UVM President Applauds Parker for Constructive Student Role
University of Vermont President Lyman S. Rowell welcomes four new trustees and praises Kenneth Parker, president of Student Association, for constructive engagement in student life. He notes gratitude for elected trustees Thomas H. Candon Arthur H. Jones and Francis R. Peisch, while inviting Parker to discuss student delegates on trustee committees and considering a parallel faculty student participation plan.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Lyman S. Rowell
Kenneth Parker
Student Association
Rowell
UVM
Davis
C. Douglas Cairns
Thomas H. Candon
Arthur H. Jones
Francis R. Peisch
Parker
S.A
University
Board of Trustees
Garden Club Pledges Landscaping Donation for YMCA
Mrs. Van Vechten Graves, Bennington Garden Club chair, announced a 190 donation to the YMCA facility at Memorial Park Gage Street to fund landscaping. The club’s horticulture committee led by Mrs. Charles Tilgner II studies institutional landscaping and will present a slide exhibit at a May 6 meeting, following an April 22 program by ecologist Paul Shepard.
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van Vechten Graves
Bennington Garden Club
YMCA
Memorial Park
Gage Street
Charles Tilgner II
Bennington
Paul Shepard
Legion Offers 5 Scholarships in Vermont Program
The American Legion Department of Vermont announces 3000 in scholarship aid for the 12th year. Four $500 awards and one $1000 Charles N Barber Scholar available to Vermont high school seniors planning further education. Deadline April 15. Applications via school officials or American Legion Vermont, Montpelier.
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Montpelier
American Legion
Department of Vermont
The
Legion
Vermont
Charles N. Barber
P.O
Deadlines For Absentee Balloters In Bennington
Town Clerk Mary Hodeck reminds Bennington voters of absentee ballot deadlines. Applications must be in by 9 p.m. Friday February 28 for in town or mailed ballots. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb 28, 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. March 1, and noon to 2 p.m. March 2 for in person voting if out of town on Town Meeting Day.
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Mary Hodeck
Bennington
State Warns Barnet Academy to Improve or Close
Montpelier UPI A state education panel warned McIndoes Academy of Barnet that unless adequate secondary education is provided within a month the private school will close in June. Education Commissioner Harvey Scribner cited serious deficiencies in library sciences PE social studies industrial arts and homemaking as the basis for the action while asking the board to delay a formal vote until after March town meeting.
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McIndoes Academy
Carter Joins Williams Witten Law Firm
Rep. Harvey D. Carter Jr. of Pownal joins Williams and Witten, creating Williams Witten and Carter. The firm will operate as a general practice at 115 Elm St starting Saturday, announced Carter and partners John H. Williams II and R Marshall Witten.
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Carter
Williams,Witten Law Firm
Harvey D. Carter Jr
Pownal
Williams and Witten
John H. Williams II
R. Marshall Witten
Williams, Witten and Carter
Elm St
Jose Limon At Middlebury Dance Event
The Jose Limon Dance Company will perform Modern Dance at 8 30 p m Thursday March 6 in Wright Theater on the Middlebury College campus. A 4 p m lecture and dance demonstration also at Wright Theater is open to the public free of charge with reserved seats available at the Vermont Book Store Middlebury.
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Middlebury
Jose Limon
Wright Theater
Middlebury College
Porter Hospital Auxiliary
Vermont Council On the Arts
Vermont Book Store
Trade Zone Meeting Called Off
Washington UPI illness forced cancellation of a Foreign Trade Zones Board meeting to consider Maine’s Machiasport subzone and refinery plan. Commerce Secretary Stans was ill, no date set. board usually acts by telephone after 27 years without a formal meeting. Occidental Petroleum seeks a 300,000 barrels per day refinery to process Libyan crude. New England delegation backs the project amid higher regional fuel oil costs.
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Washington
UPI
Foreign Trade Zones Board
Maine
Machiasport
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Army, Commerce and Treasury
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Los Angeles
Libya
Nixon
Occidental
New England
Bennington Selectmen Hear 10th Major Water Request
Bennington officials discussed a tenth major water extension request in the last year for a 56 home development at East Road and Houghton Lane. No approval yet due to lack of a master water plan, with options including extending the Bijur plant main or building a Willow Road line from U S 7. The plan was sent to the water and sewer commission.
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Bennington
Carl Capella
East Road
Houghton Lane
Bijur
Willow Road
U.S. 7
Capella
Water and Sewer Commission
Regwood Road
Zora Ledinko
Holy Cross Novitiate
Raymond C. Murray
Barber
Col. Murray
Ledinko
Novitiate
Joseph E. Higgins
Mt Katahdin Expedition Faces Snowstorm Rescue Tests
A six man party led by George L. Smith climbs Mt Katahdin in Baxter State Park during a Northeast snowstorm. The oldest climber, 60 year old Winston C Robbins of Farmingdale, Maine, aims for a six day ascent with backup from four Massachusetts men. The expedition includes scientists and aims to study survival and rescue techniques while showcasing coordinated planning.
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Farmingdale
Maine
Baxter State Park
Katahdin
Robbins
Millinocket
Austin H. Wilkins
Maine Forestry Department
Massachusetts
Boston
Wilkins
Sergeant Derringer Completes Radio Repair Course
Marine Sgt. Jerry O. Derringer, son of Mr. and Mrs. James J. Derringer of Lehigh Acres Florida, and husband of Kathryn S. Purcell of Bennington, completed a six week electronic repair course for the PRC-25 radio at Communications School Camp Lejeune North Carolina. The program covered operation and repair of various radios and was attended by sailors and Marines from Fleet Marine Force commands.
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Jerry O. Derringer
James J. Derringer
Lehigh Acres
Fla
Kathryn S. Purcell
Fillmore St
Bennington
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Fleet Marine Force
Marlboro Quartet to Play Beethovens at UVM Lane Series
The Marlboro Quartet, born in Marlboro Vermont and acclaimed internationally, will headline the University of Vermont Lane Chamber Arts Series second concert. The Guarneri String Quartet joins Saturday March 1 at Ira Allen Chapel for an all Beethoven program for two violins, viola, and cello. The Lane Series, now in its ninth year, adds four concerts by specialized artists to the main Red Blue and White Series.
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Burlington
Burglars Hack Through Roof to Loot Fort Worth Drugstore
In Fort Worth, burglars hacked and sawed their way into a drugstore, smashing a tin and wood roof and two ceilings. They then breached the marquee, extending three feet over the sidewalk as they began looting.
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Fort Worth
UPI
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