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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1974
Page
17
Mt Anthony Union School Board approves Jerome Wichelas to extend a reading program to about 805 secondary students. The plan centers on a technique aimed at correcting a physiological imbalance affecting reading learning, with community volunteers and senior high students aiding tutoring.
Members of the Downtown Bennington Revitalization Committee met to orient themselves for creating a comprehensive plan to repair and boost the central business district. The group will reconvene in a week to begin addressing key questions before drafting the plan, guided by John Simson of the Bennington County Regional Commission with local leaders running the project.
The Bennington notes list a Hadassah tea with guest speaker Mrs Sterling Shapiro at eight p.m. in Old Bennington, several meetings for Eagles Auxiliary and local labor groups, a nursing school note in Hanover, a Democratic fundraiser in Williamstown, and an AARP meeting with Meris Eggert as speaker. It also mentions a downtown revitalization planning committee preparing data and possible consultant input as members plan for next Monday’s data gathering session.
Berkshire County leaders historians and legal experts condemn Ford’s Nixon pardon as premature and ludicrous a political blunder that thwarts justice and clouds Watergate. lawmakers and scholars urge caution noting legal and historical stakes while opinions split on presidential prerogative.
Vermont Republican leader Sen Ed ward G Janeway 73 from Londonderry suffered a minor stroke Saturday and is hospitalized at Maine Medical Center in Portland. His wife said the prognosis is good for a full recovery as he fights for reelection in the Windham County Senate primary alongside two other GOP hopefuls.
Former Chicago Seven defendant John Fraines named state Director of Occupational Health stirs a dull campaign. Gov Thomas Salmon is poised to win the Democratic nomination over Buzzy Reilly of Essex. Walter Kennedy seeks the GOP nod against Harry Montague Jr and T James Lannon. Jeffords leads a three way GOP and six way Democratic race for Congress with Cain Esposito Welch and Lucenti as contenders. Morrisseau and Diamondstone hold slim chances.
The notices report Fay A. Rawson of South Londonderry died Sept 7 at Grace Cottage Hospital with funeral Sept 9 at First Baptist Church. Burial is in Rawsonville Cemetery. Also noted are the obituary for Francis Joseph Mattimore of Clarksburg and details of his family, and a memorial for S. Lytton Scott of New York City and Sandgate. Finally, Putnam Memorial Hospital announces personnel changes, including Patricia Hernandez leaving and Anne Hendee acting director, with Frank Cavanaugh as new dietary assistant manager.
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