Street Road Fight Sows Citizen Frustration
Citizen Edward L. Knapp pressed Bennington selectmen over town village road acceptance seeking a path from Gage Street Extension to an near 10 acre subdivision area. He discussed canal abandonment, water rights, and a land sale on the Roaring Branch south bank with town officials and village trustees.
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Bennington
Sys
Edward L. Knapp
Frank St
Gage Street
Frank Street
Knapp
Gage Stret
Leon R. Eldred
Rockwood
Atty
Franklin P. Jones
H. E. Bradford Co
Norton Barber
Roaring Branch
Brooklyn Bridge
Bennington Boy Scout Troop 55 Hikes Long Trail
Robert J. Reynolds led 14 scouts on a second class badge hike starting near Burgess Road then to Lake Hancock and five miles along the Long Trail before returning to Vermont after a camp meal. The troop elected three new reporters for January Gary Jones Tom Crow and Allen Hollister.
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Robert J. Reynolds
Bennington
Burgess Road
Lake Hancock
Vermont
Gary Jones
Tom Crow
Allen Hollister
Benhi Senior Commended for National Merit Test Score
Barbara D. Webster, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Donald Webster of 211 School Street, a Benhi senior, is commended by Principal Paul E. Kirsch for high performance on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test from last spring. About 28,700 students nationwide receive commendations. semifinalists and commended students total about 2 percent of high school seniors.
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Barbara D. Webster
Donald Webster
School Street
Benhi
Benci
Paul E. Kirsch
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
U.S
Merit Corp
NMSC
Barbara Webster
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Lloyd
6th Grade Civics Class Visits Bennington Courtroom
A Molly Stark School ninth grade civics class observed Bennington Municipal Court proceedings on a weekday morning. Judge Waldo Holden introduced State Atty. R. Marshall Witten to the students and noted advisory jury ideas from high schools in other states. Holden said the students would likely be stricter than ordinary juries and hoped they would not need to return.
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Bennington Municipal Court
Bennington
Molly Stark
Waldo C. Holden
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Holden
Graduation Cards Available at Benhi Graduation Cards
Judy Grant reports Benhi Catamount seniors may submit orders for graduation announcements personal calling cards and thank you notes via class secretary Gail Horst. Announcements feature silver script on white with blue Bendi emblem. advisor Hugh Perkins hopes orders are in by month end with delivery expected in March.
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Benhi
Gail Horst
Hugh Perkins
Giants win fifth Eastern Division title in seven years
New York giants clinched the NFL eastern division title for the fifth time in seven years as the team maintained a strong run of divisional success.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Giants
Elm blight prompts South Street tree removals
Forty or more elm trees along South Street are being removed this week after Dutch Elm disease was confirmed. Earl T. Thompson of Thompson Tree Co notes some trees are hollow inside while healthy appearing. cuts proceed branch by branch to avoid property damage as crews remove three from Alfred Bottum, five from William Grant, and one from Peleg Matson's properties.
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South Street
Earl T. Thompson
Thompson Tree Co
Thompson
Alfred Bottum
William Grant
Peleg Matteson
Local Seaman Begins Electronics Training
Seaman Michael F. Burke U S Navy son of Mr and Mrs John D Burke of 121 Pleasant St left Monday for Norfolk Virginia to report to Dam Neck for 15 weeks of electronics training in special systems including guided missile control units Burke enlisted in September 1961 via Senior Chief W E Talbert and underwent boot and temporary duty training at Great Lakes before starting the 24 week Electronics Fire Control School which he completed in mid December Burke is a 1961 graduate of Bennington Catholic High School.
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Michael F. Burke
U.S. Navy
John D. Burke
Pleasant St
Norfolk
Dam Neck
Seaman Burke
Navy
W.E. Talbert
Bennington County
Great Lakes
Navy Training Center
Bennington Catholic High School
Steak Prices Drop Across Stores This Weekend
Retailers advertise porterhouse at 85 cents a pound the lowest since July with deals on cube, sirloin and rib steaks plus roasts, short ribs, brisket, stew meat and ground beef. Pork cuts, lamb specials regionally, poultry deals, and cheaper eggs appear as Florida freeze fallout lingers and banana shipments slow at Atlantic and Gulf docks.
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Florida
California
Texas
Atlantic and
Gulf Docks
Vermont Motorboat License Renewal Forms Issued
The Marine Division of the Vermont Department of Public Safety will mail renewal forms to all 1962 motorboat registrants. Owners must verify and return the signed certificate with required fees by March 2 to keep the same registration number. New boat registrations are accepted but processed slowly and not immediately. Original applications must wait for the renewal form.
UM Coed Detects Universal Voice Cues For Love
University of Michigan student Marijana Benesh reports that romantic emotions can be identified from voice across languages. The study finds people skilled at recognizing emotion in one language also detect it in another.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
UPI
University of Michigan
TV's Typecasting Can Complicate Actor's Life
AP report explores how typecasting traps actors in single roles. Murray Hamilton, known for villains in Gun Smoke and The Untouchables, struggles to be seen in diverse parts. He aims to branch into Broadway comedy The Heroine, delayed by a New York newspaper strike.
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New York
Hollywood
Hugh O'Brian
Wyatt Earp
Ann Sothern
Raymond Burr
Perry Mason
Murray Hamilton
the Defenders
Hamilton
125 Foot Santa Fe Locomotive Donated At Union Station
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe representatives and the National Museum of Transport held a ceremony in Union Station yards for the donation of a 125 foot long oil burner locomotive. The locomotive with a rigid wheelbase could not enter the station curve and was retired in 1955 after 725000 miles in mountain district freight service for Santa Fe.
Space Age Quiet Town of Gainesville Is Wiped Off the Map
Gainesville Mississippi, a sleepy river town of about 100 residents, faces erasure as a 500 million dollar Mississippi test facility expands to acquire 141000 acres to test the world’s largest rocket engines. Once a sawmill hub, it declined after 1883 when railroads bypassed it and never recovered. By 1962 only 35 families remained.
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Mississippi
Pearl River
Gainesville
Benhi Reworks Mid-Year Exams For Week Of Jan Ten
Principal Paul E. Kirsch announced a revised mid year exam plan at Benhi. Most classes will test during the week of January 10 to 17 with unit tests in regular periods, while BSCS biology and exploratory shop are exempt. January 18 will be set aside for exam corrections and student dismissal.
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Benhi
Paul E. Kirsch
Kirsch
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