Mallary Wins First Battle In House Vote on Committees
In Montpelier Vermont House Speaker Richard Mallary led a 5 1 party line vote on a committee reorganization changing Public Health and Social Welfare into Health and Welfare and creating a Commerce Committee. The vote 121 24 followed days of debate with opposition from Rep. Westphall and Simpson. Mallary aims to assign all Republican chairmen under a winner take all approach.
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Mallary
Fred Westphall
Elmore
Mally
Mallory
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Westphall
House
Fred Hackett
South Burlington
Health and Social Welfare
Health and Welfare Committee
Simpson
Vermont
Department of Social Welfare
Republican Party
Development Department
House Commerce Committee
Jupiter Visible Shadow Trails Galilean Moons
Astronomy notes Jupiter's position improves for viewing as all four Galilean moons align to cast shadows on the planet. Transits show the satellite as a bright spot while its shadow appears dark. The inner satellites heavily eclipse Jupiter each revolution, and occultations occur when a satellite disappears behind the disk.
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Jupiter
State officials react to regional junior high study plan
Arlington voters face a proposal that four towns Manchester Dorset Peru and Sunderland join a study to form a union district for a regional junior high. Education leaders voiced concern about overcrowding and Burr and Burton Seminary while urging swift state approval to prevent premature splintering among Area 26 towns. Other communities in the study area include Wells Pawlet Danby Mount Tabor Rupert Sandgate Arlington and Winhall.
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Arlington
Richard Gibboney
Rupert Spencer
State Department of Education
Manchester
Dorset
Peru
Sunderland
Neil Cross
Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union
Rotary Hears Of Specialized Treatment In Small Town Hospital
Dr. Oakley Frost of Putnam Memorial Hospital told a Rotary Club that specialized medical treatments are increasingly available in small towns. He cited vascular surgery now possible locally to treat hardened arteries and predicted Bennington will soon have a brain surgeon. He noted early detection can prevent crippling strokes and restore circulation, urging continued progress.
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Oakley Frost
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Rotary Club
Putnam Hospital
Frost
Bennington
Bennington Hospital
Obituary: Margaret G. Burns 1888 Hoosick Falls
Mrs. Margaret G Burns 78 of 5 Manton Street Hoosick Falls died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington widow of Timothy Burns born April 6 1888 to Thomas and Ellen Flynn attended St Marys Academy survived by sister Mrs Ira Granger and brother Lawrence Flynn of Hoosick Falls along with several nieces and nephews friends may call Sunday at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home services Monday at 9 am Requiem Mass 9 30 in Church of the Immaculate Conception burial in St Marys Cemetery
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Margaret G. Burns
Manton St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Timothy Burns
Thomas
Ellen (Powers) Flynn
St. Mary’s Academy
Leo J. Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Funeral Rites For Daminas At St Margaret Marys
Requiem Mass for Joseph Michael Daminas was held at St. Margaret Marys Church with Rev. Gerald Buckley presiding. Committal prayers followed at St. Columbans Cemetery. Bearers included Medric and Stanley Grover Patrick Keough and Dwaine Hawley. Rosary was recited at the home of Daminas’ daughter Mrs Andrew Webb. Burial set for spring in the family plot at St. Columbans.
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Arlington — A
St. Margaret Mary’s
Joseph Michael Daminas
Gerald Buckley
St. Columban’s
Medric
Stanley Grover
Patrick Keough
Dwaine Hawley
Buckley
Andrew Webb
Daminas
Holy Name Society
St. Columbans
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Bennington Briefs Include Airman Nason Arrival and Local Ski News
Word reaches Bennington that Airman J C James Nason and family of Tokyo will arrive about Jan 25 and Nason will be stationed at Nellis AFB after leave. Anthony W Wigger awaits secret school approval at Corry Field Pensacola Florida. Stratton Mountain reports 15 to 40 inch base with new powder and mixed skiing conditions. Bennington Friends of Retarded Children move offices to 238 Ben Mont Ave and hours 8:30 to 5. Prospect Mountain notes two inches of new powder on a 5 to 14 inch base with all trails open. Little League meeting postponed to Jan 18 with place to be announced. Child Life Shoes inventory sale and King Shoe Service advertise footwear, repairs, and skate sharpening.
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Joseph King
Woodford
J.C. James Nason
Tokyo
Japan
Bennington
Nason
Nellis Afb
Las Vegas
Nev
Baby
Kings
Stratton Mountain
Prospect Mountain
Bijur Buys Land for New Plant Site in Rochelle Park
Bijur Lubricating Corp moved closer to a new plant by purchasing 29 acres northwest of the Park Street Lover's Lane intersection. Land known as the Nathan Smith farm was optioned since mid last year as plans, led from Rochelle Park headquarters, advance.
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Bijur Lubricating Corp
Park Street
Lover’s Lane
Leo Reifenberg
Nathan Smith
Bijur
Reifenberg
South Street
Corporation
Rochelle Park
N.Y
Thomas Rogers
Arlington school district gains in state aid correction
Arlington Town School District learned from Supt Leon Wagner that a state Taxes error yields $5,900 more in state aid this year. Earlier, the district faced $11,070 less than last year and $17,593 less than budget estimates, prompting a petition to Tax Commissioner Gerald Witherspoon. The retroactive payment cannot arrive before July 1, but at least $5,900 plus last month’s $42,407 check should come next year, leaving a $5,000 shortfall versus last year.
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Arlington
Leon Wagner
State Department of
Arlington Town
Gerald Witherspoon
Harvard Dean Buys Property In Bennington
Franklin L. Ford dean of Harvard arts and sciences buys the former Feeley home on Murphy Road in Bennington with Eleanor R. Ford. Mrs Feeley now lives in an apartment at the old North Bennington firehouse, a studio home. Ford, 47, a historian and teacher, has been a Bennington College trustee since 1962 and taught there 1949 to 1952. The Fords live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Harvard
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Franklin L. Ford
Bennington
Helen W. Feeley
Paul Feeley
Dean Ford
Eleanor R. Ford
Feeleys
Murphy Road
Feeley
North Bennington
Ford
Bennington College
The
Fords
Cambridge
Mass
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