Senate Unit Hears Testimony on Mail Order Drug Proposal
In Montpelier the Senate Health and Welfare Committee prepares to hear a bill allowing Vermonters to buy mail order drugs, countering Pharmacy Board rules. Attorney General James M. Jeffords drafted the measure at Sen Stovan Towne’s request amid BROC challenges and disputes over out-of-state drug purchases for the elderly and poor.
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Senate
Montpelier
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
James M. Jeffords
Stovan Christowe
Windham County
Pharmacy Board
Jeffords
Bennington - Rutland
Herbert J. Fienberg
Burlington
BROC
Zoning Hearing Set for Feb 17 in Bennington
Bennington Selectmen named February 17 for a public hearing on a proposed permanent zoning ordinance after two years of planning. They criticized Village Trustees for delaying dog and garbage regulations that would apply townwide, with fees to cover landfill costs and enforcement.
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Bennington
Town Planning Commission
Commission
Lawrence Moore
Technical Planning Associates
Planning Commission
Vermont Planning and Development Act
Edward R. Lamb
Norton Barber
Barber
Lamb
Church Council Plans Lent Series and Out-of-Town Conference
The Bennington County Council of Churches executive board meets to plan for Lent and its February out-of-town conference on Feb 20 21. A Good Friday gathering at St Peter's Episcopal aims to unite Christian groups in mutual sorrow over divisions. The Lent program led by Rev Vel Steece and others will be at the Shaftsbury Methodist Church with a show format featuring Woody Allen and Janet Margolin at local theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County Council of Churches
Council of Churches
First United Methodist
Shaftsbury
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Bennington
Thomas Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Arvel M. Steece
Old First Church
Roy Bergquist
Angus MacDonald
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Mt Anthony High School Concert January 22 at Walker Auditorium
Mt Anthony Union High School music department presents a January 22 concert at 7 30 p m in Walker Morgan auditorium featuring 175 junior high students in band chorus orchestra and small ensembles. Symphony in D minor by Sammartini will be played by the orchestra along with choir selections and band pieces including music from Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky. Music staff Stevens Card Miss Libbie Perry Mrs Gail Robinson and Warren Robinson assisted. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Walker - Morgan
Sammartini
Boris Godounov
Moussorgsky
Steven Card
Libbie Perry
Gail Robinson
Warren Robinson
Davis budget outlines deficit plan and new funding
The Davis plan aims to wipe out most of the deficit by end of the first term with only 3 million left. It allocates 60.7 million to localities, 27.2 million in state education aid and highway programs, plus 600 thousand for conservation, seven new water resources and health positions, 4.5 million for corrections, 1.8 million for state employee raises, 311,892 for district attorney system, and 300,000 for judiciary staff. The document also for the first time itemizes state expenditures by program.
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Davis
Food Stamp Funds Missing In Brattleboro
Brattleboro police investigate the disappearance of 3241 from CABA headquarters on Frost Street. The state Welfare Department now handles sale of federal food stamps after CABA ran the program for nearly two years. Cash and checks totaling 3241.50 were taken from the home of Clinton K. Smith, the town’s voluntary food stamp chairman.
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Brattleboro
Community Action Brattleboro Area
CABA
State Welfare Department
Frost Street
Clinton K. Smith
Ecology Action's bold plan to curb pollution in Vermont
Ecology Action leader Dodge outlines tactics to raise social consciousness and cut car pollution. Proposals include traffic surveys under a Green Mountain Department of Traffic Surveys, lead-free gasoline pushes, and protests like the Woodstock Inn picket. The group backs public transit, hitchhiking, and a potential National State of Emergency to address the environmental crisis. Dodge warns the American dream of perpetual growth may be a myth, urging a psychocultural shift and recognition of human interdependence with nature.
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Ecology Action
State Highway Department
Green Mountain
Dodge
New Woodstock Inn
Laurance Rockefeller
Vermont
Hospital Notes January 14 1970 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions Paul Hyde Margaret Morse Clara Littlefield Robert Flan ders Joseph Brimmer Benn ington Mary Ellen Lally Old Bennington Juanita Minor Hoo sick Falls discharges Lillian West Mrs Patricia Harrington and son Mrs Lila Cestone and son Joyce Jones Shaftsbury Mable Brogue Petersburg N Y births Mr and Mrs Henry Brace White Creek NY a daughter Jan 14 Mr and Mrs Michael Madison 309 Safford St a son Jan 14 Mr and Mrs James Cropper Elm Street a son Jan 14 Mr Cropper serving in US Army Mr and Mrs Norbert Lacrouse Shaftsbury a son Jan 14 Mr and Mrs Albert Fancher Manchester a daughter Jan 14
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Paul Hyde
Margaret Morse
Clara Littlefield
Robert Flanders
Joseph Brimmer
Bennington
Mary Ellen Lally
Old Bennington
Juanita Minor
Hoosick Falls
Henry Brace
White Creek
N.Y
Michael Madison
Safford St
Jan
James Cropper
Elm Street
Cropper
U.S. Army
Norbert Lacrouse
R.D
Shaftsbury
Albert Fancher
Manchester
Anthropologist Explores Lapland Cold and Culture
William E. Osgood, Goddard College librarian, recounts a 1968-69 Lapland sabbatical exploring technology's impact on a reindeer herding society across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Soviet Union. He notes adaption challenges, hopeful Nordic aid, and unique Finnish hospitality amid long winters and the 55 day polar night.
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McCullough
William E. Osgood
Goddard College
Plainfield
Lapland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Soviet Union
Osgood
Laos
Red Cross first aid course opens this week in Bennington
Red Cross state director Bud Croseup leads a first aid course running tonight 7 to 10 and continuing Friday and next week Monday Tuesday Wednesday. Open to any interested enroll. Brodie Mountain reports excellent ski conditions with lifts and trails in use daily and nightly. F O Eagles aerie 1861 books a dance Saturday 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Eagles rooms with George O'Brien orchestra and buffet lunch.
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Red Cross
First Aid
Everett ‘Bud’? Croseup
Brodie Mountain
F.O. Eagles Aerie 1861
Eagles
George O’brien
Pownal Votes in March on Cut Back School Addition
Pownal school directors will seek 580000 from voters at Town Meeting for the town's share of a reduced school addition. A cluster of five classrooms was cut along with cafeteria and locker room additions to lower the cost from 1 million total. Director Vincent Pizzano voiced reservations but said action was needed to gain voter acceptance.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
Center School
Vincent Pizzano
Pizzano
Food Sale at MAUHS Friday To Aid Dollars for Scholars
At a Dollars for Scholars meeting the Mt. Anthony Union High School student committee announced several fundraising activities. A Friday January 16 food sale during lunch hours is the first event, sponsored by the junior class, with a winter carnival planned for February 16 to 18 and a winter ball. Proceeds benefit the scholarship fund and YMCA building drive as the drive aims for $10,000 in 1970.
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Dollars For Scholars Board
Bennington Area
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Windsor High School
Mary Burgess
YMCA
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
Superin
Vermont pay plans clash over state employee raises
The Vermont Personnel Board endorsed the Davis administration pay package of 1.8 million for fiscal 1971, while the Vermont State Employees Association backs a separate 3.4 million plan. Both proposals differ on starting pay, across the board raises, overtime, and long service bonuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simonds
Thieves Break Into Sawyer’s Flying A Station
Village police report a break in at Sawyer’s Flying A Station at 636 Main St. where thieves took about $20 in bills and two tires after entering by a west side window. Vending machines were moved but not opened. The robbery occurred between late last night and this morning. Also reported was a three car collision on Main Street at 8 22 p m involving a 1965 Ford driven by Glenn O’Dell and two parked cars a 1967 Buick owned by Gregory Guma and a 1967 Plymouth owned by Warren Buck.
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Richard T. Fleming
Mahar Funeral
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Donald Ammering
O.S.A
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Frank Mulvihill
William Gaefka
John Galvin
William Murphy
Richard Hubbard
Robert Blinstruth
Ammering
Sawyer’s
Main St
Village
Main Street
Glenn O’dell
South Stream Road
O’dell
Gregory Guma
Grant St
Warren C. Buck
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Obituaries R T Pelsue Dies at 50 Arlington
R T Pelsue 50 co owner of Arlington Industries died at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington from a heart attack. Born Arlington Oct 30 1919 he worked 28 years at Mack Molding before starting his own business. WWII trumpet player in 88th Inf Div band survived by wife Nellie Kelley, son Richard Jr Arlington daughter Ann Corliss Arlington. Funeral Saturday 2 pm at St James Episcopal Church. Burial spring Evergreen vault.
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Arlington
Richard T. Pelsue
John Haugsrud
Arlington Industries
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Seneca
Jessica
Smalley) Pelsue
Arlington Memorial High School
Mack Molding Co
Inf
St. James Episcopal Church
Arlington Lions Club
Red Mountain Lodge 63
F&am
Nellie Kelley
Richard T. Pelsue Jr
Jericho
Ann Corliss
Ivor S. Pelsue
Wilbur Pelsue
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F. Robert Flatt
Secretary of State’s Office
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Richard Thomas
Harvey D. Carter
R-32
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Flatt
Selectmen Rap
Selectmen
Joseph E. Higgins
Bennington Road
Burger Chef
Eden Park Home
Jefferson Heights
Cadiz
Church Council
Woody Allen
Janet Margolin
Allen
Harte Theatre
Butch Cassidy
The
Paul Neweman
Robert Redford
Williamstown
Mt. Anthony
Ecology
Lillian West
Patricia Harrington
Lila Cestone
Joyce Jones
Mable Brogue
Petersburg
By Tyler Resch
Scandinavia
Europe
North Cape
Utsjoki
Helsinki
Rovaniemi
Arctic Circle
Charles E. Tuttle Co
Rutland
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lucien M. Hanks
North Bennington
Bennington Briefs
Senior Citizens Center
Nonie Healy
Marg Lincoln
Jean Edmundson
Arthur Hall
MCC
Elks Club
Mount Anthony Union High
Mauhs
Cial
Lions
Liz Elwell
Cindy McCann
Sue Casey
Sue Goodkin
Lions Clubs
Bennington Village
Burton Potter
R.T. Pelsue
Arlington Ambulance Service
County National Bank
Morgan L. Barber
Morgan Lee Barber
River Road
Arthur S. Faris
Mr. Barber
Lee Barber
Katy Mae (Smith) Barber
Mass
Pownal Tanning Co
Foster’s Franks
Safford and Gage Sts
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