UVM appoints Dr. Lottie F. Coor on Vermont tour
Dr. Lottie F. Coor new president of the University of Vermont conducts a get acquainted tour across the state. Tuesday features events in Manchester and Bennington with a coffee hour, lunch with legislators and trustees, a 3 pm Extension Service meeting, and a Heritage House dinner for alumni and parents. Coor, born 1936 in Phoenix, comes from Washington University in St Louis where he served as vice chancellor and has taught political science since earning his doctorate. The visit is organized by a committee led by Robert O. Boardman with local supporters including Sen Merritt Hewitt and John C. Page.
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Lottie F. Coor
University of Vermont
Manchester
Bennington
Madeline Harwood
UVM Board of Trustees
Coor
Chamber of Commerce and
Education
Federal Building
Extension Service
UVM
Heritage House
Phoenix
Ariz
Edward C. Andrews Jr
Vermont
Washington University
St. Louis
Northern Arizona University
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Center For Higher Education Management Systems
Dr. Coor
State University
Robert O. Boardman
Daniel Clarke Sanders
Robert T. Holden
Merritt Hewitt
New Marker Honors 1777 Bennington Supply Capture
A granite marker on Monument Circle marks the storehouse target of Gen Baum in August 1777. Baum was defeated by Revolutionary troops at Walloomsac and the Battle of Bennington on August 16 1777. The marker, funded by a Bennnington Bicentennial subcommittee, will be officially dedicated later this summer.
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Monument Circle
Baum
Walloomsac
N.Y
Bennington
Weekend car crashes prompt Bennington police report
Bennington police logged multiple weekend accidents. A 1973 Dodge driven by Robert P. Hewson of Shaftsbury sustained extensive damage after leaving River Road at 12 01 a m Saturday, with no injuries. another two-vehicle collision on Silver and Prospect streets damaged a 1974 Volkswagen and a 1971 Chrysler. further crashes occurred at Main and North streets and on Park Street. a Toyota struck a bridge abutment on Park Street. a parked Chevrolet was involved in a collision with a 1969 Pontiac at Athens Maine.
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Bennington
Robert P. Hewson
Shaftsbury
Hewson
Silver
Prospect Streets
Joanna W. Napolitano
Anton A. Laurson
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Main
North
Bernard B. Monahan
Chevrolet
John T. Carr
Rosindale
Mass
Frank E. Johnson
Park Street
Kevin R. Goodrich
Athens
Maine
Jean A
Bennington Police Toughen Patrols After School Vandalism
Bennington Police announced increased patrols around the junior high school on upper Main Street and nearby Village Cemetery following a rise in vandalism over three weeks. Deputy Durand reviewed the school as windows were broken by BB shots and rocks damaged thermal pane glass. A foot patrol and more frequent car drives will deter further acts. offenders will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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Bennington
Upper Main Street
John Durand
Tony the troubadour performs at school event
Tony the troubadour entertained students last week using school supplied electricity to amplify his music. Mason delighted kids with lively riffs as barn animals and people joined in the upbeat performance.
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Mason
Combined school boards meet at 7
A meeting of the combined transportation committees of the Mt. Anthony Union and Bennington school districts is set for tonight at 7 in the Mt. Anthony conference room. Afterward the union board will review recommendations from the DeConnnck and Cum mings committees, review the budget, and discuss Judge James S. Holden's request on staggered terms for the board.
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Transportation
Mt. Anthony
Police Decoy Program Involving Sex Scandal Revealed
City officials disclose officers and other women were used as decoys to curb prostitution. Decoys were equipped with devices to record conversations as police listened for victims' protection. Officer Howe says he was shocked and targeted by a trap, lured to a political gathering after a Democratic Dance at the Terrace Ballroom following Salt Lake County Democratic Convention.
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Page 1
Roger Cutler
Howe
Terrace
Salt Lake County
Alaska oil costs and court cases mix with mismanagement claims
Alaska official warns residents pay higher prices as state loses royalties and taxes from oil sales amid mismanagement claims. Interstate Commerce Commission case on well head price looms. In Bennington District Court Judge Fienberg hears multiple guilty or not guilty pleas for disorders, bad checks, and suspended license charges in August 1975 cases.
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O.K. Gilbreth Jr
Oil and Gas
Alaska Natural Resources Department
Alaska
Charles R. Champion
Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Chester J. Harrington
Edward S. Morse
Beech
Edward W. Fortune
Pleasant St
Robert W. Phillips
Crow Hill Road
Arlington
Gaston Boisvert
Willowbrook
Shaftsbury
John R. Leaning
Park St
Obituaries for Pierce Moon Davis Martin Bradshaw
Multiple obituaries from Bennington area. Michael O Pierce 16 died in Route 9 crash. Artie J Moon 79, longtime Bennington resident, died at home. George E Davis retired Niagara Mohawk sales manager died in Troy New York. Richard F Martin Jr. 10 died in Boston Children's Hospital. William P Bradshaw former Windsor resident funeral at Vermont Veterans Home. Burial and service details, survivors, and memorials listed.
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George E. Davis
Niagara-Mohawk Power Corp
New York State
Crescent Manor Nursing Home
Cleveland
Ohio
Fox Hollow Road
Troy
N.Y
Oliver and
Eva (Hill) Davis
Niagara-Mohawk
Symbolic origins of Flag Day and evolving stars
The reflection on Flag Day tracing the stars and stripes from Betsy Ross to a symbolic banner. It notes the 13 stripes and 13 stars representing union, the addition of states from Vermont and Kentucky to Hawaii, and mentions proposed additions like the Marianas, Puerto Rico, Israel, New York City, and the moon.
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Continental Congress
United States
Vermont
Kentucky
Monroe
Hawaii
Marianas Island
Puerto Rico
Israel
New York City
The
Moon
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Graduates and Meetings
Bennington notes include Dr. William B. Dupree earning a medical degree at the University of Vermont College of Medicine with a residency in anatomic pathology and PhD work at Dartmouth Affiliated Hospital. Other items list a memorial service for Arthur J. Moon, a Welcom Wagon Club meeting with guest speakers on natural childbirth, and a lost beagle Nosey prompting calls to a local number.
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William B. Dupree
Earl Dupree
Oakes St
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Dupree
Dartmouth
Bennington Welcom Wagon Club
Barrie Cole
Norton St
Bennington
John McLellan
Funeral services for George R. Beauchemin in Burlington
Funeral services were held at Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home in Burlington for George R. Beauchemin 81 formerly of Burlington who died Friday at the Vermont Veterans Home where he had lived since November 1974. A World War I veteran native of Burlington born August 9 1894 he leaves a brother a sister nieces and nephews. Burial in Lake View Cemetery Burlington. Transfer of the body by Mahar and Son.
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Michael O. Pierce
Ormal A
Frances (Hier ) Pierce
North Branch St
Bennington
Mahar & Son
Kenneth Costin
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Old Bennington
Cora B. Whitney
Mt. Anthony Union
Daniel J
Susan M
Mary Hier
Ormal B. Pierce
Leona Pierce
Daniel Hier
John Pierce
Jane Moffitt
Joanne Babcock
Cathleen Harwood
Shaftsbury
Ruth Lasher
North Bennington
Park Lawn Cemetery
Costin
Little League
Arthur J. Moon
The
Wax Paper Co
Order of Eagles
Aerie
West Main St
Mr. Moon
Artie J
Eugene
Emily
Crawford) Moon
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Thomas Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Steffen
William P. Bradshaw
Windsor
All Faiths Chapel
Vermont Veterans Home
Joseph Quinn
C.S.C
Sacred Heart Curch
Soldiers’ Home
Vermont War Veterans War Memorial Cemetery
Quinn
John E. Ahearn
Lynn Bevis
E.P. Mahar & Son
M. Bradshaw
Veterans’ Home
Corbin & Palmer Funeral Home
Burlington
George R. Beauchemin
George and
Angeline
Contois) Beauchemin
Lake View Cemetery
Hospital Notes June 11 1976 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions Katherine Wellspeak William Martin Patricia Morse Bennington Irene Venture Shaftsbury Lionel LaCasse Arlington Mabel Gates Hoosick Falls N Y Elizabeth Balch Granville N Y births include a son to Carl Squires and wife a daughter to Donald Bailey Bennington a daughter to John Hathaway Pawlet.
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Katherine Wellspeak
William Martin
Patricia Morse
Bennington
Irene Venture
Shaftsbury
Lionel LaCasse
Arlington
Mabel Gates
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Elizabeth Balch
Granville
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Woolmington
Bennington Museum
Tle
East Main Street
Thomlinson
Albany
Applegate Lane
Kathleen L. Eastman
Frank H. Scheuer
Pleasant Street
FBI
Ford
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Missouri
Georgia
Tony the
Troubadour
Tony Mason
Woodford
Molly Stark
Bryce Funeral Home
Richard F. Martin Jr
Our Lady of the Incarnation
North Adams
Richard
Dora (Dooley) Martin
Sutton St
Francis Dooley
Boston Children’s Hospital
Cambridge
Greylock School
Charles
Francis
Christina
Francis Martin
Southview Cemetery
Judson Brown
Betsy Ross
Bennington Briefs
FOE Aerie 1861
Oakes Street
Nosey
Mrs
Carl Squires
Donald Bailey
John Hathaway of
Pawlet
John Dalton
Marie Hoare
Patricia McCrae
Mary Lewis
Pownal
Julia Mears
Minnie Davis
Marion Parker
Doreen Salisbury
Fred Naef
Edward Riel
Alice Beacon
James Hammond
Alfred Duncan
Shirley Gygax
Robert Deuell
Greenwich
Brian Pizzano
Fort Riley
Kans
Vincent Pizzano
Kent Lawson
Oneonta, N.Y
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