Price war boosts Massachusetts stores under Vermont sales slump
Massachusetts ABCC rule changes spark discounting at Pittsfield package stores, cutting Pownal Vermont sales. Hashim's Liquor Inc. advertises low prices, drawing Massachusetts and New York customers while Vermont stores lose revenue. Vermont officials object to aggressive pricing as state revenue climbs to an estimated 79 million dollars this year.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
ABCC
Bay State
Vermont
Berkshires
Larry Hashim
Hashim
West Housatonic Street
Liquor, Inc
Dalton Avenue
Pownal
Seagram
Chivas Regal
Haig & Haig
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont Liquor Board
New York
Springfield
Master Charge
BankAmericard
Raymond George
George’s
Elm Street
Larry
William J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Joseph R. Gabriel
Massachusetts Package Store Owners’ Association
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Gabriel
Hampden Superior Court
Statehouse
Thruway Beverages
Berkshire Eagle
Berkshire
State Line
Thruway
Chatham, N.Y
New York State Liquor
Gradation group luncheon at Mt Anthony Country Club
The Gradation group of the First Baptist Church will hold its annual luncheon on Thursday June 23 at 1 p.m. at Mt Anthony Country Club with hostesses Mable Weller Mary Flitcroft and Mary Coulter. Transportation meet at church 12:30 p.m.
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First Baptist Church
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Mable Weller
Mary Flitcroft
Mary Coulter
Obituary for Clara Millspaugh Taylor of Goshen New York
Word has been received of the death of Clara Millspaugh Taylor of Goshen New York whose husband Charles T Millspaugh was a great uncle of Phyllis Morales of 13 Hawks Place Bennington Mr Millspaugh died in 1923 Survivors on the Millspaugh Side are grandnieces Marilyn True of Warrensburg Missouri and Eleanor Johnson of New York City New York grandnephews Charles Millspaugh Jr Bardonia New York Kent Millspaugh DMD Lockport New York Atty Stuart Johnson Upper Marlboro Maryland and 14 great grandnephews and nieces
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Clara Millspaugh Taylor
Goshen
N.Y
Charles T. Millspaugh
Phyllis Morales
Hawks Place
Bennington
Millspaugh
Marilyn True
Warrensburg
Eleanor Johnson
New York City
Charles Millspaugh Jr
Bardonia
Kent Millspaugh
D.M.D
Lockport
Atty
Stuart Johnson
Upper Marlboro
Public card party and social week events
A public card party is set for Friday June 24 at 8 p.m. with prizes to be awarded. Last week's winners were Ruth Carpenter first Jeanne Beaudoin second and Julia Lominski door prize. Hostess is Mary Barbera. A social follows on Sunday June 26 at 1 30 p.m. A business meeting occurs Monday June 27 at 7 30 p.m.
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Ruth Carpenter
Jeanne Beaudoin
Julia Lominski
Mary Barbera
O'Neil Beaumont Engagement Announced In Hoosick Falls
Mr and Mrs James J O Neil of 44 Ball Street Hoosick Falls announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Ann to Paul Jeffrey Beaumont son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Beaumont also of Hoosick Falls A July 16 wedding is planned Miss O Neil is a graduate of St Marys Academy and the Troy School of Beauty Culture She runs the Short N Sweet Beauty Salon Beaumont is an electrician at Oak Ind and a Hoosick Falls Central School and Hudson Valley Community College graduate.
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James J. O’neil
Ball St
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Margaret Ann
Paul Jeffrey Beaumont
Thomas Beaumont
River Street
O’neil
St. Mary’s Academy
Troy School of Beauty Culture
Beaumont
Oak
Ind
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hudson Valley Community College
First Soviet attack hits Helsinki Legation in 1939
UPI records that the first bomb from a Russian aircraft during the Soviet attack on Finland on November 30, 1939, scored a direct hit on the Soviet Legation in Helsinki.
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U.S.S.R
Finland
Helsinki
Lake Paran Mini-bus service expands trips
Regular routes to North Bennington Shaftsbury will stop at Lake Paran except two early/late runs. The 8:30 a.m. bus from Putnam Square arrives for 9:00 swimming lessons. New 12:55 p.m. stop at Stone Church corner serves Lake Paran. Call 442-2754 to arrange earlier rides for lessons. Family tickets sold at drivers or 339 Main St with 10 rides for $2, 20 for $4, 50 for $7.50.
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Lake Paran
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Putnam Square
Bennington
Stone Church Corner
Main St
Connecticut lowers liquor prices under new law
Gov. Ella T. Grasso signed a bill phasing out fair trade shelf pricing, cutting liquor prices by about 80 cents per $10. The change, effective Oct. 1, removes fair trade law while wholesale and retail markups remain. Connecticut, with high liquor store density, saw cross-state buying amid price disputes last year.
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Hartford
Conn
UPI
Ella T. Grasso
Connecticut
State Tax Department
New England
New Hampshire
Vermont jobless rate slips to 4.2 percent
Vermont’s unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent last week from 4.6 percent as the state reports improved employment in all 12 district DES offices. About 10,000 people filed regular, extended and supplemental benefits totaling roughly 528000 dollars, with Burlington again posting the lowest rate and Morrisville the highest.
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DES
District Des
Burlington
Morrisville
Bennington man pleads not guilty to assault on 8 year old
Ralph Brown Sr., 29, of Bennington, appeared in Bennington District Court before Judge John A. Lowery and pleaded not guilty to simple assault against an eight year old on June 11. He was released on recognizance with conditions to avoid crime and contact with Bonnie Brown or Ralph Brown Jr. The child suffered bruises and was treated and released from Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Bennington
John A. Lowery
Ralph Brown Sr
Bonnie Brown
Ralph Brown Jr. Brown Jr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
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Bennington Briefs
West Main Citgo, Main and
Dewey
Red
Carl Sherman
Publyk House
ADV
The
Shea Agency Inc
GAF
Cds
Roberts
North Adams
Margaret Ann O’neil
O’neil- Beaumont
United Press International
Willow Road
Bennington Recreation Center
Montpelier
Employment Security Department
Barre-Montpelier
Brattleboro
Middlebury
Newport
Rutland
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
White River Junction
WaIte Swan Unif
Nichols
Plante Jewelers
Bennington, Vt
England
Allendale
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