Cushman plant tax eyed as sale price discussed
Bennington officials weigh a potential sale of the H T Cushman furniture plant to a group of three Dartmouth graduates and local supporters. The proposed price is about 500000 with last year’s fair market value at 1.8 million. A board meeting and counsel review followed discussions with Green Mountain Furniture Inc executives and sisters party members.
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H.T. Cushman
North Bennington
Bennington
Dartmouth College
Charles P. O’leary
Green Mountain Furniture Inc
John M. Morrison
Laurence J. Newman Jr
Frank J. Hogan
Richard Sleem
Barber
Cushman
Hogan
Sisters
Ralph
Town Officers
Manchester
Listers
Women’s Liberation aims and misunderstandings explored
Mrs. Barbara Herrnstein Smith, professor at Bennington College, spoke at the American Association of University Women meeting hosted by Mrs. Malcolm Finlayson. She argued that the movement seeks equal rights without demanding sameness, denies hatred of men, and supports women in marriage and motherhood while enabling full societal participation.
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American Association of University Women
Malcolm Finlayson
Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Bennington College
Finlayson
Smith
Mrs. Smith
Tran Van Dinh to Speak at Bennington College Monday
Tran Van Dinh former South Vietnamese ambassador to the United States will speak at Bennington College in Tishman Lecture Hall on Monday night at 7 30 He was born April 4 1923 in Hue and educated in Vietnam He played a role in the Viet Minh during the 1950s and later served in Vietnam Foreign Service including roles in Bangkok Rangoon the United Nations and as special ambassador to Argentina
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United States
Tran van Dinh
Vietnam
Bennington College
Tishman
Hue
Vietnamese Foreign Service
Bangkok
Rangoon
United Nations
Argentina
National Security Council
Washington, D.C
Foreign Service
Washington
Saigon Post
Washington Post
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Century
National Catholic Reporter
New Republic
the Nation
the Washingtonian
the Saturday Review
New York State University College
Old Westbury
Siam Society
Burma Research Society
Center For Vietnamese Studies
Saigon
American Academy of Political and Social Science
UVM President backs renaming racially offensive pond
University of Vermont President Edward Andrews calls for changing the name Niggerhead Pond amid campus tensions over race. Black students plan a rally as UVM pledges to admit at least 30 black freshmen next fall, amid pressure to add 75 more with financial aid.
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Andrews
UVM
Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
Edward Andrews
State Libraries Board
Stony Brook Professor to Promote Physics at Bennington
Prof. Max Dresden of SUNY Stony Brook visits Bennington College April 1 2 as part of a national program to stimulate physics interest. He lectures holds informal meetings with students assists faculty under auspices of AAPT and AIP funded by NSF. Dresden a fellow of the American Physical Society has published in statistical mechanics superconductivity and quantum hydrodynamics and studied field theory S-matrix theory and Galvanomagnetic effects.
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Max Dresden
Department of Physics
The
State University of New York
Stony Brook
Long Island
Bennington College
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Institute of Physics
National Science Foundation
American Physical Society
Optical Society of America
Acoustical Society of America
the Society of Rheology
American Crystallographic Association
American Astronomical Society
Dresden
Robert O'G. Cornwell
Bennington
Amsterdam
Netherlands
University of Amsterdam
University of Leyden
University of Michigan
Midwestern Universities Research Association
Sigma Xi
Utilities ask Health Board for weaker air standards
MONTPELIER The Vermont Health Board will be asked to lower its proposed air quality standards to please power companies. Industrial Hygiene Director Harry Ashe said after a Chicago conference report that standards should be considerably weaker than first proposed. At a Burlington hearing last month Central Vermont Public Service Corp. president L. Douglas Meredith warned enforcement would force many...
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Montpelier
Vermont Health Board
Vermont
Harry Ashe
Health Department
Chicago
Burlington
L. Douglas Meredith
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Ashe
Health Board
Robert B. Aiken
Stafford retires as Navy Reserve captain in May
Rep. Robert T. Stafford announced his transfer to retired captain in the U S Naval Reserve will take effect May 1, with prior active service in World War II and the Korean War. He will remain in standby reserve on non pay status as Vice Admiral Guinn praises his service. Stafford, Vermont’s lone congressman, serves on the House Armed Services Committee.
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Stafford
Navy Reserve
Washington
Robert T. Stafford
U.S. Naval Reserve
The
Banner
Vermont
Navy
D. H. Guinn
House Armed Services Committee
Green Beret jumpers clash with protesters at North Adams
Green Beret paratroopers from Fort Devens-89 arrived for an exercise near Harriman Airport as more than 1,500 anti war demonstrators watched. Paratroopers jumped from planes at low altitude causing debris to fall on roofs and trees, injuring four. Some troops were hospitalized with leg injuries. Demonstrators helped pull soldiers off roofs and out of trees while others fled. The event included about nine hours of nerve on the ground and air, with skirmishes planned to continue on Mount Greylock slopes overnight.
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North Adams
Mass
Fort Devens
Harriman
Green Berets
Special Forces
North Adams Regional Hospital
Williams College
North Adams State College
Berkshire Community College
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
R.W. Willard
Mount Greylock
Bishop Joyce plans retirement as Burlington area curate
The Most Rev. Robert F. Joyce bishop of the diocese of Burlington will retire next fall but stay in the Burlington area. He expects to take a curate assignment from his successor who is yet to be named. Joyce previously served as assistant pastor at St. Francis de Sales Church in Bennington.
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Burlington
Robert F. Joyce
Joyce
St. Francis de Sales
Bennington
Ramada Inn
Francis J. Cain
Rutland County
Proctor
St. Peter’s
Rutland
Vermont
Josephine A. Brundage
H. Duane Brundage
Main Street
North Bennington
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. John the Baptist Church
Michael A. Demasi
Dexter R. Shultz
Duane Shultz
Mark Brundage
Paul Brundage
Father Demasi
Catamount Dyers
Edward Frasier
Frasier
New York
Barber
Blank
Division Street
J. Duncan Campbell
Edward R. Lamb
Joseph Pello
Hospital notes and births span several Vermont towns
Admissions list includes Mrs Eva Tremblay Miss Daniell Whitman Bennington and others from Hoosick Falls Arlington Dorset and Whitingham. Discharges mention Master Steven Mack and others. Births note a March 18 daughter to Mr and Mrs James Stroffolene of Arlington and Grace Cottage Hospital births Kevin Eugene Westminster and Matthew Paul LaCroix Morton Grove Illinois. Jo-Anne Spencer born Jan 22 in England. Spec 4 John Spencer in Vietnam. Bishop Joyce stays in Burlington area amid ecumenism push.
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Eva Tremblay
Daniell Whitman
Bennington
John Calhoun Sr
Hoosick Falls
Mark J. Reynolds
Whitingham
Sheila F. Blair
Arlington
Roger E. Rumney
Dorset
Steven B. Mack
Cynthia M. Desautels
Louise Thompson
Manchester Depot
Sally Michaels
Petersburg
Rose Marie Darling
Pownal
James E. Stroffolene
R.D
Grace Cottage Hospital
Kevin Eugene
Eugene Benjamin
Westminster
Eva Benjamin
Brattleboro
Cassius Davis
Matthew Paul
Arthur LaCroix
Morton Grove
Ill
Aurile LaCroix
Lincoln Street
Raymond Pedtke
Jo-Anne
John Spencer
L.s.saunders
Benson
Oxford
England
Herman
Chapel Road
Spec. Spencer
Vietnam
Viet victory rally slated at State House in Montpelier
A conservative group led by Rev. Carl McIntire plans a nationwide March for Victory rally at the Vermont State House on Saturday afternoon in Montpelier with Gov. Deane C. Davis declining to attend due to a prior commitment. The event is part of rallies at all 50 state capitols ahead of a national gathering in Washington on May 8.
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Montpelier
UPI
State House
Deane C. Davis
Carl McIntire
McIntire
March For Victory Committee
Washington
Welfare bill stalls in Vermont Senate health committee
Gov Davis faces a stalled welfare tightening bill in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee as Chair Stovan Christowe cites too much complexity to finish before adjournment. The measure would place liens on emergency aid property and require stepparents to support their stepchildren, conflicting with recent committee positions. The governor stresses urgency to curb welfare growth despite acknowledged technical gaps.
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Montpelier
Deane C. Davis
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Stovan Christowe
Social Welfare Department
Health and Welfare Committee
Vermont Supreme Court
Davis
Peter Martin
Sen. Christowe
Christowe
Bennington Community Events And Naval Update
Public card party at the Senior Citizens Center tonight at 8 with prizes and refreshments. Catamount School hosts a CYO dance 8 30 to 11 30 featuring Sunny Day People. Veterans of Foreign Wars dance Saturday 9 to 1 with Moe Harrington and his Country Drifters. Navy Seaman Apprentice Edgar L. Holden, son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Holden of 109 Spring St Bennington, serving aboard USS Monticello. Valley Presbyterian Hospital reports cautious optimism for the surviving quintuplets born 10 weeks early. four girls and a boy, one boy stillborn, two girls died yesterday.
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Catamount School
CYO
Moe Harrington
Navy
Edgar L. Holden
Charles E. Holden
Spring St
Bennington
Monticello
van Nuys
Calif
UPI
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
California
Oy Pearl Kaplan
Junior Women plan card party for Willow Park aid
The Bennington Junior Women organize a third annual card party on Wednesday March 24 at 8 p.m. at Second Congregational Church Bennington. Proceeds go to the Bennington Recreation Commission for Willow Park playground equipment. Tickets cost 1.50 and are sold by members or at the door.
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Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Bennington Recreation Commission
Willow Park
Thomas Bluto
Court St Andrew Catholic Daughters plan Green Mountain girl
At the March meeting CDA noted they will send a girl to Green Mountain Girls State. A nominating committee was chosen with Estelle Hoth as chair and Genevieve LaFlamme and Terry Brunina as members. Officers to be nominated at the April 6 meeting.
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Court St. Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America
Green Mountain
Estelle Hoth
Genevieve LaFlamme
Terry Brunina
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Williamstown
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Paul Crane
Ezekiel Cross
Viet
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Mary Ann Perry
Carl S. Perry
Readsboro
Crosby A. Perry III
Alton L. Perry
St. Joachim’s Church
Watervliet
N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Frank Primer
Primer
Vt. 346 At 11 P.m., When His Vehicle Was In Collison
Gregory D. Chittenden
Adams
New York State Line
Chittenden
Massachusetts
Linda A. Wyman
U.S. 7
Randolph
Green Mountain Appaloosa Horse Club
George Hatley
Appaloosa Horse Club
Moscow
Idaho
Randolph Legion Hall
Hatley
Bennington Briefs
Senior Citizens Center
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Shea Agency Inc
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