War relief ties north Bennington families to WWI
Letters from Frances Trenor Park and Julia Park recount war relief efforts linked to Vermont governor's family. Frances and her mother ran a hospital in France for wounded soldiers and later cared for refugee children. Their correspondence inspired a local North Bennington war relief group. Trustees of Grandview Cemetery Association will meet at the North Bennington station at 7 p.m. Monday, April 11.
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Bennington
McCullough
North Bennington
Park-McCullough
Frances Trenor Park
Julia Catlin Park
Julia Park
John G. McCullough
Vermont
Chateau d’Annes
Compiegne
Frances
Paris
Grandview Cemetery Association
North Bennington Station
Julia Park Taufflieb
France
Julia
Funeral Service and War Relief Donations Highlight Hovey Event
Funeral services for Edward A. Hovey of East Arlington were held April 5 with burial April 6 in Colebrook Cemetery Whitman Mass. The account notes bandages at the Big House and other apparel sent overseas to Frances Trenor Park and her mother, along with hospital supplies for Allied groups. Ten folders of letters and Park McCullough House archives document the donation story.
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East Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson-Walbridge
Arlington
N. Gordon Luther
First Baptist Church of
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Colebrook Cemetery
Whitman
Mass
Frances
Queen Mary’s
The
Bennington Banner and Reformer
Frances Trenor Park
E.Z. Waist
Rosier
North Bennington
Buckley criticizes postal plan to move mail sorting
Vermont Lt. Gov. T. Garry Buckley denounces USPS plans to replace local hand sorting in Rutland and Montpelier with a White River Junction machine. He questions the process, cites feared job losses and service impacts, and notes the July 1 install with September operation.
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Montpelier
UPI
T. Garry Buckley
U.S. Postal Service
Rutland and
White River Junction
Benjamin Bailor
Buckley
Vermont
James Howard
Howard
Postal Service
Nantucket seeks edge for joining New Hampshire amid secession bid
Nantucket officials lead talks with Governor Meldrim Thomson in Concord about annexation from Massachusetts. The island, along with Martha's Vineyard, seeks to join New Hampshire to escape Massachusetts plans to merge with Cape Cod. Todd cites NH tax structure as a draw. island votes favor secession.
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N.H
UPI
Meldrim Thomson
Nantucket
Massachusetts Island
New Hampshire
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Governor’s Mansion
Buddy Jenkins
Martha’s Vineyard
Todd
WLNH
Laconia
Thomson
New England
Massachusetts governor on one man one vote for islands
Gov. Michael Dukakis said Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket cannot gain seats under the redistricting plan, citing one person one vote. He will meet island representatives next week to discuss their secession efforts.
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UPI
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Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket
Massachuetts House
Dukakis
Islands
Massachusetts
House
Three cars damaged in South Street collision
Three cars were heavily damaged but no injuries were reported after a 5:30 p.m. Friday crash on South Street near Putnam Square. Marilyn Verhaeghe, Howard McDonald, and Janet Tornabene were involved as McDonald pulled from a federal building parking lot into Verhaeghe’s path, Tornabene rear ended McDonald, sending the vehicles into Verhaeghe. Damage: Verhaeghe $300, McDonald $800, Tornabene extensive.
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South Street
Putnam Square
Bennington
Marilyn Verhaeghe
North Adams
Mass
Howard W. McDonald
Claremont
N.H
Federal Building
McDonald
Janet.a. Tornadene
Pownal
Tornabene
Verhaeghe
Pownal Principal and Son Escape Serious Injury in Route 7 Crash
The Pownal Elementary School principal and his six year old son escaped serious injury Thursday at 3 25 p m when their car collided with another on Route 7 in Pownal State police report Bernard J Bisson 39 of Pownal turning onto Route 7 was involved in the crash
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Bernard J. Bisson
School Street
William D. Magee
Lisa
Bisson
Christopher
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Route
Allan C. Brophy
Greenwich
N.Y
Palestinians Press Charge Across Lebanese Border Front
Palestinian guerrillas aided by Lebanese leftists and Syria pressed an offensive against Israeli backed Lebanese Christian rightists. They recaptured Khiam and Taybe near the border and warned of possible Israeli counterattacks as fighting continued around border towns.
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Lebanon
UPI
Fatah
Mussa
Syria
Taybe
Israel
Posi
Marjayoun
Klein
Ain Ebel
Murder suspect quizzed in Todd disappearance case
Berkshire County Grand jury will not indict at this time in the December 12 disappearance of Carole Ann Todd, 27, from the Sheraton North Adams Inn. Assistant DA William R. Flynn said 30 witnesses testified, including Walpole State Prison inmate Robert Nimblett who invoked the Fifth Amendment. Nimblett, described as a possible suspect and material witness, was in Monroe State Prison Camp and in a motel work release. Flynn aimed to preserve on record testimony while memories were fresh.
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Pittsfield
Mass
UPI
Berkshire County
Falmouth
William R. Flynn
Carole Ann Todd
Flynn
Walpole State
Robert ‘‘Shorty
Nimblett
Grand
Miss Todd
Sheraton North Adams Inn
Monroe State
Leonard Cohen
Federal tests show labs lag TV counterparts
A federally funded study of 21 tests across 240 crime labs found wide error ranges in identifying bloodstains bullets drugs glass soil metal hair and wood. Only 49 percent detected nonmembership of blood samples and 8 percent misidentified weapon types, prompting caution about relying on physical evidence in court.
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Washington
UPI
The
Forensic Sciences Foundation
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Smith and Wesson
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