Campbell Assures Voters They Still Have Final Say
J Duncan Campbell chairman of Bennington Selectmen says voters will decide budgets and tax hikes. He explains unification lacks dictatorial power and outlines public hearings on consolidated town budget if approved. He defends volunteer services and warns against expanding town costs via future boards.
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Campbell
J. Duncan Campbell
Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Selectmen
Boards of Selectmen
Board of Selectmen
Foreign Policy On ETV Tonight
Vermont ETV airs final Vermont Town Meeting program at 9 p.m. featuring U S Senator George D. Aiken and Prof. C Leonard Hoag discussing foreign policy. Rod Campbell recovery updates and notes on consolidation hearings reveal his limited participation while remaining engaged with town affairs.
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ETV
Burlington
U.S
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
C. Leonard Hoag
Middlebury College
Vermont Etv
Area Jobless at 5.1 Percent Above State Average
Insured unemployment in the Bennington area in May averaged 5.1 percent, said Frank H. Mudgett, area manager for the Unemployment Compensation Division. The rate exceeds the state average of 3.4 percent. Initial unemployment claims totaled 146, down from April's 333 but above May last year at 103.
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Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Smith family honored in Life feature and local obituaries
Levi P. Smith held multiple civic roles including NM Savings Banks leader and Converse Home president. Funeral for Oliver B. Coonradt featured Odd Fellows services. interment at Park Lawn Cemetery and regional attendances noted. Unemployment claims data show weekly totals and industry breakdowns with regional rate trends.
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National Association of Mutual Savings Banks
Converse
Burlington
First Congregational Church
St. Botolph Club
Boston
Century Club
New York City
Smith
Life Magazine
Grey Willet
Shushan
N.Y
College Subsidy Okayed to Build Dormitories at Bennington
U S Senator George D Aiken announced that Bennington College received an 18000 per year federal grant to subsidize interest on a HUD guaranteed loan for three new three story dormitories. The project aims to house about 30 men and 60 women with a total cost near 700000, of which 300000 could be borrowed and 400000 must be raised locally within a year.
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U.S
George D. Aiken
Bennington College
Washington
Aiken
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Kendall Landis
Bennington Briefs Show Local Meetings and Honors
Bennington Elks plan a Friday 7 p.m. meeting at the Elks Home before services for past exalted ruler Earl H. Weeks Sr at Mahar and Son Funeral Home at 7:30. Edward H. Cumpston earns MIT mechanical engineering BS among 770 grads this month. Installation of a VFW junior unit is Saturday at 2 p.m. at the VFW rooms. A Woman’s Society of Christian Service sale is Friday 2 to 4 p.m. on the First Methodist Church lawn. Edward Dewey appears on Springfield College dean’s list. Green Mountain TOPS meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW rooms. Mrs Florence Davidson speaks. Bennington Club hosts Friday snacks by local couples. Bennington Rural Fire Department holds a special 7 p.m. meeting at Willow Road Firehouse. Iron Kettle Friday Special offers deep fried scallops or shrimp with sides for 1.50. Political ads urge votes for William Smith for school director.
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Bennington Lodge of Elks
Elks Home
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Earl H. Weeks
Green Mountain Tops
VFW
North Street
Florence Davidson
Vermont
Pownal Lass Elected Girls State Governor
Debbie Chenaille of Pownal Center was inaugurated as governor at Green Mountain Girls State. The Nationalist Party swept all state offices except one Federalist for state treasurer. Other elected officials include Sue Lacombe lieutenant governor Kathleen Orzech attorney general Therese Granger auditor Mary O'Brien treasurer and Nancy Friberg secretary of state.
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Sue Lacombe
Otter Valley Union High School
Kathleen Orzech
Rice Memorial High School
Therese Granger
Rice
Mary O’brien
Burlington High
Treasuere
Nancy Friberg
Spaulding High School
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Debbie Chenaille
Green Mountain Girls State
Vermont College
Montpelier native named Green Mountain Boys State governor
William P. Cody of Montpelier was named governor of Green Mountain Boys State and sworn in. He ran on the Federalist Party ticket. Other officers elected include Gary L. Williams of Ludlow lieutenant governor Stephen A. Riggs of Hinesburg treasurer David E. Rousse of Barre secretary of state Paul J. Bouche of Fairfax auditor Jeffrey Lawrence of Springfield attorney general. Rousse and Bouche were Federalist candidates while Williams Riggs and Lawrence ran on the Nationalist party. The mock state legislature met in its first session Wednesday and state legislators were elected on local and county levels.
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Bouche
Fairfax
Jeffrey Lawrence
Springfield
Rousse
Williams
Riggs
Lawrence
Boys State
Meyer Raps Hoff Campaign Funds and Discrimination
UPI reports Vermont Senate hopeful William Meyer accuses Phil Hoff of relying on outside money and a Madison Avenue campaign approach. He cites a $100,000 fund and a $30,000 pledge from a New York committee, complains of discrimination in state dinners, and calls for debates among Hoff and Fiore Bove before the September primary. Meyer says Prouty and Hoff differ on Indochina and party leadership.
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New York
Committee For
Congress
Hoff
Meyer
Vermont
Montpelier
U.S. Senate
Fiore Bove
Chittenden- Grand Isle
Winston L. Prouty
Prouty
Pownal Blaze Destroys Trailer in Royal Pine Villa
A mobile home in the Royal Pine Villa trailer park on Jackson Cross Road Pownal was destroyed by fire last night. Firefighters from Pownal Center and South Pownal fought the blaze which started around 9 p.m. The owner Maurice Pichette a jockey at Green Mountain Park had recently purchased the trailer but had not moved in. some belongings moved in were destroyed. Bennington Rural Fire Department also responded to a fire yesterday at 5:30 p.m. in Lyman Potter’s residence in Fairlawn Park. the blaze began in an upstairs room and was quickly contained with smoke and water damage.
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Royal Pine Villa
Jackson Cross Road
Pownal
Pownal Center
South Pownal
Maurice Pichette
Green Mountain Park
Pichette
Bennington
Lyman Potter
Fairlawn Park
Rural Fire Department
Hospital Notes June 17 1970 Admissions and Births
Admission list includes Mark Rousseau Hoosick Falls Miss Cashelle Cook North Bennington Mrs Pauline Monroe Mrs Julia Gates June 16 Andrea Welch Bennington Francis Dunbar Manchester Discharges name Kenneth Hall East Dover Mrs Anna Fitzgerald Hoosick Falls Mrs Eunice Jordan Miss Michie Jones Bennington Births Mr and Mrs Edward J Cross Manchester Depot a son June 17 Other births Cameron Adams born June 12 at Danbury Hospital to Mr and Mrs Daniel R McWethy of 329 Elm St Mrs McWethy formerly Judeth LeFebre of Bethe Conn
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Mark Rousseau
Hoosick Falls
Cashelle Cook
North Bennington
Pauline Monroe
Julia Gates
Andrea Welch
Bennington
Francis Dunbar
Manchester
Kenneth Hall
East Dover
Anna Fitzgerald
Eunice Jordan
Michie Jones
Edward J. Cross
Manchester Depot
Danbury
Danbury, Conn., Hospital, A Son, Cameron Adams
Daniel R. Mc- Wethy
Elm St
Bennington BSD Considers Name Change Contest for St Francis Academy
Bennington School District directors OK a contest next fall to rename St Francis de Sales Academy used as a K4 school in September. They also plan a June 30 annual meeting with a possible Australian ballot on future budgets and a $1,841,073.68 levy.
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Bennington
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Harry Eddington
District Board of Civil Authority
Main Street
Jeanne McWaters
SVSU
State Department of Education
Molly Stark
McWaters
Cooperative Center For
George Sleeman
BSD
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Joanne Dunham
Voters Decide Today On Mt Anthony Board
Voters across Mt Anthony Union High School districts cast ballots today for all 11 seats with 18 candidates. Polling places include Bennington Elementary School and other district sites open from 2 to 8 p m, with local tallies rechecked at a central location.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Woodford Town
Woodford Hollow
Obituary: Earl Weeks 69 Dean of Vermont Chefs Dies
Earl H Weeks Sr 69 of 155 BenMont Ave widely known as the dean of Vermont chefs died unexpectedly Wednesday night at Putnam Memorial Hospital He was born Aug 20 1900 in Bennington son of George and Mary Weeks He started cooking at 14 and worked at the Coffee Shop Weeks Bros Restaurant Hotel Putnam Bennington College and other kitchens He received commendations from Penn Athletic Club Drake's and various inns He held Elks and Knights of Columbus posts and served as past exalted ruler and Vermont Elks president He married Rachel Brin on Sept 22 1924 They had four daughters two sons and 21 grandchildren He will be buried in Park Lawn Cemetery Memorials can go to the Bennington Rescue Squad
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Earl H. Weeks Sr
BenMont Ave
Vermont
Putnam Memorial Hospital
George and
Mary (Wright) Weeks
Bennington
Mr. Weeks
John Joseph Leahy
Weeks Bros
North Street
Vermont Restaurant
Hotel Putnam
Bennington College
Green Mountain
Bennington Lodge of Elks 567
Vermont State Elks Association
Century Club of Elks National Foundation
North Hoosick
N.Y
John
Simone) Coyne
Alfred G
Park Lawn Cemetery
Bennington Rescue Squad
Funeral Home
Hoosick Falls
Pius Kaukas
Madison St
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
Lithuania
Kaukas
Wood Flong Corp
St. George’s Society of
Knights of Columbus
Anna
Charles
Edward
Joseph
Anaheim
Calif
George
Prospect Park
N.J
Gardner, Mass
David William Crichton
Gardner
Heywood Memorial Hospital
Margaret Crichton
David O. Crichton
St. Joseph Business College
Western Union School
Bloomington
Western Union
Brandon
Windsor
Elsie Bonner
Fitzwilliam
N.H
Arlington Chair Company
L & Z Kamman Inc
Richard
Fitchburg
Mass
Judy Cormier
Fletcher Funeral Home
Winchendon
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Earl J. Peacock
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Levi P. Smith
Oliver B. Coonradt
Rice Lane
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
William Krawczyk
Raymond Goffin
Milford Bornt
Leighton Holbritter
Frank Green
Glenn Carlisle
Odd Fellows
Raymertown
Mr. Coonradt
Gaylord Campbell
Noble Grand
Payne
Schaghticoke
Vermontville
Andalusia
Troy Hudson
East Chatham
Robertson Ward
Elizabeth Harrington Dickinson
Visual and Performing Arts
Landis
Bennington Briefs
Edward H. Cumpston
E.H. Cumpston
Monument Ave
Old Bennington
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Edward Dewey
Bennington Club
Richard Rothlein
Dion Finnegan
ADV
The
Shea Agency Inc
William
Bill) Smith
POL
Pownal Lass
Miss Chenaille Is
Mr. and
Mrs
Alfred Chenaille
Deane C. Davis
Jeanette Prouty
Winston
L. Prouty
Putney
Ramsey Clark
Clark
Senate
Pownal Blaze
Mt. Anthony
Earl Weeks
Penn Athletic Club
Philadelphia
Drake’s
New England
Vincent’s
Alice Robertson
Hawthorne
Agnes Keggan
Wayne, N.J
Helen Lang
Olga McLeod
Orlando
Fla
Mahar Funeral Home
David W. Crichton
Earl J. Peacock Sr
Trumbull Hill Road
Edward T. Patrick
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Peacock
Clarissa Peacock
Foster
Safford and
Gage Srs
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