Obituary notices from Bennington and Miami Beach honored locals
Two long obituaries note the deaths of Irene Graves Stegmay er 82 of Miami Beach and Julia DesLaurier 85 of Bennington. Graves, born in Bennington, a pianist, survived by sister Mabel Graves Wiggin and brother Fred Graves Jr. cremated in Miami. service at Park Lawn Cemetery next Tuesday. DesLaurier, widow of George J. DesLaurier, born Albany, N.Y., survived by sons John and George, sister Lillian Allard, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. services at Mahar & Son Funeral and St Francis de Sales Church with Rosary and Requiem Mass. Burial next spring at Park Lawn Chapel cemetery.
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Miami
Philbrick
Julia DesLaurier
Union Street
Crescent Manor
George J. DesLaurier
Bennington
St. Francis de Sales
DesLaurier
Albany
N.Y
John McClune
Rockwood
Bradford
John A
George N. DesLaurier
Lillian Allard
Mahar & Son
St. Francis de Sales Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Funeral for Mrs. Lewis T. Butler held in Beech Street area
The funeral for Mrs. Lewis T. Butler former Mary Purtell of Beech Street Extension a former Sears credit manager was held Friday morning at St Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass. Burial will be in the spring at Park Lawn Chapel. Relatives came from Troy Amsterdam Cambridge Greenwich Hoosick Falls and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis T. Butler
Mary Purtell
Beech Street Extension
Sears, Roebuck & Co
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son
George Jeffs
Robert Walsh
Edward Walker
Louis Lessard
Norman Turgeon
Bennington County Sheriff's Department
Guy E. Kagey
Bennington
Packard vows withdrawals from Vietnam despite infiltrations
Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard said withdrawals will continue as infiltration rises and Paris stalemate persists. He noted uncertainty over Communist intentions after touring South Vietnam and warned that attacks on civilians will be punished. The Nixon era plan aims to reduce U.S. forces to well under 150,000 while monitoring South Vietnamese capability.
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Washington
UPI
David Packard
U.S
Vietnam
Paris
Packard
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Song My
Nixon
East Hoosick Man Killed In Car Truck Collision
An East Hoosick man, Roscoe C. Austin, 79, died in a two car crash on North Hoosick Road. Wayne V. Tracy, 18, of White Creek, was treated for facial lacerations and a concussion, while Michael Durkin, 18, of Hoosick Falls, had head and shoulder injuries and was released. Police say Austin failed to keep right, causing a head on collision with Tracy. The death was ruled accidental with massive internal injuries.
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East Hoosick
Hoosick Falls Central School
North Hoo
Roscoe C. Austin
Wayne V. Tracy
White Creek
Hoosick
Mary McClellan Hospital
Michael Durkin
Hoosick Falls
Center Brunswick
Austin
Fred Harter
Rensselaer County
Robert Higgins
Petersburg
Tracy
Atty
John S. Davieson
Niles Garage
Frank J. Demrick
Beaumont
North Hoosick Road
Cambridge
Grand Jury Targets Melcher and Manson Links at Day Estate
Grand jury heard testimony about Melcher son of actress Doris Day, who once lived at the Benedict Canyon estate later rented by the Tates. Witness Winifred Chapman described finding bodies of Sharon Tate and others. Miss Atkins is charged with murder in Gary Hinman's death and has implicated cult members in further killings. The proceedings took place on the Hall of Justice fifth floor where Sirhan B. Sirhan was tried for Kennedy's murder earlier this year.
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Melcher
Doris Day
Benedict Canyon
Tates
Manson
Winifred Chapman
Jay Sebring
Abigail Folger
Woitych Frokowsky
Steven Parent
Miss Atkins
Gary Hinman
Hall of Justice
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Unemployment Declines Among Secondary Workers
Washington reports November unemployment fell to 3.4 percent led by secondary workers such as teens, adult women, and young men 20 to 24 who often do not anchor family income. Blue collar and manufacturing rates held at 4.2 and 3.8 percent, while weekly factory earnings dropped to 116.63 due to shorter weeks and less overtime.
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Washington
UPD
Labor Department
Howard Stambler
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Stambler
Nixon
Advance Planning Advised On Phone Calls to Vietnam
New England Telephone urges plan ahead for holiday calls to Vietnam service members. Spinner notes 42,000 U S-Vietnam calls last year, calls mostly from Vietnam due to locating servicemen from the U S. Calls are limited by restrictions, unit and APC numbers help, and Saigon vicinity only from U S. High frequency circuits now available, rates shown, and call times vary by volume and availability. Christmas events follow with local notices and a restaurant ad.
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New England
Vietnam
Alfred J. Spinner
Bennington
New England Telephone
Spinner
United States
U.S
Saigon
APC
Ton Son Nhut
Long Binh
Cam Rahn Bay
Nha Trang
Qui Nhon
da Nang
Hong Kong
Governor cites moratorium clashes in firing aide Butler
Davis said executive aide Charles K Butler 24 sparked a staff conflict over October and November moratoriums. He dismissed Butler citing antiwar actions and poor judgment, while Butler moved to a new post as project director on the governor's student affairs commission at 7800 dollars annually.
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Butler
Davis
Vietnam
Davisaid
Governor’s Commission On Student Affairs
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Earl W. Stegmayer
Miami Beach
Fla
Irene Graves
Earl Wesley Stegmayer
Ormond Beach Hospital
New York
Charles R. Wiggin
Mabel Graves
Fred O. Graves Jr
Albany, N.Y
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lake Champlain
Keeseville
James Barnett
Corps
Port Douglas
Burlington
Barnett
O’connor
Harvey Scribner
Main Street
Erwin F. Mattison
East Main St
Alan H. Durfee
Pleasant St
Durfee
Mattison
National Science Foundation
University of Vermont
N. James Schoonmaker
Department of Mathematics
Birmingham
Mich
Earl Prather
Prather
Ianr
Artery Arcade
North Adams
Merry Nchristmas Store
Corning
Grand Jury
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Vermont
SWIFT
Walker
Bennington Briefs
Bennington American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
First United Methodist Church
Mount Anthony Union High School
Albert Ray
Alex Ogilvie
Fred Morgan
James Conroy
Howard Smith
Peter Groenewegen
Temple Beth el
Bennington County Nurses Association
Frances Crozier
Natalie Seale
Norelco
Miss Norelco
Firestone
Uni-Charge
Crea Travel
DIAL
Bennington, Vt
Hollywood
Dick van Dyk
Mickenee Lee
Mickey Rooney
SUN
Ey Lawrence
S Justine Olor
Luxe
Santa Claus
Ski-Doo
Vata
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