HUD Encourages New Town Development Amid Growth Fears
HUD and lawmakers debate expanding new town building to curb urban sprawl. Secretary Romney announces first guaranteed Minnesota project under the 1968 Housing Act as critics press for a council on urban growth and broader federal aid.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Department
George Romney
Minnesota
Senate
House Committee
Council On
Air Flow Plow Concept Could Clear Snow From Highways
UCONN civil engineer Dr Chesley J Posey proposed an air flow plowing method at a symposium in Hanover New York to lift snow from pavement using high velocity air from under the blade. Tests with a six inch jet showed snow removal on pavement and grass, suggesting full scale designs using turbogenerator or exhaust-driven compressors could handle light to moderate snowfall without heavy sanding.
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Hanover
N.Y
University of Connecticut
Chesley J. Posey
Posey
Pownal Lions Plan Scholarships and Convention Delegates
Seventeen members of the Pownal Lions Club met for the bi monthly gathering and heard Marie Bergquist of Bennington discuss the Dollars for Scholars program to aid students pursuing education beyond high school. Delegates and alternates to the state convention were named, a May 5 directors meeting set, and the club celebrated winning the Bowling League Tournament. Members planned a Saturday baseball diamond project at North Pownal School and scheduled the next meeting for May 11 with a 6 p.m. happy hour and 6:30 p.m. dinner.
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Pownal
Equinox House
Manchester
Joseph Chenaille
Rolland Roy
George Paten
Robert Skripak
Arthur
Bennington Transfers Record April 16 30 1960s
Clerk Mary Hodeck lists transfers in Bennington between April 16 and 30. Properties change hands on Monument Avenue White Chapel Road Division Street Corey Lane Pleasant Street Washington Avenue School Street Beech Street and Silver Street. April permits total 56895 dollars for restaurant addition mill rear mobile home and other alterations.
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Mary Hodeck
Our Lady of Holy Cross Inc
North Easton
Mass
Lawrence R. Filiault
AEF Realty Co
Williamstown
Monument Avenue
Edward O
Mary C. Pratt
Miles J
Ruth H. Welch
Bennington
White Chapel Road
Richard
Luella R. Root
Douglas R. Marsden
Division Street
Kenneth N
Alma K. Corey
Shaftsbury
Arthur P
Mary H. Robert
Baltimore
Corey Lane
Edward N. Emmons
Hoosick
N.Y
Edward G
Olive J. Etheridge
Pleasant Street
Warren S
Beatrice J. Dunn
Benedicto C
Encarnita L. Adorable
Washington Avenue
Theodore W
Phyllis S. Bird
Carl E
Josephine C. Reynolds
School Street
Lonergan and Thomas Inc
John R. Mollica
Silver Street
Steven D. and
Nicolle C. Woodward
Carl and
Barbara M. Benjamin
East Arlington
Beech Street
A. Sidney Edson
Pizzano Construction Co
Main St
Wm. H. Morse
Bradford Mill
Maurice Jones
Max Fienberg
Gage Streets
Loretta Grainger
Fairview Terrace
Warren Buhl
Dewey St
C.L. White Inc
Edward Etheridge
Pleasant St
Mounted Posse Trail Ride Set for May 9 in Shaftsbury
The Bennington County Mounted Sheriff's Posse hosts its second annual competitive trail ride on Saturday May 9 at Bishops High Winds Farm Shaftsbury. The 18 mile route tests horsemanship horse condition and endurance with vet checks and a three hour time limit. Awards rely on horse condition time horsemanship and equipment choice with junior light and heavyweight divisions. Contact Richard Hollister at 442-5553 for details.
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Bennington County Mounted Sheriff's Posse
Bishops’ High Winds
Shaftsbury
Richard Hollister
Single Parents Group Will Form in Brattleboro
Brattleboro Windham County hosts an organizational meeting to form a Brattleboro area Parents Without Partners group at the Brattleboro Library on Tuesday May 12 at 7 30 p m. The international non profit assists single parents and their children and supports divorced widowed separated or never married individuals seeking mutual help. Brattleboro Area Ministerial Association and Family and Child Guidance Services of Windham County sponsor the effort. Refreshments will be served.
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Brattleboro
Parents Without Partners
Windham County
Brattleboro Area
Family and Child Guidance Services
Prouty to Speak on Unit Pricing at Vermont Grocers Meet
U S Senator Winston L. Prouty will headline the 36th Vermont Retail Grocers Association meeting in Montpelier on Sunday May 17. He is expected to discuss unit or dual pricing in food stores as bills push mandatory pricing by per unit measures. The topic has drawn strong opposition from many retailers over added costs and implementation challenges.
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Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Benjamin Rosenthal
New York
Carl R. Smith
Rutland
Vermont Grocers’ Group
Smith
Vermont
Sen. Prouty
Senate Commerce Committee
Vermont Grocers’ Credit Union
Grocers’ Group
Edward S. Farnum
Manchester Depot
Ernest Hurst
Greensboro, Grocer Association
Ex Rupert Pastor Set for Vermont College Baccalaureate
The Rev. Catherine Chiffelle, former Vermont College English member and Rupert Congregational Church pastor, returns to speak at the baccalaureate on Sunday June 7 in Alumni Hall at 10 30 a m. U S Rep Robert T Stafford will deliver the commencement address on the college green. his daughter Barbara is in the graduating class.
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Columbia University
Vermont College
North Carolina
Yale University Divinity School
Hardwick
Woodbury
East Calais
Vermont Conference of United Church of Christ
Vermont Ecumenical Council
Alumni Hall
College Green
FDA Warns Against Relaxacizor Waist-Reduction Device
The FDA urges public stop using the Relaxacizor electrical device sold for exercising and reducing the waist line. Over 400000 units are in consumer hands. Judge Gray ruled the device hazardous to health citing risks across abdominal, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, muscular, neurological, vascular and other disorders. Relaxacizors have sold since 1949 for about 100 to 400 dollars.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
U.S
William P. Gray
Los Angeles
Department of Justice
Gray
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Francis L. Frazier
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Town Planning Commission
Prouty
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Charles Howe
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Vermont Credit Union League
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Aetna Life & Casualty Co
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Gerald
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