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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1970
Page
5
In Fort Worth Texas a bar owner grew suspicious of a man in a cowboy hat who handed him a fifty dollar bill. Police found the note counterfeit and arrested the suspect. As he departed he set his hat on a 19 year old girl and claimed it a token of esteem. Investigators seized two fake sixty dollar bills from the sweatband of the hat.
The Red Cross seeks donors for a blood drive in Bennington County at First Baptist Church Colgate Hall 601 Main St on Wednesday Feb 25 from 11 45 a m to 6 30 p m. Volunteers and staff list include doctors nurses technicians and lay workers with parking at church rear Sawyer s Flying A Service Station and Gibney Funeral Home.
A university convocation at Brandeis University in Waltham Massachusetts was planned for Wednesday night to address the emergency situation after President Morris B Abram 51 announced his immediate resignation to explore a bid for the U S Senate in New York City The move follows early Monday disclosure of his resignation and intentions to study broader political options.
The Moose Lodge outlines a busy weekend plan with elections, meetings, movies, a barbecue dinner, and a dance as the Women of the Moose prepare for a regional conference. Separately, a campus news conference discusses Abram’s departure amid governance concerns, student protests, and financial strain at Brandeis University with future plans to be announced.
Dr Ernest Anthony, justice of the peace, writes in the latest issue of Justice magazine suggesting drunken drivers should be placed in the stocks to experience discomfort and reflect on the harm they cause to others.
The Spring Vermont Life issue highlights a cover image of Green Mountain Perkins Academy in South Woodstock and features on Vermont space research, a new Woodstock covered bridge, seven-town Spring in Vermont portfolio, Memorial Day at Franklin, and a back road tour of north central Vermont. The 64-page issue, in color, goes to about 140,000 readers including 100,000 subscribers and 40,000 newsstands.
In his Living Heritage column Charles Morrissey discusses At tic Art and Archives. Harriet Riggs captures a color view of The Cove at Richmond. Norman Maciver filmed a color feature Sin gibuckwud near Worcester.
Robert D. Stout a Putnam Memorial Hospital administrator was reelected to a three year term on the American Hospital Association board at the Washington DC meeting. He previously led the Vermont Hospital Association and joined Vermont colleagues in discussions with federal lawmakers on hospital services for Vermonters.
A compromise welfare plan would be offered as an amendment to a bill before the House Health and Welfare Committee in Montpelier. Local service officers would receive a list of welfare applicants and aid investigations to curb fraud, but the social welfare commissioner would retain final authority. Rep. Benjamin Gould said he would consult federal officials on any impact on federal aid money before the panel rewrites Kennedy's bill.
Two families totaling ten people were left homeless after fires Monday in Waterbury and Essex Center. Firefighters from Waterbury and Waterbury Center fought freezing winds to save the Perkins home on U S 2, but it burned. The Perkins family escaped unharmed along with a daughter and son-in-law. In Essex Center a trailer home belonging to Mr and Mrs Edwin Dunham also burned, leaving their family homeless. A 2 year old child was with Mrs Dunham when she fled the trailer.
In Vergennes the parishioners have shown little use of credit card offerings at Vergennes Congregational Church. After four months only two members used cards, and Rev. Richard Ogden Jr. says the plan is progressing very slowly and will take time to become familiar to worshippers.
Rep. Benjamin Gould of Vergennes urged Vermont to finance all secondary education, saying taxpayers have reached the rope. He proposed state funding with local boards still administering standards, arguing the state’s broader tax base makes it feasible. He noted limited chances for acceptance and called the plan ahead of its time.
In Cohoes the Catholic Diocese Education Task Force announced a plan to consolidate city schools. A Cohoes Catholic School Board would oversee the remaining schools and draft budgets while student numbers drop to sustain operation.
The Army Corps district office in New York City weighs dredging the Hoosie River from the Adams line to the Hunter Machine Co Foundry near WMNB to reclaim adjacent land for development. Mayor Joseph R Bianco of North Adams said the project would make possible land reclamation while most area land remains flood plain.
Police chief John A. Tarsa orders periodic patrols of land at Mount Greys lock foot after a farmer reports more than 50 cuts to two-strand barbed wire. A snowmobile operator drove over the property, injuring at least two apple trees, using pliers to cut the wire.
A cold front with gusts up to 60 mph swept western Massachusetts Monday. Pittsfield reported toppled trees, broken limbs, and several store windows blown in. Hawthorne Avenue lost power in spots as a metal tool shed at Carr Hardware was flipped onto its roof. Berkshire Bank & Trust Co. announced affiliation with BankAmericard, with 20,000 cards expected by year end and merchant access in two weeks.
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