BROC seeks five community VISTAs for Bennington Rutland area
The Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council will hire five Community VISTAs to serve at least one year in Bennington and Rutland counties. Applications accepted until July 10 at the BROC office, 310 W. Main St. Selection hinges on ability to contribute to housing and group work, with pay from 50 to 70 dollars weekly plus medical insurance and a $600 stipend.
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Bennington-Rutland
Opportunity Council
America
Sandy Morse
Bennington County
BROC
W. Main St
Morse
Bennington
Rutland
Antipoverty Agency
VISTA
Regional
Office of Economic Opportunity
Bennington Storm Floods Streets and Powers Down Town
A summer thunderstorm snarled downtown traffic as Barney Brook overflowed due to a clogged culvert at Gage and Main. Water flooded cellars while trees were uprooted. Firefighters rescued a teen from Roaring Branch and helped Keith Parize to safety. Power outages and TV cable failures affected the area. ETV equipment was damaged requiring repairs. By evening, floodwaters receded with few wet cellars and brown streams remaining.
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Main Street
Gage and
Main
Gage Street
Frank Kelly
Bennington
West End
Northside Drive
Grants
Park Street Bridge
Keith Parize
Branch St
Jim Ross
Better TV
Manchester
Mount Equinox
ETV
Manchester-Bennington
Mount Anthony
Mark
Chip Parizo
Keith
Brooklyn Bridge
North Adams Teachers Contract Set at 7100 Base Salary
North Adams Massachusetts city School Committee approved a contract with the North Adams Teachers Association by a 4 to 2 vote. Mayor Joseph Bianco and Anthony Sincluico opposed, arguing the contract should be negotiated as a package each year. The new schedule sets a beginning teacher’s pay at 7100 per year and top pay for a doctor’s degree at 13200, with existing provisions extending extra curricular payments into 1972 1973.
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams Teachers Association
Joseph R. Bianco
Anthony J. Sincluico
Mt. Anthony
BSD
Anthony
Sleeman
Bennington town tax rates cut for most residents
Bennington board of listers announced a town wide tax rate of 7.37 for most areas, with town 2.04 highway .79 and school 4.54. North Bennington and Old Bennington face different village and school tax adjustments. North Bennington to a projected 7.73, and Old Bennington down to 8.20. Affected homeowners in the former village see a substantial reduction, while rural residents face a net change offset by sewer and water credits. Decisions on grievances and legal opinions are pending.
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Bennington
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Hogan
Nington
North Village
House votes on contempt citation for CBS Stanton
Rep. Harley Staggers says a House vote on a Commerce Committee recommendation to cite CBS President Frank Stanton and CBS for contempt of Congress will likely occur in 10 days to two weeks. The panel's 25 to 13 vote ordered the action over failure to turn over film used in The Selling of the Pentagon.
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Washington
UPI
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
House
Commerce Committee
CBS
Frank Stanton
Congress
Stanton
CBS News
Pentagon
Justice Department
Staggers
Defense Department
New York
Decker Leaves Catamount for Barre Principal Post
Charles Decker resigns as principal of Catamount Elementary and Brookside schools after one year. He cites career growth and family needs, moves to Spaulding Graded School in Barre. Decker has prior teaching and administrative roles in Oak Hill Pownal Bennington and Burlington.
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Bennington
Charles Decker
Catamount Elementary
Brookside
Catherine Corcoran
Decker
Spaulding Graded School
Barre
Oak Hill
Pownal
Bennington High School
Lyman C. Hunt
Burlington
Naomi M. White
Welfare Board mulls stepfather support rules in Vermont
The Vermont Social Welfare Board will decide next week if two stepfathers must support their wives’ children without a formal regulation. Steven Rose argued a 1971 law needs a binding rule. John Williams said benefits can be cut if a stepfather is able to support the children. The board will issue ruling after hearing. The session also covered Interstate 91 work near Newport and updates to fair hearing procedures.
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Vermont Supreme Court
Vermont Legal Aid
Vermont
W. John Dooley
Dooley
Luther Hacket
Bennington Briefs and Local Notices
Bennington brief mentions The food stamp office close Monday July 5 with usual hours rest of week. No summer school for South Supervisory Union July 5. Catherine Whitman returns home at 741 Main St after hospital stay. Senior Citizens Club meets Monday 7 30 pm at center followed by social time. Thanks to Loomis Dana for Lake George trip. Beecher's Drug Store closed Sundays and holidays in July and August. Napolitano's advertises homestyle pizza sauce meatballs and oven hot sandwiches Tel 442 3949 Closed July 4. Shea Inc advert promotes auto insurance savings. Dr William Worthington office closed July 3 4 5.
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Catherine Whitman
Main St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Senior Citizens Club
Loomis Dana
Lake George
Napolitano’s
Hospital Notes Admissions and Birth Announcements
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Emma Harwood Mrs Christine Berard and others in Bennington Hoosick Falls and Berlin N Y Discharges include Mrs Linda H Tharp and her son Birth announcements record a July 1 son for Mr and Mrs Robert Pudvar of North Pownal and a July 1 daughter for Mr and Mrs Clifton C Johnson of 211 Depot St Bennington plus a birth for Mr and Mrs Rosary Tetreault of Bennington
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Emma Harwood
Christine Berard
Bennington
Barbara Jean Mattat
Claire H. Drew
Hoosick Falls
Linda H. Tharp
Berlin
N.Y
Robert Pudvar
Main Road
North Pownal
Clifton C. Johnson
Depot St
Rosary Tetreault
P.O. Box
Phone Co seeks 8 percent Vermont rate hike
New England Telephone Co asks the Vermont Public Service Board for an average 8 per cent increase for 131,000 in state customers. Proposals would add about 1.9 million dollars in revenue, restoring earnings to 2 years prior balance. The hike covers toll calls and service connections and is the first Vermont rate increase since 1958.
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Montpelier
UPI
New England Telephone Co
Vermont
Vermont Public Service Board
Louis M. Reder
Funeral for Clifford J. Giroux Held in Pownal Center
The funeral for Clifford James Giroux of Pownal Center occurred last Friday at the United Methodist Church in Pownal with Rev. David Hubbard officiating. Giroux, manager of A&P operations in Williamstown, was survived by Milton Gardner Ernest Blake Norman Quinn John Boucher Bruce Quinn and James Quinn of Pownal and Williamstown area colleagues. Honorary bearers included Albert Cummings John Skorupski David Ware Gordon Ware Ransom H. Jenks Jr. of Williamstown and James McLenahan of Bennington. Burial arrangements are pending.
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Clifford James Giroux
Pownal Center
United Methodist Church
Pownal
David Hubbard
Giroux
A&p Ops
Williamstown
Milton Gardner
Ernest Blake
Norman Quinn
John Boucher
North Adams
Bruce Quinn
James Quinn
Albert Cummings
John Skorupski
David Ware
Gordon Ware
Ransom H. Jenks Jr
James McLenahan
Bennington
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N.adams
Swayze
Catamount
Simson
Planning Commission
Environmental Commission
Newport
Newport City
Robert O. Munn
Clyde Pond
Western Avenue
Bennington Briefs
the Food Stamp Office
South Supervisory Union
Beecher’s Drug Store
ADV
Sheaaa Inc
William Worthington
Benhi
Krawczyk
Heritage House
James 5. Holden
Walter C. Wood
Agnes
Camp
Campbell
Jan
Mackerney
Hartnett
Lois
Hilliard
Hill
Irma
Clifford J. Giroux
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