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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1974

Page

3

All New England Music Festival Arrives in Bennington

467 students from 80 New England high schools will stay with local hosts for the All New England Music Festival at Mt Anthony Union High School. Co chairs Therese Trahan and Irving Adler lead with Ruth Levin coordinating housing for about 1,000 volunteers. Public performances are set for 2 30 and 7 30 p m Saturday. Tickets cost 1 for students and 2 for adults.

New England Bennington Mt. Anthony Union High School Therese Trahan MAUHS Irving Adler Shaftsbury Community Arts Association Ruth Levin Mt. Anthony Bird’s First Vermont Bank & Trust Co Powers Market Rosamund Vander Linde North Bennington Levin

Liberty Union fights 25 percent rate hike by New England Bell

Liberty Union leader Bernard Sanders announced a campaign to block a 25 percent rate increase from New England Telephone Co. The group seeks party status in the Public Service Board case with Brattleboro activists Steve Dunham and Peter Diamondstone. Sanders cites rising corporate profits and stagnant wages as justification for the challenge.

Liberty Union Burlington Bernard Sanders The New England Telephone Co Public Service Board Sanders Steve Dunham Peter Diamondstone Brattleboro America At&t Vermont PSB New England

College Calendar at Bennington College Highlights March Events

Bennington College lists community events for March 20 to 23. Music features Marta Ptaszynska and Vivian Fine in Carriage Barn and concerts. Theatre presents Dear Alex Dear Harriet and Becket Act Without Words II. a drum concert closes the slate. Also notes local issues on Vermont telephone rates and a bicycle confiscation update from Bennington police.

Marta Ptaszynska Diemer Carter Ptaszynska Vivian Fine Jacob Glick Milhaud Fine Alex Harriet Shellen Lubin Deborah Teller Barn Studio Samuel Becket

Sargent praised for regional energy plan and coast protection

SOS in Durham lauds Gov. Sargent for urging a regional energy approach and a moratorium on refinery construction. SOS cites his stance as a sane regional policy to protect New England coasts from oil spills, while criticizing Meldrim Thomson. Also notes Eagles Aerie 1861 meeting tonight with officers at 7 and general at 8.

Durham, N.H UPI Save Our Shores New Hampshire Seacoast Francis Sargent Massachusetts Sargent New England Gov. Sargent Nancy Sandberg SOS Meldrim Thomson Sandberg Order of Eagles Aerie

Area scholars join impeachment drive

Williams College historian James MacGregor Burns and Richard M. Ketchum of Dorset are named among 16 founding members of the National Committee on the Presidency in New York. The group seeks $25 from donors to gain influence in 60 key House districts, aiming to secure impeachment votes and restore integrity to the White House.

Bennington Nixon James MacGregor Burns Williams College Richard M. Ketchum Dorset National Committee On the Presidency E. 82Nd St New York Charles L. Mee Jr Hodding Carter III Greenville Miss Alfred A. Knopf Rex Stout Brewster N.Y Barbara Tuchman Greenwich Conn White House

Shapiro claims Stalin would have killed Solzhenitsyn

Soviet expert Henry Shapiro, retired UPI Moscow bureau chief, said Solzhenitsyn would have been killed in five seconds under Stalin. He spoke at UW Parkside faculty night. Also noted a Red Cross Vermont Heart Association CPR course March 20 at Bennington Elementary School gym from 7 to 10 p.m. for free.

County Red Cross Chapter Vermont Heart Association Bennington

Vermont College to Launch Biological Revolution Lecture Series

A Monday March 25 talk on male and female sterilization opens a Vermont College seminar series on the biological revolution. Dr. Dirk Romeyn will speak at 7:30 p.m. in Room 104 Stone Science Building Montpelier. The series covers sterilization aging genetics and ethical implications with public access.

Montpelier Vermont College Dirk Romeyn Stone Science Building Ridge Street Lynn Davison Robert White Norwich University Davison Romeyn Boston University Medical School Union College Tufts University University of Vermont Medical School Mary Jane Gray

Obituary for W LeRoy Bates of Bennington

W LeRoy Bates 83 a Bennington native and Rutherford New Jersey resident died at home March 16. A service and burial will be held in Bennington with later burial in Park Lawn Cemetery vault. Local relatives and friends are invited to attend the 2 p.m. Wednesday service at the Home in Bennington.

Florence Corse North Bennington Bennie Corse Bennington Convalescent Center St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Gerald Buckley St. Margaret Mary’s Church Arlington Mahar and Son Funeral Park Lawn Pleasant View Cemetery Morrisville Harold Blair Putnam Memorial Hospital Hanson-Walbridge John Geer Federated Church of East Arlington Earl Prouty Winfield Bentley Calvin Andrews Jeffrey Hard Bruce Caler Brian Little Evergreen Cemetery Red Mountain Lodge 63 Free and Accepted Masons Maynard Grout Donald Brown Robert Frost Eric Petersen Frances Ross Park- McCullough Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences Old First Church of Bennington Monument W. LeRoy Bates Bennington Ridge Road Rutherford N.J

N E gas situation nears normal says AAA

AAA says New England gas supply has greatly improved with short or no lines at stations. About half the stations survey have 7 00 am to 5 00 pm or 6 00 pm hours and some evening openings occur. Sunday closings still common but more stations open. motorists should plan ahead for out of state travel and toll road gas availability.

Boston UPI American Automobile Association New England AAA

Buying vs Renting in Real Estate Advice

This column weighs renting for short stays or low funds against buying for long term inflation protection. It notes rents rise with living costs and mortgage deductions, then praises ownership as a strong investment with rising resale value in the area. Quoted contact for Hoisington Realty in Vermont.

Hoisington Vermont Association of Realtor Boards Hoilington Realty Main St

Post office creates future job register at Bennington

Postmaster Stanley J. Pekalski announced today that applications are being accepted to establish a register of eligibles for future clerk and carrier vacancies at the Bennington Post Office. Applications must be submitted by March 29 using form 2479-AB. examinations will be held at Rutland Post Office.

Stanley J. Pekalski Bennington Pekassi Rutland

Prince Charles golfed and met U.S. dignitaries in Palm Springs

Prince Charles spent a hot desert weekend in Palm Springs California greeting American dignitaries and playing golf. He was due to return today aboard the British navy frigate Jupiter, berthed in San Diego on its global training mission. The Prince of Wales stayed at the desert estate of U.S. ambassador Walter Annenberg after sailing through San Diego fog banks the previous week.

Palm Springs Calif UPI Prince Charles Jupiter San Diego U.S Great Britain Walter Annenberg

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