Ford to attend Burlington GOP dinner amid Vermont visit
Governor Ford remains unconfirmed for further appearances as he visits Vermont to support a $50-a-plate fundraiser honoring U.S. Senator George Aiken. Stewart Smith cites no cancellation plan despite his wife’s cancer surgery and recent event changes. Police report weekend accidents in Pownal involving two Ford sedans with injuries and property damage.
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Rutland
UPI
Stewart Smith
Ford
Burlington
U.S
George Aiken
Smith
Rockefeller
GOP
Bennington voters confused by two part poll tax bills
Bennington Town Treasurer Alma Langlois says many taxpayers are paying only one page of the new two part poll tax bill totaling 11.36. The blue page covers old age and general funds plus highway, while the yellow page lists the school tax. Taxpayers are urged to pay the full amount by the November 4 due date. Steven A. Moon of Bennington was arrested in Hoosick on an illegal weapons charge for possessing an unlicensed .22 pistol. Bail set at 100, with remand to Rensselaer County jail until bail posted.
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South Royalton
Fairlee
Tinmouth
Kinsey
Wildlife Wonderland
Leland F. Gray
Lyndon
Kehoe
Fish and Game Board
O'Dea
O’dea
Wonderland
Smith
Vermont Sierra Club
Vermont
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bennington
Alma Langlois
Hoosick
N.Y
Steven A. Moon
RFC 1
Center Brunswick
Francis McKnight
Rensselaer County
Troy
Riding injury kills woman 23 Hanover report
Dorothy Zorian age 23 of Putney Vermont died at Mary Hitchcock Hospital from head injuries after being thrown from a horse Friday in Guilford Vermont. She was the daughter of Byron Zorian of Hamden Connecticut and resided at High Meadows farm in Putney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N.H
UPI
Dorothy Zorian
Putney
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Guilford
Miss Zorian
Byron Zorian
Hamden
Conn
High Meadows Farm
Three Injured After Route 67A Collision Near Bennington
A North Bennington man Ted Senecal his 4 year old daughter Mary Jane and Teddy Van Orman 18 of Murphy Road were treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital for light to moderate injuries after a crash on Route 67A about an hour earlier. Police said Senecal's 1967 Oldsmobile was struck by Ms Van Orman in a 1972 Opel while she lost control on a curve near the Bennington College entrance. The Senecal car was demolished and Van Orman’s vehicle suffered extensive damage.
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North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ted Senecal
Murphy Road
Mary Jane
Teddy van Orman
Bennington
Senecal
Putnam Memorial Hospital Wing Open House Draws Big Crowd
More than 1,000 visitors attended the open house for the Putnam Memorial Hospital’s new wing on Sunday afternoon. Administrator Robert Stout said the event drew a larger crowd than expected as tours ran from 1 to 4 30 p m with student nurses department heads and hospital board members guiding guests. Some parts are already open with more departments to follow.
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New Putnam Memorial Hospital
Robert Stout
Revitalizers Meet Tonight In Bennington Downtown
The Downtown Bennington Revitalization Committee will meet at 7 30 tonight at First Vermont Bank and Trust Co. The full committee will hear initial reports from subcommittees and decide on the proposed slogan and logo contest. A luncheon is set for Thursday at noon at the Paradise Restaurant with Ron Fleming of Vision Inc.
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Bennington Town
Republican Committee
Party
South Street
Bennington
First Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Paradise
Ron Fleming
Vision Inc
Windsor
Bellows Falls
Liturgy Held for Bennington Area Notables Obituary Roundup
Multiple Bennington area obituaries detail services for William P. Conroy 67 of Bennington owner of Monument View Motel who died Friday, with funeral and burial plans at Park Lawn Cemetery. Also noted are memorials for John E. Shanahan 53 Union New Jersey and John L. Blanchard 72 Bennington, plus other local deaths and calling hours at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home.
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St. Francis de Sales Church
William P. Conroy
Northside Drive
Bennington
Monument View Motel
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral
Park Lawn Cemetery
Clark St
Amherst
Mass
Fall River
Patrick
Elizabeth (Pert) Conroy
Mary E. Martin
Northampton
Loyal Order of Moose
Patricia Burke
James
Kenneth
Florida
Edmund
Providence
R.I
John E. Shanahan
Dewey St
Union
N.J
Bronxville
N.Y
Sacred Heart Church
Hanson-Walbridge
National Trucking Co
Edward and
Mary (DesLaurier) Shanahan
Bendi and
Arnold College of Physical Education
New Haven
Edna Stokosa
Barbara
Francelia Shanahan
Madalyn Harrington
Fred L. Towslee
Lyonslake Road
Nassau
Albany
N.Y., Medical Center
Pownal
Linus and
Grace (Montgomery ) Towslee
Myrtle Mattison
Dorothy Ely
Albany Carpenter’s Union
Order of Eagles Aerie 1861
Fred
William
Niverville
Frances Streeter
Westminster
Donna Smith
Hancock
Joseph
Byron
Hazel Zagata
Virginia Pratt
Vermont
American Cancer Society
State workers trigger federal apple investigation in Vermont
Vermont unemployment above 6 percent spurs local job apps as growers hire 350 Jamaican pickers amid complaints of local workers being passed over. Federal probe follows reports that some Vermont orchards preferred foreign labor for speed and longer hours.
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Apple
Vermont
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie S Jepson of Shaftsbury
Mrs Jennie S Jepson of Twitchell Hill Shaftsbury died Sept 23 at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Sept 25 at Hanson Floyd I La Bombard pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bennington officiating. Bearers were Stanley James Gerald Clayton Jepson Jr Milton Harrington and Walter Bushika. Burial followed in White Chapel Cemetery Bennington with committal prayers by Rev La Bombard.
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Fannie H. Pitkin
Paul E. Pitkin
Warn St
Bennington
Crescent Manor
Starksboro
Don
Emma (Fuller) Hulett
Bristol
Middlebury College
Springfield
Union Carbide
Frances Crozier
North Bennington
Olive Tamm
New York City
Ruth Mason
Dennis Hulett
Huntington Center
Kenneth Hulett
Winooski
Hanson- Walbridge
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church of
Second Congregational Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Steffen
Jennie S. Jepson
Twitchell Hill
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Floyd I. la Bombard
First Baptist Church of
Stanley
James
Gerald
Clayton Jepson Jr
Milton Harrington
Walter Bushika
White Chapel
la Bombard
Bennington Cyclist Injured in Weekend Crash
Bennington police report a 34 year old man in satisfactory condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle struck a car at the Dewey and West Main streets intersection. Herbert Holland sustained a broken leg when his 1974 Honda 250 hit a 1969 Triumph driven by Kenneth Brunina, 22. In a second weekend incident, Craig Bottesi, 16, driving a 1971 Chevrolet pickup south on Route 7, lost control and sideswiped six guard rails, causing moderate damage.
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Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Dewey and
West Main Streets
Herbert Holland
Kenneth D. Brunina
Main Street
Craig A. Bottesi
Pownal
Route 7
Hospital Notes Friday to Sunday Admissions and Births
Friday admissions list Isabel Hall Bessie Walls Lori Ann Woodard Hazel Tarbell Alice Long. Births Raymond Wade Peters? actually Wade Bennington. Thomas Davis Petersburg N Y. Robert Hannan Pownal. Discharges include Leslie Russell James Griffin Arlene Marsden and baby Dawn Welch Kathleen Briody Frederick Carey August Winters Hoosick Falls N Y John Olcott Greenwich N Y. Saturday admissions Aubrey Faucette Manchester Center. Daughter Grover Hess Arlington. Annmarie Sousis Harold Parizo Wendy Harrington Mary Ann Waythus Hoosick Falls. Sunday admissions Gail Prentiss Joyce Croteau Bennington Bertram Barber Hoosick Falls. Birth daughter Norridane Stanley Hoosick Falls. Discharge Milton Surdam Jr North Bennington. Other birth Kristyn Kayte Rutland Hospital John Hennessey North Clarendon. Mrs Hennessey is the former Lynn Allen daughter of Alfred Allen.
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Isabel Hall
Bennington
Bessie Walls
Shaftsbury
Lori Ann Woodard
North Pownal
Hazel Tarbell
Dorset
Alice Long
Manchester Center
Raymond Wade
Thomas Davis
Petersburg
N.Y
Robert Hannan
Pownal
Leslie Russell
James Griffin
Arlene Marsden
Dawn Welch
Kathleen Briody
Frederick Carey
August Winters
Hoosick Falls
John Olcott
Greenwich, N.Y
Michael Hess
Arlington
Annmarie Sousis
Harold Parizo
Wendy Harrington
Mary Ann Waythus
Norridane Stanley
Milton Surdam Jr
North Bennington
Kristyn Kayte
Rutland Hospital
John Hennessey
North Clarendon
Hennessey
Lynn Allen
Alfred Allen
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Kimberly Cheney
House
Walter L
Peanut” Kennedy
Bennington County
T. Garry Buckley
Robert F
Susanne Siminski
Janis M. Lankow
University of Vermont
Patrick Gymnasium
Anfor
Ford Administration
Federal Reserve
Fed
Arthur F. Burns
NBC
Meet the Press
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Bennington Briefs
Catamount Gadabouts Square Dance Club
Molly Stark
Woodford Hollow
School St
John L. Blanchard
Elm St
Funeral Home Office
Chelsea
Lowell Institute of Technology
Grace Hodgkins
Maine
Canada
Bruce
Williamstown
Jacqueline Squires
Jane Bleau
Riverside Cemetery
Lewiston
Oliver R. Tifft
Brewster Funeral Home
Hal C. Miller
Maple Hill Cemetery
Edgar and
Mary (Streeter) Tifft
Angelia Wilkins
Edgar
Danby
Arthur
Vernon
Delmar
Pawlet
Charlotte Eaton
Gladys Park
Anne Devenow
Lake Plymouth
Kimball
Aleine Ennis
Alice King
Evelyn Jones
Manora Walsh
Pittsfield
Manchester Rescue Squad
Dorset Nursing Association
Robert C. Whitman
Robert O. Whitman
Manchester
Lyman C
Sadie (Baker) Whitman
Bromley Mountain Corp
Manchester Eagles
Aenue
Ann E. Chebetra
Jamaica
Thomas P. Salmon
Depot St
Bottesi
Aubrey Faucette
Mrs
John Grover
Gail Prentiss
Joyce Croteau
Bertram Barber
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