Vermonters face coal shortage amid looming national strike
Vermont energy director Forrest Orr warns of coal shortages as a potential UMW strike nears. While most coal users rely on anthracite, Blue Coal Co. collapse and tight supply raise dealer difficulties. only Burlingon Electric uses coal for power. Prices rose from 40 to 70 80 dollars per ton as stocks vary and aid targets low income households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Blue Coal Co
Vermont
E. C. Crosby and Sons Inc
Danby
Burlingen Electric Light Department
Orr
Dantos elected Vermont Chamber of Commerce president at Bolton
Phidias Dantos executive of Quebec Lakes Corp was elected president of the Vermont State Chamber of Commerce at its 24th annual meeting held at the Bolton Valley Lodge. He succeeds Russell Holden as board chairman and holds multiple aviation and real estate roles. Also elected were officers Robert Brewer Thomas Hood Conrad Flynn and Chris Barbieri along with a broad slate of new board members from across Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
Quebec Lakes Corp
Phidias Dantos
Vermont State Chamber of Commerce
Greater Vermont Association
Bolton Valley Lodge
New England Power Co
Russell Holden
Chamber
Dantos
Andover
Mass
Lowell Institute of Technology
U.S. Navy
Massachusetts
Quebec Lakes Complex
Coolidge
Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission
National Association of State Aviation Officials
Washington, D.C
Alice Norris
Robert Brewer
Putney
Thomas Hood
Proctor
Conrad Flynn
Montpelier
Chris Barbieri
Underhill
Ken Archibald
Springfield
Peter Battelle
UVM
Paul C. Brown
Jay
Fred Cook
Ed Eurich
Waitsfield
Jay Gordon
Montpel
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Alumni Drive and Ads
Timothy Dorman acts as agent for Williams College alumni fund drive with a record goal of 955000. John Lyons, son of Bennington residents, enrolls as a freshman at St Anselm College in Manchester New Hampshire. Also listed are a moving sale and various local advertisements for services and goods including a pizzeria and car wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy D. Dorman
Harrison Ave
Williams College
John Lyons
John Lyons Sr
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Shad restoration plans snagged by Western Mass
Vermont officials report delays in restoring shad and Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River as Western Massachusetts Electric balks at building fish ladders. Vermont Fish and Game Commissioner Edward Kehoe intends pressure at a Boston meeting. plans include a federally funded hatchery for Atlantic salmon on the White River in Bethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Mass
Montpelier
UPI
Connecticut
Vermont
Vermont Fish and Game
Edward Kehoe
Western Massachusetts Electric Co
Massachusetts
Martin Johnson
Western Massachusetts Electric
Boston
Bethel
White River
Connecticut River
Triduum Holy Year observance set by Bennington parishes
Catholics in seven county parishes prepare for Pope Paul VI Holy Year with Triduum services at Sacred Heart St Francis de Sales and St John the Baptist Churches. Renewal reconciliation are themes as diocesan jubilee year observed. Public celebration on Nov 8 at St Francis de Sales features R Thomas Mattison speaker and Holy Cross novices music. Offerings aid Honduran flood victims with post service refreshments at Knights of Columbus Hall.
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Bennington Area
Joseph Quinn
C.S.C
Sacred Heart Church
St. Francis de Sales Church
St. John the Baptist Church
North Ben
Quinn
Paul
St. Margaret Mary’s of
Arlington
St. Paul’s
Manchester
St. Joachim’s
Readsboro
Don Bosco
Stamford
St. Jerome’s
Dorset
Our Lady of Lourdes
Pownal
Holy Trinity of
Danby
Holy Cross Novitiate
3Ennington
R. Thomas Mattison
St. Francis de Sales
Holy Cross
Honduras
Knights of Columbus
Main Street
Green Mountain Boys endorse Mason and Lyons for Vermont House
A Vermont race vignette notes the Green Mountain Boys, a developer backed group, endorsing former Rep. A Daniel Mason of Pownal and Lafayette Bud Lyons for the Bennington Pownal district. The endorsement places Mason against Charles Sauer and John Pudvar, while Lyons seeks one of two House seats in Benn District 4 1. The broader slate includes 19 candidates across Senate and House with eighty percent tied to development interests and a history of funding campaigns.
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Bennington County
Vermont
Green Mountain Boys
Daniel Mason
Pownal
Bennington
Lafayette
Bud’’ Lyons
Mason
Charles Sauer
John Pudvar
Bennington-Pownal
Lyons
Benn
State Senate
House
S. Seely
Obituary and civic notices from Bennington region
Obituary honors Mrs Julia Irene Dean 90 of Pownal Road died at home and recalls 50th wedding anniversary with Harold Dean. She leaves a daughter Julia Baker, son William Hattat, 11 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, sister, and past work baking pies. Also details on funeral plans for William F Allen 76 at Gibney Funeral Home and memorials to local rescue squads. Burlington notes report three Bennington area students winning top prizes for original compositions at Vermont Music Teachers Association meeting with details on winners and their pieces.
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Julia Irene Dean
Harold Dean
Pownal Road
Mt. Tabor
Harry
Helen (Risdon) Ralph
Dean
Bennington
Deans
Allen “‘A” Co
Julia Baker
William Hattat
Pownal
Harley Bowles
Rutland
William F. Allen
Beech St
Floyd I. la Bombard
First Baptist Church
Gibney
Frank and
Emma (Sprague) Allen
Halifax
Jacksonville
Sibley
Kathleen Wilcox
Unity Lodge 89
The
Jacksonville Masons
David Doty
Granville
N.Y
Robert
Pearley
Lenox
Mass
Olive LaRock
West Halifax
Burlington
Vermont Music Teachers Association
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Katherine Marker
Richard Marker
Hoosick Falls
Amy van der Linde
Reinhoud van der Linde
North Bennington
Tamar Witkin
Isaac Witkin
Bennington College
Rosamond van der Linde
Miss Marker
Miss Witkin
Julliard School of Music
New York City
Cambridge, N.Y
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Floyd H. Norris
Crosby
Margaret Lunn
Springfield Fuels Inc
St. Albans, Coal and Wood Co
Shirley Blouin
Quechec
State Chamber of Commerce
Abe Sowma
Howard N. Stark
Ronald Thompson
Jeffersonville
William Thompson
Earl Watson
Bennington Briefs
Jefferson Heights
Napolitano
Ben Mont Ave
Ziesse
East Road
Shaftsbury
Pearl Hoyt
Bennington Minit Car Wash
Kehoe
Nington
Nichols
Brattleboro
Parenti
Brattleboro Reformer
Michael Parenti
Liberty Union
Congress
Reformer
Francis Cain
James Jeffords
Jeffords
Cain
Rome Burns
Foster
Afford & Gage & Papers
Green
Mt. Boys
Londonderry
Muriel Follett
Weathersfield
Donald Ellison
Townshend
Royal B. Cutts
House Natural Resources Committee
Seattle, Wash
Rachel Anna Morland
Winslow
Seattle
Spokane
Rachel
Brook Ann Morland
Bill Haffie
Swedish Hospital
Providence Hospital
Virginia Mason Hospital
Gibney Funeral Home
Richard Campbell
First United Methodist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Funeral Home Office
Mrs. Dean
A. Daniel
John Stone
Wur
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