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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1975

Page

7

Public hearing on CEO low income programs Hoosick Falls NY

About 20 residents attended a Ren sselaer County CEO hearing to evaluate local low income services including nutrition health care legal aid and a county satellite office. The session endorsed the School Lunch nutrition program and suggested adding a school breakfast program. The meeting covered transportation access co op shopping, upcoming Halloween events, and toll free county agency contact numbers.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Commission On Economic Opportunity CEO Rensselaer County Food Co-Op Troy David Berlant

Local Notes From Walloomsac And Nearby Towns

Mrs Anna Griffin returned home from Samaritan Hospital in Troy last Saturday. Mr and Mrs John O Hare visited relatives in East Greenbush. Mrs Jay Arnold underwent surgery October 20 at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington. Oscar Stewart Sr will celebrate his 79th birthday in November at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge. He is out of intensive care.

Anna Griffin Samaritan Hospital Troy John O’hare Fred O'Connor East Greenbush Jay Arnold Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington Oscar Stewart Sr Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge

Pownall area community notices and family visits

The week featured visits among locals including Pownall area residents and relatives. Activities included church events, a Farm Extension meeting, a rummage sale, AA meeting, youth fellowship, a library open house, and a birth announcement for Jeffrey Michael Fox with ties to Hoosick Falls Health Center.

The Women’s Fellowship of the Pownal Center Jeffrey Michael Cortland Robert Fox

Neuquen seeks regional institute for hot spring studies

Neuquen province on the Argentina Chile border considers creating a regional institute to study therapeutic industrial and tourist applications of Copahue hot springs waters fed by the Copahue volcano at 6000 feet. Also notes on sleep aiding problem solving and a correction about a youth joining the Air Force and Kathleen Leslie’s parental details.

Neuquen Argentina UPI Argentina-Chile Copahue

National Right to Work presses Vermont senators over strike site bill

The National Right to Work Committee ran full page ads urging Sen. Robert Stafford and Sen. Patrick Leahy to oppose a labor backed bill broadening construction unions rights to picket at different sites. The two senators back the proposal. The ad urged readers to write to the lawmakers and President Ford.

Burlington UPI Vermont U.S National Robert Stafford R-Vt Patrick Leahy D-Vt Stafford Leahy Ford

Vermont colleges weigh raises after Salmon order

Vermont State College trustees meet to decide pay raises for faculty after Gov Salmon ordered 7.2 percent. colleges claim 5.4 percent is all they can afford and Chancellor William Craig may urge a supplemental appropriation or deficit spending. Essex Junction to appeal reinstatement of two policemen to state Supreme Court. Montpelier industry seeks court block on proposed auto regulations requiring written repair estimates.

Castleton UPI Vermont State College Thomas Salmon William Craig Salmon Craig Essex Junction State Supreme Court James Sexton Ronald Audette Ernest Gibson Supreme Court Montpelier API Vermont Washington County Superior Court Attorney General

Burlington Police Switch to Hollow-Point Ammunition

Police defend using hollow-point bullets to protect the public and officers. The Vermont ACLU condemned the change and urged the police commission to reconsider, citing the Geneva Convention ban on expanding bullets.

Burlington UPI Vermont American Civil Liberties Union ACLU

Former Troy Assemblyman Robbed in Downtown Bank Holdup

Thomas H. Brown a 67 year old Republican and former mayoral candidate was abducted at gunpoint outside Marine Midland Bank at Grand and Fourth. The robber stole 90 dollars and forced him to withdraw 800 more. Police pursued the suspect who escaped in Brown’s car after alarms were sounded. A small pistol was found at the scene. The suspect, in a rented yellow sedan, remains at large along with two other robbers tied to other recent Week incidents.

Troy Willie Small Eighth St Thomas H. Brown Old Common Council Marine Midland Bank Grand Fourth Streets Brown Jefferson Street

Child injured by embedded razor in chocolate bar during trick or treat

A 9 year old Dalton boy cut his right thumb by a double edge blade hidden in a Nestle Choco Lite bar given during Halloween. Police and school officials inspected all collected candy. No other incidents reported. In Great Barrington, unemployment fell to 5.2 percent in September despite state rise to 14 percent, with Pittsfield and North Adams showing higher rates.

Dalton Paul Whiting South St Matthew Nestle Dalton School Great Barrington Commonwealth Nantucket State Division of Pittsfield North Adams

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