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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1966

Page

2

Vermont Student Pleads Innocent in Drug Case

A Windham College student, James Reed, 20, of Scrub Oaks New York, pleaded innocent to illegal narcotics possession after state police investigated marijuana use at the Putney campus. Reed posted 3000 bail after arraignment as two other New York students, Jerrold Axelson, 19, and Robert Friedland, 18, were arrested earlier and also pleaded innocent.

Brattleboro UPI Windham College James Reed Scrub Oaks N. Y Putney Reed New York Jerrold Axelson New York City Robert Friedland Brooklyn

Vermont Native Reappointed as March of Dimes Advisor

Mrs. Lawrence English of Middlebury is reappointed Vermont volunteer advisor for the National Foundation March of Dimes. Basil O’Connor, president, says she will coordinate with women’s clubs and youth groups on prenatal care birth defects education and community services through the March of Dimes. English, active with Addison County March of Dimes for 15 years, has chaired Mothers’ March and Women’s Activities committees and led TAP projects. She also served as a Mammalian Cytogenetics Conference delegate in 1963 and has worked with Girl Scouts USO locally.

Middlebury Lawrence English Vermont National Foundation March of Dimes Basil O’connor English Addison County Mothers’ March Women’s Activities Committee Vergennes Girl Scouts USO

Tragic motorcycle crash claims 2 year old girl in Lunenburg

A two year old girl, Patriciia McKearney, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland McKearney, was fatally struck near her home when she darted from a ditch into the path of a motorcycle operated by Russell Mooney, 17, of Lancaster New Hampshire. The accident occurred late Monday and authorities are investigating the incident.

Civil Defense Directors Staff College at West Point

Rensselaer County official Hoolick Falls Benedict Nowik travels to West Point this week for a staff college for directors focusing on Civil Defense in Government Emergency. Rotella faces bail after rear ending another car while watching a television set riveted to his car. police say he remained watching the program as an officer approached. Sister Noel Marie announces a $5170 NSF grant to The College of Saint Rose for an in-service math institute during 1966-67, aiding teachers and supervisors in modern arithmetic concepts and methods for elementary to junior high levels.

Hoolick Falls Benedict Nowik Rensselaer County Office of Civil Defense United States Military Academy West Point Auburn Sam Rotella Rotella Albany Noel Marie C.S.J College of Saint Rose National Science Foundation

Williams College honors J C Harsch as Phi Beta Kappa honorary

Joseph C Harsch of Williams College is named an honorary Phi Beta Kappa member at the chapter 102nd annual banquet. He is the seventh alumnus to receive this honor.

Williamstown Joseph C. Harsch Williams College

Police Captain to Take Early Retirement at 63

PITTSFIELD Capt. Camille L. Marcel a 28 year department veteran and head of the Traffic Bureau since 1948, announced Monday his acceptance of early retirement at age 63 effective May 1. He will become a federal meat inspector for the Agriculture Department at Berkshire Beef Co. NORTH ADAMS TWUA members at Strong Hewat & Co Inc will convene April 30 at Hub Restaurant to consider a one year contract extension and possible wage increases if the firm recovers. The company owes creditors over 1.6 million dollars to date.

Pittsifled Camille L. Marcel Marcel Agriculture Department Berkshire Beef Co North Adams Textile Workers Union of America TWUA Strong, Hewat & Co., Inc Hub Anna B. Sullivan Holyoke

Different Viet Policy If Kennedy Had Lived

Senator Wayne Morse said Kennedy would likely have avoided heavy commitments to South Vietnam and was reviewing Viet Nam policy before his assassination. Morse did not see the same level of U.S. involvement under a living Kennedy, noting the president was formulating policy.

Kennedy Washington UPI Wayne Morse D-Ore U.S Viet Nam John F. Kennedy Morse South Viet Nam Senate Foreign Relations Committee India John Kenneth Galbraith United States Galbraith Sen. J. William Fulbright D-Ark Fulbright Senate Everett M. Dirksen Johnson Congress Welfare John W. Gardner Public Health Service PHS House Gardner House Interior Committee

Posh Resort Becomes Job Corps Center

Poland Spring Maine reports a lavish hotel once a posh resort becomes the Alice in Wonderland palace for 110 girls from disadvantaged backgrounds as the nation’s largest Job Corps training center for women. The program includes a vital living phase with checkups, clothing, and room assignments, then 2 1/2 hours daily of academics and three hours of training, potentially up to two years.

Poland Spring Maine UPD Westchester County Col. Sol. E. Ernst

Newsmen Discuss Journalism Changes at ANPA Conference

Newspa per executives from the United States and Canada met in workshop sessions at the ANPA annual convention to discuss shifts in daily journalism. Delegates split into circulation groups to address computer systems news research and recruitment, with over 50,000 fluctuation noted by W. J. Pennington of the Seattle Times. Sales figures showed newspaper advertising reaching a record $4.4 billion in 1965, up 6.9 percent from 1964.

New York UPI United States Canada American Newspaper Publishers Association ANPA W. J. Pennington The Seattle Times Chilton R. Bush Anpa News Research Center Bush John M. Jones Greenville Donald W. Diehl Diehl

PSB Orders Montpelier Lines for Bolton Valley Ski Area

The Public Service Board ordered Western Telephone and Telegraph Co. to install a private line at the superintendent’s home by May 1 and three more private lines at the base ski lodge by December 1 for the Bolton Valley ski development. The order follows a Burlington hearing after Bolton Valley sued for better service, with the board finding six lines could be spared from the Richmond switch. The commission also noted the company’s capital and plant limits, while noting broader industry news on newspaper expansion and recruitment.

Bolton Valley Corp Telephone Company Richmond

Computer Experts Discuss Automated World of Tomorrow

In Boston 4500 top computer experts gather for the Spring Joint Computer Conference at War Memorial Auditorium to explore digital advances. A Thursday panel will discuss a two money electronic system using plastic cards and touch-tone phones to reduce cash and checks, with Honeywell’s talking computer aiding toll-rate lookups. The event features 97 exhibitors with $30 million in displays and papers on topics from Markovian models to time sharing. Dr. Isaac Asimov will speak on four steps to salvation through computer tech.

Boston API U.S War Memorial Auditorium Dale L. Reistad American Bankers Association Department of Automation Honeywell Isaac Asimove Asimov

Foreign Trade Conference Set For Wednesday in Montpelier

The Vermont Foreign Trade Opportunity Conference is set for Wednesday in Montpelier to spur more companies to consider exporting as additional sales potential. Governor Hoff says the session will start at 1 p.m. and will include a panel of four importing exporting experts.

Montpelier UPI Vermont Philip H. Hoff

Third Vermonter Among Plane Crash Victims

A third native Vermonter is listed among the servicemen killed in the chartered plane crash near Ardmore Oklahoma that claimed 82 lives. Dennis Wisell 22 of Bristol and Burlington High School graduate was in the Army since last December and had just finished basic training at Fort Ord Calif. The plane headed to Fort Benning Ga crashed during a thunderstorm on a hill. Also killed were Pvt Michael McLeod of Burlington and Pvt John H Benoit of Lunenburg. Panel participants include executives from Boston area firms discussing how small manufacturers can enter foreign trade and related procedures with Vermont industrial trade tips noted by the Industrial Development Director.

Boston A. Devereaux Cheston Everett Mass Donald Moore Wellesley Prescott Crafts First National Bank of Boston Paul Carmey U.S. Commerce Department Roland Loveless Vermont Industries Vermont

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Crown Point Perkinsville Howard Jeffrey Forests and Parks Department Wilgus Ascutney State Park Vermont Petroleum Association Motor Vehicle Department Math Institute Scheduled Down In Berkshire Harsch Posh Job Corps Center Wayne Aspinall D-Coro Subcommittee On Public Works Appropriations Executive Branch PSB Great Yarmouth England Frost North Street U. S. Dowzer Vicon Shop Oneida Third Presidential Fund. Inc Burbank & Company, Inc Boston Stock Exchange Main Street Third Presidential Fund, Inc Vermont Beauty Academy
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