Eight injured in Vermont 9 head-on collision
SEARSBURG eight persons sustained non life threatening injuries in a two car crash on Vermont 9 at 6 50 p m Edith Reed 67 of Jacksonville drove a 1962 Chevrolet II off the road causing a skid as Roy Wiley 32 of Pittsfield Mass approached in a 1961 Chevrolet Injured in the Wiley car were Wiley and four passengers from St Point Iowa and Reed passengers from Shelburne Massachusetts, treated at the scene and Wilmington Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searsburg
Vermont
Edith Reed
Jacksonville
Roy Wiley
Pittsfield
Mass
Wiley
Lloyd
Gerald
Margaret Alderson
St. Point Iowa
Reed
William
Clarice
Nancy Ward
Shelburne Mass
Milton Wolf
Wilmington
Albany man beaten on Vermont road injures mute
POWNAL Albany man Charles Lydecker a 32 year old mute was assaulted Sunday morning on Vermont 346 State Police said he was walking toward North Pownal at about 1 am when two men attacked him. He suffered facial injuries and the assailants fled robbery is suspected and police continue investigations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Albany
N. Y
Vermont
Charles Lydecker
North Pownal
Lydecker
Funeral for John P. Rice Held in North Branch Area
John P. Rice of North Branch Street Extension died Wednesday. Funeral at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home Friday with Ronald Seeley of Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Bearers were his sons William Walter Milford Clarence Lincoln and a neighbor John Winslow. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery with out of town relatives from New Haven Milford Conn Potter Hill N Y Shaftsbury Arlington Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Rice
North Branch Street
Hanson - Walbridge
Ronald Seeley
Seventh Day Adventist Church
H. Glenn Payne
William
North Bennington
Walter
Arlington
Milford
Potter Hill
Clarence
Lincoln
Shaftsbury
John Winslow
Park Lawn
Ceme
Tery
New Haven
Conn
N.Y
Hoosick Falls
Architect Wallace Cone Jr 54 dies in Bennington
I Wallace Cone Jr 54 Waterbury Conn an architect who moved to Bennington in 1961 and began Lilac Hill Motel project on U S 7 Pownal Road died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a brief illness He was born Oct 17 1907 in Brooklyn NY survived by his wife former Helen Canfield son Edward S Cone daughter Patricia W Cone mother Miss Margaret Cone Waterbury sister Mrs Eugene Lohrike Stonington Conn funeral Tuesday Hickcox Funeral Home Waterbury burial Mt Olivet Waterbury body sent by Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Wallace Cone Jr
Waterbury
Patricia W. Cone
Bennington
Margaret Cone
New York City
Eugene Lohrike
Stonington, Conn
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Civic and Navy Updates
Vermont officials discuss 1963 AC program with John DeVito in Bennington. Navy recruits David E. Grant and William E. Bushee are listed with training and duty details. A public meeting on nuclear disarmament is planned at the Bennington Free Library. Library and Physicians Laboratories observe closures around late August and early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Doane
Vermont Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Service Office
Bennington
John J. DeVito
Bennington Free Library
BCHS Youth Delegates Attend Vermont Student Council Workshop
Five Bennington Catholic High students join peers at St Michael's College Winooski for a four day summer workshop. The program covers student council aims parliamentary procedure projects and leadership plus evening council operations labs and social activities. BCHS delegates include William Hayes Patrick Henry Joseph Deery Jean Cleary and Jane Dailey with Sister Mary Ancilla as adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Catholic High
Vermont Association of Student Councils
St. Michael’s College
Winooski
BCHS
William Hayes
WASC
Patrick Henry
Joseph Deery
Jean Cleary
Jane Dailey
Sister Mary Ancilla
Nuclear Ban Backed by Kennedy and Macmillan in Joint Statement
The leaders urged a total ban on nuclear testing in all environments and said on-site inspections are not essential for atmospheric underground or space tests. They favored an early agreement on a limited scope if wider accord remains unattainable, stressing safety and global interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Kennedy
Macmillan
Andrew T. Hatcher
White House
United States
United Kingdom
Raynolds Opens Week-Long Vermont Campaign Tour
Democratic candidate Harold Ron Raynolds kicks off a week of campaign activity in Bennington County visiting Rutland Shaftsbury Arlington Dorset and Bennington. He and his wife Ann meet voters at homes stores and clubs while outlining views and stumping at Kiwanis Club Norshaft Democratic Club Bennington Free Library Rotary and local markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Manchester
Honky-Tonk
Gen. Assembly
J. J. Prudom
South Glens Falls
N.Y
Mary Cartwright
County Durham
England
Mary Diplacito
Methil Fife
Scotland
Joseph Porritt
Suvaren
N.J
Luella Wilson
Dude Ranch
Prudom
South Shaftsbury Church
Harold “Ron” Raynolds
Pomfret
U. S
Vermont
Raynolds
Ann
Kiwanis Club
Rutland
Dorset
Norshaft Democratic Club
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Carmel Babcock
Bennington Free Library
Bennington Women's Democratic Club
George van Santvoord
Rotary Club
Bennington Brush Co
Bennington merchants lauded for Fourth of July event drive
The Four 21 luncheon and awards celebrated Bennington merchants with prize drawings for go carts luggage and season passes to a new race track. Winners included Leslie Mort Gerald La beau and Robert Koier. Local stores hosted ticket drawings as WBTN aired part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Mort
William Foote
Gerald Labeau
Robert Koier
Edward Giles
Pownal
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Haynes and Kane Furniture Inc
Bennington Book Shop
Woolworth’s
Bennington Pottery
Walker’s Food Market
Gladstone Shoe Store
WBTN
Joseph A. McDonough
Bennington
Polar explorer Stefansson dies at 61 after stroke
Scientist and Arctic expert Vilhjalmur Stefansson died at 61 following a stroke suffered at a Dartmouth dinner. He spent 15 years in the Far North before retiring in 1919 and, since 1947, served as arctic consultant at Dartmouth College and curator of the Stefansson collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stefansson
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Eske Brum
Denmark
Greenland
Arctic Circle
Canada
Canadian Board and Geographical Names
Victoria Island
Evelyn Schwartz Baird
Baby Girl Born to Hassan's Queen
The royal palace in Rabat announced a baby girl was born Sunday night to King Hassan II of Morocco and his wife. The birth occurred in Rome where the couple are vacationing, and both mother and daughter are reported as well. In Morocco thousands celebrated with crowds in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabat
Morocco
Hassan II of
Rome
Italy
Wheat Based Snacks Move Forward at Sanford Institute
Staff at Sanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California, report promising wheat products. Wheat chips resemble potato chips and a tof fee candy impressed tasters, while wheat brittle candy and wheat caramel balls drew less enthusiasm as studies address the nation’s surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menlo Park
Calif
Sanford Research Institute
The Strange Story to Be Filmed for Haven Productions
UPI reports producer Arthur Hoffe says Haven Productions will film The Strange Story a psychological melodrama. The project is described as a psychological melodrama in development with Hoffe guiding the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
Haven Productions
Arthur Hoffe
Bennington Women Lose Money in Weekend
Weekend event in Bennington reports Mrs. Marion B. Cutler losing 120 dollars in Fishman’s store restroom with eyeglass case, and Mrs. David Hayden recovering 20 dollars found folded in an ice cream cabinet slot at Caslin’s grocery store. Hayden suspects a child hid the money playfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Marion B. Cutler
North Street
Fishman’s
David Hayden
Caslin’s
Dewey and
Elm Streets
Hayden
Berlin Fire's 10th Victim Dies
Mrs. Dorothy M. Moses of Berlin wife of William Moses died Sunday at Albany Medical Center Hospital from injuries in the Berlin disaster on July 25 when a propane gas truck exploded. Survived by husband, father, son William H. Moses and four brothers, nieces, and an aunt. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Thomas M Barber Funeral Home Petersburgh with interment in Garfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Dorothy M. Moses
William Moses
Berlin
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Jacob Goodermore
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
William H. Moses
Victor
Earl Goodermote
Mellonville
Vernon Goodermote
Chautauqua
Raymond and
Gordon Goodermote
Chatham
Rodney Hewitt
Dorothy Lewis
Rensselaer
N. Y
Thomas M. Barber
Petersburg
Garfield
Group Opens Rutland Railway Probe Today
A six member interim commission meets at the State House in Montpelier to study methods to restore Rutland Railway operations idle after a year long strike. Sen George R J McGregor chairs the panel with members Sen Robert B Eldredge Rep George Heaslip Rep William Mikell and Rep Edward J Coalin. The group will review state findings and a private consultant study and will report to the 1963 Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Robert B. Eldredge
William J. Burke
George Heaslip
Manchester
William Mikell
South Burlington
Edward J. Coalin
Windsor
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Old Bennington
Vermont 9
Robert B. Watson
Watson
Paul Foster
Water Street
North
Foster
Herbert Robbins
Hempstead
Robert K. Grimm
Red Mountain Road
Union and
South Streets
Ford
Sara Sick
Stephentown
South Street
Union Street
Avery S. Whitman
Lincoln Street
Frances R. Stafford
County St
Main Street
Mary Zaharek
Bay Shore
Bennington Village
New York
Kim Novak
James Garner
MGM
Ountr
James
Wwtforik
RE. Wallace Cone JR
Hickcox Funeral Home
Mt. Olivet
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Miracle
Madkour
Roadside Council
Bennington Briefs
David E. Grant
F. H. Grant
Prospect St
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, Ill
Navy Life
William E. Bushee
U.S. Navy
Leonard Bushee
Chime St
Forrestal
Second Fleet
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic
Physicians Laboratories
Earl Babcock
Union St
Paul Benjamin
West Road
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Norman Rockwell
Greater Bennington Association
Edmunds
Joanne Pilling Bogardus
Main St
Bermuda
GBA
Richard D. Borgardus
Joanne
Donald Carrol
Breard Hawks
Hassan
Life
Abreles Lonergan & Thomas, Inc
Rutland Railway
Bennington Garage Corp
Rogert Preston
Shirley Jones
Monegingcul Palf
Technirama
Warner Bros
Colonie Strum Elmer
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Darren
Gabor
Kelly
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