Eight Inches of Snow Hits Northern Vermont
Northern Vermont reports up to eight inches of snow on Friday amid a cold wave. Two deaths linked to the storm were reported in Maine and Connecticut. State crews plowed and salted highways as temperatures were expected to plunge toward zero. Community groups coordinate a Christmas toy drive with YMCA workshops and Girl Scout and Troop 224 participation, due by December 10 for distribution on December 17.
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Vermont
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Maine
New Hampshire
YMCA
Green Mountain Ridge
Weather Bureau
Lake Champplain
Wolfeboro
Berlin
Louis Hines
Hartford
Turner
Allen Gleason
Rensselaer
N.Y
Windsor
Conn
Edwin Fossi
Chester
Study Group Hands Findings To Commissioner
The Legislative Council Highway Study Committee in Montpelier decided to hand its findings to Motor Vehicle Commissioner James Malloy for further study. Chaired by Sen. John O'Brien the group examined adopting a uniform state motor vehicle code and will have Malloy compare it to the Federal Motor Vehicle Code ahead of a planned 1967 bill.
Rogosin to screen film at Bennington College
Lionel Rogosin will present his film Good Times, Wonderful Times at Bennington College Commons Theatre on Monday at 8 p.m. The documentary, praised for its war era themes, blends cocktail party dialogue with archival wartime footage and explores indifference and drift in life and death.
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Bennington College
Cineforum
Rogosin
London
Africa
Pickets Push Strike at University of California in Rain
Pickets at the University of California press for fast action on demands amid a rain soaked protest on the second anniversary of the Sproul Hall sit-in. The Daily Californian backs the strike while campus turnout nears 9,000 of 27,500 students, amid broader campus tension over draft information and Navy recruitment events.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
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Tion
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Hoff Says No Hassle Over New England Chair
Gov Philip Hoff says he will not make a big issue of who chairs the New England Governor's Conference next month. The post likely goes to a Democrat, with Gov John King of New Hampshire and Gov John Dempsey of Connecticut among contenders. King expresses intent to seek the chair, while Hoff notes the two may be top choices to succeed Gov John Reed of Maine. The selection follows a two year party alternation and hinges on the January Boston meeting.
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Hoff
New England
Boston
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Maine
Dempsey
WOTM Notes and Meeting Announced
WOTM notes seek a baby sitter and household help. The Women of the Moose meet at 7 30 Monday night with Antoinette Betit presiding. Albert Bachand of The Spruces Williamstown Mass will speak, initiation of new members, mystery prize, and guest invitations. Bring unsigned Christmas cards for Marion Charest at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Antoinette Betit
Social Service
Albert Bachand
The
Spruces
Williamstown
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Dorothy Dupee
Clara Dupee
Bessie Hall
Gladys Knapp
Marion Charest
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bellatrix Star Name and Its Old Weighs on Women
Astronomy notes discuss Bellatrix as Orion s left shoulder star with origin from Latin meaning the female warrior. The piece reflects on astrology s past popularity and claims the star influences women born under it to be lucky with good tongues, a view the author cushions as opinion.
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Orion
Bellatrix
Bennington Banner contact and subscription details
The Bennington Banner lists telephone numbers for business news and newsroom plus advertising. It notes daily publication except Sundays and holidays, two address lines, and subscription rates by mail within Vermont and elsewhere.
Daley to Speak at Elks Memorial Service in Bennington
Lt Gov John J. Daley will address the Bennington Lodge of Elks memorial service at the Elks Home on Sunday night at 7 30. Father Lawrence McAuliffe will give the general eulogy as 13 lodge members are remembered since last year. Memorialized are Pearl Gates Joseph Partenope Charles Meaney Paul Galipeau T Reed Moninger Gaylord Mattison Harry Elwell Arthur LaFlamme F Ray Shutts William Flynn Clarence Bird Edmund Lauzon Edward Yarnal. Dominick Yarnal exalted ruler opens. prayers by Elks chaplain Martin Sinclair. Soloists Mrs Therese Simmons and Mrs Thomas Donovan perform. Rollcall by Secretary John Ahearn. Dedication by lodge officers and the Emblem Club. Daley's address followed by violin by Harry Hurley and another solo by Mrs Simmons. Closing prayer by chaplain and recessional.
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Bennington Lodge of Elks
Elks
Lawrence McdAuliffe
C.S.C
Pearl W. Gates
Joseph W. Partenope
Charles P. Meaney
Paul A, Galipeau
T. Reed Moninger
Gaylord G, Mattison
Harry N. Elwell
Arthur E, LaFlamme
F. Ray Shutts
William B. Flynn
Clarence W. Bird
Edmund J. Lauzon
Edward L. Silver
Dominick D. Yarnal
Ruler
Martin J. Sinclair
Therese Simmons
Thomas Donovan
Rollcall
John E. Ahearn
Lodge
Emblem Club
Daley
Harry R. Hurley
Simmons
Wilson Smith Strive For Settlement Aboard Warship
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and rebel Rhodesian premier Ian Smith met aboard a stormy British warship seeking a settlement to Rhodesia's independence crisis. Britain warned of possible UN sanctions if talks fail, tracing to the Nov 11 1965 declaration of independence. About four million blacks live in Rhodesia with roughly 220,000 whites.
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UPS
Harold Wilson
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
United Nations
Britain
U.N
Smith
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