Israel in Egypt closes Mayfest with large community cast
The Mayfest calendar ends with a Sunday 8 p.m. performance of Handel's Israel in Egypt at Mt Anthony Union High School auditorium. A 100 plus voice chorus and orchestra directed by Paul Boepple will feature five vocal soloists from New York City and Westminster Choir School. Tickets are available at local shops and at the door while they last. A letter from Vermont Arts Council official Arthur F Williams praises the school's production of West Side Story and notes the arts as a learning experience for students.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Israel
Egypt
Paul Boepple
New York City
Westminster Choir School
Princeton
N.J
Frost's Pharmacy
Evans News
Bennington
Powers Market
College Co-op
William C. Fels
Arthur F. Williams
Vermont Council On the Arts, Inc
Montpelier
Hearts Transplanted In Two New Patients
Two transplant recipients in Buenos Aires and Montreal benefit from world firsts and ongoing hope. A 58-year-old Montreal father Albert Murphy and 54-year-old Pedro Serrano in Argentina receive hearts, with Rondeau’s organs contributing to kidney transplants for teens at Royal Victoria Hospital.
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Albert Murphy
Montreal
Chomedy
Tory Aids
Pierre Grondin
Gerard Rondeau
Canada
Pedro Enrique Serrano
Chivilcoy
Argentina
Emilio Tomasetti
Buenos Aires
Lanus
Miguel Bellizi
Serrano
Murphy
Philip Blaiberg
Joe Ferreira da Cunha
Frederick West
Jean- Marie Boulogne
John Fierro
Elmont
N.Y
Everett C. Thomas
Phoenix
Ariz
Joseph G. Klett
Orange
Blaiberg
Cape Town
Klett
Richmond
Bruce O. Turner
Rondeau
Argentine Poultry and Egg Union
Bellizzi
United States
Luczko Receives Three Years Hard Labor In Manslaughter Case
Marine Cpl. Stanley J. Luczko Jr. was sentenced to three years hard labor for voluntary manslaughter of a Vietnamese woman in 1966. The court martial also reduced him to private and issued a bad conduct discharge. Luczko, from Gardner Massachusetts, showed no emotion as the verdict was read. He had previously faced murder charges with a life sentence after a Da Nang court martial. a Navy Board of Appeals ordered a new trial.
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Quantico
UPI
Stanley J. Luczko Jr
Luczko
Marine Corps
Gardner
Mass
da Nang
Vietnam
Navy Board of Appeals
UVM Institute Postponed by Federal Funds Freeze
University of Vermont officials said a freeze on federal funds forces postponement of a two week institute on communications techniques scheduled to begin June 3. The course would have followed a prior medical technology educators program funded by a grant from the Cancer Control Branch of the Public Health Service. No new start date was announced.
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Burlington
UPD
University of Vermont
Cancer Control Branch
U.S. Public Health Service
Knapps Celebrate 38th Anniversary at Home
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Knapp of 710 Main St. observe their 38th wedding anniversary. Married June 2, 1930 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, officiated by Rev. James Elmer McKee. They have six children and 27 grandchildren, with 15 living. Mrs. Knapp the former Gladys Rose Tripp. Mr. Knapp has long been in trucking business.
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Charles E. Knapp
Main St
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
James Elmer McKee
Charles R. Knapp III
Lynn
Mildred Elizabeth) Harrington
Arthur Edward Knapp
Glenn
Elaine) Davis
Herbert Mordecai Knapp
Roger
Nancy) Livingston
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local News And Events
Steven P. Cummings 18 son of Mr and Mrs Buss Cummings of Carpenter Hill enlisted in the U S Navy May 23 and reported for basic training at Great Lakes Illinois. FOE Auxiliary 1861 installs officers Monday at 8 pm at the Eagles rooms North Street. Duncan A Campbell showed slides of a Caribbean cruise to the Bennington Rotary Club. Final rehearsals for Mayfest oratorio Israel in Egypt today and Sunday at Mt Anthony Union High School auditorium. The oratorio is sung at 8 pm Sunday. Temple Beth El will celebrate Shavuos with services Sunday at 9 am and Vizkor Memorial service Monday at 8 am.
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F. Griffis
Francis Griffis
North Bennington Road
U.S. Navy
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Hogan Chevrolet
Steven P. Cummings
Buss’’ Cummings
Carpenter Hill
Navy
Walt Pollett
Great Lakes
Ill
Berlin Central School
Berlin
N.Y
Vermont
FOE
Eagles Rooms
North Street
Duncan A. Campbell
Woodford Road
Bennington
Israel
Egypt
Temple Beth
Funeral services for WWI veteran Mike B Abbott held at Sacred Heart
Funeral services for Mike B Abbott a World War I veteran who died at the Vermont Soldiers Home were held with a prayer service at Mahar and Son Funeral Home and a Requiem High Mass at Sacred Heart Church. The ceremony featured a color guard from VFW Post 1332 and honors by American Legion Post 13 and WWI Barracks 1955. Burial followed at the Home Veterans War Memorial Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Donahue. Out of town attendees came from Windsor.
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Mike B. Abbott
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Church
James P. Donahue
C.S.C
Father Donahue
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dept
Ernest Costa
Harold Bodine
American Legion
Bennington County
Kenneth Baker
John Cole
World War I Barracks
Windsor
Andrew Nanes
Harry Silloway
Howard Burnham
Thomas Penniman
Costa
Baker
Edward Giles
Soldiers’ Home
Home
Veterans War Memorial Cemetery
Governor Names Committee To Review Use Of State Cars
Gov. Philip Hoff named a seven member committee from government and private sector to study automobile transportation in state government. Critics say state vehicles are not always used for official business and unauthorized passengers and commuting use occur. The panel aims to report by Sept. 1 and may lead to legislation prohibiting non official state car use. Residents include 351 state cars and 90 leased vehicles across 28 agencies with 1967 travel costs about 2.3 million.
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Montpelier
UPS
Philip Hoff
Guare
Hoff
Select Committee
Scouts To Build Two Adirondack Shelters
Taconic District Scout executive Mike Shanahan and J. Walter Herlihy of General Electric Rutland said leaders at a Woodford camp meeting agreed to construct two enclosed Adirondack shelters to replace the winter fire loss. The plan calls for facilities 14 by 20 or 22 feet, sleeping 14 in bunks, with a seven member committee to refine details and report by mid June.
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Woodford
Taconic
Mike Shanahan
Ker
J. Walter Herlihy
General Electric Co
Rutland
Hoff
Library Grant Supports Essay and Literature Purchases
MONTEPELIER-Bennington Free Library received a $300 grant for essays and general literature, approved at the Free Library Service Board meeting on May 20. Nine libraries shared $2500 in total cash grants for special purposes.
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Montepelier — Bennington
Bennington
Vermont motor vehicle registrations rise in May totals
Vermont Motor Vehicle Commissioner James E. Malloy reported 189130 vehicles registered as of May 1, up nearly 10000 from 1967. April licensing reached 79533 operators, against 74397 a year earlier, while vehicle tax receipts for April were 403400, up from 256900 in April 1967.
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Addison County
George D. Aiken
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Action
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March
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
Ala
Jackson
Resurrection City
Chicago
James Bevel
Hosea
Jack
Pasadena
McCarthy
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic Party
Humphrey
U.S
Knapps
Bennington Briefs
Paul Guare
France
Confederation of Labor
CGT
Nice
Pan American World Airways
Orly
Paris
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Quai d’Orsay
Michel Debre
Couve de Murville
Christian Fouchet
Raymond Marcellin
Fouchet
Alain Peyrefitte
Arthur H. Jones
R-Morgan
Erma E. Puffer
Vernon
Craig W. White
the Rock of Ages
Barre
Robert Schill
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Benton F. Haley
The
Vermont Mutual Insurance Co
Montpe
Bradford
Mon
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Athaway
Hoosick Falls
Ly Lancaster
United Artists
Dick van Dyke
Fitzwilly
Walter Mais
Gineralists Color Wyoertse Panavision’ S Transamerica Company
Walt Disney
Diamonds
Hotel Putnam
Adirondack Coin & Currency CO
Church Street
Gloversville
New York
R. R. Lewis
Bennington Banner Telephone
Business
Aauartiainea
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Walker
Haynes
Kane Inc
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Vermont Bank and Trust Conan
Bank
Frost
Kodak
Bennington, Vt
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