Captain Francis Jones Receives Purple Heart for Vietnam Action
Capt. Francis S. Jones, son of Bennington residents, was officially cited April 2 and awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received during a theater bombing in Saigon. He endured a nearby explosion at Capitol Kinh Do Theater in mid-February while watching a film, praising a Marine captain’s warning that saved many lives. Jones served in Viet Nam from 1964 to January 1965 and arrived at Fort Lewis in March. Also cited was Sgt. Robert E. Lovelace of Lakewood for Air Medal flights supporting supply missions.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Francis S. Jones
Atty
Franklin P. Jones
West Road
Bennington
629Th Ordnance Co
Viet Nam
Jones
Saigon
R.B. Honeck
Adrian Messingner
Army
L Robert E. Lovelace
Lakewood
Permanent Savings and Loan elects four new directors
Hoosick Falls New York article reports E Merritt Ashworth and Morgan Burke announce four additional directors joining the Permanent Savings and Loan Association board, bringing total to 15. New directors are Dr Volney B Chapman Leo J Fairbanks William J McMartin and Clyde R Baker.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
E. Merritt Ashworth
Morgan Burke
Permanent Savings and Loan Association
Volney B. Chapman
Leo J. Fairbanks
William J. McMartin
Clyde R. Baker
Dr. Chapman
Hoosick Falls High School
University of Penn
Kiwanis Club
Classic St
Fairbanks
Fairbanks Express
North Hoosick Road
Cambridge
Upstate New York Highway Transport Association
B.P.O. Elks No. 178
North East
B.P.O. Elks
Johnson Hill Road
McMartin
Dodge Fibers Co
Siena College
Rototiller, Inc
Troy
Dodge
B.P.O. Elks No
Helen J. Monahan
John St. Baker
Farm Family Insurance Company
West Hoosick
Bert Baker
New Look at The Moon at Boston Planetarium
Boston Planetarium at the Museum of Science presents New Look at The Moon a space show tracing Apollo missions Rangers 7 to 9 lunar photos and moon theories. The program runs through July 11 with multiple daily showings and special effects including an eclipse.
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Cape Kennedy
Moon
Rangers 7
Planetarium
Engineers Gather in Burlington for Sixth Vermont Meeting
The sixth annual Vermont Society of Professional Engineers meeting will be held Saturday, April 24 in Burlington. Walter D. Emerson, Northfield, vice president and program chairman, says the event begins with a 3:30 p.m. business session at the Cupola Restaurant on U.S. 2 and Interstate 89, followed by a 6 p.m. social hour and 7 p.m. dinner. Arthur M. Comp offers the Northeast region remarks. Comp hails from Baltimore, Maryland.
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Burlington
Vermont Society of Professional Engineers
Walter D. Emerson
Northfield
U.S. 2
Interstate 89
Arthur M. Compf
Baltimore
Summer Music Festival Listed at Tanglewood
LENOX Mass Erich Leinsdorf music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Berkshire Festival at Tanglewood has announced complete programs for 24 concerts over eight weeks from July 2 to August 22 1965 The Boston Symphony will perform Fridays and Saturdays at 8 and Sundays at 2 30 in the 6000 seat music shed Leinsdorf will hold Saturday 10 am open rehearsals for the pension fund Six chamber weekend concerts with BSO players July 2 3 4 and July 9 10 11 lead to six full weekend programs by the full orchestra Guest conductors include Eleazar de Carvalho Jean Martinon Charles Munch Seiji Ozawa and Leopold Stokowski Beethoven of solo instrument concertos appears with anniversaries of Berg Hindemith Ravel and Sibelius observed A complete Wagner Lohengrin on Aug 20 21 22 Details via Berkshire Festival Ticket Office Symphony Hall Boston MA 02115
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Lenox
Mass
Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood
Leinsdorf
Bach
Mozart
Haydn
Beethoven
Boston Symphony
Ozawa
Leopold Stokowski
Berg
Hindemith
Ravel
Sibelius
Wagner
Arlington Visitors Entertain Local Guests In Town
Weekend visitors in town were Mr and Mrs Alton Smith and son of Randolph Mass Mr and Mrs Paul Martin and daughter of Burlington and Mr and Mrs Ronald Knox and children of Worcester Mass Mrs Knox is the former Joan Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmett Smith Jimmy Marsh son of Mr and Mrs C Lee Marsh and Clarence Curtis are at the Putnam Memorial Hospital convalescing after recent surgery
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Alton Smith
Randolph
Mass
Paul Martin
Burlington
Ronald Knox
Worcester
Knox
Joan Smith
Emmett Smith
Jimmy Marsh
C. Lee Marsh
Clarence Curtis
Putnam Memorial Hospital
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Francis Jones
Purple
Main St
Dial
Boston Planetarium
Boston
Hayden Planetarium
Museum of Science
New York
UPS
Allied Chemical
Barrett Division
Symphony Hall
Morse - Butler Inc. Designers & Builders
Bath & Home
North St
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Pratt ST
Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
Gerald £. Morrissey, Inc
General Contractors
Beech St
Bennington, Vt
Johnson Oil Co., Inc
Johnson Oil CO
Smokey
ABC
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