Leahy Pushes Solar Heating Bill Package
Senator Patrick Leahy introduces the Solar Energy for Homes Acts a trio of bills to promote solar heating and cooling. The package would align FHA VA and FmHA loan programs with solar technology offering low interest loans grants and tax credits to remove barriers and speed adoption.
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Patrick J. Leahy
D-Vt
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
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Farmers’ Home Administration
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Leahy
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Vermont Bicentennial Celebrations Across Windsor Area
Vermont marks 200 years as a republic with a July to August Windsor celebration featuring Constitution drafting, Fort Ticonderoga defense, Hubbardton and Bennington battle re enactions, bell ringing, concerts, dances, and a Battle Monument stamp sale. Local events run July 1 to 10 with special ceremonies, encampments, and tours.
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Radioactive cut turns drill real at Vermont Yankee plant
Vernon Vermont A routine medical drill at Vermont Yankee Corp nuclear plant turned real when mechanic Douglas Taylor 30 of Vernon was cut by a lightly contaminated pipe The pipe fell on his hand and he was decontaminated at the site and later taken by ambulance to Brattleboro hospital The ambulance crew was checked with no radioactivity found and the hospital said the radioactivity level was insignificant or slightly above background
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Taylor
Murder victim hiked in Vermont to reach Maine island
Leslie Spellman 27 of Hingham Massachusetts backpacked through Vermont with sister Amy 23 before her death. Her body was found June 19 in the gardens of an island inn on Mount Desert Island Maine after the sisters separated and Amy returned home. Investigators plan to ask newspapers in Vermont New Hampshire and Maine to publish her photo to trace her route.
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UPI
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Leslie Spellman
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Boston
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Atwood
Island Inn
New Hampshire
Leslie
Acadia
Hansen back at Waterbury after Brattleboro slaying
Arthur Hansen, 30, of Schenevus NewYork, ruled insane for the Brattleboro motel owner Joseph Manuel killing and sent to Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury for an indeterminate period. He was found insane by a Windham County grand jury after a hearing in the Superior Court.
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Athur Hansen
Schenevus
N.Y
Brattleboro
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Windham County Superior Court
Joseph Manuel
State
Connecticut
Windham County
Recreation Department Announces Summer Track Program for Youths
The Recreation Department offers a summer track and field program for youths aged 6 to 13, teaching fundamentals and hosting weekly mini meets at the high school track. Special events include the Vermont State Track meet at Dartmouth College on Aug 6 and the Bennington Kids Track Meet on Aug 12, with sessions Tuesdays 3 to 5 and Fridays 2:30 to 4:30.
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Bennington
Memorial Park
Battle of Bunker Hill misprint noted on Breed's Hill
Local battle report corrects a location error from the Battle of Bunker Hill noting Breed's Hill as the actual site. Separate items report on Dean's list student Chris Connell of 107 Fairview Terrace at St. Michael's College, and community notices for a Bicentennial picnic, youth sports, and tennis classes at Memorial Park with preregistration. Funeral services for Harold F. McEckron, WWII veteran, and VFW memorial observance are also listed.
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St. Michael’s College
Winooski
Harold F. McEckron
Manchester
Brewster Funeral Home
Richard D. Olmstead
First Baptist Church
Factory Point
Jackie Croft
Kenneth Wilkins
Kenneth Dooley
Kevin Dooley
Andy Corey
Scott Dooley
McEckron
Philip Kelleher
Roy Bentley
Frances Mitchell
Harned- Fowler Post 6471
VFW
Vermont Student Attends 1977 Air Force Academy Seminar
Jody Blake daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Blake of Lamb Road North Bennington spent June 12 18 at the 1977 Air Force Academy Summer Scientific Seminar in Colorado She was one of four Vermont students chosen for superior performance in sciences and engineering About 100 young women and ten attended and worked with top engineering science and lab equipment under academy faculty in multiple fields Miss Blake will be a senior at MAUSHS in the fall
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Richard Blake
Lamb Road
North Bennington
Air Force Academy
Colorado
Vermont
Academy
Massachusetts Senate approves fliptop can ban bill
The Massachusetts state Senate approved a two year plan to outlaw beer and soft drink cans with fliptop throwaway openers. The measure passed 5 to 4 after an intense industry and labor lobbying effort. A vote on reconsideration was scheduled for today.
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UPI
State Senate
Massachusetts
Senate
Court St Andrew installs newly elected officers in Mass
On June 21 the newly elected officers of Court St Andrew 259 Catholic Daughters of America Bennington were installed during a Mass celebrated by Msgr Francis Flanagan. The ceremony featured a color guard and banner bearers, candles lit, and a blue banner placed before Mary Immaculate.
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