Planes land at Logan end long European airline strike
Passengers from Trans World Airlines flight 753 from London touched down at Logan Airport to cheers. Mrs. Paula Scott of Wellesley Hills called it good to be home after a 43 day strike disrupted travel. Other travelers recalled hardships from days in London hotels to money running out, while some found relief and a party mood as the Boston flight finally arrived.
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Boston
UPI
Trans World Airlines
London
Logan
Paula Scott
Wellesley Hills
Scott
TWA
Europe
Joe
Gus Konopnicki
Rochester
Minn
Britain
Mary Anderson
Newton
Detroit
Picnic for Playground Regulars Rescheduled to Thursday
The annual playground picnic at Bennington Battlefield is postponed to Thursday weather permitting. Buses will pick Memorial Park youngsters at 10:15 a.m. and Stark Street youths at 10:30 a.m. Return is around 3 p.m. Bring burgers or hot dogs. soda provided.
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Bennington Battlefield
Memorial Park
Stark
Stark Street
Spinelli Pleads Guilty In Florida License Case At Vermont Court
In a Vermont municipal court, Florida resident George A. Spinelli, 52, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle without a license and without proper registration. He was fined $10 plus costs on each charge after arguing Florida residents employed in Vermont must be informed of reciprocal registration laws. The session also saw multiple youths and adults receive fines for speeding and other offenses, including Dennis Lillie and Keith Jelley, with penalties ranging from $15 to $40 plus costs.
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Florida
George A. Spinelli
Spinelli
Green Mountain Park
Vermont
Department of Motor Vehicles
George M. Fienberg
Jack Andre Lettre
Bennington
R. Marshall Witten
Lettre
Leonard William Hodgeman
North Adams
Mass
Witten
U.S. 7
Sunderland
Hodgeman
Edith Frances Lillie
Miss Lillie
Beech Street
Ext
Jesse Watson
Barry Wagner Hickock
U.S
Keith Raymond Jelley
Pownal
Jelley
John Tole
Fienberg
Daniel Holland
Accidents reported near Vermont ski area and Bennington
Palmyra New York woman Donna Buffum escaped injury when her car drifted off VT 9 near Prospect Mountain in Woodford about 2 30 a m after falling asleep at the wheel. Police said the vehicle slid 100 feet, with no damage. In Bennington a Vernon Odell clipped a telephone pole on Main Street Beech Street around 12 20 a m, reporting bruised ribs after minor front end damage.
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Palmyra
N.Y
Prospect Mountain
Vt. 9
Woodford
Donna E. Buffum
Bennington
Vernon H. Odell
South Stream Road
Odell
Main Street
Beech Street
Obituary of Theodore L. Smith of West Hoosick NY
Hoosick area obituary for Theodore L. Smith 48 longtime farmer died at home after long illness Born in Yonkers and educated in Mt. Kisco New York He moved to Hoosick and farmed most of his life Survivors include wife Edith Baker son Theodore L. Smith Jr daughter Mrs Eli Barnum Troy NY one grandchild Private funeral services Tuesday at 10 am Leo J Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls Burial Ira Allen Cemetery Sunderland
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Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Hoosick Falls
Ira Allen Cemetery
Sunderland
Shaftsbury
Harry Nelson Elwell
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Benenington
Trenor P
Cora B. (West) Elwell
U.S. Army
American Legion
BPO Elks
Elwell
Ivan
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Alfred Scott
North Bennington Baptist Church
South Shaftsbury Cemetery
Wayne Manor style club sparks Sunnyvale name change bid
Sunnyvale residents push to rename the city Gotham City amid a Batman inspired nightclub. The item notes a local effort, with residents seeking the change, set against a quirky local flavor.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
UPI
San Francisco
Wayne Manor
Gotham City
Knights of Columbus Host Second Annual Picnic at Lake Shaftsbury
The local Knights of Columbus held their second annual picnic for members and families at Lake Shaftsbury on Sunday. More than 700 attended as committee heads Harry Hurley and Grand Knight Raymond LeBlanc received praise. The menu featured burgers hot dogs corn watermelon and drinks with swimming softball football horseshoes bingo and cards as activities.
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Knights of Columbus
Lake Shaftsbury
Home Association
Harry Hurley
Raymond LeBlanc
Toilet Repairs Okayed by Board
Bennington High School will repair major basement toilet damage from a wall slate collapse by installing five new wall urinals. Directors of the union school district approved the $1,750 project from a fund for unanticipated repairs, noting prior estimates could reach $9,000 for the boys' restroom. Further urinal additions may be considered later.
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Bennington High School
Union School
Readsboro Bridge Bid Sparks Vermont Highway Plans
The W. H. Morse Construction Co. of Bennington submitted the apparent low bid of $82,700 to widen and repair a bridge in Readsboro Village by June 1 next year, announced after bid openings by the Vermont Highway Department on Friday.
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Montpelier
W. H. Morse Construction Co
Bennington
Readsboro Village
Vermont Highway Department
Stock Averages Report Noon Aug 22 1966 Dow Industrials
Stock market snapshot from Albany at noon August 22 1966 shows Dow Jones Industrial average at 798.16 down 6.46, 20 railroads at 238.00 down 2.17, 15 utilities at 124.69 down 0.88, composite average 278.91 down 2.45, with volume 3,610,000.
Turkey Earthquake Death Toll Rises Amid Devastation
Turkey faces a major earthquake toll as rescue teams search rubble across 139 villages in Berzurum Mu Bingol and Bitlis provinces near Iraq Iran and the Soviet Union. Officials report 1897 dead and 1067 injured with fears death counts may exceed 3000. Emergency aid from Israel the United States and Europe arrives.
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Berzurum
Bingol
Bitlis
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Soviet Union
Department of National Security
Bennington Volunteers Train at Norwich Fire School
At least 10 Bennington area volunteer firefighters attended a weekend training school at Norwich University sponsored by the Vermont State Firefighters Association. Ten courses covered firefighting operations rescue and emergency tactics. Participants included Brant Young Rich ard M Pettus and David Tripp from Bennington Rural Fire Department with various course selections.
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Bennington
Norwich University
Vermont State Firefighters Association
Pat Pascarella
Safford Street
Bruce Blanchard
Elm Street
Walter W. Gavin
Gage St
David Chaffin
Thomas R. Dwyer
Beech St
Ralph J. Coyne
Francis Bushee
Main St
North Bennington
Police Probe Two Breaks In Bijur Lubricating and VFW
Police investigate two break ins in Bennington. Bijur Lubricating Corp on South Street reported two vending machines damaged and two change machines stolen with an undetermined cash amount. VFW building on North Street entered via rear door after midnight. door damaged and an upstairs window broken, nothing appears stolen. Both cases under investigation Monday.
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Bijur Lubricating Corp
South Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
North Street
Bennington Village
Bijur
VFW
Hospital Notes August 21 1966 Admissions And Births
Hospital notes list admissions on August 21 1966 including Mrs Mary Mathers Mrs Marion Shultz and Mrs Minna Moon with several Bennington area entries. Birth announcements report newborn sons to Ballard Bowen Crawford families on August 20 21.
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Marion Shultz
Jacksonville
Minna Moon
Bennington
7-Year-Old Lost 3 Days Found Safe in Catskills
In Cairo New York Debbie Smith aged seven was found after three days lost in rugged Catskills terrain. Two 18-year-old volunteers, John Lynch and Edward Whitcomb, left a search party to help and located her late Saturday. She was tired hungry but in good health aside from a slight cold and told her parents she was all right.
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Debbie Smith
Catskills
John P. Lynch
Edward Whitcomb
Debbie
Lynch
Whitcomb
Board names list from 110 Dewey to Monument Road
Carroll of 110 Dewey St Alexander Drysdale of South Street Bernard Galipeau of 104 County St Earl J Harris of North Bennington Robert Keough of North Bennington James Kinney of 203 Grove St Raymond LeBarron of 941 Gage St Elizabeth McGurn of 113 Elm St Virginia N Perrotta of Merson Street John P Proud of 326 Elm St Ronald V B Sinclair of 339 Elm St James Sleeman of 108 Coolidge Ave Mrs Ruby Van Santvoord of Monument Road Fred H Welling of North Benit a justice of the peace and thus a member of the board is also a lister and will thus not take part in the board proceedings on the appeals taken on the assessments set by listers.
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Coolidge Ave
Ruby van Santvoord
Monument Road
Fred H. Welling
North Bennington
Betit
Lister
Listers
Bennington Elks Seek Addresses From Veterans and Local Events
Bennington Lodge of Elks asks relatives to send names and addresses of Bennington County servicemen in Viet Nam so they can hear from home. 1-40 Club meets Tuesday at 7 at Mrs. Heil Reed’s Shaftsbury home. Col. John B. Scott and Mrs. Scott return to Racine Wis after a visit with Rickerts in Bennington. Vermont DAR pilgrimage set for Addison Strong mansion with board at 10:30 and Miss Erminie Pollard presiding. Mrs. Hollis Newton to speak on Plants of Colonial Days. Brenda Grant receives nurse’s cap at Albany Medical Center School of Nursing finishing preclinical work. Moose Clambake announced for Prospect Mt Aug 28 with tickets from stewards. Social tonight at Bennington Elks Club 8 p.m. Adv back-to-school permanents offered at Priscilla’s Beauty Shop Aug 15–26.
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Bennington Lodge of Elks
Viet Nam
Bennington County
Donald Greenslet
the Elks Lodge
Bennington
Vermont Society
Strong
Addison
Erminie L. Pollard
Proctorsville
Hollis Newton
Stone Chimney Gardens
Reading
Joseph A. Wilson
Shaftsbury
Brenda D. Grant
James T. Grant
R.D. No. 2
Albany Medical Center School of Nursing
West Fannin High School
Grant
Kiwanis Meeting Plans Talk on Regional Future
Walter A. Lapham of Ben-Mont Papers will address Hoosick Falls Kiwanis on Tuesday at noon. He, president of Wrap-Tures Giftwrap, Inc., will discuss The Future of the Tri-State Area and The Rising Tide That Raises All Boats. Edward H. Cumpston Jr. of Noble and Wood Machinery Co. chairs.
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Hoosick Falls
Old Bennington
Bennington Regional
Astronomy note links Perseus to Pleiades in eastern sky
An astronomy note explains a convenient finder for Perseus by spotting the Pleiades in the eastern sky. It mentions Algeria as Perseus's brightest star and Atic as the shoulder blade of the Pleiades, noting the long separate mentions of the two constellations.
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Perseus
Algeria
Atic
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Bennington Drive-In
Tanglewood
Erich Leinsdorf
Beethoven
Schiller
Beaumont
Theodore L. Smith
Esther O'Kane
Harry N. Elwell
Esther O’kane
Hanson - Walbridge
James Berry
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
O’kane
Sourcliffe Nursing Home
Berry
Maple Hill Cemetery
National Defense Education Act
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Institute For Advanced Study
State University of New York At Albany
C. Frank Bizzarro
Lincoln St
Richard F. Lang
Bertram E. Stritch
Rabbi Sigmund Kaufman
Catskill
Sigemund Kaufman
Temple Israel
Temple Beth el
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Kaufman
WBTN
Laconia
N.H
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Irene
Julie
Noah Kaufman
Sydonia Goldberger
Riverside Cemetery
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N.J
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Mirisch Corporation
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Poitier
Bancroft
Harte Theatre
Paul Julie Newman Andrews
Alfred Hitchcock's ‘Torn Curtain
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Williamstown
Piet Theatre
Annie
Varto
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United States
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Mary Mathers
F. Irene Mooney
Howard Rudd
Dorothy O’connor
Ida Sweet
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Ruth Nowik
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Daniel Blackmer
Vincent Stroffoleno
Arlington
Regina Rice
Nettie Fish
Melissa Morse
Henry van Orman
Michelle Rose
Sharon Davendanis
Susan Casey
Michael LaCroix
Robert Ballard
Fifth St
John Bowen
Hunt Street Extension
Frank Crawford
Cairo
Debra
Bennington Briefs
Heil Reed
John B. Scott
Eleanor Rickert
Racine, Wis
Moose
Prospect Mt
Bennington Elks Club
Washington Ave
Priscilla’s
Walter A. Lapham
Coloni Summer Theatre
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Lionel Bart
Oliver
Ring R.G. Brown
Elizabeth Allen
P.m
Latham
Edie Adams
Sherry Britton
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