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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1976

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Church enters Democratic race in Idaho city

Idaho's Sen. Frank Church, 51, announces for the Democratic presidential nomination. He vows to end leadership of weakness and fear and criticizes the CIA era, FBI, and IRS. He notes it is never too late to try and rejects claims that entering now is too late.

Idaho City Idaho UPI Frank Church Church Senate Jimmy Carter Henry Jackson George Wallace Morris Udall Senate Intelligence Committee CIA White House FBI IRS Ford

Schonbeck’s World Premiere Collage No 10 Stuns Bennington Crowd

At Bennington College Greenwall Music Workshop Gunnar Schonbeck premiered Collage No 10 a sprawling musical extravaganza dedicated to Murray McGuire. The work united school bands choirs and ensembles with students performing on invented chimes mirimbas and steel drums as the audience hummed groaned and chanted along creating a vivid immersive sound sculpture.

Judson Brown Greenwall New Arts Center Bennington College Gunnar Schonbeck Murray McGuire Hoosick Falls Zoom Joseph S. Iseman Merrell Hambleton Reinhoud van der Linde Mendelssohn Schonbeck

MAU budget approved amid contract uncertainty

Mt Anthony Union School Board approved a revised budget for voter approval on April 20 and considered a petition to cap teacher salary boosts at 800. The status of the faculty contract remained unsettled, with teachers and officials clashing over “good faith” and delays. A community debate followed, and the matter was referred to the back page for MAU coverage.

Rob Woolmington Mt. Anthony Union Ivor Pelsue Thomas R. Haley Sr David Adler Haley Adler Norman Lariviere Southwest Vermont Education Association Lariviere Mau

Wallace campaign falters as Carter gains in Illinois

Wallace's bid for the Democratic nomination shows bitterness and disarray after stinging losses in Florida and Illinois. Carter leads Illinois with about 48 percent to Wallace's 28 percent, prompting Wallace to order a campaign-wide strategy review amid renewed attacks and internal sniping.

N.Y. Times News Raleigh N.C George C. Wallace Florida Illinois North Carolina Alabama Wallace Jimmy Carter Georgia Montgomery Carter Lee Wallace

Six huddle on budget for 1977

MONTPELIER UP I The fate of the 1977 state budget and possible tax increase rests today with six lawmakers named to a joint conference committee to iron out differences between the House and Senate. The Senate approved a 165 million budget with internal changes including restoration of 543000 in state aid to education. An angry rift in House GOP leadership erupted over Rep Emory Hebard chairing the Appropriations panel and talking for the House on a tax relief fund issue not yet debated. Gov Salmon said Senate bill cuts human services.

Montpelier UPI House Senate Emory Hebard Glover Robert Graf R Pawlet Madeline Kunin Burlington John Boylan Essex Orleans Robert Gannett Windham Richard Soule Franklin County Timothy O'Connor Dbrattleboro Richard Snelling Ashelburne Snelling Appropriations Committee Hebard Conference Committee Thomas Salmon Human Services Agency

Albert Cree dies at 77 in Rutland longtime VPSC chief

Albert A. Cree 77, longtime head of Vermont Public Service Corp and key figure in Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power and VELCO, died of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon outside the CVPS office in Rutland. He helped build Rutland Hospital and construct Rutland Airport and remained active in energy affairs after retirement. Funeral arrangements are pending at Aldous Funeral Home, Rutland.

Vermont Central Vermont Public Service Corp Albert A. Cree New England CVPS Aldous Funeral Home Rutland Cree Rutland Hospital Clarendon Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp Vermont Electric Co VELCO Vernon See Cree

Irish leader predicts peaceful unification amid terror push

In London a massive security crackdown ran trains and stations with over 1,000 police and plainclothes officers. Bomb threats and past attacks dominated headlines as authorities warned of letter bombs in St Patrick’s Day cards. In Belfast a sixth sectarian murder this year was reported, and two people died in a Dungannon bombing near Belfast. Irish Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave told NBC Today that Ireland will be unified by democracy, not violence, though he acknowledged difficulties if British troops withdraw.

United Press International London Northern Ireland Belfast Brian Richardson National Council For Civil Liberties Dungannon Washington UPI Liam Cosgrave Ireland Cosgrave The NBC Today United States Britain Ford White House Congress

Patriots and politics weave through Vermont notes

Inside Local roundup highlights two Vermont Air Guardsmen killed in a Florida crash and Vermont unemployment dipping, with Bennington missing the drop. It also notes editor Kit Foster on budget cuts, a Japanese firm joining OAK in Hoosick Falls, and eight teachers gaining tenure. Cosgrave’s US tour and Ireland Britain economic links feature in international context.

Vermont Burlington Florida Bennington Patriots Kit Foster OAK

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