Pre Town Meeting Hears Selectmen Explain Articles
Selectmen explain articles including funding for Bennington Village sewer upkeep by raising sewer charges and the impact on village taxes. They favor forming a regional planning commission to coordinate with villages under Vermont law, while noting consolidation could simplify adoption of plans.
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Bennington
Selectmen
Regional Planning Commission
Barber
Joint Commission
Vermont
Regional Commission
van Santvoord
Last Chance To Add Names To Vote List
The Bennington Board of Civil Authority will meet Saturday at 2 and 7 30 p m in the sisters office to add names to the town meeting voter checklist. Those who turned 21 since April 1 1962 may vote by adding their name and taking the Freeman's Oath. Two polling places exist McCullough Engine House North Bennington and Armory Bennington Village with transfers allowed by Saturday.
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Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Sisters’ Office
Mary Hodeck
McCullough Engine House
North Benning
Franciscan Sisters Give Doctors Emergency First Aid Kits
In Cape Girardeau Missouri the Franciscan sisters of St. Francis Hospital replaced their usual fruit cakes for staff physicians with emergency first aid kits. The 45 doctors will carry splints bandages and dressings in their cars to render better aid at accident scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau, Mo
St. Francis Hospital
First parking meters installed in Oklahoma City in 1935
Traffic Safety Magazine notes the初 first meters went into Oklahoma City in 1935 and that today more than two million meters operate in over 4,000 U.S. communities.
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Chicago
UPI
Traffic Safety Magazine
Oklahoma City
U.S
Vermont lawmakers face bills on margarine and trading stamps
A Vermont legislative session prompts debate over a proposed tax on margarine and a ban on trading stamps. The writer argues taxation would hurt housewives who rely on margarine for economy, and notes stamps aid saving and shopping excitement, with cross border shopping likely if banned.
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Vermont
Lake Champlain
Lefevre Seeks Liquor Board Revisions and Nomination
Vermont lawmaker Lefevre discusses revising liquor board rules to ease crowd service at taverns and keep 21-year-old drinking age, while Gov Hoff weighs Bennington County representation and nominations amid Senate confirmations. Heaslip unavailable for comment on possible board seat.
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Vermont
Bennington County
Heaslip
Lefevre
Donald E. O’brien
Burlington
Raymond Moore
Rockingham
Mars atmosphere may hinder life due to nitrogen peroxide
UPI reports spectroscopic studies from the National Bureau of Standards indicate Mars' nitrogen rich atmosphere contains poisonous nitrogen peroxide. The gas could explain shifting polar caps dust storms and Mars' red color.
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Washington
UPI
Mars
Earth
National Bureau of Standards
Oatman Named Plant Superintendent At Ben-Mont Dow
James S. Oatman, 57, chosen as plant superintendent at Ben-Mont division of Dow Chemical Co in Bennington. He succeeds Frank A. Howlett Jr who resigns to join Haddon Craftsmen in Scranton Pa. Oatman has 33 years with Dow and has held several posts including manager of performance measurement. Howlett, 39, leaves to join International Textbook Co unit Haddon Craftsmen in Scranton and will relocate with his wife Betty.
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James S. Oatman Friday
Bennington
Dobeckman
Dow Chemical Co
Frank A. Howlett Jr
Scranton, Pa
Oatman
Silver St
Howlett
Haddon Craftsmen
International Textbook Co
Scranton
Ben-Mont
Naugatuck
Conn
U.S. Rubber Co
Betty
Silk Road
Battleship North Carolina to become fallout shelter
The North Carolina battleship, permanently docked in Wilmington, will be outfitted as a fallout shelter. The Battleship Commission authorized stockpiling of food and medical provisions for 2,500 aboard, with ventilation upgrades allowing shelter for over 5,000 people in a Civil Defense plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N.C
North Carolina
Battleship Commission
Cape Fear River
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Atle Cable Enjoy
Bennington, VT
First National Stores
North Bennington
Ington
Chreen Stames
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
America
Cain Attache
Zenith
E.T. Williams
Armory
Bennington Village
S and H
Armand Lampron
Greater
James King
Gage St
Buckler
Hoft
Montpelier
Dairy Association
Joe's Delicatessen
Madkour
MKT
Ture
Liquor Board
James S. Oatman
Company
All—Service
THE
Vermont Bank and Trust CO
Bellows Falls
Chester
Brattleboro
Rutland
Zicsac Ll
Philco
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Main ST
DIAL
Shirt Rentals
Ring
the Satie Grundry Services
Bennington Bell Laundry
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