Putnam Hospital Plans for Future Amid Great Gifts
Robert D. Stout of Putnam Memorial Hospital outlines the enduring impact of Henry W. Putnam Sr. and Jr. gifts, the water works income, and the endowment. The board faces use of funds, rising costs, and ongoing needs for beds and facilities while pledging care for all in Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Stout
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Henry W. Putnam Sr
Putnam
Bennington
Hospital
Board of Corporators
Putnam Hospital
Henry Putnam
Local Government Pamphlet Details Bennington Structures
League of Women Voters publishes a pamphlet outlining Bennington Vermont town and village government. It covers voting rules, polling places, tax dates, school districts, fire departments, water systems, sewer plans, and the town’s three selectmen plus village boards. It notes Bennington as a county seat and election provisions for state and county representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Bennington
Town of
North Bennington
Bennington Village
Old Bennington
Board of Selectmen
Board of Trustees
Bennington County
Manchester
Bennington Town
Vermont General Assembly
Kennedy Defends Executive Privilege in Congress Clash
The piece outlines President Kennedy and past leaders invoking executive privilege to withhold information from Congress. It notes historical tests of wills with McNamara censoring and Pentagon speeches, with Kennedy backing McNamara and warning of possible court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Senate
Truman
Herman Wilkinson
Justice Department
Subcommittee On Censorship
McNamara
U.S District Attorney
Federal Court
Pentagon
Defense
Robert McNamara
Committee
Subcommittee
Border Towns Fear Sales Tax Impact Across Vermont
Lyndonville reports concern that a statewide sales tax could hit border towns hardest as local revenue strains grow. The piece notes rising property taxes, highway costs, railroad subsidies, and growing state debt while urging education funding and caution on new taxes amid heavier truck traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Sex Not Whammo in 1961 Box Office
New York AP report questions sex appeal's box office pull amid a market shift toward wholesome themes. It cites top films of 1961, notes rising total bond debt and a Vermont Senate action restoring fiscal responsibility to avert deferring debt service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Babylon
Sodom
Gomorrah
Old Maid
Variety
Rome
Vermont
State Senate
January brings Burlington bones to thirty fractures
In Burlington Vermont during January thirty residents from across ages suffered broken bones after outdoor slips on icy streets. Hospital tallies from Mary Fletcher and Degoes Briand note no skiing skating or vehicle accidents included.
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Burlington
Mary Fletcher
Degoes Briand
Albert Vincent
West Road
Barbara
Dodds Court
Vermont
Green Mountain College Plans New Buildings
Green Mountain College trustees authorize three new buildings totaling 2 million dollars as part of a ten year expansion started in 1959. The project includes a student union dormitory and a classroom building with Georgian style on campus beside earlier structures. President Raymond A. Withey cites progress and independence.
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Poultney
Board of
Green Mountain College
Raymond A. Withey
Green Mountain
Troy Methodist Conference
Withey
Moscow Housewife Faces Wary Shopping In Avoska Era
In Moscow housewives rely on avoska bags and rubles for daily markets. Government stores offer fixed prices while farmers markets set fluctuating costs for eggs milk greens and meat. Butter is scarce but bakery items remain affordable as fresh mimosa signals spring.
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Mrs. Moscow
Khrushchev
Moscow
Red Square
Gorky Street
Eliseev’s
Eliseev
Russia
Crimea
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Henry W Putnam Jr
Lloyd
LWV
Bennington Armory
Clark’s Woods
Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Molly Stark
Willow Road
Armory
North
North Bennington Fire House
W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndonville
Rutland Railway
Department of Administration
Hal Boyle
Burlingtonians
By James Calogero
Boston
New England
Greenfield, N.H
New Hampshire
Juneau
Alaska
Fairbanks
Marianne Argetsinger
Glastonbury, Conn
John Dysenchuk
Dysenchuk
Terrence J. McKaig
Pelham
Mass
United States
Dick Marshall
Brighton
Brighton High
New England Post
Ludlow
Resch
Caucasus
Central Asia
Tadjikstan
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