Abortion Reform Eyed In Vermont Aid to Private Schools
Vermont legislators consider a bill to legalize abortion under strict conditions, citing life or health risks and pregnancies from rape or incest. Rep Alan Foley and other sponsors seek bipartisan backing. Separately Rep Brian Burns proposes public funding aid to parochial schools based on per pupil enrollment to support specialized instruction.
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Legislative Council
Vermont
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Foley
Richard A. Snelling
Shelburne
Brian Burns
Burlington
Burns
Pennsylvania
Special Education Department
Education Department
Woodford Dam Hearing Planned for Feb 25
MONTPELIER The Water Resources Department announces a public hearing at 1 p.m. February 25 at Woodford Town Hall on a proposed earth fill dam at Adams Reservoir, with the town clerk’s office next to the Whispering Pines Motel as the venue.
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Montpelier
Water Resources Department
Woodford Town Hall
Whispering Pines
Adams Reservoir
Champlain Drowning Victim Subject of State Inquest
In Burlington Vermont District Court an inquest opened into the death of Marion Federico 20 of Mt Vernon N Y who drowned in Lake Champlain near Burlington after falling from a cabin cruiser during a Montreal Expo 67 voyage. State officials and medical examiners noted markings on the skull as husband Joseph Federico testified he tried to save her.
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Burlington
VPI
Vermont District Court
Marion Federico
Mt. Vernon
N.Y
Lake Champlain
Chittenden County
Patrick J. Leahy
Colchester
Burlington Free Press
Stu Perry
Joseph
Federico
Mallets Bay
Montreal
Leahy
New York City
Milton Halpern
Vermont
Richard Woodruff
Edward Costello
Woodruff
Halpern
Cage Game Rescheduled for Castleton College Gym
Marble Valley League game between Arlington and Poultney moved to tomorrow at Castleton State College Gymnasium. Junior varsity at 6 p.m. followed by varsity at 7:15. Castleton College hosts after the game.
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Arlington
Poultney
Castleton State College
Eagles
Blue Devils
Castleton College
Vermont Bank & Trust Co. Reports New Records Set
At the Brattleboro annual stockholders meeting 112349 of 142000 shares were represented. Dr. John R. Mann Jr. was elected to the board, while two directors retired. The bank posted new year end highs in deposits 66114402.41 and loans 43683240.23 with earnings per share of 4.47 and dividends totaling 319500. The institution highlighted student loans totaling about 675000 outstanding and projected sustained high interest rates into 1969.
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Brattleboro
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Stone Fence Inn
John R. Mann Jr
William B. Shangraw
Rutland
Louis N. Stearns
Hinsdale
N.H
Erts
Raymond S. Seward
Frank W. Whitcomb
Leonard F. Wing Jr
Fred W. Yeadon Jr
Charles F. Black
Yeadon
Vermont
Directors’ Organization
Hospital Notes February 10 1969 Admissions and births update
Admissions include Mrs Joyce Holcomb Peru. Discharges include John Meerworth Bennington. Births report a daughter Feb 1 to Capt and Mrs James R Murtha at Clark AFB Manila with Mary Blount Clinton IA as mother. A son born Feb 9 at Medical Center Burlington to Michael Long Street and Linda Laethrop. A son born Feb 9 to Tarrant L Sibley Jr Presque Isle Maine, mother Marlene Duell Burlington. Sibley is Tarrrant L Sibley’s son, 306 Prospect St family connection.
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James R. Murtha
Clark Afb
Manila
Philippines
Murtha
Mary Blount
Clinton, Iowa
James
Michael
Christopher
Medical Center Hospital
Burlington
Michael Longstreet
Lyman Ave
Longstreet
Linda Laethrop
James Lathrop
Union St
Tarrant L, Sibley II
Tarrant L, Sibley Jr
Presque Isle
Maine
Sibley
Marlene Duell
Tarrant L, Sibley
Prospect St
Obituary notices from Pawlet and nearby towns obituary roundup
William G Beattie 73 of Pawlet dies after long illness at Rutland Hospital. Survived by five brothers and five sisters with services at Robert M King Funeral Home Granville NY. Charles Estey Crossman 78 of North Clarendon dies at Vermont Soldiers Home after WWI service. funeral at Tossing Funeral Home and entombment Evergreen Cemetery. Daniel J Shannahan dies in Cambridge husband of Norma Myers. funeral in Hoosick Falls. Co Ray Beagle 57 of Burlington dies suddenly. survived by wife Dorothy, son Larry, daughter Beverly, two grandsons and several siblings. funeral at First Baptist Church North Bennington. Burial Grandview Cemetery. Calling hours at Corbin Palmer Funeral Home.
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Pawlet
William G. Beattie
Rutland Hospital
William H
Augusta
Bell) Beattie
Landgrove
Lottie Beattie
Casper
Granville
Warren
Sunderland
Orrin
Bennett Beattie
Manchester
Robert Beattie
Peru
Viola Jennings
Dewey Forrest
Eva Rosette
Chester Depot
Helen Boone
Wells
Edward Forrest
Robert M. King
N.Y
David Newkirk
Pawlet Federated Church
Charles Estey Crossman
North Clarendon
Shaftsbury
Vermont Soldiers
Mr. Crossman
Rutland
6Th Horse Field Artillery
United States
73Rd Railroad Artillery
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Otter Creek Grange
Pomona Grange
Killington
Grange
Adele Florence Wing
Tossing
David M. Powers
Evergreen Cemetery
Center Shaftsbury Cemetery
Cambridge
Daniel J. Shannahan
Norma M. Myers
Catherine Bent
Margaret Pellerin
Bennington
Ronald Myers
Albert Myers
Hoosick Falls
Richard Sargood
Elizabeth Hayden
John A. Haussler
Burlington — Co
Ray Beagle
Starr Farm Road
North Bennington
Frank and
Myrtle
Washington) Beagle
Beagle
North Bennington High School
Herberg Auto Service, Inc
Burlington
First Baptist Church
Washington Lodge 3
F&am
Jennie Simonds
Dorothy Holmes
Larry
Colchester
Beverly
Colorado Springs
Colo
Leone Millington
Edith Legacy
Ethel Sprague
Dunkirk
Leon
George
Turin
Grandview Cemetery
Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home
South Union St
House Acts on Bill For Housing Codes
The Vermont House committed enabling legislation for municipal housing codes to the Judiciary Committee for study and possible rewrite. Mayors Francis Cain of Burlington and Harold Nichols of Rutland seek to testify on the proposal, which would allow towns to adopt housing codes. The House also passed to the Senate a drug abuse amendment aimed at protecting patient confidentiality by excluding names or addresses from reports.
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Senate
Vermont
Appointment of Bove Expected
President Nixon is poised to appoint Peter Bove as governor of the Virgin Islands after acceptance of Gov. Ralph M. Paien Wonsky's resignation, effective Feb. 12. Bove, a Rutland Vermont native and former VI comptroller, has strong Vermont support and favorable backing from the General Accounting Office. The appointee will govern until the first elected VI governor takes office Jan. 4, 1971, with the election set for Nov. 3, 1970.
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Washington
Peter Bove
The
Virgin Islands
Nixon
Ralph M. Paienwonsky
Bove
Rutland
Vermont
George D. Aiken
U.S. General Accounting Office
Johnson
Movie Timetable Report and Legislation Protect School Staff
Movie timetable details appear alongside senate action to shield school directors teachers and employees and school board members from civil damages. The report links entertainment scheduling with legal safeguards affecting education staff and governance.
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Senate
Suspended Term Given On Bad Check Charge
In Bennington District Court a 23 year old Elizabeth New Jersey man was given a suspended 1 to 4 year term for fraud and placed on probation with restitution. He faced four counts for passing bad checks in Pownal with total value of 2050 dollars. three counts were dropped and he pleaded guilty to a 1000 dollar check to Gene Hargrove. He offered to begin restitution with a 700 dollar check to the probation department. Other traffic cases included Martin Weider pleading not guilty to driving with a suspended license, Kevin Mears paying a 50 dollar fine for careless driving after a collision that hospitalised him, Walter Mann and Paul Cheney fined for defective tires and equipment, Joyce Laslo fined for speeding, and Joseph Green Jr. pleading not guilty to driving while intoxicated with unsecured bail.
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Bennington District Court
Elizabeth
N.J
Christopher Brown
Neil S. Moss
Pownal
Gene Hargrove
John P. Morrissey
Brown
Martin J. Weider
Bennington
Atty. Moss
Beech Street
Morrissey
Kevin Mears
Paul F. Cheney
Lyons District
Joyce A. Laslo
North Bennington
Joseph F. Green Jr
North Hoosick
N.Y
Suburbia and West Side Story at regional theatres
The Harte Theatre hosts Suburbia The Heart is the Lonely Hunt er with Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Manchester Cinema screens West Side Story at 8 p.m. and Williamstown Cinema shows Secret Ceremony at 8 p.m. Today Connecticut’s Bradley Airport debates reopening as snow removal stretches on. Limited Boston to Maine rail service resumes. 8,000 NE Telephone users in Mass and 3,000 in Rhode Island without service. A Vermont summer camp and local speaker discuss Cape Fear culture and Vermont identity.
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Alan Arkin
Sondra Locke
Carson McCullers
Arkin
Harte Theatre
Natalie Wood
Richard Beymer
Manchester
Connecticut
Bradley
New York
Landgrove
Cambridge
Cape Fear
N.C
Robert J. M. Matteson
Vermont
Shaftsbury
New York City
Matteson
Bennington Area Community Notes and Meetings
Local organizations announce meetings and events across Bennington. Auxiliary of Barracks 1955 Veterans of World War I cancels Thursday gathering. Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, Welcome Wagon, and church groups set notable sessions, lectures, and tea hours through midweek. Fundraisers include Heart Fund bridge and a hospital auxiliary coffee hour with donations and reminders for attendees.
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Auxiliary of Barracks
Bennington
St. Peter’s
House Advances Vermont Welfare Investigation
The Vermont House suspended rules to fast track a joint resolution for a six member bi partisan committee with subpoena powers to probe Social Welfare spending. Hearings will be statewide with oath possible, aiming to precede Gov Davis 1970 welfare budget and include March 27 reporting date shift from April 10.
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Senate
House
Thomas Salmon
Rockingham
Robert Graf
Rupert
Deane C. Davis
Salmon
House Appropriations Committee
Peisch
Davis
Pueblo Crewman James Shepard Not Sure When He'll Be Home
HOOLICK FALLS New York Mrs Lina Shepard says her son Navy Petty Officer James A Shepard with the USS Pueblo crew is still awaiting word on his leave from San Diego after the ship returned December 26 from North Korea release. Eighteen crewmen have been allowed home but James expects leave during the February second week. his wife Irmgard and their son James Jr have been in San Diego with him enjoying events and sights including an Andy Williams show with Pat Boone and John Wayne. Mrs Shepard recalls Dr Harold Stacy who treated crewmen in Korea and notes Stacy once treated their family in Hoosick Falls.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Lina Shepard
Williamstown
Navy
J.C. James A. Shepard
San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Shepard
Petersburg
Hoosick Falls
James
Col. Stacy
Korea
Stacy
Anthony Wirmusky
Banner
Irmgard Shepard
James Jr
Tiajuana
Mexico
Jim
Andy Williams
Irmgard
Pat Boone
John Wayne
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