Liberty Union Candidates For Vermont Special Election
To the Editor The Banner urges vote for Doris Lake and Bernard Sanders on Friday Jan 7 in Vermont. The Liberty Union party promotes self determination free speech and dissent, environmental justice, open political process, and real change over party image. North Bennington.
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Letter to the Editor on State offices editorial
John J. De Vito from North Street congratulates The Banner on the January 3 editorial More Scattering of state offices, saying it hits the nail on the head.
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Home Needed Desperately For Three Children
Desperate plea seeks a new permanent home for three small children after a December fire left their guardian homeless. Keith Merrow of 138 McCall St Bennington appeals for a kind, loving foster or adoptive family to provide stability and a safe home.
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Keith Merrow
McCall St. Bennington
Treat the cause not the effect letter to the editor
Carol Longtin of Gore Road Bennington responds to Mrs. Gerald McCue's anti abortion letter in The Banner. She argues not all are Catholic or believers and questions processing only through abortion denial. She urges focus on birth control to address root causes rather than consequences.
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Sanders Seeks to Force Vermont Issues Debate in Senate Run
Vermont candidate Bernard Sanders of Burlington tells United Press International he would push major parties to discuss real issues. He calls Stafford and Major identical and cowardly and urges a national reordering of priorities to fight poverty and raise living standards. He favors non profit utilities and a $6500 family of four income, withdrawal from Vietnam, and expanded rights including abortion access in federally funded hospitals.
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Newport Jazz Festival moves to New York City
Newport event will shift its main nine day program to Manhattan this summer with 600 musicians performing in Carnegie Hall Yankee Stadium and selected city venues. A one day Newport festival remains planned. Police dispersed a riot last year ending the Newport show.
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Green Berets invade Maine in mock war drills at ski area
A UPI report describes two hundred Green Berets from Fort Devens training at Sunday River and a 900 member Marine landing at Reid State Park as part of winter survival and Operation Snowy Beach. Navy ships will practice offshore maneuvers with ecological cautions signed by state officials.
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Vermont Driver Education Funding Faces Mandate Threat
In Montpelier UPI report Education Commissioner Joseph H. Oakey warned that driver education could be dropped if not funded by the state. He defended the department his $630000 request for a statewide program mandatory in all districts while noting the department seeks $46.7 million in its budget and that state aid to education totals $29.7 million.
Two men charged in $1000 armed robbery in Weybridge
Clifton A. Dragon and Gerald Munson were jailed on $10,000 bail each and were to appear in District Court in Middlebury today to answer charges from the New Year’s Eve robbery and assault of Louis Bergevin and his wife Jeanne. A third suspect, described as a transient, had a warrant outstanding. The couple were held hostage as two masked gunmen rifled their safe while watching television.
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Mallary pledges a full-time Vermont constituent office
Mallary pledged that if elected he would maintain a full-time Vermont office staffed by a special assistant with regular hours at multiple locations. The office would meet with residents needing help in Washington and report daily to the congressman. He made the promise at the Montpelier dinner. Taxpayers statewide except Burlington can call 800-642-3110 for IRS tax info and assistance.
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Power outage hits 5100 in New York towns including West Lebanon
About 5,100 residents in West Lebanon and nearby communities like Petersburg Berlin Stephentown Canaan Chatham and West Lebanon lost electricity for roughly four hours Tuesday night due to a fallen wire on a transmission line. In Albany 250 Albany High School Annex students evacuated a fire in the three story brick building area of concern on a Tuesday afternoon. In Troy the Rensselaer County legislature created a committee to study buying the old Leonard Hospital for a county health complex to include public health mental health and drug abuse services plus a senior adults home
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Troy
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Berkshire County to expand health dept to county system
Berkshire County Commissioners approve a plan to widen the city health department into a county wide system. Mayor Butler backs the move to keep Dr. Harold F. Stein as health commissioner full time with proposed pay around 35 000 to 40 000.
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