Bennington Lions Club reports active 1975 spring season
The Bennington Lions Club cites a productive spring with auctions and a Fun-O-Rama carnival raising about 4700 dollars for the general fund. A May health screening tested 471 people with 55 referred for further evaluation. Winners announced for give-away contests include Peter Donavan, Mark Eggert, Jeff Congdon, and G Gauthier. Ladies Night marks the final meeting on June 14.
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Bennington Lions Club
Monument Plaza
Bennington
State Department of Health
Lions Club
Peter Donavan
South Stream Road
Giard
Mark Eggert
Maple St
Jeff Congdon
Oakes Street
G. Gauthier
Branch St
Paradise Inn
Kennedy’s son completes cancer treatment early
Edward M Kennedy Jr finished bone cancer treatment six months ahead of schedule, doctors at Georgetown University said Friday. A Georgetown spokesman noted the family’s gratitude and praised the care provided and the patient’s progress.
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Kennedy
Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward Jr
Georgetown University
Georgetown
Young Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Escapees charged in Windsor prison break case
Two of three men who scaled Windsor state prison wall were formally charged with escape in Vermont District Court. Arthur Beshaw of Burlington and Steven Murray of East Middlebury, both 20, entered no pleas and are held on 10000 dollars bail. If convicted, they could face up to ten years additional imprisonment.
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White River
Helicopter hijack frees inmate at Michigan prison
A knife-wielding man hijacked a helicopter and landed inside Southern Michigan Prison to extract inmate Dale R. Remling, 46, as police arrested Donald Hill, 23, for kidnapping and Jolyne Lou Com, 31, for aiding the escape. Remling was serving 70 to 10 years for forging a $2,200 car check.
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Jackson, Mich
UPI
America
Southern
Michigan
Dale R. Remling
Sidney
Mich
Donald Hill
Howell
Jolyne Lou Com
Webberville
Laos Deploys Pathet Lao Troops Across Laos
Premier Souvanna Phouma approved deployment of Pathet Lao troops in Laos including former rightist areas to speed up integration. U.S. development staff faced higher money demands after protests, with operations ended. In Bennington a six year old injured in a bike car collision. A Bennington crash report notes minor vehicle damage in a School and Pleasant streets lot with no injuries.
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Vientiane
UPI
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Laos
U.S. Agency For International Development
Bennington
Meyer
Dyersville
Iowa
Sylvia Moskowitz
Harold L. Palmer
Beech Street
School
Pleasant Streets
Obituary of Alice M. Baker of Bennington Vermont
Alice M. Baker aged 93 of 225 Bradford Street Bennington died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital widow of Arthur Baker born in Danby educated in Vermont. Survived by daughters Lolita Langlois and R J Kircher son Gerald in Florida plus grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Family viewing Sunday 1 to 2 pm Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home services Sunday 2 pm Rev Thomas Steffen officiating. Burial at family discretion under 1973 peace agreement.
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Alice M. Baker
Bradford St
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arthur Baker
Danby
Vermont
Lolita Langlois
Bradford Street
R. J. Kircher
Los Angeles
Calif
Gerald
Florida
Hanson-Walbridge
Thomas Steffen
National Guard to get nuclear weapons for weekend troops
New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson urged the National Governors Conference to press the federal government to double the National Guard and arm them with nuclear weapons. Thomson said he intended the most sophisticated weapons rather than older arms, a remark echoed by his press secretary.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
National Guard
Thomson
Joseph Zellner
Napolitano's Pizzeria Ad Promotes Fresh Pizza
A Bennington brief advertises Napolitano's Pizzeria offering fresh to order pizza for supper snacks or graduation parties with contact at 442-3949 in Ben Mont.
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Ben Mont
Banner adds Wall Street Journal intern for summer
The Banner announces a new summer reporter intern from Memphis Tennessee. Miss Demetrius Sanders will join The Banner staff through a program operated by the Wall Street Journal Newspaper Fund which selects students for training.
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Banner
Demetrius Sanders
Memphis
Tenn
Wall Street Journal Newspaper Fund
Wall Street Journal Fund
Senior Citizens Nutrition Program serves weekday dinners
The Bennington Elderly Nutrition Program at the Senior Citizens Community Center on Benmont Avenue offers weekday dinners catered by Paddy's Restaurant owner Patrick Radford. Reservations by 10:30 a.m. are required for ages 60 plus and their guests, with transportation on the center’s mini-bus available at booking. Hot home meals via Putnam Memorial Hospital require physician approval. Next week’s menu includes chopped sirloin, roast lamb, roast turkey, and pork chops with sides.
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Bennington
Senior Citizens Community Center
Benmont Avenue
Patrick Radford
Paddy
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Radford
Berkshires
Culinary Institute of America
CIA report blocked as Ford reviews five month probe
The commission plans to publish a 350 page CIA report on domestic spying after President Ford reads it. Data on murder plots remains secret but will be shared with Senate investigators. Ron Nessen denied a cover up while noting delays unrelated to a decision to withhold assassination evidence. Ford received the document from Vice President Rockefeller and said the CIA must live within the law. The panel broadened its inquiry to alleged plans to assassinate foreign leaders.
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Ron Nessen
Nessen
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oval Office
CIA
Vermont highway fund revenue beats expectations
Administration Secretary Robert Wilson reported a surprising rise in gasoline tax and motor vehicle fee revenue boosts the Vermont Highway Fund. The better-than-expected finances mean the Salmon administration will not transfer the planned 2.4 million dollars from the General Fund to cover a projected deficit.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Administration
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Salmon Administration
Debate on N H Senate race stalls over debate limits
Washington Republicans said no consensus on restricting debate on the New Hampshire Senate race between Louis C. Wyman and John A. Durkin. Key figures Weicker Curtis and Griffin doubted a deal, while several Democrats may back sending the dispute back to New Hampshire. The Rules Committee has reviewed 935 ballots with more ties and issues pending Senate action.
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Washington
Senate
New Hampshire
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Mansfield
Weicker
Curtis
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
Griffin
GOP
Rules Committee
Wyman
Durkin
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