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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1977

Page

7

Lord Cardon to speak at Middlebury as Visiting Fellow

Lord Caradon former UK UN representative and foreign affairs minister will lecture at Middlebury College as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He will discuss The U N Today at 8 p m March 24 and Three Conflict Areas in Dana Auditorium March 25. He described himself as an expert in international frustration.

Lord Cardon Middlebury Middlebury College Ward Caradon United Kingdom United Nations Russell Leng Lord Caradon Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation Hugh Mackintosh Foot British Colonial Service Palestine Colonial Office Transjordan North Africa Cyprus Jamaica Nigeria

Foxfire founder to speak on Rural Education

Eliot Wigginton of Rabuh Gap Georgia, originator of Foxfire, will address the public on Issues in Rural Education. A four member panel will debate The High School Dilemma Education for What. The event runs Sunday March 20 from 4 to 9 pm at Deerfield Valley Elementary Wilmington with a 5 45 pot luck supper optional bring a dish. Sponsors are Mountain Towns Teacher Center and Vermont Council on the Humanities.

Eliot Wigginton Rabuh Gap Anne Carpenter Deerfield Valley Wilmington Mountain Towns’ Teacher Center The Vermont Council On the Humanities

Trail ride and drill team talk by Anne Brown at Pownal Posse

Anne Brown spoke at the Bennington County Mounted Posse meeting in Bradford on March about the May 21 Pownal trail ride and the drill team. She invites four more riders, notes the English and Western options, and outlines training steps and entry contacts for Shadowbrook Stables Northwest Hill Pownal 05261.

Pownal Anne Brown Bennington County Mounted Bradford Hook and Ladder Co Gage St Mrs. Brown Shadowbrook Stables Northwest Hill

Weekend Visitors and Local News in Monroe Conn

White Creek residents the Fosters spent the weekend at their Monroe home. Mrs Wales Taher returned from Putnam Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Toby Taher came back from their wedding trip to Quaker Mapel Farm. Jermain Methodist Church hosts a covered dish supper at Jermain Hall on Friday March 25 at 7 p.m. Community members urged to attend for entertainment. Mrs Walter Hulihan visited former classmate Mrs Arthur Ogden in Troy New York.

Howard Foster Monroe, Conn Wales Taher Putnam Memorial Hospital Pen Toby Taher Jermain Methodist Church Jermain Hall Walter Hulihan Arthur Ogden Troy, N.Y

Vermont Governor Loses Bid for Trooper Hiring Funds

In Montpelier the House Appropriations Committee cut Snelling’s request to hire 40 extra state troopers by half amid worries about long term costs after federal grant expiration. Earlier in the week the panel also rejected $225,000 for a public ombudsman and for hiring women and minority group members into key state jobs.

Vermont Snow Storm Piles Fresh Snow Across Regions

Northern and central Vermont woke to a fresh snow cover as a late season storm moved in. Crews deployed plows and sand salt trucks, but high winds worsened driving conditions. In the south, police said a sunny day with only light flurries.

Montpelier UPI Vermont Middlesex Derby

Green Mountain College to install new president from Mass

Trustees name James Pollock, current dean at Lasalle Junior College Auburndale Massachusetts, as incoming president to take office July 1 replacing Raymond Withey. In Williston, police seek two men after an armed robbery at the Interstate 89 rest area. Raymond Sabin, 25, of Shelburne drove one suspect to the rest area then was forced to surrender money. passenger Ann Beaulieu, 25, also from Shelburne, not harmed.

Poultney UPI Green Mountain College Massachusetts James Pollock Lasalle Junior College Auburndale Mass Raymond Withey Williston Montpelier Raymond Sabin Shelburne Sabin Ann Beaulieu

Barre man held on rape charge after teen incident

Peter Burke 21 of Barre was ordered held on $2,000 bail after pleading innocent to raping a 14 year old Barre girl. Burke surrendered in Rutland to authorities and the alleged assault occurred March 5. the victim's name was not released.

Barre UPI Peter Burke Burke Vermont Rutland

Bellows Falls Ordered to Halt Leaflet Ban in Free Speech Ruling

UPI reports U.S. District Judge James S. Holden ruled Bellows Falls must stop enforcing its leaflet distribution ordinance. The decision also awarded $1000 in damages to Richard Koerber of Putney, who was detained amid anti-nuclear leafleting last June. Esther Poneck was also ordered to stop distributing leaflets. Koerber, tied to the Energy Coalition of Southern Vermont, and Poneck faced police action during the June 1 incident. The judge found the ordinance violated free press and free speech rights.

Koerber Bellows Falls Esther Poneck Putney Poneck New England Coalition On Energy Coalition Vermont Holden

Adirondack mass murderer Garrow biographer named

Albany reports Darrell L. Bowen of Plattsburgh a 27 year old SSA employee taking a mail order writing course has been named the official biographer of Adirondack killer Robert L. Garrow Sr. Garrow pled guilty to four murders and is imprisoned at Clinton Correctional Facility Dannemora. Green Island Bridge sections fell into the Hudson River harming channel access and prompting emergency bridge plans and flood aid. City Manager Buckley declared an emergency and ordered detours to ease traffic on remaining bridges near Albany.

Albany Darrell L. Bowen Plattsburgh Social Security Administration Adirondack Robert L. Garrow Sr Garrow Clinton Dannemora Troy Green Island Hudson River John P. Buckley Central Business District Albany County

Aerial search for missing teacher halted in Berkshire

State Police said federal law blocks armed services from assisting local law enforcement in the missing person case of 26 year old Carol Ann Todd. Todd was last seen December 12 in the Sheraton North Adams Inn lobby. Meanwhile HEW reports Western Massachusetts districts fail race discrimination bans. North Adams and Berkshire Community College cited as non compliant with others like Williamstown and Lenox in compliance.

North Adams Carol Ann Todd Milo F. Brown Armed Services Miss Todd Falmouth Sheraton Pittsfield Massachusetts Department of Health, Education and Welfare Office of Civil Rights HEW Berkshire Community College Williamstown Lenox

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