Housing Called Priority Problem in Vermont
Vermont Housing Commission chairman warns the housing shortage for low and moderate income families is a political problem needing total resource commitment. Thomas Davis argues success hinges on state and local leaders will to act and fund a long range plan, amid debate over crime and Arlington police needs. The group offered five recommendations including a one year crime study, a citizens committee to aid police setup, and a town meeting vote to fund a local police force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weakley
Arlington
Davis
Deane C. Davis
Vermont
Story Hour Kids To See Movies At Bennington Library
The Bennington Free Library hosts a story hour for preschool children on Wednesday November 26 at 10 a.m. Two 20 minute films Curious George Rides a Bike and Anatole will be shown before regular story groups form. Mrs Mills reads to three year olds and Mrs Page to four and five year olds. All three to five year olds are invited.
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Bennington Free Library
Curious George
Anatole
Mary Mills
Marjorie Page
Unidentified Man Dies After Bus Ride Here
A Vermont Railway brakeman found a middle aged man unconscious on tracks beside Rutland Shopping Plaza at 5 30 p m Monday He died en route to Rutland Hospital Police traced a bus ticket from Bennington indicating arrival at 3 p m and questioned Robert LaPorte at the Vermont Transit terminal The man had a severe head wound police suspected a trip and fall An autopsy was ordered and results were pending while the Border Patrol was notified
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Vermont Railway Corp
Bennington
Robert LaPorte
Vermont Transit
LaPorte
Atty
Robert I. Tepper
Rare Species Discovery Shocks California Coast
The Veliger reports Jules M. Crane Jr. details a rare shrimplike species off California, amid housing policy notes. Vermont housing advocates press for 25 percent income cap, while a Vermont commission reviews nine proposals to ease shortages. Proposals include a state housing department, housing action areas with local zoning powers, a land development agency, revised mortgage funding, lifting rate caps, and tax relief for small homes as part of a 1970 legislative package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
California Malacozoological Society
Pleustes Platypa
Jules M. Crane Jr
Cerritos College
California
Vermont
Commission
Mt Anthony teacher's patent used in Apollo 12 re entry
Mt Anthony Union High School teacher Harold V May holds a patent for zip strip ouedome packaging used in Apollo 12 guidance and re entry systems. The 1966 patent assigned to Sprague Electric aids rapid testing of tiny capacitors, with special sulfur free paper to prevent corrosion. May, a Pittsfield resident, holds 16 patents and previously worked for Sprague and General Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony
Mt. Anthony Union
Harold V. May
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
May
Pittsfield
Mass
Sprague Electric
General Electric
Postal Holiday On Thursday Observed At Local Post Office
Postmaster Stanley J Pekalski announces Thursday November 27 will be a legal holiday. Window service and mail delivery by city or rural carriers stop. Special delivery works, only front post office box collected. Lobby open for lock box holders with receipt and dispatch schedules observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley J. Pekalski
Admits Break and Checks Charges in District Court
Edward J. Chaput pleaded guilty in Bennington District Court to breaking and entering and passing bad checks and was sent to Rutland Regional Correctional Center for a pre sentence investigation. He faced six counts of passing bad checks, five dropped, and admitted to a Pownal camp break in. Bail set at 1050 dollars on a separate car theft case.
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Edward J. Chaput
North Adams
Mass
Bennington
Rutland Regional Correctional Center
Chaput
Brattleboro
John T. Carmody Jr
Edward L. Hamilton
Pownal
Bennington County
John Maloney
Donald Greenslet
Rutland Center
Rutland
John P. Morrissey
Willie
Bennington Community Chorus earns an encore after fine Bach Magnificat
The Bennington Community Chorus directed by Theodore Cook faced obstacles from a smaller, largely nonprofessional group to Bach’s Magnificat. Despite limited rehearsals and some soloist illness, the performance was marked by vitality, warmth, and clear rhythm, with notable piano accompaniment by Stanley Pike and Reinhoud van der Linde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Cook
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Paul Boepple
Boepple
Stanley Pike
Reinhoud van der Linde
Bach
Cook
Albert Schweitzer
Leonard Bernstein
Bennington Chorus
Virginia Gerleman
Norine Mason
Arthur Murphy
Miss Wheeler
Miss Downs
Isselhardt
Stanley Works Told to Sell Amerock to Restore Competition
The FTC orders Stanley Works to divest Amerock Corp within two years after a 1966 merger was found to threaten cabinet hardware competition. The ruling bars Stanley from further acquisitions in cabinet hardware without FTC approval and cites Amerock as a leading cabinet hardware maker. Stanley faces potential court challenges.
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Washington
UPIC
Federal Trade Commission
Stanley Works
New Britain
Conn
Amerock Corp
Rockford
Eldon P. Schrup
Stanley
Amerock
Schrup
Eagle Square Manu
Knights of Columbus Council Meeting Tonight
The council holds its regular meeting at 7 30 tonight with reminders of the Christmas party on December 14 and reservations due by tonight's session. New Year plans are under preparation and will be announced at the meeting.
Bennington Briefs shows amnesty week and local events
Amnesty week at the Bennington Free Library allows overdue books to be returned without fines. Elks Lodge meeting at 8 pm tonight at the Elks Home with free snacks after. Snowgoers hold a November 29 get together at Eagle Hose Firehouse with 7 30 pm buffet and dancing. By laws being drafted for incorporation, contact Bud Vallee at the Blue Bean Diner. Duplicate bridge game canceled for Thanksgiving eve. next play December 3 at the Senior Citizens Center. Vermont State Police Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm at Old Bennington Schoolhouse. all members urged to attend. Pauls Fish Fry closed November 24 27 reopening November 28. Bennington Lanes opening 1 pm Thanksgiving Day and Friday. special student rates Friday and Saturday afternoons.
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Vermont
Eagle Hose
Main Street
Bud’? Vallee
Blue Bean
Senior Citizens Center
Mt Anthony board backs off plan for sidewalk and light
The Mt Anthony Union High School board considered a 6 foot sidewalk from Park and County to the school traffic circle with a 10 foot option costing 2800. They favored delaying a traffic light citing agency control and weather, while exploring funding and state aid and delaying action until spring.
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Park Street
Mt. Anthony Union High School
George A. Sleeman
Park and
County Street
State Department of Education
Sleeman
Stratton
Obituary reflections span multiple towns in a single notice
Obituaries from Williamstown Dover Pittsfield and White Creek recount June endings for Sara Griswold Tenney Elizabeth Bailey Veller Mary Lyons Carolan and Helen Murphy. Each notice names survivors birthplaces marriages and last rites with details on service locations and dates where given.
Hospital Notes November Twenty Fourth Nineteen Sixty Nine
Admissions include Alan Stevens Louis Brown Delight Cullen Michael Stanley Mildred Colvin Arthur Green and others from North Hoosick Wilming ton Hoosick Falls Bennington White Creek and Manchester Depot Discharges include Kelly Mahar Ariane Thompson Virginia Cross and son Edna May Lane Births reported for Carroll Bowen Dorset and John Van Der Kar Hoosick Falls with newborns on November 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Stevens
North Hoosick
Louis Brown
Wilmington
Delight Cullen
Hoosick Falls
Michael Stanley
Mildred Colvin
Arthur Green
Bennington
Kelly Mahar
Ariane Thompson
Virginia Cross
Carroll Bowen
Dorset
John van der Kar
Church St
I Am Curious Yellow at Harte Theatre Schedule
Lena Nyman and Borje Ahlstedt star in I Am Curious Yellow directed by Vilgot Sjoman. Showings Monday to Thursday at 8 p.m. Friday to Sunday 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. through Nov 25. East Rider with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper plays at Williamstown Cinema at 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 7 and 8:45 p.m. Friday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Nyman
Borje Ahlstedt
Vilgot Sjoman
Harte Theatre
Peter Fonda
Dennis Hopper
Hopper
Mexico
New Orleans
Williamstown
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Citizens’ Committee
James Woodard
Manchester
Marjorie Doyle
Ann Marsh
Thomas Weakley
Candle Mill Village
Eagle Auxiliary
Eagles Rooms
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of Eagles Aerie
FOE
Catherine Sawyer
Hazel Bleau
Edith LeMay
Ruth Keenan
Ruby Bent
Eva Gerity
Doris Fraher
Helen Gibney
Odna Cone
Bessie Burgess
Aerie
George O’brien
Eagles Aerie
U.S
Chevrolet
Dorothy L. Canfield
Volkswagen
Maybelle Wilcox
Sheffield
Carol Nehner
Bondville
Music Review
Community Chorus
By Vivian Golbin
Jesus
FTC
Stanley Tool
K of
Bennington Briefs
The
Elks Lodge
Elks Home
Vermont State Police Auxiliary
Paul’s
Bennington Lanes
By Greg Guma
MAUHS
William Castle
Castle
Stephen Gilman
Charles W. Keir
Sanborn G. Tenney Sr
Sara Griswold Tenney
Sanborn Gove Tenney Sr
Troy
N.Y
John Wood
Sarah (Noyes) Tibbetts Griswold
First Congregational Church
Rensselaer County Historical Society
S. G. Tenney Jr
State of
Florida
Sally Tenney
Elizabeth G. Tenney
Hopkins Funeral Home
Douglas G. Burgoyne
St. John’s Episcopal Church
William College
John D. Veller
Dover
Elizabeth Bailey (Haughton) Veller
Albany Medical Center
Berkeley-Veller Real Estate
Windham Regional Planning and Development Commission
Toledo
Ohio
Smith W. and
Alta
Jackson) Haughton
University of Toledo
Wellers
Atlanta
Charlotte
N.C
St. Mary’s In the Mountains Episcopal Church
American Association of University Women
Brady
University of Vermont
Craig
Bryce
Kevin
Haley
H. Gene Sample
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
Deerfield Valley Health Center
Lester E. Teeples
Jacksonville
James L. Carolan
Mary (Lyons) Carolan
Clinton Ave
Berkshire County Register of Probate
James W. Carolan
St. Luke’s Unit
Berkshire Medical Center
Thomas Hayden
Mary M. de Rlieux
John F. Lyons
Philip Hart
Helen P. Murphy
White Creek
Murphy Lane
Patrick
Julia
Leonard) Murphy
Immaculate Conception Church
Howard
Ruth) Kipp
Harold
Mary) Austin
George
Julia) Matteson
Burlington
John Murphy
Cambridge
Philip Murphy
P.m
St. Mary’s Cemetery
E. P. Mahar & Son Funeral Home, Inc
Main St
Armour’s Star
Turkeys
Freihofer
Salem’s
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