Preserving Scenic Highways Sparks House Hearing Debate
Vermont lawmakers debated H 132 to create scenic corridors along major routes including VT 100 and related gap roads. The plan would establish 10 mile regulated strips prohibiting amusement parks dumps and certain signs while allowing homes farms hotels and essential facilities with local zoning. Proponents cited preserving rural beauty and tourism value, while opponents warned of overreach harming farmers and Vermonters.
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Montpelier
Vermont
National Resources Committee
Massachusetts
Lincoln Gap
McCullough
Brattleboro
Bernard Johnson
Central Planning Office
David Otis
George Williams
Woodstock
Vermont League of Women Voters
Otis
Mario Gorham
Green Mountain Club
Arthur Williams
Fayston
Vermont Council On the Arts
Richard Brett
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Johnson and Williams
Robert Hall
Starksboro
Hall
New Yorker
Edward Janeway
Windham
Janeway
Londonderry
Vermont 100
Arthur T. Morrison
Lower Waterford
Morrison
Charles Canning
Barre
Catholic Daughters Hold Postponed Supper Meeting Bennington
The Catholic Daughters of America Court 259 in Bennington held a postponed supper on February 9 with Mrs. Kornitzer and her committee serving. Msgr. Flanagan spoke on the lay apostolate and Vatican II documents urging laity involvement in Christ's mission. Grand Regent Mrs. Bruneau led the business session. visits to nursing homes were reported by Mrs. Dickieson and Mrs. Hurley.
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Stella Bruneau
Catherine Dickieson
Barbara Hurley
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Vermont Council of Catholic Women
Catholic Daughters
Merits of New Report Card Debated by School Board
The Bennington School District board debated a new report card issued Monday for some elementary students. Parents were confused by graphs and check marks. officials will review the system and aim to improve teacher comments and parent understanding. The discussion touched on progress reports, conferences, and potential shifts toward conferences replacing written remarks.
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Bennington
Florence Kinsley
Cora B. Whitney
Ronald Knapp
Anthony Pello
Stewart Allen
Tom Cook
Carol Miller
Prospect Mountain Ski Club
Arthur Barriere
Knapp
Bennington County
Montpelier
Benning
Memorial services honor Curriers in New York
A memorial service for Stephen R. Currier and Audrey Bruce Currier, prominent New York philanthropists who disappeared after a Caribbean flight, drew more than 800 mourners at St. James Episcopal Church. The Taconic Foundation, which they founded, had donated about eight million dollars to civil rights and related causes, with many more gifts given privately.
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New York
N.Y
Stephen R. Currier
Audrey Bruce Currier
Danby
St. James Episcopal Church
Mr. Garrison
Garrison
Audrey
Curriers
The
Taconic Foundation
Currier
David K. E. Bruce
United States
London
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Mr. Currier
Richard Currier
Europe
Mary Whelan Prue
Edward M. M. Warburg
Social Service
Bennington College
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Arthur Lee Kinsolving
St. Jame’s
Mt Anthony to stage The Fantasticks in May
Mt Anthony actors rehearse The Fantasticks directed by John Carton with Debbie Taylor as Luisa and Reg Granger as Matt. Rehearsals run 6 30 to 9 pm in a small room to foster audience rapport. All rehearsals closed to the public. The production spans about one week with the final results showcased after time and effort.
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Mt. Anthony
Fantasticks
John Carton
American Theater
Carton
Debbie Taylor
Luisa
Reg Granger
Matt
Jay Whitten
el Gallo
Kevin Thibodeau
Paul Riddle
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Weather Bureau
Midwest
Paradise Restaurant
Robert Kilroy
Omi
St. Michael’s High School
Holy Cross Brothers Chorus
John Lyons
Joseph Shaffe
George Jepson
Harold Kramer
Maurice Gr
Richard Gibboney
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rockefeller
Lindsay
Madison Avenue
71St Street
Caribbean
Currier’s Yawl
Sandovar
Yawl
Andrea
Lavinia
Michael
Lloyd K. Garrison
Board of Education
Stephen
Ocipont
Montgomery
South St. Bennington
Dial
Saul Service
North Bennington
Manchester
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First National Bank
Orth Ennington
Heritage House
N. Bennington RD
Patriot
the Fantasticks
Leslie Winn
Ken Kramer
Bendi
Mauhs
Glenn Bronson
Vocational Education Department
Benhi
Atkins
Burt
Atkins and Gould
Jewelers
Main St
Washington
Better Tv, Inc
Main Street
Truman Capote
James Michener
Exeter
John Fuller
the Proud Tower
Barbara Tuchman
Valley of the Dolls
Susann
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