Old Bennington Holds Annual Village Meeting Tonight
Old Bennington residents will meet at 3 PM in the Church Barn to review a 26 875 budget covering general and highway expenses. Incumbents Joseph Parks and Dr Richard Fabricius are nominees for trustees with Thomas Bushman to replace Frances Buckley. Santarcangelo and Stocking seek re election as presiding officer and moderator respectively while George Hadwen and Bernard Cohen are named for treasurer and clerk roles. No tax rate set due to pending Grand List verification after re appraisal. Beals notes revenue sharing funds totaling over 7 000 with savings certificates set aside for coach use. details align with revenue sharing guidelines.
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Old Bennington
Joseph Parks
Richard Fabricius
Thomas Bushman
Frances Buckley
Salvatore Sala Santarcangelo
Fred Stocking
Waldo C. Bolden
Santarcangelo
Beals
Id Bennington
School Board Holds Secret Negotiations With Consultant
The MG Anthony Union High School board meets today at 5 in closed session with professional negotiator Del Donahue to review the 1974 1975 teacher contract. In the same session the board will hear Principal Clarence Pelkie’s recommendations for 12 coordinator slats for next year. The board will continue to retain Donahue on a part time basis as consultant. his services last year cost over $7,000 and his current fee is about $60 per hour plus travel.
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Mg, Anthony Union High School
del Donahue
Clarence Pelkie
Donahue
Bitth
Bennington Court Grants DUIs and Larceny Penalties
Edward J. Cross and John E. Stryker, both 24 from Bennington, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and were fined 150 each with CRASH program orders and penalties for late payment. Lary R. Rock, 27, also Bennington, admitted petty larceny from July 13 1972 and falsifying a report, with fines totaling 1500. A separate note references Middle East talks with Eban urging peace negotiations with Sadat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Cross
East Arlington
John P. Morrissey
Bennington District Court
Marchester
John E. Stryker
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Stryker
Lary R. Rock
Gasland
Proxmire Attacks Nixon Press Bias In 1960s Campaigns
Proxmire campaigns for Congress in 196 and 1990 deploring the Presidents Christmas-week bombing orders and continuing air war in Cambodia. He denounces McCarthyistic attacks on Nixon, praising the press for exposing wrong acts while condemning rushed headlines and unproven secret charges as the press at its worst.
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California
Congress
Vietnam
Cambodia
Nixon
Linscott recalls McGovern endorsement and North Adams editorial rift
Linscott, native of Winchester Massachusetts, recalls endorsing McGovern amid critique of Nixon and a surge of editorials opposing the testimonial dinner racket. He graduated from Harvard in 19H and worked for Cape Cod Times during summers before Navy service as a lieutenant. After WWI he became a copywriter, joined the Herald Tribune, and later led community roles in Richmond and Berkshire County. His wife Lucy has been Pittsburgh United Community Services director since 1962. they have four daughters and five children.
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Winchester
Mass
Linscott
Harvard
Cape Cod Times
Buchanan Advertising Agency
New York
Navy
the Pacific
Walloomsac Clean Water Revival Raft Race Friday Start
The Walloomsac Clean Water Revival Raft Race, dubbed by sponsors Prospect School and Bennington Community Environmental Budy, will float at 5:30 pm Friday from Paper Mill Village to Henry Bridge in North Bennington. Two age categories 9–16 and 15 plus with entry allowed for teams. Rafts from scrap allowed no store bought craft or motors, life preservers recommended.
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Prospect School
Bennington Community Environmental Budy
Environmental Study Group
Walloomsac River
Bennington
Paper Mill Village
North Bennington
Henry Bridge
Eagles auxiliary elect Thursday at Eagles rooms
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles aerie 1801 votes Thursday at 7 30 p m in North Street rooms for officers. Contests include president and past madam president with candidates Glendora Wheeler Jeanne Jewett Rita Barton Julia Gates Mildred Howran Hazel Bleau Patricia Martin Phyllis King Shirley Duval Virginia TaChance Carolyn Paligo Nan Mears Ruby Bent Alice Gunnason and others.
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Ladies Auxiliary
Order of Eagles Aerie
Eagles Rooms
North Street
Glendora Wheeler
Jeanne Jewett
Rita Barton
Julia Gates
Mildred Howran
Hazel Bleau
Patricia Martin
Phyllis King
Shirley Duval
Virginia TaChance
Carolyn Paligo
Nan Mears
Ruby Bent
Alice Gunnason
Car hits pole in East Arlington crash
An East Arlington man escaped injury Monday night when he lost control of a 1370 Chevrolet sedan on State Aid Road 6 Kelly Stand and ran into a pole. The car was extensively damaged.
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East Arlington
Kelly
Ward
Sneezing alibi blocks careless driving charge in England
In Birkenhead a truck driver named Al Hart claimed an uncontrollable sneezing fit caused him to crash a right of way car and then hit a wall. Magistrates dismissed the careless driving charge after accepting the sneeze explanation.
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Birkenhead
England
UPI
al Hart
Maagistrates
Ale
Teens Die In Suspected Drug Overdose Case
Bolton and State Police Cpl. Glen Hail lead an intensive probe into the source of the barbiturate deaths of two teens, Howlett and Nichols, amid speculation they may have been unaware of drug strength. Police have searched the North Pownal area near Mt Anthony Road, a known youths hangout, while toxic evidence shows barbiturate traces in their stomachs.
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Page
Bolton
Glen Hail
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
IRS
Miss Howlett
Nichols
Harris
Miss Howl
State GOP committee members flip against leadership
State GOP county committee members criticized party leadership and funding decisions. Rice charged dead weight at the top while Sanderson defended his boss Smith. Barre official Faith Perry and others urged reforms as talks shifted to spending limits and fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sanderson
Jeffords
Rice
Jim
State Committee
Washington County
Sanderson
Smith
Gonnie Johnson
Barre
Roland Seward
Wallingeford
Rutland
Seward
Pamela Rampane
Castleton
Joseph Jones
Mendon
Faith Perry
William Doyle
Waslington
Vermont
Doyle
VPIRG urges action in Vermont phone rate case
VPIRG asks the Public Service Board to reconsider denying a motion to dismiss New England Telephone Co rate hike. The board previously ruled the proposed 38 percent basic bill increase and 15 percent in-state long-distance charges unjust and unreasonable. A Vermont Supreme Court decision stayed some effects, with retroactive rates possible after Aug. 4, subject to future PSB action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Butler Jr
Montpelier
VPI
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
VPIRG
Public Service Board
New England Telephone Co
VEIRG
Caroline Nickerson
Vermont Supreme Court
PSB
Vermont
High Court
Mariner
Telephone Company
Louis Reder
Reder
Vandals shoot garage windows in two incidents
Police report two vandalism cases overnight. At 10 pm, Wassick's Tire Service on Northside Drive found his garage front plate glass window shot out, birdshot recovered. At 3 am, a Monument Motors showroom window on Route 7 in Bennington was also shot, shotgun ammunition suspected.
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Joseph Wassick
Wassick
Northside Drive
Monument Motors
Route 7
Bennington
Volkswagen
New Citizens Take U S Oaths in Brattleboro Court
Ohio U S District Judge James S. Holden administered naturalization oaths to 33 men and women from 16 countries at a Brattleboro ceremony. Recipients from Bennington County included Turkey Falina Barin Tager of South Shaftsbury, Canada Mienle Tutchins of Bennington, Japan Georgie Cook of St. Joseph College Old Bennington, and Denmark Emmely H. Parks of Old Bennington.
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Brattleboro
Amone
United States
Bennington County
Ohio
U.S
James S. Holden
Turkey
Falina Barin Tager
South Shaftsbury
Wanty
Barin Tager
Canada
Mienle Tutchins
Bennington
Japan
Georgie Cook
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Wats
George Sakia Cook
Denmark
Emmely H. Parks
Consul Leonhardy Kidnapping Ends With Release
Jack Higgins said Leonhardy telephoned home at 10 25 pm to report he was free. A car took him from a Guadalajara street to his home where his wife Helen and daughters Kathryn and Kileen greeted him deliriously. A doctor examined him and found him okay.
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Jack Higgins
Leonhardy
Guadalajara
Higgins
Hileen
Kathryn
Kileen
Mexico City
Bennington selectmen face angry senior citizens
Bennington selectmen confront a planned protest by senior citizens over delays in the housing for the elderly project at their weekly meeting. Authority Chairman Hamilton L Shields may attend. The board will also set summer road-work priorities and discuss police practices directives with the Governor's Commission on Criminal Justice. Chamber of Commerce and Bennington County Industrial Commission officials expected to discuss regional growth.
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Bennington
Bennington Housing Authority
Authority
Hamilton L. Shields
Chamber of Commerce
Bennington County Industrial Commission
Obituaries for Betsy Howlett James Nichols and James Estramonte
Memorial service for Betsy Howlett of Rochester to be held at Federated Church with Reverend Alan Bond officiating. Donations suggested to United Counseling Service or Bennington Free Library. Betsy, 17, was born in Bennington and graduated high school in Rochester. Also noted are obituaries for James Nichols of White River Junction and James Estramonte of Cambridge, with funeral details and survivors listed.
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Elizabeth
Betsy) Howlett
Bennington
Federated Church
Rochester
Alan B. Bond
United Counseling Service
Bennington Free Library
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Miss Howlett
Frank A
Elizabeth Howlett
Mt. Anthony Unina High School
Amy
Polly
James K. Nichols
Saunders Ave
White River Junction
Pownal
Koight
Hartland Village
Mr. Nichols
Acton
Mass
Richard
Lois (Allard) Nichols
Hartland
White River Juction
Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints
South Royalton
James Estramonte
Cambridge
Mary McClellan Hospital
Locana
Turin
Italy
Michigan
United States
Angela
James
Rastan
N.Y
Charles
Willows
Calif
Cambbridge
J. Donald Smith
South Park St
Patrick’s Church
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
UJA Appeals For Donations On Israel Statehood Anniversary
The United Jewish Appeal seeks contributions on its anniversary year to aid 70,000 new immigrants to Israel including Soviet Jews. Donations should be payable to the UJA and mailed to Joseph Shaffe at 475 Main St Bennington. Urgent funds are needed for health care, housing, and education.
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Israel
United Jewish Appeal
Joseph Shaffe
Uja Drive
Main St
Bennington
Shhaffe
Bennington Briefs Mixed local notices and events
Local items list weekend visits and funerals for Mrs Dora Morrison and Mrs Day, youth league dates for Junior Bowling, an adult education talk on illegal drugs at Second Congregational Church, county Democratic caucus at St Joseph College, Emblem Club meeting, a Washington concert broadcast featuring Miss Marie Nelson, and a senior citizens gathering at Mator and Son Funeral Home to honor Mrs Lucy LaPorte.
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Bennington Emblem Club
Elks Social Rooms
Mice Marie Nelson
Gerald Nelson
Shaftsbury
Washington
D. C
Weta-Fm
Miss Nelson
Linda Hall
Mator & Son Funeral Home
Lucy LaPorte
Senior Citizens Center
Hospital Notes and Births Reported in Bennington Area
Admissions list Julius J. Hill Lynn A Young Margaret Ann Galvin Hoosick Falls Everett B Squires East Arlington Henry C Tobin North Pownal Daryl Harwood Cambridge W Marlis M Dughare Berlin Births Mr and Mrs Everett Wager Bennington a daughter May 7 Also Alicia Lea born May 5 at Regional Hospital North Adams Mass to J Thomas Wathyn of Bennington Grandparents Briges Vachon Bushee and Joseph T Vachon listed as names in the report.
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Julius J. Hill
Sunderland
Lynn A. Young
Margaret Ann Galvin
Hoasick Falls
Everett B. Squires
East Arlington
Henry C. Tobin
North Pownal
Daryl Harwood
Cambridge
Marlis M. Dughare
Berlin
John H. Williams
Dorset
Elizabeth M. Gallagher
Hoosick Falls
Susan P. McDonald
Bennington
Everett Wager
Beech St
North Adams
Mass
Alicia Lea
J. Thomas Wathyn
Bowen Rosd
George Briges
Richard H. Vachon
Mfred Bushee
Joseph T. Vachon
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George Hadwen
Bernard Cohen
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Sadat
Middle East
Eban
Proxmire
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McGovern
Walloomsac
Eagles
State
Lenis Calabro Frear
Maurice Puchman
Calabro
Bennington College Music Departenunr Ratleague
Frank Baker
Aulos
Lotte Morris
Mavis Gangloff
South Dorset
Orla Nichols
Joseph W. Allard
Helen Allard
Watertown
Join
Windsor
Philip
Mark
Paul
Brandan
Pamela Nichols
Kim Marie Nichols
UJA
Bennington Briefs
Mrs
Join Day
Second Congregational Church
Alan Prayer
P.m
Tander
Ednesday
Wilson
Texas
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