Vermont House Committee Backs Cable Regulation Bill
In Vermont the House Banking and Corporations Committee reported favorably the cable television regulation measure. If passed the bill would place cable companies under Public Service Board oversight with Brattleboro sponsors Rep. John Burgess and Rep. Anthony Buraczynski. The bill goes back to the House as a hearing looms with Harvard professor Rob ert Braucher slated to explain the uniform commercial code. Separately the House Education Committee killed a measure allowing Union School District 21 to withdraw from the union after public debates involving Ryegate Groton and Wells River.
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Ways and Means
Robert Braucher
Harvard University
Vermont House
Senate Banking and Corporations
Vermont Bar Association
Vermont
Vermont House Education Committee
Ryegate
Groton
Wells River
Bennington College Dance Group On Television Tonight
Bennington College modern dance group is featured on Channel 17's Lively Arts tonight at 7. Louise Woodruff interviews Dr. Sven Peterson of Union College, secretary of the Capital Area Modern Dance Council, sponsor of the Schenectady appearance. The troupe tours 30 communities in 16 states during their seven week Non-Resident Term. Proceeds fund scholarships for other dancers.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Bennington College
Channel 17
Louise Woodruff
Sven Peterson
Union College
Capital Area Modern Dance Council
Skidmore College Hall
Bennington
Missionary Guest to Speak at St Peter's Women Luncheon
The Women of St Peter's Episcopal Church host a Thursday 12:30 pm luncheon in the Parish House on Pleasant Street. Guest speaker Dr Samuel Pickens, missionary from India now at Boston City Hospital, will present slides about India. Reservations via Mrs Vail Farrell by Tuesday.
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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Pleasant Street
Marion Hardy
Missions
Samuel Pickens
India
Pickens
Boston City Hospital
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester
Elise Philips
St. James
James B. Campbell
Episcopal Diocese of
Vermont
St. Mary’s In
Mountains
St. Peter’s
W. James Bartlett
Vail Farrell
Witherspoon to Teach This Summer in California
MONTPELIER UPI Tax Commissioner Gerald S Witherspoon faces a personnel dispute with State Employes Association President Garnet Harvey. He plans a one month leave in July to teach criminal procedure at Berkeley Law School in California. He denies any plan to quit Vermont post and will return in August.
Benhi Catamount Pep Contest At Benhi Game Tonight
Benhi plans a pep contest during the Benhi Brattleboro basketball game to boost school spirit. Gloria Hollister chairs the event with second period classes decorating sections of the building and faculty judging Friday after school for three winners.
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Benhi
Benhi - Brattleboro
Gloria Hollister
Don Ziter
Ralph Simpson
Activation planned for Stanford Linear Accelerator next May
Stanford officials said the 2 mile long $114 million linear accelerator now under construction will be activated for the first time next May. When completed it will be the world’s largest atom smasher and will generate energies up to 20 billion electron volts.
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Stanford
Calif
API
Stanford Linear Accelerator
Selectmen Tighten Town Meeting Warning Wording
Bennington town selectmen and counsel Norton Barber refined the warning text Tuesday night for the 1966 Town Meeting. Several already approved articles were tweaked and one may be dropped. A new article on state auditor services was discussed, with two more possible items noted. one ballot article is ready for printers.
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Bennington
Norton Barber
Selectmen
Little League
Alumni Field
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Greater
State Auditors’ Office
Barber
Girls’ Club
Elm and
South Streets
Greater Bennington Association
GBA
Bennington Ymca
YMCA
Stark Street
Memorial Park
Bennington Village
Veterans Memorial Committee
South Street
Richard van Santevoord
Veterans’ Committee
van Santvoord
Hoff shifts stance on Vermont Constitutional Convention
Governor Hoff softened his bid for a 1965 Vermont Constitutional Convention as the Legislature moved toward a March 12 adjournment, removing the need for a Town Meeting election of delegates. A wave of local ballot articles followed, including regional planning joins, land leases for the Bennington Little League, a planned planetarium site, and proposed audits and tennis courts funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Hoff
Circus wagon fire kills animals in Hamburg
In Hamburg Germany a traveling circus owned by the Buegler company suffered a disaster when a circus wagon burned Friday. The blaze resulted in the deaths of one elephant six apes and two goats. Authorities investigated the cause as a tragic accident.
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Hamburg
Germany
UPI
Buegler
Rawson Returns Here As Woolworth Manager
Robert G. Hickey, longtime Woolworth Bennington manager, is reassigned to Latham New York. Shirley Rawson becomes Bennington manager, returning after 1953. Farewell party at Mt. Anthony Country Club honors the Hickeys and notes their expected indefinite move. Rawson previously led Bennington 1936 1953 and seeks Virginia joins him later.
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Robert G. Hickey
F.W. Woolworth
Bennington
Woolworth
Latham
N.Y
Hickey
Shirley Rawson
Burlington
Bridie
Mt. Anthony
Hickeys
Woolworth’s
St. Albans
Rawson
Chamber of Commerce
Crescent Boulevard
Virginia
Robert Hickey
Hamilton
Bennington College Announces Special Music Courses
Bennington College will offer five February music courses as a continuing education experiment. Most classes run weekly for four weeks, in New York City at the Martin Foundation and partly in Bennington, open to alumnae, students, and one to entire families. Instructors include Henry Brant, Frank Baker, Gunnar Schonbeck, and George Finckel, with a planned public concert of originals in New York.
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Bennington College
New York City
Bennington
Edward J. Bloustein
New York
Martin Foundation
West 56Th Street
Henry Brant
Frank Baker
Instrumen
Tal
Gunnar Schonbeck
George Finckel
Hanson Elected Senior Prom Co-Chair at Benhi Class Meeting
The Benhi class of 1966 held a brief January 19 class meeting to pick a Senior cochairman for the Junior-Senior Prom. Diane Hanson won the nomination amid reports, with plans to meet the Junior chair to outline dance arrangements. Candy boxes were distributed, selling for 1.00 each.
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Benhi
Gloria Hollister
Diane Hanson
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Nina Fonaroff
the College
William Bales
Humphrey- Weidman Company
Jack Moore
Anna Sokolow
Martha Wittman
Church Women
Witherspoon To
California
K. I. Williams
Vermont Soldiers
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Arlington
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