Highway Board Reverses Plan on I-89 Safety Funds
MONTPELIER Vermont The Highway Board reversed an earlier decision to launch a $790000 Interstate 89 safety improvement program and voted to table the project. Board member Frank Balch of Burlington noted the funds would come from federal allocations.
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Montpelier
UPT
Highway Board
Frank Balch
Burlington
Balch
James Wallace
Bennington
Montpelier - Burlington
Lauritz Larsen
Department
Larsen
Asst. Atty
Louis Peck
Rutland
Montreal Band To Parade Here Battle Day
A Montreal drum and bugle corps La Garde d'Honneur Notre-Dame-des-Neiges will debut at Bennington Battle Day parade on Aug 17–18. The 55-member group joins 12 or more bands including Green Sabres from Schuylerville and U.S. Air Force Band from Westover. Parade features 24 fire apparatus, 300 firefighters, five auxiliaries, three floats, plus games, contests, and fireworks to mark the 191st Battle of Bennington.
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Montreal
Bennington
John P. Proud
la Garde d’Honneur
Notre - Dame
Green Sabres
Eugle Corps
Schuylerville
N.Y
Mavericks
Schaghticoke
Vagabonds
Fort Edward
Colden Eagles
Fort Henry
Pittsfield Eagles
U.S. Air Force
Westover
Mass
Scarlet Knights
St Francis PTG Announces Annual Fair
The St Francis de Sales Parent-Teacher Group Fair runs Thursday to Saturday at the St Francis Playground. Open 7 to 11 p.m. each night and 2 to 4 30 p.m. Saturday. Home baked goods and a concession stand available. Games suit all ages with surprise attractions. Goodwin's Rides will be offered.
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St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis Playground
Goodwin’s
Friends of Library To Hear Fineman Sunday Event
The Friends of the Bennington Free Library invite the public to an 8 p.m. reading by Irving Fineman, author of Poems on Tap Light and Dark, plus poems by Bradford Smith in observance of Smith’s death anniversary. Fineman will discuss inspirations and the poem writing process.
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Friends of the Bennington Free Library
Irving Fineman
Shaftsbury
Bradford Smith
Fineman
Bronson Resigns At MAUHS In Vermont
Glenn W. Bronson resigned as vocational education director at Mt. Anthony Union High School and will become principal of a vocational high school in Wilmington Delaware. He helped expand MAUHS programs including a student led house building project approved last May. Also resigning was social studies teacher Vincent Feeney who will enlist for basic training by mid July per a June 27 letter. No fires occurred in Bennington Monday afternoon as sirens were tested at 4 and 6 p.m. with alarms blown briefly.
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Glenn W. Bronson
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mauhs Board of Directors
Bronson
Mt. Anthony
Wilmington
Dela
Mauhs Industrial Trades Department
Mt. Anthony High School
Vincent Feeney
Feeney
Selective Service Board
GOP Candidate Criticizes Vermont Annual Income Plan
Deane C. Davis, a GOP gubernatorial hopeful, denounces any unilateral Vermont guaranteed income as fiscally irresponsible. Speaking in Bennington County and Pownal, he argues the idea would attract out-of-state immigration, lacks cost analysis, and risks law and order in small communities. He also questions gun registration, citing crime trends in London and New York City.
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Deane C. Davis
Vermont
Davis
The
National Life Insurance Co
Bennington County
James L. Oakes
Pownal
New York City
London
Bennington Campaign Tour Highlights Vermont Tax Talk
The report covers remarks by a candidate touring southern Bennington County on July 7 1968 discussing crime rates in London tax policy and education funding. He criticized personal property tax and April 1 inventory lists while urging shifts in funding toward state responsibility for education and real estate relief. He met campaign directors T Garry Buckley and Joseph Hall and planned a Manchester stop.
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Bennington County
T. Garry Buckley
Joseph Hall
Bennington
Manchester
Union Board Proposal Advocates Job Training Program
A Union Board discussion outlines a program to train people so that upon completion they can move into actual jobs. The presentation describes a practical path from training to employment, illustrating how the new initiative could operate in a real work setting.
Russians Build Missile Bases In Outer Mongolia
London reports defense sources say Soviet missiles sit in remote Mongolian plains within striking range of Chinese nuclear centers and U.S. bases in Korea, Japan, and Okinawa. The move follows a 20 year Mongolian defense pact, with advisement to reorganize Mongolian forces and bolster border security.
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London
UPS
Outer Mongolia
U.S
Korea
Japan
Okinawa
China
Peking
Mongolia
Red China
Sinkiang
Urals
Obituary: Ralph Chapones of Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls resident Ralph Chapones 54 formerly employed in the forest and orchard department at the local utility or town department. He resided at 196 Main Street Hoosick Falls and was known in the community. Further details follow in the obituary.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Ralph Chapones
Main St
Forest and Orchard Department
Gun Control Compromise Reaches House Floor
Washington UPI report says gun registration and licensing aims appear dead for this session after a compromise with the House Rules Committee. The mail order bill would bar interstate rifle and ammunition shipments and limit store sales to residents 18 or older, with hearings possible but unlikely before adjournment. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans a Wednesday meeting on gun control, with both bills pending.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Rules Committee
Celler
Judiciary Committee
Rules
William M. Colmer
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Vermont Court Fines Four in Vehicle Offenses
In district court actions yesterday Arthur Purcell 65 of South Hadley Falls Mass pleaded not to a charge of violation of the law of the road in Shaftsbury on June 28 and was fined 30. Frank S. Moses 70 of Bennington was fined 25 for driving without vehicle registration on June 28 in Bennington. Leonard B. Clark 20 of Rutland was fined 25 after pleading guilty to speeding in Manchester on July 2 along U S 7. Barry F. Buck 19 of Arlington was fined 25 after pleading guilty to speeding on Vermont Route 313 in Arlington on July 4.
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Arthur Purcell
South Hadley Falls
Mass
Shaftsbury
Frank S. Moses
Bennington
Leonard B. Clark
Rutland
Manchester
U.S
Barry F. Buck
Arlington
Hogan To Confer With Witherspoon In Vermont
Francis J. Hogan, chairman of Bennington's Board of Sisters, plans talks with Vermont Tax Commissioner Gerald S. Witherspoon this week on town property assessments. Hogan expects to attend the annual school for listers July 11 and 12 at Castleton State College, sponsored by the Vermont Tax Department to brief on listing regulations and practices and discuss specific problems.
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Bennington
Board of Sisters
Vermont
Gerald S. Witherspoon
Francis J. Hogan
Castleton State College
Vermont Tax Department
Reception Held For Krawczyk
A reception was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Krawczyk Sr of Rice Lane for their son and daughter in law 2nd Lt and Mrs Joseph Krawczyk Jr of Fort Knox KY married June 1 in Charleston MI About 125 relatives and friends attended A buffet by Mrs Krawczyk Sr Lt Krawczyk is stationed for 10 weeks ROTC training at Indiantown Gap PA.
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Joseph Krawczyk Sr
Rice Lane
Joseph Krawczyk Jr
Fort Knox
Charleston
Krawczyk
Indiantown Gap
Bennington Library Reaches Out With Kerner Report Copies
Bennington Free Library offers twenty copies of the Kerner report for circulation at a table in the building to promote reading without standard checkout. The Senior Citizens Center invites those 55 and over to watch the All-Star game at 7:30 p.m. at 120 North Street. COPA brings 50 Vermont youths to New York City for a performing arts program with resident artists and an open house Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Local youth events include a Bennington Little League and Minor League meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday. A notice lists apartment and furniture items for sale and a community business ad.
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Bennington Free Library
Senior Citizens Center
North St
Stephen Carton
Thomas Calabro
David Hood
Bennington
Vermont
New York City - Vermont
COPA
New York City
Hoff
Bennington Democratic Dinner Set With Daley Campaign Kickoff
A capacity crowd is expected at Mt. Anthony Country Club for Saturdays Bennington County Democratic dinner. Guest speaker will be former Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody. The event marks the official kickoff of Lt. Gov. John J. Daley’s campaign for Vermont governor in November. Governor Hoff and other party notables will attend.
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Bennington County
Nesbith Fienberg
Springfield High Nears Completion Amid Strike Worries
Springfield High School, about 85 percent finished after the 1967 fire, faces carpenters strike risks while officials seek timely completion. If pace holds, 99 percent finish by fall. original $3 million project rebuilt under state scrutiny. Funeral services held for Mrs. Louis Lassor in North Bennington with attendees from several towns.
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Springfield
UPS
Robert Eastman
Robert Metz
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St. Francis Ptg
Friends of Library
MAUHS
GOP
Agnes Harrington
Agnes Carriere
North Bennington
Timothy Parrish
Ethel Wells
Beverly Ellis
Lois Snow
Jacksonville
Bonnie Dean
Dorset
Calvin Snide
Gage St
William Kapusta
Manchester Depot
Oakes
Union Board
Lord and Burnham
Springfield High School
Norman Stratton
Gerald E. Morrissey
J. H. Winslow
Morrissey
Winslow
Paul Fairfield
Morrissey and
Vietnam
Hill 689
North- South Vietnam Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Saigon
U.S. Navy
Hogan
Witherspoon
Banner
Cleo Webb
Webb
Robert F. Thomas
Thomas
John T. Carmody Jr
Old Fillmore Farms
Sibley Mfg. Co
White Creek
Philip Martinez
Rensselaer County
Anthony E. Matera
Troy
Samaritan Hospital
Mr. Chapones
Arthur
Martha
Valadkevich) Chapones
St. Mary’s Academy
Specialty Insulation Mfg. Co
William Chapones
Anna Murphy
Montague
Mary Jurke
Colrain
Mahar Funeral
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Bennington Briefs
Little League
Minor League
Park Street Extension
United States
American International College
Gloria J. Salter
Post 13
American Legion
Legion
John J. Daley
Louis Lassor
Kathryn McGovern
Pleasant Street
St. John the Baptist Church
Walter F. Miller
Richard Powers
Gerald Robinson
Thomas Bluto
Edward Worthington
Miller
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. John’s Cemetery
Rensselaer
South Hadley
Channel 17
Channel 11
Channel 5
Channel
Black Journal
Monte Cristo
Claudia
David
Anchors Aweigh
Better Tv, Inc
Monument Plaza
William Congdon
Star Electric Co
Robert Lebert
John Nicholls
Dwyer
U.S. Choice
Hamburg
California
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