Montpelier Vet Col Alexander J. Smith Seeks Senate Seat
Col Alexander J. Smith of Montpelier a former Ryegate representative and Caledonia County Senator announces as a candidate for one of Washington County three senate seats. Smith a Republican veteran of World Wars I and II and brigadier general in Vermont National Guard served as a special assistant in Gov Joseph B Johnsons administration.
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Montpelier
Alexander J. Smith
Ryegate
Caledonia County
Washington County
Senate
Smith
Vermont National Guard
Joseph B. Johnson
Vermont Teamsters Strike Talks Recessed Without Deal
Negotiations in the Vermont Teamsters trucking dispute recessed after a week of talks with no agreement. A six year pact expired Tuesday and about 450 workers face impact as the union seeks eight cents an hour more pay and a five hour shorter work week while talks continue.
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Woodstock
Vermont Teamsters
Granite group to carve Glenn Conquest of Space statue
Barre Granite Association will carve a Conquest of Space statue honoring Col. John H. Glenn to be placed in New Concord Ohio. Monument Builders of Ohio sponsors specify central Vermont granite. A 6 by 9 foot granite block will form a full sized replica of Glenns Friendship VII capsule.
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Barre
Col
John H. Glenn
New Concord
Ohio
Barre Granite Association
Monument Builders of Ohio, Inc
Vermont
Glenn
Barre teacher Miss Gertrude Sinclair seeks NEA post
Barre Miss Gertrude Sinclair a Spaulding High School math teacher and guidance counselor is a candidate for the NEA executive committee. She is endorsed by the Barre Teachers Association the Vermont Department of Classroom Teachers and the Representative Assembly of the Vermont Education Association. Election is during the NEA Convention in Denver in the first week of July. Her candidacy marks the first Vermonter seeking a top national office since 1938.
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Barre
Gertrude Sinclair
Spaulding
National Education Association
Sinclair
Barre Teachers’ Association
Vermont Department of Classrooom
Representative Assembly
Vermont Education Association
NEA
Denver
Miss Sinclair
Teachers’ National
Dartmouth to Dedicate Robert Frost Room in Library
Dartmouth College will dedicate a Robert Frost Room in its library on April 19 to honor the poet who attended the college briefly in 1892. Frost will attend the ceremony and the room will house his works including A Boy's Will and In the Clearing, with a bronze head by Walter Hancock on display.
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Hanover
N.H
Pap
Dartmouth College
Robert Frost
Frost
Dartmouth
Walter Hancock
Meyer slams U.N. loan bill as Aiken opponent
Former congressman William H. Meyer labels the Senate loan compromise a face-saving device for Senator George D. Aiken. Meyer says the amended bill authorizes a $100 million loan to the United Nations for its military operations and predicts House chances will be tough.
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Aiken
Meyer
U.N
Federal buys Berkshire property for post office expansion
The Sullivan estate on Ashland Street in North Adams Berkshire has been acquired by the federal government for an addition to the post office at a court-set price of 22 500 dollars. Construction start date not announced per architect Prentiss Bradley of Pittsfield.
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North Adams
Ashland Street
Sullivan
Prentiss Bradley
Pittsfield
Williamstown Fund Drive Aims to Aid Local Students
Williamstown residents will be canvassed Sunday May 20 by youth fellows seeking donations for town students enrolled in college. Application forms for aid are in the regional school guidance office, with a May 1 deadline to file.
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Williamstown
Police face crowd surge as Taconic Raceway opens
Williamstown Chief John D. Courtney warns his seven man force may struggle with up to 20 000 fans expected at Taconic Raceway in Pow nal. He identifies the field park at Routes 2 and 7 as a bottleneck and notes engineers have long eyed a rotary there, a plan opposed by the town but possibly adopted to manage traffic.
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Williamstown
John D. Courtney
Taconic Raceway
Pownal
Washington County merchants join tax protest motorcade
About 400 merchants from Washington County planned to close shops to join a protest motorcade heading to Hudson Falls for a county supervisors session. Participants were expected from Cambridge Argyle Fort Edward Granville Greenwich Hudson Falls and Whitehall. In Schaghticoke five people were injured in a head on Route 40 crash north of town. A Hoosick Falls man, Leon O. McKittrick, 48, was arrested for driving while intoxicated and will be arraigned later.
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Washington County
Hudson Falls
County Board of Supervisors
Cambridge
Argyle
Fort Edward
Granville
Greenwich
Whitehall
N.Y
Mr. Hagy
McKittrick
Robert R. Hughes
West Pawlet
Judith Parker
Gene Nelson
Area Twirlers Featured in 12th Who's Who Edition
Five Bennington twirlers and one from East Arlington are named in the 12th annual Who's Who in Baton Twirling. The 608 page NBTA edition highlights Janet Flynn and family, Gail Horst, Deirdra DeVito, Gayle Racicot, Maria Sue Crawford, and Marilyn Martin among a select group of 1500 nationwide.
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Bennington
East Arlington
Janet K. Flynn
Park St
Judith Ann Flynn
Benhi
Gail Ann Horst
West Road
Vermont
Deirdra DeVito
Valentine Street
Gayle Racicot
Burgess Road
Maria Sue Crawford
Arlington
Marilyn Martin
Mt. Holly
United States
Canada
Don Sartell
NBTA
Janesville
Wis
Drum Major Magazine
Higher Police Pay To Be Recommended
Burlington officials may back higher salaries for an under staffed police force. R Dean Smith of the IACP told Mayor Bing the association will submit financial recommendations for the city budget meeting next month. Patrolmen now earn under seventy dollars weekly, a factor in last winter’s scandals.
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Burlington, Vt
Burlington
R. Dean Smith
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Robert K. Bing
IACP
Cadets Assist Airport Work Under Whittemore Plan
CAP notes show Joel Whittemore Jr. asking cadets to help around the airport with shift rotations. For every 10 hours worked cadets earn half an hour of flying instruction. Cadets James Kirkpatrick and Thomas Kinney have begun duties. A field trip is set for May 5-6 visiting the Coast Guard Academy in New London and the submarine base.
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Joel Whittemore Jr
James Kirkpatrick
Thomas Kinney
Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Bennington Banner Local Notices and Rates
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays with mail and delivery options. Subscriptions listed for Vermont New York and Massachusetts regions include 3 months for 425 dollars and 1 year for 15 dollars plus servicing rates for veterans and truck route delivery details.
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Benni Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Focal News
AP News
Cerrier
Verger
Washington
N.Y
Massachusetts
Washington widow mothers 12 run 75 acres of farm land
Beth Scheib widowed after a plane crash supports 12 children on a 75 acre homestead in Washington. She drives the tractor and harvests alfalfa while older children help with schooling, livestock, and irrigation. The 65 acres belong to neighbor widow Mrs McNamara. they plan dairy herd growth and beef for the locker. It costs about 200 dollars monthly to feed the family.
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Soap Lake
Wash
Beth Scheib
Scheib
Baby Larry
Beth
Lawrence Scheib
Farm Home Administration
Clifford
Jim
Peggy
Barbara
Don
Wally
Leonard McNamara
Scheibs
Bogus Bills Boost Jamaica Vermont Ski Biz
In Jamaica Vermont enterprising merchants circulated 1854 era souvenir $3 bills as promotion for ski resorts. The 14 karat notes with cupids sold as curios, drew collectors from far away and even circulated in New York and Boston. About 25,000 notes have been distributed, boosting local tourism drive and bank display.
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Jamaica
West River Bank
California
Fred Lataille
Benny Goodman to Play Moscow Jazz Concert May 30
Benny Goodman will appear in Moscow for the first jazz concert of his Soviet tour on May 30, his 53rd birthday.
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New York
Benny Goodman
Moscow
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