Insurance Executive urges regional planning in Vermont
John L. Meredith of National Life Insurance warns at a Lamoille County meeting that Vermont faces a tidal wave of change in the coming decades. He says planning has progressed in a decade but must be continuous as Vermont soon sits within an hour of Broadway, urging broader regional strategy.
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Johnson
Vermont
L. Douglas Meredith
National Life Insurance Company
Lamoille County
Meredith
Red Cross Bloodmobile To Be Here Wednesday
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit the Elk's Barn next Wednesday to collect up to 100 pints as local volunteers urge new donors. Donors may call 442-9458 to schedule between 11:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. in Bennington, Pownal, Shaftsbury, and Woodford, with regional processing in Burlington.
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Red Cross
Lewis Carpenter
Carl Jolivette
Bernard Leamy
John Litster
William Sennett
Ned Healy
L. Alden Graves
Franklin Jones
Daryl Adams
David Gil
Harold Henningsen
Bennington
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Elk’s Barn
Plans Set For Cropland Adjustment Program
Plans for enrolling in the new Cropland Adjustment Program are available from Bennington County ASC Chairman Robert Graf. The program, authorized by the 1965 Food and Agriculture Act, targets removing up to 40 million acres from surplus production for 5 to 10 years with emphasis on shifting land from corn and wheat. Eligibility requires diverting cornland, row crops, or tame hay. tame hay refers to hayland seeded in the last five years and mechanically vested in the last three. Annual payments run from 25 to 35 dollars per acre for feed grain crop diversion and 4 to 6 dollars per acre for hay seeded in the last five years, plus cost-sharing for conservation, wildlife and recreation practices. Contact John DeVito at the Bennington County ASCS Office, 310 Main St. Washington. Howard Nemerov, poet and professor at Bennington College, will speak at American University in Washington, D.C. Monday as part of a three-day forum on The Arts in the New World of Machines. Nemerov, Harvard graduate, has taught at Hamilton College and lectured widely, with books including The Image and the Law and The Next Room of the Dream. He served as Library of Congress poetry consultant in 1963.
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Robert Graf
Bennington County
ASC
Graf
Washington
Howard Nemerov
Bennington College
American University
Washington, D.C
New World of Machines
American
Center For Liberal Studies
Harvard University
Nemerov
Hamilton College
University of Minnesota
Hollins College
Bennington
Endor
Library of Comgress
4-H Leaders Forum Plans Hometown Vermont Leaders
Vermont 4-H leaders prepare for a week long forum at the National 4 H Center in Washington D C March 28 April 2 with bus subsidies and assemblies plus Capitol visits and inter state exchanges. Youth leaders urged to contact for details. Three Bennington County junior leaders named for the 1966 citizenship short course Aug 21 27 in Washington D C delegates Maye Laurie West Rupert Wayne Hagelberg Arlington Betty Clawson Shaftsbury alternate. Thirty nine Vermont representatives to attend through lectures.
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Vermont
Washington, D.C
Pauline Rowe
Capitol
Bennington County
National
Maye Laurie
West Rupert
Wayne Hagelberg
Arlington
Betty Clawson
Shaftsbury
BCHS Parents Guild To Meet Valentine Day
The BCHS Parents Guild will meet February 14 at the school with an 8 p.m. start. Teachers for senior classes will be in home rooms from 7 to 8 p.m. for consultations. A door prize, Valentine refreshments, and announcements of upcoming guild plans are planned. A letter with meeting details is being sent to all parents.
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Bchs Parents’s Guild
William Marie
Applications Held Invalid for Corcoran Mobile Home Site
Bennington Village attorney Williams says a 1963 water and sewer service application by Joseph and Mrs Corcoran is invalid. A letter will notify Brandon Davis that action on the long-ago request is not forthcoming, with Davis threatening legal steps. The property at Morgan Street and Imperial Avenue faces a 1964 zoning ban on mobile homes.
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Bennington Village
John H. Williams II
Village Water Board
Brandon
Hanford G. Davis
Joseph Corcoran
Davis
Water and Sewer Service
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
State Supreme Court
Forces for Change in Elementary Education at Bennington Library
Phillip Viereck, Bennington Elementary School teacher and author, will discuss forces for change in elementary education at a Sunday presentation for the Unitarian Fellowship in Bennington. The talk will cover the knowledge explosion, learning theory, indirect action groups, federal support, teacher-student restructuring, and technology’s impact, followed by a Q and A. All interested in elementary education are welcome.
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Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington
Bennington Free Library
Phillip Viereck
Viereck
Dartmouth
Plymouth College
New Hampshire
State University of New York At
Albany
Vermont Education Association
Petition Awaited For Water Main Extension Bennington WA
Bennington Village officials awaited a petition to include a water main extension article in the warning for a village meeting. The Briggs residence on Morgan Street Ext would gain water under a possible extension about 800 feet long costing up to 4600 dollars. The board noted funding would require voter approval and reimbursement rules, with the petition due by Feb 15.
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Bennington
Harry Briggs
Morgan Street
Water Board
Briggs House
John H. Williams II
National Guard Notes 86th Engineer Company Drill Weekend
The 86th Engineer Company held a weekend drill with training in rigging first aid tactical operations and bayonet practice. Recruits studied drills field sanitation hygiene chemical biological and radio logic operations intelligence counterinsurgency and individual tactics. Promotions included six privates to Pfc and Sgt Charlmer Pray joined with prior service in the 77th Infantry Division and the South Pacific Theater.
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Gineer and Bridge Prano
Personal income tops record at 530.7 billion
Washington report shows Americans earned a record 530.7 billion in 1965 with growth from more jobs longer hours and higher pay. Commerce Department notes December added 4.4 billion over November, 1 billion above the year’s average monthly rise.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
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Heart of Continental
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Doris Lauzon
Eleanor Owen
Lions’ Light Conservation Fund
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Richard Pierce
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