Antiwar Groups Led by Communists, Pool Says
Washington UPI report on the House Committee on Un American Activities ending its Viet Nam war hearings with a charge that some antiwar groups were led by Communist agents. Acting Chairman Pool said leadership consisted of hard core Communists acting for foreign interests as arrests for disorderly conduct mounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House Committee On UN- American Activities
U.S
Joe Pool
Dtex
House
Union fallout over check-off and gloves at Bennington plant
Union leaders signaled a continued dispute over a union shop and pressed for a standard check-off while three to four production workers faced acid exposure demands for proper protective gloves. Workers refused to return to their posts without adequate gloves, citing sores and rashes. Company says glove shortages would be resolved with a Monday restock and promises to tailor protection to individual needs, while union reps accuse the plant of neglecting worker welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Ross
Donald Lever
Leo Betit
Howard Waine
Bob Parks
Greenberg
Merlin Bishop
Funeral rites for John Spargo held at St Peter's Church
Funeral services for John Spargo of Monument Avenue Old Bennington founder and director emeritus of Bennington Museum historian author and close friend of three Presidents were held Friday afternoon in St Peter's Episcopal Church where he belonged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spargo
Monument Avenue
Old Bennington
Bennington Museum
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Obituary of Harry Nelson Elwell of Shaftsbury
Harry Nel son Elwell 78 died Friday afternoon at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Brother of Ivan Elwell he was World War I veteran and a member of the Bennington lodge of Elks American Legion World War Barracks. Family will attend Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home Saturday and Sunday 7 to 9 p.m. A complete obituary will appear Monday in the Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Harry Nelson Elwell
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ivan Elwell
Bennington Lodge of Elks
American Legion
Hanson Walbridge
Two motorists rear end at Bennington Village intersection
Investigated collision involved a 1954 Oldsmobile driven by Nada L. Agnew of Brooklyn New York and a 1962 Mercury driven by Harry R. Gibson of Norwich New York. Both drivers escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Valentine Streets
Bennington Village
Nada L. Agnew
Brooklyn
N.Y
Harry R. Gibson
Norwich
Oldsmobile
Youth Surrenders to Police in Kidnapping Case
In Fitzwilliam New Hampshire an 18 year old youth named Stephen H Caouette surrendered to police after being found alongside a rural road with a 13 year old girl Marie Couture who had been abducted from Winchendon Massachusetts the previous day. He was armed with a loaded22 caliber rifle and a hunting knife but offered no resistance and both appeared in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzwilliam
N.H
Winchendon
Mass
Stepphen H. Caouette
Marie Couture
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Littleton Road
Caouette
Grand Jury to release Bennington County Jail report
A Bennington County Grand Jury report on jail conditions will be public next week. County clerk George H. Plumb said judges Marion P. McCarthy and Howard C. Estes had not yet reviewed the document, produced after the jury toured the jail while considering the Ronald Lane murder indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
George H. Plumb
Plumb
Marion P. McCarthy
Shaftsbury
Howard C. Estes
Bennington
Ronald Lane
Bennington and Burlington Briefs Highlight College Moves
Bennington notices mark changes at Keene State College in New Hampshire with Margaret B. Smith named dean of women after serving as director of student personnel at Bennington College. Other notes include Mrs. Sarah Carterwright moving to Illinois, Ronald Brace training in the Marine Corps at Parris Island, and Lions Club pushups not counting in Little League scores. In Burlington, Lyman S. Rowell, newly named president of the University of Vermont, clarifies Dr. Shannon McCune’s status as a research professor next year while McCune awaits a year abroad and resigns as president after 13 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret B. Smith
Bennington College
Keene, N.H
State College
Oberlin College
University of Pennsylvania
Skidmore College
Smith College
Richard A. Smith
Bryn Mawr
Illinois
Lions Club
Little League Park
Bennington
Burlington
UPI
Lyman S. Rowell
University of Vermont
Shannon McCune
Rowell
McCune
Far East
Algol the variable star and a local kidnapping case
The article notes Algol in Perseus as a bright second magnitude star that alternates to fourth magnitude. It then describes the alleged abduction of a 8th grade girl by Caouette, a 6 foot 3 inch former Marine with prior mental health treatment, from Plymouth New Hampshire. The girl was taken into woods after being forced from her apartment. Police described Caouette as a local bully with a prior record including breaking and entering and a 1965 assault with a deadly weapon conviction after ramming a police cruiser. Police and witnesses recounted sightings, threats to shoot, and a lengthy manhunt that lasted into the night with spotlights and dogs before being suspended for safety. The girl’s relatives and aunt were present, and Caouette’s motive appeared linked to a difficult breakup with the girl. He was to be charged with kidnapping and assault with a dangerous weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene
George Higgins
Winchendon
Caouette
Shirley Morande
Plymouth
N.H
Marie
Donald Rivard
Benjamin Hill
Gardner State Hospital
Brattleboro, Vt
Connarn to prosecute Lane murder case in Rutland
State s attorney R Marshall Witten said Atty Gen John P Connarn will lead the prosecution in the Lane murder trial set to be scheduled. Ronald F Lane, 25, faces second degree murder for the death of Mrs Rose Thibodeau. Lane pleaded not guilty and his attorney Joseph M O'Neill entered not guilty by reason of insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
John P. Connarn
Lane
Witten
Connarn
Ronald F. Lane
Rose Thibodeau
Joseph M. O'Neill
Rutland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pool
United States
Arthur ‘Iney
New York
District of Columbia General Sessions
Andrew
U.S. Supreme Court
Jerry Rubin
Steven C. Hamilton
Berkeley
Stephen Cherkoss
Progressive Labor Party
North Bennington Rd
Vermont
Grand Union
Triple “S
Grand Union Empire
Agai
Greentree
Drysdale’s
Armory
Bostonian
Adams
Swift
Tobias
Swift's Premium
Ib. Food Market
Vermont Trust Office
Veroni
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brattleboro
Bellows Falls
Chi
Bank and Ustompany
Manchester Center
Lobe Union
White House
Siemiller
Frederick B. Wolf
James Berry
Stanley Pike
Ward L. Lyons
Elmer J. Hansen
Arthur Rickert
Lester H. Nichols
Fred Welling
Frank Hayes
Leon W. Eldred
John R. Stone
Ralph Niles
State of
Masons of
Waldron C. Biggs
Neil L. Cobb
Springfield
Harold Brand
D. Burleigh Smalley Jr
Jericho
Franklyn H. Churchill
Bermington
Cecil Brown
Manchester
Harley M. Watkins
Knights Templar
William C. Zimpser
Boston University
Father Wolf
Old Bennington Cemetery
Hanson- Walbridge
Mt. Anthony Lodge No. 13
F&am
Mr. Spargo
Cooperative Project For
CPCD
Leicestershire
England
Roy Isley
Prospect School
Molly Stark
Bishop’s
Paul Bresnehan
St. Margaret Mary
Arlington
Sacred Heart
St. Jerome
East Dorset
St. Paul
Holy Trinity
Danby
St. Joachim
Readsboro
St. John Bosco
Stamford
Bennington Briefs
Perseus
Cara Lee Nadeau
North Bennington
Ltor
Ronald Nadeau
Nancy Lee Thompson
Cara
Evelyn Reich
Union Street
Bette Sue Thompson
Willow Road
Kenneth Jolivette Jr
Crescent Boulevard
Evelyn Payne
Bennington, VT
Main St
Madkour
Geer and Wine
Shop Oneida
Williamstown
Longhorn
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!