Vermont Judge Defends Six-Year Record in Bail Controversy
Vermont District Court Judge Lewis Springer defends his six-year record amid charges of leniency. He cites bail guidelines and sentencing studies as feasible, notes travel and court coverage, and faces testimony from local officials questioning courtroom fairness. Springer faces re-election with seven other district judges in a joint session.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Lewis Springer
Springer
Essex
Caledonia
Orleans
Judicial Retention Committee
Vermont Supreme Court
Denver
Dental care clinic seeks to stay at Bennington school site
The Vermont Dental Care Program clinic at Bennington Elementary faces a move due to space limits. Officials warn relocation could end new patient intake in March, noting high setup costs for permanent equipment and lack of accessible sites. Local groups explore options to retain the clinic at its current location while planning relocations.
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Vermont Dental Care
Bennington
Lea Sefert
VDCP
Vermont
Snelling critiques Carter pardon timing not intent
Governor Richard Snelling says he disagrees with President Carter’s pardon timing for draft evaders, not the intent, at a news conference in Montpelier. He also opposes teachers using physical punishment and notes that amnesty may be right for some Americans someday, though not now.
Judge says all needy eligible for fuel aid
Superior Court Judge Ernest Gibson III urged the state Social Welfare Department to provide emergency home heating fuel assistance to all needy persons, not only those with children under 21. Frank Nash of Albany and North Bennington announced a sizable grant from the Albany Academy Alumni Association to support his research on Civil War soldiers from Albany Academy. Nash, a North Bennington High and Middlebury College graduate, is the son of Mrs. Edward Nash of Prospect Street, North Bennington. Andrew J. Pendergast, formerly of Bennington, died Jan. 22 in Holyoke, Mass. His funeral was Jan. 25 at St. Francis de Sales Church with the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial. A wake preceded the funeral, and burial followed in St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass. Bearers were several relatives. The Bennington Elks conducted memorial services at the funeral home.
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Albany
N.Y
North Bennington
Albany Academy
Nash
North Bennington High School
Middlebury College
Edward Nash
Prospect Street
Andrew J. Pendergast
Bennington
Holyoke
Mass
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Msgr
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
West Roxbury
Joseph Waite
Gerald Corbett
Brothers-Inlaw
Edward
Joseph Carroll
Joseph Rudd
James Carroll
Flanagan
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Retired teachers view Glazier slides on world tour
About 40 members of the Bennington County Retired Teachers Association met January 25 at the Paradise Restaurant for a luncheon and lecture with slides by Dr. Lyle Glazier. The NYU emeritus professor showed photos from a world tour and read lines of his poetry. During the meeting two former Bennington teachers, Florence Kinsley and Florence Moore, were remembered. The article also notes a separate Vermont court injunction sobre fuel assistance for needy households with children and the Social Welfare Department's funding considerations.
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Retired Teachers Association
Paradise Restaurant
Lyle Glazier
New York University
Buffalo
Bennington
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Thailand
India
Turkey
Moments of Silence
Florence Kinsley
Florence Moore
Obituary of John Turner Percey 29 dies in Albany hospital
John Turner Percey 29 received the Bronze Star while serving in Vietnam and died unexpectedly Wednesday at the US Veterans Hospital in Albany New York Born in Troy March 15 1947 he was the son of John T and Alice Hickey Percey He resided at 19 Abbott Street Hoosick Falls He was a St Marys Academy graduate and attended Villanova University He held the rank of sergeant in the Army Survived by five sisters and two brothers Funeral services are Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with prayers at 9:30 a.m. at Mahar Funeral Home Entombment in St Marys Cemetery Memorials to St Marys Academy care of Mahar Funeral Home
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Vietnam
Veterans’ Hospital
Albany
N.Y
Troy
John T
Alice Hickey Percey
Abbott St
Hoosick Falls
St. Mary’s Academy
Villanova University
Diane Rooney
Babcock Lake
Maria _ Percey
Schenectady
Melissa Percey
le Moyne College
Syracuse
Carolyn
Elyse Percey
Kevin Percey
Jamie Percey
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mahar
St. Mary’s Cemetery
New England oil price spike eyed amid shipments
The New England Fuel Institute forecast a 1.5 cent per gallon rise in home heating oil across the region as higher priced foreign oil arrives in Boston. Officials urged a Federal Energy Administration subsidy to curb costs, citing three foreign oil cargoes arriving in early February that could make up about 20 percent of New England supply.
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Boston
UPI
New England Fuel Institute
Institute
Charles H. Burkhardt
Federal Energy Administration
Burkardt
New England
Draft charges lifted against five Vermont men
UPI report says Attorney George Cook will dismiss with prejudice all outstanding indictments for Selective Service violations from Aug. 4, 1964 to March 28, 1973. The order excludes violent offenders and certain government employees. Five Vermonters named were Brian Cheney and William McDowell of Woodstock, Klaus Meyer of Bennington, David Moulton of Chelsea, and Gary Piegon of Newport.
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Cook
Selective Service
Brian Cheney
William McDowell
Woodstock
Klaus Meyer
Bennington
David Moulton
Chelsea
Gary Piegon
Newport
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