Romney Should Court Wednesday Club in 1968 bid
A small liberal GOP group called the Wednesday Club, with about 20 members, may become pivotal for Romney in linking votes at the nominating convention. Romney has not yet approached them, though several members back him, and the club has a history of shaping party unity and convention strategy.
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Washington
UPI
George Romney
Romney
Michigan
Richard M. Nixon
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
John V. Lindsay
Stanley R. Tupper
Maine
U.S
Canada
Mark Andrews
N.D
Alphonzo Bell
William S. Mailliard
Calif
William T.cahill
Peter Prelinghuysen
N.J
Silvio O. Conte
F. Bradford More
Mass
Frank J. Horton
Ogden R. Reid
Howard W. Robison
N.Y
James Harvey
Mich
Joseph M. McDade
Herman T. Schneebeli
Charles Mathias
Charles A. Mosher
Ohio
Garner E. Shriver
Kans
Robert T. Stafford
Robert Taft Jr
J. William Stanton
Richard S. Schweiker
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Chester L. Mize
Fostering Lucas urges private effort for preschool programs
Theodore G. Lucas of the New Jersey Association for Retarded Children argues the private sector must lead in preschool development for the mentally retarded despite new federal funds. He discusses a Mt. Anthony Jaycees radio program and a Bennington Friends of Retarded Children dinner where he will speak on developing the potential of mentally disabled children through early education and day care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore G. Lucas
The
New Jersey Association For Retarded Children, Inc
Mt. Anthony
Jaycees
Lucas
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
St. John the Baptist
North Bennington
Village Trustees Weigh 1967 Budget and Alternatives
Trustees of Bennington Village meet for a last minute budget session before the Citizens Party caucus at 8 in the Armory. They study a full budget, discuss the Police Department 75 290 proposal and 3.5 percent highway raises, and decide on a possible 323 851 General and Highway Fund total with 225 484 General Fund and 98 367 Highway Fund. An alternate budget is to be considered if a sinking fund vote alters the General Fund indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Citizens Party
Charles Bodine
Police and Traffic Committee
Police Department
Bodine
Leo Nash
Highway Committee
Village Atty
John H. Williams
Water Department
Adams
Pleasant Street
Downtown Corporation
U S Forces Engage in Attleboro and Gadseon Ops
In Operation Attleboro and last week’s Gadseon, U S forces hit the Communist Sanctuary’s southwestern area. Brig Gen William Dean led the 173rd Airborne as paratroopers landed from 1 000 feet while snipers fired. Helicopter gunships and air strikes targeted the landing zone fringe. Ten paratroopers were injured during the drop with back and ankle injuries reported.
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Ham
Attleboro
Gadseon
Gadsden
William Dean
173Rd Airborne
Petersburgh boy dies in Route 2 accident
Lewis Aaron Babcock 13 of Petersburg born in Troy son of Lewis E. and Pearl Babcock. Seventh grader at Berlin Central School survived by parents a brother Frank H. and two sisters Mary Lou and Beverly Brock. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home Petersburg. Interment Weaver Cemetery Petersburg. Friends may call Friday afternoon and evening.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Lewis Aaron Babcock
Here
Troy
Lewis E. (Pearl) Babcock
Berlin Central School
Frank H. Babcock
Mary Lou Babcock
Beverly Brock
Hospital Notes and Local News Snapshots
Hospital notes list admissions Lynn Burgess Ruby Bent David Downey John Johnson Brian Pratt Betty Ferenc and others in Bennington Pawlet and Woodford. discharges include Jeffrey Chenaille Juanita Hill Ronald Lindsey Norman Mattison John Hess Linda Hess and Marlene Grenier. Births recorded for Seneca family in North Bennington and Tobin family in Sunderland. Also notes Mars detections and a Petersburg obituary for Elwin Brock. College dean’s list mentions Castletown State students Bird Kline Laurie. Veterans of WWI Baracks meeting and Union College history course for teachers announced. Iron Kettle Friday Special haddock meal offered.
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Lynn Marie Burgess
Ruby Bent
David Downey
John M. Johnson
Brian Pratt
Bennington
Betty Ferenc
Pawlet
Jeffrey Chenaille
Juanita Hill
Woodford
Ronald Lindsey
Shaftsbury
Ronald Bull
Norman Mattison
John Hess
Linda Lee Hess
Arlington
Marlene Grenier
Hoosick Falls
Easing of Sunday Drink Law Debated at House Hearing
Vermont lawmakers held a public hearing on a bipartisan bill to extend Sunday and Saturday drinking hours to 1 a.m. for lounges and clubs while preserving current limits for full meals. Supporters stress tourism freedom and social change, but opponents cite highway safety and moral concerns.
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Aaron Windsor
Plainfield
Vermont
Windsor
Gordon Avery
Tavern Motor Inn
Liquor Control Board
Reid Lefevre
Manchester
Lefevre
John Mulligans
Castleton
New Hampshire
Waldo Landquist
Derby
Funerals for Mrs. William D. Beaton in Troy and Edward C. Weir
Funeral services honored Mrs Elizabeth D Beaton 67 of 18 Dow St Troy died Feb 17 at Albany Medical Center Hospital with a Requiem Mass at St Patrick s Church officiated by Rev F William Whalen Interment St Jean s Cemetery She survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Gary M Clinton of Troy three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Also noted are funeral services for Edward C Weir WWI veteran who died at Veterans Hospital Northampton Mass with a Requiem High Mass at St Francis de Sales Church and entombment at Park Lawn Chapel followed by burial at St Mary s Cemetery Troy NY at a later date Relatives attended from Bethlehem Troy and Arlington
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Troy
N.Y
William
Elizabeth) D. Beaton
Dow St
Albany Medical Center
St. Patrick’s Church
William Whalen
George F. Hathaway
Roger S. Pratt
Willis V. Thomas
George F. Robert
St. Jean’s Cemetery
Father Whalen
White Creek
Willard
Anna
Archard) Pratt
Cambridge
Gary M. Clinton
Joseph A. O’bryan
Sixth Avenue
Bennington
Edward C. Weir
Veterans Hospital
Northampton
Mass
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Earl, Probert
Charles Harvey
Peter Harvey
Bethlehem
Flanagan
Park Lawn Chapel
St. Mary’s Cemetery
N. Y
Arlington
Pioneer diver named chief engineer at Flomatic plant
Wilbur C. Rice of Flomatic Corp announces Charles Hubbel Hawley as chief engineer at the North Hoosick valve plant. Hawley, Syracuse native, World War II and Korean War veteran, former Schroeder Machine designer, ran Visioneering Unlimited since 1956 producing patented scuba gear. He plans new Hawley designed masks and other products, with Flomatic outfitting an R and D department. Hawley, wife Nan, and three younger children relocate to Bennington. Eldest son John studies at Northrup Institute of Technology in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hoosick
N.Y
Wilbur C. Rice
Flomatic Corp
Charles Hubbel Hawley
Hawley
Syracuse
Syracuse University
Schroeder Machine Corp
Visioneering Unlimited
Rice
Nan
Rosamond
Hillary
Samara
Bennington
John
Northrup Institute of Technology
Los Angeles
Calif
Stock Averages Report February 23 1967 Dow Industrials Slip
The Dow Jones industrial average falls to 842.59, down 1.51 points on February 23 1967. Utilities and rail averages show minor declines as the composite slips to 303.70 with a total volume of 4,890,000 shares traded.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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House
Chamber
Ralph Leduc
R-Pittsford
George van Santvoord
D- Bennington
LeDuc
Bennington County
David Allen
James Wallace
William T. Burns
Dorset
Ruth Cole
Sunderland
James Lounsbury
Pownal
Ira Whitney
Stamford
William E. Dailey
Joseph Caracciola
van Santvoord
Robert Kearns
Hugh Clark
D-Bennington
Walter R. Koenig
Harry Bahan
U.S. 7
Samuel A. Jones
Wells
Ruth H. Pinsker
Clayton R. Hurley
Marjorie Hurley
Franklin S. Billings Jr
Hurley
Pinsker
William C. Sennett
Jones
Donald French
Rutland
Elizabeth Hess
Joseph Joseph
Rachel Moore
Edward Renner
Clarence Piper
Mary Nelson
Ruth Dragon
Royal Thayer
Lucy Jenkins
Mary Hall
Donald Ricker
David Mattimore
Bennington Friends of the Retarded
St. John’s Parish Hall
Dorothy Hager
BFRC
Harold Riemann
Charles Longtin
Walter F. Miller
Dwyer
Walt Disneys
Ighard
Lewis A. Babcock
Arthur Seneca
R.D. No. 1
Richard Tobin
Mars
Earth
Elwin J. Brock
Edwin Brock
Lena Verden
Grafton
Floyd
Averill Park
Morris
Waterford
Lester
Otto Burdick
Forrest
Leland
Raymertown
Clayton
Boyntonville
Jay
Castleton State College
Richard W. Bird
Roberta Ann Kline
Anna J. Laurie
West Rupert
Florence A. Black
VFW Rooms
Rush Welter
Bennington College
Union College
U.S. Office of Education
Gordon Whitcomb
Barton
William D. Beaton
North ST
Pittsfield, Mass
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Carlo Pont
David Lean
Boris Pasternaks
Panavision
Metrocolor
C.H. Hawley
Flomatic
Pc. Colonial
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