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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1970

Page

5

Without a Stitch review skirts frankness in Harte Theatre

GEOFFREY CHAPMAN critiques the Swedish import Without a Stitch a frank budget Germanic sex tale set across Europe. The diary framing doctor patient premise yields a blunt X rated travel narrative with Hamburg Paris Rome and Paris scenes and a coy ending promising but not delivering value.

Europe Sweden Hamburg Rome Paris Champs-Elysee Arts Harte Theatre

Dollars for Scholars campaign seeks larger gifts in Bennington

Dollars for Scholars has begun a fundraising drive with letters to local service groups and industries. President George A. Sleeman said donations now focus on $100 gifts to fund specific scholarships while outlining proposed events such as a military band concert and a football game. The group aims to raise $12,000 this year. Officers include Mrs. Marie Bergquist vice president Ann Edwards secretary and Burton W. Potter treasurer. The membership comprises community representatives and students.

Bennington George A. Sleeman Sleeman Dollars For Marie Bergquist Ann Edwards Burton W. Potter

Lazy eye clinic set for Oct 21 at K of C Hall

An amblyopia clinic sponsored by the Ladies of St. Anne Society and the Bennington Lions Club will be held Wednesday Oct. 21 at K of C Hall from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. The event targets children ages 3 to 5 and school-age kids to detect eye problems early. Chairman is Mrs. Patricia Garand with supervising nurse Mrs. Dorothea Haddad. workers listed. Also noted: June term of Bennington Court reconvenes Nov 2 in Manchester for final hearings. Elizabeth King reports.

Ladies of St. Anne Society The Bennington Lions Club K of C Hall Patricia Garand Dorothea Haddad R.N Rita Ruland Connie Clawson Marie Baker Doris Quinlan Joan Douglass Carol Wry Chris Cheseldine Claire Lyons Bennington Court Manchester Elizabeth King Franklin S. Billings Woodstock

Ada Lanigan obituary and related notices from Bennington area

Ada V Lanigan 75 widow of Terrence J Lanigan Sr formerly of Bennington died Wednesday in Schoharie County Hospital Cobleskill NY. She lived 20 years in the area. Born Healdville May 12 1895 daughter of William and Rose Holcomb. Survived by two daughters Mary Lanigan Green Bay Wis and Margaret Smith Howes Cave NY a son Terrence Lanigan Jr Louisville KY three grandchildren one sister and two brothers. Funeral Saturday at Mahar Son Funeral Home at 8:30 am with a Requiem Mass at St Francis de Sales Church 9. Burial Park Lawn Cemetery. Ward notice: Bernard C Von Dette 59 Nashua NH native of West Rutland died Wednesday in Nashua Hospital. Survivor list with wife Genevieve Kurant four daughters and three sons. Funeral Saturday 9 am in St Stanislaus Nashua. Calling hours Friday. Mrs Ralph May Wooddell formerly of Bennington died Wednesday Clinton Mass Hospital. Survived by daughter Mary Lee Bolton Mass and son Albert Wooddell Cambridge NY. Funeral Friday Queens Funeral Home Clinton. Mrs Lena Mitchell 68 West Hoosick NY died Wednesday at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge NY. Widow of Stephen Mitchell. Survived by four daughters Burton Barber Hoosick Falls Martin Rogers Cambridge Paul Paniszczyn Milford Mass Eugene Holmes Troy NY one son Clemens Mitchell Hoosick Falls and brother John Labanowski Hoosick.

Ada V. Lanigan Terrence J. Lanigan Sr Bennington Joseph Smith Howes Cave N.Y Schoharie County Community Hospital Cobleskill Lanigan Healdville William and Rose (Wyman) Holcomb Wallingford Proctorsville Union St Rutland Railway North Bennington Elks St. Francis de Sales Church Mary A. Lanigan Green Bay Wis Joseph Margaret) Smith Terrence J. Lanigan Jr Louisville Bertha Orkins Troy N.H Carl Holcomb Georgia Levi Holcomb California Mahar & Son Funeral St. Francis de Sales Ward Bernard C. von Dette Nashua West Rutland Allan and Edith (Beauchamp) von Dette Sanders Associates Rutland St. Stanlishlaus Church American Legion Knights of Columbus Genevieve Kurant Carmelita Veaulieu Hudson Willard Lowe Andrea Gallespie Mary Ann von Dette Bernard C. von Dette Jr New Iberia Thomas J. von Dette el Paso Texas Daniel M. von Dette Florence Woods Barthers Allan Scituate Mass Robert of Whitman Ae Raymond Wollaston St. Stanislaus Church Zis Kinsley St Ralph May) Wooddell Clinton May Davis Robert Mary) Lee Bolton Albert Wooddell Cambridge Eunice Davis Queens Funeral Home Funeral Lena Mitchell West Hoosick Stephen Mitchell Mary McClellan Hospital St. Mary’s Academy Hoosick Falls Church of the Immaculate Conception Burton Barber Martin Rogers Paul Paniszczyn Milford Eugene Holmes Clemens Mitchell John Labanowski Hoosick

Romanian president visits Disneyland in San Francisco

Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania’s touring communist leader, rode through Disneyland with Shirley Temple Black as guide on a two hour visit. He toured six attractions, dined atop Bank of America Center, and planned a San Francisco stay before UN duties.

San Francisco UPI Romania Disneyland California Shirley Temple Black Nicolae Ceausescu Walt Disney Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev Ceausescu Bank of America Kaiser Industries Stanford Research Institute Fibreboard Corp San Francisco International Airport Joseph L. Alioto Black U.S United Nations

Dirt Gardeners plan year's flower activities

The Plain Dirt Gardeners met at Mrs. Stephen Jesseman’s home to outline an active year. Workshops will create birthday greetings and tray items for nursing homes, then dried and fresh flower arrangements. They vote to send $1 per member to the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont and continue aid to White River Junction Veterans Hospital and Waterbury for garden projects.

Stephen Jesseman I. James Wolfe Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont Federation White River Junction Veterans’ Hospital Waterbury Vermont Natural Resources Council State St Montpelier Arthur Roberts

Rescuers log 93 calls in September for Bennington squad

The Bennington Rescue Squad handled 93 calls in September aiding 83 people. They made 62 hospital trips including to Albany and Troy and 7 home dismissals. Emergency events topped 52, with transfers, auto accidents, standbys, en route cancellations, and maintenance. Squad members mark service anniversaries and October is Coin Card collection month.

Bennington Albany N.Y Troy Hanover N.H Rutland Cambridge Cadillac International Ray Crosier Pete Stratton Steve Crawford

North Vietnamese Bombard Cambodian Supply Base Skoun

North Vietnamese troops bombarded Skoun, 35 miles northeast of Phnom Penh, for eight hours in the heaviest Cambodian base attack in six weeks. Reports say ROI overran Rokar Kong, 20 miles north of Phnom Penh, while U S B 52s pounded Laotian supply routes despite Typhoon Joan. Cambodian spokesmen note light casualties and firm defenses as South Vietnamese forces withdraw 2,000 troops from Cambodia.

Phnom Penh UPI Skoun Saigon Ho Chi Minh Trail Laos Rokar Kong Cambodia Mekong Neak Leung

Bradford Creamery seeks permission to pollute Connecticut River

Bradford Creamery asks Vermont Water Resources Board to extend dumping of untreated wastes into the Connecticut River for the rest of the year amid state legal threats. Whiting Milk Co. subsidiary of Dairylea Inc. filed the application after a planned plant move was delayed by a strike.

Water Resources Martin Johnson

Moose at Delmar Farm Suspected of Fatal Brain Disease

In New York state officials report a 1000‑pound moose at Delmar Game Farm showing fearless behavior, a sign of a mid stage brain worm disease that affects moose deer reindeer caribou elk and sheep. The illness does not threaten humans.

Chatham New York State Delmar

Latham Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested After Press Conference

Pittsfield man Kent J. DeShaw was named by police as the lone bandit who robbed the Latham branch of the Cohoes Savings Bank of between 5,000 and 10,000 Thursday afternoon. He was arrested ten minutes later at the Latham Shopping Center and identified by police at an unusual post robbery press briefing.

Latham Pittsfield Mass Cohoes Savings Bank Kent J. DeShaw DeShaw

Berkshire planning boards weigh joint talk on new north-south highway

North Adams and Williamstown officials consider a joint meeting to discuss a state DPW proposed north-south corridor with a Route 2 spur into Vermont. Town leaders stress the plan may sparingly affect Williamstown, contrasting with earlier Route 7 bypass opposition. specifics on corridor not given. Adams committee forms Adams Summer Festival to sustain annual celebration with Aug 25 29 tentative next year. Pittsfield GE workers get 5-cent cost of living rise on Oct 26. second increase this year after Jan 26 raise.

North Adams Williamstown State Department of Public Works Vermont Lawrence B. Urbano ADAMS Pittsfield Pittsfield General Electric

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Peter Chapman Anne Miller Mt. Anthony Union High School Southwestern Vermont Ymca Building Fund Movie Review Geoffrey Chapman Anne Grete Lilian Lazy Eye Clinic Mrs Terrence J. Lanigan Ralph Wooddell FMC Corp San Jose World Trade Club Federal Building United Nations General Assembly Chinatown Muir Woods San Francisco Bay Golden Gate Park Boston New England ALA Lakes New Hampshire Massachusetts Berkshires Springfield Connecticut Rhode Island Donald Hemenway John Chaill Jes Wilk North ST. Bennington, VT Norton Essex County Russell Holmes Canaan Peter Fuller Holmes Attorney General’s Fuller Anthony Frank Tanzi Providence, R.I Randolph Gifford Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees John Lally Rutland Hospital Vermont Medical Center Burlington Jericho Alice K. King State Auditor of Accounts Employment Security Department New York Down In Berkshire
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