Plane Crash Kills Bennington Student in Vermont
Federal and state aviation officials probed a fatal crash on East Mountain above Chapel Road near Bennington that killed 22-year-old McCandless Charles, a Bennington College student. The Cessna 172, rented from Bennington Airport, was found in wooded terrain after plunging from about 500 feet. Charles, described as a fun loving pilot with 80 flight hours, had flown with Robert Wert the day before. authorities investigated cause amid snowstorm reports.
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East Mountain
Chapel Road
Bennington College
McCandless
Mac” Charles
Washington, D.C
Burlington
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
State Aeronautics Board
Chester Burgess Sr
Clyde Burgess
Burgess
Charles
Wert
Robert Brodeur
Miller Leads Early in UMW Presidential Election
UPI reports challenger Arnold R. Miller moved ahead of incumbent Tony Doyle in the government supervised United Mine Workers union election. Labor Department early tallies put Miller at 11 774 to Boyle 10 673 with later figures showing Miller gaining a larger edge as more locals reported. Miller backers claimed a definite pattern favoring him as turnout neared 150 000 of 205 000 eligible members.
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Washington
UPI
Arnold R. Miller
Tony Doyle
United Mine Workers Union
Labor Department
Miller
Boyle
Lewis E. Evans
Evans
UMW
Chip Yablonski
Yablonski
Manchester Burglary Shootout Leaves Police Chief Dead
A Manchester shootout during a breaking and entering attempt left Police Chief Dana Thompson dead and a suspect, Battick, wounded. O'Keefe faces first degree murder charges with potential life or death penalties. arraignment included a not guilty plea and a 24 hour delay waived. The case links to a Bennington drugstore robbery and ongoing cross county manhunt with multiple police agencies involved.
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O'Keefe
John P. Morrissey
O’keefe
John T. Carmody Jr
Manchester
Carmody, Whalen and
O'Dea
Carmody
Morrissey
Charles R. Tetzlaff
Burlington
Latham, Eagiman and Tetzlaff
Bennington County
Neil F. Moss
Battick
Keefe
Thompson
Moss
Varmont
Baltick
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Adams Drug
Bennington
Adams
Raymond Forrest
Hoag
Eugene Gaiotti
James Webb
Gaiotti
Haag
Lye Brook Road
John Battick Sr
New Haven
Conn
Dana Thompson
Manchester Village
George Hoag
State Police Mobile Crime Laboratory
Brian O'Keefe
Cennis
Bermington District Court
Robert Palumbo
Cpl
Robert Horton
Mandater
Dana 1. Thompson
UCS to assume services for retarded in Bennington County
United Counseling Service will take over all services to the retarded in Bennington County and will use the Red Brick School in Shaftsbury as a training and social hub for the retarded. Joseph LoPiccolo, UCS executive director, outlined the plan amid state pressure to offer a full range of mental health services. The Red Brick School, owned by BFRC, will be renamed the Rev. W. Earle Forman Center as Head Start moves out this year.
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Tyler Resch
United Counseling Service
Bennington County
UCS
Shaftsbury
Joseph LoPiccolo
Red Brick
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
BFRC
Rev. W. Earle Forman
LaPiccolo
State Division of Mental Health
State Board of Health
Cal
Inside Texas oilman named to No 2 spot in Defense Dept
Rob Williams pens a contemplation on life death and Christmas. Vermont history this week covers Lake Champlain discovery amid bloodshed. Grandma Moses schoolhouse odyssey continues as Bulldogs win Eagles lose in basketball MAU wrestling story behind MAU’s narrative shows on Page 12.
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Texas Oilman
Defense Dept
Rob Williams
Vermont
Lake Champlain
Grandma Moses
Bulldogs
Eagles
John Hubbard
MAU
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Linds
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