Van Santvoord recalls life lessons at BCHS graduation
Vermont representative and former World War I ambulance driver George Van Santvoord spoke to 112 Bennington Catholic High School seniors about how character and training shape responses to danger and opportunity. He cited a courageous driver who sheltered a trapped man, his boyhood boxing, languages, and wartime repair skills learned at Verdun as examples of enduring personal preparation.
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Buckler
Bennington Town
George van Santvoord
Bennington Catholic
van Santvoord
Vermont General Assembly
Burlington
Waterbury
Bennington
Verdun
Elks Flag Day Talk Urges Patriotism at Bennington Lodge
Maj. James Scanlon retired U S Army spoke at the Bennington Lodge of Elks Flag Day observance urging area youth to love their country and flag. He warned seniors scouts and parents that patriotism and faith are seen as old fashioned by some.
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Maj
James Scanlon
U.S
Elks
U.S. Army Ret
Park St
Bennington
Elks Club
Stevenson Warns Of Threat To Survival At Williamstown Commencement
Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, warned 258 graduates at Williamstown Massachusetts that the human experiment faces an understated threat of annihilation. He urged solving modern problems with moral proposals, noting space and time are compressed on earth and nuclear risk rises from close proximity. The speech, delivered in Chapin Hall after rain canceled outdoor events, included remarks on global conflict, power fronts, and the danger of an international class war.
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Williamstown
Mass
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Chapin Hall
Missionary Park
Stevenson
Earth
Paratroops Move Toward Dong Xoai in Vietnam Fighting
A U S Army paratroop battalion moved to Phuoc Vinh about 20 miles south of Dong Xoai to join the offensive against Communist forces. South Vietnamese leaders, led by Maj Gen Nguyen Van Thieu, took command after Premier Quat and Chief of State Sun resigned. Casualties rose with 100 civilians buried in Dong Xoai and 225 guerrillas reported killed by U S air strikes near the town. Seven Americans died and 11 are missing in the fighting, with Marines losing two more and 20 injured near Chu Lai.
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Saigon
UPS
Dong Xoai
Nguyen van Thieu
Phan Huy Quat
Phan Khac Sun
Thieu
Pham Xuan Chieu
National Legislative Council
Nguyen Kao Ky
Dong Xoal
U.S
South Viet Nam
Chu Lai
da Nang
Ellis Williamson
Raleigh
N.C
Phuoc Vinh
Williamson
United States
Vermont lawmakers face reapportionment deadline week
Montpelier Vermont lawmakers begin the 23rd week of session with court ordered reapportionment to be resolved. Gov Hoff is expected to sign a package lowering House size and other reapportionment bills before sending them to the federal three judge panel for rapid study and possible July 1 deadline fixes. The agenda also includes tax increases, Windsor prison plans, regional school bills, scholarships, and use of a 2.4 million surplus for schools or regional vocational facilities.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Senate
House
Hoff
Windsor
Lady Bird Opens Arts Festival at White House
Washington UPI report on a 12 hour arts festival at the White House with Mrs Lyndon B Johnson praising 200 artists for beauty meaning and zest. President Johnson, back from Texas, planned to appear during the day at a buffet for entertainers and 400 guests. The First Lady saluted the artists in the East Room remarks prepared for delivery.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Texas
Executive
America
Arts
Townshend Accident Kills Six Persons
Six persons died in a two car head-on collision on Route 30 near Townshend Vermont. Victims named include Harry Night 20 Jamaica Burdett Brown 27 Wordsboro Lester Fuller 21 Vernon his brother Kenneth 20 Vernon and Pamela 15 Dummerston Priscilla Rocray 40 and her daughter Pamela 15. Medical examiner Dr. Carlos Otis pronounced all six dead at the scene. The crash described as an unbelievable mass of twisted metal. It was Windham County s worst highway crash and Vermont s second worst ever.
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Townshend
UPI
Vermont
Harry Night
Jamaica
Burdett Brown
Wordsboro
Brown
Burton Brown
Manchester
Lester Fuller
Vernon
Fuller
Kenneth
Ft. Devens
Priscilla Rocray
Dummerston
Carlos Otis
Windham County
South Hero
Inside Winners at Bennington Catholic High Class Night
Review of Chard Powers Smith book on Edward Arlington Robinson highlights literary analysis. A photo feature shows elementary students visiting Horst farm. Largest class, 69, graduates from Burr and Burton Seminary. Three Manchester Board of Civil Authority meetings planned this week on tax appeals.
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Bennington Catholic High School
Chard Powers Smith
Edward Arlington Robinson
Manchester Board of Civil Authority
January in June Snow Hits Mt Mansfield Briefing
Vermonters awoke to four inches of snow on Mt Mansfield as a cool air mass from Hudson Bay swept in causing an early summer chill. Ski resort owners lament the missed ski season and the unusual weather pattern.
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Mansfield
MT. Mansfield
UPI
Dominica Adjusting To Revolution
In Santo Domingo the Dominican crisis drags on as an inter-American force stabilizes the capital. An OAS mediated talks between the Constitutionalist Government and GNR fail to produce a coalition. Elections may be delayed 12 to 18 months amid fears of renewed fighting and widespread arms distribution.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
UPI
Caribbean
Organization of American States
OAS
Ellsworth Bunker
Jack Hood Vaughn
U. S
Inter - American Affairs
Washington
Vaughn
Dillon urges strengthen of international monetary system at Middlebury
Former U S Treasury Secretary C Douglas Dillon told Middlebury College graduates the highest priority must be given to strengthening the international monetary system to prevent a world wide trade and investment slowdown. He warned inadequate liquidity could hinder growth and threaten recession as free world monetary authorities act. Roy Wilkins Katharine McBride and John Kemény also received honorary degrees amid commencement exercises with 250 graduates.
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Middlebury
UPI
U.S. Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Middlebury College
Dillon
Free World
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bryn Mawr College
Katharine McBride
John Kemeny
Dartmouth College
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Bchs Grads
Rose Hewson
M.J. Dailey
BCHS
U.n.’S
Viet Nam
Lady Bird
Horst Farm
Burr and Burton Seminary
Dominica
Carolyn Cassaday
Mount Vernon
Ohio
John Riker
Bale D’urfe, Que
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