Union School auditorium debate tightens around size
Bennington officials wrestle with an auditorium plan for the Union District as directors consider reducing seats from 450 to 350 to cut costs. State Education official Rupert Spencer hints at a 750 seat minimum, prompting concern over state aid and the final approval by the state education board.
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Massachusetts
Williams
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Rupert J. Spencer
Division of Administration
State Department of Education
Spencer
State Education Board of the Union Board
Union Board
State Education Board
Allan J. Heath
Whitehall
N.Y
Bennington Town
Joseph J. Caracciola
Otter Valley Union School
Brandon
Priest Tries Again To Get Hostages
An American priest resumes his effort to win release of four Americans and other hostages held by Bolivian tin miners demanding two Communist mine union leaders freed. Monsignor Andrew A. Kennedy of St. Louis said he would disregard government warnings about the risk of entering the miners’ stronghold.
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Oruro
Bolivia
Andrew A. Kennedy
St. Louis
Juan Lechin
Catavi-Siglo Veinte
Kirsch Outlines Background of Curriculum Idea Program
Bennington High School principal Paul E. Kirsch told trustees about a 10-district curriculum development effort funded by the Ford Foundation. The first phase funded teacher study trips to innovative programs and sites, aiming to improve education for 4000 southwestern Vermont students.
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Paul E. Kirsch
Bennington High School
Bennington
Ford Foundation
Fund For the Advancement of Education
Foundation
Kirsch
Vermont
Robert Anderson
Charles Keller
New Trier High School
Winnetka
Ill
Estabrook School
Lexington
Mass
University of Illinois
Watertown
Educational Services, Inc
Greater Bennington Association
Prep Club
Everett
State Department of Education
Williams Colleges
State University of New York At Albany
University of Vermont
Gram
Supt. Heath
J. Goodall Hutton
John G. Hutton
Manchester
Mr. Hutton
No New Action on Bennington Sewer Unification
Bennington town and village leaders report no new voter action is needed to pursue sewer system unification. Officials say previous voter approvals remain conditioned on terms, with legal questions about enforcing the town ordinance on village lines and potential suits through village trustees.
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Selectmen
Norton Barber Succeeds Dr. J. G. Davidson As President
Corporators of Putnam Memorial Hospital elected Norton Barber of Old Bennington as president succeeding Dr. Joseph G. Davidson who completed three one year terms. Barber had been vice president. Herbert H. Leonard was elevated to vice president and Mrs. Robe rt M. Parmalee named secretary. Ray Foote and F. Ellwood Allen joined the board and corporators executive committee. The annual report shows fiscal 1963 net income of 1,088,941 with a 155,697 operating loss, offset by non operating income and capital improvements totaling building and equipment updates including maternity, pediatric, and window projects totaling about 221,000. The hospital began a general practice residency, approved X Ray technology program, graduated 18 candy stripers, and broke ground on a new building for United Counseling Service and a cancer research unit. Occupancy reached 70.0 percent. inpatients rose to 4,582. average stay fell to 6.9 days. Outpatient visits were 7,140. surgeries 1,858. births 672. lab tests 56,379. X rays 6,682.
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Dr. Davidson
Barber
Herbert H. Leonard
Shaftsbury
Robert M. Parmalee
Old Bennington
Cal
Council On Medical Education
American Medical Association
United Counseling Service
Community Welfare Group Plans Christmas Help in Bennington
The Community Welfare Committee in Bennington coordinates food clothing and toys for the needy. About 90 families will be visited to assess needs and arrange toy distribution for their children. Volunteers are sought for Dec 19 20 and contributions total about 300 dollars with plans to order food baskets by week end. The group meets Dec 16 at 12 15 pm at the New Englander Restaurant.
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Community Welfare Committee
Bennington
New Englander
H. Glenn Payne
Melvin R. McGauhey
Earle Forman
John Riddle
YMCA
Florence Moore
N.Y. du Hamel
Marion Smith
Marie Condon
Ethel Bruso
Mary Brissette
Central Labor Council
Marion Hardy
State Police Probe 2 Crashes No Injuries
State police investigated two vehicle crashes Thursday with no injuries. The first occurred on U S 7 when Ronald Reeves 24 collided with Joshua Davis 62 after Reeves attempted to brake. In the second Hermon Benjamin 61 slid into a stopped Barbara Goddard 31 after crossing a one way bridge on Kelly Stand Road.
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Ronald K. Reeves
Main St
East Street
Shaftsbury
U.S. 7
Joshua W. Davis
Forestdale
Reeves
Davis
Hermon Benjamin
East Arlington
Barbara Goddard
Benjamin
Kelly Stand Road
Sunderland
Red Grange Sets Big College Yards and TDs Record
Chicago report notes Red Grange the Galloping Ghost scored 31 touchdowns and gained 3,637 yards from scrimmage over a three year collegiate career.
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Chicago
UPI
Red Grange
YMCA Bennington Village Basketball Program Launches
The Recreation Committee announces boys basketball at the YMCA on Saturdays from 9 to noon for students in grades 5 through 9. The village sponsors the program to provide youth sport opportunities.
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Bennington Village Recreation Committee
YMCA
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges List
Admissions include Mrs. Sandra Young Mrs. Susan Kearns and families in Bennington Hoosick Falls and Arlington. Discharges cover Benedict Nowik Mrs. Marion Pokines Mrs. Beatrice Forrest and others in Bennington Hoosick Falls with a daughter born December 12 and Patrick Graney’s family of Hoosick Falls also noting a daughter born December 12.
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Sandra Young
Susan Kearns
Bennington
Benedict Nowik
Marion Pokines
Hoosick Falls
Beatrice Forrest
Mildred Hoyt
Doris Briggs
Ruth Law
Arlington
Harold Harper
Lyons St
Patrick Graney
Munsell St
Bennington Briefs From North Branch to Revels Events
Bennington brief items report a fall causing a fractured wrist, a boiler explosion at 421 Main Street with $400 to $500 heating system damage, and visiting relatives from Livingston New Jersey. Also noted are Hi Y youth government plans in Albany, a dean’s list student at Northampton Commercial College, a Revels pageant in Troy New York, church circle meeting, 4 H club gift exchange, office closures, a student’s Revels participation, local Christmas shopping ads, and Iron Kettle weekend dinner specials.
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Bennington Fire Department
Main Street
Leonard Covello
Lynne
Mark
Livingston, N.J
Sinatra's Kidnap Crisis Ends With Large Cash Drop
The article recounts Sinatra receiving four calls about the kidnapping, traveling with an FBI agent to Reno for a briefing, departing to Los Angeles on a secret charter, and arranging a $240,000 ransom drop near the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles. It notes Sinatra later visited his ex wife and coordinated the ransom collection.
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Sinatra
FBI
Reno
Dean Elson
Nevada
Los Angeles
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Bryant Renamed Chairman of Bennington ASC Committee
Bryant Renamed Chairman of the Bennington Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service County Committee after a delegates convention in Bennington. Robert Graf elected vice chairman E W Mattison Sr third regular member. Strohmaier and Morey named first and second alternates. The panel administers ASC and Wool and Feed programs from 310 Main St Bennington with John DeVito as office manager.
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Clyde H. Bryant Sr
Manchester
Bennington
ASC
ASCS
Robert E. Graf
North Rupert
E. W. Mattison Sr
Arelington
William Strohmaier
East Pownal
Merritt Morey
West Rupert
Agricultural Conservation and Soil Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
County Ascs
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Hawks Building
Main St
John J. DeVito
Christmas Music Program at Old First Church
A community Christmas concert hosted with Bennington College will be at Old First Church Sunday at four p.m. Proceeds go to Bennington College. The program features Bach, Vivaldi, Couperin, and Monteverdi pieces with soloists Joan Beopple, Nancy Hirsch, and others, plus organ and brass choir accompaniment.
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Bennington College
Old First
Johanne Tetzel
Francois Couperin
Wir Eilen
Joan Beopple
Nancy Hirsch
S. Bach
Gotfried Reiche
Michael Finckel
J.S. Bach
Vittoria
Joan Beepple
Monteverdi
William Peck
Antonio Vivaldi
Nancy Hirsche
Haec Est Dies
Jacob Hand
George Finckel
Juvenile Delinquent Bennett Richardson Pleads Guilty
Municipal Court delinquents Allen P Richardson 17 Weston pled guilty to petty larceny for stealing two tires and two rims from a Manchester vehicle on Nov 19. Judge Fienberg placed him on probation and suspended sentence to Weeks School Vergennes. Defense attorney Joseph O Neill Rutland.
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Allen P. Richardson
Weston
Vergennes
George M. Fienberg
Richardson
Manchester
Leo Cherbonneau
Joseph O’ Neill
Rutland
Wayne Phillips
Depot St
Fienberg
Atty
Marshall Witten
Phillips
Park Street
Witten
Requiem Mass Held for George E Belile 69
George E Belile 69 died after a two week illness. A High Mass will be said at St Pauls Manchester at 9 a.m. Saturday by Rev D C Kelly. Burial will be in Factory Point Cemetery Manchester Center in spring. Friends may call Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center today 7 to 9 p.m. He was born January 29 1894 in Manchester to Octave Belile and Dora Bushee Belile. He lived in Troy New York most of his life and with his sister in recent years. Survived by four sisters Lena Pelcher Bennington Albert Howe Cham Dufresne and Anna Wells Deery plus nieces and nephews.
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Sinatra
FBI
Mulholland Drive
San Diego
Bel-Air
George C. Jones
Roscomare Road
Young Sinatra
Manchester Depot
George E. Belile
St. Paul’s
Manchester
D.C. Kelly
Factory Point
Manchester Center
Brewster Funeral Home
P.m. He
Octave Belile
Dora (Bushee) Belile
Troy
N.Y
Lena Pelcher
Bennington
Albert Howe
Cham Dufresne
Anna Wells
Deery
N.H
Funeral for James W Williams Held at Mahar & Son
The funeral service for James W Williams was conducted Thursday afternoon at Mahar & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Melvin R McGaughey officiating. Bearers included Kenneth Strong William Blodgett Francis Chapman John Chapman Edward Fortune and Richard Pilling. Interment followed at Park Lawn Chapel with burial planned for Grand View Cemetery in North Bennington in the spring. relatives and friends attended from Shelton Connecticut North Adams Massachusetts and Red River Army Depot Texas.
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James W. Williams
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Kenneth Strong
William Blodgett
Francis Chapman
John Chapman
Edward Fortune
Richard Pilling
Park Lawn Chapel
Grandview Cemetery
North Bennington
Shelton
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones In Albany Noon
The noon stock table shows the Dow Jones Industrial average at 760.174 up 2.74 points. Railroads rise 4.57 to 178.22 and utilities gain 4.14 to 137.83. The composite average sits at 267.12 up .80 with sales totaling 1,860,000.
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Bennington Banner
Union School
Frances Stacy
Bennington Southwest Steering Committee
Jennison Engineering Co
Cora B. Whitney
Orend
Grand Union
First
Leon R. Eldred
Eldred
John H. Williams II
Norton Barber
J. G. Davidson
Putnam Hospital Board
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Joseph G. Davidson
Ray Foote
Dorset
Board of Corporators
F. Ellwood Allen
Airport Road
Davidson
Starlight Lounge
DIAL
RT. 7 North
Police
Probe
Bennington Briefs
John Rice
North Branch Street
Marcia J. Heath
Grandview St
Northampton Commercial College
Emma Willard School
Circle 5
Green Mountain Valley Girls
Anne Horst
Mary Dermody
W.H. Browneing
Deborah Giddings
W. Philip Giddings
Walloomsac Road
the Christ
Union St. Adv
State Capitol Building
Sintra
Grosses Mil
BryantRenamed
Young Frank
Nancy
Tina
Frank
Area Church
George Belile
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Harte Theatre
Benni
Wolliam Castle
Manmer
Columbia Pictures
Swift's Premium
Sirlo
Porterhouse
Gage ST
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