Unusual Auction for Civil Liberties ACLU Fundraiser
Vermont and New Hampshire ACLU affiliates host the Adventure Auction at Dartmouth College's Hopkins Center from 2 to 6 p.m. featuring 140 items from Dan Rather luncheon to a White House tapes collection. Proceeds support litigation protecting free speech fair trials and equal protection.
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Montpelier
Lake Champlain
CBS
Dan Rather
Vermont
New Hampshire
American Civil Liberties Union
Hopkins Center
Dartmouth College
Aclu Foundation
Alistair Cooke
Alan Barth
William Lederer
Bernard Malamud
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Dave Dellinger
Ramsey Clark
Thomas McIintyre
ACLU
Joan Webster
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
David Hamlin
Mt. Hunger
Dean Fausett
MS. Magazine
CanCVPS Recoup Rates PSB To Decide This Week
Vermont utilities seek to recoup 3.5 million dollars in purchased power and fuel costs from July 1973 to May this year. The Public Service Board will decide by week’s end whether ratepayers bear the extra charges. The case involves Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power, with objections from welfare groups and the public side.
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PSB
Montpelier
UPI
Public Service Board
Vermont Electric
Mary Skinner
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Green Mountain Power Corp
Vermont
Esposito urges large public service job program
State Rep Francis Esposito of Rutland, the leading labor candidate in the Democratic congressional primary, called for a large scale federal grants program to fund meaningful public and private sector jobs. He urged housing reform, lower interest rates, and tax changes including an excess profits tax and ending foreign tax breaks to promote fairness.
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Congress
Federal Reserve System
Esposito
Vermont completes 20 week courses for water system operators
Vermont Health Department reports three 120 hour courses over about 20 weeks each trained 50 operators across 31 public water systems serving 160000 Vermont residents. Additional two day courses for smaller chlorinated plants were held. Ted Manazir led sessions with films, slides, lectures, and field trips. Vermont now has 18 treatment plants serving 113000 people and 330 public water systems total.
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Burlington
Vermont
Manazir
Harold Sargent
Married Wilkinson-Sweet in Bennington at St Peter's Church
Marta Lee Sweet daughter of Clover E. Sweet Jr. of Bennington wed Ernest Leonard Wilkinson son of Leonard Wilkinson of Arlington at 2 p.m. June 30 with Rev. Kenneth Costin officiating. The ceremony featured organist John Riddle guitarist Spencer Sweet and soloist Randa Sweet. Bride wore organza over taffeta gown with a long illusion veil and waxed oriental halo from Armenia. Cascade bouquet of orchids stephanotis and baby's breath. Maid of honor Lorrie Browe. bridesmaids Patti Sweet Cynthia Pierce Linda Statin and Margaret Wilkinson. Best man Walter Wilkinson. ushers Perry Sweet Leigh Sweet. Bride Mt. Anthony graduate employed at Marty-Moore Greenhouses. groom Arlington Memorial High School graduate employed by Hale Co. in Arlington.
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Marta Lee Sweet
Clover E. Sweet Jr
South Street
Bennington
Ernest Leonard Wilkinson
Leonard Wilkinson
Arlington
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Kenneth Costin
John Riddle
Spencer Sweet
Randa Sweet
My Sweet Lady
Lorrie Browe
Patti Sweet
Cynthia Pierce
North Bennington
Linda Statin
Margaret Wilkinson
Pownal
Walter Wilkinson
Perry Sweet
Leigh Sweet
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Marty-Moore Greenhouses
Arlington Memorial High School
The
Hale Co
T-ball program at Memorial Park near Community Center
T-ball for boys and girls begins at Memorial Park with sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays for ages 5 to 7. New players welcomed, gloves needed, and teams will practice and schedule games. Contact the recreation center at 442-5446 or Bill Pembroke at 447-7057 for details.
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Memorial Park
Bill Pembroke
Upgraded fire rating eyed by Bennington selectmen
Bennington town officials and fire department representatives discussed raising the fire insurance rating from C to B, potentially saving about 100000 in premiums. A free survey by Insurance Services Institute of New England was proposed, with a small set of immediate water system tweaks estimated at 50000 to 60000 dollars to boost a higher rating while avoiding a paid department.
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Bennington
North Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Gene Bilodeau
Myrick and Chevalier
Bilodeau
Insurance Services Institute of New England
Lamb
Ronald Higgins
Higgins
South St
Prosecutors await test results on drugs tied to agent Lawrence
Burlington authorities await laboratory results on substances seized from undercover narcotics agent Paul D. Lawrence’s Jackson Terrace apartment. The arrest followed drug charges against Lawrence who faces multiple cases. more than 100 arrests in Franklin County were connected to his work.
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Burlington
UPI
Paul D. Lawrence
Lawrence
Harold Miles
Jackson Terrace
Pine Street
Franklin County
Kimberly Cheney
Leahy
Attorney General’s Office
New Books at Bennington Free Library
The Bennington Free Library lists new acquisitions including Allen stamp works, social change catalogs, a variety of cultural and political titles, and reference guides across multiple subjects. A community card party results and a traffic collision near Route 7 and Ladd Brook Road are also noted with dates and involved parties.
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Bennington Free Library
Public access rules worry small towns cost burden
Vermont officials discuss proposed unlimited public access to government papers. Stewart says towns may face costs to purchase copiers and extend hours while some papers should remain under town discretion. Denny favors salary ranges. Kedroff and Davis push full disclosure of all tax funded salaries.
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Joseph Denny
Lew Kedroff
Springfield
Burlington Free Press
Hamilton Davis
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N.H. Aclus
Vermont Supreme Court
U.S
Bennington Briefs
Mt. Holyoke Club of
Royal
St. Joseph College
St. Peter’s Parish
Rexall
Quinlan
Rexal
Rexal! Drug CompAny
Main ST
Wilkinson-Sweet
Armenia
Baby
Ernest L. Wilkinson
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams
North Adams, Mass
Selectmen
Selectman
Peter R. Donavan
John Malone
Malone
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
General Allen
Europe
Social Change
Bogle
Busey
Boxer
Brundage
Richard Lion Heart
Congressional Research Service
United States
Calder
Carroll
Crile
Dark
Densen-Gerber
Diehl
Supertalk
Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Fielding
Fields
W. C. Fields
Fodor
Soviet Union
Hermann
Hoffer
Hylton
Rodale
Kadushin
Kinross
Hagia Sophia
Kohl
Kramer
Kunhardt
Lovecraft
MacKinnon
Martin
National Park Service
Rosenberg
Schafer
Eggccraft
Schell
Siegel
Time-Life
Watt
Welch
Wentworth
Senior Citizen
BenMni Avenue
Maude Rogers
George Rogers
Emma Halladay
Route 7
Ladd Brook Road
Robert A. Gilarde
Jeanne E. Bliven
North Pownal
Gilarde
Bliven
Stewart
Nammor Self Service Discount
Bennington, Vermont
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