McCullough remembered as scholar and benefactor in Vermont
Hall Park McCullough, longtime Bennington banker, lawyer, and civic patron, is remembered for conservation, Yale law, and 70 years at Davis Polk. A trustee of Middlebury College and benefactor to Bennington institutions, he guided Lake Paran and the village’s growth with quiet generosity. He is survived by his wife, three children, nine grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Funeral plans pending.
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Yale
New York Law School
Woodrow Wilson
Stetson, Jennings and Russell
Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardner and Reed
Davis, Polk, Wardwell
First National Bank of
North Bennington
Trenor Park
United States
Bennington Museum
Bennington Free Library
Bennington College
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont
Battle of
Bennington
Lake Paran
Hall Park
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
The
National Life Insurance Co
William G
Edith) Heaphey
William R
Ethel) Scott
John Griffith McCullough II
Elizabeth McCullough
Germans and Jews begin dialogue to ease wartime memories
In Brussels, Dr. Max Nussbaum urged Germans and Jews toward dialogue to bridge a 20 year wall of silence after the Nazi era. A World Jewish Congress plenary session heard 500 Jewish leaders watch German Parliament President Eugene Gerstenmaier speak. Some Jewish parties from Israel walked out protesting the timing. Swastikas appeared near the Palais des Congres as anti Semitic slogans were painted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Nussbaum
World Jewish Congress
Hitler
Palais Des Congress
Europe
Eugene Gerstenmaier
United States
Israel
Gerstenmaier
Brussels
Palais de Congres
Man Pleads Guilty In Trout Seizure Case
In Bennington Municipal Court A Clarksburg Massman was arraigned on taking more than 12 brook trout per day. Charles Edward Wright, 43, found by a game warden Aug 3 at Deer Lake Brook Glastonbury with 17 brook trout pleaded guilty and fined 25 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Massman
Bennington
Charles Edward Wright
Deer Lake Brook
Glastonbury
Wright
Healy Named To Veterans Job by Wirtz
Montpelier Vermont Charles J Healy 42 was named veterans employment representative for Vermont by U S Secretary of Labor Willard S Wirtz Healy a World War II veteran will resign as assistant chief of contributions with the Department of Employment Security to take a 10900 a year federal post Healy succeeds John Phalen of West Rutland who retired June 1 after about 20 years in the job Healy served with the 5th Army Italian campaign and lost a leg Healy is son of former Rutland mayor Daniel J Healy now director of the Farmers Home Administration for Vermont Healy a St Michaels College graduate is secretary of the Governors Committee on Employment of the Handicapped a member of the Governors Committee on Administrative Coordination and a Soldier's Home trustee in Bennington Healy is active in Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and Disabled American Veterans and holds leadership roles in the Legion Healy is married to Carmelita Murray of Rutland and they have five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Charles J
Mike) Healy
Vermont
U.S
Willard S. Wirtz
Healy
Department of Employment Security
John Phalen
West Rutland
5Th Army
Daniel J. Healy
Rutland
Farmers Home Administration For
St. Michael’s College
Soldier’s Home
Bennington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
The
Legion
Legion Post
Carmelita Murray
Blachly seeks Vermont Senate seat in Washington County
Vermont Senate candidate William Blachly a former dairy farmer and columnist for the Bennington Banner and other papers is running on the Democratic ticket in Washington County. He moved to Vermont in 1934 and Calais in 1956 where he still lives on his farm with his wife Alice and two children. He has worked as a teacher and a university admissions director and served in the 1965 legislature as Calais town representative and as a political columnist in Montpelier during the 1966 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
William Blachly
Banner
Vermont Senate
Washington County
Blachly
Vermont Tax Dept
Vermont
Alice
Thomas
Ellen
Blackly
Montpelier
The
Valley News
White River
Putney Graduate School
Brandeis University
Waltham, Mass
Accident Involving Three Cars Sends Three Patients To Putnam
Three people were admitted to Putnam Memorial Hospital after a three car collision on U.S. 7 in Pownal Thursday night. Among the injured is Cleon R. Gardner, 41, formerly of Bennington and now of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, listed in fair condition. Also admitted was Mrs. Robert Klimkewicz of Albany, New York. Separately, a group of youths robbed Montgomery Ward at Dixie Mall and fled with two dozen rifles and shotguns. no arrests announced. In Chicago, leaders planned a large march as police prepared for about a thousand officers in Marquette Park and surrounding areas after clashes with marchers. Mahalia Jackson sang, and Martin Luther King Jr. declared the movement would continue, with hundreds expected to march into Gage Park and Belmont-Cragin neighborhoods.
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Page 1
Dixie Mall
Montgomery Ward
McClarin
Dr. King
Chicago
Marquette Park
Mahalia Jackson
King
Gage Park
Belmont-Cragin
Collision injures four children in multi-vehicle crash
Time of the 8:50 p.m. crash: Mrs Klimkewicz 41 and her husband in a southbound Chevrolet collide head on with a northbound Gardner. A following Chevrolet operated by Edward Zukowski 42 collides with Klimkewicz car. Klimkewicz family suffers facial lacerations chest bruises and fractures while two other children have bruises. Gardner suffers fractured leg and lacerations. Zukowski and two passengers have minor injuries. Vehicle damage ranges from front to rear end across the three cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael
Klimkewicz
Gardner
Edward Zukowski
New Britain
Conn
Zukowski
Chevrolet
Ford
Motel sign rules spark Vermont hotel owners meeting
Motel owners debated primary road signs at a Vermont meeting led by councilman Moulton. They pressed for allowance of multiple signs per property while opposing sign clusters. Kenneth Barrett urged at least two signs per major road, others eight. Moulton planned draft legislation seeking compromise and urged lobbying at the next session. Also noted were award winners at a Country Fair and Cape Town burglary and attempted robbery cases presented by a magistrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Barrett
Green Mountain Hotel Motel Association
Moulton
Vermont
Marcia Barber
Bennington
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont
Union Board Awards Bus Insurance Contract for Mt Anthony
The Mt Anthony Union School District awarded a bus insurance contract Thursday night to Norman R. Strobridge Agency, the low bidder in one category of bids. The award covers buses for the union district and neighboring Burlington District, insured by different carriers through separate agencies.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Norman R. Strobridge
Strobridge
Union
Bennington
Union School Board
Walbridge-Knapp Insurance Inc
Wasuecuan Insurance
Charles G. Harte Insurance Agency
Harte
Marine Cites Whitmans Gun Practice
Providence upi a former Marine squad leader says University of Texas sniper Charles J Whitman would practice firing on the pistol range whenever he could Hartman 27 of Providence who served with Whitman at Guantanamo Bay Cuba says the mass slayer owned the .357 Magnum and used it at the base range He says Whitman was an automatic rifleman in a 13 man squad and paid attention to his work Little 28 of Warren in the same company notes Whitman was proficient with rifles and pistols but did not stand out in a crowd
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Providence, R.1
UPI
Marine Corps
University of Texas
Charles J. Whitman
Richard F. Hartman
Providence
Hartman
Whitman
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Guantanamo
Base Exchange
Warren
Edward T. Little
Meerwarth Receives Flying Farmers Instrument Rating
John Meerwarth of Bennington received an instrument rating award at the 21st annual International Flying Farmers convention in Louisville. The award, presented by IFF President Dayton Chisholm, will be sent to Meerwarth's home since he could not attend. About 1,400 farmers and families from across the U S and Canada attended the six day meeting, arriving in 500 planes at Bowman Field for the largest private plane fly in in the airport's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
John Meerwarth
Bennington
IFF
Dayton Chisholm
Ft. Pierre
S.C
Meerworth
United States
Canada
Bowman Field
Bennington Briefs Highlights Navy and Army Updates
Pvt Peter Shea a 1966 St Joseph College graduate trains at Fort Dix for eight weeks to become an Ordnance Supply and Parts Specialist. He earlier attended Aberdeen Proving Ground. Son of Mr and Mrs Robert F Shea of 1009 East Main Bennington. Fire Control Technician 3rd Class Michael F Burke sails to North Atlantic aboard USS Harry E Yarnell for NATO anti submarine duties. Peggy Maclay’s Beauty Shop closes for vacation August 8 to 16. Lions Club steak roast set for next Thursday at Ted Thomas’s camp in Woodford with reservations due by Tuesday noon. rain date August 18.
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Pvt
Peter Shea
St. Joseph College
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
N.J
Shea
U.S. Army Ordinance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Robert F. Shea
East Main St
Bennington Lions Club
Ted Thomas
Woodford
Michael F. Burke
John Burke
Pleasant St
North Atlantic
Harry E. Yarnell
Yarnell
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Union directors switch Patriot football site this fall
The board decided Thursday night to move Patriot football games from Welling Field in North Bennington to a field near the Globe Union plant in Bennington. The Morse-owned site is described as flatter, less rocky, and offering more off street parking. Welling Field will be used for soccer and the new field had been made available by William Morse.
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Union School
Patriot
Welling Field
North Bennington
Globe Union
Bennington
William Morse
Morse
Howard F. Kelley
Stock Averages At Noon August 5 1966
Dow Jones averages show 30 Industrials at 853.78 up 2.28, 20 Railroads at 219.39 down and 15 Utilities at 130.48 down .03. Composite at 299.82 up .44 with volume 2,560,000.
Hospital Notes August 4 1966 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes from August 4 1966 list admissions Alice Davis Wayne Cross Bennington Genevieve Clark Arlington William Ingram Hoosick Falls with sickness. Discharges include Marion Jolivette Herbert Post Jr James Dwyer Bennington Edward Pettibone Jr Pownal Catherine Stroffoleno East Arlington Mabelle Becker Valerie Wright Hoosick Falls Sally Perkins and son Shaftsbury. Births record four new babies to Sourcliffe Shalala Lillie Russell at Bennington and Hoosick Falls on August 4.
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Alice Davis
Wayne Cross
Bennington
Genevieve Clark
Arlington
William Ingram
Hoosick Falls
Marion Jolivette
Herbert Post Jr
James Dwyer
Edward Pettibone Jr
Pownal
Catherine Stroffoleno
East Arlington
Mabelle Becker
Valerie Wright
Sally Perkins and Son
Shaftsbury
Robert Sourcliffe
South St
John Shalala
Gage St
Everett Lillie Jr
R.D. No
Elwood Russell
Pegasus From Medusa Blood Born In Myth
The text explains how ancient familiarity with astronomy blended fact and imagination. It notes that Perseus holding Medusa’s head and blood spilling to earth led to the winged horse Pegasus coming to life in myth.
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Pegasus
Perseus
Medusa
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Bennington Banner
Rome
Egypt
Greece
International Trading Co
United States Sulphur Co
New York Historical Society
Friends of the Yale Library
Bethlehem Day Nursery
Union League
Metropolitan
Downtown
Grolier
New York
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
County Lawyers Association
Bar Association of
City of New York
Giuliani
Davis
Racing Commission
University of Vermont
DeMatteo
Bartimo
Green Mountain
Louis Smith
Henry F. Black
Wilder
Ralph Foote
Middlebury
Elgin
Ill
Harvey la Sasso
Job
Wirtz
Senate
John Dennis Maloney
Maloney
Bennington Flats
Pratt
Stephen Thomas Bender
Bender
George M. Fierberg
Readsboro
Stanley Forrest Phelps
Phelps
Fienberg
Jack F. Griffis
Griffis
St. Francis de Sales
Capetown
South Africa
Julius Caeser
Charles Plato
Union Board Awards
Marine
Meerwarth
Bennington Briefs
Peggy Maclay
Main Street
Xon Phoung
North
Viet Nam
Air Force
North Viet Nam
Knotty Pine Restaurant
Don Ratelle
RT. 7
North Bennington RD
DIAL
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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