General manager named for Eagle Publishing units
Paul J. Major was promoted to general manager of Eagle Publishing Co. and its subsidiaries, including The Eagle, The Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer, Torrington Register, Eagle Street Realty Corp., and American Buildings Inc. Major joined The Eagle in 1953 as business manager, and has held prior roles at Peat Marwick. He is a Berkshire banking and accounting professional with Navy service and civic commitments.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Paul J. Major
Eagle Publishing Co
Donald B. Miller
The
Eagle
Major
Boston
Peat, Marwick & Mitchell
Bennington Banner
Brattleboro
Dunham Street Mall
Berkshire Bank & Trust Co
Trust
Gover
Vermont secretary of state calls tax deduction for college costs
Richard Thomas a Republican candidate and Vermont Secretary of State urged parents of college students be allowed to deduct higher education costs from income tax. Speaking to a Barre civic club he argued it is unfair to deduct gifts to scholarship funds while parents are denied the same relief for educating their own children.
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Barre
Upi
Richard Thomas
Thomas
Vermont
Bennington Injury Suit Settles Out of Court
An ex Bennington resident now in Fort Worth settles a $900000 personal injury suit against two area firms and Central Vermont Public Service Corp for about $150000. The case, tried in U S District Court Burlington, alleged electrical burns from a May 14 1969 incident in Bennington injuring Boswell who had his left leg amputated. The three day jury trial ended with the out of court settlement, avoiding a verdict.
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Burlington
Bennington
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Louis E. Boswell
Fort Worth
Texas
U.S. District Court
Boswell
William and Marion Morse
William Morse Construction Co
D.D. Jolivette Electric Co
CVPS
Poultney Law Firm
Williams and Williams
Morse
Girl Scout Notes Highlight Bennington Fund Drive Efforts
The Girl Scouts of Bennington thank contributors to the Girl Scout Fund Raising Campaign led by Mrs. Paul Bohne III. Bennington excelled in giving. Troop 246 of St. Peter's Church earned the Observer badge by hiking the woods and collecting nature specimens. New treasurer Marleigh Liggett and scribe Lynn Dence were elected.
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Girl Scouts of
Bennington
Paul Bohne III
St. Peter’s Church
Candidates asked views on U S and Indochina
Burlington. The Southeast Asia Task Force of the Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society has sent four questions to all senatorial and congressional candidates seeking their positions on Southeast Asia. Replies are due by Oct. 28 with results to be released publicly by Nov. 4 and distributed to Vermont churches.
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Burlington
Southeast Asia
Vermont Ecumenical Council and Bible Society
U.S
United States
Vermont Ecumenical Council
Don Luce
Rev Buechner to Speak at Williams Freshman Weekend
The Rev. Frederick Buechner of Dorset Vermont will preach at 10 30 a m Sunday worship in Thompson Memorial Chapel Williams College during Freshman Parents Weekend. Special music features the Chapel Choir and a 14 piece Baroque orchestra performing Handel and Holst with Prof Kenneth Roberts conducting. The service marks the first public all mixed choir performance by Williams students.
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Williamstown
Mass
Frederick Buechner
Dorset
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Williams College
Princeton University
Union Theological Seminary
Buechner
Irene Glascock
O. Henry
Richard and Honda Rosenthal
Ansel Gibbs
Lion County
Williams Choral Society
Baroque
G.F. Handel
Gustav Holst
Williams
Detroit
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Roberts
Robert K. Buckwalter
Lauren R. Stevens
Stephen G. Phillips
Mark Walsh
J.S. Bach
Dollars For Scholars Expands Board At First Meeting
Dollars For Scholars held its first meeting of the year in the hospital conference room and re elected officers. George Sleeman is president with Marie R Bergquist as vice president and Burton Potter as treasurer. The group aims to raise 15000 to fund scholarships for students pursuing further education.
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George Sleeman
Marie R. Bergquist
Burton Potter
Sleeman
Shelburne man earns CLU designation in Chicago
Stanton C. Hall of Shelburne, son of Dr. W. S. Hall, received the chartered life underwriter designation at national conferment exercises of the American College of Life Underwriters in Chicago. He is an agent for Connecticut General Life Insurance Co with offices in Burlington and Barre Montpelier. Hall has been active in United Fund Cancer Crusade and Heart Fund.
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Shelburne
Stanton C
Tony” Hall
W. S. Hall
North Bennington
American College of Life Underwriters
Chicago
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Hall
United Fund
Cancer Crusade
Heart Fund
Burlington
Barre- Montpelier
CLU
Farmer Wins Bargain Buy as Piglets Arrive at Newark Market
Newark England. Walter Cross bid at the cattle market and won a pig as a bargain. The sow began delivering during the sale and by nightfall Cross had 12 pigs in total. The litter consisted of the sow and 11 piglets.
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Newark
England
UPI
Walter Cross
Cross
Haystack halts sewer project pending state review
Haystack Corp will discontinue construction of a sewage treatment plant and sewer lines pending approval by the state Water Resources Board. The halt followed a meeting with the board Wilmington town officials and the Agency of Environmental Conservation. Haystack seeks a possible joint system with Wilmington while the town’s facility soon requires tertiary treatment and nutrient stripping to meet new standards.
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Wilmington
Haystack Corp
State Water Resources Board
Protection Division
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Haystack
R. Marshall Witten
Bennington
Water Resources Com
Martin L. Johnson
Chimney Hill Roads
Witten
AAUW October Meeting Hosts Drew Professor
The American Association of University Women met at the Carrigan sisters home. Dr. Ben Kimpel of Drew University spoke on how the identity of man and the self shape political philosophy, comparing Eastern and Western thought, and noting how philosophical attitude influences a people’s politics.
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American Association of University Women
Catherine
Helen Carrigan
Association
Ben Kimpel
Drew University
Chapel Road bridge reopens after repairs meets standards
Town Manager Edward R. Lamb says Chapel Road bridge now carries up to 16,000 pounds allowing school buses. District highway engineer Ivor S. Pelsue re evaluated post repairs and confirmed safety for bus traffic. Contractor Norman Stratton completed work. selectmen authorized up to 500 dollars, with bill under 300. Assistant Supt. George A. Sleeman said buses start using it next Tuesday.
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Chapel Road
Edward R. Lamb
Ivor S
Tink’’ Pelsue
Lamb
Norman Stratton
Supt
George A. Sleeman
The
Banner
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Main Street
Carton
Astercharge
Bankamericard Wecome
Deni Me 4S Furniture Inc
Benningtonian
James Haugh
Rutland
J. Fred Carbine Jr
Rutland Law
Webber and Costello
Norton Barber
Peter F. Langrock
Middlebury
Jolivette
Girl Scout
Indochina
S.C. Hall
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Drew
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Bennington, VT
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United Nations
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