How the Vt delegation voted By Roll Call Report
Area Members of Congress votes May 1 through May 7 covered House strip mining budget Vietnam and oil pricing. Notable votes included HR 25 strip mining conference report passage 293 to 115 with Ford expected veto and Rep Seiberling supporting compromise. Budget action Agreed 200 to 196, Senate budget 69 to 22, Vietnam aid rejected 162 to 264, oil pricing passed 46 to 36 with support from Leahy and Stafford voting yea.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Ford
House
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
John Seiberling
John Rhodes
Rariz
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Congressional
James Wright
D-Tex
Jeffords
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
John Anderson
R-Ill
United States
U.S
Harry Byrd
I-Va
Patrick Leahy
Robert Stafford
Energy Independence
John Tower
R-Tex
Stafford
Leahy
Bennington Dollars for Scholars Door to Door Canvass Scheduled
The Annual Bennington Area Dollars for Scholars door to door canvass by Mt Anthony Union High School students will take place May 12 to 14. Dollars for Scholars is a basic fundraising effort supporting local students with scholarships.
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Bennington Area
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Funeral rites for Miss Alice Cullinan of Arlington
The Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial was offered for Miss Alice M. Cullinan. Fr. Gerald T. Buckley presided at St. Margaret Mary's Church with bearers Jim Kelly Orlando Cullinan Leo Cullinan Donald Vellemaire Peter Whalen and Thomas Whalen. Miss Cullinan formerly librarian at St Columban's Arlington died May 6 at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Fr Buckley led wake prayers at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. Burial prayers at St Columban's Cemetery. The obituary also mentions a fund raising program linked to a nationwide scholarship effort by the Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America with local chapters raising funds and providing scholarships, tax deductible contributions noted.
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Alice M. Cullinan
Arlington
Gerald T. Buckley
St. Margaret Mary’s
Jim Kelly
Orlando
Leo Cullinan
Donald Vellemaire
Peter
Thomas Whalen
Buckley
Hanson-Walbridge
Miss Cullinan
St. Columban’s Church
St. Columban’s
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Frodkin
Fall River
Mass
Foundation
Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of America
Bennington Area
VFW Post 1332 Meets. Ladies Auxiliary Also Plans
Members of VFW Post 1332 will gather at the post rooms at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The ladies auxiliary schedules a Tuesday 7 30 p.m. meeting at the rooms. Also note local business ads for insurance reviews and directory-listed telephone numbers.
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VFW Post 1332
Bennington to stage The Contrast by Old Castle Players
Bennington Bicentennial Committee announces ticket sales for The Contrast at Mt Anthony Union High School auditorium. Performances May 30 31 8 pm and June 1 2 30 pm. Discount for groups of twenty or more. Tickets 3 50 adults 1 75 students. Proceeds fund public activities. grant from Vermont Council on the Arts. Tickets at Bird's Inc Chamber of Commerce First Vermont Bank Powers Market and at door. Patron and sponsor listings available.
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Bennington
Bird’s Inc
Chamber of Commerce
First Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Powers Market
North Bennington
Vermont Council On the Arts
Loyal Nash
Arthur Roberts
Mt Anthony Union MAU summer school registration opens
Mt Anthony Union High School invites students to register by May 14 for a six week summer program running June 23 to August 4. Enrichment courses cost 50 dollars, remedial English 42, health or physical education 17, driver education 15 for students and 50 for adults. Courses require minimums and refunds apply if enrollment fails.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
John E. Murray
Central School
Nichols Andrews wedding at Pownal United Methodist Church
Karen Joan Andrews and William Arthur Nichols were married at 1 p.m. Saturday in Pownal Center with Rev. David Hubbard officiating. The ceremony featured organ music and solos, followed by a reception at the Pownal Center firehouse. They plan to reside in Pownal after their honeymoon to an undisclosed location. both graduates of Mt. Anthony Union High School.
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Pownal United Methodist Church
Karen Joan Andrews
George Andrews
Pownal Center
William Arthur Nichols
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Pownal
John Dean Jr
North Pownal
Venice
North Pownal Firehouse
Dallas High School
Vermont History Award Prize Raised to 250 Dollars
The Stephen Greene Press Award for the best article in Vermont History has risen from 100 to 250 dollars, announced by the Vermont Historical Society. Judges include Richard Thomas, Muriel Thresher, and Daniel Metraux.
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Brattleboro
Stephen Greene
Vermont
Vermont Historical Society
Richard Thomas
Montpelier
Muriel Thresher
Randolph
Braintree
Greene
Elliott Family announces Martha Jane Elliott wed candidate Cornell
The Rev and Mrs John Y Elliott announce the engagement of daughter Martha Jane to James Howard Cornell of Watchung New Jersey. Martha Jane Elliott is a 1969 Hoosick Falls Central School graduate, 1973 Vassar alumna and May graduate of Columbia Journalism School. James Cornell is Williams College 1972 alumnus and Columbia Law School student. August wedding planned at Thompson Memorial Chapel Williams College.
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John Y. Elliott
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Martha Jane
James Howard Cornell
Watchung
N.J
Miss Elliott
Hoosick Falls Central School
Vassar College
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Elliott
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Williams College
Smotherman Harris nuptials set at North Pownal church
Diana Lynn Harris and Randy J. Smotherman wed at 11 a.m. in North Pownal Congregational Church with Rev. Herbert W. Lorenz presiding. The ceremony featured traditional music by organist Joan Snyder and chimes, with a bridal party including maid of honor Joan Hurley and best man David Hurley. The gown was silk organza with Venice lace, and the couple hail from North Pownal and Dallas Oregon.
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Robert Thompson
Jane Peckham
Patricia Burdick
Pownal
Scott George
Lureen Hard
Debbie Nichols
Keith Nichols
Bennington
Robert Gomeau
North Adams
Mass
Diana Lynn Harris
Leo Harris Sr
North Pownal
Randy J. Smotherman
Owen Smotherman
Dallas
Ore
North Pownal Congregational Church
Herbert W. Lorenz
Joan Snyder
Joan Hurley
David Hurley
Cynthia Burdick
Jo-Anne Miller
Beverly Johnson
Debra Thomas
Cambridge, N.Y
Lori Woodard
Wilfred Hurley
Robert
Kenneth Hurley Jr
Leo Harris Jr
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Fienberg
Main ST
Peneral
Hora
the Friendly Florist
Main Street
Bennington Briefs
The
Shea Agency Inc
Gail
ADV
Mau
Bernard Nichols
David Hubbard
William A. Nichols
Greene Press Awards
Andrick Studios
Our
Martha J. Elliott
James H. Cornell
Elliott Cornell
Genesee Baptist Church
Rochester, N.Y
Eagle Street
Smotherman-Harris
Catering Service
Madkour’s Market
Bankamericard
Atking & Gould Jewelers
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