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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1970
Page
2
Bennington’s FISH volunteers plan a June 1 kickoff offering emergency help by call. Services include babysitting meals transportation and locating articles with confidentiality. Volunteers aim for broad age participation and expand driver numbers. contact local organizers for details.
Public health officers announced that water samples from the Pownal Tan ning Co reservoir near North Pownal and the Raceview Trailer Park in South Pownal and Sarkis Ponderosa Trailer Park in North Pownal are unfit for drinking. Residents must boil water from these sources. Timenterial Corp. has one week and Joseph Sarkis two weeks to correct health hazards or face closure.
The Washington Star said H. Rap Brown, on the FBI ten most wanted list, sought refuge in Algeria with sources cited as unidentified government officials. Officials deny the claim, noting Brown has not appeared publicly since March 7 before his Cambridge Maryland trial for inciting to riot and arson.
Princess Maria Sue Crawford of Arlington tops the Weston Playhouse Community Capers lineup tonight performing with the fire baton a routine earning her awards in Bristol and Barre. Producers Jack Straw and another organizer invited the champion twirler. Crawford is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Crawford.
The Office of Economic Opportunity plans a five year education voucher experiment starting likely in 1971 costing about 6 million dollars annually. The program would fund certificates for 5 to 11 year olds to attend participating public private and parochial schools with transportation covered, involving about 15 elementary schools and 12 000 children while safeguarding against race religion or economic segregation.
Arlington reports open dump burning ban deadline of July 1 may not be met. Bennington Regional Planning Commission to draft a letter to the state Health Department seeking a delay. Towns troubled include Sandgate Shaftsbury Arlington Sunderland and Rupert. Other towns in landfill operations are Bennington Woodford Pownal Manchester and Dorset. Rupert near agreement on a landfill site says planner Jordan Young.
Environmentalists discuss wealth gaps and ecological costs of war with $30 billion yearly in Indochina and less than 1 percent of the budget for environmental fixes. Vermont concerns include half open land, 13 percent national forest, and pressure from development. A county agent notes sparse rivers limit waste disposal and population capacity. The event honors George Perkins Marsh and urges personal commitment plus education to address the crisis.
Former California governor Goodwin J. Knight died Friday in Inglewood at age 73. Knight’s political career linked with Richard Nixon and Earl Warren, marking a notable era in state politics.
The Vermont Drug Abuse Control Council urged applying for a 300000 federal grant to fund community drug education. The Office of Economic Opportunity funds would be run with the Drug Rehabilitation Commission to educate parents and teachers. Five participants would attend Adelphi University, then work under a state Education Department contract to establish a Vermont school drug program.
The McCullough Park Foundation presents a Sunday film series for children this Sunday at 3 at the McCullough Mansion featuring The Boy and the North Wind Doughnuts and The Master and the Slave. Also today at 2 p.m. a chorus rehearsal for Louis Calabro's Oratorio. dress rehearsal 2 p.m. tomorrow and performance 8:15 p.m. LWV unit meetings Tuesday 8 p.m. Bennington, Thursday 10 a.m. Shaftsbury. Beecher's Drug Store hours change May 20. Iron Kettle Weekend Special roast pork dinner $2.95. Blue Bean Diner open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ADV.
Gloria Giorgi of 54 Sylvan Road Port Chester N Y, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Capriola of 105 Merson Street Bennington, received a bachelor of science in elementary education from St Francis College Loretto Pa She is a 1966 graduate of Good Counsel Academy White Plains N Y and during college belonged to the sociology club and the Pennsylvania Student Education Association She has accepted a teaching job at St Thomas Elementary School Pleasantville N Y for the fall.
The Vermont medical examiner said Roger Dubois seven and Russell Dubois three may still be alive after a week lost in rugged hill country. Guardsmen and search crews pressed on despite cold rain and near forty degree nights. Deane C. Davis planned to decide on a later course if no trace is found.
Washington HEW Secretary Robert H. Finch was discharged from Walter Reed Army Hospital after five days with orders for complete rest due to extreme fatigue. Doctors cited a mix of factors including a recent severe parasitic dysentery contracted in Mexico, with no specific cause found for left arm numbness.
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