Cree To Talk to GBA On Vermont Today and Tomorrow
Albert Cree of Rutland CVPSC chair and CEO will be guest speaker at the Greater Bennington Association annual dinner February 3. He will discuss Vermont's economic growth in a talk titled Vermont Today and Tomorrow at Mt. Anthony Country Club. Tickets available at the GBA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Cree
Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPSC
Greater
GBA
Gov. Hoff
Robert E. Cummings
Panama Pact Tension Flare Across Canal Zone
U S authorities plan to begin evacuations of dependents in Balboa as Panamanian flag rights stir conflict. Flags to fly jointly in the canal zone while Panamanian and U S officials meet under OAS auspices. Politicians in Washington criticize the flag concession as a treaty issue and demand Senate duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Balboa
United States
Panama Republic
Balboa High School
Canal Zone
Panama
Ancon
Roberto Chiari
OAS
Washington
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
England
Armistead Selden
Dala
House
Senate
William Cramer
Fla
Obituary of Alla Hearn Roberts of Williamstown
Mrs Alla Hearn Roberts 90 of 5 Church St Williamstown died Saturday at her daughter's home. She was the widow of Nelson A Roberts former Mt Hope Farm manager. Survived by nieces and nephews and daughter Mrs David Towsley. Funeral today at First Baptist Church Williamstown burial Eastlawn Cemetery Williamstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Alla (Hearn) Roberts
Church St
David Towsley
Roberts
Nelson A. Roberts
Mt. Hope Farm
Francis Hearn
Ellen (Mason) Hearn
Rural district weighs mobile classrooms and reading aide
Supt Wagner proposed hiring a reading specialist for elementary grades and Walker presented mobile classrooms formed from two trailer units on block foundations to ease anticipated overcrowding. The board will meet January 27 with Mohawk-Hudson Council reps about subscribing to educational TV. Third, fifth, seventh and ninth graders will be charged $1 for annual physicals. nurse Mrs Kinney may schedule oral polio vaccine clinics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Walker
Ford Foundation
Chicago
Mohawk - Hudson Council of
Albany
N.Y
Molly Stark
Rachel Kinney
Seven Bennington County Residents Leave for Army Physicals
Seven Bennington County residents depart this afternoon by chartered bus for Albany New York to undergo pre induction physical exams Wednesday. Names include John Shalala John Marechal Robert Knapp all of Bennington Larry Sargent Ru pert Alden Grout East Arlington Dexter Dorr and John Dufresne Manchester Depot. Also leaving are Leslie Hancock transferred from Miami Henning Cortland transferred from International Falls and Edgar Carlson transferred from Bethesda returning for consultation. Induction call for February is for one volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Bennington County
John Shalala
John Marechal
Robert Knapp
Bennington
Larry Sargent
Rupert
Alden Grout
East Arlington
Dexter Dorr
John Dufresne
Manchester Depot
Leslie Hancock
Miami, Fla
Henning Cortland
International Falls
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Notices And Updates
Mrs. John Ryan recovers at home after surgery at 116 Putnam Street returning from St Marys Hospital in Troy New York. United Counseling Service trustees set 8 pm meeting at Lodge of Putnam Memorial Hospital. William Plumb US Navy electronics technician third class son of Montpelier residents promoted aboard USS Bonhomme Richard out of San Diego. Ladies Auxiliary to VFW 1332 MEETS 7 30 pm at Old Bennington schoolhouse. Well Baby clinic at Bennington Elementary Saturday 9 10 am for preschool children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ryan
Putnam St
Ryan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Troy
N.Y
The
United Counseling Service
Lodge of Putnam Memorial Hospital
William C. Plumb
USN
Charles A. Plumb
Redstone Ave
Montpelier
Bon Homme Richard
San Diego
Calif
Plumb
Ladies Auxiliary
Green Mountain
Bennington
Park Street
Stock Averages Report at Noon on Wall Street
The Dow Jones industrials stand at 774.49 with 30 stocks, the railroads at 180.72 with 20 stocks, and utilities at 140.55 with 15 stocks. The composite average reaches 271.83 as daily sales total 2,580,000.
Billado Missing. Vermont Case Nearing Closure
Montpelier insurance man Charles P. Billado has been missing since January 2. Lt. Glenn Davis says the investigation is almost closed and Billado is considered a missing person with no charges. He is believed to be out of Vermont. Mrs. Lester Davis stays with Billado’s wife and their two month old son. Davis and Billado’s wife are sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Charles
Chuck) P. Billado
Glenn Davis
Bureau of the
Vermont Public Safety Departement
Billado
Vermont
Lester Davis
Bennington
Jacqueline Armes Strong
Davis
Mrs
Hospital Notes Births and Residents Named in Bennington
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Alfred Yott and Mrs and Mrs Ross Jepson with newborn daughters born Jan 13. Also Mr and Mrs William Dunican welcome a son on Jan 13. The section includes residents from Bennington Hoosick Falls East Arlington Manchester Center and North Bennington with several named people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Farrington
Walter Mee Garey
Philip Bushee
Robert Howe
Bennington
Maria Dunican
John Brillon
Kathleen Luce
North Bennington
Nancy Male
Norma Shanahan
Neil Cooney
Donald Tate
Hoosick Falls
Ali«ene Ennis
East Arlington
Alfred Yott
Frank Street
Jan
Ross Jepson
River St
William Dunican
North Branch Street
Labor Council To Nominate County Officers
The Bennington County Central Labor Council meets tonight at Putnam Hotel from 8 p.m. to nominate officers for the year. Elections by 18 delegates from six locals occur at the February meeting. Current officers are Kenneth E. Clayton, Clark B. Condon, Glen Linihan, and Mrs. Ethel Bruso. The agenda includes plans for an educational program with instructors from the University of Vermont to teach basic economics and labor management relations, potentially a 10 week evening course, plus discussion of spring and summer projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County Central Labor Council
Putnam Hotel
Kenneth E. Clayton
Arlington
Clark B. Condon
Glen Linihan
Shaftsbury
Ethel Bruso
Bennington
Leo Durocher Served a Writ in Middlebury
Former baseball figure Leo Durocher has been served with a writ in Addison County Vermont. He appeared before Judge Leon Bushey and posted 30,000 dollars bail. Sheriff Alan Chandler said the suit details and filing information were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Leo Durocher
Addison County
Alan Chandler
Chandler
Durocher
Leon Bushey
American Legion Youth Fund
Vermont
New York Yankees
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Vurocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Los Angeles
Vermont high schools form a new teen code movement
Vermont schools launch a statewide teen code to guide dating, home life, etiquette, school duties, dress, driving, and community service. Officials say it aims to show teens’ value, reduce dropout and driving risks, with parent participation and broad school involvement key to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Thomas Shea
Alcohol Education
BCHS
Catholic High
Job Placements in County Doubled in 63
The Bennington office of the Department of Employment Security reports 1963 job placements at 1,535, up from 733 in 1962. Nonagricultural openings reached 1,728 with September at 416 and February at 50. Agricultural placements rose to 60 from 40, and new applicants totaled 1,225 versus 849 in 1962 with year end registrations at 743.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Department of Employment Security
Marjorie Galvin
Bennington County
Zanzibar Crisis: U S Embassy Staff Targeted in Harbors
A telephone dispatch from Zanzibar to the U S Embassy in Dar es Salaam reports sporadic shooting and looting as the connection ends. An unidentified third secretary remains with Picard while the new regime allows the Manley on a goodwill visit to Kenya to enter Zanzibar harbor and remove the Americans linked to the Project Mercury tracking station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Dar Es Salaam
Picard
Manley
Kenya
Zanzibar Harbor
Town Receipts for 1963 Reported by Treasurer Hogan
Bennington Selectmen receive a 1963 summary showing total town receipts of $322,949.27 to the general fund and $26,205 for old age assistance. Delinquencies include $7,091.71 in taxes and $5,3 850 in delinquent old age polls, with a highway fund levy of $31,951.88 and delinquent $1,034.41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Bennington
Vermont high schools shortchange students with small staffs
Mrs. Ellen McKibben discusses concerns from the Governor Hoff Education Task Force. She cites 26 of Vermont's 83 public high schools with fewer than six high school teachers and enrollments under 100, arguing basic courses like reading math and writing lack adequate emphasis and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
McKibben
Montpelier
Ellen McKibben
South Burlington
Philip H. Hoff
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Alexander R. B. Drysdale
Vermont Development Commission
Alexander Dragon
Downtown Merchants Division
Robert M. Parmelee
Main Street
Hagerman
Edward Silver
Silver
John H. Morin
Park St
Branch Street
Vermont Highway Department
Eugene Shattuck
Coleville Road
Shattuck
Hall Bartlett
Jonn
Maureen Wayne
Chara
Technicolor
Panavision
United Artists
Drysdale’s
Bennington Briefs
Uate
Bennington High School
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Joseph Galli
Marie Townsend
Debebie Croft
Manchester Center
Christopher Marceau
Elm St
James H. Cruickshank
Burlington
U.S. Army Reserve
Army
Virginio N
Max) Perrotta
Marceau
Buckler
Labor Council
Zanzibar
Nekol
Union Street
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