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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1971
Page
6
Hoolick Falls mayor and village budget director present a tentative $387 397 47 budget for the next fiscal year starting June 1. The plan keeps the tax levy at 51 per 1 000 and notes potential revenue needs while proposing cost reductions and efficiency measures across departments.
The 1971 Berkshire Festival at Tanglewood Lenox Massachusetts opens July 2 with Seiji Ozawa conducting two concerts and Michael Tilson Thomas leading the third. William Steinberg conducts four concerts including Brahms and Beethoven programs. Ormandy and Barenboim among other conductors, soloists such as Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform, with major choral works by Bach Monteverdi Beethoven Mozart. The festival closes August 22 with Berlioz Damnation of Faust.
Manchester snowmobilers clashed with Sierra Club representative Herbert G. Ogden over Senator Arthur Gibb’s proposed snowmobile bill. They argued the nine provisions would regulate enthusiasts unfairly, with focus on trespass, landowner posting, and requiring explicit permission on public lands. The meeting followed Ogden detailing Sierra Club recommendations as the bill awaits senate consideration.
Arlington hosts the Death Valley Ridge Runners snowmobile meet at Whimsey Farm under 4-H leaders Alan Knapp and Henry Young. Ten Arlington Shaftsbury youths compete in slalom, figure eight and pickup races with trophies donated by Norman Mattison. Don Dusha leads in overall scores, with Knapp, Young and Norm Mattison close behind.
Williams College announces sabbaticals and visiting appointments for 1970 71 and 1971 72. Stephen R. Lewis Jr. will be on sabbatical in Africa, researching development economics at the University of Nairobi Kenya as a visiting senior research fellow funded by a Rockefeller Foundation grant. Other faculty on sabbatical include Eusden Vankin Little Piper Gates Park and additional special semester leaves for Berek Moomaw Sut.
The Pownal Boy Scout Troop 347 meets at 7 in the scout hut while the Pownal Lions Club holds its second March dinner at 6 30 at Ladd Brooks Restaurant. Vera Langlais has returned home from North Adams Regional Hospital after four weeks as a patient.
Senator George D Aiken of Vermont urged a Senate subcommittee to fund a national maple laboratory in Burlington on a 12 acre site leased from the University of Vermont. The plan envisions nine scientists and 23 staff with over $1 million in construction and $40,000 for planning, arguing it would expand markets for maple syrup sugar and timber and boost rural incomes.
Hoosick Falls announces that the Dodge Industries Employees Federal Credit Union is among the first in the nation to gain federal share account insurance up to 20000 per member. Gordon McNeilly said the program, overseen by the National Credit Union Administration, was approved by President Nixon and takes effect January 1971. The chartered Feb 4 1970 with 144 members and assets of 20173 pays a 13.85 premium this year, identical to other unions. Also noted is the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Almon Hewitt with an open house April 3 at Hoosick Grange Hall.
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