North Bennington Man Jailed in Break Charges
Ralph W. Thomas, 21, of North Bennington is bound over for the Grand Jury after admitting in North Adams District Court to an attempted break in a tavern. He pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and larceny at another tavern. Bail set at 4000, watermarked by police reports of five breaks totaling 227 dollars. Loretta J. Howe, 19, Wyoming, remained in a car. authorities planned to dismiss her holding charge.
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North Adams
Mass
Ralph W. Thomas
North Bennington
Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Thomas
Ernest H. Rosasco
Williamstown
William H. Garner
New York State
Belouin
Union
Wyoming
Loretta J. Howe
Miss Howe
County Court Grants Eleven Divorces in Manchester Last Week
Bennington County Court in Manchester granted eleven divorces to residents and former residents. Names include Robert P. Dawson from Alice M., Irving S. Lee from Rebecca R., Elfriede Taff from Wilbert, and others with varying stated addresses. A stray New York UPI item reports a commuter train joke about meeting a wife.
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Bennington County Court
Manchester
Robert P. Dawson
Bennington
Alice M
Irving S. Lee
Rebecca R. Both
Elfriede Taff
Pownal
Wilbert
Williamstown
Mass
Doreen G. Hurley
John R
Marfssa M. Pino
Joseph A
Milton Pinsker
Sylvia
New York
N.Y
Beverly K. Mitchell
Carl V
Agnes Calafour
Andrew
Wales Hawkins
Shaftsbury
Penelope
Albany
William H. Hebert Jr
Joyce C
Jane T. LaRoche
Paul L
Model of Vatican City to tour Wisconsin region
An eight by eight foot scale model of Vatican City weighing 600 pounds will tour the area over 18 months. The one inch to 28 feet model lights 18 sites including Papal road station radio station Sistine Chapel and St Peters Basilica. Built in 700 hours the exhibit is owned by a West Bend securities firm and opened at the Shrine of the Holy Hill Carmelite monastery.
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Holy Hill
Wis
Vatican City
Shrine of the Holy Hill
Papal Road
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Basilica
West Bend, Wis
Glenn Cunningham Defies Odds To Return In Farm Career
Glenn Cunningham, famed Kansas miler and wartime Navy veteran, overcame severe leg injuries from childhood burns to set world track records in the 1930s. After World War II service, he turned to farming, seeking a new path beyond his athletic triumphs.
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Beacon Wichita
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Vermont Guard battalion earns commendation for summer training
Brig Gen William A Stebbins praised the Second Battalion 172nd Armored Regiment Vermont National Guard for superior ratings at Camp Drum New York. A and C companies based in Bennington commanded by Lt Robert E Houle and Capt John Dempsey plus Ludon stationed unit earned top rating after converting from armored cavalry to a tank battalion. Lt Col Leonard F Wing said the summer field training was outstanding and showed full effort by every member.
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172Nd Armored Regiment
Vermont National Guard
Bennington
William A. Stebbins
Camp Drum
N.Y
Robert E. Houle
South Shaftsbury
John Dempsey
North Adams
Mass
Ludon
Stebbins
Leonard F. Wing
Rutland
Allstate expands health policies in Vermont program
Allstate Insurance announces a broad expansion of its health program in Vermont introducing four coverages including a senior citizen option. The plan offers guaranteed renewability, hospital and medical benefits, and policies aimed at families across generations.
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Hartford, Conn
Allstate Insurance Companies
Vermont
Professor Writes Story For Playboy
Bernard Malamud associate professor of English at Bennington College has a short story Naked Nude in the August Playboy. Fidelman the penniless American art student is held by two Italians in a Milan hotel and forced to copy Titian Venus of Urbino for a ransom. He falls for the Venus, makes a counterfeit, and escapes with his work after a lake crossing and a staged switch.
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Bernard Malamud
Bennington College
Playboy
Malamud
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Arthur Fidelman
Milan
Lake Maggiore
Fidelman
Labor Council Considers Civil Rights Endorsement in Vermont March
The Bennington County Central Labor Council will decide on endorsing the Vermont March for Civil Rights and whether to send a representative to Washington for the Aug. 28 rally. Two council executives will report back after attending a North Bennington meeting. The panel also weighs equal pay action and delegates to the Vermont Labor Council convention in Newport. The meeting begins at 8 p.m. at the Putnam Hotel.
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Bennington County Central Labor Council
Vermont
Washington
Council
Kenneth E. Clayton
Arlington
North Bennington
Clark W. Condon
Glen Linihan
Shaftsbury
Congress
Labor Council
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Vermont Extension Press Service wins three national prizes
The American Association of Agricultural College Editors awarded three national prizes to the Vermont Extension Service information office. The awards honored Vermont Farm and Home Science magazine and its new strawberries bulletin for strong human interest, timely articles, and appealing layout. Writers include Margaret A. Maurice Faith Prior Harrison L. Flint Thomas J. McCormick with editors John W. Spaven and Kathleen B. Webb. Strawberry article Straws in Vermont earned a red ribbon by Horticulturist R J Hopp, Research Assistant B R Boyce, Entomologist George B MacCollom.
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American Association of Agricultural College
Vermont Extension Service
Vermont
Margaret A. Maurice
Faith Prior
Harrison L. Flint
Thomas J. McCormick
R.J. Hopp
B.R. Boyce
George B MacCollom
Greene couple return from four-thousand mile U S tour
Mr and Mrs Cecil Greene arrive home on Bradford Street after traveling over 4 000 miles across more than a dozen states They have visited 45 of the 50 states including New York Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland West Virginia Tennessee Kentucky Missouri Illinois Indiana Oklahoma and Massachusetts Highlights included East Diamond Mine Wickliffe Ancient Buried City Kentucky Dam spillway Kentucky Lake Mt Vernon Alexandria Va Smoke Hole Cavern Will Rogers Memorial and Indian reservations Mark Twain Memorial Shrine Onondaga Cave Meramac Caverns and Gay 90s Village.
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Cecil Greene
Bradford Street
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
East
Wickliffe
Kentucky Dam
Kentucky Lake
Kentucky Home
Mt. Vernon
Alexandria
Charleston
Huntington
Smoke Hole
Appalachian, Ozark and Catskill Mountains
Will Rogers Turnpike
Glass House
Will Rogers Memorial
Onondaga Cave
Meramac Caverns
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Wells Lampson Quarry Co. Inc
Barre
Vermont 9
Cooley Brothers
Old Bennington
New York State Line
Grimm
Garner
Monkey
Shines
UPI
Children’s Farm
The
Wichita Eagle
Chanute Afb
Thomas F. Fraher
Michael Fraher Sr
Putnam St
Bennington Catholic High School
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Texas
Four Chimneys
Dorothy LaCross
Joseph Young
Fienberg
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Sem
American Gem Society
Noveck-Shultz,, Inc
Main Street
Dunhams
Elm G., Furniture, Inc
Newport
Vermont Council
Putnam Hotel
Greenes
Take
Syphings Restaurant
New Ashford, Mass
Bernie
Steve
Bennington Airport
Dairy Queen
A & W Root Beer
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