Davis Heads Speakers at Forum on Local Government Financing
Governor Deane C. Davis leads a Montpelier forum on financing local government January 24 in the House. Extension Director Robert P. Davison chairs. topics cover tax proposals, town services financing, inter town cooperation, and state responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Montpelier
Deane C. Davis
House of Representatives
Robert P. Davison
University of Vermont
Advisory Committee On
Vermont Community Affairs
H. Warren Scribner
Recorders
Keith Wallace
Vermont State Farm Bureau
James Monahan
Frances Patry
League of Women Voters
William H. Schmidt
Windham Regional Planning and Development Commission
Jonathan Brownell
Central Vermont Planning Commission
Governor’s Office
Miss Hurlburt Swaps Skidmore For Colgate
Saratoga Springs N Y Miss Lillian E Hurburt of Bennington is among 56 Skidmore College women who will attend Colgate University for men during the January winter term in the first student exchange between the two colleges An equal number of Colgate men will attend Skidmore during the four week term The winter term is a new development at Skidmore and Colgate views it as a step toward co education Miss Hurlburt Class of 1969 is daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul R Hurlburt of 206 Putnam Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Lillian E. Hurburt
Bennington
Skidmore College
Colgate University
Colgate
Skidmore
Hurlburt
Paul R. Hurlburt
Putnam St
Rescue Squad Handles 79 December Calls and Distances
The Bennington Rescue Squad answered 79 calls in December assisting 79 people. Sixty one were transported locally, two to Albany, one to Pittsfield, one to Mary Fletcher Burlington, seven home, seven to nursing homes. Total 180 hours and 1571 miles. Last year they handled 861 calls with 1810 hours and 15855 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Albany Medical Center
Pittsfield General
Mary Fletcher
Burlington
Navyman Mack Off Vietnam Coast
Fireman Apprentice Russell Mack of Bennington serves aboard USS Newport News off Vietnam. The heavy cruiser bombarded a 22 mile stretch southeast of Phu Vihn in the Mekong Delta, destroying 16 enemy structures and sinking 34 sampans during a four day operation before returning to duty on the line in Southeast Asia. The ship, based in Norfolk, Virginia, was on six months leave and upkeep beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Mack
USN
Russell E. Mack
Dewey St
Bennington
Newport News
Vietnam
Phu Vihn
Mekong Delta
Southeast Asia
U.S
Norfolk, Va
Two Youths Sentenced In Petty Larceny Cases
In Bennington District Court two youths faced petty larceny charges. Charles L. Clayborn, 17, of Pownal received a suspended 4 to 6 month sentence and probation for stealing under $100 from LeBlanc's Auto Wrecking on May 26. William E. Thomson, 17, of North Bennington pleaded guilty to petty larceny at Pic 'n Pac in Bennington on Dec. 8, with a 4 to 6 month term suspended and probation, plus restitution and Probation Department program recommendations. Several traffic offenses were disposed of with fines and suspensions, including drivers from Bennington, Old Bennington, Shaftsbury, and Arlington, plus a Detroit note ending with a murder arraignment.
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Bennington District Court
Charles L. Clayborn
Pownal
LeBlanc
North Bennington Road
William BE. Thomson
North Bennington
Pic 'N Pac
Bennington
Morrissey
Robert Jenkins
Main Street
Lorraine M. Birk
Old Bennington
Cecil W. Pratt
Benningt
George E. Bushee
U.S
Bushee
Layton L. Durkee
Church Street
Tax Receipts Continue Climb In Vermont
Vermont's November monthly indicators show 11 months of 1968 tax receipts 9.8 percent higher than a year earlier. Gains are led by purchase and use tax up 39 percent, meals and rooms up 30 percent, and gasoline up 21 percent. Personal income tax rose 3.6 percent. Employment at 171,850 up 2.4 percent. unemployment at 6,050, down from 7,100. Construction contracts total 7.5 million for the month and 141.7 million year to date, up 10.3 percent. personal income also up 8.7 percent vs 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont Development Department
Bandit duo hits Dallas drive-in twice in weekend
A pair of robbers held up a Dallas drive-in grocery both nights, taking all cash and forcing the night manager to perform pushups. On the second raid they took the manager’s wallet but later relented, demanding 105 pushups instead of the prior 120. The same store and night manager were targeted again and again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Bennington Area Unemployment 17 Percent Lower In 1968
Vermont unemployment compensation data shows Bennington area total or partial unemployment dropping 17 percent from 1967. Weekly benefits averaged 38.48 dollars for 17 weeks, 1,588 new unemployment spells were recorded, and eight-four claimants exhausted benefits. The Bennington office serves all of Bennington County with weekly itinerant service in Arlington and Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester
Brande Joins Champlain Committee
Charlotte Justin Brande of Cornwall was named consultant and coordinator for the Lake Champlain Committee. A Williams College graduate who has farmed in Vermont since 1951, Brande chairs the Vermont Natural Resources Council and will help assemble a slide presentation titled The Lake Champlain Story. The group aims to cut water pollution and conserve Champlain Valley resources as over 1,000 members support co chairs Blake Lawrence and Lt. Gen. Bertrand Fay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Lake Champlain
Justin Brande
Cornwall
Brande
Williams College
Vermont
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Champlain Valley
Blake Lawrence
Bertrand T. Fay
Westport
N.Y
Hazelton Hazelton Fox Engage North Bennington Bride-to-be
Mr and Mrs Alfred Hazelton of R D 1 North Bennington announce the engagement of their daughter Cheryl Elaine to Timothy John Fox son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fox of Woodford Road Bennington Miss Hazelton is a senior at Mt Anthony Union High School His fiancé is a 1968 graduate of Mt Anthony and is employed at The Bennington Banner A late June wedding is planned
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North Bennington
Alfred Hazelton
R.D
Cheryl Elaine
Timothy John Fox
Joseph Fox
Woodford Road
Bennington
Miss Hazelton
Mt. Anthony Union High School
The
Bennington Banner
Dr. Baker Honored By Surgeons' Group
Dr. Dudley M. Baker of 304 South St Bennington was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons at the annual meeting in New York City on January 20. A total of 349 Fellows were inducted during the academy’s 36th meeting at the Americana of New York. The academy is the nation’s largest medical society for bone and joint surgery and Fellows must have passed the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery exam.
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New York
Dudley M. Baker
South St
Bennington
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
New York City
Academy
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Kroehler
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Main St
Miss Hurlburt
Drysdale’s
Adams Clothes Shop
Mack
Bennington Welcome Wagon Club
Charles McPhail
William McGuinness
Allen Donofrio
Roland Manejias
Shaftsbury
William B. Stiles Jr
Skyline Drive
Sandgate
Charles W. Forrest
Harold L. Moffitt
Woodford
Timothy Clarke
Robert D. Crane
Yorktown Heights
Edward F. McGuire Jr
Frank P. Biamonte
Inwood
Detroit
Jesse Hayes
Recorder’s Court
S. T. le Fore
Liddesdale
Mich
Mammoth Mart
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N.F.D.A
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Champlain
Lloyd
Cheryl E. Hazelton
Hazelton-Fox
Dr. Baker
Atkins and Gould
Jewelers
Omega Watch Center
Main St. Bennington
Orth Adams Todsag
North Adams
Mass
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