Roll Call Report on June votes in Washington
Area members were recorded on major roll call votes June 23 to 29. Pay Raise was rejected 181 to 241, keeping a $12,900 raise for Congress and certain officials. Capitol facade amendment to block a $55 million West Front rebuild failed 204 to 212. B-1 Bomber production amendment failed 178 to 243.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
Philip Crane
R-Ill
U.S. Capitol
Capitol
White House
Washington Monument
Samuel Stratton
Dn.y
John Flynt
D-Ga
West Front
Jeffords
Air Force
Defense Department
Jim Leach
Iowa
Bennington Briefs and Senate Debate Highlights
Bennington Briefs reports local notices including Dr Worthingtons office hours closing July 9 reopening July 18 and a Moose Lodge July 9 social with buffet dancing and BR B Boys. The Senate debate covers B 1 bomber costs abortion funding busing and Vietnam era pardons with votes and notable quotes from Rep Ketchum Brooke Helms Javits Eagleton Stafford Leahy Hatfield Hollings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Moose Lodge
BR & B Boys
Navy commends Caslin for shipyard grade repairs aboard Roosevelt
Petty Officer David Caslin, hull technician second class, son of Ida Caslin of 200 Stark St, received a letter of commendation from Harry D Train II, commander of the Sixth Fleet, for exemplary collision repairs in the Shipfitter Shop of the USS Franklin D Roosevelt CV 42. His welding cutting and fabrication work under heavy workload and hazardous conditions aided rapid repair and return to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Basil Caslin
Ida Caslin
Stark St
Basil Caslin
U.S. Navy
Harry D. Train, II
Caslin
Roosevelt
United States Sixth Fleet
Senior Citizens Card Party And Upcoming Socials
A public card party is planned for Friday July 8 at 8 p.m. at the center with prizes. Last week’s winners were Roy Sullivan first and Ruth Carpenter second, with host Edgar Melanson taking the door prize. A social is set for Sunday July 10 at 1 p.m. and a business meeting on Monday July 11 at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Sullivan
Ruth Carpenter
Edgar Melanson
Dried flower talk frames Bennington Garden Club meeting
The fifth Bennington Garden Club gathering at Mrs. Lloyd Liu’s Monument Avenue home featured a detailed drying flowers demonstration using a Borax salt agent and other mixtures. Members learned methods and were shown Mrs. Liu’s dried arrangements while receiving literature and resources, with plans noted for a Park-McCullough House Tea and a museum exhibit week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Garden Club
Lloyd Liu
Monument Avenue
Liu
Ellem
Park-McCullough Garden
Palmer
Park-McCullough House
McCullough
P.O. Box
Springfield
Mass
King Whitley Rites Held in Arlington
Marilyn Ruth Whitley and Ronald David King wed at St James Episcopal Church Arlington in a June 25 ceremony officiated by Rev John Adams. Attendants wore blue knit gowns as the couple, both Arlington residents, announced plans to reside in Arlington after a wedding trip through the New England states. Out of town guests traveled from New Jersey and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Ruth Whitley
Robert
Dorothea Whitley
Battenhill Drive
Arlington
Ronald David King
Richard
Beverly King
Buck Hill Road
St. James Episcopal Church
John Adams
Ella Pike
Philip Elwell
Sunderland
AR. Groves Construction
Manchester
New England
New Jersey
Connecticut
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peter W. Cook
Bennington Museum
Southern
Vermont College
Cook
Topping Tavern
Shaftsbury
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Bennington Briefs
ADV
William Ketchum
Rcalif
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House
Edward Brooke
Rmass
Sen
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Robert Stafford
Patrick Leahy
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Supreme Court
Dayton
Detroit
Thomas Eagleton
Dmo
Stafford
Leahy
Vea
Vietnam
Carter
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Navy
David Caslin
David B. Caslin
Perameter Sales & Service
Main Street
Kennington
Vermont
Manchester Etr
North Adams
Office OF
Murdock Hall
North Adams State College
Massachusetts
Dewey
Eileen Whitley
Jo-Ann Fonseca
Donna Pickering
Darlene King
William Weeks
Joseph Fonseca
Harry Pickering II
Keith King
and Mrs
U.S
Fairdale Farms
Andrick
Iford & Gage
FET
I.C
the Stereo Shop
Drysdale Building
South ST
Elm ST
Cma
Bennington, VT
Furniture Inc
Nickles
Bennington Isnk & Loan Association
Main St
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