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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1972
Page
1
Hoosick Falls officials adopt a 206,901.79 dollar budget with revenues of 85,891 and a 121,010.70 dollar levy. Townwide tax rate rises to 24.25 per 1000, up 3.10 from last year, while outside village levy becomes 22.33 per 1000, up 3.01. The overall town rate outside village totals 48.58 per 1000.
A calumnist piece from Polly Bradley of the Massachusetts Audubon Society cheekily imagines the President converting Route 128 into a sod covered hiking path with reforestation of parking lots. It envisions museums, nature centers, and visitors biking from beyond the state line to tour the sites.
Harvard Faculty Council defends Samuel Popkin’s right to withhold sources on Pentagon Papers and warns grand juries risk harming scholarly research. They urge restraint in interrogations, stressing protection of confidential information to maintain public debate and knowledge.
Ivory Pelsue of Pownal outlined the Rotary Foundation aims and grants during Rotary Foundation Week. He noted about 406 grants totaling around 2 million dollars would be awarded this year, bringing total assistance to roughly 5,400 students since 1997 and more than 14 million in grants. The program funds graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships, technical training, and group study exchanges to promote international understanding.
Clayton and Wick argue County National customers would gain access to larger loans leasing computer services credit cards marketing and consulting if absorbed by Chittenden Trust. County National would join a shrinking local banking cluster with Catamount and Factory Point as the sole remaining local banks in Bennington County.
A free Well-Baby Clinic is set for Monday from 8 30 to 11 a m at the Second Congregational Church Hillside Street. Appointments can be made by calling the Bennington Home Health Agency 442 5502. The Bennington Eagles Aerie 1861 reopen today at 10 a m at the former Ducharme dance studio on North Street. The Beonington County Nurses Association hosts a buffet dinner Monday Nov 27 at Heritage House with cocktails at 6 and dinner at 7 Speaker Dr Giller all RNs and PNs invited reserve with Virginia Barrett.
Diplomatic sources say Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev will visit the United States next April to reciprocate President Nixon’s Moscow trip. Rumors of Brezhnev’s illness are denied by authorities as circulation continues about his health and appearance amid cold and weather changes.
Obituary notices recount Edgar A. Hunt 64 a retired farmer and Pittstown highway worker who died after a long illness. Born Oct 20 1908 in West Hoosick he leaves wife Julia Dick two sons James Eagle Bridge and Robert Cropseyville one daughter Madelann Hendry Troy one sister Ruby Pine and several grandchildren. Funeral Monday 2 pm Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls with burial in West Hoosick cemetery. Memorials to Hoveick Rescue Squad or cancer fund. Also notices for Mrs Mary Gavel Piering 48 Schenectady formerly Bennington died Nov 13 in Schenectady. She served in WAC 1944-46 and taught at several schools before appearing on WRGB TV. Survives husband Edward J Piering and daughters Anne Babe and Lisa with several relatives. Memorials to St Regis Indian Reservation. Edward W Cook North Bennington died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Born Arlington son of De and Loretta Cook. He married Theresa Sweeck and worked for A S Payne Co and later Bennington. He belonged to Owlkill Red and Gun Club. Survived by wife four daughters Ruth Brownell Isabelle Moon Dorothy LeBarron Ida O’Dell four sons Forrest Cook James Cook Charles Cook and many grandchildren, siblings Lena Winchell Florence Pata and others. Burial Hinsdillville Cemetery. Memorials to Bennington Rescue Squad or Vermont American Cancer Society through Mahar offices.
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