Music Man crafts a regional music hub in North Bennington
Gunnar Schonbeck runs a free weekly Saturday session at his North Bennington store drawing a diverse group from Polygraphic Co. to ministers and families. The venture, born from a teacher shortage, offers instrument sales repairs lessons and a roster of guest instrumentalists. A Sunday jam for high school students precedes public performances at local venues. Schonbeck, Bennington College faculty, touts training from NE Conservatory Juilliard and Smith College.
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Gunnar Schonbeck
North Bennington
Polygraphic Co
McCullough Library
Boston University
Schonbeck
Bennington Music Guild
Bennington College
Purcell, Fox and Calabro
Claremont Daily Eagle Sold to Edward Bennett
The Claremont Daily Eagle changes hands to Edward J. Bennett publisher of the Bristol Enterprise. Bennett forms Eagle Publications Inc. with his wife Jeanne to publish both papers. price not disclosed. Mrs. Clark retires after 14 years with the Eagle. Bennett plans to devote most effort to Claremont and the printing plant while Mrs. Bennett edits and manages the Enterprise.
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Claremont
N.H
Claremont Daily Eagle
Edward J. Bennett
Bristol Enterprise
Rhoda Shaw Clark
Bennett
Eagle Publications, Inc
Eagle
Enterprise
Jeanne
Clark
Daily Eagle
Edward
Jeanne Bennett
Daily Eagle News
The
Canaan Reporter
Enfield Advocate
Boston
Milton
Mass
Proctor Academy
Andover
Coast Guard
Navy
New Hampshire Senate
Jeanne Krummel
San Francisco
Fortune Magazine
Newsweek Magazine
New Hampshire Weekly Publishers Association
One Million Dropouts Expected Amid Shifting Education
ST LOUIS AP Almost a million students will quit school before graduation this year and enter a job market with few opportunities, says Daniel Schreiber of the NEA. Half of these dropouts may never find work, limited to unskilled roles as basic service and clerical jobs. A panel notes independent study is replacing traditional classrooms, with Wayland High School using self directed learning for about half a student’s time.
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ST. Louis
Daniel Schreiber
National Education Association
Medal of Honor Proposed for Glenn
Washington AP reports two Congressional proposals to honor astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. with the Medal of Honor. One bill would grant the medal to all seven Project Mercury astronauts and include overtime bonuses for each crew member and $5,000 to key contributors. The second proposal would award the Medal of Honor to Glenn alone.
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Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
Glenn
Cub Scout Pack 53 Awards At Annual Banquet
Cub Pack 53 held its Blue and Gold Banquet at the Second Congregational Church with about 70 attendees. Donald G. Greensit awarded a gold cup to Jason Bitensky for past cubmaster service. Raymond Lovely presented a Pack banner from the National Council for enrollment gains.
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Cub Scout
Second Congregational Church
Donald G. Greensit
Jason Bitensky
Elm St
Raymond Lovely
National Council
St.boysen
Donald G. Greenslet
Cub Pack
Hagenguth
Beech Street PTG Plans March 24 Social
The Beech Street Parent-Teacher Group announces a social at Beech Street School on Saturday March 24 from 8 to 11 p.m. Admission is free with door prizes, refreshments and personalized candy for sale. Proceeds aid the art teacher salary for the year. Chair is Mr. William M. Harrington of Morgan Street.
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Beech Street
PTG
William M. Harrington
Morgan Street
Sweet talking officers curb crashes on Boston expressway
Massachusetts Motor Vehicles Registrar Clement A. Riley credits two pleasant motorcycle officers on the Southeast Expressway for a 90 percent drop in accidents. The officers stop drivers politely and urge safer speeds, offering well wishes for a safe trip.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Clement A. Riley
New Troops Replace Garrison in West Berlin Move
A 1500 member battle group will relocate to West Berlin early this month replacing the 1st Battle Group of the 19th Infantry. The movement of 3000 soldiers reinforces Western rights to the East German highway lifeline and follows prior troop switches amid Cold War tensions. Soviet authorities will be informed and have protested but not blocked the transfer.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
United States
U.S. Army Command
47Th Infantry
Augsburg
19Th Infantry
East Germany
U.S
Vienna-born Berndt completes 1000 mile swim over 500 days
Frederick E. Berndt, who is over 60, finished a 1000 mile swimming record in 500 days. He swam two miles each weekday starting at 11 a.m., completing at least 176 breaststroke laps in two to three hours. Berndt arrived in Chicago from Vienna in 1938.
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Chicago
Frederick E. Berndt
Berndt
Vienna
Conservation Honoree Peckham Noted as Outstanding Local Farmer
Burton Peckham of Pownal was named Bennington County's outstanding conservation farmer of 1961 by the Bennington County Soil Conservation District supervisors. The award, presented at the annual Manchester meeting attended by 83, highlighted Peckham's farm revamp including new buildings silos rotational grazing woodland improvement and new tile drains with help from Jim Woodard.
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Burton Peckham
Pownal
Bennington County
Peckham
David Barton
Jim Woodard
The
Soil Conservation Service
Sidney Davis
U. S. Forest Service
Manchester
John Hazen
West Hartford
International Farm Youth Exchange
Paul Costello
Winhall
Long Island
N.Y
Ber
Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Vermont State Association of Soil Conservation Supervisors
National Association
Philadelphia
United States
Bob
Iowa Day at Seattle Fair Abolishes Pig Display
Iowa will attend the Seattle World's Fair for Iowa Day on May 12 without pigs. Gov Norman A Erbe asked to display a 26 pig litter claimed as a world record born on Ray Osweiler's Si gourney farm. Fair executive Alfred Rochester declined no livestock facilities were available. Gov Erbe will lead the Iowa delegation and the Osweilers plan to attend.
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Seattle
Iowa
Committee Declines Congo Invitation to Tshombe Visit
A Senate subcommittee declined Moise Tshombe's invitation to visit Katanga for an on the spot Congo probe. The panel said its presence could hinder national unification efforts. Senator Albert Gore chaired the closed door talks with Harland Cleveland.
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Washington
Senate
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Senate Foreign Relations
Harland Cleveland
International Organization Affairs
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