Bennington youth sentenced for grand larceny and more
Francis C. Bruso Jr., 19, received one to two years in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to stealing a state dependent’s check from a mailbox and cashing it in Hoosick New York. Several others faced fines for traffic and related charges, including Richard Rumboldt, Allan Hill, Gerald Thomson, Percy Hynick, Howard King, Phil Harvey, Thomas Stemp, and John Ragsdale, with varied penalties and judge’s remarks. Continued coverage notes legislative actions and governor coordination efforts on state bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
House of Correction
Francis C. Bruso Jr
Virginia Peacock
Morgan St
Hoosick
N.Y
Bruso
Shaftsbury
Witten
Rumboldt
U.S. 7
Sheriff’s
Allan R. Hill
Bennington County
Vermont
Hill
Old Bennington
Fairdale Farms
Gerald E. Thomson
Hynick
College Road
Vermont 67A
Howard J. King
Benenington
Phil R. Harvey
Thomas M.stemp
North Branch St
John W. Ragsdale
Littleton
Colo
Ragsdale
Middlebury Colege
Legislative Council
House
House Appropriations Committee
House Fish and Game Committee
Fish and Game Board
Thomas Salmon
Rockingham
Union School board weighs policy handling and topographical survey
The Union School board directs its secretary to create a policy notebook for board decisions and outlines bills handling procedures. They vote to hire Gerald Morrissey for a topographical site survey, coordinate with The Architects Collaborative, and approve architects' fees totaling 2,500 dollars plus 1,014.80 dollars expenses. The Highway Department will fund site purchase and grading. moving buildings falls to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Johnson
Jenks
Gerald E. Morrissey
Morrissey
Tom Green
Architects Collaborative
George D. Aiken
Roaring Branch
Aiken
Army Corps of Engineers
Russell A. Holden
Park Street
Highway Department
Head Bircher Seeks Double Membership
Robert C. Welch founder and president of the John Birch Society told Amherst College students the group is not an anti-Communist movement, though fighting communism is central. He aims to double membership this year and triple by 1966, with 1,000 members in each of 325 congressional districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Mass
UPI
Robert C. Welch
The
John Birch Society
Welch
Birch Society
America
Amherst College
Fulbright urges aid split to aid Johnson package
Fulbright insists economic aid be separated from military aid and officials think the move could help pass Johnson's 3.38 billion aid package. He had said he would not pilot the full program through the Senate as before. A Jefferson Heights woman suffered a headache after an auto crash at Safford and East Main. Dorothy W Mallory was treated by Dr. Abraham Moskovitz after her car collided with Michael F. Matwa's car from Troy New York. Matwa said sun glare blinded him and he did not see a blinking light. Both vehicles sustained front-end damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prise
Johnson
Fulbright
Senate
Jefferson Heights
Safford
East Main Streets
Abraham Moskovitz
Dorothy W. Mallory
Main Street
Michael F. Matwa
Troy
N.Y
Matwa
Bennington Briefs and Regional Events
Bennington Union Local 806 plans a Sunday March 7 meeting at 7 p.m. to elect a vice president at the North Bennington Fire House. Stratton Mountain reports excellent spring skiing with a 16 inch base on a granular surface. UCS policy committee meets Monday at 8 p.m. in the Dewey Street UCS offices conference room. Mrs. Marian Taylor, Mt. Anthony Union School board chair, is hospitalized after a fall. condition improving. VFW Auxiliary meeting next Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the VFW Home. Hudson Valley Community College hosts a March 8 debate on Conservatism vs Liberalism in the student union. speakers include Fulton Lewis III and James A. Burkhart. Fireman Apprentice Richard J. LaFlamme and Charles F. Frazier, both USN, are noted for training and Navy anniversaries. Friday night dancing at the Bennington Eagles Hall with buffet after midnight. Edna Bruso and Janet Campbell listed in related event notes. Local dining ads: Tan and Jan at Red Onion in Manchester Depot. Iron Kettle promos feature baked salmon loaf and pork loin specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N.Y
Hudson Valley Community Colege
Fulton Lewis III
Young Americans For Freedom
James A. Burkhart
American Civil Liberties Union
Americans For Democratic Action
Lewis
House UN- American Activities Committee
Burkhart
Stephens Colege
Columbia, Mo
Girl Scout Week Marked by Record Vermont Membership
March 7 to 13 is observed as national Girl Scout Week with almost 600 Scouts in Bennington County taking part. Vermont Girl Scout Council president Mrs. Gordon Morse announced a rise from about 4,500 to nearly 6,000 members in a little over a year, with 30 percent more troops formed in new areas as programs expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
Gordon Morse
South Burlington
Vermont Girl Scout Counccil
Green Mountain
Vermont
Civil Rights provoke the blows in Mississippi events
The report cites police and rescue squads present as school buses carried students home after clashes. Separate notes detail a Magnolia sheriff saying a New York attorney was beaten and ejected for abuse and failure to identify himself. A Mississippi congressman accuses a voter drive of aiding left wing groups. The Girl Scout observance notes a regional program week with a rally at Bennington Catholic High School and a multi-town gathering of Scouts from forty troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Magnolia
Miss
Pike County
R. R. Warren
Alvin J. Bronestein
Elizabethtown
N. Y
Bronstein
Washington
Prentiss Walker
R-Miss
Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party
New England defense towns see signs of vitality
The March New Englander notes Bangor Dow Air Force Base Portsmouth Navy Yard and Springfield Armory show revival efforts after defense cuts. Bangor plans civilian flight center and Capehart housing while FAA and Air National Guard study operations. Seacoast Regional Plan guides Portsmouth area economic redevelopment for post defense era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
New England
New England Council
Bangor
Maine
Dow Air Force Base
Portsmouth
N.H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Springfield
Springfield Armory
Portsemouth
Kittery
Seacoast
Defense Department
Joseph R. Coupal Jr
Air National Guard
Cal
Federal
FAA
Capehart
Greater
Obituaries and regional planning notes in Vermont area
Obituaries record Albert Christian Olpp 63 of Arlington who died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a month-long illness, with services planned at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery New York City. East Dorset widow LeRoy Askam dies of heart attack at 71, with funeral at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center. Separate regional planning items describe Seacoast Regional Plan Phase 1 progress and UNH led development center, plus Springfield Armory defense-cut protest led by Mayor Ryan urging preservation of 1,700 local jobs and highlighting regional economic impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Albert Christian Olpp
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Kelly Construction Co
New York City
Ernest and
Vicorine
Huber) Olpp
Ethel McCandless
New York
Ernest
Hollywood
Fla
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Granville Greenwold
East Arlington
East Dorset
LeRoy Askam
Hornell
N.Y
Charles
Minnie (Schoonover) Griswold
Askam
Hornell Episcopal Church
Maynard Carlisle
Manchester Center
Stuart Hill
Sunderland
Charles H. Brush
Rutland
Brewster Funeral Home
Glenn Bingham
Danby Congregational Church
Factory Point
Machester Center
University of New Hampshire
Seacoast
Tom Prentiss
Simplex Wire and Cable Company
Prentiss
Charles V. Ryan Jr
Springfield
Springfield Armory
Department of Defense
Ryan
DOD
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island
Defense Department
New England
Pentagon
Joan Mills
Arlington Author’s Work In Yankee Magazine
Arlington author Chard Powers Smith writes about poet Edward Arlington Robinson in the March Yankee magazine excerpt from his forthcoming book Where the Light Falls. Smith recalls meeting Robinson in 1924 at the MacDowell colony in Peterborough New Hampshire and living nearby. The misdated dinner seat anecdote frames the first major Robinson study in years, scheduled for April publication by Macmillan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Chard Powers Smith
Edward Arlington Robinson
Yankee Magazine
Smith
Red Mountain Road
New England
E.A. Robinson
MacDowell
Peterborough
N.H
Robinson
the MacMillian Co
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones and Bache
The noon figures show the Dow Jones industrials at 890.96, up 6.79 points. The railroads average stands at 209.12, rising 1.37, utilities at 161.98, up .33, and the composite index at 313.00, up 1.98. Volume reached 2,810,000 shares.
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges List
Admissions include Mrs. Mabel Cook Michael Bes hara Master August Zielke III Cambridge NY and discharge notes show Mrs. Joan Pierson and daughter Manchester Center Mrs. Sharyll Bushee Robert Harrington Bennington Mrs. Joyce Jones Jacksonville VT Mrs. Grace Sargood Hoosick Falls and Master Richard Jones South Dorset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Cook
Michael Beshara
Bennington
August Zielke III
Cambridge
N.Y
Joan Pierson
Manchester Center
Sharyll Bushee
Robert Harrington
Joyce Jones
Jacksonville
Grace Sargood
Hoosick Falls
Richard Jones
South Dorset
County National Bank to open Arlington branch
County National Bank of Bennington plans an Arlington Office in the Griffin Inc. furniture store addition on U S 7. Federal approval came from the Comptroller of the Currency after an January filing, with expected operation by July. This would be CNB’s first Arlington branch since 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County National Bank
Arlington
Kenneth R. Clayton
Clayton
County National Bank of
County National
Lawsuit Filed Over Rotating Swing Injury at Valley Fair
Two women Sandra Cleveland of Milton and Vaughn Cheltra of Burlington filed $25,000 suits in Chittenden County Court naming Reid Lefevre of Manchester and King Reid Shows Inc. They allege injuries from a buckled rotating swing at Champlain Valley Fair last September, causing riders to fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Chittenden
Bennington County
Reid Lefevre
Manchester
King Reid Shows, Inc
Sandra Cleveland
Milton
Vaughn Cheltra
Chamelain Valley Fair
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John O’brien
South
Senate Highway Committee
Frederick Fayette
Highway Board
Fayette
O’brien
Hoff
O'Brien
U.S. Senate
GOP
U.S. Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Union School
Tan
Williamstown
Climax, Nevada
the Mirisch Corporation
Dean Martin
Kim Novak
Ray Walston
Billy, Wildesee
Harte Theatre N, Vte
Phen
James Bond
Sean Connery
Ian Fleming
United Artists
Head Bircher
Bennington Briefs
Union
Albany Novelty
North Bennington
Stratton Mountain
United Counseling Service
Board of Trustees
UCS
Dewey Street
Arthur
Marian) D. Taylor
Convent Avenue
Mt. Anthony Union School
VFW
Cochairmen
Edna Bruso
Janet Campbell
Richard J. LaFlamme
USN
Walter J. LaFlamme
Fairview Terrace
California
Midway
Charles F. Frazier
Bli M. Frazier
Beech St
Navy
Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
F.O. Eagles Hall
Bennington Aerie
Jan
Greenwich Village
Red Onion
Manchester Depot
ADV
Morse
Benenington County
Benenington Catholic High School
Catamount
N.E
Albert C. Olpp
Mrs. Leroy Askam
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Arlington Branch
King Reid
RT. 7 North
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