Explaining a Vermont School To the Russians
In America Illustrated, Preston Bruce former principal of Readsboro Central School explains how a Southern Vermont town built a new school. The piece covers town meetings bond votes and the project’s reception including Bruce’s reflections on race and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Vermont
Preston Bruce
Readsboro Central School
America Illustrated
U.S. Information Agency
Bruce
Readsboro
University of Maryland
Obshchegorodskoe Sobranie
Kennedy
Lyndon State College
Washington, D.C
Springfield
Mass
Philip Noll
Lyndon
Salem Rebels
Virginia
New England
Amerika
Bennington study on Globe Union plant loan plan faces town vote
Bennington officials outline a 2.15 million dollar Globe Union battery plant project with a 100000 dollar town loan and 1250000 from BCIC financed through First National Bank. The plant would occupy 125000 square feet and employ at least 125 workers with a lease purchase arrangement and public information session set at 8 p.m. at the Bennington County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Morse
Vermont 67A
Globe Union Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Bennington County Industrial Corp
BCIC
Bennington County
Board of Selectmen
Bennington Water Board
First National Bank of
North Bennington
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
Globe Union
Water Board Endorses Main Extension to Morse Property
Bennington Village water commissioners voted Monday night to extend the eight inch water main from Ben-Mont Avenue across Bennington Flats toMont Morse Inc on Vermont 67A. The line would run along U S 7 as approved by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Bennington County
Globe Union Co
Morgan Springs
Tire accident sparks $45 000 suit against Goodyear
Bennington man Gareth A. Bigart sues Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in U S District Court Burlington alleging a defective tire caused injuries including a broken arm a severe head injury and partial hearing loss from an explosion at Wassick's Tire Service on Aug 14 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
U.S
Burlington
Gareth A. Bigart
Pownal Road
Wassick
Ben-Mont Avenue
Hunt Street
Bigart
John B. Harte
Steve T. Wassick
Harte
Goodyear Company
Vermont
Civil Rights Bill Highlights and State Reactions
The report outlines federal civil rights titles, court options for complainants, and Vermont provisions. It notes Title II and III on public accommodations and facilities, Title VI on federal aid, and phased employment thresholds under Title VT with evolving employer limits. Local updates mention community notices and civic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Vermont
Senate
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Civil Rights Commission
House
Hoosick Falls Couple Hurt in Kitchen Fire
In Hoosick Falls New York a couple were hospitalized after a kitchen fire. Mrs Ann Houghton 29 suffered first second and third degree burns to thighs and abdomen while her husband Merton 31 received second degree burns to the hands. Both were treated and released. Details of the accident were not available. They reside at 31 River Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ann Houghton
Merton
Houghtons
River St
Match Play Causes Apartment Blaze at 1 Mortimer St
A fire at 1 Mortimer St occupied by Mrs. Anne Hodgin was caused by two small boys playing with matches. The Bennington Fire Department confined the blaze to a couch with water and smoke damage reported. The article also notes proposed federal race employment measures and Vermont state laws on discrimination, with officials present at a Bennington meeting.
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Mortimer St
Anne Hodgin
Bennington
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Commission
Senate
Attorney General
Vermont
Stafford
Hospital Admissions and Birth Announcements List
Admissions include Miss Donna Hurley Master Stephen Bennett Master Michael Pierce Mrs Pauline Dunn Master Dennis Bailey Bennington Mrs Blanche Carver Master Charles Stevens Miss Valerie Stevens Hoosick Falls Mrs Margaret Dalrymple Wilmington Lawrence Foucher North Bennington Richard Mallory Sr Leonard Horton Clyde Sherman Jr Bennington Mrs Dorothy Totten Avelington Births to Lensey Cole Wilmington a son June 1 George Dougherty Wilmington a daughter June 1 Jack R Bell Manchester Center a daughter June 1 Warren Clemons North Bennington a daughter June 1
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Donna Hurley
Stephen Bennett
Michael Pierce
Pauline Dunn
Dennis Bailey
Bennington
Blanche Carver
Charles Stevens
Valerie Stevens
Hoosick Falls
Margaret Dalrymple
Wilmington
Lawrence Foucher
North Bennington
Richard Mallory, Sr
Leonard Horton
Clyde Sherman Jr
Dorothy Totten
Avelington
Lensey Cole
George Dougherty
Wilder Ave
Jack R. Bell
Manchester Center
Warren Clemons
Baldwin lawsuit seeks damages from Vermont over grade crossing crash
Harold and Beatrice Baldwin of Shaftsbury filed a 50 000 suit in Bennington County Court against the State of Vermont and Vermont Railway Inc. alleging negligence after a Feb 12 collision at Cider Mill Road Shaftsbury. They claim physical pain medical costs loss of earnings and mental anguish plus wife care costs and deprivation of companionship. They assert the train approached at high speed without proper warning and whistle timing and that the crossing and highway were unsafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Vermont
The
Vermont Railway Inc
Bennington
Harold and Beatrice Baldwin
Shaftsbury
Baldwin
Vermont Railway
Cider Mill Road
Baldwins
Bennington Graded School Board Candidates Grow to Four
Marie Bergquist and Dr. James Shea filed by the Monday deadline to seek two board of trustees seats in Bennington district. Incumbent Ivor Pelsue and Kenneth Fleming had filed earlier, making four candidates for two vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bergquist
Bennington High School
PTA
Shea
Julia Nash
Stephen H. Gilman
Michael J. Hogan
Hayes
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Nkojia
Lea de
Usia Magazine
Baltimore
North Bennington - Shaftsbury
Morse
Raymond B. Bowen
Bennington Briefs
Maurice A. Rancourt
Henry Rancourt
Mr. Rancourt
St. Michael’s College
Winooski Park
Bennington Catholic High School
Women of the Moose No. 1018
Moose Hall
Jane Ann Potter
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Pack 53
Gerald Stowell
de Rusto
T.A. Carpenter & Sons Paints
Hoosick Accident
Apartment
Congress
Francis B. Flanagan
St. Francois de Sales
Lawrence Larrowe
Bennington - Troy
Angus J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Lane
Haynes & Kane, Inc
DIAL
Main ST
Dow-Jones—Hache & Co
Albany
Caron's Quality Paint Store
North Se
ST. Joseph College
Fred Phillips
F. Ellwood Allen
Bennington Recreation and Landscaping
Robert M. Parmelee
Old Bennington
Center
Allen
L.B. Hermann
Catamount Lane
Hagerman
Ehrich and Mollica
Jim Shea
School
Iro
North Hoosick New York
Dack SH
Billy Wilder
Irma Douee
Marilyn Monroe
Jack Lemmon
Harte Harte Theatre
Emington, Vt
Pakula-Mulligan
Paramount
Natalie Wood
Steve McQueen
Bennington Dreve
Technicolor
Cinemscope
Doris Day
Pol
James Garner Bergen
Robert
Frances
Nuyen
Salem’s
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