League of Women Voters launches 50th anniversary fund drive
Mrs. Clarence Howard announces a national fundraising effort to expand the League of Women Voters ahead of its 50th anniversary. The first phase aimed to raise 5 million from members. local groups report 1,017 pledged, with most sent to LWV US. The campaign seeks 11 million by May 1970 through foundations and business gifts while boosting education, voter service, and government strength.
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New Library Acquires Wide Range of New Books
Bennington Free Library announces many acquisitions across fiction and non fiction including The Crying Game by Braine Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms Ball and royal roads to Fotheringay Plaidy and an arms of Krupp history Manchester while Kazantzakis Nikos and While Six Million Died Morse appear among biographies and field guides. A note reminds readers to reserve any unavailable titles.
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New York Times
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Nabokov
Oates
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Ellery Queen
Rogers
Spencer
Yates
Elizabeth
Yglesias
Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis
Kesten
Lewin
Lenin
Manchester
Krupp
Morse
Pough
Pritchett
Vermont Bar To Donate Services for the Poor
Vermont Bar Association votes to provide free legal aid services this year. Keither King of Montpelier asks for 54 hours per month in pro bono work through Legal Aid Inc. He warns Gov Davis budget cuts and higher local costs threaten aid levels, noting $25,000 in state funds won’t match federal matching funds. Time by private attorneys valued at $16 per hour to cover local funding.
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Legislative Women Hear All About Bells
Loyal Legislative Women met at the Motor Inn in Montpelier with 42 members attending. Mrs. Doris Button of Danville spoke on bells inherited from her father, noting many antique materials and origins including Vermont and New York. Future LLW teas are planned for March 13 with Bennington, Rutland and Grand Isle counties hosting.
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Lamoille
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Donald Arnold
Dudley Levitt
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Louise Hutchinson
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Bennington
Rutland
Grand Isle
Bennington College Names Director of Development
Kendall Landis 44 of Wesleyan University is named Bennington College director of development by President Edward J. Blowstein. He will lead fundraising alumnae affairs public relations publications and events while overseeing the capital funds program to grow endowment and expand the coeducational student body from 350 to about 600. Landis previously served as assistant director of development at Wesleyan and taught European history at Middlesex Community College.
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Bennington
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Jeddah
Beirut
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