Malloy Urges Vermont Traffic Law Updates
Vermont needs three new laws to meet federal highway safety standards. Commissioner Malloy says action is urgent to avoid losing $3 million in federal funds and plans to introduce bills after the February 16 deadline. The measures require periodic driver exams, helmet use for riders, and alcohol testing of fatally injured drivers and pedestrians with monthly reporting.
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Montpelier
UPI
James Malloy
Vermont
Malloy
Ture
U.S. Department of Transportation
Washington
Two Resignations From Village Zoning Board
Bennington village trustees accept two resignations from the Zoning Board of Appeals chairman Stephen H. Gilman and member Lucien Loomis with regret. New appointees Paul Clermont William Hoisington and William Eddington join the board and planning commission. A post office sign at South and Elm Streets will be placed by the village highway department. Seventh Day Adventist Church receives permit for Christmas caroling and solicitation from December 10 to 31 6 to 9 p.m.
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Bennington
Village Planning Commission
Joseph Caracciola
Stanley Pekalski
Elm
Village Highway Department
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Bennington Trustees Confront Main Street Loitering
Village trustees hotly debated loitering youths on Main Street as crowds block sidewalks and urban disorder escalates. Police dispersal offers limited help, while officials warn egg-throwing before the BCHS-MAUHS game crosses a line and risks breach of peace charges.
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Main St
Bennington
Pello
BCHS
Six Boys Escape Serious Injury In Bus Wreck Near Bennington
Six Bennington Graded School District pupils were unharmed aside from a cut lip on a bus that tipped over on Houran Road west of Bennington at about 2:50 pm. Driver Harry L. Briggs and the six youngsters, all from Bennington area addresses, emerged via the rear exit after the bus slid off the soft shoulder and overturned. Estimated $1,000 damage. two wreckers repositioned the vehicle around 5 pm. Accident reports from Wilmington and Danby were incomplete. Elsie Sheer and Sally Duffany were admitted to Putnam Memorial Hospital in Wilmington and described as in good condition.
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Bennington
Houran Road
Steven Hurley
Airport Road
Daniel Debell
Clifford Maxan
Bernie Shield
Monument Circle
Old Bennington
Bruce Watson
Austin Road
Mooney
Wilmington
Danby
Four Corners
Brattleboro
Rutland
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Elsie Sheer
East Main Street
Sally Duffany
Manchester Depot
Bennington Unemployment Rises in November
Vermont's November job conditions show Bennington area unemployment at 3.4 percent with about 450 people out of work. Total employment estimated at 12,000 as seasonal layoffs hit printing, paper, apparel and brush industries and Green Mountain Park in Pownal closed.
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Montpelier
Bennington
Department of Employment Security
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Bennington briefs include toy drive deadline and local events
Last days to drop off repairable broken toys at the YMCA Workshop for distribution by December 17. Social Security Office in Rutland opens Saturday December 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Moose Lodge hosts a Saturday dance. Senior Citizens Club Christmas party Monday night. VFW Auxiliary Christmas party Tuesday night. Books on Exhibit with 600+ new children’s titles on display at Bennington Elementary through December 16. Bruce Saunders, son of Orlando residents, turns eight January 17 and has a pony cart. Seaman Richard H. Vachon, a Navy member, is aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy on maneuvers in the mid-Atlantic and Caribbean as part of Lant flex 66.
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Wonder Valley Gange
Children of the Moose
Stu Dumas
Bennington
Bruce Saunders
Edward Saunders
Orlando
Fla
Harmon Saunders
Saunders
Richard H. Vachon
U.S. Navy
R.R. No. 2
Joseph P. Kennedy
mid-Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Topics for AAUW branch study 1967 69 set in Bennington
Bennington Branch AAUW has picked four study and action topics for 1967 69 from nationwide input by 1605 branches. The topics cover the gap between rich and poor nations public education politics testing values in a changing society and society reflected in the arts. The group also studied the Revolution in Modern China with 54 members. Field notes include Atlantic Fleet Exercise Lant flex with 94 ships 19 air squadrons and 42 000 men along with Canadian destroyers, and local notices of charity events and community sales in Bennington Vermont including Christmas activities and upcoming meetings.
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Bennington
American Association of University Women
Vincent Pizzano
Public Information
Vermont
National
AAUW
China
Clinton Hutchins
U.S. Atlantic
Canada
Horst Brothers News of Viet Nam Assignment
Pfc Barry L Horst son of Mr and Mrs George J Horst of West Road was assigned as an air traffic controller in An Khe Viet Nam on Nov 24 in the Army Airfield Command 1st Cavalry Division. He joined the army in 1965 after a 1961 Bennington High School graduation and an associate degree in engineering from Wentworth Institute. Prior to service he worked for Raytheon in Sudbury MA.
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Army
Barry L. Horst
George J. Horst
West Road
An Khe
Viet Nam
Army Arfield Command
1St Cavalry Division
Horst
Holgers, Co
Fort Lee
Bennington High School
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Mass
Raytheon
Sudbury
No Substitute
In Old Malden Surrey England the Rev Michael Hewlett aged 50 told his congregation he declined an invitation to join the London Playboy Club saying sex is one of God's gifts and he prefers the real thing. He spoke to his parish about the offer and his reasons for declining.
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Old Malden
Surrey
England
UPI
Michael Hewlett
London
Playboy Club
Bennington Judge Convicts Men in Local Traffic Cases
In Bennington Municipal Court Louie F. Bowers 37 was sentenced to 30 days in county jail for careless and negligent driving causing an accident and 10 days for driving without a license, to run concurrently. Stanley Hunt 22 received 15 days for probation violations and driving an unregistered vehicle. His wife Carol Ann Hunt pleaded guilty to three motor vehicle charges and drew one day in jail for each, with the judge noting leniency due to her sex.
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Bennington
Louie F. Bowers
Morgan and
Main Street
Bowers
George M. Fienberg
Fienberg
Albany
Department of Motor Vehicle
Stanley Irving Hunt
Valentine St
Hunt
Carol Ann
William S.S. Dolt
Groups Share In Bequests By Mrs. Bassett
Mrs Lulu Bassett who died October 24 in Bennington left about 135000 in personal estate and named Vermont groups as beneficiaries. The Second Congregational Church of Bennington received 1000 to be used as trustees decide. Other beneficiaries included Vermont Children’s Aid Society 300 Burlington Bennington YMCA 300 Emergency Circle 100 New England burn Hattin Homes Westminster 300. The beneficiary in Colorado was Rocky Mountain School Carbondale 1000. She was born in 1873 in Palmer Massachusetts and was the widow of Norman L Bassett a former Maine Supreme Court justice.
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Vermont
Lulu Bassett
Bennington
Second Congregational Church of
Vermont Children’s Aid Society of
Burlington
Bennington Ymca
Order of King’s Daughters and Sons
Emergency Circle
New England Burn Hattin Homes
Westminster
Welcome Wagon Club Tasting Fair raises funds for civic projects
The Welcome Wagon Club held a Thursday night meeting at Mrs. Frank Savio’s Morgan Heights home with about 30 attendees. After business led by president Sue Chandler, the group enjoyed a Tasting Fair where each member offered a dessert and sold the recipe to raise money for civic projects. Four newcomers joined, and probation details involving Hunt were discussed, with Judge Fienberg noting the reduction in sentence to release Hunt by Christmas.
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Welcome Wagon Club
Frank Savio
Morgan Heights
Sue Chandler
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Howard Sheldon
Bob Gore
Arvel Steece
Edward Amos
Commissions by Bennington Seniors Highlight MIT Concert
Two Bennington College seniors have works featured in the MIT Concert Band program at Bennington College this Sunday. Alice Webber of Springfield Mass and Joan Harkness of Lexington Mass premiere new pieces Charivari and Rural Free Delivery alongside Gabrieli Fantasia Gianini and Gould Symphony No 3 West Point. Webber, a music major and viola student, is the daughter of Elroy and his wife, Springfield architect.
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Bennington College
MIT
Alice Webber
Springfield
Mass
Joan Harkness
Lexington
Giovanni Gabrieli
Vittorio Gianini
Miss Harkness
John C. Harkness
Ski film star John Jay to present Silver Skis at Bennington HS
A holiday ski event at Bennington Catholic High School features John Jay, famed as America's premier ski film producer, with his Silver Skis production and vintage footage. The program includes modern clips from Olympic racers and legendary skiers, highlights from 1965 Vail and Stratton, plus historic sequences and a 5:30 p.m. College Carriage Barn concert. Tickets are available with advance discounts.
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Bennington Catholic High School
John Jay
America
Jay
Lois
Don Rathbun
Yesteryear
Austria
France
U.S.A
Vail
Colo
Art Furrer
Stratton and Jackson
Wyo
Stein Eriksen
Arapahoe Pasin
Alta
Utah
Europe
Matterhorn
Mont Blanc
Sig Buckmayr
Toni Matt
Hannes Schneider
Gary Cooper
Dick Durrance
Gretchen Fraser
Zeno Cole
Andrea Mead Lawrence
Obituary: Kent Crane 71 Retired Architect Dies in Manchester Center
Kent Crane of Manchester Center died Wednesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Born April 18, 1895 in Philadelphia he worked for York & Sawyer New York City for years before retiring 20 years ago. Survived by wife Marguerite daughter Mrs Richard Manley of Dorset son Stephen Crane of Rochester NY and an uncle. Funeral Saturday at Zion Episcopal Church at 2 pm officiated by Rev Robert L Clayton Cremation at Lardner Earl Memorial Crematorium Troy NY.
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Manchester
Kent Crane
Manchester Center
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Philadelphia
Crane
of York & Sawyer
New York City
Zion Episcopal Church
American Institute of Architects
Southern Vermont Art Center
Dorset Field Club
Marguerite
Richard Manley
Dorset
Stephen Crane
Rochester
N, Y
Robert L. Clayton
Lardner Earl Memorial
Troy
N.Y
Soviet reply on Oct. 27 underground test sought
Washington officials said the Soviet Union verbally answered a U.S. request for information about a large Russian underground nuclear test conducted October 27. Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin conveyed the reply to John Leddy, but details were not disclosed and Soviet officials offered no comment.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
State Department
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
John Leddy
Stock Averages Report Noon December 9 1966
Dow Jones industrials at 810.41 down 2.39, railroads 206.65 down .37, utilities 134.24 down .09, composite 287.20 down .32. Volume 3,480,000. Albany Bancs & Co. data at noon.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Hospital Notes December 8 1966 Admissions and Discharges
Hospital Notes lists admissions including Mrs Bertha Balmer Linda M London Edward W Nuckolls Alfred W Armstrong Betty Briggs Lee Ann Thurber and discharges Belle Bowles Irene Mears Laura Turner Jennie Jones Stephen Wrubleski. Names show multiple patients from Bennington North Bennington Rupert Manchester Centre Hoosick Falls and Pownal.
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Bertha Balmer
Linda M. London
North Bennington
Edward W. Nuckolls
Bennington
Alfred W. Armstrong
Rupert
Betty Briggs
Manchester Center
Lee Ann Thurber
Hoosick Falls
Belle Bowles
Irene Mears
Laura Turner
Jennie Jones
Pownal
Stephen Wrubleski
Galilean Moons Vary From Earth’s Moon In Size And Distance
The note compares Earth’s moon diameter 2160 miles and 238,900 mile orbit with Io 2020 miles at 262,000 miles from Jupiter, Europa 1790 miles at 417,000 miles, Ganymede 3120 miles at 665,000 miles, and Callisto 2770 miles at 1,171,000 miles, outlining their relative scales and separations.
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Jupiter
Earth
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
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