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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1971

Page

14

Donors Line Up as Bloodmobile Delivers 157 Pints

In response to a radio appeal, donors lined up at the Baptist Church Bloodmobile for emergency needs at Burlington Medical Center. 157 pints donated, 40 pints retrieved via Bennington Airport for immediate processing, with 2 temporary deferrals. New Gallon Club members listed by gallons donated and representing various local organizations.

Burlington Medical Center The Baptist Church Bennington Burlington Medical Center Gallon Club Helen Harrington Robert Nolan George Renner Walter Parmenter Eugene Kosche John Fothergill Truman Noyes Samuel Carrara Donald Capella William Cone Sarah Allen Barry Bodine George Ropitsky Margaret Tienken Union Carbide Bijur Lubricating Corp K. Miller MERCY Dean Hanson Jeffrey Red Cross Blood Bank Eugene Clark Red Cross Richard B. Leake III Roy Marsden

Draft Board Won't Move After All Bennington Case

In a telephone interview Colonel George Hatch of Vermont's Selective Service Board said Congress barred co location of draft boards. Bennington will not relocate its local draft board to Rutland as announced, leaving the Bennington board in place on South Street in the Federal Building.

Bennington George Hatch Vermont Selective Service Board Rutland Kennington South Street Federal Building John Carbine Public Service Board Ernest Gibson III Frederick J. Fayette D-Chittenden-Grand Isle Sup

Hospital Notes Admits and Births Across Vermont and New York

Admissions include Kilda Robinson Bruce B Beh Nora Welch Suzanne Gibbons Sandra Ellis Anthony Lauzon Tina Merriman Raymond Harrison Harold Cross. Discharges list Dorothy Monroe Arthur Phillips Patricia Reynolds Ruth Sweet Jane Davis. Birth announcements note a son for George and wife on June 16 and daughters for Sloan Spencer Sanders Gosley, all around Bennington East Arlington Pownal Vail Road and Cambridge.

Kilda Robinson Bruce B. Beh North Bennington Nora M. Welch North Pownal Suzanne Gibbons Sandra Ellis Anthony E. Lauzon Bennington Tina D. Merriman Cambridge N.Y Raymond Harrison Petersburg Harold A. Cross Arlington Dorothy Monroe Arthur E. Phillips Patricia S. Reynolds Ruth Sweet Jane Ann Davis Peru George Squires R.D Pownal Road

Environmental Board adopts power line regulations in Vermont

The Vermont Environmental Board approved its sixth draft of transmission line rules after a brief 20 minute hearing. The regulations encourage burying lines by exempting underground cables from development permits under the 1970 Land Development Control Act and also exempt municipal water and sewer lines. Underground oil lines would require state approval.

Nixon seeks broad drug programs with new funding

President Nixon proposes $371 million more for drug control in a wider budget push. The plan expands veterans rehab access, seeks $105 million for treatment, $10 million for education, and new anti smuggling and enforcement funding. It includes 2 million for detection tech, 2 million for herbicides research, and aid to foreign law enforcement.

Nixon New York City Veterans Administration Congress Treasury Department Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Agriculture Department

Snyder may reverse resignation decision

Snyder, chairman of the Vermont Law Enforcement Training Council, says he reconsidered resigning and will stay on. Gov. Davis and AG Jeffords urged him to remain after the 1971 legislature moved the council to Public Safety. He opposed extending police training to 12 weeks, but Corcoran agreed to shorter courses.

Council Attorney General's Office Public Safety Department Snyder Public Safety Edward Corcoran Corcoran

Barre Town approves elementary expansion but rejects high school bond

Barre Town voters approve a 1.8 million elementary school expansion on a recount of 596 to 590, while a nearly 3 million bond to build a learning center is rejected 957 to 226. Total project cost reaches 2.6 million with state aid. high school students will continue attending Spaulding High School in Barre City on a tuition basis.

Barre Town Spaulding High School Barre City

Broadway Cast Pickets Clash With Police At City Hall

New York UPI report says Oh Calcutta cast member Raina Barrett was arrested during a protest against a 3 percent theater tax. A breeze exposed her under her gown, while nine others picketed with her. Also notes Senior Citizens Center summer hours and club activities. Wendell Carey and Anne Doran won last Friday’s party.

New York UPI Oh, Calcutta City Hall Senior Citizens Center Senior Citizens Club Wendell Carey Anne Doran

Clean waters program at Tuesday garden club meeting

The Conservation Committee of the Bennnington Garden Club invites the public to a Tuesday, June 22, 8 p.m. talk at First Baptist Church Colgate Hall. Vermont Water Resources Commissioner Martin Johnson will discuss the governor’s 10 year clean water program, current pollution levels, and planned actions. Johnson, a native of Vermont, has degrees from the University of Colorado MIT and Johns Hopkins and has led Vermont water programs since 1970. He and his two sons reside in Marshfield.

First Baptist Church Colgate Hall Conservation Committee Bennington Garden Club Martin Johnson Vermont Massachusetts Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University Johnson Sleeper’s River Danville Soil Conservation Service Marshfield

Salisbury poll favors new power plant in town

In Salisbury an informal poll among 325 residents suggests townspeople wouldn t mind a major power plant in the area. Town selectmen are tallying opinions to gauge sentiment for the project.

Salisbury UPI

Summer school reminders and civic plant site discussion

Summer school runs June 21 through July 30 in all elementary schools of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union with remedial reading and math offered and pre school classes in many areas. Parents were sent schedules. for recheck call the school principal or director Arthur Barriere at 7 7096. Remedial math and reading recipients at the Junior High must report June 18 1971 at 9 30 a.m. for class times. Separately Vermont Electric Power Co reviews Addison County sites for a 400000 kilowatt fossil plant. West Salisbury is among three sites with Velco aiming for completion by 1976 to meet northwestern Vermont power needs amid opposition claims Salisbury residents oppose the facility.

Vermont Supervisory Union Arthur Barriere Main Street West Salisbury Vermont Electric Power Co Velco Vermont Salisbury

Two plead guilty to bad check charges in Bennington court

In a special arraignment session at Bennington District Court, Robert Kesick and Stephen M. Corbett faced charges for bad checks. Kesick, 22, of Townsend, pleaded not guilty to intoxication breach of peace and disorderly conduct from a June 15 incident involving a Bennington police officer. bail set at 500 dollars, he was released on his own recognizance with a county travel restriction. Corbett, 22, of …

Bennington Robert Kesick Townsend Gerald LeBeau John P. Morrissey Bennington County Robert E. Cummings Jr Richard J. Carom North Bennington Neil S. Moss Main Street Donald Hurley Janet

Westford woman pleads innocent in child neglect case

A Westford woman, 23, pleaded innocent in Vermont District Court to child neglect charges linked to the death of her 2 year old daughter Wanda Gyne Hatin last March. Autopsy cited peritonitis. Bail set at 1000 dollars after arraignment. case spans March 10 to 17 with the child found in a crib. Proceedings also note other local pleas and a Dorset obituary.

Westford UPI Vermont Burlington Leslie Horne Hatin Chittenden County Patrick Leahy Wanda Gyne Hatin

Bennington College Plans Weekend Commencement activities

Bennington College schedules commencement this weekend with a Friday 4 p.m. student concert in the College Barn, a 6 30 p.m. buffet in Jennings Garden, and an 8 30 p.m. address by poet Anis Nin on the Commons Lawn. Saturday graduates meet at the Barn Quadrangle for degree conferment followed by an informal reception.

Bennington College Anis Nin Jennings Garden Miss Nin Barn

Bennington planners plan at Shaftsbury strawberry festival

Shaftsbury reports the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting during the annual strawberry festival at the Whitman farm in Shaftsbury. Local officials prepare for the session amid festival activities and community turnout.

Shaftsbury Bennington County Regional Planning Commission Whitman Farm

North Bennington tax dispute looms in Vermont village hearing

North Bennington residents press for tax relief amid a Unification Act dispute with Arlington Town. Board members weigh legal options, consider hiring counsel, and seek Barber's opinion to resolve potential inequities. Other county matters include regional planning talks and a spate of accidents reported by state police.

North Bennington King Joseph Carroll Board of Civil Authority Leon Eldred Bennington J. Duncan Campbell Barber Welling Norton and Selectman J.C. Jerome Campbell BCA Ellis Winslow Eldred Vermont Willow Road Route 7 Gerald F. Butler Clarence Harvey Butler Ore Bed Road Gary R. Church King’s Variety Store East Arlington Philip E. Bailey Maple Street Fred J. Hawley Bailey

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