Nixons and Chou watch revolutionary ballet in Peking
President Nixon and Premier Chou Enlai attended the two hour performance The Red Detachment of Women a Revolutionary Chinese ballet at the Great Hall of the People A translator explained the action as the crowd applauded The ballet depicted a young girl joining the Communist army in a 1930s village under Japanese invasion with stark costumes and expressive eye makeup The second act expanded the cast and contrasted with the minimalist first act All players wore eye makeup and performers displayed acrobatics to uplifting music The finale highlighted the Red Army and a look of piety crossed the lead dancer s face as she clutched fabric
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Peking
UPI
Nixon
Nixons
Fremier Chou Enlai
Great Hall of the People
Red Army
Vermont communes grow as UVM researcher counts over two hundred
UVM researcher John Fackler told a Vermont Historical Society lecture that Vermont hosts at least 200 communes and a larger movement nationwide. He cited rural communes, and groups running schools, organic shops, or engaging in politics, with examples in Burlington and a Buddhist study commune. He noted research limits due to secrecy and scarce records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UVM
Vermont
John Fackler
UVM Experimental College
Vermont Historical Society
Burlington
Fackler
Oneida
Vernon hearings resume March 13 at Brattleboro
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board plans two evidentiary hearing sessions on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation's license to operate the Vernon plant. The first session starts 2:30 p.m. Monday March 13 at the Vermont National Guard Armory 207 Main St Brattleboro and runs through March 18. the second begins 2:30 p.m. Monday April 10 and continues through April 15 at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
The
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation
Vernon
Vermont National Guard
Main St
Missing plane search under stormy conditions in Vermont
Investigators note reduced aircraft performance from ice on wings and extra weight could hinder lift. A flight plan filed with the Montpelier Flight Service Station set 10,000 feet altitude for instrument flight, with actual altitude to be confirmed by ground controllers. The Rutland Civil Air Patrol led by Maj. William Beal, Lt. Foster Corliss of the state police, and multiple agencies coordinated a search across Rupert to Bennington with three planes and two helicopters amid high winds and cold conditions. Mountain Rescue and snowmobile units awaited sightings to assist in locating the missing aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Mt. Equinox
Rutland
Civil Air Patrol
William Beal
Foster Corliss
New York State Police
Vermont National Guard
Vermont
Rupert
Bennington
Corliss
Banner
Mountain Rescue
Bennington Briefs Highlights Meetings and Local Events
Bennington briefs announce Ladies Auxiliary Eagles meeting at 7 30 p.m. at Eagles rooms and Mr Anthony Jaycees gathering at 7 p.m. at McCullough Mansion North Bennington. Y building tour limited to Building Committee and Recreation Commission. public access denied. Brodie Mountain ski base 16 to 40 inches with packed powder surface. lifts operating. holiday skiing through week. Prospect Mountain Ski Club winter carnival entries due by 9 p.m. Friday Feb 25 via Leahy’s or Tomasi’s. Dudley Baker contact. Vacation basketball registrations close Wednesday noon at Senior Citizens Center 120 North St. games begin Thursday. Town Pool open for skating. VFW Auxiliary meeting at 8 p.m. National Guard Armory open 6–10 p.m. for joining info. guardsmen welcome to use facilities. First meeting for June Christian Unity picnic at Keppler residence 112 Hillside St. 8 p.m.. others welcome. Union Local 806 meets at North Bennington Firehouse Wednesday Feb 23 at 4 p.m. Bennington Minit Car Wash ads and Wednesday specials. Estate planning advice noted. probate savings via proper planning with Shea Agency. Keep one experienced selectman in District 33. re-elect John Stone. POL adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Unity
Keppler
Hillside St
Union Local 806
North Bennington Firehouse
Bennington
North Bennington Rd
Father and son die in snowy Route 7 crash near Pownal
A father Gerald D. Finnegan 49 and his son David 19 from Bennington were en route to work at Pownal Tanning Co. when a stalled car forced them off Route 7 at the Tristate Mobile Homes area in Pownal. The elder Finnegan suffered possible neck whiplash and was hospitalized. the third car operator could not be identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Pownal
Tristate Mobile Homes
Gerald D. Finnegan
David
Pownal Tanning Co. Inc
Gerald Finnegan
Finnegan
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Putnam Hospital expansion approved by Environment Board
Arlington Bennington Rutland environmental commission approves a 4.5 million Act 250 expansion for Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington. Plans include a flexible lab and x ray building, upper level patient care, and potential eight story growth. Concerns addressed on sewage and smokestack emissions. $1 million fund drive is one third of goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Bennington-Rutland Environmental Commission
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Robert D. Stout
United Counseling Service
Ellerbe Architects
St. Paul, Minn
Stout
Richard B. Leake III
W. Robert Beer
Poultney
Edward R. Lamb
Davis to Seek $1 Million Personal Income Tax Cut
MONTPELIER UPI The Davis administration will push for a $1 million personal income tax cut while opposing intervention on the $176 million omnibus appropriations bill. Governor Davis opposes the House plan that shifts funds to education and welfare and argues for eliminating the 15 percent surcharge.
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House
Davis
Brian Burns
Burlington
Legal Aid sticks to closing Bennington office
Vermont Legal Aid will close its Bennington one man office and move services to Rutland, citing insufficient local caseload. A petition with 274 names urged keeping a full time attorney, but trustees agreed to an open Rutland Bennington telephone line and a Rutland attorney two days weekly, with six month review to assess part-time adequacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Board of Trustees of Legal Aid
Burlington
Bennington
Greg Winterhaller
The
Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council
BROC
Legal Aid
Rutland
Sue Glazier
Arlington
VISTA
Winterhaller
Sandy Morse
Richard Blum
John Ford
Nington Legal Aid
W. Averell Brown
John T. Carmody Jr
Manchester
Bennington County
Nixon visit marks second formal meeting with Chou En Lai
The article describes Nixon and Chou En Lai meeting at the Great Hall of the People with Chou's toast printed from Monday's banquet. It notes Pat Nixon touring a Peking kitchen, the summer palace, zoo, and plans to donate musk oxen to the Peking Zoo. The Nixons will attend an opera that night.
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Chou
Nixon
America
People
Pat Nixon
Peking Hotel
China
Summer Palace
United States
Nixons
Peking Zoo
Great Hall of the People
Bay State cleans up 15 million storm damage
About 800 people remained evacuated in New England as repairs waited on thawing waterlogged homes. Unofficial damage estimates hit 15 million dollars, mainly in Massachusetts, with eight communities totaling 13 million. Federal aid and SBA loans were expected. Governor Sargent did not seek a disaster declaration. Maine sought federal disaster funds after coastal flooding and the Old Orchard Beach pier damage. Two fatalities were linked to the storm in Maine and Massachusetts.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Saba
Massachusetts
Revere
Nahant
Hull
Gloucester
Salem
Manchester
Scituate
Winthrop
Small Business Administration
Division of Employment Security
Francis W. Sargent
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Nixon
SBA
Old Orchard Beach
Buckley panel advances Vermont abortion bill action
In Montpelier the Senate Judiciary Committee prepared to take action on a new abortion measure after three weeks of work. The bill would allow abortion for health reasons with doctor panel approval, while amendments may limit it to cases preserving the mother's life or resulting from rape or incest.
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Senate
Fred Westphal
Rlamoille County
Funerals for Hewitt King Vallotti Mark North Bennington deaths
Funeral services were held for Hoosick dairy farmer Almon W Hewitt a 50 year Grange member and officer with interment planned for Maple Grove Cemetery Hoosick Falls in spring Mrs John W King Lulu Tefft former North Bennington Baptist member and North Bennington College community attended with services at Gibney Funeral Home Grandview Cemetery Park Lawn Chapel En tombment pending Angelo Vallotti father of John A Vallotti died in Croton on Hudson with services tentatively set and Mahar Son handling transfers
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Almon W. Hewitt
Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Grange
Robson Home
Hoosick Falls
Oswald A. Muller
North Hoosick
Frank Cipperly
Robert Kipp
Walter Baker
Fremont Haswell
Ernest Tilley
Joseph Carelli
Maple Grove
John W. King
North Bennington
Lulu Tefft
Gibney Funeral Home
Alfred Scott
First Baptist Church
Angelo Vallotti
John A. Vallotti
Croton-on-the-Hudson
Bennington
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges
Admissions list includes Eva Niegoda Brent Bahan James Feeney Jeanine Battis Timothy Johnson Gordon Byars Dennis Schultze Brenda Reynolds from various New York towns. Discharges include Pamela Schill and her son from Bennington.
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Eva Niegoda
Brent Bahan
James Feeney
Jeanine Battis
Timothy Johnson
Bennington
Gordon Byars
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Dennis Schultze
Shaftsbury
Brenda Reynolds
North Hoosick
Pamela Schill and Son
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VOLVO
Andrea Raisman
Norman Segal
New York City
Segal
Revolutionary’ Ballet
Photoengravers International Union
Garrison
William N. Otte
New York
R. and W. Otte Inc
Carrie Garrison
Garrison Printing Division
BCIC
Lions
Bennington Lions Club
Edmund Lauzon
King Kon. Lauzon
Bennington Lions Field
Sight Conservation Fund
Green Mountain State
Bennington Briefs
Order of Eagles Aerie 1861
Eagles Rooms
Anthony Jaycees
McCullough Mansion
Building Committee
Recreation Commission
Recreation Department
Brodie Mountain
Prospect Mountain Ski Club
Leahy’s
Tomasi
Dudley Baker
Bank Street
Old Bennington
Senior Citizens Center
North St
VFW
National Guard
Shea Agency Inc. Adv
John Stone
POL. Adv
Environment Board
Putnam Hospital
Bay State
Louis S. Saba
Civil Defense
Arcade
Rodney Richardson
North
Monmouth
William Riley
Springfield
Mass
Buckley
Salem's
Hamburg
Indian River Temple
Fairdale Farms
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