Hoff Probes Reasons Hikers Were Misled
Gov Hoff ordered a full state police probe into how 22 New York hikers were stranded for 26 hours in Green Mountain National Forest Vermont after receiving faulty information about a 15 mile Long Trail trek. Gov Rockefeller of New York commended searchers who found the hikers in good condition near Griffith Lake. investigation led by Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Erwin A. Alexander.
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Mt. Tabor
Bromley Mountain
Manchester
Hoff
Gov. Rockefeller
New York
Griffith Lake
David Cummings
Vermont
Erwin A. Alexander
Rockefeller
Burlington
New York State
Vermont Trail Confusion Leaves NY Students Lost
Martin Granger a Shenendehowa High School teacher said Vermont authorities are not to blame for the ill fated hike of 20 New York students. He insisted the trail was marked correctly and that the group strayed onto a longer route. The party camped for the night in a shelter as cold rain turned to snow. two hikers suffered frostbite.
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Elnora
N.Y
UPI
New York
Vermont
Martin Granger
Shenendehowa High School
Granger
Green Mountain Forest
Philip H. Hoff
Public Safety
Mount Tabor
Wickenden resigns from Mt. Anthony Union board
Arthur E. Wickenden of North Bennington quits the Mt. Anthony Union School District board citing health and time pressures. He has served five years and chaired the finance committee, also working as treasurer of the village and district. MAUSD will appoint a successor until the North Bennington school meeting in June.
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Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
Wickenden
Mt. Anthony
Nance Committee
Catamount National Bank
North Rennington
MAUSD
William A. Castle
Dorset Man Injured In Crash
John L. Kelleher, 51, of South Dorset, is in Albany Medical Center with head injuries after a 8 15 p m crash on Vermont 30. He was trapped in a pickup, then transported by Manchestrer Rescue Squad. Bennington reports two additional accidents on County and Park streets and Hunt Street.
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John L. Kelleher
South Dorset
Albany Medical Center
Dorset
Kelleher
Vermont
Albany
Manchester
Village
Bennington
County
Park Streets
Leon D. Jacobs
Park Street
County Street
George R. King
Jacobs
Leo J. Slattery
County St
Hunt Street
Young Pickets Picket Kenosha Post Office Over Zip Code
Jill Blunt and her brother Steven, ages 9 and 11, picketed the Kenosha post office to protest that Santa Claus lacks a ZIP code. The siblings held signs and drew attention to the missing code in the holiday delivery system.
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Kenosha
Wis
UPD
Jill Blunt
Steven
Santa Claus
Town records over $1 million in new construction value
Bennington boards disclosed that over the past year new construction in the town has reached more than $1 million in fair market value. The joint session of the Board of Listers and the Board of Civil Authority reviewed the assessment outlook, signaling tax implications for residents.
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Bennington Board of Listers
Board of Civil Authority
BCA
Listers
Sisters
Ben Collins in Line for Youth Post in Vermont
ST. JOHNSBURY UP I State Secretary Benjamin M Collins will be offered the executive director job of Youth Project of Vermont Inc The organization plans a permanent staff with an executive director a program director and a secretary A New Yorker is expected to be named program director The program aims to continue Hoff Lindsay summer youth efforts to foster racial understanding in Vermont and New York city residents Limited town tax data from Bennington noted rising construction and possible reappraisal needs as local boards weigh the tax picture and services
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Benjamin M. Collins
Youth Project of Vermont, Inc
Francis X. Ryan
Collins
Philip H. Hoff
Alice Soule
Hoff
John V. Lindsay
New York
Vermont
Francis J. Hogan
Board of Sisters
Bennington
Sisters
Hogan
Bennington Plaza
Bijur Corp
William Morse Iron Works
Harmon Road
Burger Chef
Fairdale Farms
Garrison Corp
Richard Sleeman
Sleeman
Old Bennington
Bloodmobile at Elks Barn Wednesday
Area residents are reminded that the Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Elks Barn tomorrow from 11 45 to 5 30. Donors are urged to make a special effort to give blood at this busy time of year when the demand for it is greatest. Many local residents are called upon for each blood drawing to give of their time. Registered nurses who have agreed to work.
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Red Cross
Elks Barn
Weekend Movie Lineup At Local Theaters
Deadfall stars Michael Caine Eric Portman and Nanette Newman at Harte Theatre with 630 and 830 showings. Also Bergman Hour of the Wolf and How I Won the War at Williamstown Cinema 7 and 9. From Russia With Love and Thunderball headline Manchester Cinema 7 and 9. Local staff and Gray Ladies listed with transportation number 442 9458.
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Michael Caine
Eric Portman
Nanette Newman
Bryan Forbes
Harte Theatre
Bergman
Max von Sydow
Richard Lester
Williamstown
Russia
Sean Connery
Manchester
St Michael's Arts Grant Supports Summer Concert Series
St Michael's College in WINOOSKI has been awarded a 500 grant by the Vermont Council on the Arts to expand its annual summer concert series. Dr William Tortolano says the funds will back a Festival of Liturgical Arts planned for August 1969 and presented with the Vermont chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
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Winooski
St. Michael’s College
Vermont Council On the Arts
William Tortolano
Tortolano
Vermont
American Guild of Organists
Hospital Notes December 16 1968 Admissions and Discharges
Admissions include Maude Dorman Daniel Hall Bennington Helena Kusala Thomas Downey Hoosick Falls Arnold Coombs Jacksonville Mavis Symes Manchester Depot Bernice Baldwin Dorset Discharges list William Elo Cambridge N Y Joan Babcock Petersburg N Y reflecting Monday records from hospital.
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Maude Dorman
Daniel Hall
Bennington
Helena Kusala
Thomas Downey
Hoosick Falls
Arnold Coombs
Jacksonville
Mavis Symes
Manchester
William Elo
Cambridge, N.Y
Joan Babcock
Petersburg
N.Y
Highway Dept to Appeal Rutland Road Decision
The Vermont Highway Department will appeal a Rutland County Court ruling that blocked plans for a limited access road on Route 7 in Clarendon. The attorney general's office will file the appeal after Superior Judge Franklin Billings Jr signs the judgment. The panel also approved an 11.7 mile I-89 section from Brookfield to Berlin with final completion in 1970 at 11.9 million dollars, 90 percent funded by the federal government. Additional action authorizes lawsuits against 11 junkyard dealers for illegal operations in multiple counties.
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Rutland
UPI
Vermont Highway Department
Clarendon
Attorney General’s Office
Franklin Billings Jr
Billings
Brookfield
Berlin
Ment
Washington County
Chittenden
Bennington
Controversy Flairs Anew In Middlebury
In Vergennes, Thurman F. Naylor 42 pleads innocent to intoxication charges while under bail conditions to avoid intoxicants and his wife. He was arrested Saturday after a restaurant restraint and had faced assault and attempted murder charges stemming from a December 1 incident at his apartment. The release on own recognizance prompted protests in the Vergennes area.
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Middlebury
UPI
Thurman F. Naylor
Vergennes
Hilton Dier
Dier
Naylor
Shirley
Vergennes-area
Bennington Briefs roundup from local notices
Miss Kimberlee Rice of South Stream Road is a patient at Albany Medical Center after surgery on Sunday. Mt Anthony Union High School junior class sponsors a Christmas dance Saturday 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Journey's End provides music. The Y pool area is cleared of snow and open for skating. Stark Street rink will be cleared by weekend. No Christmas tree stock due to storm. Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Elks Wednesday walk-ins welcome. Stratton Mountain reports 20 to 48 inch base with packed powder. lifts 2, 3, 5 and 6 operating. Bennington Emblem Club Christmas party canceled due to illness. next meeting Jan. 15. Bennington Village Fire Department will spray Christmas trees with fire retardant at Hook & Ladder rooms Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free public service. Second class at courthouse Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. run by Bennington Village Police and Sheriff’s Office through April.
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Kimberlee Rice
South Stream Road
Albany Medical Center
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany
N.Y
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington Village
Elks Thrift Shop Holiday Schedule and New Year Event
The thrift shop will open Friday 2 to 5 p m this week and close Saturday morning and the following two weekends. No socials at the Elks until Jan 6. Adv reservations for New Year’s Eve party at the Elks Lodge by Dec 30 at six dollars per couple or two dollars per person for New Year’s Day.
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the Elks
Donald Greenslet
The
Elks Lodge
Funeral services for WWII veteran Henry H Murphy
Funeral services for World War II Navy veteran Henry H Murphy of 307 South St were held Monday afternoon at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. The Rev Thomas H Bransfield officiated. Entombment followed at Park Lawn Cemetery with Father Bransfield leading the prayers. Mr Murphy, a tree surgeon, died at his home on Saturday.
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Henry H. Murphy
South St
Hanson-Walbridge
Thomas H. Bransfield
Park Lawn Cemetery
Father Bransfield
Mr. Murphy
No Inquest Expected In Trasburg Attack
Atty. Gen. James L. Oakes says it is highly unlikely he will hold a special inquest into the midnight shooting attack on the Trasburg home of Rev. David Johnson. The Governor's Special Board praised the attorney general's office for uncovering key details. Public figures including Sheriff Charles Gallup and Howard Conley are mentioned for possible scrutiny, with the governor indicating potential action.
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Oakes
Orleans County
Charles Gallup
Howard Conley
Glover
Larry Conely
Philip H. Hoff
Public Safety
Erwin Alexander
Attorney General’s Office
White House
Barbara Lawrence
Peace Talks Erupt Over Direct Talks and Seating Arrangements
Vietnamese and U S diplomats gathered in Paris as cracks in Saigon Washington peace strategy appeared. Viet Cong envoy Tran Buu Kiem pressed for direct talks with the United States while signaling openness to peace with allies. North Viet Nam offered new seating terms for a wider conference, proposing a round table for all delegations.
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Lam
Saigon-Washington
U.S
Tran Buu Kiem
Paris
United States
Kiem
Hoff Plans Return to Private Law Practice
Governor Philip H. Hoff will leave the Statehouse on January 9 after six years in office and return to private law practice in Burlington. He will also do consulting work for a New York based firm and has not finalized the office structure. Reports linked him to a potential join with Charles R. Ross at Hinesburg but Hoff denied any tie to the Urban Coalition led by John Gardner.
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Deane C. Davis
Charles R. Ross
Hinesburg
Hoff
Urban Coalition
Malloy Seeks Driver Reexamination Funding in Vermont
Vermont Motor Vehicle Commissioner James E. Malloy told the Vermont Highway Users Conference that no new federal safety standards should be imposed now. He plans to ask the 1969 Legislature for 500000 dollars annually to fund driver reexamination every four years and to revise the antiquated fee system for licenses and records to cover costs.
Obituary notices from North Adams and surrounding towns
Area obituaries report Edith Sanford 89 of North Adams widow of Albert Sanford Stamford official and postmaster, funeral Wednesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Southview. other obituaries include Herbert N. Smith 27 of South Londonderry, Mary E. Haas 66 of North Pownal, and Edward Warner Sheffer 41 of Hoosick Falls killed in Marietta, with funeral plans and family details listed.
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North Adams
Mass
Edith (Bishop) Sanford
Albert Brown Sanford
Stamford
Crescent Manor
Bennington
Readsboro
Dexter S
Harriet (Greenslet) Bishop
Bishop School
Clarksburg
Old North Adams Normal School
Sanford
Stamford Valley Grange
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Vermont
National
North Adams First Baptist Church
Missionary Guild
Women’s Fellowship
Merton S. Antony
Adams
First Baptist Church
Paul C. Klose
Southview Cemetery
Simmons Funeral Home
South Londonderry
Herbert N. Smith
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Herbert O
Catherine
Gilbea) Smith
Brattleboro
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Cushing Academy
Ashburnham
St. Michael’s College
Winooski
Robert J. Smith
George Gilbea
North Andover
St. Joseph’s Church
Chester
N. Joseph
North Pownal
Mary E. Haas
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Marvin T. Haas
Pownal Congregational Church
Sprague Electric Co
Louis Scrivens
Petersburg
N.Y
Raymond Greene
Pownal
John Turner
Florida
Helmut Augenstein
Rhode Island
Robert
Ernest
William
Norman
Cheshire
Mervin
Williamstown
John Garner
Mina Estes
Myrtle Thomas
Plainfield
Thomas M. Barber
Peters
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Barbara Bennett
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California
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Chapel of the Snows
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John Bryden
Edwin W. Sheffer
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Guy C. Sheffer
River St
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Marietta
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Austell
Lockheed
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Forest Park
Douglas
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Atlanta
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