Municipal Court Jury Trials To Begin Monday
Judge George M. Fienberg announced that 55 potential jurors were summoned with about 35 expected to remain for panel selection. Twelve jurors will be drawn per trial, serving 90 days, with six preemptory challenges per side and potential bias removals. About 10 cases are set next week with pleas of not guilty, some possibly changing to guilty before trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Fienberg
Fienberg
Atty. R. Marshall Witten
Witten
Wilmington Merger Plan Is Defeated
Town voters rejected the merger 57 to 52 after earlier reports miscounted support. John Mumford beat John Willard for selectman 65 to 45 and Richard Boyd won over David French 104 to 17 for sister. Edward Woods Jr. elected road commissioner. selectmen appointment power ended. Other results set Aug 10 tax due date, budget-committee seat added, overdue tax interest at 0.5% monthly, and town nurse employment continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
John Mumford
John Willard
Selectman
Richard Boyd
David French
Sister
Edward Woods Jr
Bulldozer Quenches Fire at Vermont Tissue Paper Plant
Kennington Rural Fire Department crews used a bulldozer to bury smoldering piles of waste paper behind the Vermont Tissue Paper Co plant in North Bennington. Strong winds rekindled flames from Sunday’s damage, prompting neighbors to raise the alarm as firefighters covered the burning debris with snow.
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Kennington
Vermont Tissue Paper Co
North Bennington
Vermont House Debates Time Limits and School of Nursing Changes
The House considers extending the nine week waiting period and a 12 week maximum. A bill by Rep. Daulton Mann and Rep. Frank W. Guild would extend the Passenger Tramway Board indefinitely. The Senate passed a nursing school degree change from associate in arts to associate in science and exempted helicopter landing areas from hearing procedures.
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Vermont Aeronautics Board
Burglar Steals Guns Watches From Ward’s Store
An unknown burglar broke into Art Ward’s Store at 150 Ben Mont Ave last night, smashing a window and glass door and taking several guns and wrist watches. An inventory will be issued soon as officers investigate and state police look into two additional break ins in Pownal.
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Art Ward
Ben Mont Ave
Bennington Village
Pownal
Bennington Briefs and Community Notes
Rabbi Sigmund Kaufman will discuss Lot's Wife on WBTN at 8 45 tomorrow. A false fire alarm at Box 58 near Branch and Gage Street triggered a brief alert. all clear soon after. Mrs Clarence Howard spoke in Montpelier for the League of Women Voters praising the property tax equalization provision in the Simpson school aid bill. Infant of Prague Catholic Nurses Council to meet at Bennington Catholic High School library Wednesday at 8 pm with a Lenten program and business meeting.
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Sigmund Kaufman
Lot
WBTN
Branch and
Gage Street
Clarence Howard
Bennington
Montpelier
League of Wome Voters
Infant of Prague Council of Catholic Nurses
Library of
Bennington Catholic High School
School Directors Debate Costs and Building Plans
School officials rebut transportation and building cost claims while detailing per pupil costs and bond plan contingencies. They compare district expenses with Brattleboro and Catholic school figures and outline bid, site, and contingency considerations ahead of the bond vote.
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Faris
John H. Williams
Hospital Notes Admissions In Vermont Areas
Admissions list including Anthony Wilson Cambridge N Y Mrs Lizzie Briggs Bennington Mrs Irene Barbeau Woodford Mrs Ruth Pocock Dorset Mrs Judith Wright and daughter Mrs Beatrice Cardinal Gloria Anna Kathy Suzanne Paligo Kenneth Hill Bennington Mrs Marie Davock and daughter Hoosick Falls William A Flood II North Bennington Births Mr and Mrs Paul J Saussville 128 Beech St a son on March 6 Mr and Mrs Loyerston Bovey Dorset a son on March 6
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Anthony Wilson
Cambridge
N.Y
Lizzie Briggs
Bennington
Irene Barbeau
Woodford
Ruth Pocock
Dorset
Judith Wright
Beatrice Cardinal
Gloria
Anna
Kathy
Suzanne Paligo
Kenneth Hill
Marie Davock
Hoosick Falls
William A. Flood II
North Bennington
Paul J. Sausville
Beech St
Loyerston Bovey
Lyons to address LWV luncheon on international affairs
Dartmouth professor Eugene Lyons, director of the Institute of Public Affairs, will speak at a League of Women Voters luncheon in Norwich Inn on Tuesday. Vermont LWV welcomes Hanover NH members living in Vermont and plans a Vermont Legislature visit on April 4 or May 1.
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Eugene Lyons
Dartmouth College
Institute of Public Affairs
League of Women Voters
Norwich Inn
Norwich
Vermont League
Hanover, N.H
Vermont
Hanover
League
Aldrich Rejoins as Assistant Sports Editor at Burlington Free Press
Ross E. Aldrich, sportswriter for the Barre Times Argus, resigns to take the post of assistant sports editor at the Burlington Free Press, expanding staff for the Burlington paper.
Liquor Ruckus Prompts Potential Legal Overhaul
The text outlines Heaslip’s shifting party bids and recounts in Manchester for 1960 and 1962. It notes mixed Republican and Democratic nominations, voter tallies in primaries, and a general election win over Bigelow, with party labels varying by year.
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Edwin L. Bigelow
Walter S. Clemmons
Bigelow
Princeton Professor Named 12th Middlebury President
Dr. James I. Armstrong, 43, a classics professor from Princeton University, was chosen as Middlebury College's 12th president. He will succeed Samuel Stratton, retiring Sept. 1 after 20 years. Armstrong, Princeton graduate and PhD, has extensive administrative experience and military service in World War II and Korea. He is married to Carol Aymar and has three children.
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Middlebury
Princeton University
Middlebury College
James I. Armstrong
Samuel
Stratton
Egbert C. Hadley
Armstrong
Hadley
Princeton
N.J
Carol Aymar
Battle Day Celebration Planned by Bennington Jaycees
Bennington Jaycees voted to sponsor a one day Battle Day parade and festivities for Sunday August 18 to allow out-of-state units to participate. Gerald E. Stowell is general chairman with Theodore Bird to announce further details. The group aims for a modest 1963 event and nearby finances note they are near paying off a $1500 debt from the Bicentennial period. The chapter also outlined plans for its annual officer election next month.
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Bennington
Bennington Jaycees
Jaycees
Vermont
Gerald E. Stowell
215
Grove St
Open House at Manchester Village Post Office Sunday
Manchester invites residents to attend an open house at the new village post office on Seminary Avenue Sunday from 1 30 to 5 00 pm Postmaster George F Law rence and staff extend the invitation to see the new home Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts will conduct a flag raising ceremony at 2 00 pm Coffee and cookies will be served during the afternoon
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Manchester
New Village
Seminary Avenue
George F. Lawrence
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Two cars collide on Willow Road injures no one reported
State police report a collision on Willow Road when a westbound car driven by Marion De Forge 34 of Park Street Ext struck a vehicle driven by illian Watson of RFD 2 Bennington. Both vehicles suffered left front and left side damage respectively on the curve.
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Willow Road
Marion DeForge
Park Street
Ext
Illian Watson
RFD 2
Bennington
Mystery SOS Signal Triggers Regional Aviation Alert
A distress call heard on channel 11 of citizens band radios in Bennington County prompted state and regional officials to mobilize radar and monitoring nets. The source and location of the plane remain unknown, with sightings reported near Manchester and South Glens Falls, New York. Public agencies coordinated with FAA and Boston Center while volunteers attempted to track the signal and ruled out immediate missing aircraft.
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Citizens Band
Bennington County
South Glens Falls
N.Y
Citizens
Jean Henry
Shaftsbury
Miss Henry
Frank Squires
Edwin Cameron
Manchester
Rutland
Vermont Aeronautics Board
Donald Greenslet
Bennington
John Wood
Barber Street
Bijur Lubricating Corp
Greenslet
Wood
Montpelier
Richard Hurd
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Boston
Albany
Burlington
Hurd
David W. Bluto
North Bennington
North Radio Co
Arlington-Manchester
Bob Hill
Arlington
Mark Ricci
Park St
Better Tv, Inc
Bennington Municipal
Richard Sawyer
Willliam Bainton
Floods and snowstorm sweep across wide region
Floods found in a large gasoline tank and ice jams on the Juniata River triggered flooding from Newport to Clark's Ferry in central Pennsylvania. The Ohio River crest near 42.5 feet threatened Parkersburg and other WV towns, while Memphis Mississippi and North Carolina rivers braced for high water. In New York and nearby states a major snowstorm produced up to 65 mph winds, heavy snow, and traffic deaths.
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Pennsylvania
Newport
Clark’s Ferry
Ohio River
Wheeling
W.va
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Point Pleasant
Huntington
Mississippi River
Memphis
North Carolina
Bosman
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
North Atlantic Coast
New York State
Buffalo
Boonville
Watertown
Orpheum Theater
Syracuse
Easter Seal Drive Opens in Bennington
The Easter Seal drive benefiting the Vermont Association for the Crippled Inc and its Children’s Rehabilitation Center in Rutland opened today in Bennington. Co chairs Mrs William Damour and Mrs John Dermody announce door to door seal delivery by former Junior Catholic Daughters and local Boy Scouts all day Saturday to cut mailing costs. County children at Rutland Center heighten interest as fundraising continues. donations of any size are welcomed.
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Vermont Association For the Crippled Inc
Children’s Rehabilitation Center
Rutland
Bennington
William Damour
John Dermody
Obituary: Carroll C. Holden 78 Proctor
Proctor resident Carroll C Holden age 78 died Tuesday night at Rutland Hospital. Private funeral services will be held for the former Proctor resident with burial to follow in a local cemetery.
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Proctor
Carroll C. Holden
Rutland Hospital
C H Perkins Rose Leader Dies in New York
Charles H. Perkins longtime head of Jackson and Perkins Co world rose growers dies at Clifton Springs Sanitarium after brief illness. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. St Mark s Newark burial East Newark Cemetery. He helped found All America Rose Selections and led a 15000 member garden testing panel. A half million dollar 17 acre display garden at Newark headquarters attracts 600000 visitors yearly.
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Newark
N.Y
Charles H. Perkins
Clifton Springs
Jackson & Perkins Co
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
East Newark
Mr. Perkins
Grand Rapids
Mich
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Mabelle
Charles Jr
James
Benjamin Outlaw
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank C
Herbert W
Iona Longyear
Tucson
Ariz
Death ruled highway fatality in Montpelier incident
Joseph W. Blakely aged 77 died after being struck by a car driven by former Montpelier mayor Elbert Colburn. Authorities changed the ruling from possible shock or stroke to highway fatality based on a preliminary autopsy. Blakely is Vermont’s tenth highway death of the year.
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Blakely
Vermont
Giant California Sequoia Reaches Giant Size
A sequoia in California measures 101 feet in circumference and 272 feet tall, per American Forest Products Industries. The tree provides enough wood for 35 five room houses and has bark up to two feet thick in places.
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Washington
UPI
California
American Forest Products Industries
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