Vermont Legislature Opens Special Session In Urgency Drive
Montpelier AP The Vermont Legislature began a special session with Speaker Billings urging minimal partisanship and a test of urgency for bills to curb session length. Senate leaders set a one week limit on bill introductions and joint public hearings with House committees are mandated. Gov Hoff to outline program in a later joint session.
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House
Ralph A. Foote
Senate
Gov. Hoff
Benhi PTA to Host Talk by Dr. Hamilton on Child Abnormalities
Bennington High School invites the community to a Monday February 3 meeting at 8 p.m. in the Benhi multi purpose room. Dr. Robert V. Hamilton of North Adams State College will discuss The Abnormalities of the Normal Child. Refreshments will be served. The next PTA meeting is set for March 4 at 7 30 p.m.
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Bennington High School
Benhi
Robert V. Hamilton
North Adams State College
Jerome Steps Down as Mount Anthony Country Club President
J. C. Jerome resigns after holding the Mount Anthony Country Club presidency since 1957 and will remain as club manager until the new board organizes. A nine member board was elected replacing the five. Franklin P. Jones and H. James Wallace renamed and seven new directors named.
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Jerome
Mount Anthony
Mt. Anthony
Wheeler
Jones
MacBride Attacks Gov Hoff Plan as Tax Waste
Rep Roger MacBride of Halifax blasts Gov Hoff plan before its release urging Vermonters to audit tax dollars and oppose creeping censorship. He says avoid wasteful experiments and live within means while offering to supply speakers to discuss state government costs.
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Montpelier
MacBride
House of Representatives
Halifax
Vermont Taxpayers Council
P.O. Box 321
Vermont
Larrow Named Chairman of Vermont Liquor Board
Governor Hoff appointed Robert W. Larrow to lead the Vermont Liquor Control Board, succeeding Donald E. O'Brien who resigned to become a Superior Court judge. Larrow will serve the remainder of O'Brien’s term through 1969, continuing the Democratic representation from Chittenden County.
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Montpelier
Burlington City
Robert W. Larrow
Vermont Liquor Control Board
Hoff
Donald E. O’brien
South Burlington
Liquor Control Board
Larrow
O’brien
Governor’s Office
Chittenden County
Five Injured Sunday Near Bennington-Pownal Line
Five people were injured in a near head-on collision on U.S. 7 just north of the Bennington Pownal line. Victims, taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital, include Carla Sullivan 14 Mary Ann Burzimant 16 Tammy A Sullivan 18 Karen Smith 6 months and Rosalie Smith 22. Edward W Smith 23 drove the other car.
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U.S. 7
Bennington-Pownal
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Carla Sullivan
Mary Ann Burzimat
Tammy A. Sullivan
Karen Smith
Rosalie Smith
Burziman
Tammy Sullivan
North Adams
Mass
Smith
Hospital notes and town notices amid winter traffic delays
The list records hospital admissions and discharges in Bennington area towns including Dorset Readsboro Hoosick Falls and Manchester Depot plus several family events like births and marriages. It notes a multicar crash on Vermont routes 9 11 and 30 with injuries and subsequent delays, aided by U.S. Army Reserve members returning from Brattleboro plots.
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Vermont
Woodford
Manchester
Vermont 9
Bennington
U.S. Army Reserve
Brattleboro
Bennington Lions hear Pekalski on post office topics
Bennington Lions Club met at 6 30 p m Tuesday at Knotty Pine Restaurant with postmaster Stanley J Pekalski as guest speaker on The Why and Where of our New Post Office Ned Winslow served as program chairman. The club announced a second Dale Carnegie course begins Jan 29 at 7 30 p m at Bennington High School.
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Stanley J. Pekalski
Bennington
Bennington Lions Club
Knotty Pine
Ned Winslow
The
Lions
Dale Carnegie
Bennington High School
Federal housing aid shift targets urban renewal plan
Congress debates a new 1.4 billion two year authorization to expand urban renewal and convert housing within a 50 000 unit annual limit to public facilities. The 1961 act authorized 2 billion over three years, with open space preservation and some loans for community facilities as the only notable actions.
Beers Family Folk Concert Delights Hoosick Falls Audiences
Eve lyne Beers Bob Beers and daughter Martha drew about 500 people in Hoosick Falls Central School auditorium with a program of songs music and folklore from the Beers Sullivan family tradition. Photographer Ann Mear plans a written piece on the family. The trio tours next week in Arkansas.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Evelyne
Bob Beers
Martha
Beers
Sullivan
America
Ann Mear
New York City
Arkansas
Missing Boy Scout brothers Found Safe In Yard
A worried mother told police her two sons aged 10 and 14 had not returned from a Boy Scout meeting. Officers located them in the back yard tucked in sleeping bags, safe and sound.
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Nogales
Ariz
Area Obituaries From California To Vermont
Obituaries report Edward W W Simons of Port Chester New York died at Mt. San Antonio Gardens Claremont Pomona area January 23. Francis T Mulvihill of Hoosick Falls New York died after a short illness at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge. Clara Grout 81 longtime nurse from Vermont died at Putnam Memorial Hospital Randolph. Letitia Holden 70 former Bennington High School faculty died in Proctor Vermont. Funeral details list residences, relatives and burial plans in Riverside Rye Hoosick Falls Randolph Proctor areas.
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Pomona
Calif
Edward W.W. Simons
Bennington
Mt. San Antonio Gardens
Claremont
Mr. Simons
Port Chester
N.Y
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Atchison & Graham
Riverside
Jesse F. Perrin
Greenwood Cemetery
Rye
John Leiberderfer
Norman
Okla
Richard Oxford
North Hollywood
John J. Coates
Oklahoma City
Kenneth Johnson
Hoosick Falls
Francis T. Mulvihill
Margaret P. Hayden
Raymertown
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
154Th St
Mulvihill
Patrick
Margaret Holden Hayden
AOH
Altar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Francis T. Mulvhill Jr
Frank Morandi
Proctor
Letitia (Calhoun) Holden
Carroll C. Holden
Bennington High School
Vermont Tops Northeast In Ski-and-Fly Facilities
Vermont leads the Northeast in fly-in ski and fly-to-ski facilities with six listed airports and accessible ski areas. The Flying magazine article notes Vermont offers the most fly-in opportunities east of the region. Winter operations require plowed runways and Vermont keeps major airports open for general aviation year round.
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Vermont
U.S
Flying
Robert S. Ingeram
U.S. Weather Bureau
Burlington
Vermont Aeronautics Board
Green Mountain
State Department
Bennington
Barre-Montpelier
Champlain
Middlebury
Morrisville-Stowe
Newsport Post Mills
Rutland
Springfield
Windsor
Joel T. Whittemore
N.E. Quadrant
Meyer argues Red China recognition is inevitable
Former Democratic congressman William H. Meyer in West Rupert says the United States will recognize Red China as a de facto government and that admission to the United Nations would eventually lead to diplomatic recognition. He adds recognition would not imply approval and is necessary for progress on disarmament and nuclear test ban talks.
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West Rupert
William H. Meyer
China
United States
Meyer
United Nations
Bennington leaders receive GBA annual awards
James Wallace of Old Bennington and Kenneth R. Clayton of Pippin Knoll are named recipients of the Greater Bennington Association awards for community service. Wallace will receive the Presidents Citation for securing rail service and preserving factory jobs. Clayton earns the D Ed Moore award for service to GBA. Dinner Feb 3 at Mt Anthony Country Club features guest speaker Albert Cree. Public tickets available at the GBA office.
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James Wallace
Old Bennington
Kenneth R. Clayton
Pippin Knoll
Greater Bennington Association
GBA
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Wallace
Ben-Mont Dobeckman
Dow Chemical Co
Bennington
Rutland Railway
The
Putnam Memorial Hos
Albert Cree
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Cree
Vermont
Bennington YMCA Finance Campaign Holds First Report Meeting
The first report meeting for the Bennington YMCA finance campaign is set for 7 tonight at the Y. Dr. W. Philip Giddings and Clement P. Gilchrist will lead as general co chairmen with reports from division chairmen and workers.
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Bennington
Y. General
W. Philip Giddings
Clement P. Gilchrist
Giddings
Gilchrist
Waldo C. Holden
Burton W. Potter
George W. Buck
North Bennington
John Kennedy Jr
Shaftsbury
Pownal
John D. Claweson
Old Bennington
Arthur J. Dewey
Lucien E. Loomis
Stephen H. Gilman
Eugene V. Clark
John W. Miller
Theodore R. Beatty
Thomas D. Cook Jr
Fred H. Grant
Donald Davis
Edward R. Ransom
Leonard G. Morse
Philip P. McKenna
Joeseph C. Curtin
Donald W. Sprague Jr
East Road
Carroll Cross
Har
Williamstown Veteran Charles Salmon Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Charles Philander Salmon 85 of Hopper Road Williamstown were held Friday at First Methodist Church with Rev Leon R Oliver officiating. Burial followed at Southview Cemetery. Salmon the last surviving Spanish American War veteran in Williamstown. flag presented to his family by George Schyver of the American Legion Post. Grange delegates formed an honor guard and memorial services preceded at Hopkins Funeral Home. Bearers listed: Edward Kelger George Rudd Joseph Valincourt Spencer Maynard Walter Martin Olin Graves.
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Williamstown
Mass
Charles Philander Salmon
Hopper Road
First Methodist
Leon R. Oliver
Methodist Church
Southview Cemetery
Salmon
George Sc
Market Averages Mixed as Industrials Lead Decline
The report shows 30 Industrials at 785.614 up 2.57 while Railroads rise to 182.76 by 0.23 and Utilities slip to 140.50 down 0.38. Composite average stands at 274.50 with Sales at 2,260,000.
Satellite Based ICBM Alarm System Reported
The President's report describes unmanned satellites with infrared sensors to detect ballistic missiles during powered flight as they leave the atmosphere. A 150 page summary of 1963 space achievements from civilian and military agencies details last year's detection efforts.
FBI Joins Probe Of Cushman Furniture Heist
The FBI has joined the investigation into furniture thefts from the H T Cushman Co plant in North Bennington. Stolen items allegedly moved across state lines to New York and Massachusetts. Eight Cushman employees and one Railway Express worker were arrested and arraigned last week on grand larceny charges.
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FBI
H.T. Cushman Co
North Bennington
New York
Massachusetts
Bennington
R. Marshall Witten
Cushman Co
Railway Express
Harry E. McCarty
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
King’s Aucetion House
Stamford
Raymond F. Crawford
Gage St
Cushman
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Says Meyer
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