Head Start seeks applications for 1974 75 year
Bennington Head Start invites applications for the 1974 5 school year. Programs run at Red Brick School Shaftsbury with four hour days including games arts crafts music and language learning. Transportation lunch medical dental referrals and immunizations provided by BOC funded by the federal Office of Child Development.
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Bennington
Red Brick
Shaftsbury
Head Start
The
Federal Office of Child Development
BOC
New England senators vote on public financing and school aid
Nine New England senators join the majority to back public financing of campaigns. list of senators for and against includes Hathaway Kennedy Muskie Pastore Pell Ribicoff Brooke versus Cotton Weicker Aiken absent. In House votes on school aid and anti busing amendments, New England representatives split along party lines with multiple Democrats and Republicans voting for or against each measure.
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UPI
New England
Hathaway
Maine
Kennedy
Massachusetts
McIntyre
New Hampshire
Muskie
Pastore and Pell
Rhode Island
Ribicoff
Connecticut
Brooke
Cotton
Weicker
Aiken
Vermont
Senate
U.S
Hikers to Climb Baker Peak in Danby Sunday
The Bennington section of the Green Mountain Club will hike Baker Peak near Danby on Sunday. Meet at Vermont Bank and Trust parking lot at 9 a.m. for a 7 mile hike with a trail lunch. Leader is Bill McArthur. contact Bob Agard at 442-3387 for details.
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Baker Peak
Danby
Bennington
Green Mountain Club
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Vermont
Bill McArthur
Williamstown
Bob Agard
Senate Debates Little Davis Bacon Act In Vermont
In Montpelier the Senate General Committee planned to debate the Little Davis Bacon Act requiring prevailing wages on state funded work. The bill faced strong opposition as inflationary, with contractors and local officials criticizing it after a four hour hearing. The debate highlights and other actions include a labor disclosures bill passing the Senate, a House move against a land use plan, and a higher home loan interest ceiling eyed by the Senate Finance Committee.
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Thomas Salmon
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Natural Resources Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Salmon
Vermont
Ways and Means
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
House Appropriations
Cynical parallels topic for AAUW talk
The March AAUW meeting hosted by Mrs. C H Buckley featured guest speaker Dr. Ben Kimpel formerly head of Drew University philosophy. He traced cynicism in 4th century Greece and 2nd century Rome and drew parallels to the United States today using quotations from writers and historians to illustrate the causes and effects.
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American Association of University Women
C.H. Buckley
Charles Salem
Robert Buck
Ben Kimpel
Drew University
Kimpel
Greece
Rome
U.S
TOPS Chapter 26 Elects Officers in Bennington Vermont
The annual election and installation of TOPS Chapter 26 officers in Bennington Vermont took place in March. Elected leaders include Irene Andrews as leader Lois Wade as co leader Francis Stockman as secretary Beverly Harkin as weight recorder with Patricia Watson assisting Hazel Fritz as reporter. Edith Andrews supervised a low calorie buffet. A state TOPS recognition day is planned for April 27 at Wetherbee's in Essex Junction.
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Bennington
Irene Andrews
Coleader
Lois Wade
Francis Stockman
Beverly Harkin
Patricia Watson
Hazel Fritz
Edith Andrews
TOPS
Wetherbee’s
Essex Junction
Milton A Peterson 70 East Rupert ballet adviser dies
Milton A Peterson known as Peter March in the music world and founder of the Tschaikovsky Foundation died at 70 from a heart attack in New York City. An East Rupert native, he advised on ballet and musical productions at the Southern Vermont Art Center in the 1950s and helped revive ballet through his foundation and publications. Interment will be in Dorset Cemetery in spring with a memorial service in New York City to be announced.
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East Rupert
SVAC
New York City
Mr. Peterson
Peter March
Tschaikovsky Foundation
Frankfort
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University of Michigan
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Richard M. Ketchum
Dean Fausett
Bartlett Arkell
Southern Vermont Art Center
Art Center
George Balanchine
New York City Ballet
Sir John Hart
Royal Ballet
Convent Garden
London
Rudolph Nureyev
Edward Villela
Margot
Fonteyne
Marina Svetlova
Peterson
Hoachim von Roebel
Capt
Anthoney Peterson
Bessie Davenport
Detroit
Dorset Cemetery
Bennington Sands and Postponements Highlight Local Week
This week in Bennington the Friday night snacks at the Bennington Club are served by Fred and Shirley Kennedy. The Mt Anthony Youth Athletic Association postpones tonight's awards night to April 4 at the Elks Club. Peter Playotis is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Bennington Lions Club seeks donations for its annual auction on Saturday April 27 with pickup at 442 219. ADV Napolitano's Pizzeria advertises Italian pizza and subs at 165 Ben Mont. The Pharmacy at 209 North St closes Sunday March 31 for an educational meeting in Burlington. Mt Anthony Country Club invites members and guests for Poached salmon on March 29 and 31 at $4.25 and Prime ribs of beef on March 30 at $5.95. ADV.
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Bennington Club
Fred
Shirley Kennedy
Mt. Anthony
Bennington Lions Club
ADV
North St
Burlington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Dairy coop leader rebuts Nixon claim farmers thriving
John C. York, Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative general manager, says Nixon overstated farmer prosperity. He cites rising feed costs, higher production expenses, and weak milk prices. He warns northeast dairy farming faces economic peril and underscores agriculture as a major regional employer.
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Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative
Nixon
John C. York
Eastern
N.Y
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York
White House
America
Northeast
New York-New Jersey
New York State
Vermont
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