Dorset Dorset Republicans contest two and three year posts
Dorset voters face a two way race for a three year selectman seat with Henry Stone opposed by George Conners and a separate three candidate run for two one year posts featuring Jack Stannard challenging incumbents Russell Parks and Vernon Squires. Incumbents unopposed include town moderator town clerk treasurer and several board posts.
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Dorset
Henry Stone
Guy S. Stone
George Conners
Stone
Vermont
Conners
Selectman’s Posts
Jack Stannard
Bert
Doris Davis
Lewis H. Davis
Charlotte
Francis
Louise Eddy
Veronica Geannelis
Marion
Raymond Green
Alden
Marion Harbor
George
Phyllis King
Benjamin
Jenny Knapp
Diana
William McGee
Woodford
Irene Pardeau
James B. Gibney
Eileen O'Neil
Joseph W. King
Lawrence Harrington
Millie
Reception for Mr and Mrs Roger Rumney
A Dorset United Church reception honors Mr and Mrs Roger Rumney following their February 20 wedding at Logan Temple Salt Lake City Utah. The bride Susan L Tracy is daughter of H Clair Tracy of Portland Oregon. The groom is son of Austin Rumney of Dorset.
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Dorset
Roger Rumney
Logan Temple
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dorset United Church
Susan L. Tracy
H. Clair Tracy
Portland
Ore
Austin Rumney
Budget Questions Expected in Northshire
In Manchester residents face a tight Town Meeting with one non-regular article among 15. A solid surplus keeps the town budget down while the school budget rises about 90000 due to state aid cuts. The base teacher salary is 6200, with steps affecting total pay, and public safety costs rise from another officer. Voters plan to decide on budgets, a suspended ceiling, and upcoming zoning. Election day follows the meeting with contested and uncontested posts.
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Manchester
Oakley Porter
Bennington
Tech I Ready For Clean Air Car Race
MIT students unveil an experimental electric car Tech 0 ready for a Clean Air Car Race against Caltech starting Aug 24 in Cambridge Massachusetts Gov Sargent attends and lauds potential to cut pollution. The car was built by MIT students David Saar and William Carson amid a transcontinental rivalry dating to 1968.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
California Technical Institute
Francis W. Sargent
Rockwell Cage
David A. Saar
White Plains
N.Y
William W. Carson
Wauwatosa
Wis
Saar
Caltech
Vermont Unemployment Rate Rises With 151 New Claims
MONTPELIER Vermont unemployment rose last week with 151 more Vermonters joining the jobless ranks. The Employment Security Department reported nearly 5,200 people were unemployed for the week ending Jan 10 driving the rate to 4.3 percent. Five of 11 district offices reported higher claims, Newport up 113 the most. St Albans had the highest unemployment area Brattleboro the lowest.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Flat Rockers Foil Robbery
Flat Rockers foil a robbery attempt as a local resident spots the suspect and reacts quickly. Police say a person armed with a weapon entered a Flat Rock building but fled before officers arrived. No injuries reported and the incident is under investigation.
Speeding crackdown ends with service station arrests in AWSworth
In AWSWORTH England the Parish Council urged police to check speeding by visitors after local accidents. In the first week officers nabbed 20 residents for speeding. Two suspects allegedly leapt into a service station through a window. Citizens armed with shotguns surrounded the station trapping them inside. The car later returned and four more suspects were captured before the sheriff formalized arrests.
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Awsworth
England
UPI
Nude Swimmers at Chicago Campus Create Good Natured Scene
James W. Vice of the University of Chicago described 147 nude students in a campus swimming pool during a mass skinny-dip organized by Students for Violent Non-Action. He said permission was given, the event lasted a few hours, and there were no incidents.
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Chicago
UPD
James W. Vice
University of Chicago
Students For
Vice
Art Center Receives Mediterranean Series Painting
Manchester’s Southern Vermont Art Center gets Avel de Knight's Mediterranean Series Dawn for its permanent collection from the American Academy of Arts and Letters Hassam Fund. Since 1946 the fund spent over 258000 on 430 works for 355 museums nationwide and in Canada. Knight, a New Yorker, studied in Paris and is art critic for France-Amerique.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Avel de Knight
Dawn
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Hassam
Childe Hassam
Academy
American Academy
Hassam Fund
Avel
Knight
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Grande Chaumiere
Academie Julian
Paris
France - Amerique
Patterson and Pudvar Seek Pownal Road Commissioner Job
In Pownal two candidates vie for road commissioner. Incumbent John Patterson, a lifelong resident and builder, promotes elective office and ties to local services. Challenger Robert Pudvar, long-time highway worker, pledges improved taxpayer service and stronger road commissioner taxpayer relations.
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Pownal
John §. Patterson
Robert Pudvar
Citizens’ Caucus
John 8. Patterson
Williamstown High School
Pownal Center
United States Forest Service
Vermont State Highway Department
United States Engineer Division
New England Corps of Engineers
Patterson
Pennsylvania
North Pownal
Hoosick Falls High School
Richard Pudvar
Green Mountain Park
Pudvar
Pownal officials certify 1123 voters for town meeting
The Pownal Board of Civil Authority met to finalize the voter checklist and confirm 1,123 eligible citizens. Ballot clerks named include Grace Powell Selah Burdick Carmelina Roy Mildred Mattison Dorothy Foster and Eleanor LaBonte with Charles F Mason in charge and Rachel Mason as official checker. The town meeting business is set for tonight at 7 30 p.m. at the Pownal Center Fire House and polls will open Tuesday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Town Hall.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
Woodford Race Focuses on Residency Check and First-Time Candidate
Woodford voters face a single contested race for a three year school director seat. Incumbent Franklin Frantz seeks re election against Lawrence Harrington who frames his bid as removing Bennington College influence from Mount Anthony Union High. The Board of Civil Authority dropped 17 residents from the voter checklist for not meeting residency requirements. Unopposed local races include town official posts and others.
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Woodford
Board of Civil Authority
Tmcumbent School
Franklin Frantz
Lawrence
Harrington
Bennington Banner
Bennington College
Mount Anthony Union High School
Frantz
Mount Anthony
Eileen O'Neil
Valerie Erb
Rupert Election Highlights One Road Commissioner Race
One contested race for Rupert local office with Theodore Bentley and Robert Matteson vying for road commissioner. Vernon Beebe runs unopposed for a three year selectman seat. A proposed $40,000 town appropriation to replace an overhead Route 153 crossing with a grade crossing is on the ballot. Tuesday town meeting polls 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Rupert
Theodore Bentley
Robert Matteson
Vernon Beebe
West Pawlet
New York Man Injured In Two Car Crash
A two car collision on Route 7 north of Manchester damaged a 1963 Chevrolet driven by Mary Doren Torrey 74 of Manchester and a 1969 Chevrolet driven by William Emmons Jr. 22 of Woodstock Vermont. Tyrone Kinder 25 of Great Neck New York was treated after the windshield injury. Emmons car was traveling south while Torrey car turned onto North Road. Police investigated the crash.
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Manchester
Town
Mary Doren Torrey
William Bacon Emmons Jr
Woodstock
North Road
Emmons
Tyrone Kinder
Great Neck
N.Y
Victoria Graf Among Students In Strike Threat
PAWLET Miss Victoria R. Graf daughter of Rep Robert E Graf R 57 Pawlet is among eight St Lawrence University students who threaten a hunger strike unless the university meets six demands. The students call for an end to arbitrary action by the president and administration and seek a student community with jurisdiction within the university. They pledge to subsist on water and fruit juices until their demands are met.
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Pawlet
Victoria R. Graf
Robert E. Graf
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N.Y
Canvass Planned in North Bennington by Dollars for Scholars
George Sleeman president of Dollars for Scholars announces a door to door canvass in North Bennington Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm. The activity will occur only in North Bennington Tuesday night.
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North Bennington
George Sleeman
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Walter Read Jr
Sydney Meacham
Guy Stone
Helen E. O'Donovan
Margaret J. Harrington
Judith Huffman
Leon B. Edgerton
Richard Piverotto
Donald G. Johnson
Harold R. Beebe
Byron Bowen
Malcolm Cooper
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Bennington, Vermont
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Planning Commission
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Main
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Flat Rock
Ind
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North Bennington Road
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Henry Bassen
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Rachel Mason
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Thomas Hurley
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