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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1974
Page
7
Dorset students fled Monday heat to inside the school for circus thrills by the Plainfield troupe Two Penny Circus presenting 10 acts including juggling and cycling. The event boosted morale for teachers and children as the troupe tours Vermont.
At a Town House meeting in Cambridge New York the Arlington Lions Club presented a 600 check to Fred Hoyt president of AMHS Scholarship Fund Inc for two Arlington Memorial High School students to receive scholarships. Officers installed include Lyle Salter president Henry Breunick secretary Greg Cullinan treasurer C Lee Marsh first vice pres Nick Monte second vice pres Fran Stork third vice pres Gerald Woodard tail twister.
Hoosick Falls supervisors report DOT approval for a yield sign at Route 7 and 22. Community Band seeks $500 more annually from town and village. bids for remote radios reviewed. Reynolds Gilchrest Building project closes with $134,871.39 in costs and revenues. Water drainage fixes eyed for athletic field. temporary ditch widening planned ahead of July 4 flea market.
Arlington women spent long winter hours crafting a quilt presented to the Arlington Rescue Squad which will award the handiwork as a prize soon. Mary Galli and Dorothy Squires display the quilt now shown store to store around Arlington with tickets still available.
Union workers at Cone Blanchard Machine Co in Windsor ratified a three year agreement for 625 employees represented by United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America. The deal includes a 27 cent per hour annual raise and a 5 cent cost of living increase based on the 1967 index, with quarterly adjustments. Ratification vote was 309 to 155.
A camping party member testified that Robert F. Garrow Sr. appeared rational and calm before Philip Domblewski was stabbed to death. Other campers said Garrow stood behind a tree and the youth was gagged and tied as two companions heard noises, then Garrow fled when rescuers approached. In New York politics, Republicans nominated Gov. Wilson for a full term and named Ralph Case for lieutenant governor, with May for comptroller and Lefkowitz and Javits renominated. The platform aims for economy and efficiency and a middle-ground approach.
In a private hour long GE ceremony at its ordinance systems building in Pittsfield at least 100 GE and Navy officials attended as GE delivered the first of 56 locally made Mk 45 guns. The contract awarded in 1971 supports about 300 jobs and the final gun is due by year end 1977. The Mk 45, designed for the Navy in 1964, is GE’s largest ordinance contract aside from the Trident program valued at more than 46 million dollars.
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