GE Wins 1.89 Million Contract for Minigun Pods
GE Missile and Armament Department will produce 7.62 mm Minigun pods for the U S Army Weapons Command at 6 000 rounds per minute. The system shares design with the 21 mm Vulcan pod, using a six barrel Gatling style revolving assembly. Air Force to receive the Minigun units, with GE employment rising to about 1 400 in May from 1 270. In Vermont a separate report notes a 20 year old man in Middlebury escaped serious injury when a revolver discharged, bullet grazing his calf.
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UPI
General Electric Co
Albert E. Schwerin
GE Missile and Armament Department
U.S. Army Weapons Command
Air Force
West Salisbury
UPS
Middlebury
Lawrence Hubbell
Otter Creek
Hubbell
Porter Memorial Hospital
Vermont woman dies in single car crash on Route 7
Vermont state police report a Burlington woman Dawn Chevalier 29 died in a one car crash on U S Route 7 Friday night. Autopsy by Pathologist Richard Woodruff says injuries were fatal instantly. Passenger Brian Dennis 33, also of Burlington, was not injured.
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Dawn Chevalier
Burlington
Richard Woodruff
Miss Chevalier
Brian Dennis
Middlebury College hits 17 gifts to push challenge fund
Middlebury College announced 17 major gifts have raised the challenge fund to 1 189 666 dollars as it holds an open house for drive chairmen. The drive seeks 6 6 million dollars to meet urgent needs and secure a Ford Foundation grant of about 1 7 million.
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Middlebury College
Danville Man Survives 642 Foot Plunge Into Brook
State police report Francis R. Legendre 24 of Danville escaped injury after his car skidded off Route 2 at a left curve on Dole Hill. The vehicle tumbled through barbed wire, struck rocks, tore out the gas tank and radiator, ending in a shallow brook. Legendre credited his luck and reported no injuries. In Holland, Alfred M. Davis aged 84 hanged himself in a neighbor’s home. His body was found on a stair landing, robe sash tied to the rail.
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UPD
Francis R. Legendre
Legendre
Route 2
Dole Hill
Fred Graves
Holland
API
Alfred M. Davis
William Bosley
Claire Rublee
Newport
Davis
Bosley
Cambridge man killed in East Main Street crash
John E. Priest of 11 Mill St Greenwich died after his car failed to stay on the road on East Main Street. Police said he passed a car, mounted a curb, struck a power pole, skid across a lawn, and hit a maple tree. He was ejected from the vehicle.
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Cambridge
John E. Priest
Mill St
Greenwich
East Main Street
South Glens Falls
Albany Set to Vote on 2 Percent Sales Tax Plan
Democratic leaders schedule a Wednesday vote on the amended two per cent sales tax proposal. Assembly Speaker Anthony Travia expects to secure enough votes, but the dispute may extend into Easter Week and threaten the 14 day spring recess.
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Albany
Assembly
Anthony Travia
Clothingline accident claims Rochester boy
An 8-year-old Rochester boy, Dennis McGurgan, died when his neck became caught in a clothesline noose he had tied from a tree in the backyard of his Brighton home. He was playing with his 4-year-old brother Vincent when the tragedy occurred.
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Dennis McGurgan
Vincent
Brighton
Berkshire Tragedy Claims Monette In S. Berkshire Crash
Edward Francis Monette, 33, of 257 Houghton Street, North Adams, died at 5 45 p m Sunday at North Adams Hospital from injuries in a head on collision on Curran Highway Friday night Others in the crash include Adams Nowak of Adams who died on arrival at the hospital Friday Monette leaves six children father to six children
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Edward Francis Monette
Houghton St
North Adams Hospital
Curran Highway
Adams Nowak
Adams
Mr. Monette
Urban Renewal Plan OK’d for Adams Supermarkets Site
Pittsfield officials announce approval by the UK Regional office in New York of Adams Supermarkets Inc plans to erect a 10 story office building with stores and two level parking. The project marks the first Urban Renewal undertaking in the area and will reshape the site.
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Pittsfield
Adams Supermarkets, Inc
New York
Waubeeka Springs golf course project slated to start in May
Rowland B Aramacost of Hinsdale announced that the Waubeeka Springs golf course in South Williamstown will begin construction in May. Armacost, who resigned Thursday as Wahconah Country Club superintendent in Dalton after six years of service, will oversee the project.
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Waubeeka Springs
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Aramacost
Hinsdale
Armacost
Wahconah Country Club
Dalton
Stock market opens higher with mixed gains
New York stocks show modest early gains in moderate trade led by Ford Chrysler General Motors and American Motors. Ford climbs to 57 14, Chrysler to 56 14, GM to an all time high of 1051, American Motors up 14 to 141 percent, Mack Trucks up 4 to 40.
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Jones & Laugh
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Bennington Banner Contact and Subscription Rates
The Bennington Banner lists telephone numbers for business news and advertising and provides address, publication schedule, and United Press International affiliation. Subscription rates show 50 mile Vermont and U.S. options, with 3 months at 6.30 or 7.00, 1 year at 22.50 or 25.00, plus servicemen special rates.
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Romney Brooke named strong 1968 GOP ticket idea
Massachusetts GOP leader Dumaine said George Romney for president and Edward Brooke for vice president would form a strong 1968 national ticket. He called Brooke one of the nation’s highest elected Negroes and noted Brooke’s potential historic run. Dumaine added that Volpe was not seeking his removal and warned against newsroom speculation.
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George Romney
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Frederic C. Dumaine
Gov. Romney
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Dumaine
Romney
Brooke
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State Republican Committee
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