Carter urges energy package pass by Aug six for Senate mid October
President Carter briefs Republicans urging House to approve his energy package by August six and expects Senate action by mid October. He also says he will send a plan to reorganize the White House by week’s end, proposing a 30 percent staff cut. Carter plans a southern trip July 21 22 and addresses the Southern Legislative Conference.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
House
Senate
Congress
White House
Georgia
Florida
Jody Powell
Southern Legislative Conference
The
Council of State Governments
Powell
Plains
Solar energy push and road project details emerge
Jeffords promotes federal action on solar energy with demonstrations and research. He cites alternatives to nuclear power and methods to cut energy use in farming. A separate road project on National Forest land near Danville Hollow Road costs 6000 dollars and runs three weeks with an escape lane designed to slow trucks. Survivors and patients remain in local hospitals after recent accidents near Woodford Notch.
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Danville Hollow
Robert Munn
Franklin Scribner
Montpelier
Woodford
Munn
Ayres
Nuclear weapons use debated by Carter administration
Carter weighs deployment of a neutron warhead with reduced blast impact, based on a Defense Department analysis. Powell says any use would require Carter’s personal direction as a late summer or early fall report is awaited. Separately, Forsythe cites an audit finding inadequate recordkeeping in four VLCT grants, not tied to LEAA grant termination. no misuse alleged.
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Defense Department
Powell
Forsythe
Justice Commission
Commission
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Afl-Cio
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Mau Board Eyes Funds For Vocational Upgrades At Mt Anthony
The Mt Anthony school board earmarks money for a new vocational facility and renovations to convert the old facility into classrooms while removing portable classrooms. They also hire Rist-Frost of Glens Falls to consult on electrical issues up to 2500 dollars.
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Bennington
Alan Morrison
Glens Falls
Rist- Frost
Susan Kaye
Gregory T. Scotten
Phillip Hysek
Myron “Red” Woodward
Mt. Anthony
Elaine Maguire
Sleeman
Maguire
Vermont lawmaker protests sudden EDA funding shake up
Rep Edwin Colvin of Shaftsbury denounces a Washington list that could force Vermont towns to restart EDA applications. He notes completed packets are en route and warns changes would waste effort and require new funding. Nuclear and defense budget shifts loom as Carter era plans evolve.
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Shaftsbury
Edwin A. Colvin
Washington
Colvin
Vermont
Burglars Hit Four Bennington Gas Stations
Bennington police report four early morning burglaries at area gas stations. At 4:38 a BP on Main and Bank found broken into with about $40 taken, at 5:56 a West Main Citgo in Bennington unknown what, at 6:30 a Getty on Main and County found open with pennies worth $4 or $5 stolen, and at 7:45 Wassick's Tire Service and Gas Station broken into with roughly $7 stolen.
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Bennington
Main
Bank Streets
North
West Main Street
Citgo
Getty
County
Wassick
Community rally planned for George Rogers dismissal
A 7 p.m. Wednesday special meeting at Bradford Hook and Ladder will rally support for George Rogers, the former town employee fired two weeks ago by the town manager. Rogers’s son John and brother’s wife Jan organized the gathering, urging residents to show backing and reveal the truth about the dismissal.
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George Rogers
Bradford Hook and Ladder
John Rogers
George
Jan Rogers
Louis C. Savelas
Veterans of World War I Barracks meet Thursday
The Veterans of World War I Barracks 1955 will meet on Thursday July 14 at 2 p.m. at the Veterans Home. Bennington selectmen hold their weekly meeting at 7 15 tonight in the town offices with an agenda covering water board recommendations to add sodium hydroxide for alkalinity and a water project inspector, plus discussions on vandalism. The Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in town offices to continue hearings on requests from the Bennington Fire Department and the Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce.
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Veterans Home
Bennington
Water Board
Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment
Bennington Fire Department
Greater
Obituary for Emily Irene Cook of Bennington and Albert Hamer of Stamford
Emily Irene Cook, long-time Bennington resident and Second Congregational Church member, dies after a long illness at Crescent Manor Nursing Home. Survived by a nephew and cousins. funeral Wednesday at Mahar & Son with burial in Village Cemetery. Also noted is Albert Greeley Hamer of Stamford, died Saturday in North Adams after a career as engineer and inventor. calling hours tonight, funeral Wednesday at Simmons Funeral Home, cremation and burial in Hillside Cemetery.
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Emily Irene Cook
Mahar & Son
Matthew Broadbent
North Bennington
Albert Greeley Hamer
Old Main Road
Stamford
North Adams
Mass
Sprague Electric Co
West End
George
Ella
Scott) Hamer
Harry Hamer
Simmons Funeral Home
Hillside Cemetery
Vermont Veterans Home Emerges as Top Site for State Building
The Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington is the leading candidate for the state office building site. John T. Gray says the state must secure an option to buy at least three acres by Friday for EDA funding. An eight to 15 sites are under consideration with another five acres added behind the Bennington Rescue Squad.
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Vermont Veterans Home
Bennington
John T. Gray
Richard Snelling
Gray
Veterans Home
Federal Economic Development Administration
Board of Governors
State Building
Norman H. Greenberg
McKinley Street
State’s
Irving Bates
Fredrickson garden vandalism marks third attack this summer
Mt. Anthony Union High School athletic director and basketball coach Fredrickson reports a third summer vandalism incident at his home. Neighbors helped with plants earlier, but recent acts damaged a herb garden and an evergreen tree. A reward is offered. tips may be given to Jon Durand, John Hubbard, or Bennington police.
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Dave Fredrickson
Fredrickson
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Fredricksons
Girl, 6, in fair condition after car crash
Johnsonville New York police say a six year old girl was listed in fair condition Tuesday morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a one car collision at Depot and Main streets Monday. The child suffered cuts and a possible broken arm. Police report that Terry Hurley 6 apparently ran in front of a 1971 Mercury driven by Connie McKeighan 20 of Bennington.
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Johnsonville
N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Depot
Main Streets
Terry Hurley
Connie McKeighan
Bennington
Hurley
Community Arts Video Project Schedule Update
The Community Arts Video Project will air an interview tonight at 7 with Alice Edwards head of the Bennington County Humane Society. Tonight they cannot show the selectmen s meeting but will resume with meetings next week. On Thursday July 21 at 8 30 p m they will show the open poetry from the Green Mountain Arts Collaborative this Wednesday July 13.
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Community Arts Video Project
Alice Edwards
Bennington County Humane Society
Green Mountain Arts Collaborative
Scotten named Tamarac assistant principal in Brunswick
Dr Gregory Scotten resigned Monday from Mt Anthony Union High School where he was social studies coordinator and will become assistant principal at Tamarac High School in Brunswick New York. Tamarac Principal is John Murray, ex director of secondary education in the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union.
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Gregory Scotten
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Tamarac High School
Brunswick
N.Y
Scotten
Tamarac
John Murray
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Hospital Notes July 11 1977 Admissions and births
Admissions list includes Terry Hurley Edward Watters David Brown Robert Mitchell Elsie Lundergan Penelope Sprague Cathy Hoffman Pamela Hannon Penelope Griffin James Bahan and others. Discharges include Thomas Barbera William Stone Carol Lee Horton and baby girl Linda Robinson Edward Oliver. Birth: A son July 10 to Mr and Mrs Larry Moffitt of Bennington.
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Terry Hurley
Edward Watters
David Brown
Robert Mitchell
Elsie Lundergan
Bennington
James Bahan
Shaftsbury
Penelope Sprague
Cathy Hoffman
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Pamela Hannon
Penelope Griffin
Cambridge
Thomas Barbera
William Stone
Carol Lee Horton
Fletcher Hall
Pownal
Linda Robinson
Edward Oliver
Petersburg
Looking For a Baby Sitting Job
A Naperville area ad seeks a babysitter with prompt responses. Patty M. of Bennington notes overwhelming demand after advertising in The Banner and Extra. The notice promotes using the Banner classifieds to connect with work, offering a free personal ad service via coupon.
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Banner
Extra
Patty M
Bennington
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