Connors Leaves Rifleman for Police Show Arrest and Trial
Chuck Connors quits The Rifleman after four seasons to join Ben Gazzara in Arrest and Trial for ABC. He cites the show’s expansion plans, reaching five years, and his desire for a lawyer role as key reasons. Connors will star as the defense attorney in the MCA financed project.
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Chuck Connors
Chucks ‘Rifleman
Ben Gazzara
Police
Church Connors
Bennington
Bennington Generals
Connors
ABC
Lucy
MCA
Ben
Page Seeks Members of Sons of the Revolution
Rutland’s Charles Getty Page was inducted as member at large in the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution at a Manhattan meeting on Jan 24. Judge P S G Bissell, president, urged Page to organize a Vermont Society and asked Vermont members to contact him at 128 Merchants Row Rutland.
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Rutland
Charles Getty Page
General Society of the Sons of the Revolution
General Society
Manhattan
P. St. G. Bissell
The
Sons of the Revolution
Page
Vermont
Clemson Admits Its First Negro Without Trouble
Harvey Gantt, the first Black student enrolled at Clemson College, begins campus life after a night in an all white dorm. Police guard the campus as reporters swarm, while orientation routines proceed and classes approach.
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Clemson
S.C
Harvey Gantt
Clemson College
Charleston
Gantt
White Named Plant Manager at Sprague Electric Bennington Works
Harold F. White III of Williamstown becomes plant manager at Sprague Electric Co. Bennington plant as part of five managerial promotions approved by vice president David B. Peck. White joined Sprague in 1960 and has held roles in wire production and maintenance.
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White
Sprague Electric Co
Bennington
David B. Peck
Harold F. White III
Williamstown
Mass
Chicago
Ill
Winnetka
Williams College
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Sprague Electric
Warren Wire Co
Pownal
Carole Hager
St. Louis
Bennington Area
Ymca Industrial Management Club
Edward J. Coughlin III
Cable Assembly
William Novacek
North Adams
William G. Seeley
Donald D. Skidmore
School Lunch Menu Notes A Week's Plan
Wednesday offers corn chowder crackers vegetable sticks tuna sandwich peaches milk. Thursday features spaghetti tomato cheese green tossed salad French bread Jello milk. Friday serves tuna sauce mashed potato spinach buttered rolls cheese wedges vanilla cream pudding milk.
Turn Youthful Fights Into Object Lessons
In Plainfield AP report Dr Richard Schmuck of the University of Michigan urges grade school teachers to stage classroom recreations of playground fights. Top students act as observers while teachers explain improved self management and root causes of the conflict. Schmuck spoke at the Vermont Youth Study Conference at Goddard College.
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Schmuck
Goddard College
Area Scouts Plan Rites For Birthday Celebration
The Taconic District of the Green Mountain Council Boy Scouts of America marks its 53rd movement anniversary Feb 7 13 with open house meetings across 27 units in Bennington and part of Rutland counties. Scout week emphasizes fitness readiness and Cub Scout pledge with faith based observances Feb 8 9 10.
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Taconic
Bennington County
Rutland County
Green Mountain Council
Boy Scouts of America
America
Cisr
Larry Kemmerer
Bennington
Kemmerer
Jerome III Named Sixth President of Bowling Green State U
Dr William Travers Jerome III formerly dean and professor at Syracuse University will become Bowling Green State University sixth president. He will assume Sept 1 after a 15 month search that yielded 137 applicants. He is a Colgate magna cum laude graduate with Harvard doctorates in business.
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William Travers Jerome III
Bowling Green University
Syracuse University
Bowling Green
Ohio) State University
Jerome
John Sloane
Old Bennington
William Travers Jerome Jr
Bennington County
James C. Colgate
Bennington
New York City
Tammany Hall
Ralph G. Harshman
BGSU
Colgate University
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Middlebury College
Samuel S. Stratton
Middlebury
Jean Bewkes
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N.Y
Eugene B. Bewkes
Bewekes
Radcliffe College
League of Women Voters
The
Junior League
Syracuse Symphony
Lowe Art Center
Vermont
Jennie
Miller Resigns As Vermont Democratic Party Executive
L Samuel Miller of West Rutland resigns as executive secretary of the Vermont Democratic Party. He says the resignation follows a pre-election notice, with no successor until about $10,000 in party debt is paid. State Chairman John M. Spencer will work unpaid until a replacement is found.
Zoo Director Debunks Owl Head-Turning Myth
Marlin Perkins, new director of the St. Louis Zoo, dispels the belief that an owl can turn its head all the way around, clarifying the head can rotate about 350 degrees. He notes the limitation and explains the anatomy behind the range of motion.
Youth Week at First Methodist Church Opens With Breakfast Talk
Daily 7 a.m. breakfasts begin as First Methodist Church hosts Youth Week activities. Larry Watkin delivers a Sunday address on United Christian Youth Week theme To Fill the Emptiness with MYF members Faye Hamilton Gloria Hollister Joanne Vallee Phillip Hollister Sue Emond Jane Burt Ann Arnold Steve McGaughey Mary Moninger Wallace Mook assisting.
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Larry Watkin
Bendi
Senior
Methodist Youth Fellowship
United Christian Youth Week
MYF
Faye Hamilton
Gloria Hollister
Joanne Vallee
Phillip Hollister
Sue Emond
Janice Burt
Ann Arnold
Steve McGaughey
Mary Moninger
Wallace Mook
Thrift Shop Replenishes Stock With Diverse Goods
In stock at the thrift shop are tables chairs dressers a sewing machine a fur coat several electric irons photograph mailing folders and large size men’s topcoats. Requests include snow shoes and an electric toaster. Workers last week included Mrs Daniel R Sargent Mrs Daryl Adams Mrs Josiah Fuller Mrs Charles Fienberg and Mrs Leah Cook.
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Daniel R. Sargent
Daryl Adams
Josiah Fuller
Charles Fienberg
Leah Cook
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Johnny Crawford
Oleg Cassini
Union Street
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Mansfield Movie Outfit
Fienberg
Main St
Riverdale Country School
New York
Graduate School of Sales Management
Fayetteville-Manlius
Fayetteville
U.S. Agency For International Development
College of Business and Finance
Medellin
Columbia
Washington
W. T. Jerome II
Miller
Democratic Party
Owl
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
FORD
Falcon
Als
First Methodist Church
Robert P. Bell
Old First Church
Thrift Shop
Manchester Motors, Inc
Manchester Center
Wilson Ford
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