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1 6 lion i iigtim linrinor. Friday. April 2. 1982 Ad campaign tries to lure tourists Drinking age bills dont please Bolton YOU COULD BE IN BENNINGTON AT 1000 History. Tradition.

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Vermont. A Special World. Bennington. Its Revolutionary! By BEN ROTH Its 6 p.m. Albany, N.Y., viewers are relaxing in front of the TV sets for the evening news.

Suddenly a colorful shot of the Bennington Battle day reenactment flashes across the screen, followed by a frame of Main Street life, a fireside view of the Blackfriar Restaurant and a picturesque shot of First Christ Church. A deep, melodious voice plugs the historical attractions of the town, booming out at the finale, "Bennington. Its revolutionary! Bennington on the air after a year of work it's a dream almost come true for the local chamber of commerce. A 28-second commercial is ready to roll on Albany television. Along with newspaper and magazine advertisements, it all is part of the chamber marketing plan to lure tourists living within an arms length of Bennington.

Thursday evening over wine and cheese, local business boosters got a pep talk on how to pay for this glossy campaign, which has a price tag of $53,576. Youre investing in Bennington for more life, retail and tourist trade, Katherin Napper, president of' the Albany-based Retail Marketing Consultants, told the group gathered at the Ramada Inn to take a peek at the commercial and promotional program. The Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce has already received an $18,000 grant from the state and must raise $36,000 in matching funds. The chamber already has $2,000 committed to the project and spent an additional $10,000 on it last year. Members of the chambers marketing committee will be hitting the community this month to raise the remaining money Tor the advertising package.

The campaign, scheduled to get off the ground immediately, will be aimed at day trippers, people living in New York States Capital district and western Massachussetts as far down as Springfield, according to Ms. Napper. The commercial a colorful pastiche of local Colonial attractions set to upbeat music could be on Albanys channels 6 and 10 as early as April 13, said the consultant who has been hired by the chamber. And the newspaper promotion, showing the Main Street clock striking 9:10, tantalizes would-be visitors with the slogan, "You could be in Benningtoh at 10:00. The ad is scheduled to run in the Albany Times Union, Knickerbocker News, Troy Times Record and Schenectady Gazette in New York and the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Mass.

Eater in the season other ads are planned for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Hartford Courant and Yankee Magazine. The ad campaign is not just targeted at the summer crowd. Foliage and Christmas vacation newspaper campaigns are also planned, according to the New York consultant. Ms. Napper warned that the directly charged make up a sizeable chunk of the case load but there are many other cases cases where alcohol is a factor, he said.

Bolton said drunk-driving cases comprise approximately 25 percent of the criminal case load in Bennington County. This problem would not be helped by one piece of legislation designed to curb youthful drunk driving now being discussed by Vermont lawmakers, Bolton said. That bill would prohibit persons under 20from purchasing alcohol from stores, but it would permit them to drink in bars and restaurants. The legislation is aimed at discouraging youths from driving to New York state to drink where the drinking age is 18. It also is aimed at stopping 18- and 19-year-olds from buying liquor and giving it to younger friends in high school.

The states attorney said this law, if passed, would be very difficult to enforce. But a bill defeated by the Senate Wednesday, which would have raised the legal drinking age in Vermont from 18 to 19, would not have helped much either, he said. What I'm in favor of is a uniform approach throughout the states, he said.If Vermont changed its law and New York did not, it would encourage travelling to New York to buy alcoholic beverages, he said. By ELIZABETH ABBOTT The Bennington County states attorney, whose office had the highest conviction rate for drunkdriving charges in 1981 of any county in Vermont, Thursday criticized the two plans in the Legislature for raising the drinking age in the state. States Attorney Raymond Bolton said that neither bill would really help his office or local police crack down on drunk driving.

Instead, he would like to see the states, especially New York, have a uniform drinking age. Of the 273 cases of driving while intoxicated heard in Bennington District Court during 1981, 96 percent ended in conviction and none were dismissed, according to statistics recently released by Boltons office. Washington County had the lowest conviction rate 68 percent convicted out of 297 cases with 31 cases dismissed. Bolton called the figures an achievement that reflected the dedicated efforts of police to tackle the problem of drunk drivers. The figures indicate the fine quality of police work in this area, he said.

But despite the apparent ability of law enforcement officials here to effectively deal with drunk drivers once they are caught, the problem is actually getting worse, Bolton said. Cases where alcohol abuse is This ad, which will appear soon in newspapers in York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, is part of the Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce campaign to lure more tourists to Bennington. Second shutdown puzzles Yankee officials business community should not see the promotion campaign as a panacea for all of Benningtons financial problems. "We cant do everything. We cant promote fishing in trout streams or the skiing industry, she said.

Also, the advertising consultant could not predict what kind of results the business community would get out of the $53,000 investment. Youre trying to maintain the share of the market that Bennington already has, said Ms. Napper, reminding them, "Every penny you Stoll said the two malfunctions did not necessarily point to any chronic problems with the turbine, which was taken apart and inspected during the plants refueling and maintenance shutdown late last year. It wasnt boom, boom right in a row, he said. Its not unusual to have something like this happen twice.

The Dec. 26 turbine malfunction was due to a mechanical linkage problem, Raymond said. He said that he had been told by plant officials that the latest shutdown was caused by problems with an oil valve in the turbine, but Stoll said that had not been confirmed. New sponsor asks RSVP staff to stay The new sponsor of the local Retired Seniors Volunteer Program has invited the staff to stay on for the time being. Charles Sherman, director of the Southwest Vermont Area Agency on Aging, the new sponsor as of Wednesday, said he invited the two fulltime workers and three part-time workers to keep working until April 22.

Then, Sherman said, he will make a report to his agencys board of directors which will decide what to do from then. SVAAA, a social agency based in Rutland which serves the elderly in Bennington and Rutland counties, became the volunteer programs sponsor late Wednesday afternoon. As sponsor, SVAAA has the authority to hire and fire the RSVP staff. Oakley Frost, coordinator of the Milk promotion tax gets backing in House By LAURA KING MONTPELIER (AP) Officials at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant still have not pinpointed the cause of the turbine malfunction that automatically shut down the plant earlier this week, says spokesman Steve Stoll. "Well continue checking, but I dont know if this is something we can isolate, he said Thursday.

The plant is expected to return to full power early Saturday, according to Stoll. It was the second automatic shutdown in a row at the plant that was traced to turbine problems, according to a Nuclear Regulatory Panel urges in state bar MONTPELIER (AP) A special panel appointed by the Vermont Supreme Court has recommended some major changes in the way the state bar exam is administered and graded. Former Gov. Philip Hoff, who headed up the committee, urged that the current statistical method of scoring the test be thrown out and that a flat grade be substituted. Many of.

the 56 recommendations contained in the panels report are aimed at diluting the power of the seven-member Board of Bar Examiners, which came under fire late last year when it was discovered that the July bar exam was misgraded. One member of the board mistakingly awarded the highest grades to the worst answers on an essay section of the test. Several candidates who initially were told they flunked the test were later informed they actually had passed. Some of the recommendations made by Hoff's committee include: Adding two public represen Obituaries lose isn't going to grow on money trees. She said that other scenic areas such as the Berkshires, George and the Catskills were also promoting their tourist attractions.

Without an effective campaign -here, tourists and other people who spend money would be lured to New York and Massachussetts. Gloria Van Derzee, executive director of the chamber, said the chamber would be monitoring customer traffic in local stores once the promotion begins to gauge its effectiveness. In both incidents, a steam surge resulted from the malfunction and tripped the turbine, according to officials. Stoll said that the turbines monitoring system is "sensitive and will shut it down whenever there it detects an imbalance in steam pressure. "Whats important here is that the shutdown system worked exactly as it should have, he said.

"Thats more important than the fact that there was a minor operating problem. Neither incident presented any danger of radiation leakage, Stoll said. ago. This measure is designed to rectify the legal problems with the earlier law. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.

Rep. Harold Billings, a Rutland farmer who filed the suit that led to the ruling regarding the 1979 law, argued that the House cannot consider changing a law that is being reviewed by the courts. Billings opposes the tax, saying the state has no business telling private industry it must establish a tax for promotional purposes. House Speaker Stephan Morse, R-Newane, ruled that the measure could be considered on the floor as long as no mention was made of the legal suit. Billings complained the bill was an "end run aimed at skirting the judicial proceedings.

He vowed to launch a legal challenge to the new law if it passed the Legislature. Lawlor says brush with law Itcl to now hill MONTPELIER (AP) Rep. Bruce lawlor, D-Springfield, says being stopped for suspected drunk driving five years ago is one of the things that led him to crusade against drunk drivers. It made me realize how serious the offense could be, he said of the 1977 incident. No charges against him were filed.

Last month, Lawlor spearheaded a House measure banning plea bargaining, and he takes a hard line against drunk drivers. The Springfield Democrat is considering a run for lieutenant governor, but does not plan to make a formal announcement until the legislative session is over. Windsor County States Attorney Michael Sheehan said no charges were Tiled against Lawlor because the results of his breath test were not conclusive and because the arresting officer had proved to be an unreliable witness. Lawlor said he was stopped while on his way home from a wedding at which he said he had too much, to drink. He said the incident scared me to death.

Hospital Notes THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1982 Discharges Barbara Parker, Manchester; Germaine Foucher, Births A son (March 18) to Mr. and Mrs. William Brooks Jr. of Bennington. A son to Mr.

and Mrs. Craig Zwinge of Petersburg, N.Y. Commission inspector stationed at Vermont Yankee. The reactor shut down Tuesday night after a steam surge tripped the giant turbine, and the plant generated no power for nearly 24 hours, according to Stoll. Three months ago, the 540-megawatt Vernon plant was down for 15 hoqrs after the turbine stopped operating, triggering an automatic reactor shutdown.

"More shutdowns at the plant here seem to be attributed to turbine problems than they are elsewhere, said inspector Bill Raymond. I dont know if Id call if a pattern, but over a period of time it is something thats observable. changes examiners tatives to the board. Appointing a pool of 21 associate examiners to assist the board in administering and grading the test. Limiting the terms of bar examiners to four years.

Stripping the board of its ability to determine the moral character of applicants for admission to the bar a job that would fall to another commission. Chief Justice Albert Barney, in a prepared statement, said the high court will review the committees recommendations before deciding whether to adopt any. The Hoff committee, which held a series of exhaustive public hearings over the past four months, also recommended that the national and state sections of the exam be kept separate, and said candidates who fail one portion should only have to re-take that part of the test. In addition, committee members called for a restructuring of the board of bar examiners and urged that the method of formulating the essay part of the exam be changed. Sunderland Gardens Florist Shop invites you to its open house Palm Sunday, April 4.

Floral arrangements and Easter flowers featured. Route 7A, Sunderland, Vt. ADV. While it lasts: frozen 2 lb. packages of hamburger, $1.35 lb.

Call 442-8301 or pickup after 2 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Publyk House restaurant, Route 7A, Harwood Hill, Bennington, Vt. ADV. Series tickets for the Oldcastle Theatre Companys 1982 season are now available. For information, call 447-0564.

ADV. Bennington Moose Lodge, Friday, April 2, "Buck and Doe Nite. Steak, spuds, salad and suds. Serving, 6:30 p.m. Music by Jerry Moon Co.

ADV. Wheels Motion announces new Saturday night hours. Will closeat 11 p.m. instead of 12. p.m.- April calendar available at rink.

ADV. Dr. Brian Cunninghams office will be closed April 5-April 9. ADV. Open Tiouse Sunday, April 4, Busy Bee Florist, Harwood Hill.

Nice selection of silk flowers, lilies, mums for Easter. ADV. Order your Easter bunny or basket cake today. Call Darlene Jaenecke, 447-0113. Call for any occasion.

ADV. programs volunteers in Bennington, said this morning that whether or not the staff actually does stay on will depend on the action of RSVP Director Lilly Hewitt. We have a strong sentiment in favor of Lilly, he said. "If she leaves, there is a possibility some of the staff will too. Ms.

Hewitt vehemently opposed the SVAAA sponsorship, lobbying instead for a newly formed corporation called Volunteers of Bennington Inc. to be named as sponsor. The sponsor is selected by ACTION, a federal agency which provides most of the funds for the program. When SVAAA voted Wednesday to assume the sponsorship, Ms. Hewitt said she would announce her plans at a later date.

Since then, she has been out of work because of illness. Frost said. GRACE RAYMOND Mrs. Grace Raymond, 72, of 253 Union widow of George A. Raymond died Thursday afternoon at Putnam Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

Bom in Crown Point, N.Y., on Oct. 18, 1909, daughter of John Morin and the former Caroline Christpeanous, she received her education there. In November 1947, she and Mr. Raymond were married in Ben-ningtonHe died on June 29, 1965. Mrs.

Raymond was retired from Union Carbide where she worked for over 30 years. Survivors include two brothers, William A. Morin of Bennington and Joseph Morin of Florida; nieces, nephews, cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews; two stepsons, George A. Raymond Jr. and E.

Roger Raymond of Bennington; and three stepgrandchildren. The funeral will be held at the Mahar and Son' Funeral Home Monday morning at 8:30 with a prayer, then at 9 at Sacred Heart Church where the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial will be celebrated. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., when the family will be in attendance. A wake service will be held that evening. Burial will be in the family lot at Park Lawn Cemetery.

Contributions in Mrs. Raymonds memory may be made to the Bennington Rescue Squad or to ones favorite charity through the funeral home office. WARREN LOHNES HOOSICK, N.Y. Warren Lohnes, 69, of 115 Railroad Hoosick Falls, died Thursday at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington, after a long illness. Born in Petersburg on Nov.

3, 1912, son of Charles and Charlotte Thomas Lohnes, he was formerly employed at the Pownal (Vt.) Tannery as a laborer. Survivors include his wife, the former Betty" Harrington; a daughter, Mrs. Gail McGuire of Hoosick Falls; two grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Contributions may be made to the Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad through the funeral home office. Bennington Briefs MONTPELIER (AP) The House has endorsed a milk promotion tax that would be levied on dairymen in the state.

Under the plan approved Thursday, milk producers and handlers will contribute to a fund for promoting dairy products. The tax receipts, which are expected to reach about $1.6 million annually, will go to a promotional board. A 1979 milk promotion tax was declared unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge two months Police probe 1 infant's death NORTHFIELD (AP) -Authorities are searching for the parents of a newborn baby who was found dead in a paper bag by some schoolchildren. State police said the children were waiting for their school bus at about 7 a.m. Thursday when they saw a dog dragging a paper bag along the road.

The body of the baby boy was in the bag, wrapped in a towel, said police. Medical officials said the baby was born alive and died Wednesday night or.early Thursday. There were no immediate clues to the identity of the baby or his parents, according to police. Funeral JOSEPH L. LaFLAMME Funeral services for Joseph L.

LaFlamme of Park Street Extension were held Thursday morning at Sacred Heart Church, where the Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial was celebrated by the Rev. Francis Grogan, C.S.C., associate pastor. Organist was Mrs. Henrietta Senecal. A prayer service at the Mahar and Son Funeral Home, which preceded the funeral Mass, was given by Sister Mary Andrew, S.S.J.

Bearers were Joseph, Christopher and Rodney LaFlamme, James Loyd, Craig Sweet and Gary Sweet, all nephews. The rosary was offered Wednesday evening at the funeral home by Grogan. Burial took place in the family lot at White Chapel Cemetery with Grogan offering the committal prayers. The flag that draped the casket of fhe World War II Army veteran was folded and presented to Mrs. LaFlamme by Ralph Elwell and Texas Hall, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1332.

Mr. LaFlamme died Monday morning at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a long illness. GEORGE E. STREETER WILMINGTON George E. Streeter, 62, of Wilmington died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon at his home on Ray Hill Road.

Born on Nov. 27, 1919, in Wilmington, son of Earl G. and Mary Sheehan Streeter, he attended school there, graduating in 1937 from Wilmington High School. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Streeter served with the U.S.

Army, fitst as an infantryman and then with the 176th Engineer Construction Batallion in Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and Okinawa. He had been employed by various construction contractors, including his father, New England Power Service Moore and Knudsen Construction Co. and Perini Construction. In recent years, he was self-employed as a cabinetmaker and also repaired and refinished furniture. Memberships included the Nelson E.

Pick well American Legion Post and Wilmington Historical Society. He also served as trustee of both the Intervale and Restland cemetery associations. Surviving are his wife, the former Ruth Day, whom he married Dec. 27, 1944 in Newport; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Hoffman of Wilmington; four brothers, Frederick of Randolph, Alpheus of Wellsville, N.Y., Richard of Cohasset, and Edward of Harpers Ferry, W.

two grandchildren; an aunt, nieces, nephews and cousins, several of whom live in the Bennington area. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the Covey and Allen Funeral Home. Burial will take place at a later date in Intervale Cemetery. 4 Friends may call at the Streeter residence any time prior to the service, when family members will be in attendance.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Vermont Special Olympics through the American Legion of Vermont, Box 396, Montpelier; Wilmington Historical Society, co Janet Pool, Wilmington; or to a charity of ones choice. Police log Attempted breaking and entering, Crillys Comer, Gage Street, 12:30 a.m. Friday. Pursuit by owner and. later by police was unsuccessful.

Bennington High School, Class of 1962, is seeking the whereabouts of the following class members: Annette Arbolino, Joyce Carlson, Lee Lawson Pizzano, Richard Lee, Connie Matz, Larry Moskovitz Moss, Ivars and Pat Quackenbush Viten-berg, Deane Weaver Allen, -David Grant and John Hall. Persons with information are asked to call 442-2232 or 442-2481. Raymond Rice of 141 BenMont Ave. is a patient at Graduate Hospital, 19th and Lombard Philadelphia, 19104, and would appreciate hearing from friends. Insulate your home.

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Save 15 percent on all insulation installed in April. Save money and energy. Call Harwood Construction 442-5091 or 442-3398. ADV. Free $10 camera coupon with overnight color developing.

CTC Photo, 254 BenMont. ADV. Faye Terri Platt, licensed professional masseuse, reflexologist. Home office hours: Monday and Thursday. Call for appointment, (802) 442-3488.

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