Sanders blasts politicians for war and firms for polluting
Liberty Union candidate Bernard Sanders of Burlington rails at large auto and oil companies for pollution and shows outrage at government policy. He criticizes unemployment and racial disparities while condemning Vietnam war support by past administrations and urging voters in Vermont to demand accountability. He notes upcoming sheriff meeting and election of officers in Bennington County with plans for circuses in Manchester and Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
UPI
Liberty Union
Bernard Sanders
Burlington
New York City
Sanders
Bennington
Stafford
U.S
Congress
Bennington girls named for spring talent pageant
Two Bennington girls Lucinda Sue Sweet seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Sweet 507 N Branch St and Kimberly McKenna twelve daughter of Mrs Virginia McKenna South Stream Rd have been accepted for the Vermont Our Little Miss Beauty and Talent pageant to be held next spring They passed auditions in modeling talent and interviews with scores of 80 or more per Ken Malone East Coast director Elmira NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Lucinda Sue Sweet
Robert Sweet
N. Branch St
Kimberly McKenna
Virginia McKenna
South Stream Road
Vermont
Ken Malone
Elmira
N.Y
Fontainbleau
Miami Beach
Fla
Malone
Lake St
Legislature Eyes Low Profile Start as Campaigns End
Democrats, outnumbered three to one in both chambers, plan a low profile opening while reviewing administration programs before offering alternatives. The session aligns with 1972 politics as Republican hopes rise in contested races. Muskie aides prep a campaign-style TV spot from his Kennebunk cottage with Mitchell and Schram directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candon
Randolph T. Major Jr
Westminster
U.S
Robert T. Stafford
Robert Boardman
John S. Burgess
Brattleboro
Kennedy
James Jeffords
Crisman Sees 90000 Surplus in Vermont Budget Forecast
Vermont Budget and Management Commissioner Ronald Crisman told the House Appropriations Committee that the fiscal 1972 year ending June 30 would show a 90000 surplus after early expectations of a 1.3 million deficit. He outlined the state’s finances and forecast the turnaround Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Ronald Crisman
House Appropriations Committee
Pownal Car Crash Injures Woman From Bennington
Elizabeth Dollard, 58, of Bennington, was injured in a two car collision on Route 7 in Pownal across from Gardner's Store. Her car struck by a second vehicle driven by 36 year old John Pettibone of Pownal Center. Dollard treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital and released. Pettibone unharmed. both vehicles heavily damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Elizabeth Dollard
Bennington
John Pettibone
Pownal Center
Gardner
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Leahy urges Vermont court reform and quicker appeals
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont's Chittenden County State’s Attorney, urged major reforms to shrink the docket by removing minor traffic offenses and so called victimless crimes from court reach. He called for quicker criminal appeals and more cases settled in civil courts, citing his England trip as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Chittenden County
Patrick J. Leahy
Vermont
Leahy
England
League backs bill to fund handicapped education in Vermont
The Vermont League of Women Voters endorsed legislation for statewide special education for about 15 000 handicapped children. The bill estimated at 400 000 for its first year would require local communities to provide services and tasks the Education Department to plan regulate and supervise. Funding suggestions include using Gov Deane C Davis discretionary money for new and innovative efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Immunity Proposed for State Employees in Civil Rights Suits
Immunity to all state employes from civil rights damage suits may be proposed to the 1972 General Assembly. Republican Rep. R Marshall Witten of Bennington urged the measure to shield workers facing ongoing litigation. Eleven such cases are pending including suits against prison guards hospital workers and two state attorneys.
Infant dies of natural causes in crib death ruling
An autopsy on a Pownal infant Heidi Marie Hatch, aged 342 months, concluded the death occurred from natural causes. State's Attorney Neil S. Moss termed the diagnosis crib death, noting limited medical understanding of the condition. The child died Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Heidi Marie Hatch
Neil S. Moss
Moss
Bill to speed Vermont waterway cleanup gains push
Vermont hopefuls say federal water pollution measure now before a House committee could accelerate the 10 year clean waters program. Vermont would receive about 15 million dollars next fiscal year and cut total program cost by roughly 20 million dollars, with action expected when Congress reconvenes January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Vermont
Youth vandals captured in Bennington incident
Bennington police apprehended several juveniles linked to vandalism at the home of Mr and Mrs David Gil 122 McCall St The youths entered the residence in the late afternoon of December 28 They removed eggs from the refrigerator and threw them at the house and porch light with a BB gun The case has been referred to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
David Gil
McCall St
Theodore Lanoue
Gil
Four Vermont college workers resign over program philosophy
Four field workers with the Vermont Regional Community College Commission in the Northeast Kingdom resign after clashing with Director Peter Smith. He says the group opposed his emphasis on formal training and admin matters, saying the program did not meet low income Vermonters needs. The commission, funded by an OEO grant, will meet January 17 in Montpelier to review the complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Smith
Northeast Kingdom
Office of Economic Opportunity
Montpelier
Obituary notices for Mrs. Reta Durward and Miss Marion Healey
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Reta Durward of Pleasant Street with burial planned in Poultney. Miss Marion L Healey, longtime Manchester Depot resident and former Healey’s Store owner, had Mass of the Resurrection in Manchester Center. Separate services for James E Hill of Manchester were conducted at Brewster Funeral Home.
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Reta Durward
Pleasant Street
Robert Durward
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Edward T. Patrick
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Linton Tefft
Edward Maynard
Leo Diussa
Joseph Latif
E.L. Nichols
Mt. Anthony
Eastern Star
Martha Roy
Stanley Cleveland
Beatrice Gilman
Marie Williams
Adah
Lula Greenslet
Ruth
Patricia Watson
Esther
Ethel Waite
Martha
Connie Hughes
Electa
Durward
St. Paul's Church
Manchester Center
Marion L. Healey
Manchester Depot
Healey’s
Martin Clancy
Joseph Stannard
Harold Waters
Richard Spaulding
Charles Lozelle
Warren Johnson
Philip Bentley
W. E. MacLean
Roy Benson
American Legion Post 38
Manchester
Miss Healey
Catherine Carroll
Dellwood Cemetery
Harned Fowler Post
Auxiliary
Brewster Funeral Home
Frances Mitchell
Marion Jennings
Ethel Bowen
Mary West
Father Clancy
James E. Hill
Obituaries and community notices from Bennington region
Obituary notices report the death of Isaac Norton Bartlett 76 of Manchester Depot a longtime creamery manager and 4-H leader with 40 years service in Vermont community roles. Other items announce Mrs. Kilpatrick’s death in Orange New Jersey and local public notices include club meetings elections and advertisements for political candidates and local services.
Hospital Notes and Local Admissions at Bennington Area
Wednesday special at Minit Car Wash on 124 North Bennington Road offers ae wax for 50 cents extra. Admissions include Mrs. Mary E. Kramer Eagle Bridge New York Mrs. Patricia Drake Bennington Mrs. Mildred Bushee North Bennington and Mrs. Mary Heaslip Manchester Center. Discharges feature Carlton Rockwell Shaftsbury and Miss Joan LaVigne Bennington. Births announce a daughter born January 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Morey of Danby.
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Bennington Minit
North Bennington Rd
Mary E. Kramer
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Patricia Drake
Bennington
Mildred Bushee
North Bennington
Mary Heaslip
Manchester Center
Carlton Rockwell
Shaftsbury
Joan LaVigne
Carlton Morey
Danby
Willard Morse amputee joins local veterans and clubs
Willard H Morse 20 of 201 Beech Court is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a March 1970 auto accident near Beech Street School caused the amputation of his right leg. He served in the Army at Ft Devens until last July and was active in 4 H Green Mountain Club and several Vermont groups. He is survived by wife Miriam Bartlett and a listed family. funeral set at Zion Episcopal Church Manchester Center with interment in Factory Point Cemetery vault and Greenwood Cemetery pending burial. Memorials suggested to 4 H Foundation or Green Mountain Club.
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Isaac Norton Bartlett
Manchester Depot
Bennington County Cooperative Creamery Inc
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bartlett
Burr & Burton Seminary
Bennington County
Camp Association For
Ondawa
Sunderland
Factory Point National Bank
Manchester Center
Bennington County Draft Board
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
Manchester
University of Wisconsin
Middlebury
Bennington County Cooperative
Factory Point
Maple Hill
Dorset
Adoniram Lodge
Frank Brownell
State of
Vermont
Donald Dorr
Willard H
Morse
Beech Court
Beech Street
Ft. Devens
Mass
Miriam Bartlett
Richmond
George
Glenwood
N.Y
Miriam Reynells
Springfield
Bruce Phalen
Wilmington
Del
Zion Episcopal Church
Robert L. Clayton
Greenwood Cemetery
Bristol
Brewster Funeral Home
Zion Parish
4-H
UVM
Federal Building
South St
Bennington
Green Mountain Club
Merchants Row
Rutland
Christ the King Church
Calvary Cemetery
Aldous Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Rutland and Hoosick Falls figures
Multiple death notices from Rutland and Hoosick Falls detail the passing of Martin McCue a Rutland Rescue Squad officer and of 88 year old Charles W Witbeck a Hoosick Falls bakery operator. McCue born 1946 in Rutland died after illness with services pending in Rutland. Witbeck a longtime Hoosick Falls resident and Masonic member died at Utica Masonic Home with arrangements through Robson Home for Funerals Hoosick Falls. Additional notices include Daisy Ella Marsha widow of George W Marsha of Wilmington who died at Rutland Hospital after a brief illness with service details and survivors listed.
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Martin McCue
Killington Ave
Rutland
Bennington
Rutland Hospital
Leo
Agnes (Ducharme) McCue
Mount St. Joseph Academy
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Charles W. Witbeck
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Utica
Fly Summit
Johnsonville
Church Street
Witbeck
van Rensselaer Lodge F&am
First United Church, Presbyterian
Clara Patterson
Loretta Curtis
Robson Home
Robert Springer
Maple Grove Cemetery
Daisy Ella Marsha
Wilmington
George W. Marsha
Mayflower Chapter
Order Eastern Star
Earl Streeter
Inez Ware
Greenfield
Mass
Helen Whitman
Wilmington First Baptist Church
Covey Funeral Home
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R-Vt
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Mallary
Senate
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Bismarck
N.D
Bernice Asbridge
Kennebunk Beach
Muskie
Maine
New Hampshire
George J. Mitchell
Robert Schram
Donald E. Nicoll
Milton F. Gwertzman
Crisman
Immunity
OEO College Workers Air
Robert Durward Sr
Area Funerals
F&am of
Harold Harwood
Floyd Eastman
George Lawrence Jr
Walter Hayes
Stanley Hinkley
I.N. Bartlett
Harry J. Kilpatrick
Orange
N.J
Mary Purcell
John
Norma Purcell
Bronx
William P. Hogan
St. John’s Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Bennington Briefs
United Counseling Service
George Skrzypek
The
Opportunity Council
North Street
J. William O’brien
U.S. Senate
POL
Plante Jewelers
School St
Main St
Putnam Block
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Union
POL. Adv
Fairdale Farms
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