Vermont Firefighters Convention Opens With Parade and Banquet
The Vermont State Firefighters Convention runs from morning through Sunday with events at Putnam Hotel Knights of Columbus Hall Bennington Catholic High School and local clubs. A parade featuring 500 firefighters 18 bands and various equipment is led by Gov. Hoff as parade marshal with officials and chiefs present. Competitive sports follow and trophies are awarded in the late afternoon.
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Vermont
Putnam Hotel
VSFA
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Knights of Columbus
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Bennington
Robert King
Jeffersonville
USFA
Bennington Village
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Arnold R. Clough
Stamford
Charles Becker
Shaftsbury
Mary Conroy 101 of Bellows Falls died
Mrs Mary Conroy aged 101 died in Bellows Falls after a long life in Arlington and Bellows Falls She celebrated her 101st birthday last Sunday and is survived by daughters Cecile Hayes and Ellen Rapp and son Philip Conroy A son Edward died 16 years ago Funeral services set for Bellows Falls at Fenton Hennessey and St Charles Church with committal at Arlington St Columba Cemetery.
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Ward
Mary (Cullinan) Conroy
Bellows Falls
Arleington
Arlington
Dennis Conroy
Thomas
Cecile) Hayes
Walter
Ellen) Rapp
Woodbury
Conn
Philip Conroy
Sarasota
Fla
Edward
Fenton Hennessey Funeral Home
St. Charles Church
Msgr
Barry
St. Columban’s Cemetery
Battle Anniversary prompts views on the Bill of Rights
Twenty visitors at the Battle Monument in Bennington discussed the first four amendments as bills before the Vermont legislature. Most questioned the breadth of rights, especially bearing arms and protections against quartering soldiers, while all supported the fourth amendment and civil liberty concerns. The monument recalls the 1777 Battle of Bennington fought 187 years ago this Sunday.
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Old Bennington
Bennington
Battle Monument
Vermont
New York
New York City
America
Connecticut
Battle of
Heart Association Reports Final County Fund Drive Total
Final Vermont Heart Association figures show a record 1964 Heart Fund Drive total of 95 683 89 with 79 389 34 in the fund drive and 16 294 55 in bequests. Bennington County contributions reached 6 467 81. memorial gifts totaled 782 75 and bequest income included estates of Mrs. Francis Benjamin and Otto Conderman. County leaders cited include Mrs. Francis Morrissey, Patrick Gordon, Dr. Woodhull Hall, and George Heaslip.
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Rutland
Vermont Heart Association
Fred L. Nims
South Londonderry
State Heart Fund
Bennington County
George H. Jepson
Bennington
The
Heart Association
Francis Benjamin
Arlington
Otto Conderman
Manchester
Foote Reacts To Governor's Stand On ETV
Lt. Gov. Ralph A. Foote, a Republican candidate, criticized Gov. Hoff for delaying education television. He noted Hoff’s change of position as “better late than never” and urged bipartisan action to ensure Vermont’s students receive ETV support without another two years’ delay.
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Foote
Hoff
Vermont
Parking Ban for Firefighters' Parade Route in Bennington
Village police warn no parking on Main Street from Safford to Putnam Square North Street to Gage Street and Gage Street to Bradford Street Sunday from 11 30 a m until parade ends. Drivers urged to cooperate to keep streets clear for the Bennington parade.
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Firefighters’ Association
Main Street
Safford Street
Putnam Square
North Street
Gage Street
Bradford Street
Bennington
Tanglewood Festival to be Shown on NBC Sunday
NBC will air a segment on the Festival of Contemporary American Music from Tanglewood on August 16 as part of Sunday. A film crew spent two days there filming portions of the Festival Within a Festival which featured 12 world premieres. The Berkshire Music Center and Fromm Music Foundation funded the new works with Samuel Wechaler of New York assisting.
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Lenox
Mass
Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
NBC
Berkshire Music Center
Fromm Music Foundation of
Chicago
Samuel Wechaler
New York
Hartford Reapportionment Issues Echo Vermont Troubles
Connecticut lawmakers wrestle with one man one vote as they debated 40 bills for House and Senate reapportionment in Hartford. The talk covers base figures, town equality, and possible constitutional conventions, with Vermont following a similar path ahead of deadlines in 1965.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Vermont
House
Senate
Union
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Health Dept
Louis J. Padula
Norwalk
Leo Parskey
Federal District Court
Philip H. Hoff
Charles Morse
The
Hartford Courant
Job Aid Program Set To Begin In October
In Vermont the mobile Department of Employment Security program will start mid October in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties to aid workers in declining agricultural areas. Gov. Hoff said the effort will assess manpower, evaluate resources, aid economic development plans, and provide counseling training testing and job placement services under Commissioner Stella B Hackel.
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Franklin
Grand Isle
Hoff
Combined church meeting and club clambake announced
A special meeting of the board of control and the Women’s Fellowship of Pownal Center Community Church is set for Monday at 7 30 p m in the church. Mt Anthony Country Club dining room will be closed Sunday Aug 16 for annual clambake for members and guests.
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Board of Control
Women’s Fellowship
Pownal Center Community Church
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Area Minister Serves as Camp Drum Chaplain
East Arlington church hosts Harold Nixon pastor of the New York Training School for Girls in Hudson N Y acting as chaplain in Rev Granville Greenwold's absence. Nixon furnishes Presbyterian ministry to delinquent girls and is a longtime friend of the Greenwolds. Greenwold left for Camp Drum where he serves as a Vermont National Guard chaplain and captain.
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East Arlington
Bennington Banner Publisher Details
The Bennington Banner lists its telephone numbers for business news newsroom and advertising. It notes daily publication except Sundays and legal holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont and affiliation with United Press International for local news republication and UPI dispatches.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
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