Shields Denies Housing Bias in Bennington Letter
Hamilton L. Shields, chair of the Bennington Housing Authority, releases a letter to Town Manager Edward R. Lamb denying discriminatory practices by the authority. The letter rebuts concerns over potential municipal liability and stresses that the town and selectmen have no jurisdiction over housing policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shields
Hamilton L. Shields
Bennington Housing Authority
Edward R. Lamb
Bennington
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Willowbrook
Housing Authority
David S. Potter
Arlington
Vermont
Commission
Hall W. Cushman
Lamb
Baboon Escape Tracked Through Airport Ladies Room
A 65 pound baboon escaped from its cage at Friendship Airport and led workers on a chase through the freight area en route to Johns Hopkins Hospital. It darted past frightened travelers before finally being corralled in a ladies room and tranquilized back into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Burnie, Md
UPI
Friendship Airport
Johns Hopkins Hospital
New York
Mets Pitcher McGraw Loses Briefcase With Playoff Tickets
Tug McGraw misplaced a briefcase containing NL playoff tickets after stopping to search for his keys near Shea Stadium. He retraced his drive but the briefcase was missing, tickets valued at 348 dollars. The item loss occurred amid unrelated discrimination allegations involving Willowbrook Housing Authority and a Vermont civil rights inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhasset
N.Y
UPI
Tug McGraw
New York Mets
Shea Stadium
McGraw
New Books at Bennington Free Library
A long list of new titles and authors offered at Bennington Free Library including Alpert Smash Bartram Braddon Burgess Fry Oates Meade and many others. The notice highlights entertaining fiction crime thrillers biographies and reference works with several children's titles and period pieces among the selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Free Library
Alpert
Anthony
France
Bartram
Braddon
Burgess
Enderby
Shakespeare
Cowper
Foley
Supreme Court resolves robbery statute gap in Vermont
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that armed robbery laws remained in force at crime time after an inadvertent repeal in 1972. It upheld Matthews and Chamberlain sentences, reversed Duhamel’s in part, and noted prior rights survive repeal. The decision emphasizes liability accrues on the criminal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival Shangraw
Matthews
Chamberlain
Duhamel
High Court
Vermont
Supreme Court
Smith
School bus and backhoe collide on North Branch Street
A Pine Cobble School bus operated by Lester McDonald and a backhoe driven by John LaFountain collided Wednesday at 8 am on North Branch Street. Four children aboard the bus escaped injury. both vehicles sustained minor damage.
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North Branch Street
Lester McDonald
Bennington
John LaFountain
Harwood Hill
Putnam Memorial Hospital
George Pierce
Carleton Coon
Hoosick Falls
Coon
Pierce
Married Telford Bessette Exchange Vows in Lawn Ceremony
Kathy Ann Bessette daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis E Bessette of Burlington wed Patrick Telford son of Robert Telford of Cambridge NY and Mrs Lydia Telford of Eagle Bridge NY in a Sept 15 lawn ceremony at the bride’s aunt and uncle’s home. Rev Leslie Wright officiated with William and Loretta Brownell as witnesses. Tammy Telford was junior bridesmaid. reception at Jermain Hall White Creek NY. The couple will reside in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Ann Bessette
Francis E. Bessette
Burlington
Patrick Telford
Robert Telford
Cambridge
N.Y
Lydia Telford
Eagle Bridge
LeRoy Langevin
Ana Bella Mobile Home Park
Leslie Wright
William and
Loretta Brownell
Tammy Telford
Jermain
White Creek
Regional recyclers to name chairman at Oct 10 meeting
Berkshire Bennington Counties Recycling Committee will consider selecting a successor to retiring chair Linda Small at the Oct 10 meeting in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Topics include rotating chairs, meeting locations, and bills like the Source Recovery and Conservation Act of 1973 and the Solid Waste Resource Reduction and Recycling Incentives Act of 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Small
Berkshire- Bennington Counties Recycling Committee
Western Massachusetts Electric
Pittsfield
Mass
Ms. Small
Steve Hudson
Office of Environmental Affairs
Continental Can Company
Bob Pedercini
Hudson
New Jersey
Malden
Source Recovery and Conservation
BBCRC
George D. Aiken
Robert T. Stafford
Senate
Washington, D.C
Bennington
Cheshire
Barrington
Stamford
Sheffield
Williamstown
Wilmington
No. Adams
Clarksburg
Folklore Society Fall Meeting in Windsor
The Green Mountain Folklore Society holds its fall meeting October 13 at the Old South Church Windsor. Registration at 10 a.m. with a 10:30 a.m. business meeting led by Agnes Trop. Walter Hubbard will discuss bicentennial plans. Dorothy Spear introduces Windsor Historical Society and Old Constitution House. Scott Hastings will present on mills and implements. Ernest Wright will provide entertainment. Dinner costs $2.50 and reservations are due by October 10. Non members welcome.
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Windsor
Green Mountain Folklore Society
Old South Church
Agnes Trop
Chester Depot
Walter Hubbard
State Historical Society
Windsor Historical Society
Old Constitution House
Dorothy Spear
Scott Hastings
Taftsville
Bennington College
Ernest Wright
North Main St
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Hall
Hatch
Heaven
Hebden
Heym
David
Judson
Klamkin
McBain
MacDonald
Sleeping Beauty
MacKinnon
Cartridge Creek
San Antonio
Miller
High Sierras
Murray
Oates
Porter
Dover
Harper
Sanders
Bennington County Medical Society
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Antonio Raza
Manindra Ghosh
Abraham Moskovitz
Simpson
London
Stern
the Tower
New York City
Stewart
Mannings
Midwest
Frogmen
Blum
Henry A. Wallace
Brussel
Wilt
Consumer’s Research
Handbook of Buying
Friedman
Joplin
Galbraith
Galston
People’s
China
Habeeb
Johnson
Holiday Inn
Rags To Riches
McBride
Malone
Western
Asia
Nicolson
Sackville-West
Sampson
ITT
Steinberg
Viorst
von Daniken
Whitaker
Khmer Republic
Cambodia
Aylesworth
Briggs
Father Christmas
Coatsworth
Estes
Flora
Galdone
Rockwell
Thayer
Gus
Turkle
Arnold
Wilson
Herbert
Wiseman
Kangaroo
By Bruce Talbot
Milfred K. Smith
Chittenden
Backhoe
St. Peter’s Group
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church of
Franklyn Frantz
Newport Beach
Calif
John O’neill
O’neill
Telford-Bessette
Grant City
Urs
Sraant
It Bhd
Monument Plaza
Bennington, Vermont
Fispmanis Sor Metal
Heritage House
Maine
Xtra
Fisherman’s Delight
Ala Carte
Northside
Bankamericard
Bennington Co-Op Savings & Loan Association
Equal Housing Lender
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