Bennington Briefs Catholic Daughters meet and area notices
Catholic Daughters Court St Andrew 259 will hold its first meeting of the 1968 69 year Tuesday in the former Bennington Catholic High School cafeteria. The Plain Dirt Garden Club September meeting moves to Sept 17 at 2 p m at the McCullough Big House in North Bennington. Also seeking two single rooms for two foreign students at St Joseph College starting Sept 11. Marcel J Lewis M D will be out Sept 8 and 9 as a delegate to the State Convention ADV
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Catholic Daughters of America
Court St. Andrew
Bennington Catholic High School
Plain Dirt Garden Club
McCullough
Big House
North Bennington
St. Joseph College
Murray
Marcel J. Lewis
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Shaftsbury Voters Urged to Support Miller in Primary
Democratic candidate Kelton B. Miller asks Shaftsbury voters for backing in Tuesday’s primary in a political advertisement announcing his bid for representative.
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Shaftsbury
Kelton B. Miller
POL. Adv
Obituaries and Wallace supporters in Vermont races
Obituary notices profile Mrs. Thomas P. Toomey of Bennington and Herbert J. Shea of North Adams. Toomey, a former Para mount Beauty Salon owner, died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after January hospitalization. Funeral plans pending. Shea, 55, a World War II veteran, died at the Albany VA Hospital. Wallace campaign backers in South Burlington organize to put his name on Vermont’s November ballot with 1,364 notarized signatures due by Sept. 18.
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Katherine Clark
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Paramount Beauty Salon
Toomey
Edward and
Margaret (Stapleton) Clark
Wallingford
Bennington
Robert Toomey
England
Phillip
Joan) Vance
Marian Clark
Margaret Bliss
Rutland
Hugh
Donald
Robert Clark
Edward Clark Toomey
North Adams
Mass
Herbert J. Shea
James Shea
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albany
N.Y
Timothy J
Nellie
Faye) Shea
St. Joseph
Boston & Maine Railroad
Sprague Electric Co
U.S. Army
Signal Corps
St. Francis Church
Edward
Hasbrouck Heights
N.J
Frank
Irving Shea
Mary Dwyer
Milford
Helen Tierney
Amalda Horrocks
Shelburne Falls
Hillside Cemetery
South Burlington
UPS
George Wallace
Alabama
Vermont
Harry Cooley
Oakes Calls for Improved Law Enforcement, Not More Force
Chester, UPI James L. Oakes, Republican gubernatorial candidate, urged Friday that crime is not solved by more police force alone. He advocated better law enforcement measures over increased manpower or stronger clubs to address law and order issues.
Vermont Utilities Receive REA Loans for Nuclear Plant
The Rural Electrification Administration loaned three Vermont electric cooperatives 1.007 million dollars to participate in a 115 million dollar Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp project. Cooperatives from Johnson East Montpelier and Brattleboro will join 10 New England firms to build and operate the plant on the Connecticut River near Vernon, expected to begin operation by July 1, 1971.
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Washington
UPI
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Vermont Electric
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
New England
Vermont Electric Cooperatives Inc
Johnson, Vt
Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc
East Montpelier
Halifax Electric Cooperative, Inc
Brattleboro
Norman M. Clapp
Vermont Yankee
Vermont Yankee Group
Connecticut River
Vernon
Vermont RFK Delegates Back Humphrey
Six Democratic national convention delegates who had pledged to Robert F. Kennedy and later shifted to George McGovern have now joined Hubert H. Humphrey. South Burlington official Leo O'Brien Jr. urged Democrats to unite behind Humphrey and his running mate, arguing the party best serves the nation's needs. He warned that a split or inaction would aid the opposition.
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South Burlington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
South Dakota
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
House
Leo O'Brien Jr
Humphrey
O’brien
Kennedy
Democratic Party
Davis Restates Stand On Campaign Issues In Vermont
Vermont gubernatorial candidate Deane C. Davis restates positions on eleven issues urging voters to weigh his stance on economic development education housing agriculture poverty and gun control. He repeats opposition to gun registration and supports 40 percent of education funding with tax relief for farmers. Davis calls for higher police pay and a limited sales tax with a credit for low income families to fund education beyond current revenues.
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Montpelier
UPD
Deane C. Davis
Vermont
Davis
Capital
Harvey B. Scribner
Oakes
Asian Flu Variant May Hit Vermont, Officials Warn
Burlington report notes Vermont health officials warn of a Hong Kong variant of Asian Flu that could spark an epidemic similar to 1957. Dr Linus J Leavens and US Public Health officials say a new vaccine is needed and may soon be available to combat the Hong Kong variant.
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Burlington
Apt
Hong Kong
Vermont
Linus J. Leavens
Mrs. Jareckie To Speak To Women of St. Peter's
Grace Jareckie will address St. Mary's Guild Women of St. Peter's Church at 12:30 p.m. in the parish house on Pleasant Street. She will show slides from her Mexico stay June 1967 to April this year, detailing a MAUHS program to send boys to Mexico for a summer experience.
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Grace Jareckie
St. Mary’s Guild
St. Peter’s Church
Pleasant St
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