Letter items address Rusty the horse and fair praise
Letters to The Banner recount the loss of Rusty the horse hit by a run driver and gratitude for a poem by Rock R. Rogers. A second letter lauds the Creative Craft Fair No. 4 in Bennington and local support. Other notes praise editorial comments on driver courtesy, and a reader criticizes a caller and laments courtesy on Route 7.
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Rock R. Rogers
Rusty
Mr. Rogers
Bennington
Education Department
Ben Mont Avenue
Richard P. Sukel
Grove St
Biologists Warn On Atomic Advances And Mutations
Gladys Lodge urges readers to contact representatives for a full Appropriations Committee hearing on the Atomic Energy Commission budget and fast breeder reactor. She cites biologists concerns about tritium affecting DNA and possible genetic anomalies from radioactive exposure, urging vigilance.
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Smith
U.S.P. H.S
Monticello
Minneapolis
Mississippi River
Appropriations Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Gladys Lodge
Aiken Seeks Checks On AEC Cost Sharing Plans
Senator George D. Aiken urged strict safeguards on AEC cost sharing with oil and gas firms in underground nuclear tests. He proposed four requirements including agency cooperation, state involvement, an external advisory panel, and 90 day Joint Committee review of private contracts.
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Aiken
AEC
Washington
George D. Aiken
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Joint Committee
Mt‘a Pri
Sen. Aiken
Alaska
Oilrich
Middle East
Rifle
Colo
Austral Oil Company
National Life Reaches 5 Billion Insurance in Force
National Life Insurance Co. in Montpelier hits a record 5 billion dollars in force, serving over a million people across all states and D.C. Since 1850, the company has paid about 1.7 billion to policy owners and beneficiaries. The firm ranks 24th by assets and 25th by insurance in force among 1,750 life firms.
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Montpelier — National Life Insurance Co
John T. Fey
District of Columbia
Fey
Montpelier
National Life
Torrential Rain Floods Connecticut Valley Towns
Five inches of rain in 12 hours caused heavy flooding in Springfield Vermont and nearby towns washing out culverts and roads. National Guard aided evacuations including a pregnant woman as authorities warned of closures on Route 5 and Interstate 91 while the Connecticut River basin rose. Governor Davis authorized Guard assistance to flood areas.
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Springfield
Main Street
Bellows Falls
Windsor
Connecticut River
Kipp
National Guard
Ascutney
Black River
Deane C. Davis
Adj
Reginald Cram
Outgoing FPC Chief Predicts More Power Shortages
Lee C White, outgoing chairman of the Federal Power Commission, warns repeated power shortages without more federal authority to plan installations. He cites rising summer demand, environmental conflicts, and delays from disputes over site and design, urging legislation to empower federal action and streamline reviews.
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FPC
White
Washington
Lee C. White
Federal Power Commission
East
Commission
Johnson
Lemer & Jacobsen
New York
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania -Jersey -Maryland
Ess
Pay Raise Protest Hits Vermont Wage Board Hearing
Labor and Industry Commissioner Louis Lavin considers arguments against a 20 cent hourly raise for hotel and restaurant dining room staff. Employers and restaurant group officials held protests at the July Wage Board appeal hearing, claiming the measure to boost wages to 1.05 may burden businesses.
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Lavin
Bennett
Fire damages old Carriage House in Plainfield
Fire at the 165 year old red brick Carriage House owned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tofani of Barre caused an estimated 100000 in damage including antiques and rugs. The blaze was discovered Monday by Patricia Kuhen and Joseph Palmisano as Plainfield and Goddard College fire units battled the attic fire in the 2 1/2 story mansion.
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Plainfield
OPD
Joseph Tofani
Barre
Patricia Kuhen
Goddard College Infirmary
Washington County State
Joseph Palmisano
Goddard College
East Montpelier
Marshfield
Military investigates drowning of sergeant at Dyess AFB
Sgt. Robert Levick 22 of St. Albans was found dead in a Dyess Air Force Base pool in Abilene, Texas. He was to reenlist for another tour. clothes lay beside the pool after a night at the NCO club. Levick served three years with the 347th Tactical Airlift Squadron. LT, JOHNSBURY (UPD) reports Vermont Gov. Davis accepted Rev. Roger Albright’s resignation as Human Rights Commission chair amid civil rights case delays.
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Abilene
Texas
UPI
Dyess Air Force Base
Vermont
Robert Levick
St. Albans
Levick
NCO Club
Air Force
347Th Tactical Airlift
Dyess
Johnsbury
UPD
Davis
Roger Albright
Huntington
Human Rights Commission
Albright
Old Vermont Church Council
The
Cour
Surplus funds eyed for I-91 Derby expansion
Montpelier reports a 4.5 million fiscal 1969 highway surplus. Highway Commissioner John T. Gray says the extra revenue, largely from a 1968 gas tax hike, will be used to expand Interstate 91 in Derby from two to four lanes. He notes unspent appropriations also contribute to the balance. Governor Davis toured the Northeast Kingdom during the announcement.
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Montpelier
UPD
Highway Fund
John T. Gray
Gray
Derby
Northeast Kingdom
Gov
Davis
Colonie Declines to Contest Water Pollution Charge
Colonie village refuses to contest a state health department charge over discharging septic tank and storm sewer effluent into North and Selkirk Lakes and Shaker's Creek. The village plans to bid within six months on a village-wide sewer system while HUD has already granted 1.1 million for sewers. Albany foreclosures sell YMCA building and Osterhout's resort inn at auctions. YMCA property goes to Equitable Life for 76760. Osterhout's sells for 30000 to Fred T. Vezzi on a second mortgage.
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Colonie
State Department of Health
North and Sea Rensselaer Lakes
Shaker’s Creek
William R. Cook
HUD
Albany
Albany County
YMCA
Pearl and Steuben Streets
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Pearl Street
Arizona Biochemical sues Hearst for 45 million libel
U S District Judge David Edelstein in the southern district of New York upheld the $45 million libel claim by Arizona Biochemical Corp against the Hearst Corp over an Albany Times Union article dated Oct 11, 1968. The ruling requires Hearst to fully defend the action in federal court, though no trial date is set.
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Albany
David N. Edelstein
Southern District
U.S. District Court For
New York
Arizona Bio Chemical Corp
Hearst Corp
Albany Times Union
Edelstein
Denied Liquor Permit for Tent Club at Tanglewood
Berkshire ABCC rejected Tent Club Inc license for Tanglewood citing nonconforming tent club statutes. Boston Symphony Orchestra appeals. Local selectmen had issued a limited permit June 16 pending ABCC approval while club sold beer and wine on three day licenses.
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Stockbridge
State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
Tent Club, Inc
Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stockbridge Selectmen
ABCC
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Bennington Falls
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H. G. Savage
Greater Bennington
Lucy Sanders
Shaftsbury
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
James Watson
Felix
Charles W. Haver
Dorset
American Express
American Express Company
County National Bank
Bennington & Arlington
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Chet Mellfield
D-Calif
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National
Connecticut
By Eileen Shanahan
New York Times News Service
Branchburg
N.J
Consolidated Edison
Power Commission
Lawrence J. O’connor Jr
Power Comemission
Advisory Council On the Environment
White-O’ Connor
Northeast
H. Greenbe
Bing
Berkshire
Cheshire
Williamstown
Richard J. Hass
House of Correction
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Weather Service
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