Bennington College Faces Unresolved Case With Biologist Lyon
At Bennington College the new president and biologist Irving Lyon remain at an impasse over his sabbatical status and dispute. Lyon plans to leave for Copenhagen while keeping his case alive, storage of lab equipment secured, and potential court action as a possible outcome.
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John Leaning
Bennington College
Irving Lyon
Gail T. Parker
Lyon
Yon
Parker
Fer
University of Copenhagen
Case
Denmark
Cturt
Flags fly at half staff at Vermont State House
Flags at the Vermont State House were lowered to half staff in response to Tuesday’s tragedy at the Munich Olympics. Civil and Military Affairs Secretary Joseph Kert said acting Gov. John Burgess ordered both U.S. and Vermont flags lowered to honor the victims and reflect Olympic spirit and brotherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Munich
Joseph Kert
John Burgess
Day care center assured of tax exempt status
Bennington Day Care Center will likely be exempt from property taxes, after Town Counsel Norton Barber advised that the nonprofit serves an indefinite class of people: children of working parents. Selectmen backed the opinion, criticizing the sisters for not exempting the center and avoiding legal costs.
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Bennington
Bennington Sisters
Union Street
Norton Barber
Berber
Alex Drysdale
Mill fire ruled accidental amid blaze probes in Bennington
Investigations continue into two Bennington fires while the White River Valley lumber mill blaze in Manchester on August 22 is ruled accidental. State Police arson investigators await Montpelier lab results before probing the Prospect Street home fire linked to Shirley Messies, former van Graves residence.
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Bennington
White River Valley
Manchester
Montpelier
Prospect Street
Shirley Messies
van Graves
Walker
School Street
Art Ward
Beliont Avenue
Glenn Hall
Harold Kinney
Trial Opens In Bennington Police Officer Case
Opening arguments in the District Court jury trial of Police Officer Bruce Blanchard focus on whether his actions caused the death of 13 year old Cindy Bent after a collision at East Main and Branch Streets. State argues negligence. defense says blameless response to a fire alarm.
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John P. Morrissey
Bruce Blanchard
Cindy Bent
East Main
Branch Streets
Wanchard
Bennington
Beverly Mattison
Chapel Road
Mattison
Neil Moss
Miss Mattison
Branch Street
Frank Snows
South Stream Road
Mesa
Gallce
Frank G. Mahady
Blanchard
Checkit Doora
Bennington Ford Barage
East Main Street
Burgess Road
Mahady
Bennington Ford
Bennington Elks to attend funeral of Earl T. Thompson
Bennington Lodge of Elks meets at the Elks Home at 7 p.m. to march to Mahar and Son Funeral Home for paying last respects to Earl T. Thompson. HOME Inc board to hold monthly meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at Beech Court apartment 12. Shea Agency advertises life insurance options. Elks steak dinner and dance set for Saturday September 9 with dinner 7 to 8 p.m. and dancing 9 to 12. $4 per person.
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Board of Directors of
Home Inc
Beech Court
Elks
Munich Olympics hostage crisis ends in bloodshed
A raid at the Israeli compound during the Munich Games triggered hours of high level talks as Black September militants demanded 200 Arab prisoners by noon. Police opened fire as helicopters moved away, killing hostages and militants after a chaotic sequence at Fuerstenfeldbruck Airport. Hospital notes list local patients and discharges on September 5, 1972.
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Tsraelis
Israel
Brandt
America
Mark Spitz
Munich
Tandon
Spitz
Black September Movement
Wastt Tel
Germany
Olympic
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Otto Merk
Pollution curbs review set for Mt Snow and Haystack
The Vermont Water Resources Board will tour Mt Snow and Haystack Mountain to examine anti-pollution issues. The visit is planned for September 21, with actions on Woodward Reservoir Plymouth and Lake Bomoseen Castleton delayed pending more information. No action is planned for Shadow Lake Stowe.
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Mt. Snow
Haystack
Montpelier
UPS
Water Resources Hoard
Vermont
Haystack Mountain
Woodward Reservoir
Plymouth
Castleton
Stowe
Jeffords denounces prosecutors' statewide endorsement
In Montpelier Republican gubernatorial candidate Attorney General James Jeffords denounces five Vermont state attorneys general endorsements for Luther Hackett. The group said Hackett helped upgrade prosecution while Jeffords says the claims misstate facts and notes the federal grant proposal would strengthen county systems.
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Hackett
Barnett
Neil Moss
Bennington County
Robert Tepper
Rutland County
Dale Gray
Calefonia County
Paul Hudson
Windsor County
Chittenden County
William Wuester
Vermont House
Vermont
Westraeda
Ee Jeffords Ls. A
South Burlington
South East
Burlington
Bally
Hackett postpones visit here due to family illness
Luther "Fred" Hackett, one of two Republican gubernatorial hopefuls in the primary, abruptly cancelled a scheduled campaign stop in Bennington today because of a sudden family illness. He was also to deliver a major position paper on mental health at United Counseling Service. The appearance and statement were postponed indefinitely and no reschedule date was announced ahead of the September primary.
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Luther
Fred" Hackett
Hackett
United Counseling Service
Bennington
Earl T Thompson 66 Bennington tree expert dies
Earl T Thompson 66 known as Nig of 108 Lafayette St Bennington a tree specialist died unexpectedly Tuesday after dining He owned Thompson Tree Company and trained many in the field He was a life member of Bennington Elks and belonged to a local fraternal lodge Survived by wife Bridget Mahar two daughters Lucretia Belanger Virginia Gallpeau a son Timothy Thompson eleven grandchildren and several relatives Funeral Friday at Mahar & Son Funeral Home with calling hours tonight and Thursday Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery Memorials to Bennington Rescue Squad.
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Earl T. Thompson
Lafayette St
Nig" Thompson
Thompson Tree Company
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arthur
Faris
Mr. Thompson
Pownal
Theron and
Cornelia (Cooper) Thompson
Bridget Mahar
St. Francis
Theodore
Virginia
Death notices for Loomis and Moore in North Bennington and Troy
M Clark Loomis 84 of Mattese Road North Bennington dies after long illness. Born May 28 1833 son of Leland M and Bertha Loomis, survived by wife Belzora Matteson and sister Mrs Joseph Knickebocker. Funeral Thursday 2 pm from Matteson farm. burial Grandview Cemetery. Also funeral arrangements for Edmund T Moore retired Troy fire chief who died after long illness in St Marys Hospital Troy. He leaves wife Frances Dominique, daughter Mrs Michael Rosch Jr, son Paul T Moore, two grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 9 39 am from Joseph A O’Bryan Funeral Home to St Patrick's Church Troy. Burial St Peters Cemetery Troy.
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M. Clark Loomis
Mattese Road
North Bennington
Shafts
Leland M
Bertha (Clark) Loomis
H.C. White Co
H.C. Cushman Co
North Benington
Belzora Matteson
Matteson
Taamis
Matteson Farm
Matteson Road
Grandview
M.clark Loomis
North Bennington Baptist Church
Mahar & Son
Edmund T. Moore
Troy, N.Y
St. Mary's Hospital
Troy
Lea Miller
Old Bennington
Fire Department
Moore
St. Judge's Church
Wynantskill
N.Y
Frances Dominique
Michael Rosch Jr
Waterford
N Bn
Paul T. Moore
Joseph A. O'Bryan
St. Patrick's Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
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Perrotta
Winslow
Selectman
J.C. Jerome
Planning Commission
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Carrell
Carroll
Edward R. Lamb
State Highway Department
Lamb
East Man Street
Union
Main
Safford Streets
Dempsey
Putnam Street
Nursing Hore
Willow Road
Rather
Maine
Sulvetinen
Nixon
Golda Meir
United States
Depot Street
Statehouse
Scott Murray
Community Resources Center
Memorial Park Pool
Rick Dziadul
David Allen
Raymond Murry
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Mutual of Omaha
Bruce
Mack
Park St
Benn
Shea Agency,Inc
Adminsglans
Myron Lake
Ruby White
Melinda Giroux
Barney Davis
Mary Ann Ficuciello
Laurie Ann Rubadeau
Ruth Couch
East Dorset
Deborah Brophy
Manchester Depot
Walter Susee HI
Shirley Ciuk
Hoosick Falls
George Wolfrum
East Hoosick
Janet Nido
Wilmington
Florence Perkins
Petersburg
Betty Hyatt
Schenectady
Margaret Everall
Cambeidige
Jeffords
Jeffords For Governor Committee
Roland Q. Seward
Rutland
Earl“Nig” Thompson
Edmund T.moore
York State
Permanent Professional Firefighters Association
Mee
Edward P Mahar & Son Funeral Home Inc
Main St
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