VSSDA opens fact-finding into supervisory union
The Vermont State School Directors Association will hold December 4 to 6 hearings at the Paradise Motel to probe problems in the Southwest Supervisory Union. An appointment line at 442-8100 will take callers next week. The panel will include Orrin Griffis but he will not contribute to the final report, which will be public. The probe follows a prior VEA sponsored pre investigation into four problem areas and BSD board members urge broader access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont State School Directors Association
VSSDA
Charles Nichols
Paradise Motel
Nichols
Orrin Griffis
Southwest Supervisory Union
SWSU
Griffis
Roderick Maclay
Strafford
Shirley Tyler
Brattleboro
Vermont Education Association
Bennington School District
BSD
Blue Cross
Vermont
Alliance Health
Chris Chinlund
Alliance
Most grocers begin Sunday closing era
Vermont grocers move to Sunday closing as energy limits bite. Ronald Goldberg of the Vermont Retail Grocers Association announces voluntary Sunday closings beginning this Sunday with a target of complete or partial closing by 1 p.m. each Sunday, effective December 2. Gov. Salmon supports energy conservation, urging shoppers to adjust. Stores survey show broad willingness, though some will keep longer hours. Ben Mont Avenue store plans 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Goldberg
Vermont Retail Grocers Association
Vermont
Goldberg
Banner
Thomas P. Salmon
Art Wards Inc
Ben Mont Avenue
Consumer group accuses Blue Cross of pushing higher hospital rates
The Vermont Alliance, a coalition of political groups and grocers, accuses Blue Cross of refusing to use its power to curb rising hospital costs. The suit, filed in Bennington County, seeks cost-saving measures and challenges tax and bottle ban policies. A separate case seeks actions by Tax Commissioner Lathrop and Environmental Conservation Secretary Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumer Group
Blue Cross
Brattleboro
Weber, Fisher, Perry and Gibson
Bennington County
Franklin S. Billings
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Hoff pushes Velco restructure as state takeover urged
Vermont political leaders push to overhaul Velco with a possible state buyout. Former Gov. Hoff and House Speaker Kennedy back a reorganization plan, while Rep. Burns drafts legislation to transfer control of Velco to the state. Also notes on police pension bill and a Vermont health plan study. A Rutland women’s health center opens next month offering abortion services with staff including two male doctors and a female physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
UPI
Governor’s Commission On Electrical Energy
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Commission
Vermont Electric Power Co
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Brian Burns
Burlington
Velco
Rutland
Colchester
Denise Fischer
Driver Hurt in Collision at Union and Silver Streets
A Bennington man, Ricky J. Caslin, 21, was treated and released for facial cuts at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a two car crash at Union and Silver. Donisthorpe, 17, of Cambridge collided his 1958 Chevrolet with Caslin’s 1970 Volkswagen around 7:30 a.m. Police say Donisthorpe ran a stop sign and struck Caslin’s car, causing moderate VW damage and total Chevy damage.
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Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Union
Silver Streets
Ricky J. Caslin
David D. Donisthorpe
Cambridge
N.Y
Donisthorpe
Silver
Caslin
Hoosick
Linda Thomas
William Godfrey
Hoosick Falls
Godfrey
Stanley Pettibone
Johnsonville
Altar Rosary Society Meet at St Francis de Sales
The Altar Rosary Society of St Francis de Sales Church will convene at John XXIII Institute on Tuesday, November 27. Mass at 6 pm includes new member enrollments, followed by supper at 6:45 and a business meeting. Items for Rotary Auction pickup offered by Tom Paquin or Stephen Jesseman on December 8 at the Armory to fund community service projects.
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Altar Rosary Society
St. Francis de Sales Church
John XXIII Institute
Tom Paquin
Stephen Jesseman
Lottery winners United Press International
This week’s winning lottery numbers are listed by state and game. Mass weekly 141882 Mass million 68982 Mass Santa 894299 Conn weekly 21470 Conn Bonus 30548 New York 952073 New Hamp 41921.
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United Press International
Mass Weekly
Mass
Mass Santa
New York
Statehouse to glow with luminarias despite tree ban
Vermont will light the Capitol with candles on the steps and sidewalks this Christmas season as service groups back a luminaria plan. Gov. Salmon endorses the idea, sparked by Mrs. Edward Corcoran, to lift spirits amid energy shortages. Candles in sand filled bags will resemble Chinese lanterns, despite the State House Christmas tree being unlit.
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Department of Public Safety
State House
State Line House sale stalled after price dispute
Negotiations to buy the old State Line House at the Vermont New York border near Route 67A collapsed. Tony Perry seeks 39 000 for the historic building while CAASV offered 26 000 for 3 5 acres but refused a lease with option to buy. CAASV eyed renovation for artist studios before the deal fell through.
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Old State Line House
Vermont
New York
Cam
Munity Arts Association
CAASV
Tony Perry
Perry
Joseph Caracciola
Hospital Notes November 21 1973 Admissions and Births
Admissions Kenneth Black of Bennington and Rosalia Macumber of North Bennington. Discharges From Bennington Michael Donnegan Deborah Peebles Frances Douglass Thomas Prouty Ruth LaFlamme. Births Daughter Nov 20 to Edward and Hoosick Falls. Son Nov 21 to Ronald Becker of 211 Branch St. Birth Daughter to John J Harvey of Interlaken New Jersey. Paternal grandparents Earl Harvey 405 Gage Street.
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Kenneth Black
Bennington
Rosalia Macumber
North Bennington
Michael Donnegan
Deborah Peebles
Frances Douglass
Thomas Prouty
Ruth LaFlamme
Jill Carangio
Margo Knapp
Beverly Dubrowski
Shaftsburg
Rose Mattison
Pownal
Marsha Springer
North Hoosick
N.Y
Joan Babcock
Petersburg
Jeanette Connolly
Baby Boy
Melrose
Edward McGuire
Hoosick Falls
Ronald Becker
Branch St
John J. Harvey
Interlaken
N.J
Earl Harvey
Gage Street
Agency to scrutinize second home projects
MONTPELIER UPI Officials of the Agency of Environmental Conservation say they will closely review proposed developments to ensure adequate energy supplies. Gov Salmon overruled an earlier plan to oppose all second home projects, shifting to a policy to seriously question energy adequacy and oppose if lacking. Jamaica is one early site eyed for 250 vacation homes with an Act 250 hearing set next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Johnson
Johnson
Jamaica
John Ponsetto
Salmon disputes agency policy over energy, not policy change
Governor Salmon denies overruling Agency of Environmental Conservation policy on vacation home developments and broad energy projects. He faults press coverage as inflammatory while stating laws prevent such a stand and supports considering energy needs in Act 250 reviews. Johnson and officials pushed a district commission review but the policy is no longer in effect.
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Charles Butler Jr
Montpelier
UPI
Thomas P. Salmon
Salmon
Johnson
District Environmental Commissions
W Kennedy
Chelsea
Faith Prior
Shelburne
Vermont Energy Policy Board
University of Vermont
Banking and Insurance
Logging road plan through Vermont land appears dead
A proposed logging road through property tied to Richard B. Leake III or Richard A. Sleeman is likely dead. Two loggers Rene Reneau of Albany and Lawrence Hinckel of Danville had bought land north of the Roaring Branch and sought a logging route. Leake opposed it and Sleeman refused access, citing plans for a shopping center. The Banner noted any sale would appear in town land transfer records.
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Richard B. Leake III
Richard A. Sleeman
Leake
Roaring Branch
Vermont
Rene Rendeau
Albany
Lawrence Hinckel
Danville
Glastonbury
Sleeman
Obituary for Blanche S. Towslee of South Londonderry
Blanche S. Towslee, 87, of South Londonderry, widow of Alson E. Towslee, died Wednesday at Grace Cottage Hospital Townshend. Born April 17, 1886 in Weston, she lived in Landgrove and Weston before moving to South Londonderry. Survived by a foster son Merrill Hale and several cousins. Funeral Saturday at Adams Funeral Home Chester with calling hours Friday 7–9. Kent Rebekah Lodge to hold memorial service. Burial in St. Charles Cemetery Bellows Falls after funeral.
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Waterbury
St. Charles
Bellows Falls
Fenton-Hennessey
Westminster St
Alson E. Towslee
Blanche S. Towslee
South Londonderry
Grace Cottage Hospital
Townshend
Weston
Edmond and
Edith (Foster) Sheppard
Landgrove
Towslee
Adams Funeral Home
Chester
Kent Rebekah Lodge
Poet Ramon Guthrie dead at 78 in Hanover
Ramon Guthrie, award winning poet and translator, died Thursday at Dick Hall’s House Dartmouth hospital after a long illness following a heart attack. He was 78 and a professor emeritus of French at Dartmouth for 33 years. He authored many poetry books and translated French works, was an authority on Marcel Proust, and served in WWI earning a Silver Star. He returned the medal to President Johnson decades later in protest. He is survived by his widow Marguerite Maurey of Norwich Vermont. Memorial services planned next Thursday at Rollins Chapel on the Dartmouth campus.
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John Barry
Bellows Falls
Vermont Veterans Home
Bennington
North Walpole
N.H
Jeremiah
Hannah (McCreehan) Barry
Hudson Pulp and Paper Company
Pierce-Lawton Post 37
American Legion
Nora Gorman
Barry
John
Clayton E. Griswold
Katherine Walsh
Asbestos Phoenix
Marcel Proust
Guthrie
New York City
France
Sinclair Lewis
Stephen Vincent Benet
Greece
Macedonia
Air Force
U.S
Lyndon Baines Johnson
LBJ
Marguerite Maurey
Norwich
Rollins Chapel
Dartmouth College
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Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
Democratic
Watergate Apartments
White House
Canada
State Planning Office
Lathrop
Environmental Conservation
Bennington County Choral Society
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Ellen Wilcox
Jane Davis
Joe Godfrey
John Riddle Jr
Theodore Cook
Braden Report
Ron Zeigler
Buchanan
Celia Dunlap
Hoff
Island Pond
John Boylan
Vermont Police Association
Essex-Orleans Counties
Women’s Health Center
Bennington Briefs
Shea Agency Inc
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ADV
Statehouse
State Line
Holly Colvin
Timothy Stratton
Donna Therrien
Susan Ellis
Mary McGarvin
Darine Nigoda
Edward R. Lamb
Ramon Guthrie
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