Altrusa Club Honors Area Senior Citizens
The Bennington Altrusa Club hosted the Young at Heart Christmas party at the Old Bennington schoolhouse with about 30 seniors attending. The event featured entertainment by Cecelia Greene School of Dance performers, carols, gifts, and prizes for the oldest attendee and the most grandchildren.
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Young At Heart
Bennington Altrusa Club
Bennington
Cecelia Greene School of Dance
Bennington Rockettes
Junior Rockettes
Barbara Lawless
Dolores Heiner
Nancy Finnegan
Cecelia Greene
YMCA Industrial Management Group Dinner Planned
A dinner for the 7th Industrial Management Group follows eight meetings. Herbert H. Leonard Shaftsbury, retired industrial executive and former AMF president, will speak. Leonard helped start the Bennington Area YMCA Industrial Management Program and has held multiple community roles.
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Ymca Industrial Management Group
Paradise
7Th Industrial Management Group
Industrial Management Club
Bennington Area
YMCA
Herbert H. Leonard Shaftsbury
Leonard
University of Maine
American Machine and Foundry Co
Bennington
Johnson meets diplomats and civil rights leaders in Washington
President Johnson, receiving 111 diplomatic missions, meets Burundi ambassador Leon Ndenwako to present credentials as the new administration pledges ongoing relief for eastern Kentucky. He discusses civil rights with Rosa Gragg and Dorothy Haight, who urge stronger representation and a UN woman delegate.
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Leon Ndenwako
Burundi
Johnson
Edward Breathitt
Kentucky
Earl Combs
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Kennedy
Rosa Gragg
National Association of Negro Women’s Clubs
Dorothy Haight
National Council of Negro Women
Congress
Woman Injured In Car Collision At Main And Valentine
A pregnant young mother to be was hospitalized after a Friday evening crash at Main and Valentine Streets. Carol Ann Palmer suffered a laceration, sprained ankle, and bruises, while her husband Frederick Palmer and Robert Grimm of 111 Spring St were the other drivers in the collision between a 1960 Corvair and a 1958 Ford Tudor.
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Main
Valentine Streets
Frederick Palmer
Beech Street
Carol Ann
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Palmer
Robert
Funeral Services for Mrs Mary A Moon in East Arlington
Funeral services for Mary A Moon were held at Federated Church East Arlington with Rev Granville Greenwold officiating. Bearers from East Arlington included Archie Robertson and Max Grout. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Attendees from New York state Massachusetts and surrounding areas.
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Arlington
Mary A. Moon
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Federated Church
East Arlington
Granville Greenwold
Roger McDonald
Manchester
Francis Granger
Norman Mattison
Archie Robertson
Max
Roy Grout
Evergreen Cemetery
New York State
Massachusetts
Harry Baldwin
White Creek
N.Y
Mahar and Son
Clinton Carter
White Creek Methodist Church
George Delaney
Francis Murphy
Kenneth Skidmore
John MacDonald
Richard Bump
Robert Bump
Park Lawn Chapel
Woodland Cemetery
Cambridge
Salem
Walloomsac
North Hoosick
Arlington and
Pownal
U S and West Germany plan test ship for nuclear fleet
West Germany and the United States will push ahead with plans to launch next year a test ship for the Atlantic alliance nuclear fleet. Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel announced after talks in Washington that Turkey Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Greece would likely join in manning the destroyer with six German officers and 62 men and 160 American crew members. He also said Germany will acquire three rocket-armed destroyers of the latest U S type as part of the NATO plan to field a multinational surface task force armed with Polaris rockets under U S control.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Hassel
Turkey
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Greece
von Hassel
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
France
NATO
London Train Wreck Kills Woman Injures 30 In Derailment
A rush hour commuter train derailed near Liverpool Street station in London, killing a woman and injuring 30. One coach overturned, responders worked by flare light to rescue casualties underground. dozens of trains were delayed up to an hour.
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London
Liverpool Street
New Commander Named for First Naval District
Rear Admiral William B. Sieglaff, veteran submariner and current director of personnel for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will become commandant of the First Naval District in late January. He succeeds Rear Admiral Wallace M. Beakley and was born in Albert Lea Minnesota in 1908. He is a USNA graduate and MIT educated engineer, with service in Submarine Division 62 and a Pearl Harbor assignment at war start.
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Boston
William B. Sieglaff
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Washington
First Naval District
Navy
Wallace M. Beakley
First Naval District Headquarters
Albert Lea
Minn
U.S. Naval Academy
Sieglaff
New London
First Baptist Christmas Show Set for Sunday
The annual First Baptist church and school Christmas program will be Sunday at 4:00 p.m. A Christmas play titled Joseph, The Man in the Shadows by Marcia Stevens Barber features cast members including Robert Wagner Barbara Wagner David Riddle Paul Riddle Betsy Killian Gail Winn Cynthia Whiteway William Dupee James Dawson William Rowe William Tudor William Cone Paul Towsley and is directed by Mrs H Glenn Payne. A full dress rehearsal is today 3:30 to 6 p.m. A fellowship hour with refreshments follows, hosted by the Board of Christian Education.
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Joseph
Man In
Marcia Stevens Barber
Old Bennington
Robert Wagner
Barbara Wagner
David Riddle
Paul Riddle
Betsy Killian
Gail Winn
Cynthia Whiteway
William Dupee
James Dawson
William Rowe
William Tudor
William Cone
Paul Towsley
H. Glenn Payne
Bloodmobile at Elks Barn Seeks Donors Wednesday
Red Cross Bloodmobile returns to the Elks Barn next Wednesday to collect 100 donors. Newcomers welcome. calls to the Red Cross 2 9458 or 2 0458 for appointments. Volunteers include nurses, aides, typist, technicians, and Gray Ladies led by Mrs Flora Aja.
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Red Cross
Elk’s Barn
Vogue and Vanity
Adams Clothes Shop
Noveck Shultz
Flora Aja
Caroline Clark
Jennie Gardinier
Alice Fitzgerald
Ruth Gates
Wilhelmina Hicks
Marietta Lewis
Virginia Lonergan
Helene Wolfe
Winonah Povsner
Leona Sausville
Natalie Seal
Cora B Whitney School Presents Christmas Program
The Cora B Whitney School grades one and two will present their annual Pre Christmas program at 7 00 p m Dec 16 in the Kindergarten room This will replace the regular Parent Teacher Group Meeting The program features carols and recitations including Wassail Song Merry Christmas As Joseph Was A Walking The Friendly Beasts Joseph Dearest Adeste Fidelis Mary Had a Baby Away in a Manger Come Hasten Ye Shepherds We Three Kings O Come Little Children Silent Night The Dreyda Song O Christmas Tree Joy to the World God Bless Us All We Wish You a Merry Christmas Finale Piano by Mrs Marjorie L Porter
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Cora B. Whitney
Joseph
Joseph, Dearest
Mary
Marjorie L. Porter
Boston Police Dog Anka Proves Too Docile for Duty
Boston police recruit Anka the three year old German shepherd has shown a gentle temperament not suited to the rough edge of police work. The department reportedly seeks a dog with tougher features.
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Boston
Anka
Boston Police Departement
Bennington Area Events and Local Updates
The Bennington YMCA hosts an open wrestling tournament at 1 pm with entries taken until noon directed by Art Gage. A Camera Club outdoor photo session at the Y led by Bob Hagerman focuses on downtown Christmas themes. Plus a police dog Anka faces possible sale or destruction after dismissal for being too docile. Also K of C Christmas party, ski club session canceled for lack of snow, Iron Kettle dinner special, and Bennington Potters holiday hours through December 23.
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Bennington Area
Benhi
Art Gage
YMCA
Bob Hagerman
Bennington
Germany
Boston
Anka
William A. Bradley
West Berlin
Hans Repenning
United Nations Advances on Space Law and Korea Policy
The UN urges international space rules for returning astronauts and craft after landings on foreign soil. In Korea, the assembly adopted a 65 11 vote with 24 abstentions to back free elections under UN supervision to reunify the divided nation. The Soviet bloc and Cuba opposed the resolution citing troop withdrawal as a condition for normalization. In Viet Nam the assembly ended the Buddhist mistreatment inquiry following the Ngo Dinh Diem regime fall.
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Korea
U.N
Soviet Bloc
Cuba
South Korea
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam Jungle Yields Bodies of 3 Americans
In Vietnam, a Mekong Delta helicopter crash killed four Americans aboard five aboard the craft. Three bodies were recovered and one remains missing while a separate mountain crash 160 miles northeast of Saigon killed four advisers with no survivors.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong River
Burlington Woman Elected to Vermont Girl Scout Council
Mrs. Gordon C. Morse of South Burlington is elected to a three year term on the Vermont Girl Scout Council. An active volunteer since 1946, she led troops, presided over Mt. Mansfield Girl Scout Board, and served on Region I and Vermont committees.
Negotiations May Begin For Release Of Hostages
Bolivia's Vice President Juan Lechin returned to La Paz amid crisis rumors and calls for hostage negotiations. A UN license plate car carried him from the Andes stronghold as miners’ seizure of four Americans and others prompted talks.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Juan Lechin
Andes
United Nations
U.N
Lechin
Victor Paz Extenssoro
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Oruro
Federico Escobar
Irineo Pimentel
Escobar
Pimentel
Eugene Victor
Brooklyn
N.Y
Victor
Bere«nard Rifkin
U.S. Agency For International Development
Catavi-Siglo
Eugene Rifkin
Evidence of Explosion On Jet
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports evidence of a fuel air mixture explosion in the left wing of a four engine jet that crashed near Elkton Maryland killing 81 aboard a Pan American World Airways plane. Investigators also found signs the left wing tip was struck by lightning. A public hearing is planned for February to review all facts and circumstances of the crash.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Elkton
CAB
Pan American World Airways
Pope to Visit Jordan and Israel in January
Vatican confirms Pope Paul VI will undertake a Holy Land pilgrimage in January visiting Amman and Jerusalem with Mass at Bethlehem and stays in Jordan. The trip spans January 4 to January 6 with stops at holy sites in Jordan and Israel and includes guidance to journalists for coverage.
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Jordan
Israel
Vatican
Vatican City
Pope Paul VI
Holy Land
Rome
Amman
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
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