Dorset suitcase yields Washington letters treasure
A dilapidated Dorset Vermont suitcase holding “family papers” revealed a major cache of original Revolutionary War letters. Union College announced 87 items, including 51 letters from Gen George Washington, with 11 unpublished, now housed in Schaffer Library. The find, unearthed by Dr Codman Hislop, will be publicly exhibited March 9 to 31, with Life magazine securing exclusive publication rights.
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Dorset
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
Benedict Arnold
Union College
Washington
Gen. Washington
Schaffer Library
Union
Codman Hislop
John L. Hawkes
Hislop
Hawkes
Martin
Edwin K. Tolan
Schaffer
Neal W. Allen
John Bigelow
Harold C. Martin
Bernard R. Carman
Life Magazine
Life
Tolan
W. Wright Hawkes
Otis
Snow Flurries and Cloudiness Forecast Today Through Tuesday
Snow flurries with variable clouds continue today tonight and Tuesday. Highs range from about 10 to 20 degrees, with lows from minus 10 to plus 10. Yesterday’s high 20 low 14. 7 am reading 15. Precipitation total .07 inches, equals roughly one inch of snow. Sunset 5 26 p m sunrise 6 45 a m.
Clergy Debate Vietnam War at Vermont Meeting
Five Vermont clergy and local residents met at Mt. Anthony Union High School for a Citizens Concerned About Vietnam discussion on The Clergy Speaks on Vietnam. Moderator Very Rev John A Lynch framed peace with human concerns while panelists examined communism and Christian ideals, with differing views on how to achieve this end.
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William Abernethy
North Bennington
Vietnam
John A. Lynch
Rutland
Robert Green
Brattleboro
David Chevrier
Saxtons River
Roger Albright
Burlington
Buckler
Mt. Anthony Union High School
United Church of Christ
Roger L. Albright
Vermont Council of Churches
David
Chevrier
Unitarian Church
Abernethy
Karl Marx
Albright
Cain
Matthew
Mr. Albright
Congo
Bolivia
Germany
Bib
Falls Woman Killed In Head-On Collision
HOOSICK FALLS NY. Miss Alice Frances Burns 69 of 78 First St was killed and her niece and a Troy man injured in a head-on crash on NY 7 a mile east of Babcock Lake Rd Saturday afternoon. Burns rode with niece Helen V Kenyon 35 and the other driver was Thomas J O Connors 26 of 24 Maple Ave Troy. Burns to Putnam Memorial Hospital where pronounced dead. Kenyon treated and released. O Connors treated and released. Burns was longtime employee of Cluc ett Peabody and Co in Troy and a member of the Amal gamated Clothing Workers Union. Burial in St Marys Cemetery.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Alice Frances Burns
First St
Troy
Babcock Lake Road
Burns
Helen V. Kenyon
Rogers Ave
Thomas J. O’connor
Maple Ave
Town of
Miss Burns
Clucett, Peabody and Co
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Nora Hills
Mary Smith
William H. Burns
Reds Open Second Rocket Attack on Tan Son Nhut Airbase
Communist guerrillas launched a second heavy rocket assault on Tan Son Nhut outside Saigon as ground fighting flared around Tan Thoi village and a key Saigon River bridge. Westmoreland’s headquarters reportedly hit. casualties rose among American and Vietnamese troops while rail and road links near Bien Hoa were disrupted.
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Saigon
UPS
Tan Son Nhut
William CC. Westmoreland
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
Bien Hoa
U.S
Westmoreland
Joint Committee Considers Change to Vermont Highway Plan
The six member Joint Highway Legislative Investigating Committee meets to finalize recommendations on Gov. Hoff's 422 million highway program. They weigh beltlines for Rutland and Bennington, bond terms, and shifting road planning to the department's top level while debating funds to support four projects without delaying others. Senator Jeffords says 20 to 30 year bonds and reduced safety standards could cut costs and questions the southwestern Vermont needs.
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Chelsea
Newport-Derby
James Jeffords
Rutland
Investi
Gating Committee
Jeffords
Bennington
Hoff *T
Vermont
Burlington Beltline
Northeast Kingdom
Tornado Hits Miami Rips Through 25-Block Area
A tornado described as worse than a hurricane struck Miami, injuring at least 12 people and causing extensive damage across a 25 block area. Police and metro officials surveyed the scene, noting smashed windows, toppled roofs, overturned cars, downed powerlines, and a ruined liquor store complex.
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Miami
UPI
Metro
2Nd Ave
164Th Street
10Th Ave
178Th St
167Th St
Inside BTPA President Answers Banner Editorial
Gerald Raftery defends Disney production on Page 4 as columnist. Basketball playdown pairings shown across all leagues on Page 8.
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BTPA
Gerald Raftery
Disney
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Pearl Harbor
Berlin
Reds
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