Geology talk and water resources at Realtors dinner
The Bennington County Board of Realtors dinner at West Mountain Inn drew 22 members with speaker Freeman Foote geology professor at Williams College. He discussed Vermont water resources, soil types, glacial effects, and major watersheds aided by a film "Trial by Water" narrated by Lowell Thomas. Plans for National Realtors Week and new member Kathleen O'Donnell were announced. New England Conference dates were set. A separate note from San Francisco reports a 20 story federal building picket by contractor John Hausmann calling the building ugly.
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Arlington
Bennington County Board of Realtors
West Montain Inn
Freeman Foote
Williams College
Dorothy Jones
Vermont
Foote
Vermont Department of Water Resources
Lowell Thomas
Robert Frost
Lake Champlain
Connecticut River
Hudson River
Ethel Wells
Manchester
Ireland
England
Kathleen O’donnell
Bennington
New England
Equinox Hotel
San Francisco
UPI
John Hausmann
Aerial Tramway at Jay Peak Advances for 1966 Opening
North Troy Jay Peak progress on the world's fastest tramway moves with 14,000 pounds arriving from Europe for underground base and counterweights. Von Roll Co shipments continue toward December 21, 1966 opening as crews clear trails and test the extended system in deep May snow.
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Switzerland
Jay Peak
North Troy
Boston
North
Troy
Jay
Europe
von Roll Co
Senate approves interior bill funding maple lab in Burlington
The Senate backed an interior appropriations bill including 40000 for design and plans of a 500000 maple research laboratory in Burlington Vermont to be located at the University of Vermont. Expenditures in the Burlington area on maple production and timber growth run about 231000 annually. The U S Forest Service conducted timber and maple research there in 1958 1964 and 1965 at Senator Aikens request.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Burlington
George V. Aiken
R-Vt
Maple Research Center
University of Vermont
U.S. Forest Service
Aiken
Realtors Oppose Fair Housing Section in Civil Rights Act
The Vermont Association of Realtor Boards voiced opposition to the fair housing section of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 at its annual meeting in Burlington. President Harold Bensen urged review and said the association will inform Vermont's congressional delegation. He compared Title 4 to Gov Hoff’s fair housing bill, noting penalties are undefined and help for plaintiffs exists without penalties for defendants.
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Burlington
UPS
Vermont Association of Realtor Boards
Harold Benson
Vermont
Bensen
Philip H. Hoff
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Thurlow Sales
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