State Symphony to Feature Michael Finckel at Mt Anthony Oct 10
The Vermont State Symphony announces an Oct. 10 concert at Mt Anthony Union High School auditorium featuring Michael Finckel, son of principal cellist George Finckel, in Dvorak Concerto for Violin Cello and Orchestra. The program includes Barber Symphony No. 1 and Debussy Dances Sacred and Profane with harpist Corkey Christman.
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Stanley R. Pike Jr
Bennington County
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association
Michael Finckel
Bennington
George Finckel
Marianne Finckel
State Symphony
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Alan Carter
Young Finckel
Antonin Dvorak
Dvorak
The
Michael
Christopher
David Finckel
Italy
Oberlin Conservatory
Ohio
Composers’ Conference
Bennington College
Buxton School
Williamstown
Mass
Con
Samuel Barber
Claude Debussy
Corkey Christman
Toscanini
New York City
Barber Symphony
Carter
Pike
Symphony
Greater
Mt. Anthony
Jerome Campbell
Benefit concert by Stephen Manes moved to November fourteenth
The piano recital for the YMCA of Southwestern Vermont is postponed to Saturday November 14 at 8 30 p m in the Walker Morgan Memorial auditorium Mt Anthony Union High School. Tickets range five dollars reserved three dollars general two dollars for students through high school. Tax deductible gifts or patrons and sponsors offer two reserved seats. The program includes Three for Stephen with pieces by Edgar Curtis head of Union College Schenectady New York.
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Stephen Manes
YMCA
Vermont
Vermont Symphony
Walker-Morgan Memorial
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Y Building Fund
Stephen
Edgar Curtis
Union College
Schenectady, N.Y
Village water plan gains cautious support after meeting
Residents and selectmen welcomed a consensus at a one hour session on updating the Putnam deed and forming a new water board after January 1. Officials called it a big step toward better village water, with changes planned but details still undecided. More talks between the water board and selectmen are expected as priorities are set.
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Water Board
Campbell
Putnam
Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington Board
Lamb
Wickenden
Village Water Board
George Allard
Selectmen
Liberty Union ballot petition challenge stalls in Montpelier
Secretary of State Richard Thomas seeks specific invalid name details before placing the Liberty Union on the November ballot. He said the allegations by Rep. Timothy O Connors campaign manager require substantiation. A 10 am Thursday deadline was set for naming invalid petition signers.
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O’connor
Liberty Union
GOP leader accuses Rutland Herald of distortion in Davis campaign
Rutland Republican Russell Merriman charged the Rutland Herald distorts facts to discredit Gov. Deane C. Davis. Speaking at Davis campaign headquarters, Merriman claimed the paper biases coverage and warns readers they are not getting the facts about Montpelier politics.
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Rutland
UPI
Russell Merriman
Republican State Committee
Rutland Herald
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Merriman
The
Herald
38 Citizens Naturalized in Burlington Federal Court
Forty men and women were admitted to U S citizenship in a Burlington federal court. The group included Natalina Ransom of Bennington from Italy Jeanine Magella Davignon of Bennington from Canada Hans Gegenschatz of Londonderry and Louise Schneeberger of Whitingham from Switzerland Malcolm Charles Goodwillie of Manchester Center from Hungary. Chief Judge Bernard J. Leddy administered the oath with prayers by Rev Msgr Charles Marcoux and the Very Rev Robert S Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
U.S
Italy
Natalina Ransom
Bennington
Canada
Jeanine Magella Davignon
Switzerland
Hans Gegenschatz
Londonderry
Louise Schneeberger
Whitingham
Hungary
Malcolm Charles Goodwillie
Manchester Center
U S. District Court
Bernard J. Leddy
Charles Marcoux
Winooski
Robert S. Kerr
Volpe seeks Corvair safety data from GM
Secretary of Transportation John A Volpe said the department asked General Motors for all Corvair safety performance information. He also urged consumer advocate Ralph Nader to supply additional documentation to supplement his earlier letter. Volpe directed the National Highway Safety Bureau to obtain and promptly analyze all relevant material from any source.
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Washington
John A. Volpe
Department of Transportation
General Motors Corp
Volpe
Ralph Nader
Douglas W. Toms
National Highway Safety Bureau
College students to tour Russia
Ten Middlebury College students join 19 peers from across the United States for a 14 week study and travel program in the Soviet Union. Organized by the Council on International Educational Exchange the group will study Russian language attend lectures on culture and literature and take an additional course at Leningrad University staying in university dormitories.
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Middlebury
UPI
Middlebury College
Soviet Union
Council On International Educational Exchange
Russia
Leningrad University
Emblem Club Hosts September Meeting and Miss Whitman Report
The Bennington Emblem Club 368 met on September 16 after summer recess. Linda Smith won the mystery package. Special guest Miss Maria Whitman thanked the club for sponsoring her for Girls State and gave a report on her state government tour and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Emblem Club 368
Linda Smith
Miss Maria Whitman
Emblem Club
Miss Whitman
CVPS Pleads for Inflation-Driven Rate Hikes in Vermont
The Central Vermont Public Service Corp president L Douglas Meredith told the Public Service Board that inflation threatens the company's solvency. The filing seeks a temporary rate increase and a permanent 17 percent revenue rise, asserting the move preserves the firm's financial integrity amid rising costs.
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Meredith
Area jobless rate at 3.9 percent in Vermont
Unemployment rate in the area averaged 3.9 percent, higher than the statewide 2.9 percent. Initial unemployment claims reached 238, up from 210 in July and far above 64 in August last year, with apparel, primary metals, textiles, and electrical machinery leading claimants. Weekly volume averaged 344, down from July and last year. Benefits exhaustions totaled 36, year to date 99, with total unemployment lasting up to 26 weeks per claimant.
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Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Boy's death ruled self inflicted by youth in Vermont
Whitingham 15 year old David Sprague was found dead in deep brush near his home. Dr Lawrence S Harris Vermont chief medical examiner said the death was by own action and a note was found with the body. Windham County State's Attorney M Jerome Diamond noted a long search since September when he left home. The epileptic boy had no medication and was limping from a leg injury after being kicked by a horse.
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Whitingham
Lawrence S. Harris
Vermont
David Sprague
Harris
Sprague
Windham County
M. Jerome Diamond
Dr Raab UVM heart disease expert dies by gunshot
Dr Wilhelm Raab, 75, renowned for heart disease prevention and rehab, was found dead with a gunshot at his Burlington home. Chittenden County State's Attorney ruled the death an apparent self-inflicted act. He was emeritus professor at the University of Vermont and former researcher at Innsbruck and Harvard. He served on national youth fitness advisory groups and led Vermont Heart Association. He published over 200 papers across nine European and 18 American organizations and leaves a widow and two sons.
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Burlington
UPI
Wilhelm Raab
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Raab
University of Vermont College of Experimental Medicine
University of Innsbruck
Austria
Rockefeller
Harvard Medical School
Vermont Heart Association
United States
Hourans Honored on 25th Wedding Anniversary
Houran couple celebrated their silver anniversary at their daughter Judith Randall’s home on Overlea Road with about 40 guests. A buffet and cake by Edna Seymour marked the event. Vern Houran runs a Route 7 Shaftsbury furniture business and the couple has two grandchildren.
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Vernet Houran
Overlea Road
Gage St
Judith
Stephen Randall
Lisa
Edna Seymour
Hourans
England
Houran
Enid Dalton
Shaftsbury
Blood donors urged to give at First Baptist Church event
Tomorrow the Red Cross Blood Program calls for donors at Colgate Hall 604 Main St from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A doctor and nurse will supervise. parking and transportation help available. Volunteers listed include doctors, telephoners, Gray Ladies, nurses aides, and helpers.
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Margaret D. Clark
Eugene V. Clark
Richard B. Leake III
Bennington County
Red Cross and Blood Program
Red Cross
First Baptist Church
Colgate Hall
Main St
Sawyer’s
Gibney
Woodhull S. Hall
Elizabeth Faris
Curtis Flory
Francis Herrick
Richard Guerrero
William Sennett
George Jenkins
Edward MacKinnon
Eugene Kosche
Charles Longtin
Emma Page
Gray
Frank Cummings
James Merunowicz
Alden Graves
N.Y. DuHamel
Edward Lusignan
American Red Cross
Ecologist urges recycling and population limits at Bennington lecture
Shaun Bennett of the Vermont Environmental Center warned that the US uses 60 percent of global resources with only 5 percent of the population. He urged recycling and shifting manufacturing away from disposable goods, warned against continuous GNP growth, and called for a strong population-control policy. He predicted a vegetarian diet may be necessary and noted voluntary measures won’t suffice. The next talk by Edward Kormandy is Sept 28 at Tishman Hall. public invited.
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Shaun Bennett
Vermont Environmental Center
Ripton
Bennington College
United States
Bennett
U.S
Edward Kormandy
Tishman Hall
Multiple accidents on U S 7 in Vermont cause minor damage
State Police report several two and three vehicle crashes along U S 7 in Arlington Shaftsbury North Bennington Pownal and near the shopping plaza. No serious injuries. Drivers Judith Wichelas Linda Denio Warren Clemons Ellen May Robert Stokes Halsey Russell Judith Serbe and others involved.
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North Bennington
U.S. 7
Arlington
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Willys
Warren W. Clemons
Ellen K. May
North Hoosick
N.Y
Robert L. Stokes
Morrisville
Pownal
Vermont-Massachusetts
Halsey Russell
Williamstown
Mass
Judith Serbe
Corte Madera
Calif
Bennington Man Held for Breach of Peace
A 20 year old Bennington man Gary F Harrington was arrested Monday and charged with breach of peace after threatening his estranged wife with a shotgun near her Houran Road home. He fired the weapon and was jailed at Rutland Regional Correctional Facility after failing to post 1500 dollars bail. He was to be arraigned today.
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Bennington
Gary F. Harrington
Rutland
Harrington
Houran Road
Rutland District Court
John P. Morrissey
Ronald
Gary Harrington
Neil S. Moss
Nancy Gore
Vermont fish and game hearings on doe days stir landowner anger
The Vermont Fish and Game Department holds a public hearing tonight on an antlerless deer season in Zone I amid landowner protests and Gov. Davis call for extra sessions. Separate cases include Harrington brothers arraignments in Bennington on alcohol and breach of peace charges and the death of Sister Mary Anna Scherrer, a 77 year old missionary nun, with funeral in Rutland.
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Morrisville
UPI
Vermont Fish and Game Department
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Fish and Game Department
Doe
Mary Anna Scherrer
Greensburg
Rutland
Bennington
Bellows Falls
Rutland Hospital
Sisters of St. Joseph
Anna Regina
Holy Cross Hospital
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Joseph Richards
Louis Galliker
Johnstown
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Meetings and Notices
Bennington briefs announce the Grange Past Masters Association of Vermont meeting in Milton with a 7 p.m. banquet and 8 p.m. election of officers, a pre school story hour at Bennington Free Library at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Champlain College freshman class of 346 in Burlington, Mt Anthony High School planning meeting Thursday at 8 p.m., Red Cross blood drive September 23 with new closing hour, transportation details and parking at local sites, Eva Monette visiting in Bennington, and a Wednesday car wash special at Bennington Minit Car Wash with wax option.
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Bennington Free Library
The
Grange Past Master's Association of Vermont
Milton Grange Hall
Fred Wood
Milton
Grange
David W. Eddington
William Eddington
Elm St
Champlain College
Burlington
Hospital Notes September 21 1970 Admissions
Admissions list includes Rita Tremblay Stephen Cheselzine June Harwood Je Brin Martha Morse Brian Harrington Lorna Cole Shaftsbury Lynn Sausville Bennington Mrs Joan Bigelow and son Berlin NY Donna White Christopher Waters Hoosick Falls Cheryl Patano.
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Rita Tremblay
Stephen Cheselzine
June Harwood
Je Brin
Martha Morse
Brian Harrington
Lorna Cole
Shaftsbury
Lynn Sausville
Bennington
Joan Bigelow
Three groups join Vermont Yankee fight in Vermont
The Lake Champlain Committee Vermont Natural Resources Council and the National Wildlife Association filed to intervene with the Vermont Public Service Board over long term financing for the Connecticut River plant at Vernon. They seek a 60 day delay in financing approval to allow further public hearings and review of health and environmental impacts joined by the Southern Vermont Conservation Society which also seeks stricter controls and a halt to construction pending review.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Connecticut
Vernon
Lake Champlain Committee
Vermont Natural Resources Council
National Wildlife Association
Vermont Public Service Board
PSB
Vermont Yankee
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
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Chilton Williamson
Williamson
Linda A. Denio
Hoosick Falls
Alford E. Clayton
West Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Senior Citizens Center
Shirley Flood
Louise Gauthier
Helen Galipeau
May Anna
Bennington Briefs
Church
Gibney Funeral Home
Eva Monette
M.J. Woodward
Gage Street
North Bennington Road
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