Bennington hosts town charter vote and highway hearings
Bennington residents vote today on a proposed new town charter to merge the town with three villages and a fire district. Polls open until 7 p.m. at North Bennington Firehouse and Bennington Elementary School. A public hearing on U.S. 7 relocation follows at 7:30 p.m. at the State Armory in Bennington Village with further hearings in Manchester.
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Old Bennington
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U.S. 7
Department
State Armory
Bennington Village
Pownal Center
Arlington
Vt. 9
New York State Line
Manchester
Highway Department
Gromyko Plans Historic Vatican Audience With Pope
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will visit the Vatican for a history making audience with Pope Paul VI. The meeting, scheduled for Wednesday morning, would be the first talks between a Russian government official and the Pope inside the Vatican since czarist times. Discussions likely to cover world peace including Vietnam and Vatican relations with the Communist world amid tensions with Poland.
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UPI
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Viet Nam
Poland
New Headmaster Chosen For Hoosac School
Hoosac School in Hoosick New York selects Donn D Wright 38 secretary of Blair Academy Blairtown New Jersey as sixth headmaster He attended Lawrenceville School Trinity College and General Theological Seminary He led Blair fundraising to over 100000 annually in 1965 and previously held roles at Blair Lester Beall Inc Emhart and Connecticut General Life His wife Barbara Townsend Chase Blair Academy Parents Association and they have three children Wright succeeds Rev Clinton H Blake Jr with interim Rev Henry Brevoort Cannon serving as headmaster
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N.Y
Hoosac School
Donn D. Wright
Blair Academy
Blairstown
N.J
Hoosac
Wright
Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville
Trinity College
Hartford
Blair
Lester Beall Inc
Brookfield Center
Conn
Emhart Manufacturing Co
Henry Brevoort Cannon
Morristown
Congressmen Clash With McNamara Over Nike-X Defense
The Senate Armed Services Committee says Defense Secretary McNamara ignored Joint Chiefs of Staff advice by not funding Nike-X pre production costs. The issue follows a House subcommittee push to cut bomber forces, with McNamara claiming general Pentagon consensus except for an $11.8 million R D cut. He defended his stance at a news conference.
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Robert McNamara
Armed Services Subcommittee
Air Force Secy
Harold Brown
Cyrus Vance
U S Jet Downs Russian Built Mig In Dogfight Over North Viet Nam
A U S Air Force Phantom shot down a Russian built Mig21 fighter in a dogfight over North Viet Nam, the second straight day of clashes between U S and Communist planes. It marked the first of the modern air battles in the region.
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Viet Nam
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Flaming Meteor Sighted Across Northeast Sky
An astronomer said a flaming object, likely a meteor, dazzled observers from the Carolinas to New England and may have disintegrated near the U.S. Canadian border in upper New York State. Experts noted a sonic boom and possible ablation dropout, with authorities uncertain if any debris reached the ground in northern New York.
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New York State
Curtis Hemingway
Dudley Observatory
Albany
N.Y
Montreal
Plattsburgh
Carolinas
New England
Hemingway
Earth
Luzerne
Saratoga Springs
Richard E. McCrosky
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Upper
Death comes unexpectedly to artificial heart patient
Marcel L. DeRudder, an Illinois coal miner and longest surviving artificial heart patient, died unexpectedly at Methodist Hospital hours after receiving the grapefruit sized device implanted by Dr. Michael DeBakey. The hospital said the likely cause was a rupture of the trachea or bronchia. Dr. DeBakey ordered a three hour autopsy.
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API
Marcel L. DeRudder
Illinois
Methodist Hospital
Michael DeBakey
DeRudder
DeBakey
Westville
Ill
Bowen
Viet Catholic Leaders Plan Anti Buddhist Demonstrations
Viet Catholic leaders announce massive demonstrations in northern provinces to demand punishment for Buddhist rioters. Father Ho says protests start Wednesday despite warnings from the Buddhist struggle force that such actions are traitorous. Catholics may seek protection from the Vietnamese National Party if outsiders threaten them. The move raises fears of renewed Buddhist Christian tensions in the area.
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National Party
UtilitiesHeads To Tell Of Future Power Plans
In Montpelier, CVPS chairman Albert Cree and Green Mountain Power president Glen McKibben will testify to the Legislative Council subcommittee on importing Canadian power. They outline plans for a 450,000 kilowatt nuclear plant by 1970 and discuss private studies of importing 290 billion kilowatts from Canada to meet New England and Vermont needs. Hydro Quebec president Jean Claude Lessard is slated for a future appearance.
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Cree
McKibben
New England
Canada
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Sembly
Philip H. Hoff
Hydro-Quebec
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Hoff
Council
CVPS
New Engeland
Jean Claude Lessard
Inside the McCullough Library Hobby Show
Columnist Carlo Walter recalls feeding birds through winter while the Stemps celebrate their 50th anniversary, with notes on community hobbies and personal milestones across pages 3 to 5.
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Stemps
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