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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1974
Page
2
Two tremors struck Japan within hours causing Tokyo skyscrapers to sway and a quake in Hokkaido. Scientists warned a major quake could occur soon near a vacuum area offshore but said no immediate danger. No injuries reported.
Electric demand in New England peaks in winter as Vermont Yankee delays its shutdown for routine maintenance and fuel rod replacement. The AEC staff opposes public hearings on the fuel change, while the full commission has yet to decide.
Dr. David Winslow of Bennington has been appointed to the editorial board of African Studies Review. An associate professor of English at Oswego State University, he conducts manuscript work on African oral traditions and serves as a research assistant in the East African Studies Program at Syracuse University's Maxwell School. He is on leave this fall for the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation Project as a research associate.
The Bennington Cooperative Savings and Loan Association hosted the 43rd annual Vermont League of Cooperative Savings and Loan Associations meeting at the Paradise Restaurant. Attendees from seven Vermont associations, elected officials, and state figures gathered for banquets, reports showing an $8 million asset gain, and future plans including next year’s Burlington convention.
Attorney General Kimberly Cheney is among state candidates at Sunday cocktail party for the official opening of county Republican headquarters at 201 South St. Cheney will also present the purse and trophy at Green Mountain Park in Pownal and then campaign in Bennington with a Tuesday schedule including Thomson Manufacturing Co. at 9 30 a.m. and St Joseph College at 10 15. Michael Silver will escort him Tuesday and Cheney plans to return Oct 22 for more street campaigning and media interviews.
Washington officials announce the immediate removal of the import duty on Canadian hardwood pulp. The move ends a two year dumping fine that raised prices and threatened 70,000 New England jobs as paper mills seek scarce Canadian supplies amid outbidding by European and Japanese firms.
Mrs Judy P Terrell 73 widow of G Ray Terrell died suddenly Friday en route to Rutland Hospital in North Dorset Born October 30 1900 in Richmond Hill New York she lived on Long Island before moving to Florida then Manchester since 1968 Survived by son Jack Terrell Manchester and three nieces Funeral Monday 2 pm Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Rev Richard E Olmstead officiating Interment Factory Point Cemetery Friends may call Sunday 2 4 and 7 9 pm Also William P Conroy Motel owner died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital Arrangements pending Mahar Sons Funeral Home Bennington
Funeral services for Edward F Houran a longtime 717 Main St resident were held at St Francis de Sales Church with Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial led by Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan. Grandsons served as bearers and burial followed in the family plot after a wake at Mahar and Son Funeral Home. Houran died Tuesday evening at Crescent Manor Nursing Home after a long illness.
Save the Children Federation appeals to the public for funds to support emergency and rehabilitation programs for hurricane Fifi victims in Honduras. The group stresses food shelter and long term rebuilding, with field offices in Tegucigalpa administering aid and ongoing projects aiding 10,000+ people over five years. Contributors may send donations to Norwalk, Connecticut.
A notice states the board of directors at 204 Depot St will meet at 102 River St on October 1 at 7 30 p.m.
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