BFRC seeks state funds to aid developmentally disabled
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children unveils a plan backed by Promised state funding for a new program serving adults with developmental disabilities. UCS will run the expanded Brandon program and oversee care, recreation, and vocational services. The effort aims to broaden participation beyond the initial eight residents and address community attitudes toward treatment homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Friends of
BFRC
UCS
Ben Montink
Nancy Ferguson
Brandon Training School
USC
Brandon
Robert L. Okin
Morrison
Colchester
Vermont
Mental Health Department
New Hampshire
Marion Rieman
Larry Glass
Francis Stockman
Gertrude Conway
Patricia Hernandez
Chester Stockman
Nancy Humphries
Avis Whitman
Vermont records 17 asbestosis cases at GAF mines
Industrial hygienist Harry Ashe told a Vermont legislative committee that 17 workers at GAF Corp mines in Lowell have been diagnosed with asbestosis a lung disease. He noted no cancer link yet and supported easing EPA pollution rules to save about 178 northern Vermont jobs over roughly seven years while GAF may close without upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
GAF Corp
Lowell
Harry Ashe
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Ashe
Fred Westphal
Lamoille County
GAF
New England Delegation Roll Call Votes in Congress
United Press International reports on how members from New England cast votes this week in Senate and House proceedings. Key actions include sustaining Nixon vetoes on energy bills, rejecting a proposed pay raise, passing a minimum wage bill, and considering daylight saving measures. Details list each state and representative positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
Nixon
Aiken
Cotton
N.H
Weicker
R-Conn
Hathaway
Maine
Mciintyre
Muskie
Pastore
R.I
Pell
R.J
Ribicoff
Conn
Kennedy
Mass
McIntyre
Brooke
Stafford
Donohue
Drinan
Harrington
McDonald
Moakley
Studds
Conte
Cronin
Heckler
New Hampshire
Cleveland
Wyman
Rhode Island
St. Germain
Tiernan
Vermont
Mallory
Percey Foils Break In At North Bennington Newsstand
Bennington police report that Martin W. Percey Jr. frightened away an intruder Thursday night at Percey’s Newstand in Lincoln Square by appearing from the rear with a flashlight at about 11 15 PM. An additional attempted break was noted at Powers Market in the North Village with markings but no entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin W. Percey Jr
Percey
Soldiers use shelters as shelling fears rise in high ground
Residents described entering underground shelters as renewed shelling looms and children sleeping in bunkers overnight. Roads on the heights were closed to civilians and fields around agricultural settlements were cleared of workers as the situation remained described as tense by a military source. The Israeli cabinet held a special session to hear an update on the tense situation.
Hospital Notes Bennington Discharges and Local Names
Hospital notes from Bennington list discharges including Alfred Lewis Mrs Barbara Browe and baby boy and Carol Wescott. Also mentions Leon Snow Sr Harrington Dane Searby Leon Goffin of Shaftsbury Jerry Greene of SCaa and Lloyd Peters of Cambridge. Discharges include Hoosick New York baby and Berlin New York resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Lewis
Bennington
Barbara Browe
Baby Boy
Hoosick, N.Y
Carol Wescott
Berlin
N.Y
Bennington Listers plan part-time appraiser hire
Bennington listers announced Thursday night plans to hire a part time professional appraiser to finish appraisal work on new and renovated properties before April 1. The effort aims to include 47 new homes and several hundred additions or renovations in the Grand List. Bruce Mangan would be paid 10 dollars an hour and is expected to justify the cost by capturing increased value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Listers
Richard A. Sleeman
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Bruce Mangan
Bennington
Sleeman
Mangan
Edward E. Lamb
Lamb
Peter R. Donavan
Gerald P. Morrissey
Donavan
Bennington College
EPA and Vermont issue cleanup permits to four firms
The EPA and Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation propose federal discharge and state certification permits for Cabot Farmers' Co-operative Creamery in Cabot Milton Cooperative Dairy in Milton General Cable Corp. in Pownal and Missisquoi Specialty Board Division of Standard Packaging in Sheldon Springs. Discharges cover cooling water and sanitary waste to local rivers with limits to protect water quality. Public comment invited until April 3, 1974, with a hearing possible on significant interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Vermont
Cabot Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery Company, Inc
Cabot
Milton Cooperative Dairy Corp
Milton
General Cable Corp
Pownal
Missisquoi
Winooski
Lamoille
Electric Assembly Products Division
Hoosic River
Ohn A. S. McGlennon
EPA
McGlennon
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
John F. Kennedy
Duke scientists find Monitor wreckage off Cape Hatteras
Duke University researchers report the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor wreck lies upside down in 220 feet of water about 15 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. The hull is fragile and heavily encrusted, making salvage unlikely with current techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N.C
UPI
Duke University
Atlantic
John G. Newton
School’s Marine Laboratory
Beaufort
Cape Hatteras
Newton
Gulfstream
Hampton Roads
Obituary notices and memorials from Bennington area deaths
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Bennington and nearby towns, including W Minerva Holmes of 107 South St Bennington died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Services set at Mahar and Son Funeral Home with burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Other notices include memorials for Robert Shaftsbury and Cynthia Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Connelly Burgess
College St
Montpelier
Bennington
Heaton House
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar and Son Funeral
Roderick Humphreys
Harold Hicks
Harold Humphreys
Francis Connelly
Park Lawn
Msgr
Flanagan
W. Minerva Holmes
South St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church of
West Winfield
N.J
Alice Homes
Willa Eve Buchanan Holmes
Blanche Buchanan
Bennington High School
A.S. Payne Co
Fienberg
Main Street
Second Congregational Church
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Girls’ Club
Rebekah Club
Helen Bierworth
Minnesota
Edwin J. Holmes
Illion
N.Y
Bennington Rescue Squad
Vermont Heart Fund
Robert G. Thompson Jr
Shaftsbury
Bennington Convalescent Center
Hanson-Walbridge
Marion L. Jepson Stratton
Smith G. Stratton Sr
East Road
Richard Campbell
First United Methodist Church of
Isabel Barber George
George Avenue
North Adams
Mass
Clifford George
Lakeland
Fla
First Baptist Church
Williamstown
Eastlawn
Murray Barber
Caroline Wright Barber
First Baptist Church of
Leesburg
Ind
Anna Locke
Philip Armstrong
Sheffield
Hopkins Funeral
Ed Smith
Cynthia Smith Hill
Main St
North Bennington
Alton E. Hill
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Bill
Davis Bacon
Vermont House
House Commerce Committee
Thomas P. Salmon
General Motors
United Press International
Connecticut
New York
Mideast
Listers
Burgess
Brattleboro
John S. Burgess
General Cable
Albert A. Burgess
Duke
Charleston
S.C
Merrimac
James River
Richmond
Norfolk
John Erricsson
Aed
Atlantic Ocean
Pamlico Sound
U.S.S. Monitor
U.S.S
Icape Hatteras
Mrs. Smith G. Stratton Sr
Bennington Briefs
Napolitano
Pizza Bianca
Ben Mont Ave
ADV
The
Shea Agency For
John Jepson
Jennie Smith Jepson
Hoy Manufacturing Co
First United Methodist Church
Frank
John and
Smith Jr
Burt
Hoosick
Howard
Clayton
John
Clarence Jepson
George Jepson
Elmhurst
Charles Jepson
Dawson Springs
Lillian Harrington
Mildred
Gladys Jepson
Vermont Cancer Society
Mrs. Clifford George
Mrs
Marjorie E. Shortt
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