Cool Weather Seen Next Month for Northern New England
The Weather Bureau issued a 30 day outlook from mid August to mid September predicting below normal temperatures in the northeast quadrant with the coolest conditions forecast for the Great Lakes and northern New England. Above normal temperatures expected in the western third of the country and along the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts. Rainfall likely is above normal from the Northern Plains eastward to New England.
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New England
Washington
Weather Bureau
Lakes
Gulf
South Atlantic
Bureau
Plains
Two Vehicle Wrecks Reported In Bennington Area
A 1955 Jeep driven by Burton Bushee struck a rut on Silver Street and hit Edith Bakaitis’s 1958 Oldsmobile, causing minor damage to the Jeep and moderate damage to the Olds. Earlier, a minor collision occurred in the First National store parking lot when Richard Coulomee’s 1963 VW struck John Millington as he pulled in.
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Burton Bushee
Oakes St
Silver Street
Bennington Village
Edith Bakaitis
North Bennington
First National
Bennington
Vermont
John E. Millington
Shaftsbury
Richard Coulomee
Arlington
William Alexander Hoosick Falls shoe merchant dies at 72
William Alexander 72 of 166 Church St Hoosick Falls died Friday at the U S Veterans Hospital Albany N Y. A WW I Navy veteran and Kiwanis charter member he ran the Cancel lation Shoe Store after 12 years as Luries shoe department manager. He leaves his wife Helen Pealer and cousins. Funeral 2 p m Sunday Leo J Mahar Funeral Home Maple Grove Cemetery. Visitation Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William Alexander
Church St
U.S. Veterans’ Hospital
Albany
Alexander
Brooklyn
Lurie
Church Street
Main St
Maple Grove Cemetery
Ward Lyons Celebrates 90th Birthday in Bennington
Ward L. Lyons of 800 County St honors his 90th birthday on Bennington Battle Day. A lifelong Democrat and former state legislator, Lyons was praised by President Kennedy as a mainstay of Vermont's Democratic Party. He built Clark's Woods in 1923 and named many Bennington streets while remaining active in banking and community service.
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Ward Lyons
Bennington Battle Day
Ward L. Lyons
County St
Democratic Party
Wallingford
County Street
Lyons
Margaret Holden
Arthur Dewey
John F. Kennedy
Vermont
The
Bennington
Springfield
Knights of Phi
Clark’s Woods
New England
Morgan Terrace
Leonard Drive
Pageant Street
Coolidge
Vermont Ministers Support Civil Rights Rally Cautiously
Vermont ministers voiced reservations about mass demonstrations but pledged to aid the civil rights rally. A local group named Vermont March for Civil Rights organized a bus trip leaving Bennington on August 27 at 10 a.m. They stressed their efforts are separate from other groups and focus on gradual local growth.
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Vermont
U.S
Parsley
Vermont March For Civil Rights
Bennington
Soviet trawler rescues U.S. airman after parachute jump
Otis AFB Massachusetts reports an American airman ejected from a shattered F86 during a target practice mission. A Soviet fishing vessel Johannes Ware sped a motor launch to recover him, provide care, and ferry him to Otis where he described a friendly rescue. He praised Russians as very hospitable.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
U.S
Johannes Ware
Hugh Lavallee
Lavallee
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Boston Coast Guard District
Massachusetts Air National Guard
Otis
Nantucket Island
Vermont Bank Merger Receives U S Approval
Comptroller James J. Saxon approved the merger of Howard National Bank and Trust Co. of Burlington and Essex Trust Co. of Essex Junction. The new facility will be Howard National Bank and Trust Co. with deposits of 47 million and 3.9 million respectively.
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Washington
James J. Saxon
Howard National Bank and Trust Co
Burlington, Vt
Essex Trust Co
Essex Junction
Howard National
Essex Trust
Bennington Banner Contact and Pricing Page
The Bennington Banner lists newsroom and advertising contacts with display and home delivery info. It details subscription rates by mail for 50 mile radius and Vermont, plus rates for elsewhere in the U.S. and special serviceman rates.
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Main Street
Royal
E.T. Williams
Galaxie
Dick Scarafoni
FORD
North Adams
Our
Grimm
Kennedy
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union
Mercury
Optiona
Bennington Garage Corp
Atlantic
Mary Louise
Douglas
Stephen
Ralph Parkhurst
Henniker
H. Lavallee
102Nd Air Wing
Vermont Bank
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Crompton
Nichols
Aia
R&h
Liggett Bosworth Sales & Service
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vt
Tegan 2
Waines
Rutland
State Fair
Rutland State Fair
P.O
Rutland, VT
Fair Ground
Caval Apo
Sandy Luce
Jack Kochman
JO Ann Castle
Cavalcade of Stars
Bobby Vinton
Sammy Kaye
Peace Corps
2Nd Congregational Church
Hillside St. Bennington, VI
South America
Africa
Asia
D. C
Advertising Council
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