Water project delayed by red tape in Bennington
Bennington Village water commissioners voiced impatience over legal and financial holdups delaying Bolles Brook water source development. Bond proceeds and a federal HUD grant must be secured before a pre construction conference can occur, with startup now unlikely before year end.
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Bennington Village
Bolles Brook
John H. Williams II
Williams
Water Board
Woodford
Bennington
55th Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Percey Rus sell of Leonard Street
Celebrate 55th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Percey Rus sell of Leonard Street observed Monday. The couple, married June 5 1912 at the grandparents home on Shaftsbury Road, are noted for long local service in the Methodist Church. Russell served in World War I and held lodge and church offices. They have a son Luman and two grandchildren Carolyn and Gary Russell. Atherton is deceased.
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Percey S. Russell
Leonard Street
Amy Atherton Lake
S. B. Pike
Shaftsbury Road
P.L. Dow
Bennington Methodist Church
Lula Lovejoy
Francis) Greenslet
Herman Maclane Simmons
North Bennington
Russell
Co. A
Methodist Church
Mt. Anthony Lodge F&am
E-Z Mills
Bennington
Cartersville
Dunham Furniture, Inc
YMCA Notes Bennington Gra-Y adventure hike to White Rocks
The Bennington Area YMCA Gra-Y Clubs completed an all day hike starting at 9 30 Saturday morning with 15 boys and two advisors Paul N Riddle and Edward W Dewey. Loomis Dana drove the group to Brooklyns trailhead and they climbed to the White Rocks reaching the top at noon and returning by 4 p m. The trip featured games meals and a view from the summit. The Gray Clubs resume activities in September with ongoing programs through the year. The column lists weekly activities at Morse Field Memorial Park and nearby venues including softball and bridge matches and the Digger Connell Memorial Softball Tournament. The YMAs lobby hosts games and reading during open hours. Red Brick School students use the lobby 8 to 8 45 a m before bus rides.
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Bennington Area
YMCA
Blue Trail
White Rocks
Paul N. Riddle
Edward W. Dewey
Loomis Dana
Brooklyn
Red Brick School
Two Bennington Seniors Graduate From Providence College
Providence R I. graduation list shows two Bennington residents among 496 seniors who completed degrees at Providence College in Providence Rhode Island.
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Providence, R.I
Bennington
Vermont court weighs compensation for removal of billboard
Superior Court Judge William Hill heard under advisement arguments from Micalite Sign Corp of Westmoreland New Hampshire seeking compensation for removing a roadside billboard on Route 2 near Montpelier The case tests the compensation clause eliminated by Vermont's 1967 anti sign law removal would be at the firm's expense The Tavern Motor Inn sign is visible from Route 2 and Interstate 89 The decision date was not announced The rest of the text reports Providence College commencement a separate item about graduates George J Allard and Craig F Galipeau sons of Montpelier area residents respectively receiving bachelor degrees in business administration and economics
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Montpelier
UPI
William Hill
New Hampshire
Micalite Sign Corp
Westmoreland
N.H
Vermont
U.S. Route 2
Judge Hill
Assembly
Providence College
George J. Allard
George A. Allard
Weeks St
Graig F. Galipeau
Francis A. Galipeau
Division St
Bennington Catholic High School
New Books at Bennington Free Library
Bennington Free Library lists new adult titles including Guns on the Pedernales by Cory, Make-up for the Toff by Creasey, Labyrinth by Duncan, The Deep End by Hayes, One Springtime in Venice, The Girl in Studio B, Surgery Nurse, Treasure of Wycliffe House, Gideon's Wrath, It's an Old Country, Breed of Giants, Washington, D.C., The Plot, The Purloined Paperweight by Wodehouse, Disraeli biography, All the Women of the Bible, How to Make Cut Flowers Last, Nights and Day by Merrill, American Way of Life, Colossus and Other Poems by Plath, Stage Costume Handbook, E S P in Life and Lab, The Doctor's Quick Weight Loss Diet, Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible, Little Charley Ross, Cowboy and His Friend, Spring Is a New Beginning, The Little Igloo, A Song Is Born, Mary Jemison, Sene ca Captive, Flutes Whistles and Reeds, A Book of Dwarfs, Celtic Tales, The Faun and the Woodcutter's Daughter, The Rabbit Garden. Remember: If the books are out, the Library will reserve them for you.
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L.M
Pitt) Pittendreigh
Boston
Whitman and Howard
Pittendreigh
HUD
Williams
Town Selectmen
Water Board
Bolles Brook
Bickford Hollow Brook
Woodford
Long Trail Road
Vermont
Burgess Road
Bennington
Cory
Pedernales
Texas
Creasey
Toff
John Creasey
Duncan
Hayes
Venice
Holloway
Studio B
Humphries
Judson
Wycliffe House
Macken
Marrie
Scotland Yard
Priestley
J. B
Vidal
Washington, D.C
Wallace
Wodehouse
Blake
Disraeli
Deen
Kasperski
Bennington Garden Club
Merrill
Montague
Plath
Prisk
Rhine
Stillman
Wright
Westminster Historical Atlas
Zierold
Charley Ross
U.S
Anglund
Beim
Fraser
Franz Lorenz
Gardner
Mary Jemison
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Kettlekamp
Manning - Sanders
Tufts
Labor Council Scores MONTPELIER Lawmakers on Labor Votes
The Vermont State Labor Council issued its report card listing 30 of 150 House members and 11 of 30 Senators scoring perfect or near perfect on six labor issues in the 1967 legislature. Hugh Clark led D-32 with a perfect House score. five Republicans in the Senate also achieved perfect marks, and several others were near perfect despite absences.
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Montpelier
House of Representatives
Vermont State Labor Council
Hugh Clark
Bennington
Rep
Clark
House
Senate
Joseph Caracciola
Robert Kearns
Gaucher named supervisor at Tantalum Electronics Inc
Indu strial Engineering chief Gaucher will oversee operations analysis economics methods standards costs and plant layout for tantalum capacitor manufacture at Tansi tor Electronics Inc Plant manager Robert W. Russ announced Gaucher previously worked as an industrial engineer for Republican Aviation and Sheridan Corp in Argyle New York and served with the U.S. Army Engineers from Northport Long Island.
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Warren A. Gaucher
Tansitor Electronics, Inc
Robert W. Russ
Gaucher
Republican Aviation
Sheridan Corporation
Argyle
N.Y
Brunswick Corporation
Northport
Long Island
U.S. Army Engineers
Meat Inspection Law Loophole Is Revealed
A Vermont public hearing exposed a major loop hole in meat inspection law. State veterinarian Dr. A E Janowicz warned that the five animal personal use sale exemption lets diseased meat pass between private buyers and sellers. The 1968 legislature would need to redefine meat producer to close the gap. Beginning July 1, commercial slaughterhouses and retail markets will be inspected periodically.
Denver man hides cash in truck as alarm fails
Dale Long, a Denver vending firm supervisor, hid $500 in change under a truck seat and activated an alarm after locking the vehicle. When he returned, the money had vanished. Police said a thief slipped a vent window latch, crawled in without opening the door, and escaped the same way.
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Denver
UPI
Dale Long
World Power and U S Police Power Comment
Senator George D. Aiken argues the Middle East crisis stems from a loss of respect for U S policing power amid Vietnam. He criticizes U N handling and U Thant’s pullback of peacekeepers while noting pressure to support Israel if the crisis worsens.
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U.S
Aiken
United States
Israel
Middle East
United Nations
Music Banned by Greek Military Regime
In Athens the military government bans the music of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis who wrote the Zorba the Greek score and accounted for 40 percent of Greece’s records last year. Officials label him a communist and say his music would cause discord among Greeks.
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Athens
Greece
API
Mikis Theodorakis
Theodorakis
Zorba
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Women’s Slimnastics
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Leonard Black
Herbert H. Leonard
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