Guerrillas Ambush Patrol In Iron Triangle Bloodshed
UPI reports dawn ambush by Viet Cong in the Iron Triangle near Saigon. U.S. infantry fought free with heavy casualties. total American deaths reach 7,109 in Vietnam. Communists suffer around 979 killed, with allied forces also taking dozens of casualties and civilians harmed in the weeklong fighting.
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Saigon
UPI
Iron Triangle
U.S
Vietnam
Michele Ray
Miss Ray
U.S. Army 1St Infantry Division
South Vietnam
Triangle
1St Division
Cedar Falls
Ben Mont Names New General Manager in Bennington
Craig C. Smith announces George H. Phreaner named president and general manager of Ben Mont Gift Wrap in Bennington. Phreaner, former Ben Mont West Coast GM, succeeds H. James Wallace as local leader. Wallace continues as state representative for District 33 and acts as consultant. New Western regional manager Andrew P. Pflueger will oversee 13 states from Torrance plant. Albert H. Jones keeps western manufacturing oversight. Phreaner, Erie-born Amherst alumnus, previously national sales manager for Bausch and Lomb and Los Angeles Xerox manager. replacement in California is Associated Marble Industries president. Appointment effective Jan 1, 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig C. Smith
Wrap Tures Gift Wrap, Inc
Ben Mont
George H. Phreaner
Phreaner
West Coast
H. James Wallace
Old Bennington
Wallace
Vermont
Smith
Ann Wellington
Rochester
N.Y
Los Angeles
Pippin Knoll
Bennington
Andrew P. Pflueger
Orange
Calif
Pflueger
Torrance
Albert H. Jones
Bausch and Lomb Inc
Xerox Corporation
Hanover
Deerfield Academy
Amherst College
Chi Psi Fraternity
Society of Reproduction Engineers
California
Associated Marble Industries Inc
Santa Ana
CAB Issues Report On Cause of Plane Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled adverse weather caused the 1965 Bennington plane crash that killed four educators. Pilot Ralf S. Kates, Mt. Anthony Union High School principal, attempted to fly visually despite weather after obtaining briefing from another pilot. Radio contact was lost after takeoff at 7:45 a.m. on September 20. The wreckage was found the next day at East Mountain 1,625 feet up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Bennington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ralf S. Kates
Albany, N.Y
Kates
Mt. Anthony
Absentee Ballots For Feb 14 Bond Issue In Bennington
Voters in the Bennington School District may apply for absentee ballots each weekday until Feb 10 from 8 to 1 and 2 to 4 40 p.m. at Molly Stark School. Polls Feb 14 at Bennington Elementary from noon to 8 p.m. seek a 20 year bond of 840000 for a new K-6 elementary on Stark Street. The County Sheriffs Department held appointments for two year terms and briefed about a training program and upcoming address by Attorney General James Oakes. Loss of the two watches indicated the aircraft crash occurred about 8 22 to 8 28 a.m. with weather described as solid overcast at Rutland. The educators killed were Rev Vincent Spinelli, W Philip Walker, James H Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington School District Inc
Molly Stark
Bennington
Board of Civil Authority
Donald Greenslet
Bennington County Court House
Marion McCarty
John T. Carmody Jr
Robert J. Poblocki
Greenslet
John Maloney
James Oakes
Franklin S. Billings Jr
Bennington County
Mendon
Rutland
Vincent J. Spinelli
Bennington Catholic High School
W. Philip Walker
James H. Morgan
Milton
Ford Foundation
Vermont
Quints Delivered One Dead in Brooklyn Birth Tragedy
A postal clerk's wife, using fertility drugs, delivered quintuplets at Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn. One girl was stillborn. four other babies survived initial 12 hours, all in incubators and reported doing fine. Parents, both Panamanian natives, expressed mixed joy and concern over finances. delivery followed four months of fertility treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Lionel Harris
Jewish Hospital of
Brooklyn
Barry Kaminsky
Kaminsky
Panama
Feed Grain Program Goals 1967 details and retirements
The 1967 Feed Grain Program aims to raise farm income stabilize livestock prices expand exports and keep adequate but not excessive reserves. Corn and grain sorghums are included while barley is excluded. Enrollment requires diverting at least 20 percent of the farm feed grain base and other provisions. Bennington County farmers should contact John J. DeVito at the County ASCS office on Main Street before March 3. Also announced is the retirement of Mrs. Evelyn R. Dragon from full time hospital work at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a career dating to 1948 with a note she may still work part time and memories of early hospital days and administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Moore
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Bennington County
John J. DeVito
ASCS
Main St
Evelyn R. Dragon
Dewey St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mary’ A. Baker
Johnson Aide Sees Healthy Economy Through 1967
Washington reports Gardner Ackley, Johnson's top economic adviser, said the economy would remain basically sound and healthy in 1967, while Republican members warned of potential inflation and recession as hearings on the administration's annual economic report opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Joint
Senate House Economic Committee
President Johnson
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisors
Ackley
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Academic and Events
Dennis G. Amadon, son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Amadon of 320 Silver St, named to the dean's list at Christian Brothers College Memphis for the first semester. Prospect Mountain Ski Club meets 8 Friday night at Bennington Free Library social room with Raisuki Kotaki speaking on ski design. Mrs John O'Donnell and daughter Mary Helena fly to Miami to visit relatives. Elks Club Valentine Dinner Dance on Feb 11 with 7 9 dinner and 9 12 dance. reservations by Feb 9. King’s Shoe Service advertises zipper repairs and knee and elbow pad attachments. Seafood platter Fridays at Elks Club 5 30 9 with Burt Rockwood at piano 8 30 1 30. Correction: 3 piece Colonial Cherry Bedroom Set reduced to 199 at Haynes and Kanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis G. Amadon
Gerald Amadon
Silver St
Christian Brothers College
Memphis
Prospect Mountain Ski Club
Bennington Free Library
Raisuki Kotaki
Prospect Mountain Ski School
State Aid Bill Moves Through Committee Vote
In committee, the choice between O Briens and Hunts bills was decided for Hunts. O Briens bill may die absent a rescue petition. The panel favored a one year appropriation by 8-2. Hunts bill as amended then passed unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
Hunt
China chaos grows as Mao forces face widespread turmoil
Reported failures of Maoist control across Sinkiang and western provinces mirror a nationwide upheaval in China. Clashes strikes and Red Guard violence intensify while Peking faces possible Soviet break and diplomatic strain with France. Canton warns of violence during the upcoming new year.
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Peking
Sinkiang
China
Mao
Kiangsi
Shansi
Kweichow
Szcheyuan
Chungking
Russia
Red Guard
Soviet Union
France
Canton
Panther Bill Triggers Historic Vermont House Debate
In Montpelier Rep. Allen pushes a bill to ban shooting Vermont panthers, arguing the rare Felis concolor is beautiful and not dangerous. Rep. Van Santvoord touts practical and tourism benefits, cites Yale support, and even jokes about a panther carved outside Bennington’s Old Catamount Tavern. Rep. Salmon, inspired, reads a poem, while others propose amendments including the Belvidere Sidewinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont
Wood
Allen
Carter
Bennington
van Santvoord
Mississippi River
New Brunswick
Quebec
Yellowstone
John Spargo
Bennington Museum
Salmon
Green Mountain State
Leo the Lion in ancient skies and modern view
Astronomy notes describe Leo as one of the oldest constellations seen by ancients in India Egypt and Greece. The lion is imagined as a crouching king of beasts with Regulus in its heart and is linked to Hebrew and Judean symbolism.
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Leo
India
Egypt
Ion
Judah
Legislation Aims to Boost School Building Aid in Vermont
Montpelier lawmakers consider bills to raise state aid to education to 18.5 million for 1968 and to add 20 percent state participation in school debt service. The measures, sponsored by Rep. Lyman Hunt, would extend state support beyond construction costs, potentially reducing local tax burden for Bennington’s Stark Street elementary project. Rep. Salmon plans a separate bill to lift construction aid from 30 to 40 percent, backed by the Temporary Advisory Commission on School Redistricting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Bennington
House Education Committee
Lyman C. Hunt
R-121
Essex Junction
Stark Street
Philip H. Hoff
Hunt
Thomas P. Salmon
D-131
Rockingham
Salmon
Advisory Commission On
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births in New York State
Admissions list for East Arlington and surrounding towns includes Dorothy Wood Helen Bowen Patricia Farnum Grace Costors and others with residences in Manchester Center Bennington Arlington Wilmington Eagle Bridge Hoosick Falls and Jacksonville. Birth announcements note two February 1 births to families in Cambridge Eagle Bridge and Park Street Cambridge and School Street Eagle Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy P. Wood
East Arlington
Helen Bowen
Patricia Ann Farnum
Bennington
Grace Costors
Manchester Center
Tracey Waters
Anita Morse
Debbie Squires
Ellen Hoyt
Barbara Benjamin
Arlington
Arnold Bills Jr
Wilmington
Richard Dix
Jacksonville
Maurice Andrews Jr
Eagle Bridge
Anthony Rice
Lillian Eldred
Alice Haswell
Hoosick Falls
Stock Averages Report Noontime February 2 1967
Dow Jones industrials at 849.11 up 0.72 with 30 stocks, railroads at 227.31 down 0.15, utilities 138.90 up 0.45. Composite average 304.97 up 0.22. Trading volume listed as 4,810,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Vermont Senate Approves Voting Reform for Local Elections
A one page bill to reduce residence time for local voters passes Senate and heads to House. It would allow residents with 180 days in a town and meeting state citizenship, age, and oaths to vote, effective March 7 for town meetings and then generally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Senate
House
Committee of Conference
Connery reports burglars find nothing at home
London police report Sean Connery’s apartment was broken into but the actor said thieves found nothing of value. He stated he never keeps valuables at home and quipped that next time he would leave the door open. The remark was made Wednesday night in London.
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London
UPI
007
Sean Connery
James Bond
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Elm St
Bradley Field
Windsor Locks
Conn
Miami
Fla
Francis J. Hogan Jr
Boynton Beach
Elks Club
Silver Towers
King’s Shoe Service
North St
Adv
Burt Rockwood
Haynes and Kanes
Main Street
Red
Rep. Allen
Peter Gallani
King
Reid Lefevre
R- 25
Manchester
Rep
W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndonville
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Kingdom
Simpson
Walter Hunt
Park St
Cambridge
Alvah MacDougall
School St
William McCart
McCart Road
Foster
Safford & Gage
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