Kennedy praises Bennington Democrat at Vermont builders dinner
Manchester Republican House Speaker Walter Kennedy of Chelsea praised Rep. David Shaffe of Bennington as a rising star and urged re election. He criticized President Nixon, saying as a Republican it is hard to find good things to say about him and he does not back impeachment.
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Manchester
Walter ‘Peanut’ Kennedy
Chelsea
Kennedy
Southern Vermont Home Builders Association
Banner
David Shaffe
D-3 3
Bennington
Shaffe
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Margaret Pease
New England
National Prayer and Fast Committee
House
Walter Kennedy
Kennedy Keeps Options Open In Vermont Address
Senator Kennedy spoke to builders and residents praising Act 250 yet noting administration issues and budget strains ahead. He warned of potential highway fund and general fund merger, backed housing financing and gas supply for tourism, and urged local control in a state land use plan while labeling it statewide zoning. He hinted at possible gubernatorial runs and kept his political plans flexible.
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Vermont
General
Salmon
Alaska
Hawaii
Delaware
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Kennedy
Jeffords
Burgess
Billings
Old Bennington referendum on Jan 24 proceeds amid dispute
Old Bennington officials will hold the January 24 referendum on the newly adopted design control ordinance in its zoning bylaws. Spargo challenges the voter checklist and a hearing requirement, while Santarcangelo defends the use of the official town list and confirms actions taken were legal. An information meeting is set for January 21 to discuss the referendum and its background.
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Old Bennington
Thom Spargo
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Bennington
Spargo
Santarcangelo
Richard C. Thomas
Board of Civil Authority
Thomas
Church Barn
Trustees
Planning Commission
Design Control Review Board
Vermont
Manchester Village
Liberty Unionists settle stands on Vermont state issues
About 40 Liberty Union members met in Burlington to declare positions on state issues. They oppose a four year governor term, resist a second nuclear plant, and oppose Velco state takeover and PSB attorney appointments while supporting public office runs by striking construction workers and opposing a NE Telephone rate hike.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Liberty Union Party
New England Telephone Co
Bernard Sanders
Vermont Electric Power Co
Velco
Welco
Richard Snelling
R-Shelburne
Public Service Board
PSB
Vermont lunch bill eyed to aid school meals program
Gov. Salmon voiced concern over nutrition as Sen. Esther Sorrell sponsors a bill to require public schools to run lunch programs at low cost. The plan would enlist $350,000 to help renovate kitchens, with Appropriations leaders pressed to fund the effort amid tight state finances.
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Sorrell
Appropriations Committee
Senate Education Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Emory Hebard
Glover
State Education Department
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Meetings and a Health Job
The Bennington Jaycees meet tonight at 7 30 at the Club on Monument Avenue. The Bennington County Democratic Committee plans a Thursday January 17 meeting at Monument Elementary at 8 p m. The Well Baby Conference on January 11 at Second Congregational Church saw 28 children for exams and immunizations with Dr Ghosh on site. Marine Pfc Dennis J Devlin, son of Mr and Mrs Pat Devlin of 203% Division St, Bennington, reports for active duty at Camp Lejeune NC. The American Legion Auxiliary meets Tuesday at 8 p m at the Senior Citizens Community House on BenMont Ave. Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 1861 and its Auxiliary hold a joint meeting Wednesday at 7 p m after officers meet at 7 p m.
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State Department of Health
The
Bennington Home Health Agency
Second Congregational Church
Ghosh
Dennis J. Devlin
Pat Devlin
St., Bennington
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N.C
American Legion Auxiliary
Senior Citizens Community House
BenMont Ave
Order of Eagles Aerie 1861
of Aerie
Prospect Mountain Ski Club
Bennington
Ruedi Wyrsch
Mr. Snow
Lee Jorgenson
Mt. Snow
New England fuel costs hit by data gaps and rules
The New England Economic Research Office warned that oil price data delays and bureaucratic inertia at the Bureau of Labor Statistics risk higher regional prices. Lawmakers pressed for improved regional petroleum data to prove any discrimination, amid talks of energy crisis legislation and mandatory allocation rules.
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Thomas P. O’neill
D-Mass
Silvio O. Conte
R-Mass
Statistics Bureau
New England
London
O'Neill
House
Congress
O’neill
Hospital Notes January 11 1974 Admissions and Births
Admissions Guy Damon of Bennington. Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Neil Chouinard of East Arlington and sons to Mr and Mrs Bruce Gardener of Hoosick Falls and Mr and Mrs Peter Metcalf of Bennington. Discharges list several Bennington area residents. Additional names cover January 12 and 13 hospital activity across Bennington Shaftsbury Wilmington North Bennington Pownal Hoosick Falls and surrounding towns.
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Guy Damon
Bennington
Robert Kalinowski
Melissa Stratton
Shaftsbury
Tammie Wright
Arlington
Ernest Phillips
Dorset
Stuart Brown
Wilmington
Emma Michaels
Petersburg
N.Y
Raymond R. Pine
Hoosick Falls
Michelle Carpenter
Ed Forrest
Daisy Welch
North Bennington
Heather Smith
Marjorie Bingham
Eagle Bridge
Raymond Buchko
Somerville
N.J
Linda Dickenson
Louis Hebert
Florence Jones
Pownal
Todd Singleton
North Pownal
Patricia Mulready
Neil Chouinard
East Arlington
Bruce Gardener
Robert Blinstrad
Peter Metcalf
Hunt St
Obituary: Lawrence Leonard 64 Somerset Dam caretaker dies
Lawrence L. Leonard of 127 Dewey St. dies after long illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital. He grew up in Somerset, gatekeeper of the dam since 1931, also meteorological observer for the U S Weather Bureau for 30 years, and member of several local orders. He leaves wife Lulu, two sons, a grandson, and siblings. Funeral from Mahar & Son Funeral Home with burial in Southview Cemetery. A second obituary notes Anna Obermeier 68 of Buskirk died at Mary McClellan Hospital after a long illness. arrangements pending.
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Lawrence L. Leonard
Dewey St
Somerset
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mr. Leonard
Burt Leonard
Somerset Dam
Jacksonville
New England Power Co
Power Company
Lulu Macteer
Wilmington
Bennington
Burt
Sophronia (Minor) Leonard
New England Power
Leonard
U.S. Weather Bureau
F & AM
Mt. Anthony
Masons
Cairo
Temple of Shriners
Rutland
Loyal Order of Moose
Sandra E
Hartford
Mahar & Son Funeral
Richard D. Campbell
First United Methodist Church
Anna Obermeier
Buskirk
N.Y
Jacob Obermeier
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
Germany
Max Obermeier
Eagle Bridge
Mahar
Hoosick Falls
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Business Survey
Breard Hawks
Hawks
Mary Donavan
Wills Agency
William Hoisington
Hoisington
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Jaycees
Monument Avenue
Bennington County
Democratic Committee
Monument Elementary School
Cephas Kent
New York
Dean Fausett
Steven Rollis
North Clarendon
Fairgrounds
Route 7
Rollis
Harwood Hill
Sylvia Berini
Thomas P. Salmon
Elizabeth Knutson
MAU
Mt. Anthony Union High School
George A. Sleeman
Prospect Club
Fausett
State Historic Sites Commission
House Natural Resources Committee
Thomas H. Foster
Agnew
White House
Maryland
Park Street
Roland Becker
Park
Henry A. Pinsonneault
Bennington Town
Republican Committee
South Street
Margaret Lillie
Marion Charest
Moira Jean Behen
Lawrence Leonard
Southview Cemetery
North Adams
Mass
American Cancer Society
Funeral Home Office
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