School TV Plans Aired By Board
Five cable TV outlets were installed at Molly Stark School by Better TV Inc. and W Philip Walker. Directors considered two more sets and debated costs of educational TV at two dollars per pupil annually. They also sought bids to install wash basins, approved Ford Foundation funds committee members, and accepted Thurber's Garage bid for a 60 passenger bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Stark
Better TV Inc
W. Philip Walker
Prudential Committee
Greater
Bennington
Stewart E. Allen
Walker
Mohawk Hudson Council
Albany
Allen
Beech Street
Thurber’s Garage Inc
Khrushchev Visits Yugoslavia Amidtepid East West Signals
Tito hosts Khrushchev in Belgrade as Yugoslavia keeps its independent line while weighing closer ties to COMECON. observers note talks hint at economic accommodation but Moscow demands policy independence. Khrushchev then plans a long tour including Skopje, yachting and banquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Indonesia
U.N
U Thant
U.S
Dean Rusk
Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Tito
Moscow
Washington
Council For Mutual Economic Assistance
Comecon
Belgrade
Skopje
U.S. Air Force
Area Schools Open Sept 4 in Bennington Southwest District
All schools in the Bennington Southwest School District open September 4 except Woodford and Arlington where September 3 is set. Superintendent Leon E. Wagner says all teaching positions in district schools have been filled for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Southwest
Woodford
Arlington
Leon E. Wagner
Wagner
Bennington Briefs Evening cookout benefit for Rescue Squad planned
A family cookout to benefit the Bennington Rescue Squad is to be sponsored by the Bennington Lodge of Elks tonight at 6 p.m. in the Elks Barn if weather allows. Tickets available from Rescue Squad and Elks Club members. Also notes on a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. Smith Stratton Jr., local social events, church service visits, and school registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Bennington
Elks
Rescue Squad
Elks Club
Smith Stratton Jr
Willow Road
Joseph Guetti
Marion Devine
Planning study outlines land use and bypass route
The Bennington planning commission outlined economic land use goals across four municipalities with possible revisions to existing ordinances. A key issue is voting rights for outside town residents on measures affecting only non village areas. The study will assess highways traffic and parking with a priority on selecting a Bennington bypass route for Vermont Highway Department consideration. The next public meeting is set for August 28 at 7 30 p.m. in the Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Old Bennington
Benjamin Banulis
Safford St
Hagerman
Bennington
U.S. 7
Vermont Highway Department
Highway Department
Burdis
John Broadbooks
Rural School Board Seeks Bids for Storage Building
The Prudential Committee of the Greater Bennington Schools Inc invites bids for a storage building at Molly Stark Junior High School east side. Architect Richard B. Diamond has sent bid letters to five local contractors and plans are available at his 505 Main St. office. Bids due by Sept 9 with opening at 3 p.m. in Diamond's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Committee
Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Molly Stark
Richard B. Diamond
Morse and Butler
William H. Morse
Norman Stratton
Wesley Buzzell
Gerald E. Morrissey
Diamond
Main St
State Department of Education
Leon E. Wagner
Bennington Southwest
Department of Education
Wagner
W. Philip Walker
Victory Dam Mideast Study and Vermont Lands Plans
The Interior Department study notes that Victory dam flooded bog land and Vermont holdings zoned for recreation with tentative facilities planned. Phase Two reports may be obtained from the University of Vermont, with researchers from the University and local staff contributing. Meanwhile a Vermont school building project advances with a 13 000 total cost funded by district and state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
Victory Dam
Interior Department
National Park Service
Sen. Aiken
University of Vermont
Horace H. Squire
Department of Commerce and Economics
Milton J. Nadworny
Rodney W. Eldridge
Albert T. Maxson
Howard Bouchard Jr
Miners eye eight foot shift in escape drill plan
The plan to enlarge the exit to 17 and then 24 inches faces choices as the 40 ton drill may take eight hours to reach the trapped miners at 331 feet. Fellin and Throne are in good spirits as crews choose an eight foot offset to avoid blocking the lifeline hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charmbury
David Felling
Sheppton
Chambury
Fellin
Henry Throne
Hazleton
Obituary of Dr Charles C Sweet Former Sing Sing Chief Surgeon
Dr Charles C Sweet 82 native of Petersburg New York died August 10 in New York City. He served as Sing Sing prison chief surgeon guiding the prison hospital to A C S membership and later served as director emeritus and chief of staff at Phelps Memorial Hospital in North Tarrytown. He was an early Hoosick Falls High School graduate and a Union College Albany Medical College alum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Sweet
Petersburg
N.Y
Susan Monroe
Shaftsburg
Ossining
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Sweet
Sing Sing
New York City
American College of Surge
Phelps Memorial Hospital
North Tarrytown
Hoosick Falls
Union College
Schenectady
Albany Medical College
Inter
Miners Reach Collins Shaft as Rescue Hope Grows
In Kentucky a long dig with hand tools continues as miners press downward and then horizontally toward Collins. The rescue sees a delay but optimism remains that the trapped men will be brought to the surface alive as Hazelton workers are fed and assist the effort. National and American Colleges of Surgeons note the progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmichael
Kentucky
Collins
Hazelton
Bennington Battle Day event leaves Jaycees $500 in the red
The Bennington Jaycees report a $500 deficit after weekend Battle Day activities. They just finished paying a $1,000 loan from the 1961 Bicentennial, blamed on poor support and low attendance for events including a fireworks show at the airport. Only 600 Battle Day buttons sold of 5,000 ordered, far below past years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Jaycees
Bennington
Armory
Jaycees
New York City
World premiere updated Little Red Riding Hood staged at camp
Shaftsbury based author Irving Fineman saw six campers perform his new version at Trumbull Hill camp in a makeshift dining hall theatre. Cast included Linda Tolbert director and Blaise Morton as the wolf from New York with other young players from the metropolitan area. The troupe also performed a French version of Cinderella titled Cendrillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Irving Fineman
Michael Povsner
Trumbull Hill
Linda Tolbert
Bennington College
Annapolis, Md
Fineman
Blaise Morton
New York
N.Y
Winthrop
Micky Ronall
Laurie Solet
Little Red Riding Hood
Leslie Doyer
Greer Knopf
Helen Sue Cohen
New York Metropolitan Area
Camp Thespians
Playground Hat Show At Memorial Park Draws Awards
Memorial Park hosted the annual playground hat show with awards for prettiest hats most original and best straw hat among participants. A scavenger hunt and pogo stick contest are planned with prizes for top collectors and a summer program wrap up set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Park
Stephanie Parker
Jimmy Peterson
Wayne Morse
Kathy Peterson
Jimmy LaCroix
Kevin Becker
Bert Lane
Patty Farnum
Jean Crawford
Darlene Langlois
Keith Parize
Mary Crawford
Danette Parker
Brenda Sanders
Debby Morse
Richard Kuhn
Clifford Becker
Wilene Riley
Shawn Morse
Sandy Morse
Jean Peterson
Stock Averages Flourish as Markets Open Higher
Dow Jones industrials rise to 718.90 with 4.09 gain as railroads slip 0.45 and utilities dip 0.10. Composite average edges down 0.17 to 260.02 while 1.65 million shares change hands at noon.
Hospital Notes Admissions List for Hoosick Falls and Bennington
A hospital notes item lists admissions including Mrs Bessie Eastman Master Dean Bushey Master Jonathan Rounds Mrs Loretta Shippey Mrs Gracie Stratton Benn ington Stewart Beattie Peru Mrs Rose Severson and others from Hoosick Falls and Bennington. It notes a new son born August 19 to Mr and Mrs Leroy Gardner of 49 Hoosick Street Hoosick Falls New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Eastman
Dean Bushey
Jonathan Rounds
Loretta Shippey
Gracie Stratton
Bennington
Stewart Beattie
Peru
Rose Severson
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Leroy Gardner
Hoosick St
Hoosick Falls, N.Y
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William F. D. Smith
Harriet M. Davis
Ford Foundation For the Study of Educational Innovations
Bennington Briefs
Fannie Hunter
Warren Paddock
Cathedral of the Pines
Rindge
Military Order of the Cootie
Green Mountain
Archibald Duncan
Julius Taylor
John Cole
Rugo Welch
George Facto
Arthur Pelkey
James Brockway
Kenneth Parklow
Ralph Woods
Ralph Jackson
Raymond Joslin
Thomas O’brien
Edward Vosburgh Jr
Howard Know
William H. Stuchel Jr
Lillian Bourassa
Margaret Knights
Selmajane Stuchel
John E. Maxmillian
Pownal
Mt. Royal Hotel
Montreal
Canada
Allan Briggs
Searsburg
Joseph Bruso
LeBlanc Avenue
Hedges Lake
Cambridge
VFW
North Street
Women of the Moose No. 1018
Moose Hall
East Main St
Willard Goyette
Chicago
Mike Goodkind
Central
Vermont Public Service Corp
West Main Street
Paradise Restaurant
CVPSC
Buckler
Cmst
James Cross
Smith
Mrs. Sirois
Ernest Sirois
Morgan Street
Robert Gulley
Haswell Avenue
Sirois
American Colleges of Surgeons
Star Lodge
F&am
Tirzah
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
William Smith
Fox Hollow
Gertrude Maxon
Kingston
Berlin
L. B. Sweet
Tarrytown
Binghamton
Willard A. Sweet
Henry J. Wellspeak
East Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Huntington
Mass
Jerry
Pauline
Duga) Wellspeak
Stoddard
Ethel) Bennet
Springfield
Charles
Geraldine) Poore
Chicopee Falls
Raymond Bennett
U.S. Army
Virginia
Alice Marie Poore
Chicappe Falls
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Park Lawn Cemetery
Fis
Camp Trumbull Thespians
Miss Tolbert
Memorial Park Playground
Janette Parker
Tony Longtin
Robert Welch
Donna Shepard
Keith Parizo
Terry Raetz
Jean
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Paul Hoag
James Webb Sr
Helen Jones
Paul Hyde
Lloyd Michaels
Wilson
Leake Farm
Salem
Peg
Newcuurunker Family
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