Two Injured In College Road Collision
Two people were hospitalized after a car and a school bus collided at College Road and Vermont 67A. Bus driver Harry Shepney 51 sustained back injuries while Robert Grimm 19 was observed for possible head injuries. Both vehicles were wrecked. Rescue crews took them to Putnam Memorial Hospital where their condition was listed as fairly good the next morning. Four youths received minor cuts and bruises and were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Road
Vermont 67A
Harry Shippey
Bradford St
Robert Grimm
Spring St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Joseph Scanlon
Park St
Paul Williams
Coulter St
Poverty Battle Shifts From Senate to House
Washington UPI The battle over President Johnson s war on poverty moved from the Senate to the House after a 62 to 33 Senate vote on a revised anti poverty bill. Barry Goldwater opposed final passage and the House version remains at 962 5 million with a committee path to floor action expected next week. House Republicans push the measure amid cautious southern Democratic support and uncertain eastern Republican alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
House
Barry Goldwater
Rules Committee
Vietnam leader urged to slow march against North Vietnam
U.S. Ambassador Taylor and Deputy Johnson pressed Premier Nguyen Khanh to repudiates U.S. military attacks against North Vietnam and China. Khanh refused to disown Air Commodore Ky's calls while criticizing American efforts to dispute reports of North Vietnamese infiltration in South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nguyen Khanh
North Viet Nam
Khanh
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Taylor
U. Alexis Johnson
Viet Nam
Johnson rejects De Gaulle plan for international Vietnam talks
Washington officials say President Johnson will stress U.S. opposition to Charles de Gaulle's call for a broader conference to end the Vietnam war. They argue such talks would validate Communist gains and ignore Geneva accords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Charles de Gaulle
South Viet Nam
Gaulle
Paris
Laos
de Gaulle
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
71-year-old woman granted divorce over club misconduct
Mrs. Magdalena Benscoter, 71, was granted a divorce from Virgil, 80, after she testified he brought girl friends to their senior citizens club and bragged about it to Judge S C Masterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinez
Calif
UPI
Magdalena Benscoter
Virgil
Senior Citizens Club
S.C. Masterson
Mt Anthony Union Board Defers Site Decision in Walkout
Five Mt Anthony Union School Board members walk out as union leaders seek to remain agreed on the site decision. The row over where to locate the new facility continues with no immediate resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union
Union High School
Union Board
Vermont
Park Street
Union School
Harris enters Senate race as Bennington County Democrat
Earl J. Harris 42, longtime Bennington Democrat and county committee member, announced his bid for the state senate from Bennington County on the Democratic ticket. He is North Bennington Fire Department president and former Warren Wire Co. employee now without work, with a wife and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Earl J. Harris
State Senate
Bennington County
Harris
Bennington
Norshaft
Democratic Club
North Bennington Fire Department
Warren Wire Co
Pownal
Johnson Goldwater clash opens 1964 campaign in White House talk
President Johnson and Senator Goldwater plan a civil rights focused meeting at the White House as the campaign opens. King warns against sidelining civil rights, while Johnson promotes peaceful obedience to law and caps the day with a Boy Scout Jamboree visit at Valley Forge. A trailing banner backstage hints at Goldwater support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
White House
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Arizona Republican
Goldwater
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Valley Forge
France's Top Crook Suspected in Monte Jewelry Heist
Jacques Casanova, France's No. 1 fugitive, is named as the prime suspect in a Monte Carlo jewelry robbery that yielded about $2 million in gems. Five masked men fled in under two minutes, wounding a policeman and gardener and leaving about $400,000 found later in a nearby abandoned truck. Casanova also faces past kidnaping and Paris holdups, with a policeman killed in prior crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Monaco
UPI
France
Jacques Casanova
Riviera
Begum Aga Khan
Clerc’s
Paris
Jean Ferrario
Casanova
Mmne
Marcel Dassault
Federal Rights Group To Begin Operations
Former Florida Governor Leroy Collins, new director of the Community Relations Service, said the agency will start operations within a week to help solve racial disputes under the Civil Rights Act. The service will not force entry but will respond if asked, and Collins cited Harlem as an example of tensions driven by housing and education issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
Florida
Leroy Collins
Collins
Harlem
New York City
New York
Inside East Greenbush woman cites Bennington gas blast
Page reviews of last night’s plays at Weston and Dor set highlight local arts and sports. An editorial critiques the reapportionment timetable. Bagpipers aged 8 to 80 graduate from Petersburg school. Wilmington’s historic library ranks among Vermont’s first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Greenbush
Bennington
Weston
Dorset
Petersburg
Wilmington
Vermont
Democrat Enters Race for Side Judge in Bennington County
Nathan Kamber a Manchester resident and IOOF officer filed as the third Democrat and sixth candidate for side judge of Bennington County Court. Kamber, a 1951 Manchester settler and Town and Country Realty co owner, cites his human relations experience and bias free judgment. He has held IOOF posts locally and statewide and served in WWII era relief and veterans organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Nathan Kamber
North Shire
IOOF
Bennington County
Kamber
Louis Weissman
Grand Lodge of Vermont
Noble Grand of Hope Lodge No. 50
Bear Mt. Encampment
Patriarchs’ Militant
Lions Club
Sight
Elks
Mt. Equinox Grange
Dorset Players
Israel Congregation of Manchester
War Production Board
City of New York
Victory Clothing Collection Committee
Stage Door Can
Citizens’ Defense Corps of
New York
Bennington
Boys’ High School
Brooklyn
N.Y
Manchester Depot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas W. King
Williamstown
Mass
Hagerman
Polygraphic Corp. of America
Taylor Anh Khanh
Rift
Quincy
Rhode Island
Quincy Motor Inn
Southeast Asia
LBJ
Geneva
Dean Rusk
Red China
Europe
Germany
By Bob Hagerman
Union District
Bennington Village
Monte
Federal Rights Group
Ord
Democrat
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!