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Humwr, TuUy, M-y 31. 1M-I' 3 LOCALSTATE i 1 ft 'nsrwr- 7c stu 'AX, KJ summers are made 1 Id I II III vr i Sweet harmony usually sings at the Vermont Veteran's Home. The Mayfest, which had a warm sunny day this year, drew between 4,000 and 5,000 people, with traffic steady all day. The Maple Leaf Chorus presented some of the old songs at the Mayfest along Main Street on Saturday. The chorus, consisting of (from left) Bruce Fowler, Howard Fitzgerald, Joel Whittimore, Chuck Downey, Pete Taylor, Philip Peterson, and Oakley Frost, 9 5r I Uf Photos by Matt Kelly J5fcwCI vo j1 Raisin Caine Tiiaf loving touch Scott HU1 of Scotia, N.Y.

applies wax to the side of his 1956 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery, one of the last of its kind. Hill was in town Sunday with many other automobile enthusiasts for the car show at the Chamber of Commerce. The Vermont Raisins have their own floating craft for the 14th Annual Memorial Day Race, launched Sunday on the BattenKill in Arlington. The boat, plywood over inner tubes and festooned with "California or Bust" signs, was not in strict keeping with the Vermont History theme. Race results are on Page 14.

'V Her I in fir Tvr uur navy vei iu Mk' GRANDM A'Sffk CM GARDEN ffi) challenge Jeffords RITE AID DISCOUNT PHARMACY 441 Main St. Bennington 442-6384 Rt. 67A Ames Shopping Plaza Bennington, Vermont 442-3286 Fresh roses, 95 10.95 doz. plus tax Fresh flowers by the stem in designs EXOTICS Burlington mayor weds BURLINGTON (AP) The mayor of Burlington and his new bride leave Tuesday for a 10-day trip to the Soviet Union, three days after exchanging vows at a civil ceremony in Vermont's largest city. Sanders and Jane O'Meara Dris-coll, director of the city's youth office, were married Saturday in a fenced-off section near Lake Champlain.

More than 300 friends and relatives watched as the Socialist mayor and Driscoll were wed by City Clerk James Rader, a longtime friend of Sanders. The Soviet excursion is not exactly a honeymoon. Sanders is leading a delegation that will try to establish a sister-city relationship with the Soviet city of Yaroslavl, population 500,000. Last week, Sanders said he hoped the plan would lead to student exchanges, business opportunities and improved communications between the people in the cities. The public was invited to attend the wedding Saturday.

MB still know how to bend metal. I still know how to pray," he said in a speech that ended with a prayer and family sing-along of "America The Beautiful." Griffes and Jeffords are seeking the GOP nomination to the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Robert Stafford, R-Vt. Jeffords will announce on Friday.

The seven-term Congressman has been re-elected by landslides since 1976. But his support has slipped among conservatives, making Griffes' candidacy more viable. Griffes, on the other hand, could face problems because he has lived out of state for years. A native of Jackson, he attended Michigan State University, served in the Navy from 1976 to 1983 and then took a job with the Grumman International a civil and military manufacturer in Virginia. He returned to Vermont for the Senate campaign, which he NEWPORT (AP) A 34-year-old Navy veteran announced his bid for the U.S.

Senate Monday, emphasizing his ties to Vermont while criticizing the Washington background of his Republican opponent, Rep. James Jeffords, R-Vt. In a speech delivered at a family business in Newport, Michael Griffes criticized Jeffords for supporting a work-for-welfare program that, in his words, was "mostly just a plan to increase welfare spending." "He's been away from Vermont longer than I was, and perhaps he's forgotten some things about Vermont frugality and hard work," Griffes said. "Maybe you forget home quicker in the U.S. Congress than you do in the U.S.

Navy." Griffes also spoke of the values he said he learned at his family's home in East Charleston. "I still know how to milk a cow. I still know how to frame a door. I Michael Griffes launched outside the sheet metal firm he and his father founded 17 years ago. Surrounded by family and friends, he pointed out his 80-year-old grandmother, who lives in East Charleston, and his 8-month-old niece, who lives in Johnson.

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