Vermont Delegation Fights For Uncommitted Slots At Carter Udall Brown
Vermont delegates watched a complex method determine national convention slots with eight half votes and a slate system. Carter supporters faced organizational gaps while Udall and Brown backers pressed their influence amid uncommitted candidates, votes, and key figures like Esther Sorrell John Alden and Benson Scotch shaping the scene at St Michael s College gym.
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York City
Vermont
Minnesota
New York
Carter
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
South
Burlington
Carter Organization
Brown and
Udall
St. Michael’s College
Brown
Sen
John Alden
Windsor County
Jeff Taylor
Rutland
California
Esther Sorrell
Chittenden
John T. Alden
Windsor
Madeleine Kunin
Mark Kaplan
Barbara Goldman
Brownsville
Lorna Cross
Essex
Benson Scotch
Montpelier
Peter Galbraith
Townshend
Margaret Lucent
Barre
Mrs. Stewart
Leo O’brien
South Burlington
Gordon H. Paquette
Marilea Polk Fried
Brattleboro
Michael Fried
Thomas Viall
Edmund Ritchie
Middletown Springs
Robert E. Clark
Essex Junction
Republicans Convene In Vermont Delegates Scramble For Slots
At the state GOP convention in Vermont delegates debated Ford and Reagan backing. Ford-committed delegates dominated the 18 national slots while Mary Louise Smith urged Republicans to push for workable government. Madeline Harwood and Roland Seward won national posts as Kennedy’s uncommitted stance emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Smith
National Republican Party
Vermont
Washington
Ford
Frederick P. Smith
Luther F. Hackett
Ronald Reagan
Bennington County
Clifford Harwood
Manchester
Reagan
Harwood
GOP
Walter “Peanut” Kennedy
Madeline Harwood
Roland Q. Seward
Harrington Bird Enter Mt Anthony Union Board Race
The Mt Anthony Union School Board race in Bennington gains two new candidates as Lawrence Harrington reverses and seeks a third term while Ted Bird confirms his bid for the lone seat. Richard Sleeman withdraws his candidacy after an earlier announcement. Harrington cites back to basics education and opposes what he calls the college crowd. Bird announces a vigorous campaign and a challenge to Harrington. The article also includes unrelated local safety notes about a stream fence request in Willowbrook.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington
Lawrence E. Harrington
Ted Bird
Bird’s Inc
Richard A. Sleeman
Harrington
Bird
Sleeman
The
Banner
Mt Anthony Union board meets to discuss budget vote timetable
Mt Anthony Union High School Board convenes at 7 30 pm with an executive session from 7 to 730 pm to review a long agenda. Supt Sleeman may withdraw support of Harrington while backing or opposing Bird after a past controversial remark, with a formal statement forthcoming. Molly Stark students portrayed Presidents Nixon and Ford in a Bicentennial parade.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Supt
George A. Sleeman
Molly Stark
U.S
Nixon
Ford
Dem senator warns Democrats risk winning the 1976 contest
Senator Thomas McIntyre of New Hampshire told Vermont Democrats at their state convention that a fractured Democratic Party could hand the White House to Republicans in 1976. He blamed past intra party divisions for Humphrey's 1968 defeat, criticized Nixon Ford policies, and warned continued GOP governance would worsen unemployment and delay progress on air, water, energy, and poverty.
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St. Michael's College
Winooski
Sen
Thomas McIntyre
D-N.h
Ford
UPI
McIntyre
Vermont
White House
Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Republic
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Jerry Ford
Carter and Udall vie for delegates in election week
In Oregon primary history two write-in campaigns included Nelson Rockefeller with 11.6 percent in 1968 and Robert Taft with 6.7 percent in 1952. Udall campaigns in Kentucky for delegates while focusing on Ohio head to head with Carter on June 8. plus Bennington Derby winner Barry Haynes lands six trout. Memorial Day closure for Bennington Food Stamp Office May 31. Bennington Club elects new officers including John Malone as president and Kay Cone as clerk.
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Oregon
Nelson Rockefeller
Robert Taft
Ohio
Udall
East
Kentucky
Carter
New Jersey
California
Barry Haynes
Bennington
Recreation Department
Food Stamp
Bennington Club
John Malone
Ray Crosier
Crosier
Winston Lother
Stanley Pekalski
Thomas Cox
George Allard
Kay Cone
Funeral for Richard A. Zinn in Arlington
The funeral for Richard A. Zinn of Sunderland killed in the double truck crash Friday in Searsburg was held Sunday afternoon at St. Margaret Mary's Church Arlington. The Rev Gerald T Buckley delivered a Christian eulogy. Bearers were Richard Militzer Kenneth Hunt Emery and Robert Priest Joseph Robinson and Maurice Gaboreau. A wake prayer service was held Saturday evening at the Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Arlington. Burial followed at Ira Allen Cemetery Sunderland with committal prayers by Father Buckley.
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Richard A. Zinn
Sunderland
Searsburg
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Arlington
Gerald T. Buckley
Richard Militzer
Kenneth Hunt
Emery
Robert Priest
Joseph Robinson
Maurice Gaboreau
Buckley
Hanson- Walbridge
Ira Allen
Father Buckley
Burglars Loot Mt. Anthony Golf Shop for 10000
Thieves broke into the Mt. Anthony Country Club golf pro shop on Friday night and stole an estimated 10000 in equipment including golf clubs balls bags and clothing. The north side door was forced and the break found at 6 am Saturday by custodian Bernard Wisher.
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Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington
Bernard Wisher
Obituaries for Eunice Johnstone Stewart and Ralph Lasher
Eunice Johnstone Stewart 73 of 115 Convent Ave Bennington died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Born Sidney Nova Scotia Aug 10 1902 she married John Carr Stewart in 1926 and moved to Bennington in 1967. Survived by husband daughter Sheilah Burgess three sisters and grandchildren. Ralph F Lasher members of Tobin Packing Co driver died in Searsburg truck crash with services planned in Schenectady New York. Body transferred to Griswold Funeral Home Schenectady by Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Bennington. Burial set at St Joseph's Cemetery Schenectady.
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Eunice Johnstone Stewart
Convent Ave
Bennington
John Carr Stewart
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Nova Scotia
Edmund J
Caroline (Kavanaugh) Johnstone
Stewart
New Jersey
New York City
St. Peter’s Church
St. George’s Church of England
Sheilah Burgess
Washington, Va
Emily Kaiser
Manlius
N.Y
Charles M. Colyer
Greenville
S.C
Alberta Johnstone
Baltimore
Ontario
H. W. Angus Funeral Home
King St
New Glasgow
N.S
St. George’s Church
Riverside Cemetery
Hanson- Walbridge Funeral Home
Ralph F. Lasher
Palmer St
Schenectady
Searsburg
Griswold
Hanson-Walbridge
Mr. Lasher
New York
Tobin Packing Co
Marjorie Rogers
Ralph S
Eleanor
Albert) Lasher
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Michael Rock Named Dean of Studies at Bennington College
Joseph S. Iseman acting president announces Michael Rock is appointed to a three year term as dean of studies at Bennington College. Rock succeeds Ronald L. Cohen whose term ends June 30. Rock joined the faculty in 1973 as an economics instructor and will teach about half a regular load during his tenure.
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Joseph S. Iseman
Bennington College
Michael Rock
Rock
Ronald L. Cohen
Donald R. Brown
Reinhoud van der Linde
Board of Trustees
Duquesne University
University of Pittsburgh
Bennington
Mt. Holyoke College
Hospital Notes and Births Across Bennington and Vicinity
Admissions list Mary Hoague Pauline Prentiss George Brenenstuhl Lucy Bedard. Births include a son to John Giorgiani and a son to Robert Parsons. Discharges include Shirley Gerity Gail Batease Louise Porter and others in Bennington Manchester Hoosick Falls. Additional births noted for Mark Gates and Philip Walker families with Bethany.
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Mary Hoague
North Bennington
Pauline Prentiss
Bennington
George Brenenstuhl
Johnsonville
Lucy Bedard
Hoosick Falls
John Giorgiani
Robert Parsons
Shirley Gerity
Gail Batease
Louise Porter
Edward Pinsonneault
Janice Hewes
Lorna Ward
Manchester
Opal McCoubrey
Troy
N.Y
Amy Hebert
Judy Burdick
Pownal
Sally Toomey
Manchester Center
Janet Michaels
Kare Dillard
New York
Raymond Scott
Myrie Palmer
Linda Coonradt
Jayne Hanselman
Patricia Grogan
Mark Gates
Edward Pettibone Jr
Margaret Mathers
Philip Walker
Bethany
Norwood Hospital
Norwood
Mass
Walker
Gloria Charest
Marion
Charles Charest
Putnam Street
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Addison
Montpelier City Hall
Madeline B. Harwood
Mrs. Smith
Kennedy
John McClaughry
R-Kirby
Edward Walsh
Concord
House
James M. Jeffords
John Wu
Ludlow
Richard C. Thomas
John S. Burgess
Frank G. Mahady
Hartford
William T. Doyle
John B. Seward
East Wallingford
Norman B. Chase
Carolyn R. Miller
Norwich
Toby
James S. Brock
Pamela Caldwell
St. Albans
Rose Forgione
Williston
Anne M. Hudson
Georgia
Sen. Smith
Richard H. Wadhams
Underhill
Constance Johnson
Robert Graf
R-Rupert
Benjamin Gould
Rvergennes
Milly Small
Quebec
Sherri Mahady
Bruce Graham
Morrisville
Donald
Beulah Griffes
East Charleston
Sharon Griffes
Karl
Jane Zurn
Fairfield
Harrington, Bird
Willowbrook
Bennington Housing Authority
HUD
Bennington Housing Commission
Joseph Hall
Hall
King
Bishop
Ken Bishop
Knapp
Redemption Center
King Youngster
Sen. McIntyre
N.H
Bennington Briefs
Herbert Cone
Mildred Pierce
Mary Jane Wooley
Tod Wood
Brian Raetz
Melanie McKenzie
William Maguire
Doreen Salisbury
Helen Toohey
Theresa Bornt
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