Bennington Blue Law Decision Delays Prosecution
Vermont officials will not prosecute Mammoth Mart for Sunday sale of non essential goods. State Police seized goods May 3 as evidence but a Friday release cites hardship on small businesses and uneven state enforcement. The law bans selling non essentials on the sabbath from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, and awaits Vermont Supreme Court ruling.
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Bennington
Mammoth Mart
Moss
State of
Vermont
Vermont Supreme Court
Manchester Town Clerk Office Closed for Conference
Manchester town clerk's office will be closed all day Monday May 11 for a state town clerks conference in Montpelier. The office will reopen Tuesday at 9 a.m.
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Manchester
Montpelier
Vermont campus unrest shifts focus beyond Cambodia
Hayes faces division among students over sermon content. Some demand debate on Black Panthers, military spending, and the Vernon Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The lieutenant governor’s Friday action marks his second reversal in two days after a flag half staff order was overruled. Campus protests ease, with a noon teach-in at Burlington City Hall Park and planned candlelight vigil at the University of Vermont field house. St Michael’s cancels the Weekend Ball and a Saturday reception.
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Cambodia
Kent
Vermont
University of Vermont
Burlington
City Hall
St. Michael’s College
Nixon discusses Spiro Agnew and administration views
President Nixon defends his vice president Spiro Agnew and other aides against critics while warning against internal wedges. He says Agnew will answer for his statements and cites eight years as vice president to justify a measured, cool rhetoric. He warns about Cambodian actions and pledges a late June report to the American people.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
U.S
Agnew
Hickel
Mt Anthony annual report details crowding and costs
Mt Anthony Union High School Board chairman William Castle asserts the district has kept education costs for more than 2,000 students within reason while maintaining standards. The annual report highlights overcrowding, a proposed 2.22 million dollar budget, and plans for a new building. It notes programs in team teaching, a DUO community work option, and drug education, plus space and communication challenges after consolidating schools.
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William Castle
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Catherine C. Corcoran
Charles W. Keir
Guidance Department
Tom Beshara
Keir
Putnam Square Table Encourages Viewpoint Letters
Four area residents set up a table on Main Street by the County National Bank from 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. to collect postcards telegram forms and stationery for citizens to write to government leaders about U S foreign policy. The event features addresses for Senators Aiken and Prouty Rep Stafford Governor Davis Lt Governor Hayes and asks only for postage to be paid. The organizers promise all communications will be delivered regardless of view.
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Peter
Mary Muller
Lucien and
Jane Hanks
Main Street
County National Bank
Williams College set to halt work nationwide May 27
Williams College political scientists George Marcus and David Tabb organize The National Pause for Peace a broad coalition backing a one hour work stoppage to pressure the Nixon administration over Indochina. Endorsed by notable figures and groups including Ramsay Clark Linus Pauling and American Friends Service Committee.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
George Marcus
David Tabb
Washington, D.C
New York City
Tabb
Ramsay Clark
Donald Weeden
Wall Street
California
Edmund
Pat”’ Brown
William Vandenheuvel
New York
Joseph Forstedt
Young Republicans
John G. McAllister
Syracuse Educational Television
Syracuse Manufacturers Association
Linus Pauling
Felix Black
Eugene Callendar
New York Urban Coalition
William Sengel
Southern Presbyterian Peace Fellowship
American Friends Service Committee
Kent State Shooting Witness Reports Guard Self Defense
James Young, a Kent State junior from White River Junction, witnessed the Ohio campus violence from a dorm window about 150 yards away. He said about 30 Guardsmen faced around 3,000 students throwing rocks and other objects, and that the Guards fired only after being surrounded and pressed.
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Burlington
UPS
Kent State University
Ohio
National
James Young
White River Junction
Kent State
Young
Sophomores Named For Honors Unit At Mt Anthony High
At Mt Anthony Union High School National Honor Society induction on Wednesday, ten sophomores were named provisional members. The students Patricia Morrissey Mary Ellen Carpenter Kevin Murphy Nancy Rice Wendy Hadwen Peter Chapman Lynne Crowell Roderick Humphreys Cary Ryan and Jeff Myers must maintain their high scholastic average and meet leadership character and service qualifications to keep membership.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Patricia Morrissey
Mary Ellen Carpenter
Kevin Murphy
Nancy Rice
Wendy Hadwen
Peter Chapman
Lynne Crowell
Roderick Humphreys
Cary Ryan
Jeff Myers
Burr and Burton Students Respond to Kent State Protests
In a high school auditorium Burr and Burton students spoke on protest and government action. John Hill criticized the Cambodian policy as temporary and predicted more killings while Doug Collette argued violence invites repression. Chris Goby urged Americans to reclaim the dream and challenge Nixon.
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Nasium
Kent State
John Hill
Nixon
Cambodia
Doug Collette
Bobby Seale
America
Chris Goby
Fish Chapter Organizes To Offer Help
A local group named Fish forms to assist during emergencies by offering transport errands meals babysitting housework moral support and visits to shut-ins. The final organizational meeting is on Wednesday May 13 at 8 p.m. at the Ecumenical Council Building 507 County St with agency members present to explain collaboration.
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Fish
Ecumenical Council
County St
Protest for Peace Service in North Congregational Church
Bennington citizens attend a morning service at 11 led by Rev. William B. Abernethy and Rev. Max H. Webster. The group Myron Woodward family and Gail Prentiss join Richard Woodward for Marie Casazza’s wedding in New York. Mt Anthony Ladies Day draws 16 players with Lonergan low gross, Kramer low net, Cross and Pierce tied for low putts. Spaghetti special advertised at Blue Bean Diner. Fiske Bakery in Manchester Center to close May 10–16 for vacation.
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North Congregational Church
William B. Abernethy
Max H. Webster
Bennington
Myron Woodward
James
Gail Prentiss
Richard Woodward
New York City
Marie Casazza
Miss Casazza
Woodwards
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Low Gross
Virginia Lonergan
Beatrice Kramer
Vi Cross
Beatrice Pierce
Listing of mothers grows with late Friday additions
A growing list of mothers includes Patricia Ryan Marie Bergquist M J Ader Barbara Finlayson Patricia Carini Ann Clay Jane Hanks Muriel Rowe Rosemary Brown Clair Santway Mary Maller and Esther Brown with more names added to the roster late Friday night at press time.
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Patricia Ryan
Marie Bergquist
M.J. Ader
Barbara Finlayson
Patricia Carini
Ann Clay
Jane Hanks
Muriel Rowe
Rosemary Brown
Clair Santway
Mary Maller
Esther Brown
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Roy L. Alderman
Dewey St
Putnam Square Table
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Maynard Young
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Concerned For Peace
Americans For Democratic Action
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Women’s National League For Peace
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Fabulous Octopus
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Morse
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Mike Silver
Safford Street
Bradford House
Monument Plaza Shopping Ctr
Burr & Burton
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Main St
Banner Public Corporation
United Ss International
UPI
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Fiske
Manchester Center
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