Blount Railroad Lease Faces Public Service Board Hearing
The Public Service Board schedules a January 23 hearing on F Nelson Blounts petition to operate Green Mountain Railroad in Vermont by leasing the 26 mile Rutland Railway segment from Bellows Falls to Ludlow for freight and excursion service. The dispute centers on Bellows Falls yard control and potential routing to Rutland, with B and M and Blount negotiating a compromise.
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Rutland Railway
Blount
Rutland
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Bellows Falls
Ernest W. Gibson III
Public Service Board
Gibson
PSB
Obituaries from Hoosick Falls Clarksburg and Schenectady
Lydia Amity Quackenbush 78 widow of Benjamin Quackenbush died Monday at her Hoosick Falls home after a heart attack. Nina Belle Russell 52 of Clarksburg died at home after declining health. Keron Fitzpatrick 91 retired GE employee of Schenectady died after a taxi collision near church. Funeral arrangements and burial sites listed for each.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lydia Amity (Lake) Quackenbush
Benjamin Quackenbush
Parsons Ave
Quackenbush
Hoosac - Walloomsac
DAR
Hoosick Valley Button Club
Hoosick Grange
van Rensselaer
OES
Huguenot Society of New York
Cambridge Colony
Green Mountains Colony
National Society of New England Women
Women’s Republican Club
Hoosick
Methodist Church
White Creek
James H
Harriet Colvin Lake
Kermit Bain
White Plains
Donald Hewitt
Petersburg
Benjamin V. Quackenbush
Robins Air Force Base
Clarksburg
Mass
Nina Belle (Bailey) Russell
Verne Russell
Horrigan Rd
Russell
Readsboro
Lena
Jarvis) Bailey
Bennington
Fred Bailey
Joyce Tatro
William Piantoni
Paul
James Russell
Ft. Dix
N.J
Richard
Fresno
Calif
Louis
Colrain
Donald
Edward Harrington
Clement Perras
North Adams
San Soucie Funeral Home
Howard M. Starratt
Stamford Baptist Church
Clairsburg Cemetery
Schenectady
Keron Fitzpatrick
Schenectady GE
Ellis Hospital
John Sherman
Fitzpatrick
Campbell Ave
GE Quarter Century Club
International Association of Machinists and Beekeepers Association
Agnes Sartoris
William Ille
Vincent Cerniglia
J. Vernon
Robert
Bond Funeral Home
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. John’s Cemetery
Lakonia Survivors Die as Rescue Ships Reach Scene
The Lakonia sinks and rescue efforts continue as the Stratheden arrives with three injured and one body. The Rio Grande brings 77 survivors while others head toward Morocco and the Canary Islands. Greek captain Mateu Zarsbeis and 34 Lakonia crew and passengers are aboard the Belgian vessel Charlesville.
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Madeira
Stratheden
Morocco
Canary Islands
London
Greek Line
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Begian
Charlesville
Lakonia
Mateu Zarsbeis
Zarsbeis
Lakonia crisis spans sea to salvage efforts and shipfire
Hospital notes list admissions in Bennington Petersburg and surrounding areas. At sea, the Lakonia fire left 24 confirmed dead and 135 unaccounted as 877 rescued by rescue ships. Greek Line promises full inquiry while salvage tugs converge. the liner carried 651 passengers and 385 crew before disaster 180 miles north of Madeira on a Christmas cruise.
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Canaries
John Goulandris
Greek Line
Lakonia
Madeira
Atlantic
Aramada
Bennington Briefs Highlights Navy Promotion and Local News
Jon N. Arnold a USN interior communications technician third class and son of Mrs. Margaret C. Arnold of Bennington was promoted aboard the USS Tidewater out of Norfolk for proficiency leadership and exam scores. Bruno Caraccioll is listed as critically ill in Glens Falls Hospital while his son Town Rep Joseph Caracciola’s family stays near Whitehall. Bennington Lanes closes at 6 p.m. today with Christmas Day bowling from 1 p.m. ADV. Dec. 24 Physicians Laboratory will be closed Dec 26 and 27 ADV. Dec 24.
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Old First Church
Old Bennington
Bennington Club
Layla Legion
United States of America
Georgiana R. W
Irvington - On -the -Hudson
N.Y
Benjamin F
Georgiana ) Roeder
Glendale
Mass
John Philips
Washington,d.c
Caroline Norwood
Rochester
N. Y
Caroline (Cushman) Wellington
Caroline
Hanson-Walbridge
Bennington Centre
Jon N. Arnold
USN
Margaret C. Arnold
Union St
Bennington
Tidewater
Norfolk
Bruno Caraccioll
Whitehall
Joseph Caracciola
Glens Falls
Benington
Physicians Laboratory
Petersburg Pass Ski Area Opens Daily After Weekend Snow
Petersburg Pass ski area at Taconic Trail Route 2 reports three weekends of skiing and good snow conditions after Monday's storm. Ski school directed by John Hitchcock and Michael Catrambone. youth classes begin Saturday morning Dec 28 under Frank Merrigan with tests, competitions, and events for young skiers.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Petersburg Pass
John Hitchcock
Michael Catrambone
Frank Merrigan
Prep Club Meeting Set at BCHS Jan 8
Bennington area high schools plan an informational assembly at Bennington Catholic High School on January 8. The Greater Bennington Association sponsors a prep club to prepare seniors for work life after high school. Students expressing interest will be grouped into clubs by their occupational interests.
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BCHS
Bennington
Bennington Catholic High School
Greater Bennington Association
Everet
Mass
GBA
Accidents Report From Vermont Roads And Club Plans
A panel truck owned by General Baking Co of Pittsfield Mass wrecked after leaving Ladd Road Pownal injuring driver Frederick Della 31 and a passenger Susan Gates 17 both with knee bruises A second car driven by Charles Gates 46 of Bennington hit a rock ledge after leaving U S 7 with passenger Susan Gates sustaining knee injuries Police report damage to the car and vehicle at about $1000 A separate incident involved a Gay's Express Inc tractor trailer backing into a driveway on East Main Street Bennington causing slight damage to a car driven by Richard Mattison 101 Oakes Street The truck driver Frederick Dumas // Bennington Police noted the accident The piece also notes club formation ideas listing potential professional areas and plans to appoint eight to ten leaders by January for local informational meetings
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General Baking Co
Pittsfield
Mass
Ladd Road
Pownal
Susan Gates
Bennington
U.S. 7
Gay’s Express Inc
Frederick Dumas
Rollin St
East Main Street
Richard W. Mattison
Oakes St
Dumas
Johnson gains authority on foreign aid credit guarantees
The text notes that foreign aid approval stood at $3 billion, $100 million short of Johnson's stated safe minimum. The administration claimed a victory as the President earned authority to permit the credit guarantee, against his prior plea to Congress before adjournment. It also requires reporting transactions to Congress within a month of their execution.
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Congress
Johnson
Christmas busiest day for Vermont phone service says official
Phillip J. Corcoran, Vermont office manager for New England Telephone Co., reports Christmas calls exceed 55,000 this year. About 437 workers are needed for toll calls, with peak activity 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Residential outflow drives many trips to small towns, prompting a special Aunt Bessie factor.
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Phillip J. Corcoran
Vermont
New England Telephone Co
Bell System
Corcoran
Dom
Brattleboro
Telephone Company
Bennington
Arlington
Manchester
Banner Announces Christmas Day Nonpublication
The Banner will not publish on December 25 in observance of Christmas and its business office will be closed all day.
Spirit of Scrooge Haunts Bennington Church Call
A Bennington church reports a caller questioned if children would attend a serious Christmas Eve service, reflecting lingering Christmas spirit skepticism from 120 years after Dickens. The assistant assured children would participate in a meaningful program, while the caller hung up once displeased.
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Bennington
Scrooge
Notice to thieves sign stolen from apartment building
After four unsolved burglaries in 16 months residents posted a sign in the entrance hall warning thieves that cameras, hi fi systems, jewelry, and other valuables were taken. The sign itself has been stolen.
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New York
Data Processing Grant Advances School Automation in New England
The Ford Foundation awarded 490000 to NESDEC based in Cambridge for data processing in schools. The project aims to speed scheduling 1500 students and 200 courses in minutes, cut administrative work, and expand training for member districts including seven in Massachusetts and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
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Cambridge
Mass
Ford Foundation
New England School Development Council
Nesdec
New England
Bennington
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Fund For the Advancement of Education
New Madonna Mountain Opens in Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville reports Madonna Mountain ski area adjoining Sterling Mountain expected to open around Christmas. The 6,600 foot chairlift to the summit rises 2,100 feet with 800 skiers per hour capacity and four new trails, two more under construction. A $100,000 base lodge serves Madonna and Sterling. Smugglers Notch Ski-Ways Inc. president Dr. Roger W. Mann leads investors including IBM chairman Thomas Watson and journalist Lowell Thomas.
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Jeffersonville
Madonna Mountain
Sterling Mountain
Madonna
Sterling
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Blount Railroad
Cushman
Lydia Quackenbush
Robson
Main St
Julia DesLaurier
Georgiana Weber
Buskirk
Robert Hannan
Edith Myers
Marie Amidon
Dorothy Wood
East Arlington
Carmeline Chapman
Wilmington
Herbert Eastman
Sycamore Lane
Shaftsbury
Raymond Weeks
Earl Vadakin
North Bennington
Centaur
Bennington Briefs
Frederick P. Della
Charles Gates
Bennington Village
Telephone Co
Whitman's Feed Store
Bennington, VT
Best
Merry Christmas
Ted Bird
Pete Vail
Ann Eldred
CY Shultz
Sandra Powell
Gary Harbour
Stu Eldred
Marge Shultz
Nancy Holden
Noveck-Shultz, Inc
Spirit of Scrooge
Sourdiffe Nursing Home
Andy
Bill
Roger
Leo
Pierre
Trimont Texaco
South St
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Hartet Theatre
Ows
Carolina Rory Calhoun
Connie Hines
Palm Springs
Walter L. Barber
Pontiac
Buick Sales and Service
North Bennington Road
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