Vermont Women’s Rights Conference Draws Montpelier Crowd
About 130 women met at Montpelier’s Tavern Motor Inn for the ACLU Vermont Women’s Rights Project conference. Keynotes stressed equal rights and human liberation, with workshops on health child care and welfare highlighting abortion access under 18 and calls to improve social services and legal protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier’s Tavern Motor Inn
American Civil Liberties Union
Vermont
Women’s Rights Project
Karen Kent
Commission On the Status of Women
Margaret Lucenti
Human Rights Commission
Constance Montgomery
Vermont Aclu
ACLU
Welfare Department
Susan Webb
R-24
Montpelier
Health and Welfare Committee
Chicago 7 conspirator Froines says trial was first step to Watergate
Chicago Seven defendant Froines says the original conspiracy trial marked the start of Nixon era Watergate tactics. He links the break in at lawyers offices and Ellsberg psychiatrist case to a broader strategy to hinder the antiwar movement. Dellinger and Kuntsler contempt proceedings resume next week in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago 7
Froines
Bruce Talbot Montpelier
UPI
John Fraines
Goddard College
Plainfield
Nixon
Johnson
Vietnam
Gon
Daniel Elisberg
Congress
Cambodia
Indochina
Chicago
David Dellinger
William Kuntsler
Bill Kuntsler
Snowball Bazaar to Be Held at Second Church Bennington
The Annual Snowball Bazaar hosted by the Women’s Fellowship of the Second Congregational Church of Bennington takes place Friday Dec 7 from 11 am to 5 pm at Hillside Street church. Greens wreaths and centerpieces will be sold along with home baked goods candy gifts and treasures. A buffet luncheon runs 11 am to 2 pm with coffee tea and snacks after. Nursery service provided by Bennington Junior Women. Co chairmen are Mrs. Joel Whittemore and Mrs. Paul Bohne III with a long list of committee chairmen for greens food candy gifts serendipity kids room kitchen dining room decorating and publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship
Second Congregational Church of
Bennington
Hillside Street
Joel Whittemore
Paul Bohne III
Cochairmen
Greens
Walter Dunham
Thomas Steffen
Edward Amos
Richard Fabricius
Theodore Thomas
Joseph Madkour
Paul Bohne Jr
Fred Tifft
George Jenkins
Dean Hansen
Roderick Humphreys
Fritz Fricke
John Litster
Norton West
David Wilkinson
Raymond Pierce
States adopt varying mandatory speed limit cuts to save fuel
A AAA survey shows seven states enacting mandatory not uniform 50 mph limits on many roads to conserve fuel. Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey Vermont Washington have 50 mph, North Carolina Oregon set 65 top in California none yet. Reagan orders rural freeways to 65 mph from Dec 1. other roads 65 unless posted. Some signs to be replaced. debates continue as legislatures meet next year.
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Montpelier
American Automobile Association
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Vermont
Washington
North Carolina
Oregon
Reagan
AAA
New York Thruway
Baltimore- Washington Parkway
Dulles
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Connecticut
Montana
Oklahoma
Cars Collide on Route 7 in Pownal Thanksgiving Day
Two cars collided on Route 7 in Pownal at 5:25 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. No injuries to the drivers. A 1971 Ford Mustang driven by Jane M. Champney, 19, of North Pownal, struck a 1969 Volkswagen operated by Reginald L. Baker, 20, of Bennington, as Baker turned left onto School Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Jane M. Champney
North Pownal
Reginald L. Baker
Bennington
Baker
School Street
Holy Cross Novitiate Drives Christmas Toy and Clothing Gift
Novices at the Holy Cross Novitiate in Bennington launch a drive for toys clothing and money to aid needy children from infancy to age 12. Drop offs are at the novitiate or call Edward Brand at 442 5074 for pickup. Beech Court children are the main focus with potential expansion if donations rise. Gifts will be presented at a Christmas party a few days before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Cross
Bennington
Edward Brand
Beech Court
Brand
First Catamount issue 1915 Bennington H S magazine
The November 1915 16 page issue of The Catamount features staff rolls including Marion Beecher as editor and Dorothy Patchin as assistant editor. Advertising and athletic notes show local businesses, doctors, jewelers, and a treasurer with Edward Jenney as sports manager. The piece recalls high school memories and notes Pooh influenced Dell Yearling publications with two new Pooh books and recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Marion Beecher
Dorothy Patchin
Kenneth Fauley
Raymond Percey
John Morrissey
Minerva Holmes
Edward Jenney
Athletic
Mary Hutton
Exchange
Spencer Lee
Hawarden County
Mt. Anthony Junior High
Adams Hardware
DeWitt D. Lewis
N. Noveck
Abe Noveck
Nichols, Drysdale’s
Burt Bros
Mackinaws
Collins M. Graves
Batchelder and
Bates
A.Z. Cutler
Rollin D. Jenney
Cutler
Amy E. Cutler
James A. Wood
Vendette
William L. Gokay
Rexall
Harwood Drug Store
Gage and
North Streets
Main Street
Griswold’s
Sporting Goods
Banner
Athletic Association
Forrest Parsons
Eugene Burt
North Bennington Elementary School Lunch Menu Week
The document lists daily lunch options for North Bennington Elementary from Monday through Friday with items like juice, toast, sandwiches, soups, meats, vegetables, and desserts. It also reports that the Bennington Water Board has decided there will be no rate differential between residents inside and outside the former village for next year and corrects a bear weight detail from a previous sports note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Water Board
Edward R. Lamb
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Colchester
Mary Jane Grey
Janet Paterson
Weeks
David Harrison
California
New England
Hermans
Yale
Spring St
Imstown, Mass
Gary Harbour
Jewelers
American Gem Society
Reuben Levin
By Agnes Rockwood
North
Wallomsac
A.A. Milne
Milne
Pooh Corner
Dell- Yearling
Ellison
Shepard
Sussex
England
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Frankfurt
Reubin Harrington
Main St
Tom Giri
Monsanto
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