Pownal Man Receives Probation in Breach of Peace Case
Alan H. Morrison aged 23 faced a breach of peace charge following a January 30 altercation with his wife and neighbors. He pleaded no contest, received a suspended four to six month sentence and $35 plus costs, with probation and a ban on alcohol. Other defendants faced fines for related offenses, including careless driving and probation violations, while warrants were issued for a missing individual.
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Pownal
Alan H. Morrison
Edward A. Pratt
George M. Fienberg
Morrison
Daniel J. Holland
Fienberg
John A. Roberts
Manchester
Roberts
Kenneth R. Clayson
Rehoboth
Mass
Ralph A. Morgan
North Adams
Vermont
Readsboro
Holland
Herbert E. Blake
Bennington Youths Attend Camp Takodah Session
Bennington area families report sons Burt Hartington Russell Graves Robert and Stephen Willard returning from the Cheshire County YMCA Camp Takodah in Richmond New Hampshire after a short boy session. Elwell family led the camp since 1921 with 52 buildings and 260 acres.
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Burt Hartington
Russell Graves
Robert and
Stephen Willard
Cheshire County
Takodah
Richmond, N.H
Conscience Browns Burglary Ends With Return
In Irving Texas a burglar stole a handbag from a woman's room and fled. He paused outside to drop the purse back through a window minus the money, indicating his conscience influenced him to return part of the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Tex
UPI
Readsboro Prepares For Mammoth Fourth
Readsboro Vermont plans its large Fourth of July, starting with Sunday dusk bonfire lighting at Memorial Bridge, a Dawn Dance from midnight to 4 a.m., and a Monday parade at 10 a.m. followed by an aerial fireworks display at 9 30 p.m. over the bridge.
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Readsboro
Vermont
Memorial Bridge
Obituaries Reach Vermont and Nearby Areas in Septic Farewell
Funeral services for Rev. Arthur Carson Kelsey, 53, will be held at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Grand Isle. He died at his summer home and served as chaplain at the General Theological Seminary. Also noted are the deaths of Charles A. Knott, 74, of Shaftsbury, a former Panton grocer, and the extensive Memorial Day observances planned in Readsboro area with parade, games, and a music jamboree featuring Clyde Joy. Burial arrangements and survivors listed for each.
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Grand Isle
UPI
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Arthur Carson Kelsey
General Theological Seminary
Episcopal Church
Kelsey
New York City
St. Albans
Montpelier
Burlington
Vermont
St. Bede’s Library
Shaftsbury
Charles A. Knott
Panton
Scranton
Charles
Mary Knott
Mabel D. Floyd
Buffalo
N.Y
Holy Name Society
Vergennes
Catherine Daley
Ebenezer
Joseph E. Knott
St. Clair
Myrtle Bartley
William D. Floyd
George R. Floyd
South Burlington
St. Peter’s Church
Prospect Cemetery
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Bennington
Larrow Funeral Home
Whitingham
Stamford
Monroe Bridge
Readsboro
Clyde Joy
Space rumor swirls as Moscow reports no new manned launch
Soviet officials said they had no news of a new manned space shot. Bochum Director Heinz Kaminski questioned Tass reporting and suggested the Soviets may be preparing for a space rendezvous or placing satellites into a parking orbit for a possible manned ship rendezvous in the coming days.
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Moscow
Tass
Bochum
Heinz Kaninski
Petersburg Man Reported Better After Farm Accident
Robert Blakey of Petersburg was reported in satisfactory condition at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a gasoline explosion at Raymond Dunigan farm in North Petersburg. He suffered severe facial head and arm burns while unloading saw dust from a tractor.
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Albany
N.Y
Robert Blakey
Petersburg
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Raymond Dunigan
North Petersburg
Blakey
Vocational Wing To Be Designed As Part Of Union School
Mt Anthony Union School Board reports progress on a three front plan for an area vocational educational center. Architects and state official Rupert Spencer plan a vocational wing integrated with the high school pending federal funds. Meetings will set price for moving highway facilities off the site and finalize property purchase with Vermont Soldiers Home counsel. deed approved.
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Mt. Anthony Union School
Rupert J. Spencer
State Department of Education
Marian Taylor
Ivor 5S. Pelsne
Eugene V. Clark
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Attorney General’s Office
Bennington YMCA Closed for July 4 Holiday
Bennington brief notes the YMCA building will be closed Monday July 5 while the Y Pool remains open 9 am to 8 pm with morning classes. Bennington sanitary landfill also closes for the July 4 observance and the town treasurer's office dies in early July after July 5 to 10. An area outing of Massachusetts New York and Vermont is mentioned.
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Frances
Oscar
David Crichton
Gardener
Mass
Branch Street
Bennington
Julia
David
Benjamin Vail
Katharine Hirsch
East Arlington
Bennington County
YMCA
William H. Fox
Massachusetts
New York
Vermont
William Burnham
Wilson Ford, Inc
ADV
Readsboro Rep Collins Challenges Gov Hoff on Prison
Readsboro Republican Kenalene J. Collins publicly challenged Gov Philip Hoff to take over the federally abandoned radar site in East Haven as a youth offender treatment center. The state has days to act before 27 permanent houses are sold. Collins urged replacing Woodhull and pushing modern rehabilitation, criticizing the proposed prison as lacking rehab focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readsboro
Kenalene J. Collins
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
East Haven
Collins
Hoff
T. Wesley Grady
Underhill
John W. Woodhull
Teacher Cannot Serve on Own Union Board in Vermont
Vermont Attorney General opinions hold a teacher in a union school district is ineligible to be a director, as duties mirror town school boards. A city school district is also a separate political subdivision, making city districts distinct from towns.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Attorney General’s Office
Commissioner of Education
A. John Holden Jr
Albert D. Pingree
Pingree
Holden
Union School Board
Joseph L. Sergeant
Chester S. Ketcham
Ketcham
Hotel Fire Doused By Clerk And Guest In Rutland
In Rutland a hotel clerk Ed ward Ames and guest Richard Ames extinguished a mattress fire on the room of John Buchanan at the Hotel Berwick. About 20 guests were evacuated as flames were battled. the burning mattress was discarded from a second story window. No injuries were reported.
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Rutland
UPI
Berwick
John Buchanan
Richard Ames
Ames
Edward Ames
Immigration policy repeal gains momentum in Congress
A nine member House Judiciary subcommittee now reportedly united in favor of repealing the 1924 national origins immigration quotas. The move paves the way for a new immigration code before July, with enactment unclear this session. The repeal would reshape access to the United States and follow the 1964 electoral landslide.
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Washington
UPI
The
United States
House
Judiciary
Senate
Western Hemisphere
U. S
Europe
Britain
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Mediterranean
Africa
Asia
Marian Taylor Renamed Union Board Chairman
Mrs Marian Taylor was reelected chairman of the Mt Anthony Union School Board at an organizational meeting. Franklin D Frantz was reelected vice chairman and Arthur E Wickenden became clerk. Supt Allan J Heath plans full time return for Mt Anthony and Bennington Graded boards after a three month health leave. A temporary bookkeeper arrangement with Carleton Holmes will prepare the system for fall staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Taylor
Mt. Anthony Union
Jenks
Franklin D. Frantz
Woodford
Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Taylor
Allan J. Heath
Mt. Anthony
Bensington
Hospital Notes North Pownal and Hoosick Falls
Admissions list includes Edith Rice Margaret Malone Ernest Sirois and others in North Pownal and Buskirk New York Harlington Reed Jr Griswold Dommke Kilburn Thurber Hoosick Falls Discharges include Diane Harrington and son Juanita Kilburn and Ruth Thurber in Bennington Hoosick Falls Births report newborns to Roger Robertson Cambridge New York and Donald Mears 214 Grove Street both July
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Edith Rice
Margaret Malone
Ernest Sirois
Bennington
Louis Burdick
North Pownal
Diane Harrington and Son
North Bennington
L. Jessie Reed Jr
Mercedes Griswold
Elizabeth Dommke
Benenington
Juanita H. Kilburn
Buskirk
N.Y
Ruth A. Thurber
Hoosick Falls
Roger Robertson
Cambridge, N.Y
Julyl
Donald Mears
Grove St
July l
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones Atlas Bureau
Dow Jones Bache and Co Albany noon report shows industrials at 195.90 with a slight down tick of 0.10, railroads at 155.09 down 0.79, utilities at 871.21 down 0.38, and the composite totals at 1,750. The numbers reflect subdued trading in midday figures with slight declines across sectors.
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Averag
Bennington Water Supply Uses Morgan Spring Amid Low Springs
Bennington Village officials report adequate water but springs feeding the mountain pipeline yield less than expected in a damp summer. Morgan Spring in Memorial Park supplies the reservoir, while Lake Hancock remains a reserve. Weather observer Manske notes June rainfall at Harwood Hill totaling 2.53 inches, with six month total 11.64 inches, compared to prior years and drought benchmarks. Norwich University becomes the fourth Vermont private college to receive an unrestricted Gulf Oil education grant, totaling 1500 dollars, joining St. Michael's Middlebury and Trinity.
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Bennington Village
Cr. Henry Hansen
Bennington
Morgan Spring
Raymond Manske
U.S. Weather Department
Paul W. Bohne
Harwood Hill
Northfield
UPI
Norwich University
Vermont
Gulf Oil Company
Norwich Today
Gulf
St. Michael’s
Middlebury
Trinity
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State Prison
Thomas J. Bushee
Robinson Ave
Kex-Benningtonians
Oscar L. Elwell
Elwell
Springfield College
Mrs. Elwell
Burr and Burton Seminary
Elwells
Harte Theatre
Aone
Ayee
Mammoth
Arthur C. Kelsey
Rizieri Comal
Old Coach Inn
Heartwellville
Ira Whitney
New Hampshire
Georgia
Ohio
Union
Highway Department
Barton L. Jenks
Ralf S. Kates
Russell A. Holden
E. Beach Bly
Bennington Briefs
American Association of Retired Persons
Lake Ashmere Casino
Hinsdale
Route 143
Dalton
Southern Vermont
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Lou Levine
Bell Laundry
Lou
Bill Plante
Bernard LaDue
Dewey St
Crealese
Mitch
North St
Peggy Maclay
Donald Shea
Feeb Fonda
Tue Rounders
Panavision
Vers
Ween A
Carlo Pont
Sophia Loren
Richard Johnson U
Pere
Amon
Craer MA
Metrocolo
Union Board
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Knotty Pine Restaurant
Ctaititt Lange
RT. 7 North
DIAL
Bennington Water Report
Water Department
Lake Hancock
Sucker Pond
Manske
Norwich
Grant
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