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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1972
Page
5
Congressman Richard Mallary defended voting against raising government contributions to employee health benefits and against including Postal Service workers in the bill. He argued costs would total about 2.5 billion over five years and urged a more modest increase next year amid deficits.
Dr James L Armstrong announced Middlebury College will welcome Tom Wicker as guest speaker at the 172nd commencement on Sunday May 2. Wicker, a North Carolina native and former editor of The New York Times, has served as a columnist and Navy officer before his rise in national journalism.
No church service or Sunday school at North Pownal Congregational Church due to painting and repairs. A follow up infant and well baby clinic will be May 28 at Pownal Center firehouse from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. For child visits contact Mrs Joann Anderson. Also tryouts Saturday for Pownal Little League at Lions field with times for different ages and a deadline to register.
Senior author of the lead Scientific American piece The Cratering of Indochina, Arthur Westing, Windham College, travels to Stockholm to address environmental conferences and speaks at Middlebury Bennington Columbia Michigan, while his work prompts Senate attention and US criticism of herbicide use in Southeast Asia.
The Vermont Health Department sponsored a brush-in at Pownal Center School for K to third grade, with Myra Landon guiding brushing using fluoridated toothpaste and sharing home care letters. Fourth to sixth graders viewed a flossing film and practiced floss, while teachers examined fourth and sixth graders for cavities and fillings to establish baseline data for the program.
Williams College students in Prof. Lee Hirsche's three dimensional design course plan a kite day on May 13 at 1 p.m. on Cluett Hill in Williamstown. About 25 kites of varied sizes will be flown if conditions allow. Families may bring their own kites. if weather disrupts, the event moves to Sunday at the same time and place. This marks the 11th annual kite day since 1961.
Manchester town clerk notes urge filing veteran exemption forms with the White River Veterans Administration. Exemption rules vary by disability level. All dogs over three months must be inoculated and licensed by May 15. penalties apply. Licenses require prior inoculation certificates and, for spayed status, a vet certificate. Fishing and other licenses urged. Office closed Monday May 8 for Town Clerk and Treasurer meeting.
A weekday closure of the road to the Texas Falls picnic area in Green Mountain National Forest Hancock announces road widening to improve safety. Norman G. Arseneault, District Ranger, Rochester, says traffic will reroute to weekends during the project, with completion expected early July.
Manchester selectmen reviewed a U S Soil Conservation Service survey plan to map soil types across town, using aerial photos with free small maps and optional composite maps costing about 100 dollars. Soil scientist Louis Dondero and district conservationist Lawrence Pratt outlined 42 inch borings and July start with one year completion to locate drainage and water table variations for future developments.
White Creek McDonald's Barbershop in Shaftsbury has reopened by appointment only. Phone number listed as 447.7721.
Arlington Memorial High School named honor students for the third marking period. Seniors Kathryn Kreel Sheree Vaughn Charles Dusha Susan Fisher Melinda Griffis John Halbur Joln Hess Ann Hoyt Jeanie Knox Robert Masi Kendy Trachte Joseph lhomp son Darlene Whitmon Darlene Young. juniors Linds Lanoue Diane Squiers Deborah Cole James Corey Jeffrey Corey Kathie Edwards John Hannon Patricia Hawley Sandra Humphrey Joyce Mattison Brenda Rice Jeffrey Rice David Lawne Beverly Wright. sophomores Ann Coley Cassey Gardner Karen Hanson Jeffrey Towne Elaine Cormier Sandra Cross Janet Jennings Christopher Keough Martin Kreel Tienna Labatt Hope Lane Andrea Lewis Rebecca Mattison Luke Redles. freshmen Jacqueline Brooks Donald Hon Karen Militzer Margaret Secoy Frances Skidmore Kathleen Thompson Brena White. grade eight Stacey Cummings Deborah Hayes Thomas Hoy Edward Knight Denise Laskey Ayesse Roches Anne Towne Donald Waite. grade seven Brenda Dorr Thill Gunther Diane Hanson Jenny Hon Cristian Hunt Gretchen Kreel Ronald Mento Sharon Pack Wanda Pera James Putnam Karen Sargood James Secor Joyce Smith Deborah Wood.
Stewart Udall, former Interior Secretary, will headline a two day Dartmouth conference on population control May 7 and 8. The event, hosted by Zero Population Growth Upper Valley chapter and Dartmouth groups, features Dartmouth faculty talks and Udall's address on the environment at 8 p.m. in 105 Dartmouth Hall with a reception to follow at Sigma Phi Epsilon.
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