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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1967

Page

12

Two Found in Contempt of Court For Failing To Support Families

Two local men were found in contempt of Municipal Court Monday for failing to support their families as required by court orders. A third pleaded not guilty to a non-support charge and was ordered to begin temporary payments. Don ald P. Snyder Jr., 24, of Shafts bury, and Francis Sweet, 40, of Bennington, were found in contempt. Nelson Barney, 22, of 311 Main St., was arraigned on non support. Snyder, disobeying a weekly order since August 26, 1966, was sentenced to 90 days in county jail. Sweet, said to be a year behind, received 30 days in jail and a new order for 25 per week after release.

Donald P. Snyder Jr Shaftsbury Francis Sweet Bennington Nelson Barney Main St Snyder Sweet Barney John P. Morrissey Atty R. Marshall Witten George M. Fienberg Fienberg Francis C. Bruso Jr House of Correction Loren A. Senna Monkton John C. Carriero Port Chester N.Y Stephen E. Stern Brooklyn Peru Donald W. Mclain Williamstown Mass Pownal David N. Jann New York City

Georgia Legislature Set to Elect Governor Maddox

In Atlanta the Georgia General Assembly convenes in a joint session to name the next governor after no candidate won a majority in November. Lester Maddox, a 51-year-old Democrat known for civil rights opposition, leads Howard Callaway in the expected vote, with debates over a runoff and possible legal outcomes ongoing. The session also plans to seat Rep. Julian Bond after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned prior denial, marking a pivotal day in state politics.

Atlanta UPI Georgia General Assembly Lester Maddox Howard Bo) Callaway General Assembly Callaway Maddox Ax Handle Carl E. Sanders U.S Georgia Julian Bond

Traffic gains top three Vermont routes in November

Vermont highway counts show Peru on Vt 11 rising 21.7 percent from October, Shaftsbury on US 7 up 0.7 percent, and Wilmington on VT 9 up 14.7 percent. Yearly increases also noted with Peru 8.9 percent, Shaftsbury 2.7 percent, Wilmington 5.5 percent. Daily flows averaged 1411 at Peru, 3529 at Shaftsbury, 1467 at Wilmington.

Montpelier Peru Vermont Department of Highway U.S. 7 Shaftsbury Wilmington

Funeral rites for Mrs Mary J Lauzon held at Sacred Heart

The funeral of Mrs Mary J Lauzon widow of Gilbert Lauzon died at Warner Nursing Home was held at Sacred Heart Church with a Requiem High Mass. Bearers included Edgar and Eugene Lauzon Raymond Lauzon Julian Rousseau and Edmund Lauzon. Fr McAuliffe led Rosary with St Anne Society participants. Honorary bearers named from St Anne Society. Interment scheduled in Park Lawn Chapel with spring burial in family lot. Relatives from multiple cities attended. READSBORO funeral for William S Pike, 85, held at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev Addie E Davis.

Mary J. Lauzon Gilbert Lauzon Warner Nursing Home Sacred Heart Church Lawrence McAuliffe C.S.C Mahar & Son Funeral Home Edgar and Eugene Lauzon Williamstown Mass Raymond Lauzon Cambridge N.Y Julian Rousseau William Edmund Lauzon Bennington Father McAuliffe St. Anne Society St. Anne’s Society Roland Mary) Marcoux Theo Readsboro William S. Pike First Baptist Church Addie E. Davis Hoolick Falls Alexander Metcalfe Wood Flong Corp Hoosick Falls Leo J. Mahar St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Joel B. Miller Maple Grove Cemetery William Roberts John A. Murphy

Bennington Briefs Cub Scout Troop 345 meeting tonight

A notice lists several local meetings including Cub Scout Troop 345 at Sacred Heart parish hall tonight at 7 30. Other groups meet midweek and in January for social and civic events across Bennington and nearby towns.

Sacred Heart Parish Hall Senior Citizens Club Moose

YMCA Schedule Week of January 9 14 and Funeral Notice

Week of January 9 to 14 lists YMCA activities by day including teen lounge, bowling, volleyball and bridge sessions, junior and senior classes, and special meetings at various gyms. Arlington funeral for Guy W. Bentley notes service at Hanson-Waldbridge Funeral Home with committal in Evergreen Cemetery. bearers listed. burial in Sandgate Cemetery planned in spring.

Cherry Hoopers Air Force Reserve Manchester Guard American Finance Barney Slimnastics Shaftsbury Nadeau Princess Ruskins Jaycees High School Woodford Jr. Hi Gray Armory

Six Weekend Accidents Reported by State Police

State police investigated six weekend accidents with no injuries. At 12:45 p.m. Miriam Wallace 79 of Lancaster and Joseph Dusek 66 of East Arlington collided at Ice Pond and Warm Brook in Arlington. Minor damage reported. Wallace traveled on Warm Brook from the south as Dusek turned onto it from Ice Pond.

Miriam L. Wallace Lancaster Penn Joseph Dusek East Arlington Ice Pond Warm Brook Roads Arlington U.S. 7 Warm Brook Road Philip Bahan Herman Webb Nannette M. Marceau Bennington Ellan A. Aleksonis

Catholic Daughters hold Jan meeting and charity drives

CDA notes Grand Regent Stella Bruneau presided at the January 3 meeting as resumes of nursing home visits were given. Girl Scouts accompanied by members delivered gifts and sang carols at nursing homes and to the Soldiers' Home with several committees active. An upcoming Feb 7 supper meeting with K through M on the committee was announced along with Vatican II laity role discussions. Separate items report multiple traffic accidents in Shaftsbury Arlington Sunderland and Woodford with minor to moderate damage and no serious injuries.

Court St. Andrew Daughers of America Stella Bruneau Blanche Shea Pat Quist Jean Stone Mary Ann Roy Helen LaRoche Maisie Dockum Lorraine Petras Lois Berard Jean Morin Anna Griffin Elizabeth Hogan Girl Scouts of Troops Barbara Hurley Olga Mahar Josephine Eddington Claire Thompson Elizabeth Horst Dorothy Roy Aileen Culliton Anne Cummings Msgr. Flanagan Shaftsbury Marceau Airport Road Aleksonis U.S. 7 David L. Gregins Danbury Conn Vt. 313 Arlington David E. Jannicky Gregins Sunderland John E. Bearden Thomas J. Tramont Weathersfield Woodford

Lodge doubts North Vietnam seeks peace talks

U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge said he does not believe North Vietnam wants peace talks despite a possibly encouraging Premier’s statement. He argued the Communists would fade out rather than admit defeat, unless peace efforts are conducted secretly through actions.

Washington UPI Henry Cabot Lodge U.S South Vietnam North Vietnam Vietnam Lodge CBS Saigon

Hospital Notes January 1967 Admissions Discharges Births and Funeral

Hospital notes record admissions for January 6 7 and 8 1967 including Shirley Brown Mryde Johnson Philip Bett Herbert Macauley and others. Discharges list William Bohmer Karen Flynn Marjorie Francisco Elane Maguire Elizabeth Kline and more. Births announce four newborns plus a Boston birth Gary Craig. Funeral services held for Joseph Alfred Skinger in Stowe.

Shirley Brown Mryde Johnson Philip Bett Herbert Macauley Bennington Alphonso T. Hubbard Hoosick Falls William Bohmer Karen Flynn North Hoosick Marjorie Francisco North Bennington Elane Maguire Elizabeth Kline Shaftsbury Alice Lushman West Hartford Conn

Eshkol Warns Israel Might Use Force If Borders Aggressions Continue

Eshkol insists Israel would employ force to deter border incidents amid renewed Arab aggression. He notes only one Israeli retaliation so far, a November raid into Jordan against Arab terrorists. Former PM Ben Gurion says no immediate Arab attack risk, but warns of changing situation within ten years.

Eshkol Jordan David Ben Gurion Israel

Burlington Couple wed in Lutheran Church ceremony

Miss Carol Alice Biddle daughter of Mr and Mrs George Biddle formerly of North Bennington married Gary William Dean son of Mrs Ella M Dean of Brandon December 31 at the home of the Biddles. The bride a 1964 North Bennington High and Champlain College graduate works for General Electric Burlington. The groom a 1964 Otter Valley graduate is a University of Vermont junior and works for the Agriculture Research Service at UVM. They will reside in Milton.

Burlington Carol Alice Biddle George Biddle North Bennington Gary William Dean Ella M. Dean Brandon M. Dienst Lutheran Community Church South Burlington Dean North Bennington High School Champlain College General Electric Co Otter Valley Union High School University of Vermont Agriculture Research Service UVM Milton

Area Obituaries Hoosick Falls and Manchester Center

Two obituaries from Hoosick Falls and Manchester Center note the deaths of Mary C. Cunningham 82 and Florence Louise Sessions 68. Cunningham formerly of Hoosick Falls served as housekeeper and cook for locals including Rev. Victor C. O'Brien, with survivors led by brothers William J. O'Brien Raymond and John. Sessions, a Manchester Center resident since birth, left husband Arthur and son Arthur, Eber, with a half-brother George Lane and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements and burial are listed with locations in Hoosick Falls and Manchester Center.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Mary C. Cunningham St. Mary’s Granville Victor C. O’brien Pittstown Timothy Cunningham William J. O’brien Watervliet Raymond Glens Falls John Rensselaer Manchester Center Florence Louise Sessions Arthur Sessions Manchester Charles Lane Harned Fowler Vfw Post Mount Equinox Grange Arthur Eber Sessions George Lane West Rutland Brewster Funeral Home Robert Clayton Zion Episcopal Church Factory Point Cemetery

Stock Averages at Noon January 9 1967

At noon on January 9 1967 Dow Jones Bache & Co Albany reported 30 Industrials at 809.74 up 1.00, 20 Railroads at 212.55 up 1.57, 15 Utilities at 138.45 down .16, with a composite average of 291.02 up .81 and overall volume of 4,210,000.

Dow-Jones—Bache & Co Albany

Arab names for Canus Major stars with Sirius Greek origin

Astronomy notes discuss the brightest Canus Major stars named by Arabs, noting Sirius as Greek. The author hints at a future piece about why no dog reference remains in the Arabic names and proposes a colloquial description likening stars to parts of a dog.

Canus Major

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U.S. Supreme Court Bond Mark Samse Fanwood N.J Sidney Hulsizer Mark Area Funerals Dore Thelma Middletown Cambridge, N.Y Pittsfield Brattleboro Bennington Briefs Scotch Foursome Mt. Anthony Country Club Harold Kramer L. Cdr F. Ellen Hunt Ncusn Frank Hunt Dewey Street Camp Lejeune N.C Guantanamo Bay Cuba Second Congregational Emma Paige Union St United Church First Methodist Church Richard Sprague Southern Vermont American Association of Retired Persons Methodist Church Hall The United Counseling Service Board of Trustees UCS George E. Gilman Gage St Bennington College Tucson Ariz Treehaven School Beatrice Gilman E. Ruth Dorman Putnam Memorial Hospital League of Women Voters Nancy Lamb Monument Avenue League Robert Frost Thoreau Pike Fay Eldred Groton Whitingham Mr. Pike Michael, Suzanne and Cheryl Abell Michael Sean Abell Suzanne Rae Cheryl Ann Robert Rudd Jr North Pownal J. Lynwood Smith Edmunds Taft John Goodrich Eugene Steady Monroe Allen Lake View Cemetery Father Smith Nancy Abell Magnus Sabin Abell Jr Shelburne Loomis St YMCA Guy W. Bentley Hanson-Walbridge Granville Greenwold Federated Church Evergreen Cemetery Mr. Bentley Sandgate Richard Bentley Gilbert Wilcox Paul Pike Maynard Grout Bentley Lenox North Viet Monica Corcoran Royal White Elaine Davis Stephen Carton Celine Mallory Ruth Dow Arthur Barber Harriet Hayes Rose Hover Eagle Bridge Gladys M. Ryan Olin Smith Donald Latif Leonard Candid Jeffrey Fortier George Bush Dorset Malcolm Tifft Karen Aus Tin Theodore Sausville Gail Cross Ida M. van Wert Nancy Hall Charles Batease Harvest Hills Emery Krausz West Dover David Tripp East Road Charles Tremblay Beth Israel Hospital Boston Gary Craig Louis Morneault Jr Somerville, Mass Morneault Noreen Hayden Peart Harold Craig Peart Coulter Street Mr. Peart Joseph A. Skinger Stowe Joseph Alfred Skinger Stowe Community Church Skinger Constance Adams Joanna Erica Carol House Democrats Powell McCormack Democratic Study Group DSG Cash &Carry Aluminum H. Greenberg Dean Biddle St. Mary, Catholic Daughters of America Altar and Rosary Society Church of the Immaculate Conception Hoosick Grange Leo Mahar St. Mary’s Cemetery Mrs Harte Theatre Franciosa Paramount Picture Fishman’s MAIN Bennington, VT TIMEX Frost North St. Bennington, Vt
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