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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1977

Page

3

Ex- Red Army lieutenant Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne to speak

Eta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma hosts Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne at Colgate Hall First Baptist Church on Wednesday with state president Miss Esther Urie attending. Wayne, a Russian born actress, author and war nurse, will discuss education and women's roles in the USSR. She will also visit Mt. Anthony Union High School and Catamount Elementary School on Thursday and speak at the Vermont Library Association Friday.

Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne Eta Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma Esther Urie Colgate Hall First Baptist Church Mrs. Wayne Russia Leningrad Institute of Theatre Arts Vassily Stalin Soviet Russia Times Ussr Women Educators’ Society

Bennington Community Notices and Club Meetings

Vermont State Police Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Shaftsbury barracks conference room. FOE Aerie 1861 officers meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Eagles rooms. business follows at 8. Junior high intramural basketball at Mt. Anthony gym Tuesday 6:30 to 9. Cross country ski touring class begins Wednesday at the Rec Center 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fee $15. Army Pvt. Robert C. Wheeler, husband of Carole Wheeler of 211 Maple St., completed a 10-week turret maintenance course at Ft. Knox Ky. Wheeler entered the Army last June. Women of the Moose meet 7:30 Wednesday night at the Moose home, Dr. William F. Wolfe, 205 Northside Drive, Bennington. Mt. Anthony Country Club open for dinners 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. Stuffed shrimp specialty. Davey Oil pumps fuel at 41.9 cents. The Shea Agency Inc. 503 Main St. Bennington offers contents coverage.

Army Robert C. Wheeler Carole Wheeler Maple St Army Armor School Ft. Knox Wheeler Mt. Anthony Country Club

Bennington LWV schedules Jan meetings on Congress issues

The Bennington unit of the League of Women Voters will meet Tuesday Jan 18 at 7 30 p m at Barbara Dyson home 10 Pine Circle East to discuss U S Congress workings and upcoming legislation led by Kate Nash chairwoman of the national item on representative government. The northern unit meets Thursday Jan 20 at 10 a m at Marion Smith home in Shaftsbury for the same discussion and invites the public to attend.

Bennington League of Women Voters Barbara Dyson Pine Circle East U.S. Congress Kate Nash Marion Smith Shaftsbury

Bennington Bride Weds in Woodford Hollow Church

Darlene Rogers daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert M Olin of Bennington became the bride of Peter E Jaenecke son of Mr and Mrs Max Bachman of Brooklyn at 3 p.m. December 4 in Woodford Hollow Church. Civil ceremony by Justice of the Peace Joseph Carroll. Matron of honor Beverly Johnson and best man Peter Liedman. The couple, both employed at Union Carbide, will reside in an unspecified home.

Vocational grant applications taken

Applications are being accepted for fellowships funded by the Federal Education Professions Act for graduate work in vocational leadership development beginning summer or fall 1977. Each awardee may receive a $4,000 stipend plus dependent allowances, with one Vermont awardee and two alternates to be nominated.

Burlington Arthur W. Ericson Vermont Division of Vocational-Technical Education University of Vermont Vermont

United States Bathtub Milestone Notch Dates 1840

United Press International notes a curious historical fact that the United States did not obtain its first bathtub until 1840. The datum highlights early domestic plumbing progress and reflects developing household comforts in the era.

United States

Mondale among 12 best dressed men in nation

Vice President elect Walter Mondale is named one of 12 best dressed men by the Fashion Foundation of America while President elect Carter is left off for wearing too many jeans. New York Mayor Beame is cited for unruffled style amid the city’s money crisis. other winners include Angel Cordero Rudolf Nureyev Paul Newman and Tony Orlando.

New York UPI Walter Mondale Fashion Foundation of America Jimmy Carter Abraham Beame New York City Angel Cordero Rudolf Nureyev Paul Newman Screen Edward W. Brooke Rmass Lowell Thomas Communications Walter Hoving Tiffany’s Society Frank Sinatra Entertainment John L.R. Macomber Inter-Continental Hotel Corp Tony Orlando Television

January thaw unlikely as arctic air grips New England

Weatherman warns the January thaw may not arrive soon as arctic Canadian air keeps conditions cold with winds 25 to 35 mph. Snow storms since Christmas left footprints on sidewalks while schools reopen. hearings on road salt use in Massachusetts aim to balance hypertension risks and environmental damage.

New England Tom DeGregorio National Weather Service Boston Marion Fahey

UVM Historian Series On Revolutionary War Begins

Burlington historian Neil R. Stout of the University of Vermont releases The Perfect Crisis: The Beginning of the Revolutionary War from New York University Press. The study spans December 1773 to April 1775, detailing radical campaigns, propaganda, and early preparations that led to independence. The work cites both American and English sources and includes 16 illustrations from the Bailey Library. Stout, a Harvard and Wisconsin alum, joined UVM in 1964 after teaching at Texas A&M, and writes on naval history, historiography, and preservation.

Burlington Neil R. Stout University of Vermont New York University Press Lexington and Concord Stout Bailey Harvard University of Wisconsin Texas A & M University UVM

Vermonters seek local bans on nuclear transit and storage

Vermonters for Safe Power circulate petitions in Burlington to place a March 1 ballot question banning atomic wastes within city limits and construction of nuclear facilities. Castleton Brattleboro Jamaica voters also consider nuclear waste transport and plant handling bans tied to state and federal authority.

Vermont Vermonters For Safe Power Burlington Castleton Brattleboro Jamaica Windham County Vermont Yankee Vernon

Fatal school bus crash probed on two levels

A Burke school bus crash that killed 12 year old Brian Noyes and injured five classmates drew state and federal investigations. UPI reports U.S. Transportation Department and state police will assess the scene, bus condition, and causes on arrival from Buffalo. Shelly Proud, 9, remains hospitalized with a broken leg.

ST. Johnsbury UPI Burke U.S. Transportation Department Buffalo N.Y Brian Noyes West West Burke Elementary School Vermont Shelly Proud West Burke

Vermont Tomorrow debated by Bennington Rotarians

At the Jan 14 meeting Catharine Foster and Fred Stocking explored Vermont energy and economic futures. The discussion covered energy sources from hydroelectric to solar and wood burning and questioned growth versus stabilization. No decisions were made as members bantered in good humor.

Bennington Catharine O. Foster Fred Stocking Vermont Kelton B. Miller Tim Smith Mrs. Foster Stocking

Bennington Native Honored in SAC Maintenance Unit

Former Bennington resident Senior Master Sergeant David D. Bugbee, a 1957 Bennington High School graduate, serves as metalworking superintendent at Loring AFB Maine with SAC’s 42nd field maintenance squadron. The squadron was named SAC’s best field maintenance unit for outstanding aircraft maintenance support based on effectiveness evaluations and inspections.

Bennington Air Force Strategic Air Command SAC David D. Bugbee Bennington High School Ethel M. Bugbee Jessie A. Bugbee Woodford Loring Air Force Base Maine

Law group forms New England Legal Foundation

Leaders from business, law, politics, and academia announce the New England Legal Foundation a nonprofit to participate in court actions affecting regional economic well being. Edward J. King outlines aims while 13 directors including Wallace Barnes Louis Cabot and Gov Philip Noel are named.

Boston New England Edward J. King New England Council For Economic Development King New England Legal Foundation NELF Wallace Barnes Barnes Group Inc Bristol, Conn Louis W. Cabot the Cabot Corp Mass James B. Curtin The Southern New England Telephone Company Hartford, Conn John Dane Jr Choate, Hall and Stewart Thomas M. Debevoise Vermont Law School South Royalton Daniel E. Hogan Standex International Corp Andover New England Council Francis L

Lane Mfg. Co. Plant Burns in Montpelier Fire

A century-old Lane Manufacturing Co plant in Montpelier was destroyed by a fire that raged Saturday night into Sunday, with 150 to 200 firefighters tackling the blaze. No injuries reported as surrounding buildings remained untouched and investigators review the cause.

Montpelier UPI Lane Manufacturing Co

Forecast For New England Brings Bitter Cold Wind

UPI reports the National Weather Service extends a forecast for Boston and New England showing mostly fair skies but bitterly cold conditions on Wednesday Thursday and Friday.

Boston UPI New England National Weather Service

Aide named by humanities group HYDE PARK

Charles Fish of Dummerston is named assistant director of the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues. A native of Essex Junction, he studied at Northwestern Oxford and Princeton, taught at Princeton, and was academic dean at Worcester? actually Windham College. Since 1976 he has been a program consultant for the council advising community groups under the grant program. He will work with Victor Swenson in program development conference planning and college relations.

Vermont Council Fish Victor Swenson

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Red Army Dmitri Shostakovich Leningrad Kyra P. Wayne Bennington Briefs Vermont State Police Auxiliary Shaftsbury Barracks FOE Aerie 1861 Eagles Rooms Mt. Anthony Rec Center Women of the Moose Moose Home William F. Wolfe Northside Drive Monument Plaza ADV Davey Oil Shea Agency Inc Main St LWV Liedman of Plattsburgh, N.Y Union Carbide Peter E. Jaenecke Gerald R. Fuller VOTEC United Press International Weatherman Massachusetts Royal Navy America Annapolis University New England Historical Association Law Foundation Humanities Our Eagle Street North Adams Tyle Hoppe Kodak Instant Rai Kodak Paul Main Street
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