Mt Anthony DUO program faces review board critique
Mt Anthony students with sponsors and teachers prepare to present DUO proposals to a review board after next semester starts. Forums will meet weekly with mandatory attendance journals and monthly exams. Principal Keir defends the program amid calls for clearer standards and objectivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manion
Mt. Anthony
Charles W. Keir
Harrington
Raymond C. Murray
Gilman
Keir
Duo
Gloria Gil
Mayor gets his man nabbed during chase in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Mayor Richard Severson pursued a car on Main Street when it drifted onto the wrong side. He arrested Edward L. Manley III of Pittsfield after a crash under a light pole and Manley was fined $25 for each offense. A separate Vermont case saw Dr. Arthur Dick of Brandon fined $200 after pleading guilty to dispensing drugs without proper Health Board conformity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Richard Severson
Main Street
Edward L. Manley III
Pittsfield
Manley
Rutland
UPI
Arthur Dick
Brandon
Vermont
Vermont Health Board
Granite grant for pollution delayed in Barre
William Albert of the Vermont Water Resources Department says an $87,000 federal grant to study reducing granite pollution in Barre has been delayed by a moratorium on grants. The funds were to test waste disposal methods and remove sludge from local streams as granite firms polluted the area. Albert cites centralization of agencies as the reason for the hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre
UPI
William Albert
State Water Resources Department
Washington
Albert
Federal Water Quality Administration
Funeral services for Mrs Caroline E Peat of North Adams
Funeral services were held for Mrs Caroline E Ranger Peat widow of Henry I Peat in St Francis Church North Adams Mass with Rev Anthony J Creane as celebrant and Miss Maria Weber on organ Burial followed in Southview Cemetery with committal by Rev William H Smith and bearer grandsons William Peat Jr Paul Clermont Robert Gallagher Edward Farman Jr Paquale Lupo and Robert Cellana all of North Adams and nearby towns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline E. (Ranger) Peat
North Adams
Mass
Henry I. Peat
St. Francis Church
Anthony J. Creane
Maria Weber
Southview Cemetery
William H. Smith
William Peat Jr
Bennington
Paul Clermont
Adams
Robert Gallagher
Edward Farman Jr
Paquale Lupo
Robert Cellana
Forest Service supervisor reassigned to Kentucky post
Rutland based 34 year old forest supervisor of Green Mountain National Forest for three years transfers to a similar post at Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. His replacement is not named. John E. Alcock of Rutland will lead 570000 acres in Kentucky starting mid November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Green Mountain National Forest
Daniel Boone National Forest
Kentucky
John E. Alcock
U.S. Forest Service
Vermont
Bluegrass
Alcock
Forest Service
Green Mountain Forest
Alcott
Johnson
Jane
Julie
Winchester
Bomb suspect due in court over Essex County blast plot
A 30 year old Norton Vermont farm hand Peter Fuller faced court on charges for placing a bomb at the cottage of Essex County State's Attorney Russell Holmes in Canaan two weeks earlier. The device was discovered and disarmed by the prosecutor. Fuller awaits a lawyer and is held on fifty thousand dollars bail. A second suspect Anthony Frank Tanzi is being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildhall
UPI
Norton
Essex County
Russel Holmes
Canaan
Peter Fuller
Holmes’ Cottage
Fuller
Anthony Frank Tanzi
Providence, R.J
Bennington students in fatal Route 2 crash
Two Bennington College sophomores were seriously injured when a head on collision on Route 2 at Shelburne Massachusetts killed a Connecticut man and injured five others. Beth MacVeety 19 suffered concussion hip injury and cuts while Jennifer Bisgger 19 had leg and jaw fractures. Achillie Tremblay 39 died and five family members were injured including four year old Stephen Tremblay in critical condition. State police said the cars met at a wide curve on the Mohawk trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College
Shelburne
Mass
Connecticut
Beth MacVeety
Westport
Conn
Franklin County Hospital
Greenfield
Jennifer Bisgger
Washington, D.C
Achillie Tremblay
Claudette
Stephen Tremblay
Mohawk Trail
Forest cabin fire prompts rumor denial in Peru
Manchester District forest ranger Al Johnson discounted a story of a group of filthy naked youths herding up near Hapgood Pond and warned no problems with campers. The Sept 17 fire destroyed a 20 by 30 foot CCC built cabin. it was unoccupied and not planned for replacement due to lack of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Hapgood Pond
Peru
al Johnson
Green Mountain National Forest
Johnson
FBI
Samuel R. Ogden
Landgrove
Ogden
Forest Service
Peru Fire Department
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Bennington Briefs Local meetings and voter list updates
Bennington civic groups plan meetings this week including the Board of Civil Authority at 10 a.m. Saturday in the town clerk's office to adjust the Nov. 3 election checklist with a noon Oct. 31 deadline for name additions. Other items note Northwestern Mutual Life agents seminar, Knights of Columbus and VFW Auxiliary events, a Halloween masquerade dance, and an Amadon car wash special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Patrick T. H. Gordon
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Sheraton Tobacco Valley Motor Inn
Windsor
Conn
Gordon
Craig D. Potter
Manes concert aims to boost YMCA drive in Bennington
The Stephen Manes piano recital on November 14 seeks patrons to fund the YMCA Building Fund after the old YMCA on Main Street was leveled. Local committee urges donations of 25 to 50 dollars, with tickets priced 2 to 5 dollars, to complete the new Y and support area youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Manes
Ymca Building Fund
Y.wrecker
Steamshovel
YMCA
Main Street
Gage and
Coolidge
Manes
Bennington
Ludwig von Beethoven
Concert Committee
Box 58
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births in Bennington Area
Admissions list includes Wilford Pratt Earl Hurley Master John Carpenter Roy Healy Master Raymond Myers and others from Bennington Hoosick Falls Shaftsbury North Bennington and East Arlington Discharges Dorothy McGraw Bennington Martin Hirsch East Arlington Births announce a daughter for Jacob and and Mrs Whitesell of North Bennington born Oct 26 and a son for David Davies of Pownal and a son for Robert Hardesty of Hoosick Falls and a daughter for Donald Dusha of East Arlington also noting a grandson born Oct 12 Adam Christopher to Nelson Eddy of Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford Pratt
Earl S. Hurley
John A. Carpenter
Roy S. Healy
Raymond A. Myers
Bennington
James F. Bates
Hoosick Falls
Samuel P. Greene
Shaftsbury
Kathleen Daigneault
North Bennington
Jacob Whitesell
Bank Street Extension
David Davies
Royal Pine Villa
Pownal
Robert Hardesty
R.D.1
Donald Dusha
East Arlington
Ernest Eddy
South Road
South Cambridge
N.Y
Adam Christopher
Nelson Eddy
Vermont Governor Would Review Welfare for Strikers
Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis said the state should review its policy of granting welfare to workers on strike and will seek the 1971 legislature’s decision. He refused to take a firm position except to say the policy should not change while the Jones and Lamson strike in Springfield continues, with over 700 idled since June 9 and many receiving emergency aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
UPI
Deane C. Davis
State of
Vermont
Jones and Lamson
Springfield
Drug bill raises constitutional concerns and sentencing provisions
The measure includes a provision allowing judges to impose up to 25 extra years for a third drug felony based on uncontested evidence with government appeal rights. Opponents argue it violates due process and double jeopardy. The bill authorizes 428 million dollars over three years for rehabilitation, agency operations, hiring 300 agents, and a commission on marijuana policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau
Residence rule appeal could limit its reach
Parker noted a residency rule appeal hinges on how far the ruling may extend beyond residency. He said there is a legal basis for the rule but the key issue is what constitutes a reasonable period. Appeal papers are ready once a decision is made and the attorney general's office is expected to propose changes to the 1971 legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Attorney General's Office
Robbery victim leaves hospital in Vermont town
Mrs. Edgar Lecuyer of Bellows Falls, once Irene LaFlamme of Bennington, who suffered head cuts in an armed robbery at Lecuyer’s Food Mart on Rockingham Street, was discharged from Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Louis J. Kountz, 28, of Hartford, was arraigned in Windham District Court with $5,000 bail and jailed in Woodstock after police recovered $108 stolen from the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellows Falls
Edgar Lecuyer
Irene LaFlamme
Bennington
Rockingham Street
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Louis J. Kountz
Hartford
Lecuyer’s Food Mart
Liberty Union Nominates Deborah Kincaid for Vermont Governor
Vermont heats up as Deborah Kincaid of St. Johnsbury launches a write in bid for governor at Goddard College Plainfield amid concerns over prejudice housing and the sales tax. She will campaign with limited resources in her hometown and garner support from Liberty Union ally John Hammar in Windsor County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Kincaid
St. Johnsbury
Davis
Leo O’brien
Vermont
John Hammar
Springfield
Liberty Union
State Senate
Windsor County
Hammar
Hoff Recounts Prouty Attendance Versus Aiken Record
Vermont Democrat Philip Hoff accused Republican Winston Prouty of poor Senate attendance while contrasting Prouty’s record with George Aiken’s during regional political combat. Hoff urged impartial review of committee participation and attacked Prouty on debates and policy funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Senate
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Hoff
Winston L. Prouty
George D. Aiken
Foreign Relations
Agriculture
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Prouty
Special Committee On
Washington
Republican National Committee
Aiken
Obituary for Mrs Florence Stolte of Grafton and Mr Connelly of Bennington
Obituary notices honor Florence A. Stolte 94 of Grafton formerly Brattleboro a nurse who became Brattleboro’s first district nurse and died after a long illness. Also noted is Francis P. Connelly 76 of Bennington who died unexpectedly at Putnam Memorial Hospital, with funeral arrangements pending. Survivors listed for both include a daughter and extended family. services planned in Brattleboro and Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence A. (MacDonald) Stolte
Grafton
Brattleboro
Daniel J. Stolte
Edward W. Toomey
McGirr Nurs
Bellows Falls
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Montague
Prince Edward Island
Augustine C. MacDonald
Mary Elizabeth MacDonald
Nova Scotia
Whidden Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Everett
Mass
Boston Floating Hospital
Stolte
Toomey
Bennington
Stoke
Funerals for McGovern and Edson Held in Vermont Churches
The funeral for James McGovern 90 a North Bennington retired postmaster was at St John the Baptist Church North Bennington with a Requiem High Mass Rev Michael Demasi celebrant A prayer at Mahar Son Funeral Home preceded the Mass Bearers from the North Bennington Post Office were John Powers John Flood Frederick Driscoll and Thomas Biggs Also noted were the calling hours led by Father Demasi and attendance from Rensselaer NY North Bennington and nearby areas St Johns Cemetery was the burial site Relatives and friends came from Rensselaer NY North Bennington and surrounding areas Funeral services for A Sidney Edson of 203 Grandview St were held Monday afternoon in the First Baptist Church Rev Floyd LaBombard officiated Mrs Lewie Dodge organist Bearers included Edward Emmons Hoosick Falls William F D Smith Shaftsbury Lewis Carpenter Carleton Carpenter Marshall White and James Vince Bennington attendees included friends from Bennington North Adams and Hoosick Falls Relatives traveled from Cincinnati Fairborn Ohio and Norfolk Virginia Committal prayers were offered at Park Lawn Cemetery and burial followed Mr Edson longtime zoning inspector and village auditor died unexpectedly at his home He had just retired from zoning inspector post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis P. Connelly Sr
North St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
John A
Anna S. (Kearse) Connelly
C. E. Prevost
Connelly
St. Francis de Sales Church
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Bennington Fire Department
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
James McGovern
North Bennington
St. John the Baptist Church
Michael Demasi
John Powers
John Flood
Frederick Driscoll
North Bennington Post Office
Thomas Biggs
Demasi
St. John’s Cemetery
Rensselaer
N.Y
A. Sidney Edson
Grandview St
First Baptist Church
Floyd LaBombard
Central Baptist Church of
Norwich, Conn
Lewie Dodge
Edward Emmons
Hoosick Falls
William F.D. Smith
Shaftsbury
Lewis Carpenter
Carleton Carpenter
Marshall White
James Vince
North Adams
Cincinnati
Fairborn
Ohio
Norfolk
LaBombard
Park Lawn Cemetery
Edson
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Mrs
Forest Cabin
Bennington Briefs
Dick Winslow
Arlington
Ruth Boodakian
Dewey St
Phillip Boodakian
Northampton
Mt. Anthony Union High School
C.S.A. General Agency In
Manchester, N.H
American Legion
Eagle Hose House
Bradford Hook & Ladder
Order of Eagles Aerie 1861
Eagles Rooms
Martha Morse
Irene Gillins
Joan Perry
Eva McClelland
Leona Prouty
VFW
Moe Harrington
Knights of Columbus
Anthony M. Bobrowski
Ln Amadon
North Bennington Rd
Ruth Ellen Bloustein
Alice Crowell
Muriel Rowe
Rosamund van der Linde
Julius H. Manes
the Carriage Inn
Dollar Nite
F.F., Cole Slaw, Rolls & Butter
Shaftsbury, Vt
Dorothy McGraw
Martin Hirsch
Montpelier
Agway Petroleum Corp
Hunt Street
Bull
Evans News
William Fox
State House
St. Albans
Harold Arthur
Sam Lloyd
Weston
Committee On Alternatives
William Meyer
Meyer
Winston Prouty
Lloyd
St. Michael’s Church
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Salem
Hamburg
U.S. NO. 1
Salem's Supermarket
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