Listers Begin Old Bennington Appraisal Study
Bennington listers announce a targeted review of Old Bennington properties focusing on parcels that changed hands in the last five years. The board will inspect discrepancies between sale price and assessed value, with foreclosures and forced sales considered in final determinations.
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Bennington Listers
Old Bennington Properties
Board of
Listers
Francis J. Hogan
Hogan
Shields
Board of Trustees
Old Bennington
Benhi Students Return After Bomb Threat Discovery
Bennington High School students returned to classes in good order after a one day recess prompted by a bomb threat note. Officials said lockers were emptied and all items gathered for search, with two students identified for not reporting the note. no action yet on them. Benhi’s basketball team defeated Mount St Joseph 65 to 49.
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Bennington High School
Geoffrey Graham
Bendi
Mount St. Joseph High School of
Rutland
Benhi
New York Town Faces Regular Budget Surplus
Catskill in the Hudson Valley shows a rare municipal issue a surplus in each year 1958 to 1961 general fund revenues exceeded expenditures auditors say the cause was underestimating revenues and overestimating appropriations maintaining a steady operating surplus.
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Catskill
N.Y
Hudson Valley
Treasury
Confusion Pie Scars Vermont Tourist Leaders at Stratton
Vermont Tourist Association members met at Stratton Mountain base lodge to discuss a troubling mix of underfinancing overorganization billboard disputes and misrepresentation charges facing the state's tourism industry as they attempt to digest the implications of the situation.
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Stratton
Vermont Tourist Association
Vermont
Stratton Mountain
Record of Cold Weather in New England and Girl Scout Roundup Plans
New England endures a four day cold snap with Caribou Maine at 28 below zero and readings from Vermont and New Hampshire well below zero. Forecasters expect more frigid weather tonight especially in northern New England. A luncheon discussed tourism as about 40,000 visitors are expected for the Girl Scout Roundup at Button Bay on Lake Champlain, amid the peak summer tourist season. Wrest Orton of the Vermont Country Store spoke on Route 100 goals and predicted tourism growth within ten years.
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Boston
New England
Yuma
Ariz
Burbank
Calif
Caribou
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Newport
Montpelier
St. Johnsbury
Burlington
Lebanon
N.H
Button Bay
Lake Champlain
Wrest Orton
Vermont Country
Weston
New Route 100
Town funds set to reimburse doctors for welfare hospital care
Area physicians will charge the town about 75 percent of regular hospital charges for indigent cases starting today. The Bennington County Medical Society and town selectmen reached the agreement after talks, aligning with hospital policy that will rise to 100 percent of ward rates next year.
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Bennington County Medical Society
Hospital Board of Corporators
Town Caucuses Set for Feb 8 With Two Committed Candidates
Bennington town caucuses for town officers are set for 8 p.m. Thursday Feb 8. GOP chairman James B. Gibney says the caucus will be at the County Courthouse while Democratic chairman Lawrence F Powers says his party will announce a location later. Incumbents Thomas R Haley and Michael J Hogan Jr appear strongest, with Haley announcing his intent to seek re election and Hogan confirming plans to run. Other possible candidates include Donald C Hicks Stephen Vince and Fred Welling with others not ruling out bids.
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Bennington Party
James B. Gibney
GOP
Lawrence F. Powers
Thomas R. Haley
Selectman
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Haley
Hogan
Terest
Stephen Vince
North Bennington
Vince
OAS Action In Cuba Case Sparks Regional Protests
In Montevideo the OAS conference clos ed with 20 of 21 nations condemning Castro and Cuba, while Argentina's military chiefs pressed Frondizi for a break with Havana. Protests in Havana and Latin American capitals followed as fears of leftist agitation and Havana reprisals grew.
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OAS
Cuba
Montevideo
Uruguay
Dean Rusk
Washington
Kennedy
Latin America
Organization of American States
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Fidel Castro
OAS Council
Brazil
Mexico
Havana
United States
Castro
Wallendas Return to High Wire After Tragedy
In Detroit at the Shrine circus, Herman Wallenda and his son Gunther walked a high wire 35 feet above the floor as tribute to fallen troupe members. Gene Mendez, flown from Stockholm, joined them for a five minute, netless act. The performance followed a deadly accident the previous night with no safety net.
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Wallendas
Herman
Gunther Wallenda
Gene Mendez
Shrine Circus
Detroit
Herman Wallenda
Gunther
Great
State Fair
Coliseum
Mendez
Shrine
Kennedy seeks $193 million welfare expansion to rebuild lives
President Kennedy urged a permanent $193 million expansion of federal welfare outlays focusing on rehabilitation, day care, and extended aid to dependent children of the jobless. He called for broad changes to HEW grant rules and warned against cutbacks while praising rehabilitative approaches.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Newburgh
N.Y
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department— Health Care For
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YMCA
J. Philip Hall
Lucian Loomis
James Davis
Chester Hickok
Hagerman
New York
N.E
By Bob Hagerman
Donald C. Hicks
Coolidge Ave
Bennington Village
Hicks
Bennington
J.F.K
U.S
Stockholm
Sweden
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Pownal
Holbrook
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