State Highway Personnel To Air Bypass Plans
Representatives of the Vermont Department of Highways will discuss the Benninton bypass route with the Bennington Regional Planning Commission at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Bennington Village offices. The meeting is open to the public but will not allow visitor comments. The commission may consider a new public hearing after reviewing the department's findings and past hearings.
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Vermont Department of Highways
Bennington
Bennington Village
T. Gary Buckley
Commission
Highway Department
Pigeons Face Off With Rudy the Plastic Owl on L I Expressway
Long Island officials plan to test a life size plastic owl named Rudy at an underpass on the Long Island Expressway to deter pigeons. A multi month study will gauge response before a formal report to the commission. In Vermont Bennington beltline talks urged a belt around the district with rerouting around US 7 and Vermont 9, differing from Burdis plan on northward intersections and a wider northwest sweep. Bennington Emblem Club No 368 leaders Constance LaBeau Marion Pierce Emma Halladay and Marion Deforge attended a Vernon Association of Emblem Clubs meeting in Springfield, with a large turnout. a workshop preceded the meeting and a May meeting is planned in St Johnsbury.
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New York
UPI
Long Island
Long Island Expressway
Bennington
U.S. 7
Vermont 9
Bennington Village
Monument Avenue
Vermont
Burdis
Vermont 67A
Commission
Tansistor Electronics Inc
Constance LaBeau
Aiken Seeks Vermont Air Service Improvements
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont urged a Senate subcommittee to examine measures to improve commercial air service to Vermont airports. He sent a letter as hearings began on airline financial problems affecting Mohawk and Northeast Airlines, which operate at Vermont and nearby Keene and Lebanon, New Hampshire.
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Washington
UPS
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate
Vermont
Aiken
Senate Aviation
Mohawk
Northeast
Keene and
Lebanon
N.H
A.S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Montpelier
Barre
United Church Women Observe World Day of Prayer
The Bennington Council of United Church Women led by Mrs. Carl Jolivette observed World Day of Prayer at Bennington Baptist Church. Readers included members from local churches and the program featured readings and music with local clergy coordinating the event. The observance follows the international theme You are my Witnesses and marks Lent’s first Friday.
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Bennington
Kendall Rich
North Bennington Congregational Church
William Hartington
Old First Congregational Church
William Appledorn
North Bennington Baptist Church
Kenneth Nicholson
Church of Christ
Glenn Payne
Bennington Baptist Church
John Riddle Jr
Marvin Sutton
John Riddle
Florence Moore
Typing Course To Be Offered At Bendi
A progressive typewriting course led by John Kelleher will run tonight through April if enrollment allows. It targets beginners but will adapt to speed and accuracy builders and business form practice. Registration and $10 fee due at 7 p.m. in Room 29%A with access via the side door.
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Bendi
John Kelleher
Merged Board Weighs New Bennington School Building
The joint board of directors of the newly formed Bennington School District Inc meets to discuss plans for a new elementary school building. The board plans to place a proposal before voters in the not distant future as the district takes effect July 1 from the merger of Bennington Graded and Greater Bennington districts.
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Bennington School District Inc
Bennington
Greater Bennington
Long Range Forecast and School Merger Plans
The weather outlook for March favors below normal temperatures west of the Mississippi and above normal precipitation in the eastern half. Near normal temps in northern border states and in Florida, with variable precipitation elsewhere. In Vermont, a joint district board discusses merging and incorporation of facilities for an elementary school to educate mentally retarded children. The board plans regular meetings, reviews committee reports, and considers classroom counts and architectural planning connected to the proposed new school.
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Washington
Rockies
Bennington Friends of
Red Brick
Shaftsbury
Jean Garvin
State Department of Education
BFRC
Stewart E. Allen
The
Banner
Allen
Sandwich Warning Sparks Abortive Ambulance Call
A Paris Cherbourg express train at 75 mph passed through a depot in Bernay France when a sandwich tossed to the platform carried a note warning Liseux ambulance needed on arrival baby on way. The train halted at Lisieux and a mother to be was rushed to a clinic as the conductor explained he wrote the note and used his lunch as a paperweight.
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Bernay
France
UPI
Paris-Cherbourg
Liseux
Lisieux
Living Room Dialogues Series Opens in Bennington
A community mix of about 90 Catholic and Protestant members met at Second Congregational Church to launch a five week Living Room Dialogues series. Leaders planned weekly sessions, each group tackling worship or related topics, with a concluding panel in mid April at Bennington Catholic High School.
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Second Congregational Church
William Abernethy
North Bennington Congregational Church
Charles Lack
Mary Keough
Marshall Witten
Viola Goodyear
Donald Humphreys
Theodore Sausville
Frederick B. Wolf
Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Douglas Horton
Bennington Catholic High School
Eugene Clark
Testimony Resumes In Kidnaping Trial
Testimony resumes before Judge William Hill in the kidnapping and robbery trial of Joseph Cabrera a 32 former Winooski resident charged with breaking and entering conspiracy to kidnap and rob Mrs Ruth Clark 31 identified Cabrera as the car driver in the incident in Burlington UPI reports this week.
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Winooski
Windsor State Prison
Albert G. Little
Boston
William Toomey
Roslindale
Mass
Windsor
Burlington Grocery Co
YMCA Teen Night and Volleyball Club Activities
YMCA notes describe a weekly Friday evening teen hop for seventh to ninth graders, with mothers as chaperones and an invitation for area families to assist. The men’s volleyball group meets Tuesdays and Thursdays for social play and conditioning, tying into spring yard work and golf plans. The report also covers a Cabrera trial related burglary and kidnapping charges, sentencing and appeals, plus a note on commercial pet food history from England to the United States.
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YMCA
John T. Carmody
Dana
Black
CVPSC Announces 9 Percent Residential Rate Cut
CVPSC says effective March 1 1966 CVPS residential rate drops 9 percent reducing bills for about 53 000 customers except St Albans. The company claims its rate is now the lowest in New England and below the U S average, with a typical 250 KWH bill falling from 7 43 to 7 00.
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Ratland
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
CVPS
Albert A. Cree
St. Albans
Cree
New England
U.S
Federal Power Commission
Women Toting Mail Bags New
In New York the U S Post Office began hiring women as mail carriers under the civil rights law. Fifteen women were sent from one station and branch manager Max Hammer said he was satisfied. A carrier noted the bags are heavy but supported the move to better sorting and delivery.
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U.S. Post Office
New York
Max Hammer
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