing on Vermont Yankee reactor problems in Vernon The hearing accompanies Rep Madeleine Kunin proposed panel to probe a shutdown that began January 26 as engineers report a suspected weakness in the suppression chamber during a NRC reviewed study The plant built by General Electric remains offline with possible restart dependent on federal approval and further studies plus the quitting GE engineers in California amid concerns about the reactor safety system The governor has ordered a state inquiry costs from lost power totaling about 250 000 daily for New England utilities with longer outages costly implications for the region The Vernon plant sits 20 miles from Aikens Putney home and remains Vermonts only nuclear facility and the sole GE boiling water reactor in a NRC ordered multi plant study
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Burlington
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Federal Nuclear Regulatory Com
San Jose
Calif
Dale Bridenbaugh
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Thomas Salmon
Administration
New England
Vernon
Quake toll rises in Guatemala and school prayer ban in New Hampshire
Inside page review notes a higher Guatemalan quake death toll than first reported and reports school prayer being ruled out in New Hampshire. Gerald Raftery discusses a new book on modern Russia. Hesburgh urges aid to have-not nations in a Times piece. County items include a voter approval for town funds at Sarah Given Larson center and a June solar energy workshop. Skaters tested in Hoosick Falls program. Legislative actions surround mobile home bill. Recreation Center hosts amateur photo contest. BBS tops Wasps for MVL lead as MAU matmen prepare for state tourney. Vermeil heads to Eagles with UCLA alumni. Indiana and Marquette win amid rough play.
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New Hampshire
Gerald Raftery
Russia
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Times
Sarah Given Larson
Hoosick Falls
Recreation Center
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Eagles
MAU Matmen
New York
Vermeil
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Philadelphia Eagles
Indiana
Marquette
Ford asks Congress to raise Social Security tax and expand Medicare
President Ford urged Congress to lift Social Security payroll taxes from 5.85 to 6.15 percent starting in 1977 and to extend Medicare to cover catastrophic health costs for about 24 million elderly Americans. He spoke in the Oval Office tying the plan to inflation relief and dignity for older citizens.
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UPI
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Congress
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Ford buoyed by N H swing in bid for early win
President Ford wrapped up a two day New Hampshire campaign swing cheered by crowds in Nashua and Concord and impressed by his handling of demonstrators in Durham He said another trip to New Hampshire before the February 24 primary is possible and defended his record against Reagan urging debate.
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UPI
Ford
New Hampshire
Granite State
Nashua
Concord
Durham
White House
Ron Nessen
Reagan
California
University of New Hampshire
Richard Nixon
Harmony Returns at Bennington College After Crisis
Bennington College finds peace as a temporary administration led by trustee Joseph S. Iseman guides a settlement ending a leadership crisis. Faculty resolutions back Iseman, authorize ongoing Bennington Summers with faculty consultation, and stress guarding the college’s reputation and finances amid a $6.2 million arts building project. Debt service stands at $326,000 yearly.
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Joseph S. Iseman
Iseman
Reinhoud van der Linde
Donald Brown
Merrell Hambleton
Orman Lerman
Bennington Summers
Bennington
Marriage Endures Regardless of Fading Love Says Pope
Pope Paul VI told Vatican judges that marriages must last even if love fades. He warned that using love as a standard for validity would effectively endorse divorce, urging church courts to grant only annulments. He decried modern trends that devalue childbirth and the irrevocable nature of the marriage pact, calling annulment suits a sad sign for families.
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UPI
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Court of Appeals
Tribunal of the Sacred Roman Rota
Young executive arrives to helm Bennington Chamber
David J. Newell, 24, formerly of Carlisle Pennsylvania, took over as executive director in Bennington after a weekend arrival and initial house-hunting. He comes with Dickinson College leadership experience, Harrisburg Chamber service, and a record membership drive. He pursues a government administration master’s at Wharton UPenn.
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Main Street
Hiram G. Savage
David J. Newell
Carlisle
Newell
Bennington
Dickinson College
Harrisburg, Pa
Chamber
Harrisburg
Wharton School of Finance
University of Pennsylvania
Vermont Yankee Seeks Quick Fix and Interim Restart
Vernon officials say repairs to the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant will take about a month and cost roughly 300000 dollars. They have asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to implement temporary safety measures and reopen the plant meanwhile, after closure over potential reactor safety issues.
The Business of Death 6 Counseling about dying
Dying is not easy for the dying or the survivors and is often met with fear. Dr Elizabeth Kubler Ross began work with dying patients in Chicago a decade ago and faced criticism. Her research has helped establish death and dying counseling as recognized in medicine, social work, and clergy. At Putnam Memorial Hospital, counseling is discussed further on the back page.
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Elizabeth Kubler- Ross
Chicago
Kubler-Ross
Putnam Memorial Hospital
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