Swine Flu Vaccination Clinics in Bennington County
Swine flu shots will be given at four locations in Bennington County this week. Clinics are free and open to all ages. Today 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Woodford Hollow School. Wednesday 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 5 p.m. Oak Hill School Pownal. Thursday 5:30 to 8 p.m. Shafts bury school. Friday 2 to 5 p.m. Old Town Hall Readsboro.
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Bennington County
Woodford Hollow
Oak Hill
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Old Town Hall
Readsboro
Hunter dies while hunting near West Campton home
Haven Butler Sr., 65, died Sunday after becoming ill while hunting near his West Campton residence. A retired Draper Corp. foreman of Beebe River, he was a Cambridge, Vermont native who lived in West Campton for 33 years.
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West Campton
N.H
UPI
Haven Butler Sr
Butler
Draper Corp
Beebe River
Cambridge
Vermont Senator pushes lottery bill after voters approve poll
Vermonters backed a non binding referendum on a state lottery by a 3 to 1 margin. Senator John Boylan urged an early bill in the Senate Appropriations Committee with provisions to halt if losses loom. Officials estimate potential revenue from $500,000 to $1,000,000.
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Boylan
Joint Fiscal Committee
Emergency Board
Senate Finance Committee
Thomas Crowley
Dchittenden
Tax secrecy push aims for uniform tax record rules
Burlington UPI Tax Commissioner Robert Lathrop argues for a uniform law protecting confidential tax records except property tax. He notes state income tax specifics, while sales and other records lack clear rules. His policy remains to withhold tax data without written consent. A Senate panel seeking Unification Church records was denied. Lathrop plans to drop property taxes from confidentiality due to their visible basis. Remarks given in a Saturday panel at the University of Vermont.
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Robert Lathrop
Lathrop
Department
University of Vermont
Cranberry Bazaar Set for November 20 at First United Methodist
The Fourth annual Cranberry Bazaar at First United Methodist Church will run Saturday November 20 from 10 am to 4 pm. Early arrivals get coffee and homemade donuts by Thelma Oakes and Marjorie Humphrey. Luncheon served 11 am to 3 pm with hamburgers hotdogs salads baked beans pie and drinks. Santa will visit 10 to noon and 1 to 3. children can sit on Santa's lap for photos at the event.
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First United Methodist Church
Thelma Oakes
Marjorie Humphrey
Santa Claus
Santa
First habitual offender denied a new trial in Vermont
John Kasper Jr., 40, the first Vermont resident in over a decade convicted as an habitual offender, has been denied a new trial by Superior Judge Hilton Dier in Addison County. He was convicted Oct. 29 on habitual offender counts and found guilty of three counts of assault and robbery from an armed December holdup in Winooski. The statute allows up to life, and State's Attorney Francis Murray plans to seek at least 50 years for the habitual offender verdict.
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Middlebury
UPI
John Kasper Jr
Vermont
Hilton Dier
Addison County
Kasper
Winooski
Chittenden County
Francis Murray
Snapdragon Found May Block Dickey Lincoln Dam Plan
Maine botanist Richard Dyer reports a rare wild snapdragon, the Furbish Lousewort, found in the 57 mile flood area could halt the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project. He warns federal law may block destruction of endangered plants, signaling a confrontation with the Endangered Species Act if dams proceed.
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Auburn
Maine
UPI
Richard Dyer
Dyer
Appalachian Mountain Club
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Man Going Blind Kills Self and Two Children in Lowell
Paul Christides, 43, a Raytheon employee, apparently learned he was going blind a week earlier. He fatally shot his two children, John 14 and Joanne 17, in their Stevens Street home before taking his own life. The Middlesex medical examiner called it a remorseful act as doctors reportedly found tumors causing blindness and Christides suffered high blood pressure.
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Lowell
Mass
UPI
Paul Christides
Raytheon Corp
Stevens Street
John
Joanne
Middlesex
John J. Karbowniczak Jr
Christedes
Christides
Leonard MacPhail
Bennington group calendars and community notices
Bennington Fire District No 1 holds its monthly meeting on Tuesday November 9 at 7 p.m. at Willow Road Firehouse. Hairdressers Affiliate meets at 7 30 p.m. at Powder Box Beauty Salon with Dr. Robert Pezzulich speaking on cancer Guests may bring a guest. Recreation Department seeks a community center supervisor applications at 442 5446. Labor Council informs meeting Tuesday 8 p.m. at Senior Citizens Center 168 North St Marriage Encounter info at Bennington Free Library Wednesday 8 p.m. Call Jim or Barb Henry 442 5833. Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 1332 meets 7 30 p.m. Tuesday. auction follows. AARP chapter meets Thursday 1 30 at Colgate Hall First Baptist Church bring two sale items fruits breads needed. Mt Anthony teacher Justyna Steuer attended MA Foreign Language Association conference Nov 5 6 keynote Dr Protase Woodford Developing a Common Yardstick for Language Proficiency. ADV ads for Shea Agency and Dr William F Wolfe noting hours and contact.
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Bennington Hairdressers
Powder Box
School St
Robert Pezzulich
Bennington
AARP
Colgate Hall
First Baptist Church
Justyna M. Steuer
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Massachusetts Foreign Language Association
Framingham
Protase Woodford
Educational Testing Service
School lunches Week of Nov 8 12 menu card
Tuesday offers hot dog on a bun with French fries garden salad applesauce and milk. Wednesday features baked haddock creamed peas and carrots pumpkin pie and milk. Thursday and Friday are school holidays for Veterans Day and parent teacher conferences.
Adventists seek disaster relief funds door to door
Seventh-day Adventists begin a fundraising drive from today through Christmas. Volunteers will visit homes and businesses for the World Service appeal to support disaster relief, medical supplies, clothing, and building needs. Worldwide church aid includes hospitals clinics and medical missions. Local solicitors will wear badges with police and chamber support.
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Seventh-day Adventists
Howard Fish
Mr. Fish
Fish
Guatemala
North America
Bennington
Woodmansee convicted on check charges
Bernard Woodmansee a 41 year old Burlington man was found guilty on three counts for transporting $20000 in stolen traveller's checks from New York to Vermont. A Montpelier arrest followed a May federal roundup with two New York men as co defendants. A jury also convicted Roy Hamlin and acquitted Jacky Dubray on mixed counts while Reynolds was acquitted on concealment and conspiracy.
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Burlington
UPI
Bernard Woodmansee
Vermont
New York State
Woodmansee
New York
Montpelier
Virginia Reynolds
Essex Junction
Roy Hamlin
Glens Falls
N. Y
Jacky Dubray
Albany
Vermont Recount Pushes Across Close Races
Four recounts will be taken after last week’s Vermont elections. Buckley versus Alden for lieutenant governor. Rep. William Osborne against Thomas Koch for one of two House seats. Windham County contenders Sydney Nixon and Ronald Squires each seeking recounts after tight losses to Emond and Hunt respectively.
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Windham County
Sydney Nixon
Brattleboro
Robert Emond
Ronald Squires
Guilford
Stuart Hunt
Edmunds Memorial Writing Contest Seeks Vermont Students
The Vermont Historical Society sponsors the George F. Edmunds Memorial Writing Contest for high school and junior high students. Rules are mailed statewide. topics must relate to Vermont. no living persons as subjects. Prizes total $200 first, $100 second, $75 third, plus district awards. Bronze medals and certificates for all winners.
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Montpelier
George F. Edmunds
Vermont
Vermont Historical Society
Pavilion Building
Greenwich couple announces engagement of Anne Warner to John Linville
Engaged couple Anne Walden Warner of Greenwich and John Evans Linville a lawyer with Donovan Leisure Irvine in New York plan to wed December thirty first in Dorset VI. Warner is with Handy Harman in New York and is the daughter of CPC International executive vice president Beverly W. Warner. Linville, a Princeton and Columbia Law School graduate, is the son of C Edwin Linville of Scarsdale NY and the former principal of Taft High School in the Bronx.
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Greenwich, Conn
Beverly W. Warner
Greenwich
Anne Walden Warner
John Evans Linville
Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine
New York
Edwin Linville
Scarsdale
N.Y
Dorset
Miss Warner
Dana Hall School
Ohio State University
Handy & Harman
CPC International
Bennington Banner
Linville
Princeton University
Columbia Law School
O'Neill urges new ethics code for Congress
Boston story reports Representative Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. says Congress needs a strong ethics code and more openness. He plans to form a committee to draft a code for all members and will push adoption once he becomes speaker. He denies accepting money from Tongsun Park. O'Neill also predicts unemployment will fall below five percent by next June.
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Boston
UPI
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Dmass
House
Congress
O’neill
Boston Sunday Globe
O’neil
Tongsun Park
Bennington Banner Subscription Rates and Details
The Bennington Banner daily except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201. Subscriber to United Press International and New York Times News Service. Rates: home delivery 15c per copy and 4.40 per month. Mail subscriptions within 50 mile radius and all Vermont priced at 3 months 9.00 and 6 months 18.00.
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Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Vermont
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Bennington Free Library
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Ladies Auxiliary
VFW Post 1332
Shea Agency Inc
Insurance Center
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William F. Wolfe
Northside Drive
Monument Plaza
Worldwide Church
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William Howard Taft High School
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