Prison warden Moeykens may quit Windsor Prison
Windsor State Prison warden Julius Moeykens may resign pending a formal two week notice. Corrections Commissioner R Kent Stoneman and Human Services Secretary Thomas Davis discussed possible replacements while noting inmate reports of leadership change. No successor named. Moeykens had long faced escapes and protests at the facility.
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Corrections Department
Moeykens
Stoneman
UPI
Bernard Woodmansee
Will and codicil ruled invalid in Buck case
In a probate hearing the jury decided both the 1971 will and the 1973 codicil of Miss Buck were invalid. The case returns to probate court to determine a valid will, with a 30 day appeal period possible. Bishop Frederick Wolf joins a Portland protest against plans to ordain 11 women deacons as priests in Philadelphia.
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Harris
Anderson
Billings
Walsh
Portland
Maine
UPI
Portland Episcopal Diocese
Frederick Wolf
Philadelphia
Wolf
New England
Bennington Class of 1944 30th Reunion Planned
The 30th reunion of Bennington High School's class of 1944 will be Aug 17 at the Bennington Elks Lodge with a happy hour buffet and dancing. Invitations extend to anyone who was a class member 1940 to 1944, and contact efforts are ongoing. For details or invitations, reach Mrs Josephine Kelley Cadiz at 4429083 or Mrs Cecilia Kearns Hassenpflug at 4425137. A memory table requests photos from that era.
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Bendi
Bennington Elks Lodge
Josephine Kelley Cadiz
Cecilia Kearns Hassenpflug
Vermont gubernatorial race stalls on budget talk
Gov. Thomas P. Salmon and Republican rival Walter L. Kennedy failed to present clear stances on budget balance in a Vermont campaign that centers on spending restraint and national economic forces. Both argued about surpluses and deficits while noting the legislature's role in final budget decisions.
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Kennedy
Vermont
Salmon
Frank H. Davis
State House
Washington
Wall Street
Senate approves 800000 for Dickey Lincoln project planning
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced 800000 for planning and design of the Dickey Lincoln hydroelectric project on the Upper St. John River in Maine, despite environmentalist opposition and House resistance since 1967. The cost has been debated, with critics citing a potential $1 billion price tag while officials estimate about 500 million. In Bennington, Mt. Anthony CES members gather at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home at 8 for Dorothy Breese’s service.
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Washington
House
Friends of St. John
New England
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Upper St. John River
Maine
Boston
Mt. Anthony
CES
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Bennington
Dorothy Breese
Nixon's standing drops to new Gallup low
Washington UPI reports a Gallup Poll shows 24 percent of 1,555 adults across 300 localities approve of Nixon, 63 percent disapprove, and 13 percent have no opinion. The rating is four points below June and just one point above the 23 percent Truman low in 1951.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Gallup
Harry S Truman
Mrs Breese Dies At 61 In Shaftsbury
Mrs. Alexander Breese nee McKeon of Holiday Drive Shaftsbury died Friday morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital at age 61. Born June 23 1913 in Holyoke Mass she was educated there and at Northampton Business College. Survived by husband Obie Breese two sons Harry and Peter a daughter Alexis a grandson and a brother John McKeon. Funeral Sunday 2 PM Hanson Walbridge Bennington. burial Oakwood Cemetery Troy NY. Memorials to Bennington Rescue Squad.
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Harris
Langrock
Miss Buck
Edgar
Janice Walsh Lippicott
Henriette Walsh Teuch
Boston
New York
Alexander Breese
Dorothy Breese
Holiday Drive
Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Holyoke
Mass
Harry and
Gertrude (French) McKeon
Northampton Business College
Breese
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Bennington
YMCA
Eagle Square Manufacturing Co
Mt. Anthony
CBS
Harry
Funeral Home
Leon Rudd
Pownal
North Pownal
Hanson-Walbridge
Glaucoma and Diabetes Clinic Set for Shaftsbury Next Week
Tests for glaucoma diabetes and hypertension will run next Monday July 29 and Wednesday July 31 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Shaftsbury Elementary School with the state health screening van. Organizers include the Norshaft Lion and Lionesses Vermont Association for the Blind and local trustees. Vermonters over 40 should take the glaucoma test. diabetes testing uses a finger prick after a hearty meal two hours earlier and only water during the two hours. Blood pressure readings require avoiding heavy exertion cold exposure eating and smoking for 30 minutes beforehand to reflect normal levels.
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Shaftsbury
State Department of Health
Norshaft Lion and Lionesses
Howes
Betty Faris
Paul Hamburg
Anthony Altobell
Erlon Broomhall
Hazel McDonald
Arthur S. Jones
Vermont Association For the Blind
County bicentennial group meets Tuesday in Vermont
A county bicentennial committee meeting is set for Tuesday July 30 at 7 30 p m in Arlington Town Hall Route 7 above the Post Office The group includes Bennington Peru Dorset Manchester Shaftsbury and Arlington The agenda covers a Who s Who of attendees a report on July 19 statewide Let s Talk Bicentennial Day at Randolph a Bennington Bicentennial Youth Committee float for Battle Day and designation of a Bennington County Bicentennial Committee plus fund raising plans and flag promotion The big Sept 25 county meeting is highlighted as uniting county and statewide plans with officials urging every community to send representatives.
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Vermont
Arlington Town Hall
Bennington
Peru
Dorset
Manchester
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Randolph
Kennedy rescues five at sea near Cape Cod
UPI reports Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his Curragh crew rescued five people from danger after a stalled motorboat and a rubber raft drifted offshore. David Lamkin of West Peabody praised Kennedy and his wife Ethel for their kindness and quick help.
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Boston
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Cape Cod
David Lamkin
West Peabody
Mass
Kennedy
Curragh
Lamkin
Ethel Kennedy
Randi
Carol Jenks
Charles
Stanton Sacks
Bennington Ad Rates Include Local and National Subscriptions
The notice lists 15 cents per day home delivery and mail subscription rates for New England and Vermont. Vermont residents pay 3 months 9.00, 6 months 18.00, 1 year 36.00, with U.S. rates 3 months 9.75, 6 months 19.50, 1 year 39.00. Second class postage is paid at Bennington Vermont.
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Ternational
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
U.S
Bennington
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