Shaftsbury Horse Killed In U.S.7 Highway Mishap
A Timber Trail Ranch horse was killed when it stepped into U S 7 near Lake Shaftsbury turning off. Rider Theresa Massara, 14, of Blue Point N Y, was bruised and treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital. The northbound car was driven by Edythe F Merrill, 53, of New York City.
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Timber Trail Ranch
Shaftsbury
U.S. 7
Lake Shaftsbury
Edythe F. Merrill
New York City
Theresa Massara
Blue Point
L.I. N.Y
Obituaries and accidents from Manchester area
Obituary notices for George Chapman Parkinson 90 of Manchester Depot died at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington. Edward Whitten 84 of Arlington also died at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Also details on two vehicle accidents near Harriman Reservoir power station Sunderland Road and East Dorset US 7 with injuries. Police investigations ongoing.
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Manchester Depot
George Chapman Parkinson
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Campbell
Mr. Parkinson
Quebec
Canada
Robert
Ann Marlin Parkinson
Wilmer
Rutland
Nelson
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
E. H. Nickerson
Manchester
Arlington
Edward Whitten
Sandgate
Edward
Maria Whitten
St. James Episcopal Church
Clement J. Belcher
West Arlington
Walbridge
Local Youths Face Berkshire Court
Cleo C. Webb Jr. of Shaftsbury and passenger Chester Padige of Bennington face Vermont charges after a Saturday morning crash at the U.S. 7 and Massachusetts 22 junction. Webb will answer motor vehicle charges July 22 in District Court. Padige faces car theft charges. Both are jailed in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The accident occurred about 4:30 a.m. when the vehicle failed to turn from Taconic Trail onto U.S. 7, jumped a traffic island, and struck a filling station parking lot.
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Williamstown
Mass
Cleo. C. Webb Jr
Shaftsbury
U.S. 7
Massachusetts
Webb
Chester Padige
Bennington
Vermont
Pittsfield
Hospital Notes July Admissions and Births Reported
Hospital notes list admissions in Hoosick Falls Bennington Manchester and Dorset with several names. Birth announcements include the Austin Adams pair from Adams Massachusetts and several Bennington and Shaftsbury newborns with dates July 18 and 19.
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Paul Austin
Adams
Mass
Robert F. Sweet
Bennington
Thomas Demars
Shaftsbury
Maurice Seguin
Edward Quinlan
Lusseyran lectures on resilience in wartime life
Jacques Lusseyran, blind since age eight and a WWII French resistance leader, lectures at Middlebury College on happiness, resilience, and the drama of his life. He seeks to inspire with accounts of Buchenwald survival and his postwar work as author and professor.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
Jacques Lusseyran
France
M. Lusseyran
Buchenwald
Claire
Cornwall
M. Lussegran
Legion of Honor
United States
Western Reserve University
Hollins College
Virginia
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Great Britain
Little Brown and Co
The
United
Jacqueline Hospitel
Paris
Wright Memorial Theatre
M, Lusseyran
Left
Municipal Court judge penalties target non support in Bennington
Judge George M. Fienberg sentences Donald P. Snyder Jr. to 60 days in jail for failure to support his family marking a harsh approach to non support. The court noted prior probation and partial payments, while other cases include a suspended sentence for Nancy Langlois linked to intoxicated disturbance and attempts to deter similar behavior.
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George M. Fienberg
Donald P. Synder Jr
Shaftsbury
Bennington County
Snyder
Grace Snyder
Pownal Man Jailed On Break Charge
James E. Harrington, 24, of North Pownal was jailed for six months to two years in the Wind sor House of Correction after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. A state trooper caught Harrington red handed early Friday during a burglary at Powell's Store in South Pownal. He ransacked the store next to the old Ladd Brook Motel on Vermont 346, stealing a watch and money while causing damage. Trooper Howard A. Parizo and Trooper Gordon Adams led the investigation.
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James E. Harrington
North Pownal
House of Correction
Windsor
Harrington
Powell
South Pownal
Howard A. Parizo
Parizo
Bennington County
Ladd Brook
Vermont 346
Gordon Adams
Funeral services for Mrs Henry A Silver held in Keene
Funeral services for Mrs Henry A Silver formerly Mabel LaBarge longtime Keene resident were held at St Francis de Sales Church with Requiem High Mass. A Rosary was led at the Mahar and Son Funeral Home and burial followed at Park Lawn Cemetery. Relatives attended from Florida Connecticut Vermont and New York City.
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Henry
Harry) A. Silver
Mabel M. LaBarge
Bennington
Keene
N.H
St. Francis de Sales Church
Richard McGowan
Mahar & Son Funeral
Silver
Elliot Memorial Hospital
Joseph Oliver
Harry Biggs
Waterford
Conn
Francis
Edward Silver
Edward Maynard
Gerald LaBarge
McGowan
Park Lawn Cemetery
Francis B. Flanagan
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Swan Zey Center
North Stonington
Troy
Green Island
Albany
New York City
Burelington, Vt
Bennington Briefs Key local notices and upcoming events
Bennington briefs list a Fort Dix address for Robert L. Knapp and visits by the Center family to Sarasota Jungle Gardens. Local families Hayward and Hayward are visiting Bennington relatives. The American Legion Auxiliary plans a picnic supper Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. at Dorothy Fairbanks home. Lions Club picnic set for Tuesday July 28 at 5 30 p.m. at the Bennington Red and Gun Club with card returns to Robert Svitak by July 24. School boards discuss merger tonight at Molly Stark School at 7 30 p.m. Emblem Club meets Tuesday 8 p.m. at Elks Lodge. Dr. Roderick Humphreys will be away July 23 to Aug 3. Durand office closed July 26 to Aug 2. Local man seeks West Coast driving work with or without passengers. references available and phone 442 6780.
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Bennington Lions Club
Bennington
Red & Gun Club
Robert Svitak
Topless arrest report dismissed by state police
State police say reports of a woman in a topless bathing suit being arrested at Lake Paran weekend are false. The Banner received word from its sports editor Bill Hassenpflug who did not disclose his sources.
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North Bennington
Lake Paran
Bill Hassenpflug
Campers Complete Full Long Trail Hike In One Day
In Salisbury Vermont on July 17, 160 campers and 45 counselors from Keewaydin Camps hiked the entire 255 mile Long Trail from the Canadian border to the Massachusetts line. Thirty one groups averaged seven miles each with the longest 14.8 miles and the shortest 5.5 miles. The expedition aimed to report trail conditions to the Green Mountain Club and to census hikers met. Camp directors and organizers hailed it as a first for such full coverage.
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Salisbury
Vermont
Keewaydin
Lake Dunmore
Canadian
Massachusetts
Kelly Stand
Stratton
Fay Fuller
Woodford
Appalachian Gap
Jerusalem
Moosalamoo
Green Mountain Club
Alfred G. Hare Jr
George L. Partridge
East Northfield
Mass
Partridge
Northfield School For Girls
Keewaysdin
Robert Poffenberger
Maryland
Poffenberger
Lake Dunemore
America
Japan China trade tops one hundred million this year
Japan China trade already surpasses the 100 million dollar mark this year, according to the Japan Communist China Exporters and Importers Association reported Sunday.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
China
Japan Communist China Exporters and Importers Association
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George C. Parkinson
Peter W. Janovsky
Readsboro
Harriman Reservoir
H.T
Janovsky
Philip Gillson
Sunderland
Carl C. Brown
Brown
U.S
East Dorset
Micheline Richer
Montreal
Susmimer Theate
Eddie Rich
Lynn Bari
Aian Billy Mowbray Gray
Jocepm Stein
Sun
Joe Gray
Stop the
Berkshire Court
Virginia Lavin
Hoosick Falls
Ruth Laperle
Jean Decker
Carolyn Bissonette
Lulu Hoard
Harriet Avery
Elias Ballard Jr
Ruth Mavilla
Harold Barney
Barbara Bovey
Peru
Ruth Rice
East Arlington
Gladys Chandler
Christopher Wright
Geraldine Wells
Dorset
Patrick Matatt
Jessie DiPrimo and Son
Meyer
Fienberg
Fayette
Sorbonne
Russia
West Rupert
William H. Meyer
U.S. Senate
George Fienberg
Frederick J. Fayette
South Burlington
William B. Franke
Franke
Eisenhower
Banner
House
Crystal
Clothes
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Main Street
Daniel J. Holland
Holland
Nancy Langlois
R. Marshall Witten
Harvey Junior Pratt
Lyons
Phillip W. Hammond
Gage Street
Hammond
Harley F. Graham
John P. Morrissey
Louella Belle Wilson
Wilson Dude Ranch
Witten
Phillip D. Hammond
Ina Sherman
Gage St
East Main
Gage Streets
Earl E. James
Pageant St
Beverly Gates
Roland N. Bedard
Marguerite Bands
North St
Dewey and
Weeks Streets
Pownal
Henry A. Silver
Bennington Briefs
Robert L. Knapp
Uss
Watson Army Hospital
Fort Dix
N.J
Albert E. Center
Sarasota
Jungle Gardens
Florida
Lower West Coast
Harold Hayward
Seal Beach
Calif
Charles P. Hayward
Old Bennington
Mr. Hayward
Col. Hayward
American Legion Auxiliary
Dorothy Fairbanks
Fillmore Street
Greater
Emblem Club
Elks Lodge
Roderick Humphreys
Dr. Durand
ADV
West Coast
Lake George
Opera Festival
Carmen
Lake George Opera Festival
Diamond Point
New York
Red
Amed
Or Tate
N. Hoosick
N.Y
Henry Orient
PON Arts Company
Peter Paula Prentiss
Angels Lansbury
Orient
Suzanne Pleshette
Joseph E. Levine
Paramount Pictures
Panavision
Wacules
Paducree de Geena
Harte Theatre
PAN Arts Company
Lstens
Paula Prentiss
Angéla Ansbury
Robin and
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