Governor Considers Franklin County Aid Plan
In Montpelier, Governor Deane C. Davis weighs a plan outlined by Development Commissioner Robert Wilson to revitalize Franklin County. The 18 month program proposals include prioritizing highway work and federal funds for the region, with gubernatorial backing seen as essential. Franklin County faces high unemployment and economic decline in north western Vermont.
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Franklin County
Wilson
Development Board
State Police Seek Recruits for September
Public Safety Commissioner Edward W. Corcoran calls for qualified young men to join the Vermont State Police. Open positions expected to fill a September training class. Requirements include ages 21 to 35, height 5 ft 9 in, high school education or equivalent, vision 20/25, residency waived. Starting pay $142 weekly plus benefits. Examinations held last Thursday and Friday each month. contact nearest headquarters or write to State Police Headquarters Montpelier 05601.
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Montpelier
Corcoran
Vermont State Police
Staff Services
State Police
Historian To Offer New Coolidge View
Charles T. Morrissey of the Vermont Historical Society will speak on New Perspectives on Calvin Coolidge at the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation annual meeting in Plymouth Notch. The program includes a noon talk after an 11 a.m. church service, a trustees meeting, and an Old Home Day picnic on the Coolidge homestead lawn with Wilder House food option.
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Plymouth
Charles T. Morrissey
Vermont Historical Society
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation
Plymouth Notch Church
Coolidge
Wilder House
Woodstock
Sally Thompson
Plymouth Notch
Friends of the Foundation
Davis Attacks O'Brien Over Tax and Hypocrisy
Gov Deane Davis charged state Sen Leo OBrien with political hypocrisy as the Democratic challenger vows to repeal the sales tax when feasible OBrien said next year seems unlikely due to overtaxing and overspending by the Davis administration Davis said new taxes were needed to cover the deficit Hoff administration commitments and to provide school funds to towns easing property tax pressure
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Davis
Hoff
Vermont Supreme Court Allows Validation Of Improperly Warned Meeting
The Vermont Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a LaMoille County ruling and said a town can validate a June meeting held to approve a February district meeting that was not properly warned. The decision affects LaMoille Union High School District directors who failed to advertise the meeting in a circulating newspaper.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Judge Denies Sex Rights Inmate Case
UPI reports U.S. District Court Judge Sidney O Smith ruled sex is not a constitutional right even for prison inmates Inmate John Brent Tarlton sought a court order allowing sexual relations during his wife s visits claiming 8th Amendment protection Rutland locals plead innocent in Vermont District Court to an attempted coin collector holdup Three men enter pleas face prison terms and bail set at 20000 Police say handgun use and theft of a 300 coin collection were involved The Plainfield case clarifies hospital bill liability under the 1967 Social Welfare act shifting costs from towns to the state after Oct 1 1968
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Atlanta
UPI
U.S. District Court
Sidney O. Smith
John Brent Tarlton
J.J. Clark
Tarlton
Rutland
Vermont
Mailhot
Bailey
Gayleee
Niles
Plainfield
Central Vermont Hospital
Berlin
Mrs Rockefeller Hosts YWCA Tea in Woodstock
Vermont YWCA members are invited to a July 29 tea at Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller’s Woodstock home. The event supports World YWCA work, with 78 countries under its reach. Greece’s Athena Tsouderos Athanassious is president. Mrs. Rockefeller chairs the international division of the National YWCA.
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Woodstock
Vermont Ywca
Laurance S. Rockefeller
World Ywca
Geneva
Switzerland
Athena Tsouderos- Athanassious
Athens
Greece
Rockefeller
National Ywca
YWCA
Middle East
John Dinse
Shelburne
Houston
Texas
Obituary of Priscilla Alden Williams 1895 74 Arlington
Mrs Priscilla Alden Williams 74 wife of William Wright Williams of Arlington died Friday morning en route to Rutland Hospital. Born November 20 1895 in Boston Mass she was daughter of Harry L. and Edith Kennedy Briggs. She moved to Arlington ten years ago from Detroit Michigan. Survived by husband son Gardner S Williams II Detroit two daughters Edith Swallow Jr McLean Virginia and Anne Bagley Traverse City Michigan a brother George K Briggs Essex Connecticut and seven grandchildren Memorial gifts may be directed.
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Priscilla Alden Williams
William Wright Williams
Arlington
Rutland Hospital
Harry L
Edith Kennedy Briggs
Boston
Mass
Detroit
Mich
Gardner S. Williams II
Das
Chandler E
Edith) Swallow Jr
McLean
Gilbert A
Anne) Bagley
Traverse City
George K. Briggs
Essex, Conn
Woodstock at the Movies and More Film Schedule
A cinema guide lists Woodstock at Harte Theatre and Beyond The Valley of the Dolls at Williamstown Cinema with X rating. Manchester Cinema Theatre shows A Man Called Horse and The Out of Towners with Downhill Racer. Bennington Drive-In screens Paint Your Wagon. Hathaway's drives in North Hoosick. Also notes a funeral service for Lena M. Southall of Morrisville with burial at Hyde Park Village Cemetery.
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Woodstock
America
Harte Theatre
Williamstown
Horse
Richard Harris
Manchester Cinema Theatre
Neil Simon
Jack Lemmon
Sandy Dennis
Robert Redford
Bennington Drive-In
Lee Marvin
Hathaway
Entertainment Tonight at Eagles Aerie Lounge
Bennington brief notes music by George O'Brien and Jerry Moon in the Fraternal Order of Eagles aerie 1861 lounge from 8 to 12. A reminder to secure accident insurance before travel. LeBlanc's Auto Wrecking to close July 25 at noon.
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Order of Eagles Aerie
George O’brien
Jerry Moon
The
Shea Agency Inc
LeBlanc
Hemmings Motor News founder returns to Bennington era
Terry Ehrich, Harvard graduate and co owner, moves Hemmings Motor News back East to Bennington after Quad Cit y stint. The magazine appeals to antique and classic car hobbyists with 54000 subscribers nationwide and soon launches Special Interest Autos featuring editorials and non classic autos.
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Hemmings Motor News
Bennington
Hannibal
Western Publishing
Terry Ehrich
Terry
Manfred Ehrich
Arlington
Harvard
New York City
New York Review of Books
Quincy
Gillian
Ernest R. Hemmings
Hemmings
Midwest
California
New York
Nash-Healy
LeMans
Willow Road
Jolivette
Vermont
Sylvia Porter
Mt. Anthony Union High School
William Dailey
Robert Hall
Steve Eddington
The
Greater Bennington
Vermont education faces local control push says Scribner
UPI reports Scribner in Montpelier and Mahady in White River Junction weighing local decision making and a 1968 anti pornography statute. Mahady warns the law may be unconstitutional for broad nudity definitions risking bans on Newsweek Sports Illustrated and many papers. Scribner laments growing bureaucracy while preparing to become NYC schools chief.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
White River Junction
Windsor County
Frank Mahady
Mahady
Newsweek
Sports Illustrated
Taylor on Mend After Surgery
Arthur D. Taylor of Convent Avenue was in satisfactory condition at Albany Medical Center New York after a delicate brain operation successfully completed Friday morning He was moved to Albany hospital from Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington a week and a half ago after a stroke like attack Taylor is secretary treasurer of Wood s Corp Inc of Hoosick Falls
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Arthur D. Taylor
Convent Avenue
Albany Medical Center
Albany
N.Y
Taylor
Albany Hospital
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Woods Corp. Inc
Hoosick Falls
Flower Moods To Be Exhibited At Stockbridge
Berkshire Moods themed standard flower and horticulture show scheduled for Friday Aug 14 from 2 to 9 pm and Saturday Aug 15 from 10 am to 5 pm. Event set in a tent at Berkshire Garden Center grounds near Routes 102 and 183 west of Stockbridge. Committee led by Mrs. Lawrence H. Bloedel of Williamstown organizes exhibits of annuals perennials house plants fruits vegetables herbs and divisions including Berkshire Beauty and Berkshire Homes. Open entries for horticultural and artistic sections for juniors under 17 and conservation displays. Free to enter. viewing admission $1 for adults while children accompanied by adults enter free. Garden clubs Bennington Arlington Plain Dirt Gardeners of Bennington participate.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Berkshire Moods
Berkshire Garden Center
Lawrence H. Bloedel
Williamstown
Berkshire
Berkshire Homes
Garden Clubs
Bennington
Arlington
Plain Dirt Gardeners
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Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
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Lena M. Southall
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Morrisville
Harry Southall
Fairfield
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