Pownal Track Job Hiring Scrutiny Draws Vermont Officials
Employment Security Commissioner Milne to meet Taconic Racing and Breeding Association today over use of Vermont labor on the state pioneer race track project. Gov Keyser asks intervention after reports contractor DeMatteo plans to hire union labor only but local workers mostly nonunion. Project budget is four million dollars with opening set for August 1.
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James B. Gibney
Bennington
Employment Security Board
Advisory Council
Vermont
Albany Novelty Union to Resume Negotiations Thursday
Albany Novelty Division of Garrison House Inc. and Local 806 of the United Paperworkers Union will resume talks at 1 p.m. Thursday to settle a contract set to expire March 31. Key issues include a general wage increase top pay ratings for job classifications and whether the contract will run one or two years. The union represents 198 hourly workers at Albany Novelty, which handles finishing on greeting cards for Polygraphic Co. of America Inc. Robert C. Watson announced the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Novelty
Garrison House, Inc
North Bennington
United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union
Robert C. Watson
Albany Novelty Division
Polygraphic Co. of America Inc
Watson
Raymond LaPlante
Frederick J. Rockford
May 1 Hearing On Vermont Gas Complaints Set
A public hearing is set for May 1 at Bennington County Courthouse where residents near the Vermont Gas Corp plant on Lincoln Street will voice complaints about odors flames and dangers from gas manufacture. Village President James B. Gibney called the hearing after a protest petition signed by 28 residents. Trustees were shown the plant by Vermont Gas officials with state Health Public Safety and Fire Marshal staff present. State representatives will provide reports at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Health, Public Safety and Fire Marshal
Gibney
Municipal Court sentences for suspended licenses in Bennington County
Michael E. Belval 19 of West Dover received 15 days in Bennington County Jail after pleading guilty to driving with license suspended and noting prior similar charges. Norman E. Bryant 37 of Pownal was fined 75 dollars and jailed five days for suspended license. Arthur R. Bushika 36 of Readsboro was fined 50 dollars for falsifying statements on a resident hunting license application. an alternate 25 day jail term was ordered. Six months residency is required for such licenses.
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Bennington County
Michael E. Belval
West Dover
Belval
Eugene V. Clark
Norman E. Bryant
Pownal
Bryant
Arthur R. Bushika
Readsboro
Clark
Fish and Game Department
Bushika
Garden clubs start radio talks in Bennington area
The Bennington County garden clubs begin a series of radio programs aired on WBTN Bennington. Two talks monthly through October cover wild flowers birds and house plants. This week’s discussion on April 24 at 9 a.m. features Mrs Allan Robertson Arlington Garden Club on The Taming of Wild Flowers.
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Garden Clubs
Bennington County
WBTN
Bennington
Allan Robertson
Arlington Garden Cluch
Obituary for Arthur James Taylor 1894 1959
Arthur James Taylor 77 died after a long illness and was survived by his son Arthur D. Taylor of Robinson Avenue, three grandchildren Susan Deborah and Richard, and relatives in England. A funeral service is planned tonight at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home in Hoosick Falls with burial in New York. Memorials may be made to Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Arthur James Taylor
Arthur D. Taylor
Robinson Avenue
Woodflong
Hoosick Falls
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Robert P. Bell
Old First Church
Taylor
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Fairchild Funeral Home
Jamaica
N.Y
Flushing
Mr. Taylor
London
England
James
Julia Taylor
Kelley's
Business Directory of England
New York City
New York
Cambridge Management Corp
Broadway
Maria Sanchez
Hewlett, N.Y
Susan
Deborah
Richard
Bennington
Paul Webb 57 Die While Visiting New Haven
Paul Webb a former hotel employee of Wilmington and night watchman at Hotel Putnam died Friday at Grace Haven Community Hospital New Haven He was visiting his niece Mrs Harvey Pratt in New Haven Born December 21 1904 in Royalton Massachusetts he was the son of Andrew and Mary Keefe Webb and lived in Arlington before his death
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Paul Webb
Putnam
Wilmington
Grace Haven Community Hospital
New Haven
Conn
Harvey Pratt
Royalton
Mass
Andrew and
Mary Keefe Webb
Arlington
Kennedy Aides Detail Cold War Aid Plan and Facts Drive
The attorney general urged sending lecturers to all nations to inform students about the United States and its way of life. He warned that without such outreach the country would lose the cold war despite aid military or economic. An aide said President Kennedy knew the speech contents.
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Kennedy
Obituary: Resident of Bennington Area Passes Away
Longtime Bennington area resident dies leaving sister Dorothy Woodcock of Peru brother Cleo Webb of Bath Maine and several nieces nephews and stepchildren Funeral services held Sunday at Gibney Haynes and Kane Funeral Home with Rev Ruth E Smith of Woodford Church officiating Burial followed at Park Lawn Cemetery More obituaries Page 2
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Bennington
Dorothy Woodcock
Peru
Cleo Webb
Bath
Maine
Gibney, Haynes and Kane Funeral Home
Ruth E. Smith
Woodford Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Springfield Firm Warns Strikers Shutdown Near
The Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Co at Springfield Vermont warns more than 500 employees a plant shutdown is imminent unless labor management difficulties are resolved. A production slowdown began April 1 after the contract with Local 218 United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America expired. The firm cites low performance and union resistance to overtime as threats to its operations.
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Springfield, Vt
Jones & Lamson Machine Tool Co
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America
Village Parking Lots to Be Cleaned Starting Tomorrow
Street Commissioner Arthur Theberge announced cleaning of village parking lots starting tomorrow. The Armory lot closes until 10 a.m. tomorrow while North Street closes until 10 a.m. Wednesday and Adams until 10 a.m. Thursday. Pick Up Day is April 30.
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Arthur Theberge
Armory
North Street
Adams
Theberge
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local club and travel news
Bennington reports on Pilgrim Fellowship members leaving for Virginia Beach for a spring vacation with chaperones listed. Other items include a Second Congregational Church Casual Club meeting program by Robert M. Wilson, a Nursing Guild gathering, and local bridge winners at Mt. Anthony Country Club.
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Pilgrim Fellowship
Second Congregational Church
Virginia Beach
Anita Caswell
John Millington Jr
Stephen C. Greene
Robert M. Wilson
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Thomas Walsh
Dorothy Butler
Mary Bratton
Robert Wagner
Leo Brimmer
Shaftsbury Man Recaptured After Escapes From Police
Calvin C. Moffitt 25 of Shaftsbury was caught after two escape attempts during a daytime break in at the Irvin Fineman summer home. Trooper Harry McDonald pursued through swamps and brush, recapturing him in a chase that ended with lodging in Bennington County Jail. Police seek two younger companions as investigations continue.
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Calvin C. Moffitt
Shaftsbury
Bennington County
Moffitt
Irving Fineman
Harry McDonald
McDonald
Carl W. Painter
Fineman
Cambridge Coal Yard Blaze Destroys Offices and Five Homes
A Sunday blaze in Cambridge Massachusetts destroyed two offices and five homes in a coal yard, with 17 other homes ignited. The fire, the city’s worst in 40 years, drew 300 firefighters from 12 communities. seven were injured and three hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Investigators seek origin amid suspicions of arson.
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Cambridge
Cambridge, Mass
City Hospital
Vincent P. Galvin
University City
Galvin
Massachusetts Fire Marshal
Carstein Coal Co
Coal Company
Porter Square
Mass
Easter Pageantry Across World Under Fair Weather
Easter celebrations spanned churches and outdoor services with generally fair weather. Pope John XXIII spoke to about 250000 in St Peter's courtyard warning of godlessness threatening peace. New York saw a one million strong Fifth Avenue Easter parade and a record 86 degree day.
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John XXIII
Rome
St. Peter’s
Disant
Holy City of
Jerusalem
New York
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick’s
St. John the Divine
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph P. Kennedy
America
New China News Agency
Tokyo
China
Easter Parade Throngs Benefit From Perfect Spring Weather
Perfect spring weather drew near record crowds to Easter Sunday services across the area. Clergymen reported overflowing churches despite double and triple services, while parade crowds grew under sunny skies and low 70s temperatures. Bennington police noted light pedestrian traffic but very heavy motor traffic on both Saturday and Sunday.
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Bennington
Grass Fires Hit Bennington Area Over Weekend
Bennington Fire Department reported three minor grass fires over the weekend. On Saturday at 11 40 p m crews extinguished a blaze at Imperial Avenue and Morgan Street. Sunday at 3 p m another fire struck Oak Street and at 10 15 p m they returned to Imperial Avenue and Morgan Street to douse a second fire.
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Bennington
Imperial Avenue
Morgan Street
Oak Street
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Joan Ulrich
Charles E. Ulrich
Morgan St
Deer Park
Bennington Jaycees
Jaycees
Springfield
Bennington Briefs
Infant of Prague Nurses Guild
Bennington Catholic High School
Red Cross
Nurses’ Lodge
Raymond B. Bowen
Woodford Road
Gwladys Bowen
Portland
Ore
Miss Bowen
Santa Barbara
San Juan Capistrano
California
Disneyland
Grand Canyon
Arizona
New Mexico
Bowen
Portland Oregonian
Margaret Lynch
Rutland
John A. Lynch
Eagles Hall
Physicians Lab
Main Street
Francis J. Kelly
East Main Street
Frank W. Grippin
First Methodist Church
T. Reed Moninger
Elm St
The
Associated Press
Vermont National and Savings Bank
Trust Department
Ermont National and Savings Bank
Main ST. Bennington
Federal Deposit, Insurance Corporation and
Federal Reserve System
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Chester
Windsor
Woodstock
Newfane
Brattleboro
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