Track Walkout Continues In Massachusetts And New York
Dozens of carpenters and allied trades walked out in the Berkshires and beyond after a Saturday meeting led by Paul Rivard of Local 994. About 450 Berkshire Council members joined the strike seeking $3.75 an hour. some workers remained on the job while others demonstrated at a southern entrance.
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Carpenters
Massachusetts
New York
Paul Rivard
United Brotherhood of Carpenters Joiners of America
Berkshire Council
Rivard
Funeral for Mrs. Raymond E. LaFranchise Held in Bennington
Funeral services for Mrs. Raymond E. LaFranchise nee Anna Fanning died at Sourcliffe Nursing Home were held at Mahar Son Funeral Home and Sacred Heart Church. Requiem high Mass by Fr. Walke with pallbearers from Pittsfield Adams and Boston area. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery amid out of town relatives and local civic groups. Mr. Atkins longtime jewelry and watchmaking figure died suddenly July 11 at Elm Street home.
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Raymond E. LaFranchise
Anna Fanning
Sourcliffe Nursing Home
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Church
Robert Walke
Bert Racicot
Russell Carpenter Jr
Theodore Sausville
Paul Lauzon
Peter Blair
Pittsfield
Mass
Terry Cardin
Adams
Vincent J. Spinelli
Hanson-Walbridge
Mt. Anthony Lodge F & AM
Bennington Rotary Club
Merchants Bureau
GBA
American Legion Post 13
New England
Park Lawn Cemetery
Grippin
Binghamton
Otisti
Albany
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Manchester
Dorset
Arlington
Brattleboro
Boston
Williamstown
Final tribute for Clif ford F Atkins long-time jeweler
Final tribute was accorded Clif ford F Atkins long time jeweler and watchmaker and proprietor of Atkins Jeweler at funeral services held at the First Methodist Church Saturday afternoon. The church was filled with mourners and there was a mass of floral tributes. The Rev Frank W Grippin officiated with Harold McDonald as organist. Pallbearers included Leon W Eldred Mt Anthony Lodge F and AM Peter Donavan Bennington Rotary Wesley Buzzell and neph ews Earl and Perry Hamilton and Franklin Atkins, with many church members and officers present.
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Clifford F. Atkins
Atkins Jeweler
First Methodist Church
Frank W. Grippin
North Adams
Leon W. Eldred
Mt. Anthony Lodge F& AM
Peter Donavan
Bennington Rotary Club
Wesley Buzzell
The
Methodist Church
Earl and Perry Hamilton
Franklin Atkins
Youthful Trio Steals Tankful of Gasoline
Three youths stole a tankful of gasoline from Anderson's service station at 9 05 am using a 1962 Lincoln. The car, owned by Auto Rental Inc of Hartford Conn, is believed stolen. A similar theft occurred in St Albans at 3 40 pm with the same registration markers, heading south on US 7.
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Anderson
St. Albans
Alexander Anderson
South Street
Auto Rental Inc
Hartford
U.S. 7
Weston Drive eyed for new theater building after fire
Weston officials plan a Tshaped complex using Doric columns and theater facade from the damaged site. The theater group will stage in a tent for at least a week showing The Loud Red Patrick as decision on new quarters is made. Louise Licklider will direct while actors and apprentices shelter in Abert DeCell’s vacant home and eat at the town hall.
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Red Patrick
Grant
Louise Licklider
Weston
Abert DeCell
Health Care to the President pushes sugar quota authority
Legislation would authorize the president to allocate 150000 tons of premium price import sugar quotas to the Dominican Republic and Argentina. Later the House debates a money bill for State, Commerce and Justice, a farm bill, wheat and feed grain programs, and the Atomic Energy Commission authorization. Veteran Appropriations members seek to break a deadlock now in its fourth month over money bill action. Senator Kennedy's tax revision bill faces its fourth Finance Committee voting session with plans to move to public hearings on the House trade expansion measure if needed.
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Dominican Republic
Argentina
House
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Barn Razed in Fire Training for Pownal Track Construction
Spectators watched as more than 50 firefighters from five departments conducted a training drill at an abandoned barn opposite the future Pownal race track site on U S 7. Under Chief Charles O Becker the exercise from 2 to 6 pm tested teamwork pumping relay systems and safety measures, with state police managing crowds. The barn’s destruction clears land for the anticipated fall opening of the track.
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Pownal
Bennington Area
Edmunds
U.S. 7
Charles O. Becker
Shaftsbury
South Pownal
Pownal Center
Bennington
346
Rt. 7
Becker
Henry White
Bennington Village
George Renner
Bennington High Offers Summer Personal Typing Course
Bennington High School will again offer a summer course in personal typing taught by Carlton W. Holmes from the Business Education Department. The class runs July 20 through August 24, weekdays 8 to 10 a.m. in the typing room, open to high school students and adults for a small fee. details at the principal's office or by calling 442-6371.
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Bennington High School
Carlton W. Holmes
Business Education
Obituary: Cora Winchell 82 Former Columbia teacher dies
Cora M. Winchell 82 longtime Teach ers College faculty member at Columbia University dies at home on Westside Drive. Born August 5 1879 in Chicago she earned degrees from Chicago Normal School Columbia Teachers College and University of Chicago. Survived by sister Florence and several relatives. services planned with Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home.
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Cora M. Winchell
Teachers College
Columbia University
Westside Drive
Frank and
Eliza (Guilbert) Winchell
Chicago
Chicago Normal School
Columbia University Teachers Colleg
University of Chicago
Columbia University Teachers College
Florence E. Winchell
Rochester
N.Y
Pownal Road
Riverside Church
Pownal
New York
Miss Winchell
Old First Church
Florence
John Tickell
Ellenton
Fla
Guilbert Winchell
South Lincoln
Mass
Paul A. Winchell
Oakland
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Mrs. Aristide LaChance Dies After 40 Years in Bennington
Mrs. Aristide LaChance 87 a former Emma Dugas died Sunday night at her daughter Mrs Archie King’s home 211 Park Street Bennington She lived with her daughter since her husband’s death 23 years ago and was born in St Elizabeth Canada She attended schools in Canada and Adams Massachusetts Funeral arrangements set with a Rosary recitation Municipal Court cases follow with fines for multiple defendants including beer bottle destruction driving without a license and breach of peace
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Aristide LaChance
Emma Dugas
Bennington
Archie King
Park St
Mrs. King
St. Elizabeth
Canada
Adams
Mass
LaChance
St. Emilie
Sacred Heart Church
St. Anne
Rumford
Maine
Charles Greene
Lake Luzerne
N.Y
Mahar & Son Funeral
Park Lawn Cemetery
Howard Moffitt
South Shaftsbury
Eugene V. Clark
David L. Mercier
Division St
Robert Maul
South Street
Dean L. Goodell
Emerson
N.J
Donald B. Hayes
Branch St
Angelo O. Colacicco
Poughkeepsie
Curtis Guetti
Gage St
Richard H. Vachon
Nolo
Charles W. Forrest Jr
Main St
Alan L. Bushee
Manchester
Joseph Plue
Ben Mont Ave
Charles McLaughlin
Alvah Williams
Pittsfield
Rose Schnurr
Leslie Fleming
Hoosick Falls Trot Spa Feature At Saratoga
The $2,000 Hoosick Falls Trot is the fifth race at Saratoga Raceway tonight with 11 entries. Florista and Alex Song from the Glen Song stable and Gusto Ronald's Girl from Aubrey Rodney stable are strong contenders.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Storybook Parade Tops Bennington Village Recreation Week
The Bennington Village recreation program features a Thursday Storybook Parade where participants dress as literary characters. Regular activities include roller skating Tuesday at Memorial Park, baton lessons Wednesday at Memorial Park, an evening basketball league starting Wednesday at Dewey Memorial Park, and Street Dancing on Friday evening.
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Bennington Village
Memorial Park
Dewey Memorial Park
Youth Ditch Truck to Avoid Two Cars in Shaftsbury
Kenneth E. Harrington 17 of Shaftsbury drove a dump truck off the North Shaftsbury Road at 8 25 a m to avoid two oncoming vehicles. The 1952 truck sustained about 200 in damage to the right front. No injuries were reported.
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Shaftsbury
Kenneth E. Harrington
Shaftsbury Road
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Naval Training and Events
Ensign Frank H. Harrington son of Mr and Mrs Gaylord Harrington completed basic jet training at Forrest Sherman Field Pensacola. YMCA swims coincide with advanced swimmers at 9 30 a m. Mrs Fannie A Carey marks 86th birthday at Sourcliffe Nursing Home Shaftsbury native with four generations in town. American Legion Auxiliary meets 8 p m Tuesday 405 Gage St. Hurricanes from Sheldon win 1000 in Albany drum corps contest with Skyliners also placing. Interstatesmen host. VFW Post 1332 to set committees for 1963 Bennington convention. Moose Women meet 8 p m at Moose Hall. Clyde Maxfield family visiting Burlington summer housing at Hamilton Hall U V T. Mrs Alvah Williams from Pittsfield visits daughter in Bennington after husband’s death. Robert J Vachon and Karen visit Warn family in Syracuse weekend.
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Ens
Frank H. Harrington
USN
Gaylord Harrington
Park Street
Forrest Sherman Field
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Fannie A. Carey
Sourcliffe Nursing Home
Shaftsbury
Wendell Carey
L. C. March
John R. Murphy
Melanie Lyn Murphy
Hurricanes
Sheldon
Conn
Bleeker Stadium
Albany
Bennington
Skyliners of
New York City
Springfield
Mass
Skyliners
Interstatesmen
Vermont completes 140 miles of highway at $39 million
Vermont’s Department of Highways reports 72 projects totaling 140 miles finished in the last fiscal year at nearly 39 million dollars. The report notes 26.5 miles of interstate work costing 26.8 million, plus 53 miles of state construction and 102 miles underway including 31 interstate miles. Nine interstate projects totaling 18.3 miles await federal matching funds.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Highways
Dr Durand’s Office Closure This Week
Dr Durand’s office will be closed from Tuesday July 24 through Sunday July 29 for scheduling and coverage.
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Dr. Durand
Research spending in US hits eighty billion in decade
The National Science Foundation reports about 80 billion dollars were spent on all forms of research and development in the United States during the decade from 1951-52 to 1961-62.
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Washington
UPS
United States
National Science Foundation
Emory Aims to Link Preachers With TV Congregations
In Atlanta AP reports Emory University seeks to connect preachers with television conditioned congregations, expanding outreach through broadcast accessible sermons and media partnerships.
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Atlanta
Emory University
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Rotary Club
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Elm Street
Harte Theatre
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Peter Brown
Will Hutchin
Andrew Duggan
Claude Akin
Technicolor
Som
Warner Bros
Colonie
Latham Circle
Eddie R
Tommy Sands
Sun
Latham
Birdie
Cary Grant
Doris
la Color
Bendi
Cora Winchell
Mrs. Aristide Lachance
Hoosick Falls
Storybook
Bennington Briefs
YMCA
American Legion Auxiliary
Josephine Ballou
VFW
Department
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Isabelle LaBarge
Gladys Knapp
Clyde Maxfield
David
Crescent Boulevard
Burlington
Hamilton Hall
University of Vermont
Maxfield
Robert J. Vachon
Karen
Syracuse, N.Y
Joseph Vachon
Warn Street
Miracle
Madkour
Dairy Hawaiian Tropical
TV Preachers
Main Street
North
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Hallmark
Victor
Southworth
Smith Corona
Deer Park
North Street
Mosler
Nasaak
Jacqueline Kennedy
Pleasant Street
Stark Hose Company
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