Union District Committee To Inspect Mill Property
The Mt. Anthony Union School District board building committee will inspect the former Holden and Leonard woolen mill on Ben Mont Avenue to assess its suitability for conversion into a union high school. The partial article also covers lunar eclipse observations from Shaftsbury and Bennington Village with notes on weather, public safety, and astronaut preparation.
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State Guard To Step Up Training Next Month
Vermont Army National Guard units will move from individual to basic unit training next month after high performance at Camp Drum. Maj. Gen. Francis W. Billado praised the camp as the best ever and said the 15 day session marked a step up for the guard as reorganizations move forward. The public is invited to attend an inspection and orientation at the mill at 5:30 p.m. The 1963 64 board re evaluating site options for a new building is reviewing Fillmore Farms west of Old Bennington as well as the Vermont Soldiers home Rice Farm on US 7 and the Town Farm land Willow Road with other sites under consideration.
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Governors to Congress for a day amid rail labor dispute
About 60,000 rail jobs could be eliminated as new work rules take effect next week. Rail unions threaten a strike, while Kennedy weighs proposed legislation to resolve the dispute. A July 29 reprieve followed talks with Kennedy, Wirtz, and White House negotiators.
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Stock Averages One O'clock Dow Jones Report
The Dow Jones averages at 1 p.m. show Industrials at 688.70 down 5.19, Railroads 167.95 down 1.34, Utilities 137.45 down .050, with the Composite at 248.82 down 1.71. Sales reach 2,000,000.
Editors warn Kennedy of Viet Nam reporting censorship risk
ASNE president Herbert Brucker told President Kennedy that editors fear obstacles and possible censorship facing American reporters in South Vietnam. He cited alleged police assaults on Browne and Arnett and said officials sometimes do not back reporters' duty to cover events.
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Car Carrying 12 Crashes Into River Near Bennington
A 1955 Ford four door sedan carrying 12 passengers plunged 25 feet from a Vermont 9 bridge near Bennington into the Woodford River. One adult from Dayton Kentucky, Michael Pollitt, 1, is in fair condition with a head injury at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Eleven others, including 10 children, were treated and released. Driver Juanita Cain, 26, of Dayton Kentucky, said the engine died as the car cleared the bridge causing a backward roll over the guard rail. Six other weekend accidents around Bennington were minor with no serious injuries.
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Michael N. Pollitt
Putnam
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Woodford
Michael Gardner
Marcus Gardner
Pownal Center
Kenneth Harris
New York 7
Hoosick
Ernest Tilley
Bob
Track Sets Attendance Record At Green Mountain Park
Pownal Green Mountain Park saw 8,918 attendees Saturday night, a record for the venue. The handle reached 272,282 dollars, below the Memorial Day peak, as the initial meet ends Saturday with a second Thoroughbred meet set for Aug 26 to Oct 12.
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Health Board Delays 50000 Grant Pending Advisory Report
Rutland Vermont Health Board suspends use of a $50,000 federal grant for mental health planning until the governor calls an advisory committee of 24 to review the planning study. The board weighs immediate action versus waiting for the new mental health department and its coordinating plans.
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Bennington Obituary for Flora Burgess Parker
Flora Burgess Parker 70 of 115 Union Street died Sunday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a year of frail health. Born November 26, 1892, in Bennington she studied at the Boston School of Fine Arts and worked two decades in New York City as an advertising and fashion illustrator. Widow of Frank Parker she was active in the Bennington County Humane Society Friends of the Library YMCA Auxiliary and D A R. An exhibitor and artist, she held a one man show last year in Manchester Center and belonged to the Southern Vermont art group and Vermont Pen Women. Her animal drawings are widely collected and traveled with her showing life long interest in animals. She helped plan the Fall Foliage Festival art exhibit and was an early member of the Bennington Girls Club.
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Elyria
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Gananoque
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Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Bennington Briefs Roundup Hints at Local Events
Local notices report a First Methodist Church special meeting at 7 30 PM in the church parlor and a swimming session at the YMCA pool starting today. Obituaries note deaths in Bennington Hoosick Falls and Arlington with services planned and funeral homes handling arrangements.
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