Wright, Bennington Program, to get '71 state youth award
Ralph Wright, founder and director of the Bennington Program, is selected for the 1971 Distinguished Service Award from the Governor's Committee on Children and Youth. Wright, 36, of Shaftsbury, was nominated by District Court Judge John P. Morrissey. Presentation will be by Gov. Deane C. Davis at a Jan 18 dinner in Montpelier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Bennington
Ralph Wright
Governor’s Committee On Children and Youth
Shaftsbury
District Court
John P. Morrissey
Morrissey
Deane C. Davis
Montpelier
Mt. Anthony Union High School
False meningitis alert ends for missing Virginia boy
A 15 year old Virginia boy Charles Markham was found safe after a Fairfax County Police bulletin claimed he might have spinal meningitis. He was examined and released at Putnam Memorial Hospital after ski trip with Rev John Hall and his son Mark. The investigation began when a bulletin said Bethesda Naval Hospital confirmed the infection. Police have not explained the mixup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Charles Markham
MacLean
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bromley Ski Area
John T. Hall
Mark Hall
Vermont
Roderick Humphreys
Fairfax County
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Markham
Bennington
James Freschette
Esso
Depot
Main Streets
Drug sale sentence suspended in Bennington District Court
Paul M. Kelly, 20, of Bennington, received a six month suspended sentence after conviction for selling four half dots of LSD to an undercover Vermont Police Drug Abuse Unit agent on Aug. 16 1970 on South Street. Judge John P. Morrissey cited rehabilitation goals and followed pre sentence recommendations after consulting with Judge Hilton H. Dier Jr. Kelly remains under probation supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Paul M. Kelly
Kelly
Vermont
South Street
John P. Morrissey
St. Albans
Morrissey
Hilton H. Dier Jr
Bennington Program Evaluation Sparks Funding Debate
The Bennington Program faces scrutiny as evaluators from Burr & Burton Seminary, Dartmouth College, and Mt. Anthony School Board weigh its purpose, coordination with the high school, and per pupil costs. Local officials foresee continued funding if accountability and planning improve, with potential expansion to include a girls program and federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton D. Pearl
Burr & Burton Seminary
Manchester
Thomas E. Davis
Deane C. Davis
Office of Economic Opportunity
Dartmouth College
Lawrence E
Moe"’ Harrington
Woodford
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Banner
Supt
George A. Sleeman
Vermont Supervisory Union
Sleeman
Sweepstakes Lottery Proposed for Vermont
Rep Norman Reed of Hartford will sponsor bills to create a state sweepstakes and lottery in Vermont. Attorney John Brockway of White River Junction is finalizing two measures to provide an income tax break for parents sending children to college and a property tax relief for elderly residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
New Hampshire
Vermont
Union Carbide to pay fine or donate spectrophotometer
Union Carbide faces a fine after a Fish and Game Dept. proposal to donate an infrared spectrophotometer valued at 3000 dollars to detect causes of fish kills. Judge Morrissey questioned the approach while State's Attorney Moss supported the facts and cooperative company behavior. Remittance of fines goes to the state general fund. In Sicily police arrested cemetery caretaker Giuseppe La Monaca on charges of collecting protection money from tomb builders, with two gravediggers sharing a ten percent cut on tomb costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Fish and Game Dept
Morrissey
Neil S. Moss
Moss
Union Carbide
Riesi
Sicily
UPI
Giuseppe la Monaca
la Monaca
Banner Plans Year End News Chronology and Obituary Section
The Banner will publish its annual chronology of local news for the year ending in this Thursday's edition, Dec 30. Reed proposes measures to raise tax revenue including a state sweepstakes commission and tax changes. Stephen A. Drake, 18, of Bennington, arraigned in Pittsfield on two counts of breaking and entering, bail set at 1000, three month idle sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner
Stephen A. Drake
Bennington
Pittsfield
Mass
Hospital Notes and Local Obituaries Reflect 1971 Bennington Area
Admissions include William Reynolds Anna Bushee Lorraine Winslow and others from Bennington Hoosick Falls Manchester and Arlington Discharges include Diane Russo and Virginia Frechette A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Christopher Denio and another birth at North Adams Regional Hospital A son born to Mr and Mrs Richard Simons Grandparents named The obituary notes Alexander Galt Grant Jr of Bedford NY died at 57 He introduced the folding kayak and was linked to Bennington family ties Funeral services for William J Nelson of 136 Union St were held at Sacred Heart Church with funeral rites and lodge services recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Reynolds
Anna M. Bushee
Lorraine Winslow
Bennington
Teresa Brett
Hoosick Falls
Maria Baker
Manchester
Missy Hewes
Manchester Center
Marjorie McWain
Arlington
Geraldine Millington
Shaftsbury
Diane Russo
Pownal
Virginia Frechette
Chritopher Denio
R.D
North Adams
Mass
Darcie Evans
Carl A. Dickinson
North Pownal
Dickinson
Laura E. Langlais
Scott Richard
Richard L. Simons
Spring Lake
N.C
Cape Fear Valley Hospital
Alexander Galt Grant Jr
Greenwich Road
Bedford
N.Y
Margaret Mackintosh
Westchester Hospital
Grant
Swissair
Boston
Frederic A. Delano
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Isar
Bavaria
Maine
Rocky Mountains
Grand Canyon
Harvard University
U.S. Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Pacific
Douglas Mackintosh
Sara Delano Grant
Christopher
Patrick
Frederick Delano
John Grant
Anne (Grant) Hollingsworth
William J. Nelson
Union St
Greenwich
Sacred Heart Church
Charles S. Wallen
C.S.C
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Janet
Nelson
Robert E. Cone
John P. Griffin
Albert Merrow
John Zyne
Linton Tefft
Douglas Sweet
Henry Bourgeois
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Walter Parmenter
John Ahearn
Kevin Hogan
Robert Kenyon
Rene Dubois
John Mack
John B. Harte
Park Lawn Chapel
Emma T. Boylan
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
Joseph Boylan
Petersburg
Ferdinand and
Marietta (Church) Thomas
Joseph Auernig
Ralph Auernig
Louis Auernig
Eagle Bridge
Everett Thomas
Troy
Florence Grogan
Mahar Funeral Home
Veterans Protest Statue Sit-in on Liberty Island
Veterans from the Veterans Against War group occupied the Statue of Liberty on Sunday and refused a government compromise on Monday that would have allowed them to camp there while opening the statue. They cited opposition to the Indochina War and demanded a VVAW statement appear in the Pacific Stars and Strips edition. The protest was part of three actions Monday tied to the VVAW.
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War
VVAW
Liberty Island
Indochina
Ray Grodecki
Pacific
Stars and Strips
Army
Vietnam
Armed Forces Network
Obituary highlights Denmark lawyer and several local nurses
Walter A. Dane 89 a Boston law partner died at his Dorset home after a brief illness. Born 1882 in Newport he studied at UVM and George Washington University and served as secretary to the Navy secretary in the Theodore Roosevelt era. He later practiced in Newport and Boston becoming partner at Dane Howe Brown. Survived by wife Harriet, a daughter, brother and sister. Funeral Thursday in Dorset. Also noted are Anna Green 75 nurse at Putnam Memorial Hospital and Ruth Fisher 61 former Arlington resident, both with memorials and services details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Dane
Boston
Dane, Howe & Brown
Dorset
Newport
Olin S
Mabel (Robinson) Dane
University of Vermont
Burr & Burton Seminary
Manchester
Dane
Washington, D.C
George Washington University
Dorothy Horne
Malden
Mass
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton
Children’s Medical Center
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Memphremagog Lodge F&am
Brae Burn
West Newton
Union Club
Dorset Field Club
Ekwanok
First Church of
Norwich University
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta Psi
UVM
Austin H
Harriet) Welch
Canaan
N.H
Harry R. Dane
Marion Judd
Lyndonville
United Church of
East Rupert
Pine Grove
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Ruth Fisher
Arlington
Lake Worth
Fla
Welcome House
Verder J
Caroline (Baker) Davis
Long Island
N.Y
Red Mountain
Order Eastern Star
Donald Fisher
Sunderland
Alan Fisher
Exeter
Diane Baker
Shreveport
Marian Harper
Battle Creek
Mich
Milton Davis
Caroline Davis
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Eastern Star
Factory Point
Arlington Rescue Squad
Funeral Home
County National Bank
Bennington Selectmen Wage Talks With Hourly Workers
Wage negotiations between Bennington and hourly workers extended in a 12 hour closed session at the highway garage on Depot Street. Town Manager Edward R. Lamb declined to release details stating an announcement would come after tonight’s selectmen meeting. The board may also discuss abolishing the inventory tax and creating a superintendent of public works post, a plan approved last summer but challenged last week by Selectman Edward Frasier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Highway Garage
Depot Street
Edward R. Lamb
Highway, Water and Sewer Departments
Superintendent of Public Works
Edward Frasier
Car Hits Freight Train at North Bennington Crossing
A car driven by Ernest L. Cook of Ft. Edward New York collided with the 10th and 11th cars of a Boston and Maine freight train at the Bank Street crossing in North Bennington just after midnight. Cook escaped injury though the auto suffered moderate damage. The unguarded crossing has no signals or warning devices and has a history of accidents and near misses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton J. Hayes
Cambridge
N.Y
Hunt Street
Bruce Alexander
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
County
North Streets
Orrin Swenson
Holliston
Mass
Ft. Edward
Boston & Maine
Bank Street Railway
North Bennington
Ernest L. Cook
Cook
White Creek Road
Bennington Briefs Highlight Campus and Local Events
Diane Beecher, daughter of Mrs. Frank S. Beecher, studying social psychology at Kansas University, spends holidays with family at 107 Dewey St. Knights of Columbus meet at 7 30 p m tonight. New Year’s Eve gala reservations mostly filled. TOPS Santa’s Surprise winner Lara Martin with runner up Irene Andrews. end of year trophies awarded to both. Bennington Lanes open 1 p m Dec 20 to Jan 2 for open bowling with student rates. Car wash special at Bennington Mini Car Wash on North Bennington Rd. Lanes to be open New Year’s Eve for open bowling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Beecher
Frank S. Beecher
Dewey St
Kansas University
Knights of Columbus
Bennington Lanes
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Bromley
Ski
Alexander G. Grant Jr
Minnie
Minnesota
Helen Howe
Silver Street
Bennington Museum
Anna T. Green
Norton St
Charles and
Elizabeth Green
Bennington High School
St. Luke’s Hospital
New Bedford
Ethel Green
David
Jean) States
Rochester
Robert Carpenter
Kingsport
Tenn
Mrs
Lamb
Bennington Briefs
Lara Martin
Irene Andrews
North Bennington Rd
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Helmann’s
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N.B.C
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