Miss Dumpy Chosen At Kennebunkport
Becky Pierce, 18, of Melrose Massachusetts, was crowned Miss Dumpy at Kennebunkport Maine. The 5 foot 5 brunette works as a waitress at a resort hotel and won from 14 contestants on costume judging. Her outfit featured fish nets, beer cans, grapefruit rinds, hubcaps and kitchen utensils with a plastic swimming aid around the waist.
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Kennebunkport, Maine
UPI
Miss Dumpy
Kennebunkport
Becky Pierce
Melrose
Mass
Becky
Bennington Briefs Highlights From Town Events And Notices
Bennington Briefs cover a missing Morgan chestnut gelding with a white diamond, with Nancy Towne reachable at 375-6422. It notes a Wednesday Teen Dance at Five Flys, The Cherrystones performing, and Four 21 Restaurant features. Also recaps Miss Dumpy contest at Casanovia College attendees, National Dump Week origin, Kennebunk Dump Association activities, police graduation at Norwich University, and a local rubbish fire near Four Winds Motel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky
Casanovia College
Upstate New York
Edward Mayo
Mayo
Kennebunk Dump Association
KDA
Morris Beauregard
Michael DiMonda
Norwich University
Dana Thompson
Manchester Fire Department
Four Winds
Administration seeks higher U S Savings Bond rate
The Nixon administration asked Congress to raise the interest on U S Savings Bonds from 4 4 percent to 5 percent to attract savers. Treasury also urged removing the 4 1 percent ceiling on long term government bonds sold via money markets. House Banking Chair Patman predicted Congress will reject removing the ceiling, calling it a surrender of high rates.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Patman
Paul A. Volcker
Savings and Loan
Kennedy
Savings and Loan Associations
Williamstown Auxiliary Police Cookout Plans I Menus and Guests
The Williamstown Auxiliary Police will hold its eighth annual stag cookout and games on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Little Red Schoolhouse in South Williamstown. If inclement weather, events move indoors with guests including Town Manager Leroy Picard Chief Joseph Zoito Jr. and local officials. Co chairs Lt Joseph Lo Presto and Lt George Wiles lead, with Lt William Wyckoff Sgt Harry Blake Sgt Frank Burgmaster Sgt J Emerson Paro and Commander Floyd Bennett in support.
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Williamstown
Mass
Little Red
Leroy Picard
Joseph Zoito Jr
Board of Selectmen
Joseph Lo Presto
George T. Wiles
William O. Wyckoff
Harry T. Blake
Frank Burgmaster
J. Emerson Paro
Floyd J. Bennett
Peace Corps Test Offered in Vermont and Nearby Cities
Vermonters seeking service abroad can take the Peace Corps placement test at 1 30 p.m. Saturday July 19 at the Rutland Post Office. Other tests are at Albany Room 304 Main P O Building and Pittsfield Room 224 Third Floor 40 West St. The test gauges aptitude and language learning potential, with no preparation and no pass fail. Applicants must submit an application beforehand to the tester.
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Peace Corps
Ate Corps
Washington, D.C
State to Hire Real Estate Field Inspector
Vermont Secretary of State Richard Thomas approved the Real Estate Commission request to establish a field inspector position. The inspector will scrutinize license applicants, conduct on site inspections, and review trust accounts and bookkeeping records to ensure land sales and development meet state standards.
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Vermont
Thomas
Spock vows to redouble effort for jailed protestors
Dr Benjamin Spock, freed on antidraft conspiracy charges by the U S 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, says he will intensify work to free hundreds of young people still jailed for Vietnam War protest. He cites Goodman Coffin and ongoing war casualties as motives.
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Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
UPI
Benjamin Spock
U.S. 1St Circuit Court of Appeals
Spock
Michael Ferber
Harvard
Buffalo
N.Y
Mitchell Goodman
New York
Temple
Maine
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Cape Cod
Goodman
Coffin
Nixon
New Haven
Conn
Washington
Texas
Ferber
The
YMCA Board Reaches Full Strength With Seven New Members
YMCA executive director Loomis G. Dana announced six men and a woman joined the Center for Southwestern Vermont board, bringing total membership to 25. New directors include Mrs. Ezekiel S. Cross Jr of Shaftsbury, Dr. Dudley Baker, Paul Bohne III, Raymond B. Bowen, Rep. Harvey Carter, Harvey Kevorkian, and Jahleel Woodbridge. The board’s expanded, representative makeup reflects the region served by the Y’s programs.
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YMCA
Loomis G. Dana
Ezekiel S. Cross Jr
Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Ymca Center For Southwestern Vermont
Dudley Baker
Orthopedic Associates
Paul Bohne III
Harwood Hill Orchards
Raymond B. Bowen
The
New Yorker Magazine
Harvey Carter
R-32
Pownal
Williams, Witten & Carter
Harvey Kevorkian
Wills Agency
Jahleel Woodbridge
Ben Mont Papers
Kelton Miller
Nixon Invites Johnson To Apollo 11 Launch
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson will watch Apollo 11 launch from Cape Kennedy on Wednesday, invited by President Nixon. Nixon phoned Johnson for about 15 minutes to extend the invitation and arrange a White House plane for travel.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cape Kennedy
Nixon
White House
Johnson
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Hornet
Pacific
Administration
Spiro T. Agnew
Apollo 11 funeral plans and mixed Vermont crash report
Funeral services were held for Irene J. O Rorke of Bennington with a high Mass led by Msgr. Flanagan after a prayer at Mahar and Son Funeral Home. In Manchester an 8:05 a.m. crash near U S 7 and VT 11 30 involved a 1967 Dodge pickup driven by Albert Boynton and a 1965 Ford wagon driven by Richard King, minor damage reported and no injuries.
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First Aid
Bennington
Kenneth Kennard
R.D. 2
Kennard
Main Street
YMCA
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bonnie Jo Hustler
Warn
Ken
Irene J. O’rorke
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Flanagan
Charles Holden
Dennis Hogan
Michael George
James Conroy
Park Lawn Cemetery
Manchester
U.S.7
Albert Boynton
Arlington
Richard King
Boynton
Wall Printing Company
King
Dana Thompson
William Johnson
Northfield
Mass
Tetreault
Dorset
Thompson
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Bennington Law Firm Ehrich and Mollica Dissolves
The Bennington firm Ehrich and Mollica dissolves by mutual consent effective July 1. Senior partner Manfred W. Ehrich Jr. will continue practice at 491 Main St Bennington. Mollica is out of town and unavailable for comment on future plans.
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Montepelier
Lake Elmore
Vermont Fish & Game Department
Elmore
Bennington
Ehrich and Mollica
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
Ehrich
Main St
Mollica
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Dumpy
Bennington Briefs
Five Flys
ADV
Save Way
Mammoth Mart
Zoe
Walt Disney
Michele Jones
Lee “Hackett
Rogmen Commandos
Lovn
Opee Ward
Mon
Plaza, Bennington
Devilish
George Bernard Shaw
Don Juan
Hell
Dorset Playhouse
Wife
Carol, Pic N’ Pac Stores
Herb Post Jr
Village
Nichols
Union Street
Marilyn Gardner
William E. Hurley
Elm St
Ymca Board
Nual
Unitarian Universalist Association
Boston
Iterature
Vietnam
Irene O’rorke
Geom, Worthmore Richeudt
Worthmore
Richard TI. Worthmore
Vermont National
State Street Bank and Trust CO
Bank America Service Corp
Sahaah
Herbie
Robert Shaw
Ington Banner
American Gem Society
Jewelers
Main St. Dia
Qrug Stores
aYuka
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Oneida
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