Vactor cleans town drainage as plan approved
Town Manager Louis Savelas announces the Vactor will relieve clogged manholes and culverts using 1500 psi water flush and suction. Rented from Montpelier for 75 dollars an hour, funded by federal disaster money, it will operate in Bennington about two and a half days.
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South Street
Louis Savelas
Louis G. Savelas
City of
Montpelier
Savelas
Bennington
Selectmen
Louis C. Savelas
Lavelas
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
Directors raise concerns over MAU principal hiring
Mt Anthony Union High School will appoint Eugene P Smith on a one year contract but two directors Joseph Hals and Barth Vander Els raised concerns over the hiring process. They questioned premature votes and alleged withholding of the candidate’s application. Other board members defended Smith noting strong qualifications while some delays sought more applicants.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Eugene P. Smith
Joseph Hall
Smith
Hall
Bennington
Whitehall
N.Y
William Congdon
Congdon
Richard Sleeman
George A. Sleeman
Mt. Anthony
Vander Els
Sleeman
David Adler
George Sleeman
Joseph Parks
Kips
Planning Commission
Corcoran
R. Paul Wickes
Chapel Road
Wickes
Morrissey
Shaftsbury
Strikes, zoning debate, and Great Meadow tensions loom
A local meeting grappled with a jail strike linked to Attica sympathy. Officials weighed zoning changes near Chapel Road amid resident and landowner concerns. Reports described overcrowding at Great Meadow and a related public safety debate, while disaster aid and landfill issues drew attention from town leaders.
Emergency powers eyed to curb IRA threat in Ireland
Government plans emergency measures to crush armed conspiracy with detention up to seven days and seven year penalties for IRA membership, plus six hour holds by army for suspects. Fianna Fail opposition voices concern as mid September enactment looms, while US politics feature criticism of Carter by Meany.
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Northern Ireland
Fianna Fair
IRA
O'Brien Calls for Wealth Disclosure and Senate Reform
O'Brien argues wealth is not evil but demands disclosure when in office and criticizes senators who lack support. He urges stockholders to challenge corporate inequities and fights for monumental Senate changes, labeling many colleagues Neanderthals. He notes Sen. Robert E. Cummings of Bennington County not seeking re election.
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O’brien
Senate
Robert E. Cummings
Bennington County
Cummings
Today’s Banner
Funeral for Alfred W. Dunican Held in Bennington
Alfred W. Dunican retired longtime manager of the Bennington Fish Hatchery died Sunday at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Funeral held Tuesday at Hanson-Walbridge Chapel with Rev Floyd I La Bombard officiating. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. American Legion members attended and flag was presented to Mrs Dunican by Joseph Lobrovko. Also attended by Fish and Game Department employees. Eastern Star and Masonic services conducted by Mt Anthony Lodge.
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Alfred W. Dunican
Bennington Fish Hatchery
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson-Walbridge
Floyd I. la Bombard
First Baptist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Bennington
la Bombard
American Legion
Dunican
Joseph Lobravk
Hospital Notes Admissions List for August 31 1976
On Tuesday August 31 1976 admissions include Bette Chamberlain of Bennington Anna Sosa of Shaftsbury. Discharges include Brent Parize Tamatha Rogers Bennington Paula Maxon of Pownal Margaret Lanna Hoosick Falls NY and Myrtie Sullivan Wilmington.
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Bette Chamberlain
Bennington
Anna Sosa
Shaftsbury
Brent Parize
Tamatha Rogers
Paula Maxon
Pownal
Margaret Lanna
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Myrtie Sullivan
Wilmington
Prouty Funeral Held for Londonderry Motorcyclist
Funeral services were held at South Londonderry Baptist Church for Gary L. Prouty 23 of Londonderry who died in a Route 100 motorcycle crash. The service was led by Rev. Robert Abarno with graveside prayers at Riverside Cemetery. Born Sept 2 1952 he was a son of Clyde and Clara Prouty and worked as a truck driver for his father. He belonged to Phoenix Fire Co. 6 and left a son Gary Jr and daughter Lynn from a prior marriage plus two brothers a sister and other relatives. Memorials were suggested to the Londonderry Rescue Squad care of Peter Cobb.
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South Londonderry Baptist Church
Gary L. Prouty
Londonderry
Robert Abarno
Riverside Cemetery
Townshend
Clyde and
Clara (Kuusela) Prouty
Leland and Gray High School
Candidates chosen for Bennington justice of the peace nods
Bennington Democrats nominated Robert Keough Joe Carroll Lucy Pello Tony Pello Alfred Heekin Arthur Lemieux Alden Har wood Ruby Van Santvord Scott Racicot Theodore Galipeau Alexander Drysdale Jane Phillips Kathy Briody Edward Kuhn Peggy Worthington for JOP. GOP caucus names Herbert Albrycht Helen Campbell Tom Cushman Catherine Dermody Richard Dziadul Thomas Haley Jr. Robert Gilroy John DeVito Lucia Howard Ronald Knapp John Lowre Roy Sullivan John Stone Dorothy Warren John Young. Woodford Dems nominated Jesse Bugbee Rosalea Wright John Clarey Dorothy King Phyllis Smith for JOP. Shaftsbury Peru caucus results unavailable.
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Bennington Democrats
Justice of the Peace
Robert Keough
Joe Carroll
Lucy Pello
Tony Pello
Alfred Heekin
Arthur Lemieux
Alden E. Harwood
Ruby van Santvord
Scott Racicot
Theodore Galipeau
Alexander Drysdale
Jane Phillips
Kathy Briody
Edward Kuhn
Peggy Worthington
Bennington
GOP
Herbert Albrycht
Helen Campbell
Tom Cushman
Catherine Dermody
Richard Dziadul
Thomas R. Haley Jr
Robert P. Gilroy
John DeVito
Lucia Howard
Ronald Knapp
John F. Lowre
Roy Sullivan
John Stone
Dorothy Warren
John Young
Cairman
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
Dermody
Woodford
Shaftsbury
Peru
Democratic
Bennington Briefs Tag Sale for Fire Co Benefit
A tag sale to benefit Bennington Rural Fire Co. 3 will be held Saturday at 13 Robinson Ave starting at 11 a.m. Robert O. Liebensperger of Morse Trailer Park Bennington, a New York Army National Guard member, attended ESMA NCO School at Camp Smith Aug 7-21. Navy Boiler Tech. 30 Gerald N. Maxon Jr., 18, of Settlers Road Bennington, serves on the destroyer USS Davis in Unit as part of Unitas XVII, a joint Atlantic naval exercise with South American forces. Maxon, a 1975 Fremont High School graduate, joined the Navy in July 1975.
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Bennington Rural Fire Co. 3
Robinson Ave
Robert O. Liebensperger
Morse Trailer Park
Bennington
New York Army National Guard
Empire State Military Academy
ESMA
Camp Smith
Peekskill
N.Y
Navy Boiler Tech
Gerald N. Maxon Jr
Gerald N. Maxon
Settlers Road
Davis
Charleston
S.C
U.S
American High School
Fremont
Calif
Maxon
Navy
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Attica
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LaBate
Robert Knowland
North Bennington
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Robert C. Milsovic
Knowland
Paran Recreations Inc
Lake Paran
Sarelas
Recreation Department
Comstock
Great Meadow
State Corrections Commission
New York
FDA
Fort Ann
Edward LaClair
Kelley
FBI
Bureau
John P. Dunphy
Steffen
Kentucky
Army Corps of Engineers
Midwest
Nancy Steffen
Holland
Kansas
Missouri
Missouri Ozarks
Vermont
Dublin
United States
Carter
Meany
O'Brien
Justice of Peace
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