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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1970
Page
3
Vermont legislators near session end push measures for motor inspections, library unification, Korean veteran bonuses and prison upgrades. Debate on drinking age, state aid for school districts and emergency enrollment aid dominated the week with a governor-hosted social finale.
Vermont Educational Television will air Cracker Barrel Tuesday March 24 at 7 30 p m discussing statewide Green Up Day planned for April 18 by Gov Davis. Guests include Robert Babcock Jr Salvatore Santarcangelo Karin Olson Frank Free Nora Root Brooke Stoddard Virginia Cameron and 4H Cake Bells members led by Esther Hale with Ed Friedman and Marcheta Pebbles as co hosts.
FT. RICHIE Md Samuel R Ogden IV son of Mr and Mrs Samuel R Ogden Jr of Londonderry Vt has been promoted to sergeant in the U S Air Force He serves as a weather observer at Ft Richie Md with a detachment of the 6th Weather Wing a unit of the Air Weather Service which provides weather information for military flight operations The sergeant a 1965 graduate of Charleston W Va High School attended West Virginia University.
Bergenfield New Jersey announces the engagement of Nancy Eileen Hollenbeck to Wayne A. de Forge of Colchester VI. Nancy is a Green Mountain College Jersey City State College alumna who taught in New Jersey and works as an elementary teacher in Bennington. Wayne is a Champlain and Plymouth State College graduate and teaches at St. Joseph College in Old Bennington.
The Vermont Development Department reports January job gains with total employment up 3.6 percent from a year earlier and strong growth in construction 12 percent, services 6 percent, and retail wholesale 5 percent. Unemployment rises 4.4 percent to 7,050, while 1969 year figures show income up 8 percent and construction contracts up 25 percent. New home permits fall 27 percent from 985 to 719, with home value down 15.1 percent from 16,351 to 13,877. January tax receipts total 9.5 million, including nearly 4 million from personal income taxes and over 2 million from December sales.
Sherman and Rogers families announce engagements in Princeton Suffern Burlington and Pownal New Jersey and New York connections appear with weddings planned in June July and November Erica April Sherman and John Rogers Joins. Carol A Klein and John Best Lamb plan June wedding Collette Helen Meunier and Robert Dennis Galusha set July 25 wedding Althea Huse and Craig Guetti to wed in November Miss Klein and Mr Lamb both graduates of local schools and Mt. Anthony Union High School college links noted
Mr and Mrs Walter Hladen of Detroit announce the engagement of their daughter Leona Roseann to Sgt Eugene Philip Tripp son of Mrs Martha Tripp and Earl Tripp An Anchorage Alaska teaching at East Anchorage High School and Wayne State graduate Leona is to marry in August Sgt Tripp a 1966 St Joseph College graduate is stationed at Elmendorf AFB Anchorage
Mrs. Ethel Newman reported her purse was stolen while she watched a police crime prevention film at a local church in Ipswich England. The incident was noted by police during a community event hosted by the church.
In Memorial Auditorium Burlington the Miss Vermont Pageant will crown a new Miss Vermont at 8 p.m. The winner will go to Atlantic City to compete in Miss America. The Miss Vermont Scholarship Foundation funds scholarships, with over $9,000 awarded in nine years and $3,200 in the past year. Dr. Robert Huber leads the foundation and William T. Montague serves as executive director. Marion Sargent produces the pageant. two former titleholders are officers this year.
The Census Bureau pledges full anonymity for the 1970 census. Individual names and addresses are withheld from published data and cannot be disclosed by law. Each person is recorded as part of totals, with privacy protected unless a transcript is needed for specific legal proofs. Only the individual or an authorized representative may obtain such a transcript.
Mrs Clifford J Merrill of Londonderry announced the engagement of her daughter Cynthia Merrill to Reginald L Benson son of Mr and Mrs Raymond L Benson of Weston The prospective bride is a senior at Burr and Burton Seminary Manchester He is a 1966 Chester High School and 1968 Vermont Technical College graduate employed by IBM in Essex Junction A July wedding is planned.
Jaquith and Buzzell families announce the engagement of Craiga Ellen to Gary Michael Buzzell son of Mrs Genevieve Wiss and the late Harold E Olaiss Jaquith is a 1965 Bennington High School graduate and works at the New Englander Motor Inn The groom elect is a 1967 Adams Memorial High School graduate and served a year in Vietnam with the U S Marine Corps He works at James Hunter Machine Co division of Crompton Knowles North Adams The wedding is set for St Francis de Sales Church on April 18.
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