Pay-to-pollute schedule adopted by state board
MONTPELIER The state Water Resources Board adopted in final form the pay-to-pollute scheme part of the environmental package from the 1970 legislature. Industries will be placed on a time schedule to install pollution controls, with a 95 percent refund if met and forfeiture of the full amount if not. A 15 percent cash deposit and a balance note fund the cleanup cost, with the note eliminated and 95 percent of cash returned if installation is completed on time. A March and April hearing will set the fee schedule. the plan aims at cleaner Vermont waters amid limited enforcement funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
State Water Resources Board
Martin Johnson
Johnson
WRB
Governor’s Economic Commission
Vermont
Vermont lawmakers weigh parochial aid plan in education bill
A Senate Education Committee move aims to send to the floor a Davis administration backed plan allowing local districts to aid parochial schools through teacher or textbook loans while calculating local state aid. A revised version could cap aid to match local private-school assistance, amid broader fallout from a $1.2 million diocesan grant and a push to aid nine of 23 schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Administration
Vermont Diocesan School Board
Birthday for 95 year old composer Ruggles at Crescent Manor
A small Crescent Manor Nursing Home party honored composer Carl Ruggles on his 95th birthday with staff baked cake and room decorations. The event drew staff and close friends as Ruggles, formerly of Arlington, turns another year older. Town notices announced planning commission appointments with Holden taking Foster’s seat and Cadiz reappointed among other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Manor
Carl Ruggles
Arlington
Edward R. Lamb
Robert T. Holden
Mt. Anthony Road
Town Planning Commission
Daniel Cadiz
Charles Tilgner III
William H. Morse
Stephen Jesseman
Paul Bohne III
Holden
Thomas H. Foster
Health Dept reports January disease counts in Vermont counties
Vermont health officials released January county counts from the Division of Communicable Disease Control. Bennington County logged one gonorrhea case, two infectious hepatitis, eight chicken pox, and one streptococcal infection. Lamoille had the state’s lone syphilis case, and Windham reported the most mumps at 43. A March tuberculosis control conference is planned at Dartmouth Medical School Kellogg Auditorium, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Also, Mt. Anthony Union HS juniors may receive tetanus diphtheria shots on March 17 with permission slips due March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Division of
Vermont Department of Health
Lamoille County
Health Department
Vermont
New Hampshire
Kellogg Auditorium
Dartmouth Medical School
Windham County
Rutland
Chittenden County
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Madeline Harwood
Bennington Garden Club Tackles Environmental Programs
The Plain Dirt Gardeners met at the Bennington Free Library led by president Mrs. I James Wolfe. Reports named captains for the April May bulk sale and committee work on environmental education, bluebird houses, flower shows, and a plant sale with proceeds for civic projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Free Library
I. James Wolfe
Stephen Lincoln
W. Philip Giddings
Walter Dunham
John Mook
Charles Salem
George Hadwen
Margaretta van R. Schuyler
Eugene Clark
Peter Donavan Jr
Arthur Roberts
Norton Barber
Gov. Davis
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont
Barber
Vermont Department of Education
George Perkins Marsh
Vermont
Eastman Family Obituary Notices From Bennington Area
Obituaries received in New Haven area schools report the passing of Mrs. Eastman who married Mr. Eastman in Manchester on October 8, 1908. Survivors include four daughters and two sons, eight grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Funeral at Mahar & Son Funeral Home Sunday at 12 30 p.m. with burial at Evergreen Cemetery later. Memorials may go to Bennington Rescue Squad. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Bessie Gardner Moore at 115 Prospect Street. She was born in Pownal July 13, 1888 and married Lawrence E Moore in 1910. Survivors include a daughter and six grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with entombment at Park Lawn Chapel. Memorials to Vermont Handicap Children are requested.
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Ida A. Mattison
Glastonbury
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Nelson
Eliza A. (Elwell) Mattison
Main St
H.E. Bradford Co
Valentine Mill
Cooper Mill
Second Congregational Church
Mt. Anthony
Order
Eastern Star
Fred
Melissa) Morse
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Thomas D. Steffen
Park Lawn Chapel
Funeral Home
Anthony
New Haven
Eastman
Manchester
Irene Starbird
Ernest
Edith) Lampton
Smith River
Calif
Harold
Edna) Smith
North Bennington
Patrick
Alice) Brown
Shelton
Mahar & Son Funeral
Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Arlington
Bennington Rescue Squad
Katie
Baker) Gardner
Pownal
Northfield
Mass
Mr. Moore
Williamstown
Jefferson Heights
Carl
Janet) Richey
Frederick Fortmuller
Shushan
N.Y
Florence C. Moore
Hanson-Walbridge
Frederick W. Vogell
Vermont
Final approval due of penny gas hike
UPI reports Vermont Senate was set to approve a 1 cent hike in the gasoline tax to 9 cents per gallon, after preliminary approval with debate rooming anger from Sen. Ellery Purdy who warned cuts if the funds fail, noting the money targets superhighways rather than roads like Routes 12 and 100 used by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdy
Vermont House Advances 120 Million Dollar State Budget
The Vermont House gave preliminary approval to a 120 million dollar general expenses bill starting July. Amendments added 200 thousand to education, with nine amendments rejected. The bill totals 120.2 million, slightly above Gov Davis's recommendation, and funds education aid. The action also advances a 49.6 million highway fund budget and a 2.4 million fish and game fund. Internal shifts favored health and education programs, including 285 thousand more for Mental Health, 187 thousand for home health agencies, and 50 thousand for a cancer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish and Game Fund
Health Department
Bennington Selectmen trim budget for 4 cent tax cut
Selectmen approved selective cuts in the 1971 general fund totaling about $16,000 to fit a 4 cent reduction from a $2.04 tax rate. Budget reductions target elections and local law enforcement, with $13,300 cut to $5,300 for ballot clerks and Board of Civil Authority. Additional cuts adjust planning, zoning updates, and BRPC funding, while kept costs cover maintenance of government buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Board of Civil Authority
Lamb
BPRC
Library opens access to adult books for teens with fiscal note
Bennington Free Library offers adult titles to high school readers with an annotated list. Irish themed displays mark St Patrick's Day and Lenten religion reads appear in the reference area. Tax info sits at the circulation desk. Budget cuts trimmed police and dispatch spending, delaying hires and shelving funds for vehicles and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Free Library
Bradford
Greenberg
and Ball
Johnny Get Your Gun
Ireland
Moody’s Handbook of Common Stock
Hospital Notes Bennington and Hoosick Falls Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Miss Karen Ann Hall North Bennington Master Bruce E Woodard Miss Altair M Mallory William H Haskell Basil Harrington Clemens Pytko Mrs Anna Fitzgerald Hoosick Falls Mrs Lillian A Niles Cambridge N Y Discharges note Sylvester Hawkins Manchester Depot Glenn C Banks Hoosick Falls Clarence A Myers Petersburg Robert E Sousie Bennington Albert S Fox Jacksonville Mrs Karen M Heinz and son Bennington Births report a son March 11 to Mr and Mrs Merrill Mundell Dover Road Wilmington a daughter March 11 to Mr and Mrs John Stetzel Box 452 Jacksonville Vt a son March 11 to Mr and Mrs Edward Molloy Shaftsbury a son March 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Ann Hall
North Bennington
Bruce E. Woodard
Altair M. Mallory
William H. Haskell
Bennington
Basil Harrington
Clemens Pytko
Anna Fitzgerald
Hoosick Falls
Lillian A. Niles
Cambridge
N.Y
Sylvester Hawkins
Manchester Depot
Glenn C. Banks
Clarence A. Myers
Petersburg
Robert E. Sousie
Albert S. Fox
Jacksonville
Karen M. Heinz
Merrill Mundell
Dover Road
Wilmington
John Stetzel
Box
Edward Molloy
Shaftsbury
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State Board
the Natural Resources Committee
House
Senate
Buckley Gals
Page 1
Miss Atkinson
Daughters of Bilitis
Randolph Major
D-131
Westminster
Natural Resources Committee
Royal Cutts
R-72
Townshend
Ways and Means Committee
Glendon
Exina LaFlamme
Joseph LaFlamme
Mapie St
Sacred Heart Church
Charles Wallen
C.S.C
Laura Riley
Ruggles
Health Dept
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony Union
Triumph Magazine
Bozell
Brent
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Annapolis
West Point
Army
Navy
Mary Hodeck
C. Peter Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Garden Club
Shaftsbury Garden Club
Isslehardt
McCullough Foundation Inc
Fred Welling
Franklin Frantz
Alfred Thibodeau
Lloyd Oppenheimer
Bennington Briefs
Burr & Burton Gym
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Malcolm Finlayson
Elm St
Bennington College
VFW
Post 1332
North Street
Mahar Funeral Home
William Clifford
Ann- Marie’s
Woodford
Ormal Pierce
Asa Elwell
John Brochu
Mammoth Mart
Moe Harrington
John XXIII Institute
Shea Agency Inc
Geannesis
Agway Petroleum
BenMont Ave
Herbert Eastman
Bessie G. Eastman
Safford St
New Haven, Conn
William and
Augusta (Atwater) Grant
Lawrence E. Moore
Bessie (Gardner) Moore
Lawrence E
Bud”’ Moore
Prospect St
Dewey C. and
Waterbury
Brandon
Burns
John McClaughry
R-Kirby
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
University of Vermont
Vermont State Colleges
Deane C. Davis
Committee
Davis
Fenith
Eni
Kenneth A. Beauchemin
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