Safford Street collision injures none minor damage
Police report a 3:40 p.m. Friday collision on Main Street involving a 1969 Dodge driven by Margaret N. LaCroix and a 1969 Volkswagen driven by Janice Putnam Stephenson. No injuries were reported. both cars sustained minor damage after stopping at a blinking light.
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Dodge
Margaret N. LaCroix
Bradford St
Main St
Volkswagen
Janice Putnam Stephenson
Pageant St
Safford St
Subpoena to Nixon for Feb hearing in state court
A subpoena to President Nixon, signed by Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer, sought his appearance at a Feb 25 hearing in Washington. Nixon’s lawyers vow to resist. A March 15 hearing was set, delaying the pretrial from Feb 25 to March 25. The new subpoena was sent by registered mail after the initial certified mail Feb 4 failed to arrive for a week.
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Superior Court
Gordon Ringer
White House
Nixon
Washington
D.C
Murphy Free After Kidnaping by Leftist Group
Reg Murphy, kidnapped Wednesday night by the right wing American Revolutionary Army, was released in Atlanta by 9 p.m. He spoke of the group’s gripe with media liberalism. FBI confirmed a second contact and authorities sought further instructions on ransom and Murphy’s condition.
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Murphy
William Fields
Reg Murphy
Atlanta
the Constitution
American Revolutionary Army
ARA
Fields
Constitution
FBI
Leo E. Conroy
Conroy
New School Bus Schedules and Routes Announced
Supt George A Sleeman announced Monday start for new bus schedules with routes across Bennington. Bus 1 Route 6A lists times from LeBlanc Avenue to Mt Anthony schools, with a long list of student riders. Additional runs include Bus 23 Route 16A to South Shaftsbury and Bus 15 Route 8A to North Bennington, detailing pickup points and school stops plus extensive student rosters. Bus 29 Route 8 serves Hourans and Mt Anthony Junior High to Molly Stark School with morning times listed.
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Fran Ehler
LeBlanc Avenue
Stone Church
Paper Mill
Pembroke House
Mt. Anthony Senior High
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Hawks Avenue
Main Street
Lamb & Elm Streets
Harvest Hills
Dunham & Elm Streets
Elm & Bank
Gail
Pamela
Mitchell Burk
Denise
Duane
David Bushee
Bruce
James Carroll
Andrea Capron
Bonita
Joni Clark
Carol
Terry Dailey
Heidi Coxsee
Kim Flood
Randall
Eric Frost
Julia
Sharon Griffin
John Hall
Sandy
Brian Harrington
Karen
Heidi Hernandes
Carl
Thomas Hess
Brian
Karen Hewitt
Beverly Hilse
William Kelly
Neil Kenyon
Susan
Joanne Lasso
James Mackey
Michael Mattison
Irene Midureski
James Moore
Kim
James Murphy
Robert Nolan
Patrick O’neill
Elizabeth
Ann Phalen
Bonnie Pierce
David Plue
Steve
William Porter
Danny Pratt
Tammy
Sandra
Michelle Rice
Diane
Millie Riley
Kathy Shepard
Donald
Duane Sprague
Jody
Mark Turpin
Tasha
Polly Vanderlinde
Leah Whitman
George A. Sleeman
Chris Pisto
South Shaftsbury
Ledgely Drive
Mattison
Cleveland Ave
Kline House
Holiday Drive
Ben Barry
Mt. Anthony Junior High
Avis Hurley
North Bennington
Sky Top
Cave Post
Busy Bee
Overlea Road
Mooney
George Street
Mechanic & North Streets
Percey’s News Room
Susan Agard
Stuart Aldrich
Judy Bashaw
Linda Briggs
Cindy
Robert Brown
Peter Calabro
Lydia
Steve Carriere
Robert Condon
Corner Jackson-Middle Pownal
Mears — Middle
Pownal
Farnums
Frost Motel
Tally Ho
Hillside Cabins
Molly Stark
Mallary urges House to act on Federal Energy Bill
Rep. Rich ard W. Mallary of Vermont accused Democratic House leaders of stalling on two energy measures. He warned that delaying tactics would worsen gas lines and prices as Congress has not acted on the energy emergency bill authorizing gasoline rationing or a bill creating a federal energy administration.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
House of Representatives
Richard W. Mallary
R-Vt
Congress
Federal Energy Administration
Mallory
Democratic House
Bennington Obituaries and Funeral Notices Summary
The obituary notices report funerals for Mrs. Anna Billert of Elm Street Bennington widow of William Billert who died Tuesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Services conducted at St Francis de Sales Church and burial planned in Park Lawn Cemetery with spring interment. Bearers listed. Also funeral for Miss Nellie Chase of 336 North Branch Street Bennington and burial at Park Lawn Cemetery. Thomas J Lisby Jr 23 died of a heart attack. service at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. burial at Park Lawn Cemetery. St Joseph College community attended. college closed for the day. The report notes local reactions to Arab oil embargo and community events including a benefit matinee at New Harte Theatre for Bennington Day Care Center and Mount Anthony Jaycees meeting at 77 Monument Avenue.
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Anna Billert
Elm St
Bennington
William Billert
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. Francis de Sales Church
Thomas Mattison
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Park Lawn
Elmer Johndrow
Lionel Beaudoin
William Barney
Edward Ransom Sr
Edward Ransom Jr
Robert Knapp
Mattison
Nellie Chase
North Branch St
Richard Campbell
First United Methodist Church of
Thomas J. Lisby Jr
Thomas J. Lisby
Gage St
Hanson-Walbridge
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
St. Joseph College
Lisby
Bijur Manufacturing Co
New Harte Theatre
Bennington Day Care Center
Mt. Anthony
Belfast department store bomb blasts leave city in smoke
Three bombs shattered Woolworth's in downtown Belfast on Friday igniting fires and smoke as police sealed streets and evacuated the store. No casualties reported though fire fighting hindered by continuing threats. An IRA mortar and machinegun attack on a British base across the border caused no injuries. An encampment of gypsies fled under wagons. Since the strife began 958 people have died in four years of conflict.
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Belfast
UPI
Woolworth’s
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
Bennington Banner Telephones and Delivery Rates Listed
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. It lists contact numbers for Newsroom Advertising and Business and states home delivery charges 15 cents per day. Subscription rates cover Vermont and U.S. options with varying 3 month 6 month and 1 year periods.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
Unemployment rules may change in Vermont
In Montpelier Vermont preliminary approval moved a bill to alter unemployment qualifications. Current law requires a nine week wait before benefits. the measure ties eligibility to earning six times the old weekly salary if a layover job is lost. It also provides a six week waiting period during high unemployment and raises the maximum benefit to 60 percent of the state’s average weekly wage.
House eyes record budget with highway fund shift
The House will take up a 208 million dollar fiscal 1975 Omnibus Appropriations and Highway Fund budgets as a special order after the Appropriations Committee approved a record General Fund budget of 200 million plus 0.2 million. The panel backed 33.8 million for education aid, set a 50 per pupil floor under the Miller Formula, and proposed 1.5 million for state employee raises, with about 700 thousand targeted to 79 wealthy towns.
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Bruce Talbot Montpelier
UPI
House
Appropriations Committee
Thomas P. Salmon
Lifeline bill faces committee despite opponent claims
Vermont activists accuse House Commerce Committee Chairman Paul Graves of delaying the Lifeline Electric Service Bill. They demand price protection for consumers at three cents per kilowatt hour for 300 kWh, while funds are reallocated to other programs. The story also notes budget surplus hopes and political fundraising events surrounding Nixon and Ford, plus a security update about Yolanda King and a balloon flight under ongoing meteorological watch.
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Swanton
UPI
House Commerce Committee
Paul Graves
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
Beverly Moore
Graves
South Burlington
House panel OKs $26 million capital program
The House Institutions Committee approved a $26 million capital construction budget including $6.5 million for a new state office building and $2.6 million for a maximum security prison at Waterbury. The plan funds a Burlington underpass near the University of Vermont, replaces the State House dome with gold leaf, and allocates over $2 million state money plus $2 million federal for the Soldiers Home in Bennington.
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Mallary
Miss Nellie Chase
Bennington Briefs
Savings & Loan Association
EL Lender
Nichols
Playtex
Attrac
Ronald Crisman
Gerald R. Ford
President
Yolanda
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Martin Luther King
Coretta Scott King
National Meteorological Center
Thomas L. Gatch
Atlantic
Light Heart
Canary Islands
Gatch
Morocco
African
Europe
Africa
William G. Osman
Air Transport Association
Soldiers Home
Walker
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