Inaugural Bellows Falls Steamtrain Circus on Wheels
The Vermont Bicentennial team Expedition debuting with The Spirit of Ethan Allen steamed from Bellows Falls to Burlington amid delays and crowd excitement. About 175 dignitaries and tourists joined the festive ride as politicians mingled and towns cheered, despite a damaged bar car and a late schedule.
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Bellows Falls
Vermont
Ethan Allen
Burlington
Ludlow
Douglas Tudhope
David Curtis
James Guest
Middlebury
Pine Island
Brandon
Rutland
Gilbert Godrick
Thomas P. Salmon
WBSE
Tony Egan
Steamtown
Egan
Sikes found guilty of misconduct by House panel
Washington UPI The House Ethics Committee found Rep Robert Sikes DFla guilty of misconduct on three counts and recommended a minimal reprimand by the full House. The seven week probe concluded he used his office for personal gain, with charges from Common Cause. Sikes, 70, home in Crestview Florida, faces potential censure or removal but a reprimand is likely. A second item reports Rutland VT Senate hopeful John Welch agreeing to two debates with Sen Robert Stafford ahead of the September 14 primary.
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Washington
Common Cause
Citizens’ Lobby
House
UPI
Sikes
Crestview
Fla
Law
Rence Hogan
Maryland
House Appropriations
Fairchild Industries
Florida Land Development
First Navy Bank
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Rutland
John Welch
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Three Bennington residents listed in Who's Who 39th edition
Bennington figures Thomas D. Parker Manfred W Ehrich III and Lyle E Glazier join First Lady Betty Ford and others in the latest Who's Who in America edition. The 39th edition lists more than 9 000 new Americans and names 26 Vermont residents including Harrison M Symmes Fred W Yeadon Jr Albert W Coffrin Gareth M Green Paul A Moody Lawrence L Weed Kenward G Elmslie Robert M Pack Christopher G Barbieri Robert E Casey Vermont Life editor Brian Vachon Peter P Plante Louise E Gluck John G Weiger Robert A Withey Urban L Bergeron Harvey D Butterfield John D Donoghue Albert A Raphael Elizabeth L Post Stephen Greene Michael A Dorris and others.
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Bennington
Betty Ford
Happy Rockefeller
Howard Cosell
Jack Nicholson
Vermont
Harrison M. Symmes
Fred W. Yeadon Jr
Brattleboro
Albert W. Coffrin
Gareth M. Green
Paul A. Moody
John D. Donoghue
South Burlington
Albert A. Raphael
Waitsfield
Elizabeth L. Post
William G. Post
Waterbury Center
Stephen Greene
West Dover
Michael A. Dorris
Windsor
Boil-water order continues for Bennington residents
Town Manager Louis C. Sarelas says residents must boil water for eating and drinking through Sunday as state Health Department tests are conducted over the weekend. Flooding from heavy rains may have contaminated the water. hydrants will be opened to flush the system and chlorination will continue. Radio station WBTN will announce Sunday morning whether boiling remains required.
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Bennington
Louis C. Sarelas
Sarelas
State Health Department
WBTN
Health Department
Burgess condemns Jeffords oil decontrol vote in Vermont
Democratic candidate John Burgess accused Rep. James Jeffords of backing Ford administration plans to de control oil prices raising fuel costs for Vermont households. The House rejected extending controls 208 to 194 as Leahy and Stafford opposed the administration. Congress CRS estimates factor adds about 19 dollars annually to a Vermont household fuel bill. nationwide de control costs range from 8 million to 1.2 billion annually.
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Burlington
Upi
John Burgess
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Vermont
Jeffords
Burgess
House
Montpelier
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Robert Stafford
Keahy
Stafford
Congressional Research Service
Weekend events across Vermont and New York towns
Across July 3 and 4 in North Bennington Arlington Manchester and nearby towns a wide slate of cultural, civic, and entertainment happenings unfolds. craft day tours and house exhibits at Park McCullough House, Lions Club auctions, water carnivals, parades pony pulls and band concerts, summer theatre openings, fireworks and festivals in Bennington Dorset Manchester and Berlin plus park markets and bell ringing through the weekend.
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North Bennington
Park-McCullough House
Arlington
Lions Club
Recreation Park
Manchester Parade
Recreation Area
Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Arkell Pavilion
SVAC
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Pownal Center
Williamstown
Mass
Adams Memorial Theatre
Weston
Weston Playhouse
Dorset
Sunshine Boys
Dorset Playhouse
Bennington
Spinelli Field
Berlin
N.Y
Federated Church
Arlington A’s
Schaghticoke Bowl
Farm Museum
Rescue Squad
Willow Park
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Woods Park
Green Mountain Park
George T. Jones
New Arkansas Travelers
Readsboro
Memorial Park
Recreation Center
Tevya
U.S
England
Grandstand
St. Paul’s
Larry Gilbert
Berkshire County
Fire Hall
Avalanche Motel
Park McCullough House
House Music Fund
Park- McCullough House
van der Linde
Joseph Klar
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Peter Taft
Robert Barbera
John Stark
Taft
Vermont Bicentennial Steam Expedition
Ray Pestle
Steamtrain
Gov. Salmon
Floyd Fellows
Westminster
Rep
Congress
Fred Wertheimer
Welch
League of Women Voters
Savelas
Town Water Department
North
Park-McCullough
Kevin Thibodeau
Bromley Mountain Skirre
Peru
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