Teamster leader arrested in counterfeit ring case
Salvatore Provenzano a vice president of the International Teamsters Union was named mastermind of a ring to pass 250000 in counterfeit bills and to print counterfeit postage and food stamps prosecutors say He and five others were arrested in New Jersey and Florida in the federal case with charges including making plates for fake ten and twenty dollar bills and stamps
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Hackensack
New Jersey
Washington
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U.S
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Teamster Joint Council 73
Local 560
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Tony Pro
Federal Penitentiary
Faugno
Andretta
Angelo
Carlton
VFW Crowns Poppy Royalty at Manchester Event
Miss Gerri Campbell and Steve Woody were crowned Buddy Poppy queen and king for the year at a VFW Club dinner honoring the Junior Girls Unit and Sons of the Veterans. James Welch moderated. Ernest Costa presented awards. Irene Barbeau led the Junior Unit.
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Ernest Costa
Janet LeBlanc
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Shaftsbury
Doris Kinney
Irene Barbeau
Cancer Fund
Manchester
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Noted historian Allan Nevins dies in Menlo Park nursing home
Allan Nevins Pulitzer Prize winning historian and journalist died Friday at a Menlo Park convalescent home at age 80. He taught American history at Cornell and Columbia, wrote a 12 volume Civil War history, and held editor roles at the New York Post Sun and World. He was born May 20 1890 in Camp Point Illinois and earned degrees from Illinois and Oxford. Memorial services are planned March 12 in Pasadena with cremation in Menlo Park and ashes to be buried in New York. Contributions may be made to the Woodrow Wilson Center.
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N.C
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Washington, D.C
Arlington TV tower toppled in storm winds
A 45-foot East Arlington antenna tower of Manchester Television Corporation was toppled by gale winds, brief service outage for three major networks. temporary antenna restored by 5:45 p.m. with ongoing effort to fully restore all channels.
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Arlington
Manchester Television Corporation
J. J. Mueller
T.V
Nixon to address Navy graduates at Newport event
President Nixon will address a graduating class of Navy ensigns next week in Newport Rhode Island, with his son in law David Eisenhower among the attendees. Eisenhower has been attending the naval officer candidate school at Newport.
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UPI
Nixon
David Eisenhower
Newport
R.I
White House
Eisenhower
Wiesner Named 13th MIT President
Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, longtime MIT provost and science adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, was named MIT's 13th president. The Detroit native, 55, will succeed Howard W. Johnson and join the MIT Corporation as it expands to govern the school. Paul E. Gray, currently dean of engineering, will become chancellor as deputy to Wiesner.
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Mass
UPI
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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MIT
Howard W. Johnson
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Science
Kennedy and Johnson
Senate
Detroit
University of Michigan
Paul E. Gray
Gray
School of Engineering
Funeral services for Mrs Alfred W Ellett
Funeral services for Mrs Alfred W Ellett 74 former Bessie E Wade of 116 West Main St will be held Monday at 11 am at St Peters Episcopal Church Rev Edward B Geyer Jr will officiate Entombment follows at Park Lawn Cemetery burial in family plot in spring Family will be at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home today and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
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Alfred W. Ellett
Bessie E. Wade
West Main St
St. Peters Episcopal Church
Edward B. Geyer Jr
Park Lawn Cemetery
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
North Bennington opens school gym for Saturday play schedule
North Bennington announces gym times at the North School for the rest of the term. Supervised play runs 9 to 10 a.m. for girls of all ages, 10 to 11 a.m. for boys in Grades 4 6, and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for junior and senior high boys. The gym closes after 1 p.m. on Saturdays.
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Bennington
IRS outlines path to Vermont car tax deduction
Vermonters may one day deduct the state auto purchase and use tax from federal returns. Senator Andrew Orrell said IRS guidance suggests Vermont could qualify if automobiles are included in the 3 percent sales tax with a separate 1 percent excise tax. The Ways and Means Committee killed a resolution backing the deduction.
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Bennington Briefs Mix of club notices and events
Prospect Mountain Ski Club hosts show and tell night at Second Congregational Church with dessert at 7 pm and 8 mm film facilities. Adult Lenten Program topics at John XXIII lounge include Genesis chapters and religious themes. Father daughter weekend at Skidmore March 5 to 7 draws about 1,000 fathers. Mt Anthony Country Club rope tow operating weekend from 1 pm. Cub Scout Pack 345 honors Lincoln birthday theme with Betty Lincoln Florey guest. F.O.E. 1861 dance 9 pm to 1 am with George O’Brien. Auxiliary rummage sale 10 am to 2 pm. Airman First Class Stephen M. Lampron promoted in USAF. All Church Night at Second Congregational Church 6 pm bring salad or casserole for eight. All boards meet at 8. Area men retreat March 26-28 at Mother of Sorrows Retreat House West Springfield Massachusetts. Reservations through John Laslo, Don Raina, Bert Trudeau or William Haynes by March 20. Transportation rides available.
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Loomis Dana
Betty Lincoln Florey
Pownal
Lincoln
Marcen Roy
Washington
Mother of Sorrows
West Springfield
Mass
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Don Raina
Bert Trudeau
William Haynes
Publishers indicted in obscenity mail batch for porn report
Three publishing firms Greenleaf Classics Reed Enterprises and Library Service all of San Diego plus four officers face 20 counts for mailing ob scene material in a 656 page report by the Commission on Obscenity and Adult Material. The Dallas indictment adds two counts of transporting the material to San Diego.
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UPI
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Dallas
John N. Mitchell
Commission On
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Justice Department
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Greenleaf Classics and Library Service
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Obituary of Val Mattison Kenyon of Eagle Bridge NY
Mr Val Mattison Kenyon of Eagle Bridge New York died Friday afternoon at Putnam Memorial Hospital He was 81 He was born in Petersburg New York on August 16 1890 He was the son of the late Edward D and Marion Brock Kenyon Employed as a section hand for several area railroads he was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Survivors include two brothers Ernest Kenyon Williams town Massachusetts and Ned Kenyon Oneonta New York two sisters Mrs Edward Winn Pownal and Miss Marge Kenyon Williamstown as well as numerous nieces nephews and cousins Friends may call at the Hopkins Funeral Home Williamstown from 2 to 4 pm and from 7 to 9 pm on Sunday when the family will be in attendance Funeral services will be held Monday 230 pm at the Sherman Burbank Memorial Chapel in Williamstown with entombment in the East Lawn Cemetery receiving vault Burial will take place this spring in the North Pownal cemetery
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Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Kenyon
Petersburg
Edward D
Marion
Brock) Kenyon
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Ways
Ernest Kenyon
Williamstown
Mass
Ned Kenyon
Oneonta
Edward Winn
Pownal
Marge Kenyon
Hopkins Funeral Home
Sherman Burbank
East Lawn
North Pownal
North Carolina Senate rejects golf lessons for Spiro Agnew
The North Carolina Senate voted down a resolution urging Congress to fund golf lessons for Vice President Spiro Agnew. Sen. Julian Allsbrook called the move improper and disrespectful, while Sen. L. P. McLendon urged a $500 appropriation to prevent "endangering" citizens. Agnew had recently struck two spectators during a golf tournament.
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N.C
UPI
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North Carolina Senate
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