Parade Set To Spotlight Battle Day Celebrations In Bennington
Bennington Battle Day festivities unfold with a Friday square dance at the Armory 8 to 11 p.m. and a weekend schedule including flea market antiques, Kids Day games, a 12:30 p.m. parade led by Gen. Reginald Cram, 18 bands, fire departments, and a hymn sing at Old First Church. Trophies, midnight contests, and a memorial for police chief Edward L. Silver mark the event.
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Bennington
North Street
Gage Street
Memorial Park
Reginald Cram
Vermont National Guard
National Guard
Old First
Old Bennington
Edward L. Silver
Egyptians Expect War Resumption Amid Mideast Tensions
United Press International reports Hasanain Heikal, editor of Al Ahram and confidant of President Nasser, saying only a miracle can prevent a resumption of the Middle East war and doubting miracles in this era. Arab leaders’ militant rhetoric also undermines Tito’s peacemaking efforts.
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Hasanain Heikal
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
al Ahram
Tito
Yugoslavia
Gov Hoff Urges Cooperation To Settle Globe Union Strike
Gov Philip H Hoff sent a telegram to Globe Union management and UAW Local 1371 urging both sides to present their cases to the federal mediator. He cited a lack of motion toward settlement after a 17 day strike and said active bargaining serves all involved. Hoff spoke after a morning conference with Louis Lavin, chief of the Dela?
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Philip H. Hoff
Globe - Union Management
United Auto Workers Local 1371
Hoff
Louis Lavin
Lavin
Bennington
Edward Ross
Milwaukee
Wis
Sidney Gunning
Hartford
Today Show To Air Grandma Moses Son in NBC Feature
Eagle Bridge New York locals said the NBC Today show will air a 15 minute segment titled The Son of Grandma Moses featuring Forrest Moses of Eagle Bridge between 7 and 9 a.m. EDT on Monday. Aline Saarinen led the taping with a crew visiting the Moses home to film scenes and conversations.
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N.Y
NBC
Grandma Moses
Forrest Moses
Broadcasting Company
Moses
Aline Saarinen
Eero Saarinen
Forrest
Bob Beers
Beers
Bombing Hammers Hanoi Bridge and Saigon Targets
U.S. fighter bombers hit Hanoi’s Doumer Bridge center span sending it into the Red River. The raid targeted rail routes to China and access to Gia Lam Airport, while Hanoi radio reported three American planes shot down. Saigon police arrested a Viet Cong saboteur connected to the My Canh attack and planned strikes on American billets and the Rex Hotel using large claymore mines.
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UPI
U.S
Hanoi
Doumer
Red River
China
Gia Lam
Radio
Steel Triangle
Haiphong
My Canh
Nguyen van Tam
Capital Hotel
Tam
Rex
Calendar of Events in Bennington Area
Calendar listings cover square dancing at Bennington Armory flea market atop Harwood Hill kids day at Memorial Park a fireworks show at Bennington Airport and Firemen's Games with parade trophies at Memorial Park East Main Street North Streets all weekend plus hymns at Old First Church in Old Bennington and Memorial events.
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Bennington
Bennington Armory
Memorial Park
Catamount Gatlabouts
North Bennington
Harwood Hill
Mt. Anthony
Order of the Eastern Star
Holmes Transportation Terminal
U.S. 7
Top of Harwood Hill
Bennington Airport
Hymns of the Nation
Old First Church
Old Bennington
Inside events and reviews span pages in local paper
The brief notes summarize events from a Shaker food festival on Page 2 to cast figures at Stark Street School on Page 3. An editorial on Page 4 critiques Gov Rockefeller’s presidential candidacy stance. Page 6 reviews a Weston play and Page 7 covers a Williamstown production.
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Stark Street School
Gov. Rockefeller
Pessimistic Panel Prefers Hearings On Rail Settlement
Senator Morse said mediation panel has exhausted voluntary reaches and will start hearings to dictate a settlement if needed. Talks with railroads and six shopcraft unions continued as a looming deadline approaches under the Johnson act. If no accord by 90 days, binding terms could be imposed to avert a strike until January 1, 1969.
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Washington
UPS
Wayne Morse
Oregon Democrat
Johnson
Morse
Mediation Board
Vermonter Dies in Vietnam Election on Stay and Fight
In Vietnam near Quang Ngai a Viet Cong assault overran a coastal camp housing 116 South Vietnamese Navy personnel. Four Americans debated staying to fight or fleeing. Harold Guinn and Leo Pearman survived, while Lt. William Fitzgerald died in the bunker. The base, housing families and workers, had faced repeated VC probes as the camp adviser crew recounted the events.
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Vietnam
UPD
Harold Guinn
Gray
Walnut Creek
Calif
Quang Ngai
Guinn
Victor Charlie
William Fitzgerald
Montpelier
Annapolis
J.G
Anthony C. Williams
Alexandria
Fitzgerald
Val
Leo Pearman
New Orleans
South China Sea
da Nang
Pearman
U.S
Navy Family Mourns Loss in Vietnam Battle at Montpelier
The Fitzgeralds of Montpelier endure grief as Lt. William Fitzgerald, 29, dies in Vietnam with three other Americans who chose to stay and fight a Viet Cong assault. His family’s Navy service spans father Louis and two brothers aboard ships. he left behind a newborn son and a wife.
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Montpelier
UPI
Fitzgeralds
Navy
William Fitzgerald
Vietnam
Fitzgerald
Montpelier High School
Annapolis
Louis
Newport
R.I
Water Buffalo Attacks Platoon Near Saigon
A water buffalo charged a U S Army 25th Infantry Division platoon nine miles northwest of Saigon. The animal grabbed a rifle on its horns, prompting the soldiers to call an armed helicopter which killed the buffalo with machinegun fire and allowed the weapon to be recovered.
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Saigon
UPS
25Th Infantry Division
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