Bob Hope sings for troops as Cooke leads Christmas Mass
In Vietnam at Long Binh on Christmas Day comedian Bob Hope headlined for over 20 000 GIs in a near final tour year. Cardinal Terence Cooke conducted Christmas Eve Mass attracting soldiers who lined up hours before under hot sun. Hope praised morale calling it marvelous while joking about the women's liberation movement and Miss World Jennifer Hosten.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
UPI
Bob Hope
South Vietnam
Terence Cooke
U.S. Army
Saigon
Hope
United States
Jennifer Hosten
West Indies
Miss Hosten
Vermont water board eyes Champlain sewage dumpers
The Vermont Water Resources Department studies data suggesting at least 100 shoreline homes near Lake Champlain dump sewage into the lake. A Lake Champlain Committee survey of 1,800 homes found 713 suspected polluters with 14 percent admitting direct piping, 12 percent reporting occasional or regular discharges of treated sewage, and seven percent sending sink and wash water to the lake.
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Water Resources Department
State revenue guess rises by at least a million
Gov. Deane Davis’s administration will revising revenue projections for fiscal 1971 upward by at least $1 million. Commissioner William French said the revised tax take should cover $1.3 million in supplemental budget requests. Davis will hold a news briefing to outline budget recommendations and announce new tax figures for the current year.
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Frank Davis
Blood drive boosts New Year with wings and halos
Bennington Red Cross invites donors for a Bloodmobile visit at First Baptist Church Colgate Hall 604 Main St on Tuesday Dec 29 from 11 30 a m to 5 p m. Parking at church rear Sawyer's Flying A and Gibney Funeral. Call 442-9458 for transport.
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Bennington County
The
Red Cross
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
First Baptist Church
Colgate Hall
Main St
Sawyer’s
Gibney
Bloodmobile volunteers named for Bennington County drive
Mrs. Eugene V. Clark and Mrs. Richard B. Leake III announce the Bloodmobile drive staff. Doctors include Francis Herrick, John Mook, Dorothy Hager, Peter Moloy. Technicians are David Buzzell, Thomas Cook, Jane Rice. Telephoners are William Sennett, Edward MacKinnon, George Jenkins, John Flitcroft, Emma Page. Motor Corps features Caroline Darlington, Fred Gunzel, and Col. Charles Hayward.
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Eugene V. Clark
Richard B. Leake III
Bennington County
Francis Herrick
John Mook
Dorothy Hager
Peter J. Moloy
David Buzzell
Thomas Cook
Jane Rice
William Sennett
Edward MacKinnon
George Jenkins
John Flitcroft
Emma Page
Motor Corps
Caroline Darlington
Fred Gunzel
Col
Charles Hayward
Slave’s gift still honored in Ohio village Christmas charity
Yellow Springs residents honor Wheeling Gaunt, a Kentucky-born former slave who bought his freedom, moved to town in the 1860s, and left a will dedicating land profits to buy flour for widows each Christmas. This year marks the 76th distribution of 97 sacks of flour and 97 sacks of sugar to local widows.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
UPI
Wheeling
Gaunt
Kentucky
Hermit gets Christmas firewood after pleas for help
Pietro Arata an eighty eight year old hermit in Hornitos California received his first fire of the winter after asking for wood. Firemen repaired his roof and brought cords of wood while welfare workers note large public support. Arata who is nearly blind and deaf has lived in canyon cabins since 1937 as rising dam waters push him higher.
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Hornitos
Calif
UPI
Pietro
Pete) Arata
Arata
Harry Harris
Charles Parker
Horseshoe Bend
Obituary Edward C. Barry 82 longtime attorney and auto dealer
Edward C. Barry 82 retired attorney and Army major in World War I died Christmas morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born October 19 1888 in Bellows Falls he worked as an auto mechanic and later owned a car business in Springfield. Admitted to Vermont Bar in 1930 he practiced in Brattleboro Wilmington and later lived in Wilmington. Survived by two brothers Maurice J. and the Rev Msgr Patrick A. Barry and a sister Ellen Jennison. Funeral at St Francis de Sales Bennington with Libera service. Burial in Fairmount Cemetery Chatham New Jersey.
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Edward C. Barry
Wilmington
Dover
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bellows Falls
Edward M
Ellen (Bowler) Barry
Barry
Springfield
Vermont
Carpenter and Clawson
Brattleboro
Bertha Eastmond
Miami
Fla
Social Register
Banner's Supplement
Carlo Walter
Barrys
Cold Brook Road
Hermitage
East Orange
N.J
Arthur Robinson
Mr. Barry
Crescent Manor
Bennington
Brattleboro Lodge of Elks
Patrick A. Barry
Maurice J. Barry
Ellen Jennison
St. Francis de Sales
Mahar & Sons Funeral Home
Fairmount Cemetery
Chatham
Tax assessment reform debated regional districts proposal
The article reports Hall proposing regional districting for tax assessments, listing Rutland and Burlington as possible areas while noting listers fear loss of town identity. It also notes New York towns preparing reforms under a 1970 tax law, with mandatory assessor training starting next fall.
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van Santvoord
Lawrence A. Wright
Hall
Rutland
Burlington
Hogan
New York
Wiley to lead Vermont Development and Community Affairs Agency
Charles Wiley, former head of the Vermont Industrial Buildings Authority, will become assistant secretary of the new Vermont Development and Community Affairs Agency. He will oversee planning and community affairs, effective January 10, at the agency's creation. Wiley, 41, is a Rutland native who managed Vermont’s pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. Elbert G. Moulton, secretary designate, announced the appointment.
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Frederick C. Weyand
U.S
Korea
Alaska
State Water Board
Champlain
Richard Vachon
Bennington, Vermont
Nichols
Berkshire
Hermit
Bennington, VT
Bennington Briefs
Ferdinand L. Mayer
Old Bennington
Agway Petroleum
Herne Bay
England
Hene Bay
Wiley
Moulton
Fishman's
Main ST. Bennington
Fina St
Usda Choice
Jusda Choice
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