Voters Discuss Meters Mobile Homes at Village Meeting
About 25 residents attended a county courthouse meeting where trustees debated parking meters on School Street to raise revenue for lot expenses and debt reduction. Opponents argued against meters in village parking lots as Article 6 and 7 proposals stirred questions about mobile home restrictions and water service upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Street
Benjamin Banulis
Safford St
S D. Cook Jr
Weeks
Cook
Reubin Levin
Old Bennington
Levin
Bennington
Joseph Pello
Village Water Board
Strikers picket Whitney's garage over BenMont equipment
Three union members picketed Whitney's Garage at 735 Main St for hours over a special production equipment used by BenMont. Lloyd Fleming says management and the union had agreed on production limits but miscommunication led to further action. Lauzon defends independent operation while willing to work for anyone.
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Ben Mont
Whitney’s
Main St
BenMont
Lloyd Fleming
William Lauzon
Merton Snow
Whitney
Snow
Fleming
Lauzon
Fillmore Street
Selectman Dies At Funeral For Rep Wheeler
Wilmington's Fred Harrison Thomas 69, chairman of the board of selectmen, collapsed and died while serving as a bearer at the funeral of Rep Leon A Wheeler 72. Interruption of the rites at Riverview Cemetery followed his collapse. Thomas born April 27 1882 leaves wife Myrtle four brothers a son and a granddaughter. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at the Masonic Temple with burial at Riverview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Fred Harrison Thomas
Mr. Wheeler
Alfred Poupart
George Kershaw
Frank Brooks
Earl Brown
Chester Long
Kenneth Sullivan
George Streeter
American Legion Post
Percy Haskins
Mr. Thomas
Ralph Medbury
Guy Nido
Leo Emery
Merrill Green
Leslie May
Isabelle Raymo
Thomas
North Quincy
Pittsfield
Mass
Whitingham
Jacksonville
Masonic Temple
Gerald Jacobs
Manchester Lions Feted On Club's 10th Year
Manchester The 10th anniversary of the Manchester Lions Club was celebrated by over 100 people at the Worthy Inn. Gov Hawkins of Lions District 45 and past presidents attended, with awards given by Floyd Eastman and speakers from nearby clubs. The gathering honored long-time members, new inductees, and noted the club history and community projects.
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Charles John Stevenson
Worthy Inn
Manchester
Manchester Lions Club
Stevenson
Charles Hawkins
Essex Junction
Hawkins
Lions District
Floyd Eastman
Eastman
Manchester King Lion
E. H. Nickerson
Williams Sargent
Manchester Lions
M. Manchester Lions Club
WGY
Lions
Lions District 45
Bennington
Norshaft
Arlington
Castleton
Schuyler H. Vander Veer
Lions International
Gov. Hawkins
Oscar Johnson Jr
Anthony Lombardy
Howard Dufresne
Bernard Dow
Walter Hayes
Nathan Kamber
Berry Wall
Edward Johnson
Oscar Johnson Sr
Milton Rockwell
Bernard Toomey
Dave Beckwith
Ben Wrobel
Charles Crawford
Fred Giddings
Harry Barber
Mt.Laurel School
Burr and
Burton Sem
School Board Tables Sewage Charge Bill for Clarification
To Seek Clarification School Board tables a $291 Bennington sewage use charge pending clarification of its assessment basis. Trustees question billing for high school shop and seek bids for 14,000 gallons No. 2 fuel oil and raise insured value of Bennington Elementary School.
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Tees
Bennington
Bennington High School
Bendi
Allan J. Heath
Cora B. Whitney
Kennedy Signals Broadening Conditions for Geneva Summit
President Kennedy outlined three criteria for attending a Geneva disarmament summit and said no developments justify a trip yet. He would go to ratify an agreement or to address a brink crisis, and added a possible third, if it served national interest. Informants say these are reaffirmations of prior stance amid Berlin talks with Rusk Home and Gromyko.
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Washington
Kennedy
Geneva
Ben-Mont Union Rejects Management Offer In Wage Dispute
The Ben-Mont union Local 534 of the Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union unanimously rejected a three year contract with no first year raise and about 3 cents per hour in years two and three. Peter Tufo said members, about 150, favored continuing the strike and that a mediator may set up another meeting next week. The offer included union shop and extended hospital coverage, and a revised vacation policy, but required cutting top female wage from 1.51 to 1.25 for new hires. The international union says the demand includes a 10 cent hourly increase if other requests are met.
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Ben-Mont
Local 534
Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union
Peter Tufo
The
Banner
Tufo
John Francis O’reilly
Concord
N.H
O’reilly
O'Reilly
Kennedy urges consumer protection package to Congress
President Kennedy sent a broad consumer protection package to Congress totaling about 10 million dollars annually. He appeals for safe drugs, non irritating beauty aids, better TV channel availability, clear installment rates, and stricter meat inspections, plus a truth in packaging push. He orders a new consumer advisory council and federal appointees to focus on consumer issues, with a pilot in 100 post offices.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
America
Atom scientist A. H. Compton dies at 69 in Berkeley
Nobel Prize winner Arthur H. Compton died at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley California from a cerebral hemorrhage. The renowned physicist and former Washington University chancellor arrived as UC professor-at-large and had planned statewide seminars before his death after March 1 admission and March 3 loss of consciousness.
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Berkeley
Calif
Arthur H. Compton
Compton
Alta Bates Community Hospital
Washington University
St. Louis
Boston & Maine trains cut by ICC order
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed Boston and Maine Railroad to discontinue six passenger services between Massachusetts and Vermont effective immediately. Trains 79 and 70 run daily except Sunday Springfield to Windsor. 77 and 74 run Sundays Springfield to Windsor. 71 and 72 run daily except Sunday Springfield to Brattleboro. The ICC cited a poor cash position and a $10.7 million loss in 1958-60, despite opposition from public agencies and civic groups.
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ICC
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Northern New England Passenger Railroad Conference
Woodstock
Boston & Maine
Matilda Rowland
U S Proposes 30 Percent Cut in Nuclear Arms
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk presented a four point plan at the Geneva disarmament talks calling for a 30 percent cut in nuclear delivery vehicles and major conventional forces over three years. He urged a rapid test ban and emphasized verification and inspection mechanisms to prevent accidental war while warning that the United States would resume atmospheric nuclear tests in late April if no agreement is reached.
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Geneva
United States
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Rusk
U.S
Berlin
Pownal Youth Struck by Car in Vermont
A six year old Pownal boy was struck by a 1962 Chevrolet sedan on old U S 7. He was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital then transferred to Albany Medical Center in satisfactory condition. Police report head injuries including a fractured skull and contusions. The car was driven by Donald J. Kearns of Bennington. vehicle owner W H Eddington Inc. reported about $30 in damages.
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Joseph A. Watts Jr
Pownal
Albany
N.Y
Vermont
U.S. 7
Donald J. Kearns
Gage St
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal Center
W. H. Eddington, Inc
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Selectman
Rep
Wheeler
Charles’’ Stevenson
Cambridge
Bennington Club
Rev
Bernard McCarthy
Robert Buck
Trus
Geneva Meeting
J.F.K
Lord Home
Consumer Guide
Council of Economic Advisers
Consumers’ Advisory Council
Post Office Department
A.H. Compton
International Agency
United Nations
Rush Clash
Albert Dance
Waterbury, Conn
George Asenza
Dance
Bucky Nastri
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