Bennington Officials Forecast Fast Action on Unification Act
Bennington lawmakers expect quick legislative steps on the municipal consolidation enabling act. Rep Joseph Caracciola says the bill should reach the House floor this week and he plans a suspension of rules to accelerate passage. Sen Salvatore Santaracangelo notes his role as vice chair of the Senate Municipal Corporations Committee.
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Bennington
General Assembly
Joseph J. Caracciola
Salvatore Santare Cangelo
Funeral service for Mrs Elizabeth Carroll set in Bennington
The funeral for Elizabeth Skehan Carroll, who died at Putnam Memorial Hospital Sunday, was held Tuesday at Mahar & Son Funeral Home and St Francis de Sales Church. A Requiem High Mass was offered by Msgr Francis Flanagan with Rev Gerald Buckley assisting. Bearers included Morse brothers and Carroll relatives from Bennington and Hampton New Hampshire. Burial will be in Park Lawn Chapel in spring.
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Elizabeth (Skehan) Carroll
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Suneday
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de _ Sales Church
Francis B. Flannegan
Gerald T. Buckley
St. Columban’s Church
Arlington
Richard and
Edward Morse
Joseph Carroll
Bennington
Old Daigneault
Hampton, N.H
Flaneagan
Park Lawn Chapel
Hampton
N.H
St. Francis de Sales Church
Federal surplus commodities to residents in Bennington
Federal surplus commodities will be distributed to eligible Bennington residents Thursday from 8 30 a m to 1 p m at the Bennington Village Garage announced Se lectmen s Agent Mrs Alma Langlois. Mrs Harry S Moses of Grande view Street hospitalized after a Feb 14 heart attack is reported recovering slowly. A 25 to 30 inch base at Stratton Mountain ski area today with snow flurries and cloudy weather at 30 degrees. Haystack Mountain reports snowing heavily with 6 to 24 inch base packed granular good on T Bar and upper mountain. Winds subsiding. temperature 30.
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Bennington
Bennington Village
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
Harry S. Moses
Grandeview Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Stratton Mountain
Haystack Mountain
Hospital Notes and Town Meeting on Consolidation
Hospital notes list admissions and births in Bennington area on March 1 1966 while town voters discuss a proposed consolidation charter. Rep George Van Santvoord says committee approval likely without changes as questions on dog cat control arise and an information program will precede multiple votes on unity under a new town charter.
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George van Santvoord
D-33
House Municipal Corporations Committee
van Santvoord
Norton Barber
Bennington to expand North Bennington Road Center
National store expansion eyed as Carye plans growth for Bennington's new center. W T Grant to become one of Vermont's largest stores with new facilities by March 1967. Center to add 200 jobs and 700 parking spaces while attracting shoppers from Albany Troy area.
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National
Carye
Vermont
Bennington Road
First National
Brattleboro
Barbara Jean Realty Corporation
Benenington
W.T. Grant
Grant
William E. Hoisington
Loneergan and Thomas
Bennington
Hoisington
New England
Veremont
LeBlancs
North Bennington Road
Barbara Jean Realty Co
William C. Sennett
East Main Street
Sennett
James Shea
Coe
Carge
Prouty aims to widen Social Security to all over 70
Senator Winston L. Prouty proposes an amendment to the tax bill to extend Social Security to every person aged 70 and older who is not currently insured. The plan would provide $44 monthly for the individual and $22 for a spouse, funded by general revenues, covering retirees such as farmers and teachers who missed earlier eligibility.
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Washington
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Senate
Area Obituaries H Baillie Reporter UPI President
Hugh Baillie a longtime United Press figure and former president died in California at 75 after heart failure. A world newsman and company leader, he mentored son Hugh Scott Baillie, a Bay Area sports writer. Born 1890 in Brooklyn he came from a family of journalists and had interviewed leaders from Hitler to Hirohito. He led United Press 1935 to 1955 and earned top journalism honors in 1953 for pioneering radio news. His survivors include wife Constance and children, with ties to the Baillie journalism lineage.
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Baillie
Bennington
Brooklyn
N.Y
David G. Baillie
Andrew Carnegie
Dumfries
Scotland
New York
Tribune
the World
the Press
John B. Hays
United Press
Adolph Hitler
Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Neville Chamberlain
Sicily
Constance Scott
Winefield Scott
David G. Baillie Jr
New York City
David G. Baillie III
Senate approves Viet Nam aid amid debate over Gulf resolution
In a high tension session, the Senate passed a bill authorizing military equipment for U.S. troops in Viet Nam by 93 to 2 after rejecting Morse's Tonkin Gulf repeal 92 to 5. Gruening's amendment on draft approval failed 81 to 5. final House vote was 392 to 4 with four Democrats voting no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
U.S
Viet Nam
Senate
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Tonkin Gulf
Morse
Sen
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
South Viet Nam
Gruening
House
George Brown
Phillip Burton
Calif
William Fitts Ryan
N.Y
John Conyers
Mich
Adams Clayton Powell
D-N.y
George Wins Selectman Race In Large Pownal Vote
Voters in Pownal turnout 545 of 843 as March storms begin, confirming a windward town mood. Arthur George wins selectman seat, with Marcel Langlais first constable, Richard E. Champney school director, and Carolyn Peckham also elected. Ballot measures mostly approved. some defeated including sidewalk, UCS funding, and livestock tax exclusion. Town tax rate set at 5.83, with multiple utility and memorial supports approved.
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Pownal
Town Hall
Arthur George
Marcel Langlais
Richard E. Champney
Carolyn C. Peckham
North
United Counseling Service
George
Berkshire Downs Suit Set For April Hearing
Berkshire Downs seeks to restore its 24 racing dates at Hancock Massachusetts after the State Racing Commission denied a fall meet and reassigned the days to Suffolk Downs in East Boston. The commission found Hancock voters failed to renew approval as required every six years.
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Boston
UPI
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
Massachusetts Supreme Court
State Racing Commission
Suffolk Downs
Suffolk
Hanccock
Hancock Selectmen
Isotope Warning After Packages Drop From Truck
In Paris three packages containing radioactive isotopes fell from a transport to a hospital. Police urged the public to alert authorities and not touch or open the parcels to avoid exposure.
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Paris
UPI
Bennington Selectmen Seek New Landfill Operator
Bennington selectmen seek applicants to run the town sanitary landfill replacing retiree Theophile Lae Flamme. Obtain forms from the Selectmen’s Agent in the Town Building and return by noon next Tuesday. The appointee will operate the landfill grader and oversee use.
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Bennington
Theophile Lae Flamme
Selectmen
Immunization Drive Aids 300 Children In Vermont
More than 300 children received measles vaccine shots at a Sunday clinic in Bennington, sponsored by the Bennington Elementary PTA and the Vermont Health Department. PTA members thank participants and invite those who missed the event to attend a Shaftsbury Elementary School clinic on Tuesday March 8 from 9 30 to 10 30 a.m.
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Bennington
PTA
Vermont Health Department
Shaftsbury
Landgrove Votes to Lower Town Tax Rate by 6.28
Landgrove town meeting approved a tax rate of 1.17 for town, 0.48 for town, and 0.69 for school, a drop of 6.28 from last year due to year end surplus and reassessment changes. Town clerk Helen O. Cody resigned after 30 years of service. Edith Bauer was named tax collector and honored Cody with gifts. Officers elected include Samuel R. Ogden as moderator, Lois MacArthur town clerk and treasurer, William Drake selectman, and others. beer, wine, and liquor sales approved. turnout was 17 of 45.
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Landgrove
Helen O. Cody
Edith Bauer
Cody
Samuel R. Ogden
Lois MacArthur
William Drake
S. R. Ogden Jr
August Schorch
Sheila Ogden
Beverly Drake
Regional Planning Commission
Bennington Votes Divide Over Regional Planning And Local Proposals
Voters in Bennington approved regional items and liquor measures while regional planning faces a setback. Planetarium land conveyance requires state or federal aid within two years as a planning committee seeks a federal grant. Airport runway extension and regional commission formation were undecided or blocked by conditions and prior rejections. Election results show precinct winners for auditor and constables with several incumbents re-elected.
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Vermont
Bennington
Regional Planning Commission
Banener
Regional Commission
John Malone
Virginia N. (Max) Perrotta
August Keleson
James Kinney
Secnd
Thomas Maloney
Hugh Clark
Eugene C. Burt
Peeter Donavan Jr
Milton ,Pinsker
Lawrence F. Powers
Richard van Santvoord
Green Mountain Club Holds Annual Meeting
The 1966 Bennington Section Green Mountain Club annual meeting and potluck were held at the Old Bennington Schoolhouse. Treasurer Hazel Bullock reported $499.41 in treasury and 43 members. Marion Hardy noted state help for two new Long Trail shelters on Glastonbury Mountain and Seth Warner shelter in Stamford. Edward Bullock and others were elected to officers and trustees. Upcoming events include the New England Trail Conference at Amherst and the Rutland GMC meeting May 28. Members suggested hikes to Mt Anthony and other sites, and two teens said Scouts should join more trips. plans include a maple sugar party on March 27.
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Bennington
Green Mountain Club
Earl Patterson
Hazel Bullock
Treasury
Marion Hardy
State
Green Mountain Club Board
Glastonbury Mountain
Seth Warner
Stamford
Edward Bullock
Ted Goddard
Patterson
Robert L. Hagerman
Miss Hardy
Bullock
Amherst College
Massachusetts
State Green Mountain Club
Rutland
Mt. Anthony
Little Rock Pond
Snow Hole
Fayville
Stratton Mountain
Pine Cobble
Mt. Grey
Bennington High Students Prepare for National Education Tests
More than 100 ninth and tenth graders at Bennington High School will take the three hour National Educational Development tests on Thursday guided by George A. Sleeman. The NEDT assesses English social studies math science and word usage to gauge applied learning skills rather than memorized facts.
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Bennington High School
George A. Sleeman
Benenington High School
Sleeman
Science Research Associates
E.F. Lindquist
Iowa
Ancient Leo lore and weather influence legends
The article recounts how ancient cultures valued the Leo constellation. Greeks link Leo to Hercules and the Nemean lion, Hebrews claim it as theirs and connect Leo to the King of Judah. They believed Leo adversely affected weather, enhancing its notorious reputation.
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Leo
Hercules
Judah
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Bennington Briefs
Jemoline Fleming
Hoosick Falls
Gladys Brophy
East Dorset
Polly Dicranian
Jay Ward Sr
East Arlington
Charlotte Gates
Tambra Brenenstuhl
Walloomsac
Thomas Denio
R.D.2
Karen Marie
Denio
Gwen Stevens
Barber
Arthur D. Taylor
Carye and
Albany - Troy
Friendly
H. Baillie
Walter A. Hill
Catherine Hurley
Dewey St
Adelbert and
Catherine (Magill) Hurley
Father Joyce
Northfield Parish
Burlington
Robert F. Joyce
Hilda Hurley
Marjorie) Burns
Thomas L. Hill
Monterey
Kenneth Hill
Bernard Hill
Illinois
Pownal Center
Bennington County Humane Society
UCS
Charles F. Mason
Rachel Mason
Richard Pudvar
Martin G. Lingner
Selectman
Arthur E. George
Harte Theatre
Albert Abrocool
Harry Saltzman
Pii
Sean Connery
Miascei
Kevin McClory
Bett
Raymond P. Betit
James Cross
Armand U. Lampron
Sherman L. Moffitt
Fort Dix
N.J
Robert H. Musser
Inf
MCO
BCT
BRMC
George B. Moffitt
North Bennington
Fort Leonard Wood
Benhi
Ned
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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