Bennington Man Loses License for 6 Months
James Michael Kinney of Bennington had his driver's license suspended for six months in Bennington Municipal Court after Judge George M. Fienberg ruled that his refusal to submit to a sobriety test was unreasonable. Kinney, through attorney Robert E. Cummings Jr., pleaded not guilty to drunken driving. Under Vermont law, unreasonable failure to submit to a sobriety test coupled with a not guilty plea to intoxication auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Michael Kinney
Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Kinney
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Vermont
Accidents in Bennington and North Bennington Prompt Police Report
Village police report two accidents within 24 hours. At 9:45 p.m. on East Main Street Bennington, Charles G. Harte’s car passing Frank B. Stratton’s pickup collided as Stratton turned left. Harte skid on a slippery street and blamed Stratton’s turn indicator claims. Stratton’s vehicle damaged front right and Harte’s right front fender and bumper. At 9:15 a.m. on River Road North Bennington, William J. Coonz’s car slid off and struck a guy wire after avoiding an oncoming vehicle. minor damage reported.
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East Main St
Bennington
the River Rd
North Bennington
Charles G. Harte
Bank St
Frank B. Stratton
East Rd
Harte
William J. Coonz
Coonz
Funeral Held For Judge Aaron H. Grout At Burlington
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Judge Aaron H. Grout 87 who died Thursday in Burlington. He gained prominence through his Newport and Burlington law practice and four years as Orleans County state's attorney. The report also covers multiple Vermont court cases including Kinney suspected of drunken driving, Amidon fined for road violations, Smith fined for driving without a license and other offenses with fines ranging from 15 to 50 dollars and notes on failed sobriety tests and vehicle defects.
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Burlington
UPI
Aaron H. Grout
Grout
Newport
Orleans County
Tpr
Harvey A. Jones
Jones
Kinney
Bennington
New York
R. Marshall Witten
Atty. Cummings
Cummings
Edwin Charles Amidon Jr
Vernon
John B. Harte
Amidon
Vt. 9
Searsburg
Atty
Witten
Harte
James Wesley Smith
Carpenter Hill
Smith
South Stream
Donald Mattison
U.S. 7
Leo Malone
Mattison
Barry Purdy
Pownal
Purdy
Stuart Charles Mowrey
Cambridge
N.Y
Mowrey
Shaftsbury
Douglas Elliot Watkin
West Rd
Mary Elayne McGarey Weds Joseph L Madkour in St Francis de Sales
Engaged Madkour McGarey announces the marriage of Mary Elayne McGarey to Joseph L. Madkour on December 29 at 3 p.m. in St. Francis de Sales Church. Rev. Thomas Bransfield officiated with Mrs. Daniel Cadiz and Dr. Abraham Madkour in attendance.
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Robert P. Bliss Sr
St. Albans
Mary Elayne McGarey
Joseph L. Madkour
Louise Madkour
Bennington
Louis Madkour
St. Francis de Sales Church
Thomas Bransfield
Daniel Cadiz
Abraham Madkour
Manchester
Not so Jolly Giant Plastic Man Hits Service Station
Houston police rushed to a foggy intersection after a caller warned of a giant nearby. Officers found 22 foot plastic man limbs scattered along the street. a truck had struck the figure in front of a service station.
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Houston
UPI
Powell Wife Won’t Testify as Probers Conclude Inquiry
Washington state that congressional investigators dropped attempts to question Yvette Powell wife of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and prepared a findings oriented report. The panel had sought her testimony on travel authority abuse while noting her Puerto Rico residence and payroll salary as his aide. The report will likely urge tighter committee spending rules and include a possible contempt citation discussed for Mrs Powell.
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Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Hays
Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Puerto Rico
Soviets Hint Ransom For Convicted American
UPI reports the U.S. Embassy was advised to offer 20 000 rubles bail for 25 year old Buel Ray Wortham of North Little Rock Ark who received a three year sentence for black marketeering. He illegally exchanged dollars for rubles in Leningrad and stole a bear statuette from his hotel. Companion Craddock M Gilmour Jr of Salt Lake City was fined 1000 rubles.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Leningrad
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Wortham
Foreign Ministry
Fyodr Rozhdestvensky
Rozhdestvensky
Army Says Levy Preached Disloyalty at Ft Jackson
Capt Howard B Levy awaits a command level decision that could lead to a court martial on charges of promoting disloyalty and disaffection among troops. Levy, 29, has voiced antiwar views and civil rights activity, while Army charges include refusal to teach dermatology to Special Forces and disparaging remarks about soldiers. He says the statements were made but not meant to incite disloyalty. he paid a fine and left the country.
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Jackson
S.C
UPI
Howard B. Levy
Levy
New York City
Gines Perez
Ft. Jackson
Perez
American Civil Liberties Union
Army
Socialist Workers Party
New York
Vietnam
Special Forces
Faulty Wiring Believed Source of Family Fire Deaths
Six members of the Warren family died in a Rochester area farmhouse fire traced to a shed with faulty electrical equipment. Autopsy found carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause. the sole survivor, 1-year-old William Stier Jr., from Syracuse, is in care. Funeral services planned in Rochester, New York.
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Gerald Sr
Dolores
Gerald Jr
Frances
Barbara
Warren
Florence Warren
William Stier Jr
Syracuse
N.Y
Warrens
St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church
Rochester
Fraud suspect linked to money order thefts at local stores
John Doe reported a man casing an appliance store and attempting to send a gift after losing his wallet at Narragansett Race Track. Henry Piccoli, arrested on fraud, petty larceny, and forged instrument charges for money orders cashed at Adams and a grocery store. Ongoing FBI fingerprint inquiry and car leads tied to Jack Jamison of Bayonne, NY.
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Shaffe
Piccoli
Providence
R.I
Henry Piccoli
Main Street
William Fox
Narragansett Race Track
Fox
Adams Mens
Bob Murphy
Adams
Murphy
Burt Bros
FBI
Genius Factories Proposed To Improve Racial Groups
At the 133rd meeting of AAAS, Prof. Laughlin and Prof. Ginsberg outlined genetic restructuring to boost talent in populations. They urged cultural centers to encourage intermarriage among like talents to concentrate desirable genes, arguing races share superior traits. Critics counter that humanity forms a single species and race concepts are flawed.
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Laughlin
Ginsberg
Obituary notices for Gates and Levine in Vermont papers
Mrs Ruby Baker Gates 58 of Bennington dies at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survived by four daughters, two sisters, a brother, nine grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements include calls at Mahar & Son and service at St Peter's Episcopal Church with entombment at Park Lawn Chapel. Robert Levine of Bath formerly of Burlington dies. survived by wife Doris, siblings in Vermont and New York. Funeral services held in Bath with burial in Portland.
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Ruby (Baker) Gates
Pleasant St
Arthur Gates
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Frederick and
Ella (Lawson) Baker
Bennington College
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Park Lawn Chapel
Levine
United Fund
Retail Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Citizenship Scholarship Foundation
Bath
Doris Miller
Louis Rosenthal
Burlington
Jacob Smith
Sam Ranish
Brooklyn
N.Y
Morris Levine
Dorchester
Mass
Harold Levine
Boston
Sharey Tehiloh Temple
Bath Israel Congregation
Mount Sinai Cemetery
Portland
Maine
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Navy Enlistee and Skier Tryouts
Bruce F. Blanchard son of Mr and Mrs John Blanchard of 333 Elm St enlisted in the U S Navy for four years leaving Springfield Mass on Dec 27 to begin basic training at Great Lakes Ill He previously served three and a half years in the U S Army Reserve and works for Globe Union Co Junior skiers are reminded of tryouts for the Southern Vermont Ski Council racing team at Prospect Mountain Woodford on Saturday at 9 30 a m Eligible ages 10 13 must be Prospect Mountain Ski Club junior program members and at Traverse level Five two contact numbers are listed Information may be obtained from Bill Aja or Steve Jess man Rotary ski tow at Mt Anthony Country will operate Saturday Sunday and Monday A large turnout of youngsters was seen last Monday Junior High Canteen meets tonight at the YMCA for 6th to 8th graders Elks Club New Year Eve events and Candle light room at the Eagles open to members and guests with a 1 a m close"}
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Bruce F. Blanchard
John Blanchard
Elm St
U.S. Navy
Springfield
Mass
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ill
Blanchard
U.S. Army Reserve
Globe Union Co
Bennington
Southern Vermont Ski Council
Prospect Mountain
Woodford
Prospect Mountain Ski Club
Bill Aja
Steve Jesseman
Mt. Anthony Country
Barbra Streisand Gives Birth To Boy In New York
Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould welcomed a 7 pound 12 ounce son named Jason Emanuel, with mother and child reported as doing well. Streisand, famed for Funny Girl, canceled a 20 city tour worth one million dollars after learning of the pregnancy and plans to start rehearsals for the film version next spring.
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New York
UPI
Barbra Streisand
Brooklyn
Elliott Gould
Jason Emanuel
Miss Streisand
Fanny Brice
London
American Motors Lays Off 4100 Workers
American Motors Corp. laid off 4,100 workers indefinitely as the firm, a major Wisconsin employer, announced a 10 day plant closure at Milwaukee and Kenosha. Production would resume January 23 with a single shift.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
American Motors Corp
Wisconsin
AMC
Kenosha
Rich sky map of Orion and nearby constellations
Astronomy notes describe a clear sky view where Orion appears with Canis Major and Canis Minor around him, Lepus beneath his feet, Columba to the south, Monoceros to the east, Taurus to the west, and Cetus nearby, forming a rich hunting ground for a mighty hunter.
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Orion
Canis Major
Canis Minor
Lepus
Columba
Monoceros
Taurus
Bull
Cetus
Hospital Notes Admissions For Various Patients
Admissions list includes Arthur Carlisle Daniel Quin lan Monica Corcoran Royal White Mrs Florence Bowles George Senecal Alden Wires Peru Master Gary Jones Petersburg Henry Stone East Dorset in Bennington and East Dorset. Also Alden Wires. Discharges list Miss Lois Banulis North Bennington Mrs Anne Caslin and son Bennington. Births record a daughter to Mr and Mrs Donald Ziter North Bennington Dec 29 and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Gwordz 301 Depot St Dec 29.
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Arthur Carlisle
Daniel Quinlan
Monica Corcoran
Royal White
Florence Bowles
George Senecal
Bennington
Alden Wires
Peru
Gary Jones
Petersburg
Henry Stone
East Dorset
Lois Banulis
North Bennington
Anne Caslin
Donald Ziter
R.D. No. 1
Robert Gwordz
Depot St
Pennsylvania Seeks Supreme Court Action on Rail Merger
Pennsylvania asks the U S Supreme Court to avoid further delay in the Penn Central merger with New York Central. In a friend of the court brief the state warns continued postponement could prevent the merger’s consummation. The ICC had linked the deal to absorbing the bankrupt New Haven Railroad by Penn Central. the fall merger was paused by the Supreme Court stay.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Penn Central
Supreme Court
Sweeps Sales Hit New Low in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Sweepstakes ticket sales fell to 13,598 for Dec 19 to Dec 24, down from 20,578 the prior year, a near 7,000 ticket drop and about $21,000 loss. The commission plans a $7,500 bonus drawing in January to regain momentum, with prizes totaling $1,000 to $100.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Rockingham Park
Salem
Stock Averages at Noon December 30 1966 figures shown
The Dow-Jones and Bache & Co stock averages report at noon shows the industrials at 790.53 up 4.18, railroads at 203.67 up .38, utilities at 136.75 up .12, with a composite average of 283.00 up .99 and total volume 4,230,000 in Albany.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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Madkour-McGarey
I Furni Main St. Benningt
Harte Theatre
Vm Sa
Tam Curtis Lisi
Scott
Norman Panama
Larry Gilbart and
Peter Barnes
Melvin Frank
Dwede!m
Oman
Panama Technicolor
Warner Bros
Ponent E. Lenine
GIT
Embassy Pictures
Kim
Karen Nicholson
Evansville
Ind
Adam
Congressional
Yvette Powell
San Juan
P.R
House Administration
Subcommittee
Wayne Hays
Ohio
House
Congress
John Doe
Jack Jamison
Bayonne
Jamison
YMCA
Morton H. Fried
Columbia University
Mrs
Ruby Gates
Robert Levine
Louis Levine
Doris
Mr. Levine
Burlington High School
U.S. Army
Bath Iron Works
France
Bennington Briefs
Elks Club
Burt
The
Eagles
American Motors
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
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