Leaky roof prompts need for permanent fix at Fairview Street campus
Superintendent Sleeman notes a plastic based roof patched about 40 times at Leaky roof Joseph on Fairview Street. Board delays action but agrees a lasting solution is needed. Other notes include summer carpentry at several schools, a $950 painting bid for Cora B, and Catamount annex bids to be opened soon.
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David O. Morse
Catamount
BSD
Pat Chenaille
Cora B. Whitney
Beech Street
Monument
Bennington
Molly Stark
Mary DeLong
Cora B
Town Democrats Meet Tonight at 8
The Bennington Town Democratic Committee will meet at the Community Recreation Center to discuss this year s primary and general elections. Congressional candidate John J Welch Jr of Rutland is expected to speak and possible candidates for state legislature will be discussed. Democrats have no announced candidate in Subdistrict 44 and are short one candidate in Subdistricts 41 and 43 two member districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Finances debated in Pearl Buck inheritance case in Rutland
The Rutland County Court heard deposition testimony on Pearl S. Buck assets and transfers to Theodore F. Harris and Creativity Inc. The suit, filed by son Edgar S. Walsh, alleges Harris unduly influenced Buck and controlled her finances late in life. Gale L. Raphael testified as Buck’s attorney and for Creativity, stating no conflict of interest due to Buck’s control.
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Martha Elliott
Rutland
Pearl S. Buck
Rutland County
Franklin S. Billings
Miss Buck
Harris
South
Creativity
Edgar S. Walsh
Walsh
Fred I. Parker
Peter Langrock
Middlebury
Gale L. Raphael
Newton
Mass
Raphael
Creativity Inc
Pearl Buck Foundation
Vermont
Boston
John Day Publishing Co
Trust
Danby
Jean
Creativity of
Welch Campaign Focuses on Human Rights and Independence
Candidate Welch outlines a platform centered on human rights and social services while rejecting political labels. He cites a welfare hearing victory, prison riot mediation, and dairy land battles as part of his record, and argues for cuts in government spending, tariff realignments, and curbed money printing to tackle stagflation. He warns against fund-raising excesses, endorses full disclosure, and predicts a Vermont statewide front runner by September 10 as he campaigns across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Windsor
Bridge, Inc
Welch
Paul Lawrence
St. Albans
Cain
Congress
Vermont
Esposito
Organized Labor
Bennington plans Sept bond vote for Mt Anthony Junior High
The Bennington School District Board sets September 17 for a 1 175 000 bond vote on renovating Mt Anthony Junior High School. Ballot will be by paper from 10 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. at Bennington Elementary with absentee voting. If approved, a separate Mt Anthony district vote will follow.
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Vermont
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
BSD
Lawrence E. Harrington
American Civil Liberties Union
Harrington
North Bennington- Shaftsbury
Sleeman
Woodford
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Pownal
Vosha
Ronald Higgins
Louis Perrotta
Supt. Sleeman
Higgins
Christine Newman Wolfe
Superior
Edward R. Lamb
Catamount
Peter Giuliani
Obituary Notices From Arlington Bennington and Troy Deaths
Obituaries note the death of Mrs Bertha Keough Sculley 75 a lifelong Arlington resident with a daughter Dorothy Waite six grandchildren and four brothers. Services set at St Margaret Marys Church with burial in St Columba Cemetery. Memorials suggested to Arlington Rescue Squad or Arlington Recreation Fund. Also announced are obituaries for Marie Pierson Smith Elizabeth McMahon O Neill and William Persip with funeral plans and burial details in local churches and cemeteries.
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Bertha Keough Sculley
Arlington
William and
Bridget
Morrissey) Keough
Sodality of
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Catholic Daughters of America
American Association of Retired Persons
Dorothy S. Waite
Michael J
John T
Patrick L
East Arlington
Jerry F
Bennington
Edward
Marie Pierson Smith
Bracewell Avenue
North Adams
Mass
North Adams Regional Hospital
St. Francis Church
Flynn & Cagnoli-Montagna
Hillside Cemetery
John F
Mary E. (Coates) Smith
Ralph Bennett
John F. Lyons
James T. Lyons
Lewiston
Maine
Edna Cray
Walpole
Elizabeth M. McMahon O'Neill
Troy
N.Y
Philip J. O’neill Jr
St. Mary’s Hospital
Second Ave
St. Peter’s
Bernard T
Mary (Raleigh) McMahon
State of
New York
Kerry
Keith
Kathleen
Mahar and Son
William Persip
Bennington Convalescent Center
State orders removal of Shaftsbury park sign
Lake Shaftsbury became a state park recently and a wooden sign was erected. On July 16 park staff removed the sign for nonconformance with Vermont signing law. Travel Information Council to provide compliant signs. private camps also pushing for uniform standards.
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Shaftsbury Park
Shaftsbury
Lake Shaftsbury
Route 7 Park
Stephen White
Stuart R. Blacklock
Travel Information Council
White
Forest and Parks Department
Council
Supreme Court tapes ruling sparks cross party praise and debate
The Supreme Court's unanimous order to release more White House tapes draws praise from Vice President Ford and Senate GOP leader Scott and met with mixed signals on impeachment timing from House Democrats and Republicans. Nixon expresses disappointment but compliance, while legal figures stress the rule of law amid ongoing committee action.
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Wiggins
Nixon
CIA
FBI
Ilinois
Robert McClory
Tom Railsback
Rayburn
UPI
House
Senate
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
San Clemente
Calif
Capitol
George Danielson
D-Calif
Judiciary Committee
Archibald Cox
Supreme Court
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
America
Chesterfield Smith
American Bar Association
Thomas P. O'Neill
D-Mass
Illinois
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Pearl Buck
Mamaroneck
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Northside Drive
Mary Downey
Ruth G. Walbridge
Bennington Brief
Bruce Bushee
Mary Skidmore
Frank Kiesling
Virginia LaTour
Catherine Nevils
Alice Wells
Philip Roach
Leonard Whitman
Ronald Morse
Manchester Center
John Blinstruth
Hoosick Falls
Ruth Riley
Buskirk
John Funk
Eva Gerity
Evelyn Farrar
Florence Brown
Heather Hughes
Pow
Vassar Hospital
Poughkeepsie
John
Deborah Kudzin
Wappinger Falls
Lawrence C. Smith
John A. Kudzin
Beacon, N.Y
Kendall Rich
Phillip Viereck
Rich
Supt
Monument School
Old Bennington
Dawn M. Th
Bertha K. Sculley
Marie P. Smith
Philip J. O’neill
Carol King
Jaworski
Peter W. Rodino
D-N.j
Rodino
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