Ben-Mont to start gift wrap production under new owner
Edward S. Dangel, new Ben-Mont Papers owner, announced plans to begin gift wrap production within a week. The initial staff will number 55 to 60, with about half of the $6 million anticipated Christmas season volume already sold. All finished goods will be stored in Albany, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Dangel
Ben-Mont
Dangel
Albany
N.Y
Holden and Leonard
U.S. Envelope Co
Wrap- Tures Gift Wrap Inc
Ben- Lee Ben-Mont Page 12
New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Mt Anthony OKs tuition waivers for ABC students
Mt Anthony Union High School directors unanimously approve tuition waivers for 10 American Indian students in the ABC program. The program, sponsored by Dartmouth and run by Leslie and Susan Robinson with local support, aims to provide a high quality secondary education and college prep, with students living in Bennington for two to three years and study hours daily. Tucker Foundation may fund 20,000 dollars annually for the first two years, while local donors must raise about 4,000 dollars to start next year.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
ABC
Leslie H. Robinson
Susan
Peter Chapman
Dartmouth College
Robinson
Mt. Anthony
Williams College
Tucker Foundation
ABC Committee
Philip H. Steckler
ITI
University of Missouri
National Science Foundation
Catherine Corcoran
State Board of Education
Vermont
Marijuana study on cancer treatment ends at UVM
The University of Vermont project using oral tetrahydrocannabinol on terminal cancer patients was halted after Dr. Herbert Savel left academia and refused to release results. Early findings suggested mood elevation and potential pain relief, but tenure issues ended the work and no further publication occurred.
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Savel
Federal Food and Drug Administration
William Luginbuhl
Medical College
Alan Tisdale
Department of Medicine
Tisdale
Inside News Highlights and Summer Plans on Page Four to Six
An editorial critiques inflation’s effect on the federal income tax. Snowmobilers protest the Gibb bill S.155 as discriminatory. Spring announcements preview summer plans at Tanglewood. Midwest women seek liberation, while girls basketball draws SRO crowds on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanglewood
Midwest
Next House Set to Approve Vote for 18 Year Olds
Congress planned to approve the 26th Amendment to lower voting age to 18 and send it to the states for ratification. The Senate had OKed it 94 to 0 earlier, aiming for ratification by 38 states in time for the 1972 elections.
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House
Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
Supreme Court
Georgia
Alaska
Kentucky
General Services Administration
United States
Argentine army junta ousts Levingston in bloodless coup
Argentina's military junta deposed President Roberto M. Levingston after a power shift within the three man junta. Brig. Gen. Ezequiel Martinez was reinstated as head of the joint chiefs. Lanusse remained army chief, while Levingston quit after a failed attempt to fire him. No violence was reported.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentina
Roberto M. Levingston
Ezequiel Martinez
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Levingston
Alejandro Lanusse
Juan Carlos Ongania
Arturo Illia
Ruckelshaus presses for more federal pollution funding
In Boston five of six New England governors pressed EPA head William Ruckelshaus to boost federal pollution abatement and sewage funding. They warned of delayed matching funds and urged action against hesitant states. A committee was formed to study possible legal action on the federal oil import quota system.
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Boston
UPI
Washington
New England
William Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckelshaus
Deane C. Davis
Vermont
Congress
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Walter Peterson
New Hampshire
Administration
Chapman Stockford
FDA recalls tainted IV solution linked to deaths
The FDA ordered Abbott Laboratories IV solution recall after outbreaks of septicemia, with 350 infections and nine deaths across at least 21 hospitals. Hospitals must replace the product within a week, using Abbott only if necessary, while restocking and strict handling precautions are emphasized. Abbott pledges cooperation in orderly withdrawal.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Abbott Laboratories
Charles C. Edwards
Abbott
David K. Sencer
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Sencer
Edwards
Mayfest Plans Broad Season with Civilisation Series
Bennington Mayfest unveils a bigger season led by Richard Johnson with a Thursday start of the Sir Kenneth Clark film series Civilisation at Mt. Anthony for 11 weeks. The program includes student works, a two-evening music history event, dance, sculpture exhibitions by Bennington-connected artists, and a permanent sculpture to be created by Aron Tager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Richard Johnson
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Johnson
Walker-Morgan
Kenneth Clark
Mayfest
Bennington College
Louis Calabro
Jerome Campbell
Martha Wittman
Isaac Witkin
Aron Tager
Shaftsbury
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K. Miller
David Scribner
Rocky
UVM
Luginbuhl
Cordoba
Junta
Air Force
Carlos Alberto Rey
Navy
Adm
Pedro Guavi
Army
Lanusse
U.S
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