Robbery of Chicago Cardinal by Two Gunmen
Two armed men accosted Cardinal John Cody and his assistant Francis O Connor outside Holy Name Cathedral. The bandits demanded money, Cody handed over 185 dollars, O Connor 23 dollars, then ordered them into the car and drove off. Police officials criticized initial reporting delays.
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Chicago
UPI
Cardinal John Cody
Cody
Francis O'Connor
Holy Name Cathedral
O’connor
John Cardinal Cody
O'Connor
James Rochford
Rochford
Walter Vallee
Hoosick Falls Patrolman Arrested On Gun Sale Charge
Hoosick Falls patrolman Harry E. Von Haggin Jr. was arrested on a federal felony charge for illegally selling firearms out of state. He was arraigned in Albany after agents from ATF detained him on duty. Von Haggin has a prior law enforcement history and holds a firearms license while on suspension from the Hoosick Falls force.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Harry E. von Haggin Jr
Internal Revenue Service
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
U.S
Bender Solomon
Albany
Royal C. Howard
von Haggin
Bennington
Howard
St Joseph art students compile slide history collection
St Joseph College of Bennington announces art history slide project led by Dianne C. Dunican. Students photograph diverse works using an Ektographic Visualmaker to create a library addition and support annual updates. The project ties into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences Intercollegiate Symposium on April 27 and expands into evening division courses.
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St. Joseph College of Bennington
Dianne C. Dunican
St. Joseph’s
Vermont
Academy of Arts and Sciences
Mary Annunciata
SSJ
Norman Rockwell
Good Housekeeping
Rockwell
Bennington
Dunican
Emily C. Rice
Wilbur C. Rice
West Road
St. Joseph College
Grandma Moses
Windham College elects State Department aide as president
Harrison M. Symmes, a career State Department officer, is chosen president of Windham College Putney. He will take office April 1 succeeding Eugene C Winslow whose 10 year term saw enrollment rise from 200 to 900 and a $10 million campus built. Symmes has served as deputy inspector of Foreign Service and as deputy assistant secretary of state for congressional affairs.
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Putney
UPI
Harrison M. Symmes
State Department
Windham College
Symmes
Eugene C. Winslow
Windham
Winslow
Walter Hendricks
Washington
Foreign Service
Garden club targets Dunkin Donuts decor at Bennington shop
At the February Plain Dirt Gardeners meeting in the Bennington Museum Sloane Room the group urged Dunkin Donuts at Main Street Bennington to replace withered exterior plantings with durable flowers and sharbs. Members discussed plans to aid patients at the Bennington Convalescent Center, seedling efforts for Veterans Memorial Park, and education and goal setting sessions.
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Bennington Museum
Bennington Dunkin Donuts
Main Street
Dunkin Donuts
Randolph
Mass
Stanley Pike
Bennington Convalescent Center
John Clawson
Philobolus Dance Theatre
Park-McCullough Association
North Bennington
McGlaughlin
Hoosick Falls
Owen Brittell
Veterans Memorial Park
Harold Reimann
James Wolfe
Norton Barber
Vermont Federation of Garden Clubs
Highway Department
Bennington Briefs Highlight Washington Holiday Closures
Due to the Washington holiday on Monday Feb 18 the Senior Citizen Community House on Ben Mont Avenue and the town offices will be closed. The mini bus will operate only for the Senior Citizens Club semi monthly meeting Monday night with reservations by 4 pm at 442 3543. Marine Pfc Steven R Hodgin son of Mrs Anne Cottrell Hodgin of 219 Depot St Bennington was promoted while at Camp LeJeune NC A Mt Anthony Union High School alumnus he joined the Marines in December 1973 Bennington Lanes will open daily at 1 pm during school vacation with special student rates and free shoe rentals.
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Washington
Senior Citizen
Ben Mont Avenue
Senior Citizens Club
Steven R. Hodgin
Anne Cottrell Hodgin
Depot St
Bennington
Marine Corps
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Mt. Anthony Union High School
The
Marines
Marian Peirce
Betty Crocker
Mauhs
General Mills
Bell Telephone tightens data disclosure policies
Bell Telephone Co moves to require subpoenas or administrative summonses for customer data and to notify customers by phone and mail about subpoenas unless a law enforcement agency certifies noninterference. The rule applies to all Bell customers and follows prior disclosures to grand juries and the IRS.
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Washington
UPI
Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Company
Grand
Internal Revenue Service
Bell
Knight
Burch to Join White House as Adviser to Nixon
Dean Burch, longtime FCC chairman and former Republican national chairman, will become a White House counselor and general adviser to President Nixon with Cabinet rank within a month. He will earn 42,500 dollars annually, and his FCC successor is expected to be named in about a week.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Ziegler
Burch
Melvin R. Laird
Defense
Goldwater
FCC
White House
Bennington College President to Speak on Womanhood
Dr. Gail Thain Parker president of Bennington College will address the February meeting of the Bennington AAUW branch on Women Searching for Self at 8 p.m. Monday February 18 at Mrs Warren Jensen's Convent Avenue home The Radcliffe and Harvard educated historian and author of The Oven Birds and Mind Cure in New England will share insights on womanhood The March speaker will be Dr Ben Kimpel of North Bennington retired from Drew University The branch honors three members as outstanding women of the year and notes Elaine Carpenter as the local education representative AAUW invites local women to join via the branch treasurer or by calling 442 9671
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Gail Thain Parker
Bennington College
Bennington
American Association of University Women
Warren Jensen
Convent Avenue
Parker
Radcliffe College
Harvard
New England
AAUW
Ben Kimpel
North Bennington
Department of Philosophy
Drew University
Gale Holden
Norma McShane
Mary Anne Schaad
Elaine Carpenter
Bennington Area
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Carabinieri
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Brattleboro
Joseph Higgins
Tel Road
Northside
Monument Plaza
Gregory Mastaler
South Main St
Paradise Restaurant
Bryan le Spafford
Frank St
Linda May Mears
Grove St
Senate
Jorda
Center For International Affairs
Harvard University
Garden Club
Thomas Foster
United States
Africa
Leon Jacobs
Roderick Humphreys
Armstrong Floor
Armstrong
Dunham Furniture Inc
Elm ST
Radford
Oaks
North ST. Bennington
Bennington Briefs
Bell Telephone
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jack Anderson
New York Times
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
Jack Landau
Mau
Tucson, Ariz
Barry Goldwater
R. Ariz
Ay Mh
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Air Vermont
Nichols
Washington’s
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