Barrows Block Fire in Brattleboro Explains Unknown Origin
Brattleboro Fire Inspector Rodney Lawrence cannot determine the exact cause of the Barrows Block fire from the basement where it started at the H R Block offices. Initial leads to a faulty furnace steam pipe were ruled out as the pipe was a return line unsuitable for the heat needed, leaving the origin undetermined though not deemed suspicious. The blaze rekindled at 10 p.m. Wednesday and the building’s seven apartments evacuated safely with aid from CABA and Red Cross. two firefighters were briefly hospitalized for exhaustion and smoke inhalation, with others sustaining minor injuries and property losses.
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Rodney Lawrence
Lawrence
Barrows Block
Warren W. Pond
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Philip Rancourt
T. Howard Mattison
Jerry Remillard
Phil Rancourt
Capt
Alfred Adam
David Hanson
All States
Bennington
O’brien Construction Company
Community Action Brattleboro Area
CABA
Windham County
The
Red Cross
Adele Lackey
Vermont Farm Show Opens January 25 in Barre
Barre hosts a three day Vermont Farm Show at Municipal Auditorium with the Vermont Sheepbreeders maple sugarmakers and beekeepers associations meeting. Highlights include officer elections, talks by national and state agriculture leaders and a products contest open to Vermont residents and associations.
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Barre
State Agricultural Association
Municipal Auditorium
Vermont
William Bonde
National Wood Growers Association
Washington, D.C
Dwight Holaway
American Sheep Producers Council
Denver
Vermont Maple Sugarmakers Association
Dairymen’s Association
Vermont Department of Agriculture
Montpelier
Choosing a Carpeting for Home Comfort and Style
Family consultation guides the choice of color, size, placement, and budget for new carpeting. Haynes and Kane offers a wide range of top quality carpets, residential and commercial installations, serving Bennington area for 54 years, open 9:30 to 5:30.
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Haynes & Kane, Inc
Bennington
Sin
Vermont Revenue Up 19 Percent In First Half
Vermont finance officials report a 19 percent rise in revenue for the first half of the current fiscal year versus the same period a year ago. Accelerated tax collections approved by the legislature last year inflated results. Income tax up 14 percent and sales tax up 11 percent, adding over $5 million in extra revenue. Total first-half revenue reached $225 million, up from $199 million.
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Finance Department
Vermont seeks uses for survival biscuits disposal
In Montpelier UPI reports Vermont Civil Defense says 250 tons of 1960s survival crackers stored statewide must be disposed of as they are generally unfit for consumption. The biscuits were sent to fallout shelters and 350 tons were donated overseas in 1975. Also, Sen John Boylan introduces a bill to dismantle four of Vermont's five superagencies to reallocate functions.
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Boylan
Northern Vermont loggers threaten pullout over truck weight limits
Five large logging contractors in northern Vermont threaten to stop buying pulpwood unless state lawmakers raise truck weight limits on public highways. A spokesperson from Albany says the firms account for about three quarters of statewide pulpwood purchases and argue current limits are too low to profitably operate. The Forest Resources Advisory Council has recommended higher limits on select highways and the creation of heavy-truck corridors with priority upgrades.
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Daniels
Forest Resources Advisory Council
Convicted killer claims coercion in 1970 Sheila Allen slaying
In Albany County, Charles J. Oechler sought to withdraw his guilty plea claiming state troopers coerced his confession. He alleged stripping, beating, verbal abuse, a bag over his head, and threats to his body being thrown from a bridge. Judge John J. Clyne noted he had detailed the crime in court and asserted the confession was voluntary.
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Albany
Charles J. Oechler
Sheila Allen
Oechler
John J. Clyne
Neal's Diner Serves Peanut Soup for Carter Inauguration
In Voorheesville Neal's Diner marked Jimmy Carter's inauguration by serving peanut soup with peanuts as a topping instead of croutons. By midafternoon the diner reported its supply sold out.
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Voorheesville
Billboards to Come Down in Lenox Dale
Lenox Dale selectmen said they will wait until March 1 before seeking a court order to remove a double billboard in Lenox Dale that should have been removed in December. The sign, tied to a two year dispute over outdoor advertising, is owned by Maurice Callahan & Sons of Pittsfield which also operates billboards on Crystal Street and Pittsfield Road. If not down by month end the town may have crews topple the signs.
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Lenoxdale — Selectmen
Pittsfield
Maurice Callahan & Sons
Crystal Street
Pittsfield Road
Lenox Dale
Selectmen
Fire-ravaged West Housatonic Street block to be demolished
Pittsfield fire officials, city engineer, building inspector and an architect ruled that the apartment block at 36 to 44 West Housatonic Street must be demolished after a Tuesday fire. The fire origin is undetermined but not believed to be suspicious. Eleven tenants were displaced and a beauty shop was lost. North Adams Inflated Products Co. says it has won a federal contract worth nearly $5.7 million.
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Pittsfield
West Housatonic St
Joseph W. Coy
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