Johnson's Budget Sets Record at $100 Billion
President Johnson unveils a record near 100 billion for fiscal 1965 with hopes to cut deficits. The budget foresees over 90 billion in revenues and an indicated deficit under 10 billion, aided by an $11 billion tax cut retroactive to law. Gronouski announces postal cuts and facility funding reductions.
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Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
White House
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
John A. Gronouski
LBJ
Gronouski
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Hoff To Clear The Air On Secrecy Issue
Gov Hoff invites all state news media to a January 20 luncheon to discuss the right to know issue. Attending will be Atty Gen Charles E. Gibson Jr and deputy Chester S. Ketcham, whose Racing Commission opinion drew newspaper criticism. Hoff says some papers misinterpreted the opinion and urges journalists to consult lawyers at the meeting.
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Hoff
Ketcham
Neighborliness Pays Off For Rescue Squads
The Hoosick New York and Bennington rescue squads activated a mutual aid pact starting Thursday. Hoosick loaned its Buick ambulance to Bennington, then Bennington lent a Cadillac ambulance to Hoosick when a Troy transport was needed. Hoosick kept radio and phone ready for Bennington calls and its crash truck was made available if needed.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Bennington
Buick
Occupational Flexibility Seen As Need in New England's Future
Edward T. O'Donnell of the U S Department of Labor says rapid technological change will require workers with higher education and skill in New England. He notes rising service and government jobs, and that manufacturing will grow more slowly than overall employment by 1970.
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Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Weaver
New England
Boston
Mass
Edward T. O’donnell
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New Englander
New England Council
O’connell
Department of Labor
O’donnell
Parochial and Public Schools Eye Shared Time Plan
Union board members study how expanded shared time affects public school costs and who bears them. They consider enrollment rules, space needs, and staffing, with officials proposing additional classrooms and three more teachers. Fr Spinelli and Fr Heath back joint use of BCHS and new union high school facilities.
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Ther
Jackson Ostrander
Pownal
Benhi
Union School
Union District
Heath
BCHS
Union High School
Union High
Spinelli
Benchi
Mt Anthony Board Nears Decision On New High School Site
Mt Anthony Union School District directors continued their Thursday night session at Bennington Elementary School to weigh Soldiers Home property versus Town Farm land for a new high school. An option with the Vermont Soldiers Home would cost 1 and the sale price for about 60 acres was placed at 32 500, with conditions including first refusal and unclear title provisions. Court action tied to the Soldiers Home land was discussed, with Judge Hill expected to act soon, as factors like flood risk and development costs were weighed against the Town Farm site and potential power line and highway facility moves.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington
Atty
Eugene V. Clark
John H. Williams II
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Park Street
Williams
Home
Union Board
Clark
Union District
William C. Hill
Bennington County
Soldiers’ Home
Johnson to create White House consumer assistant post
President Johnson plans to name Esther Peterson as assistant on consumer matters in a newly created White House post. Peterson, with homemaker, teaching, union and sub cabinet experience, would be the highest ranking woman in government. She and Wirtz meet the President on budget matters at the LBJ Ranch today.
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LBJ Ranch
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Asst
Esther Peterson
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Peterson
White House
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Notices and Inductions
Lt. Carlton Allen and his wife and infant son visit Bennington while he serves at Ramsey A.F.B. in Puerto Rico. Local G M Pup Tent 2 Auxiliary members are asked to help with a social at the Vermont Soldiers Home. Two Bennington County registrants were to be inducted in Albany. A banner chronology and necrology credits omission is noted. Iron Kettle ads list weekend specials. Citizens discuss Soldiers’ Home site flood risk and potential alternate building site at Town Farm with soil borings planned.
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Hoff
Ralph A. Foote
Senate
GOP
Foote
Montpelier
Vermont
Carlton Allen
Allen
Scott Edward
Puerto Rico
Bennington
Deanne Weaver
Ramsey A.F. Base
Ladies Auxiliary
Green Mountain
Military Order of the Cootie
Vermont Soldiers
Pup
Obituaries for Hoosick Falls residents Charles W. Wilson and Lawrence Tatro
Mrs. Charles W. Wilson 70 of 122 Main St died after a long illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington. She was a Gold Star mother with a son Harold who died in World War II. Lawrence Tatro 32 of Kings Park L I, a Hoosick Falls native, was killed in a two car crash at Cold Spring Harbor. He was married with two children. Survivors include husband Harold Wilson and several Pratt brothers. Funeral arrangements are set with local services and cemetery burials planned in Pownal and Maple Grove Oak Hill.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Charles W. Wilson
Main St
Lizzie Irene Pratt
Pownal
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Harold
Wilson
Charles
Sarah (Myers) Pratt
Ladies Auxiliary
Hoosick
Wesley P. Miles
First United Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery
Legion Auxiliary
Lawrence Tatro
Kings Park
L.I
Cold Spring Harbor
Raleigh Tatro
First St
Hoo
Sick Falls
Church of the Immaculate
Cyprus peace talks await British led effort after riots
A committee of Greek and Turkish Cypriot representatives, alongside a British chairman, will draft proposals to revise the Cypriot constitution and treaties linking Britain Greece and Turkey. The British peace conference proposal was accepted 12 days after renewed fighting began, continuing long-standing enmity between the communities.
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Britain
Greece
Turkey
Mediterranean
Truck Smashes Parked Auto in Bennington
A pickup slammed into a parked 1961 Chevrolet in front of the Williams IGA on East Main Street, pushing it into a utility pole. Owner Carl H. Stratton, and driver Jay P. Ward Jr., plus passenger Laurence Parizo Sr., reported minor injuries. Parizo said his truck traveled about 334 feet after impact.
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Williams Iga
East Main Street
Bennington Village
Chevrolet
Carl H. Stratton
R,d. 2
Bennington
Jay P. Ward Jr
Conrad H. Parizo Sr
Branch St
Laurence R, Parizo
School St
Gage and
Maple Streets
Lois Feenan
Grove St
Carl Richey
Prospect St
Feenan
Gage Street
Maple Street
Richey
Dow Jones Averages Report From Albany Noon
The noon stock averages show the Dow Jones Industrials at 767.38 up 4.1 points, rails at 179.964 up .28, utilities at 138.99 up .46, and the composite at 269.62 up .53. Total sales reach 2,590,000.
Beverly Mattison and Earl Gallett Jr. announce engagement
Mr and Mrs Leo J Mattison of Manchester reveal the engagement of their daughter Beverly Jane to Earl F Gallett Jr son of Mr and Mrs Earl Gallett Sr of Bennington The bride to be is a Burr and Burton Seminary and Thompson School for Practical Nurses graduate now on the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital staff The groom elect is a Bennington High School graduate employed by Evans News Inc Bennington A June wedding is planned.
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Manchester
Leo J. Mattison
Beverly Jane
Earl F. Gallett Jr
Earl Gallett Sr
Bennington
Mattison
Burr & Burton Seminary
Thompson School For Practical Nurses
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Bennington High School
Evans News Inc
Funeral of Charles H. Woodard Held in Arlington
Charles H. Woodard died December 29 at his West Arlington home. His funeral was Thursday at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with ministers Norris Tibbetts retired and Granville Greenwald officiating. Bearers were James Edgerton Everett Randall Charles Lindsay Cecil Wilcox Jesse Harrington Arthur Johnson. Entombment in St Columban's vault. burial planned for Evergreen Cemetery in spring.
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Arlington
Charles H. Woodard
West Arlington
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Norris Tibbetts
Granville Greenwald
East Arlington Federated Church
James Edgerton
Everett Randall
Charles Lindsey
Cecil Wilcox
Jesse Harrington
Arthur Johnson
St. Columban
Evergreen Cemetery
Hospital Notes Admissions List and New Year Baby
The column lists patients admitted to Putnam Memorial Hospital including Richard Koehler Mrs Sadie Bills Wayland Loyd Donald Lohnes Helen Baker Odna Cone Schuyler Vander Veer Helen Phillips and son Bennington Alice Bump Howard Reynolds Lottie Lee Jane Brownell Jay Depew Elizabeth Ann Barber born New Year’s Day at 1 pm as Bennington’s first 1964 baby. Mrs Barber previously Mary Elizabeth Peet. The newborn is the first grandchild of the Peet and Barber families.
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Richard Koehler
Hoosick Falls
Sadie Bills
Wordsboro
Wayland Loyd
Donald R. Lohnes
Helen Baker
Odna Cone
Bennington
Schuyler Vander Veer
Helen Phillips
Alice Bump
Howard D. Reynolds
Lottie Lee
North Petersburg
Jane Brownell
North Bennington
Jay Depew
Dorset
Elizabeth Ann Barber
Walter L. Barber Jr
Union Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Benenington
Barber
Mary Elizabeth Peet
William Peet
Margaret Lane
Walter L. Barber Sr
Whipstock Road
Welfare Committee Meeting Set for Monday in Bennington
The Bennington Community Welfare Committee will meet Monday January 6 at 12 15 PM at the New Englander Restaurant to evaluate this year’s Christmas effort and plan next year’s program. Attendees are invited and asked to bring a sandwich. coffee and tea will be provided.
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Bennington Community Welfare Committee
New Englander
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Silver St
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