Former GBA Executive Testifies in Fraud Trial
In Burlington a former executive director of the Great er Bennington Association, Paul J. Short, testified as the first government witness in a U S District Court mail fraud trial. The 28 count indictment names five individuals including two Benningtonians and four corporations. Prosecution outlines a scheme to defraud using the mails with three central issues while defense argues lack of proof beyond reasonable doubt.
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Burlington
Greater Bennington Association
Paul J. Short
U.S
New Jersey
Bennington
Buy-Rite Buyers Club
Ben
Nington
Radigan
Short
T. C. Fry
Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Bennington Buyers’ Club
Stephen H. Gilman
Stuchel
Hanford Davis
Brandon
Lawrence Press
Lodi
N.J
Gilman
GBA
Donald C. Hicks
Hijacked freighter report prompts international response
U S ships or planes may report the freighter's position to Caracas if sighted. Interior Minister Andres Perez calls the hijackers pirates and says nations must aid capture. He dismisses a hostage trade offer as propaganda. Coast Guard says crew remains well and under arrest. negotiations and legal actions involving Venezuelan officials, U S authorities, and multiple defendants continue.
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U.S
Caracas
State Department
Navy
Carlos Andres Perez
Andres Perez
Anzoategui
Gibson to Seek Superior Court Judgeship in Vermont
Brattleboro Vermont Rep Ernest W Gibson III announced he will run for the vacant Superior Court seat to be filled next Thursday by the legislature. At 35 he is seen as the frontrunner among four candidates including Sen Eugene V Clark House Clerk Dale W Brooks and Lewis E Springer Jr. Gibson is the son of former federal judge Ernest W Gibson and brother of Brattleboro municipal court judge Robert Gibson.
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Brattleboro
Ernest W. Gibson
Ili
Superior Court
Gibson
Leonard W. Morrison
Montpelier
Eugene V. Clark
Bennington
House
Dale W. Brooks
Lewis E. Springer Jr
Vermont
Robert Gibson
Tax Rite Has Goldfine 72 Almost Broke
BOSTON AP Bernard Goldfine once a textile empire builder and symbol of the American dream now faces near poverty at 72. In federal court he agreed to sell assets to settle 10.3 million in tax claims amid tax, health and bankruptcy troubles dating back to past investigations and a 1961 tax evasion plea. Spare details: Gifts to Sherman Adams and Eisenhower era troubles are noted in background.
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Boston
Bernard Goldefine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Adams
Goldfine
Nun to Pay Farewell Visit Before Peru Mission
Sister Dolora formerly Charlotte Wilkie, daughter of Mrs. Audrey Foucher of Bennington Flats, will be home this weekend. She plans a three year Peru mission with the Marist group, leaving in March. Open house at her mother’s home all day Saturday and Sunday morning. She entered the Marist Order on October 7, 1959 and was professed March 9, 1962, traveling by jet with five other nuns.
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Mary Dolora
Charlotte Wilkie
Audrey Foucher
Bennington Flats
Peru
South America
Sister Dolora
Marist Missionary Order
Bennington Catholic High School
Eagle Scouts and sponsors attend biennial recognition dinner
Seven Eagle Scouts from Bennington area and sponsors attend the Tri Council Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner at Vermont Technical Training School in Randolph Saturday at 6 30 p m. William H Baumann commissioner of public safety will be the featured speaker.
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Vermont Technical Training School
Randolph
William H. Baumann
Commissioner of Public Safety
Bennington
David Humphreys
W. Arthur Grant
U.S. Air Force Academy
Bradley
J. K. Mitchell
U.S. Army
Pittsford
John Secor
Three Vehicle Accidents Reported in Vermont and Wilmington
State Police report three separate crashes. A tractor-trailer driven by Donald J. Staub escaped injury after jackknifing on Vermont 9 near Woodford. damage about 800 dollars. In Nelson’s parking lot Leonard H. Brown backed into Leon Reynolds’s car on slippery pavement, slight damage to both. East Arlington men Gary H. Brophy and Paul A. Ennis collided on Chiselville Road after Ennis attempted to pass, with Ennis’ car valued at about 500 dollars.
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Donald J. Staub
Westminster
Vermont 9
Woodford
Vermont
Bennington Village
Nelson
North Street
Leonard H. Brown
Wilmington
Leon H. Reynolds
Lyons St
Reynolds
Brown
East Arlington
Chiselville Road
Gary H. Brophy
Paul A. Ennis
Ennis
Brophy
Union Carbide workers granted new hourly wage increase
Bennington plant manager Harlow Matz announced a general wage rise for 277 hourly employees at Union Carbide Consumer Products Co. The 6 to 10 cent an hour increase takes effect Monday, following the last general raise on March 5 last year.
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Bennington
Union Carbide Consumer Products Co
Harlow Matz
Korean Youth Adopted by Danby and East Dorset Clergy
The Danby and East Dorset Congregational Churches’ Junior Youth have adopted Kim Yong Kee aged eight from Korea. His father died in Taegu in 1959 and he lived as a beggar until placed in the Pusan Bethany Farm Home. Yong Kee is cared for in an orphanage funded by Compassion, Inc. of Chicago, with $10 monthly providing food, clothing, and education. The churches seek letters from Yong Kee, their new son.
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East Dorset
Danby
Kim Yong Kee
Yong Kee
Taegue
Pusan Bethany Farm
Compassion, Inc
Chicago
Bennington Area Births and Admits Late February
Putnam Hospital admitted Roland Bugbee of North Bennington Raymond Pinsonneault Mrs Barbara Harper Hazel Cope of Bennington Mrs Gladys Hon Arlington Mrs Edith Mattison Arlington Cheryl Stratton Bennington Mr and Mrs Frederick Matheson of 737 Main St a daughter born February 14 Mr and Mrs George Ackerman of Shaftsbury a daughter born February 14 Mr and Mrs Edwin Ruland RD 2 Arlington a son born February 13
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Roland Bugbee
North Bennington
Raymond Pinsonneault
Barbara Harper
Hazel Cope
Bennington
Gladys Hon Arlington
Edith Mattison
Arlington
Cheryl Stratton
Frederick Matheson
Main St
George Ackerman
Shaftsbury
Edwin Ruland
Village Fire Code Proposal Aims at Public Buildings
Kirby outlines a potential fire code for village trustees to set minimum safety standards in public buildings. The code would empower local inspectors to require hazard removal and involve the State Fire Marshal if needed, with state police enforcement possible.
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Kirby
Montpelier
Boise man arraigned on breaking and entering and robbery charges
Curtis E. Knowles of Boise appeared before Judge George M. Fienberg in municipal court and pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering and assault and robbery charges. Bail was set at 3000 dollars. He admitted involvement in several house breaks with Jack R. Elwell and confessed to AWOL from the Navy. Authorities say the trio stole thirty dollars in total from multiple residences. Williamstown warrants were issued for Knowles.
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Curtis E. Knowles
Boise
Idaho
George M. Fienberg
Knowles
Stephen H. Gilman
Fienberg
Alfred Hertz
Monument Avenue
John A. Pollacik
Shaftsbury
Jack R. Elwell
Bennington
Elwell
Richard Goddard
Sunderland
Frederick Graves
Bennington Village
U.S. Navy
Norfolk
Poljacik
Barrie Byrne
South Stream Road
Williamstown
Mass
Trustees Begin Contract Review and Pay Plan for Custodians
School trustees will review teacher performance for the 1963-64 year on March 6, using a district wide checklist. Principal interviews ensure teachers understand ratings. The board accepted the resignation of Grade 6 teacher Brenda Sherwin due to health, with Lorraine Kirsch named as her replacement. A proposal for a fair pay scale for secretaries and custodians follows an industrial salary survey by Trustee Richard Sleeman. The plan sets starting custodial pay at 63.25 weekly with seven raises. secretaries would start 60 to 90 weekly with ten raises. Both groups would gain overtime pay and extended benefits. trustees will study the survey before further action.
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Allan J. Heath
Brenda Sherwin
Bennington
Sherwin
Heath
Sce
Lorraine Kirsch
Bennington High School
Paul E. Kirsch
Richard Sleeman
Sleeman
Bennington Graded School District Heating Plants Rated Excellent
All heating facilities in the Bennington Graded School District earned an "excellent" rating from inspectors of the insurance underwriters association. The rating applied to all pressure type systems across the district's three school buildings and carried no recommendations for changes. Trustees credited the year round maintenance program run by custodial staff under Maintenance Supt. Donald Fauley for the flawless results.
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Bennington Graded
Insurance Underwriters Association
Allan J. Heath
Donald Fauley
Showdown replaces The Iron Collar on Universal picture
Hollywood reports a new title Showdown for Universal's film formerly The Iron Collar. Audie Murphy Kathleen Cowley and Charles Drake star with Gordon Day as producer and R G Springsteen directing.
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Hollywood
UPI
Universal
Audie Murphy
Kathleen Crowley
Charles Drake
Gordon Day
R. G. Springsteen
Dow Jones stock averages report noon figures
The Dow Jones industrials rise 1.71 to 686.574 with 30 issues. Railroads gain 0.42 for a 155.204 reading while utilities slip 0.15 to 136.81. Composite index stands at 244.004 up 0.42 on 2,010,000 shares traded.
Benhi High Announces Merit Tests and Schedule Changes
Freshmen to seniors will take National Merit Tests on March 9, lasting about two hours. Registration is at the Guidance Office by March 6. Doors open at 7 45 am and 12 50 pm. after 3 15 pm dismissal, unaccompanied students are barred.
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Benhi
Martha Gale
Williams College
Theodore Mechlin
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