Tax Rates Presented For Bennington Area
Bennington area tax rates for 1966 are announced by the Banner. Rural residents face 10.66 per 100 of assessed value with 1.80 town tax 1.00 highway tax 7.86 Bennington School District plus 40 cents for Rural Fire District. Village residents total 13.06 with 1.80 town 1.00 highway 2.40 village 7.86 school. Old Bennington totals 13.45 with 1.80 town 1.00 highway 2.79 village 7.86 school. North Bennington lacks a 1966 total pending final Grand List. town and village components apply plus a pending school rate.
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Bennington
Old Bennington
North Bennington
Aiken Announces Urban Renewal Grants for Vermont
Senator George D. Aiken said four Vermont cities with urban renewal projects will receive 5.7 million dollars in capital grants. The grants kick off notable development funding as part of a broader urban renewal program.
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Sen. Aiken
Washington
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Housing and Urban Development Department
Champlain Street
Hartford
Barre
Rutland
Burlington
State revenue up 14.6 percent in 1966 Vermont
Vermont reported a 14.6 percent increase in state revenues for fiscal 1966, with a record total of 45.8 million dollars. The year ended June 30 showed tax collections of 43,858,405 dollars, about six million more than 1965, fueling a 2.3 million dollar supplemental appropriation and prompting talk of another special session to boost education funding.
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Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Richard Www. Mallary
Fairlee
Mallary
Hoff Takes Neutral Stance On Swanton Race Track
Governor Philip Hoff met Swanton leaders and refused to bless the project, opting for a neutral position. He supports statebenefiting ventures but said official approval must come from the Vermont Racing Commission. A $3 million all purpose track is planned on a 480 acre Maquam Shore site with possible early construction if approved.
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Vermont Racing Commission
Maquam Shore
Racing Commission
Swanton
Fresh Air Fund Program Outlined By Mrs Stacy
Mrs Stacy of Shafts bury described for the Rotary Club here Friday a program that provides two week summer vacations in the country for thousands of underprivileged New York City children. She is local chairman of the Fresh Air Fund and said the fund is sponsoring vacations.
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Fred Stacy
Shaftsbury
Rotary Club
New York City
Stacy
New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Middle Atlantic
New England
Vermont
Rotarians
Bennington County
New York
Fresh Air Children
Bennington
Bennington notices close for staff picnic and class reunion
Bennington The Banner reports the office will close at 1 30 p m Monday for a company picnic at Lake Shaftsbury. The Bennington High School class of 1956 holds a reunion tonight at Mt Anthony Country Club with a 6 30 p m start and buffet dinner at 7 p m followed by dancing.
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Lake Shaftsbury
Bennington High School
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Arlington plans lines for U S 7 relocation on view
Arlington residents can view proposed relocation lines for U S 7 at the Arlington Post Office in preparation for a public hearing scheduled to begin at 8 p m next Wednesday at Fisher Elementary School. Red Mountain Chapter CBS meets Sunday at 8 p m at Mahar Funeral Home in Bennington to pay last respects to Sister Leone Atkins.
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U.S. 7
Arlington
Sunderland
Vermont Department of Highways
Arlington Post Office
Department
Fisher
Red Mountain
CBS
Mahar
Bennington
Leone Atkins
Astronomy Notes Mercury And Planets Visibility In August
Mercury will become a morning star in the east by mid August. Venus remains a morning star visible about two hours before sunrise. Mars is too close to the sun to be seen. Jupiter can be seen in the morning just before sunrise. Saturn rises in the southeast around midnight. Earth passed aphelion earlier this month at 94,448,000 miles. The moon will be at new phase on Sunday and not visible.
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
Aphelion
Stark Street Junior Leaguers Shut Out Memorial Park Juniors
Stark Street six to ten year olds pitched by Jerry Sennett shut out Memorial Park juniors with seven runs. In the second inning Stark Street built the lead with key hits from Sennett Pembroke and others. Scott Buchanan took the loss.
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Stark Street
Jerry Sennett
Memorial Park
East Side
Eddie
Ronnie
Russell Pembroke
Bobby Wassick
Marcel Schneider
Eddie Vosburgh
Scott Buchanan
Stark Streeters
Lions Club Auction Sets Sail In Manchester
Tonight at Memorial Avenue grounds a Lions Club auction offers items from a new washer dryer to Aunt Sadie’s hat rack. Bidding starts at 7 under the big tent, with proceeds supporting sight conservation and scholarships across the club’s good works.
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Manchester
Bennington County
Sadie
Lions Club
Lions
Memorial Avenue
Good Neighbor Policy Favored By Col. Ayres
Col Fairfax Ayres of Shaftsbury urged a western relocation line for U S 7 at a Highway Department hearing, backing Merritt Hewitt Jr. and opposing the Linde route. He quipped that Shaftsbury could not be seen from the road, but joked about a sign indicating Shaftsbury after a bank and Arlington paying for a joint sign.
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Arlington
Shaftsbury
Highway Department
U.S. 7
Bennington County
Col
Fairfax Ayres
Department
Ayres
Wilson Dude Ranch
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Beech St
Bugs
Montpelier
UPI
Aiken
Gov. Hoff
Swanton Racetrack
Mrs. Stacy
Rotary of Fresh Air Children
Quebec
Merrick Wheeler
Bernard Young
Springfield
Frederick Young
Ludlow
Swanton International Raceway
The
Armand Coderre
D-Santon
Jay Chaffee
Alfred Hakey
Oren Harris
E.J. Barrett
Gabriel Trahan
Renfred Gallagher
D-St Albans
Trahan
Canada
Helene Thompson
Ananty
Walker
Atkins
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