Consumer bureau warns of roof-repair conmen
Burlington Vermont The attorney general s Consumer Protection Bureau warns residents to watch for roving roof repair con artists. A Groton man was approached by two men in a pickup with out of state plates offering to seal his driveway for 8 a gallon and was billed 540 for 63 gallons then price cut to 200 then 20 after objections. The men fled. A Rutland area case was reported. Call the bureau at 802 864 0111.
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Burlington
Consumer Protection Bureau
Vermont
William A. Gilbert
Groton
Bhoy
Attorney General’s Office
Gilbert
Rutland
Church St
B ROC names new counselor for area alcoholism program
Larry Stevens formerly of Rutland is named counselor aide in Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council’s Alcohol Program. He replaces Carol Robinson. Stevens will work with part time counselor aide William Martin. The program serves rural Bennington and Rutland counties with counseling medical care education employment housing and other supportive services. Cooperating agencies include United Counseling Service state Alcoholic Rehabilitation Board state Department of Social Welfare Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon. Seventy five Rutland County families and 25 Bennington County families have been reached. Stevens cites campaign awareness as a factor in the program’s success and a pamphlet noting alcoholism as a disease will be distributed. Contact Stevens at 442-9519.
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Larry Stevens
Rutland
Bennington County
Bennington- Rutland
BROC
United
UVM delays in aid as staff changes shape rules
At the University of Vermont the financial aid office asks applicants for patience due to major personnel changes delaying notifications of aid for the next academic year. Freshmen should hear within two weeks while upperclassmen wait until the third week of August. If unresolved, actions with the bursar are planned to avoid confusion during September registration.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Financial‘ Aid Office
Congress
UVM
New England Weekend Forecast Points to Showers and Clearing
Forecast from the National Weather Service for New England shows showers for Saturday and Sunday with clearing to partly cloudy skies on Monday. Daytime highs reach the upper 70s to lower 80s and overnight lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s across all three days.
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Boston
UPI
National Weather Service
New England
Dr James Shea Re-Elected To GP Group
Dr James S Shea of Bennington has been re elected to active membership in the American Academy of General Practice, the national association of family doctors. Re election shows 150 hours of accredited postgraduate study in the last three years. The academy, founded 1947 and based in Kansas City, advocates continuing education for family physicians.
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Kansas City
James S. Shea
Bennington
American Academy of General Practice
National Association of Family Doctors
The
Academy
National Medical Association
Bennington Realtors Asked to Speak on Reappraisal Needs
Bennington selectmen plan to invite local realtors to next week's meeting to hear views on reappraisal. They aim to include members of the Board of Civil Authority and the Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association at future sessions. A motion to invite realtors was adopted amid debate over pursuing a full time professional assessor and potential voter approval.
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Bennington Selectmen
Bennington Realtors
Bennington
Board of Civil Authority
Bennington Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Selectmen
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
J.C. Jerome
Jerome
Drysdale
Edward Frasier
PSB hires Udall firm in power line dispute
The Vermont Public Service Board engaged Overview Inc., led by former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, to study VELCO’s seven mile transmission line from Queen City Park in South Burlington to Williston. Chairman Ernest Gibson declined to discuss specifics, with a public hearing planned to hear the consultant’s recommendations.
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PSB
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Public Service Board
Washington, D.C
U.S. Interior
Stewart Udall
Burlington
Udall
Ernest Gibson
Gibson
Overview Inc
Vermont Electric Power Co
VELCO
Queen City Park
Williston
Zoning Board to Hear Two Variance Appeals in Bennington
The Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on August 5 at 7 30 p m to consider appeals by Haynes Kane Inc for a Route 67A sign variance and Charles J Mintrone for moving a small home within 15 feet of a neighbor on Northside Drive near the Country Store.
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Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment
Haynes & Kane Inc
Charles J. Mintrone
Northside Drive
Vermont Yankee releases river studies booklet
The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp releases a 23 page report on four years of environmental studies along the Connecticut River in southeastern Vermont. The study by Webster Martin Co covers water quality temperature flow rate and fish life. Temperature readings ranged from 32 degrees in winter to 70 to 77 degrees in summer with minimal daily fluctuation. The findings tie into Vermont Water Resources Board rules on heated discharges from the Vernon plant as officials weigh adjusting restrictions to federal standards. No immediate comment on timing relative to a Montpelier Public Service Board hearing.
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Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Ween
Vermont Water Resources Board
Public Service Board
Montpelier
New England Senators Split on Amchitka Test Postponement
Washington UPI reports 7 of 11 New England senators backed postponement of an underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island while 57 voted against the delay. Democrats Kennedy Mass Muskie Pell Ribicoff and Brooks Weicker joined in favor. Pastore Aiken Prouty and Smith of Maine opposed. Norris Cotton not recorded.
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Washington
UPI
New England
Amchitka Island
Senate
Kennedy
Mass
McIntyre
N.H
Muskie
Maine
Pell
R.I
Ribicoff
Conn
Brooke
Weicker
Pastore
Miss Shields of Old Bennington wins Garden Club award
Miss Juliette McC Shields of Old Bennington is honored with the Garden Club of America Medal of Merit at a Bennington Garden Club meeting in Dorset. The award recognizes her decades of service, leadership, and horticultural excellence including zone, GCA, and local club contributions.
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Miss Shields
Old Bennington
Bennington Garden Club
Dorset
T. Wylie Kinney
Dorset Hollow Road
Garden Club of America Medal
GCA
Oliver A. Vietor
Juliette McC. Shields
Garden Club of America
GCA Bulletin
Bennington
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
New York
Berkshire Garden Center
Lenox
Vermont Federation of Garden Clubs
Shields
Vietor
Garden Club of American Medal of Merit
Victor
Katherine Thomas Cary
Rumson
Three Harbors
Bennington Woman’s Will Distributes Estate Among Heirs
Mrs Margery Eddy Nash Ludlow of Bennington who died October 29 1970 at 87 left 60000 in personal estate 25000 in real estate 14000 in furniture and belongings. Principal beneficiary Mrs Katherine W Vail of Harlan Road received the Bennington home and 5000 plus residual rights. Millard Francisco got 15000 and a daughter’s house. Cousins Roberta Ogden Clark and Benjamin F Clark of Handen Conn received the Eddy family heirlooms.
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Margery Eddy Nash Ludlow
Bennington
Katherine W. Vail
Harlan Road
$1.8 Million Approved for VA Hospital Project
The Senate approved an $18.7 billion fiscal 1972 appropriation, including $11 billion for the Veterans' Administration. The omnibus bill adds $1.8 million for a new 204-bed, three-story VA center at White River Junction VI, with construction begun last spring and costs growing from an original $4 million plan to about $6 million.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Senate
Veterans’ Administration
White River Junction
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