Supreme Court Extends Free Counsel to All Poor Defendants
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states must provide free counsel to defend poor persons in all criminal trials. The decision, led by Justice Black, broadens prior rulings which covered capital cases and certain other situations, overturning Clarence Earl Gideon’s conviction for burglary.
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Washington
Supreme Court
States
Black
Clarence Earl Gideon
William Douglas
Will Meyes
Los Angeles
Douglas
Harlan
Stewart
Clark
Washington State
Paye Pers
Robert Draper
Raymond Lorentzen
Spokane
Goldberg
White
Florida
Gideon
Trial Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Court Edict Calls for One Person One Vote Principle
The rulings sparked debate over one person one vote. Justice Harlan criticized the court’s approach, arguing the decision ignores historical practice. He noted that Felix Frankfurter’s view of one person one vote has not been universally accepted in England, the colonies, or the United States.
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Harlan
Felix Frankfurther
England
American Colonies
United States
Village Meeting Sets 1963 Tax Rates and Plans
Voters gather at the armory to consider 10 articles including setting the 1963 tax rate with 2.02 dollars for the General Fund and 95 cents for highways. Other villages hold annual meetings in North Bennington and Hoosick Falls as part of the same session.
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North Bennington
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoff Toughens Stance on Foote Proposals and ETV Linkage
Hoff accuses Foote of proposing patchwork reforms and failing to align with state needs and long range goals. He warns fiscal irresponsibility and says he will outline views on each bill soon while maintaining his push to delay action for a year. He declines to say if he would veto any Foote endorsed measures.
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Foote
Hoff
Vermont House Debates Poll Tax and Other Measures
The Vermont House opens debate on a long‑rejected poll tax bill to end poll tax requirement for town meeting voting. Senate approval exists but town reps push back. Also considered are an auto seat belt bill, a $1 million forests and parks bond, teacher salary raises, a driver examination rule after multiple accidents, and a wet or dry vote in towns.
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Forests and
Senate Conservation & Development Committee
Byron Hathorn
Hartford
House
Ernest W. Gibson III
Brattleboro
Vermont
Two Vehicles Damaged in Rear End Collision
Bennington Village Police investigated a rear end crash on Main Street near Morgan Street. Harry W. Mattison of Walloomsac Road reported braking to avoid a stop, but Burton P. Worthington of North Bennington could not stop in time, damaging Mattison’s rear bumper and Worthington’s left headlight and grill. A deer caused another minor accident on Sunday night in Pownal with no injuries.
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Bennington Village
Harry W. Mattison
Walloomsac Road
Main Street
Morgan Street
Mattison
Burton P. Worthington
North Bennington
Worthington
Pownal
Gerald Watson
Park Street
Bennington
U.S. 7
Watson
Bennington Groups Schedule Evening Meetings
Bennington College Community Chorus meets tonight at 7 30 in the Carriage Barn. St Francis Parent Teacher Group holds its monthly meeting at 8 p m in the Bennington Catholic High cafeteria with Gunnar Schonbeck speaking on Music in Education and student demonstrations. Hadassah Bennington Hoosick Falls chapter meets Thursday at the synagogue with Bea Kramer reviewing Henrietta Szold and hostesses Thelma Großman and Bea Sorkin.
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Bennington College Community Chorus
St. Francis
Bennington Catholic High
Gunnar Schonbeck
Bennington College
Bchs Band
Bennington - Hoosick Falls
Hadassah
Bea Kramer
Henrietta Szold
Thelma Großman
Bea Sorkin
West Dover meeting on river purification plan
West Dover Village residents are invited to a March 25 7 30 p m special meeting at the West Dover Schoolhouse. State engineers will present and explain proposed Deerfield River purification plans by the Vermont Department of Water Resources Pollution Control Division. Dover residents are urged to attend.
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West Dover
Deerfield
State
Vermont Department of Water Resources
Is It Legal To Base State Senate On Geography
The Supreme Court may decide if legislative chambers can be structured by geography as in Congress. Maryland’s high court says geographic basing is legal for the state Senate, while Michigan’s Supreme Court rules against it. Rural and city blocs clash over representation and metropolitan needs.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Maryland
Michigan
State Senate
Stock Averages Report Composite Index Cites Sizable Gains
The day sees mixed action across markets with the 30 industrials, 20 railroads, and 15 utilities contributing to a broad composite average. Investors watch economic data as gains and declines shape the broader trend.
Vermont Tissue Co. Advances Fire Recovery and Upgrades
Norman Alper stated Vermont Tissue Paper Co. remains in business after the March 3 fire at its North Bennington plant. Reconstruction by Gerald E. Morrissey Inc. includes replacing a coal boiler with an oil-fired unit and adding electric motors. Some workers stay on around the clock, while the firm assesses damage and replacement parts. 56 motors were sent for repair to gauge scope of losses.
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Vermont Tissue Paper Co. Inc
North Bennington
Hagerman
Vermont Tissue Paper Co., Inc
Norman Alper
Alper
Gerald E. Morrissey Inc
Bennington Scouts Earn Green Mountain Awards at Rutland Dinner
Donald Ross of West Rutland received the Silver Beaver from the Green Mountain Council at the Scouters Recognition Dinner in Rutland Congregational Church. Ross, longtime council executive and Troop 16 leader, was honored for outstanding service to boyhood and community.
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Rutland
Donald Ross
Green Mountain Council
Rutland Congregational Church
Ross
West Rutland
Proctor Trust Co
Arthur H. Dick
Council
Bennington
Manchester
Dorset
Poultney
Cornwall
Middlebury
Taconic
The
Order of the Arrow
Troop 29
Sanborn Partridge
Proctor
William Beck
Bartley B. Nourse
Scout Movement
Robert E. West
Kendall Adams
Obituary Notes for Earle Underwood and Readsboro Resident
Obituaries record Earle Underwood of Shaftsbury died March 13 in Miami Florida. His wife Dolores perished in a 1947 train car accident. Cremation completed and ashes to be buried in Shaftsbury Cemetery. Also noted are service details for infant James Patrick LaCross and Readsboro resident John Stankewich with funeral arrangements at St. Joachim's Church and burial in Village Cemetery.
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Shaftsbury
Miami
Fla
Earle Underwood
Dolores
Shaftsbury Cemetery
Readsboro
John Stankewich
Tunnel St
Fairview
Bennington
Lithuania
Stankewich
Peerfield Glassine Co
Monroe Bridge
St. Joachim’s Church
Rose Sucharzewski
John Maroni
State Sets Police Plan for Pownal Race Track
State police will police Pownal Race Track with a special two-detective detachment and undercover personnel. The licensee will fund police protection, and fingerprinting of staff remains unstarted. Traffic control and public order will be overseen by licensee staffing under state guidance.
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Pownal
Baumann
Department
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Sheriff’s Department
Funeral services for Carlton Royal Chaffin held in Bennington
Christian Science funeral services were held Monday morning at Gibney Haynes and Kane Funeral Home for Carlton Royal Chaffin who died Saturday. Nelson Payne of North Bennington was the reader. Entombment followed at Park Lawn Chapel with burial planned in Old Bennington Cemetery in the spring. Out of town friends attended from Wilmington Arlington Hoosick Falls N Y and Williamstown Massachusetts.
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James Patrick LaCross
LeRoy
Eleanor Ann (Skidmore) LaCross
Beech Street
Gibney, Haynes & Kane
Harry Skidmore
Sandgate
Dorothea A. LaCross
Bennington
Leon LaCross
Park Lawn Vault
Christian Science
Carlton Royal Chaffin
Nelson Payne
North Bennington
Park Lawn Chapel
Old Bennington Cemetery
Wilmington
Arlington
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Williamstown
Mass
Winslow Firm Servicemen Complete Heating Course
Five servicemen from Winslow Plumbing and Heating Supply Co. completed a nine class course sponsored by the New England Fuel Institute on latest heating industry developments. Participants include Howard Corey and John Hamilton of Shaftsbury, Ransom Gore of Bennington, James Leonard of Bennington, and Herbert Armstrong of Pownal.
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Winslow Plumbing and Heating Supply Co
The
New England Fuel Institute
Howard Corey
Shaftsbury
Ransom Gore
Bennington
John Hamilton
James Leonard
Herbert Armstrong
Pownal
Alaska inaugurates Southeast Marine Highway with Malaspina
Alaska launches its first Southeast Marine Highway service as the Malaspina begins trips from Prince Rupert to Skagway via Ketchikan Wrangell Petersburg Sitka Juneau and Haines. Two more vessels Taku and Matanuska expected in Seattle yards by May joining a route linking six ports with six weekly departures.
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Malaspina
Southeast Marine Highway
Taku
Matanuska
Prince Rupert, Es
Prince Rupert
Skagway
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Petersburg
Sitka
Juneau
Haines
Puget Sound
Arlington Little League Meeting Set for 8 PM
Nor shaft Arlington Little League calls a meeting tomorrow at the Mack Molding building in Arlington at 8 o clock. All persons connected with the Minor League are urged to attend.
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Arlington
Norshaft-Arlington Little League
Mack Molding
Minor League
Judge Brooks to Clear Bennington County Court Docket
Superior Judge Dale W. Brooks of Stowe will preside over the few remaining Bennington County Court cases from the December term. Court clerk George H. Plumb said the court, idle since the death of Judge Leonard W. Morrison on Feb 6, will meet for two or three days in April before adjournment. No more jury trials are scheduled and only a few divorce cases remain on the docket.
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Dale W. Brooks
Stowe
Bennington County
George H. Plumb
Leonard W. Morrisson
Brooks
Rutland County Court
Bennington
Plumb
Hospital Notes Admissions List Includes Bennington Names
Admissions listed for Mrs Anna Beloin March 17 in Bennington and Vernon Colvin plus Mas ter Mark Parizo. Other patients include Mrs Margaret Sirois in Bennington and Miss Marie O Malley in Bennington with Master Mark Oker man. Also listed are Mrs Ruth Brenenstuhl Hoosick Falls and Mrs Alice Brown North Hoosick with Mrs Florence Strait Hoosick Vance Stacy Shaftsbury Master Paul Bur dick North Bennington Mrs Patricia Barber and son Shaftsbury and Mrs Cora North Bennington.
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Anna Beloin
Bennington
Vernon Colvin
Mark Parizo
Margaret Sirois
Marie O’malley
Mark Okerman
Ruth Brenenstuhl
Hoosick Falls
Alice Brown
North Hoosick
Florence Strait
Hoosick
Vance Stacy
Shaftsbury
Paul Burdick
North Bennington
Broncos coach Filchock also drove team bus
Frank Filchock led the Denver Broncos for two AFL seasons before his 1962 dismissal and later coached St. Joseph's High in the Denver Parochial League while also serving as the bus driver for the team.
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Denver
Frank Filchock
Denver Broncos
St. Joseph's High
Filchock
Auto Salesman From Wilson Ford To Receive Ford Club Award
David D. Harrington, a Wilson Ford salesman in Framingham Massachusetts, will receive Ford Motor Co 300-500 Club honors at a March 21 banquet. He has worked at Wilson Ford since 1957 and lives with his wife and son on Woodford Road. The club honors top Boston district dealers for exceptional retail sales performance with members averaging about 400000 in qualifying sales.
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David D. Harrington
Wilson Ford
Ford Motor Co
Monticello
Framingham
Mass
Ford
Boston
Harrington
Robin
Woodford Road
Richard S. Boutelle
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Hall
Bay County
Hott
Granai
Bennington Briefs
Wilmington A Dover
Carlo Walter Tel
Elting Burchell
Lynn and
Janet
Westfield, Mass
Springfield
UPI
Pat Egan
Springfield Indians
Kathleen Dermody
John Dermody
West Road
Our Lady of Elms College
Chicopee
Mary Rose Shippey
Harry Shippey
Bradford St
Bennington High School
United Counseling Service
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Wayland Loyd
South
Harry Clark
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Barber Street
Harte Thee Theatre
Vowneres Evi
METRO
Colon
Mayer
Fallow
M. B
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Vermont Tissue Co
Green Mountain
Vergennes
Brandon
James Lacross
Green Mountain Park
Carlton R. Chaffin
Winslow Firm
New England
Institute
Massachusetts Department of Education
Maritime
Alaska
Southeast Panhandle
Patricia Barber
Salems Super All Beef
Hamburg
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