Flash Floods Hit Bay State
Southeastern Massachusetts endured a third day of heavy rain with a northeast gale, as up to six inches fell in 30 hours. Thousands evacuated from low areas while Civil Defense moved sandbags from Ft. Devens to Wellesley Hills. Rivers stood above flood levels. Ipswich and Taunton were likely to remain out of banks for days. A dam collapse at Flyway Pond near North Easton forced evacuations and looting reports followed.
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Boston
UPD
Massachusetts
New England
Civil Defense
Ft. Devens Army Base
Ayer
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
Wellesley Hills
Logan International Airport
Rhode Island
Weather Bureau
Falmouth
Worcester
Bedford
South Weymouth
Providence
R.I
Portsmouth
N.H
Hartford
Conn
Charles
Nashua
Blackstone
Bureau
Ipswich
Taunton
Easton
Flyway Pond
North Easton
Accident Near Track Damages Cars and Traps Residents
A two car crash near Green Mountain Park on US 7 injured Ron ald Paul 36 with severe facial and head lacerations and demolished his car. Alan Currie 50 escaped injury after attempting to cross at traffic islands at the mobile home court entrance. Paul rushed to Putnam Memorial Hospital after on scene treatment by Pownal Rescue Squad. Dozens of homes were damaged and many trapped residents were rescued. Civil Defense reports 700 to 800 families housed in emergency shelters across the state, with widespread heat and power outages.
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Barber’s Pond
Ronald Paul
US. 7
Green Mountain Park
Paul
Alan Currie
Wilder
Pownal
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Currie
Morton Backs Rockefeller for Republican presidential race
Senate Republican Thruston Morton endorses New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and urges him to challenge Nixon. Rockefeller hints at a possible Oregon primary run and declines Nebraska campaigning. He avoids definitive Vietnam War policy comments, stressing complexity. A Washington breakfast signals GOP support for a Rockefeller bid.
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Washington
UPD
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican Party
Morton
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Oregon
Nebraska
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dick Nixon
Vermonters bring Bennington Day reunion to sunny Florida
In Fort Lauderdale 62 Vermonters gathered for the fifth Bennington Day reunion with many wintering in Florida. The event at Bayberry Inn followed years of planning by the Freitag and Allard families, with guests from Bennington and nearby areas and photos by L and F Electric.
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Bennington
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Birch Park
Allards
Freitags
Ginny
Lacy
Gail) Pratt
Hollywood, Fla
Joseph Oo Allard
Ft. Laudevale
Bayberry Inn
William Freitag
Steve Sears
L &F Electric
Ft. Lauderdale
Spyke
Harry F. Clark
Gordon
Bud
Bennington Briefs Highlight local notices and events
Miss Susan E Bitensky of Elmira College was elected second vice president of the Elmira College Student Association. VFW Post 1332 meets tonight at 8 at North Street rooms. Bennington CAP 44013 holds weekly meeting Wednesday 7 to 9 30 p.m. at the Vermont State Armory. St Peters Episcopal Church hosts a food sale April 1 to 3 p.m. Co chairmen are Mrs Notley Y DuHamel Mrs James Horne and Mrs Jon Kennedy. Home Association Knights of Columbus meets at 7 tonight with bowling planned for fall. Stratton Mountain ski area reports 0 to 18 inch base on wet surface. full operation with varying conditions. UCS board of trustees meets Wednesday 8 p.m. in Bennington offices. Mrs Michael Longstreet formerly Linda Lathrop works at House of Beauty in Burlington. Sunday guests at Town Line Road included multiple families from Bennington and Connecticut. Navy signalman Allan R Skoblow reports for duty in Danang Vietnam. 8 000 Navy personnel assigned. Bennington Lodge of Perfection holds steak supper and 14th degree at Mason Temple Thursday 6 30 p.m. Hat sale by 1 40 Club at Mattison's Shaftsbury Thursday to Saturday starting 2 p.m. Emblem Club meets at Elks Club Wednesday. 55 plus information on Social Security at Senior Citizens Center Thursday 7 30 p.m. Guest speaker Raymond E Bender of Southern Vermont Social Security district. Napolitano's Brick Oven Pizza ad.
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Shaftsbury
C. Lloyd Spaulding
Cleveland Avenue
Doris Dunham
Vermont Medical Center
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Burlington Hospital
Arthur and
Lilliam (Strong) Dunham
North Bennington High School
Mr. Spaulding
Charlestown
N.H
Methodist Episcopal Church
E.L. Nichols
Bennington
E-Z Mills
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s
Theodore
Phyllis) Bird
John
Janice) Koziol
Richard
Betty Sue) Atwood
Arthur Dunham
Herbert of
Earl
Hudson Falls
N.Y
Roy Dunham
Campbellsville
Charles
Mary) Tinkham
North Hoosick
Barbara Dunham
Donald Conroy
Kirkland
Wash
Frederick B. Wolf
Hanson-Walbridge
Funeral Home Office
John Williams II
Elm Street
Village Water Main Is Approved By Vote
The water board explained the 8 inch main would improve distribution across Elm Street Dewey and southern areas and support the expanded hospital plant. It would also meet potential needs like a new Stark Street school. Proponent urged budgeting focus and questioned why renewal funds aren’t used now. No opposition voices were raised during the vote.
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The
Water Board
Elm Street
Dewey
Stark Street
Ellett
Pello
Foster Addresses Plain Dirt Gardeners
A Plain Dirt Gardeners meeting at the Old Bennington schoolhouse on March 12 featured Thomas Foster of Monument Avenue as guest speaker. He spoke on birds and environment, stressing human impact on habitats and rising bird mortality, and warned that society intrusion risks pushing birds toward extinction.
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Plain Dirt Gardeners
Bennington
Thomas Foster
Monument Avenue
Foster
Obituaries and Local Notices From Vermont Towns
Shaftsbury and Manchester Center obituaries note the deaths of Doris Dunham Spaulding 58 and Delrosa Lombardi Grasso 83 both long residents with families in Bennington Manchester Center and Shaftsbury. Rachael Skehan 71 former Bennington teacher died in Hartford Conn. and Catherine Scull of Niskayuna N.Y. died after hospital admission. Funeral details and callers’ arrangements follow for each.
Hospital Notes Admits and Births at Bennington Area
Admissions Patricia Murphy Marie Ray Sharon Simoneau Antoinette Rousseau Seymour Stevens and discharges Karen LaFlamme William Folgett Births Mr and Mrs Glenn Hall of Sycamore Lane Shaftsbury welcome a son born March 18 in local area.
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Patricia Murphy
Marie Ray
Sharon Simoneau
Bennington
Antoinette Rousseau
Pownal
Seymour Stevens
North Hoosick
Glenn Hall
Sycamore Lane
Shaftsbury
Stock Averages at Noon March 19 1968 Dow Railroads Utilities
Daily market snapshot shows Dow Jones industrials at 30 stocks, rails at 20, utilities at 15 with composite average 293.72. Volume totals 3,380,000 as of noon. Miscellaneous figures include 836.74, 219.88, and a New York listing of Albany down 3.35 points.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Gold Price Dips to Steady Level on Paris and Zurich Markets
Gold price fell to about 39 dollars per ounce on Paris and Zurich markets, easing both dollar and pound after earlier highs near 45 dollars. UPI notes renewed trading activity in Paris with 31.64 million dollars vs 30.7. Zurich bankers indicated 10 to 15 tons traded, while currency markets rallied to precrisis levels as investors moved into forward sterling deals and discounts favored London.
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London
UPI
Paris
Zurich
Johnson
U.S
Washington Central Bankers
Paris Exchange
Pound
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Civil Defense Agency
Framingham
South Shore
Num
UPID
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Clifton S. Phillips
West Road
Lake Worth
Williams (Spyke) Freitag
Joseph Allard
Birch State Park
South Carolina
Floyd
Julia) Stewart
Hollywood
Helen C. Haynes
Charles Haynes
Irene Smith
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Troy
Haynes
Harry Silver
Harry Clark
Bud) Clark
James Moore
Irene Moore
Steven
Eleanor Sears
Elizabeth Lemay
Allard
Freitag
Jane Freitag
Doris Bowdle
Clyde Howe
Thomas
Marion) Marceau
Miami
F.H. Bottom
Park City
Mobile Park
Francis
Skip) Hogan
Delray Beach
Louis Levine
Clifford Senecal
Joseph Eddington
Marjorie
Connecticut
Harold Ryan
Miami Springs
Edward Fitzgerald
Windsor
George
Hap
D. Pierce
Riviera Beach
F.C. Schneider
Pompano Beach
Ron Ryan
Manchester
Harold Winchell
Hialeah
Roy Lucius
Eva Lemieux
Winchell
Howe
Lacy Pratt
Bennington Briefs
Susan E. Bitensky
Jason Bitensky
Elm St
Elmira College
Elmira
VFW Post 1332
North Street
Bennington Cap
Vermont State Armory
Notley Y. DuHamel
James Horne
Jon Kennedy
Bennington Council
Knights of Columbus
Stratton Mountain
United Counseling Service
UCS
Michael Longstreet
Linda Lathrop
James Lathrop
New House of Beauty
Elie Goumillant
Marvin Loveland
Town Line Road
David Griggs
Claron
Alfred
West Suffield
Carroll Marshall
Simsbury
Ernest Wood
Allan
Tommy
Virginia
Denise
Lyons District
Mary Emery
Hamlen Avenue
Allan R. Skoblow
U.S. Navy
Marie Skoblow
Pleasant St
Donna J. Knights
Silver St
Danang
Vietnam
Navy
Bennington Lodge of Perfection
Masonic Temple
1-40 Club
Mattison’s
Dorothy Gay
Emblem Club
Elks Club
Senior Citizens Community Center
North St
Raymond E. Bender
Social Security
Southern
Vermont
Napolitano
BenMont
County
Mrs. C. Lloyd Spaulding
Delrosa L. Grasso
Manchester Center
Delrosa Lombardi Grasso
Cerevinera
Italy
James
Mary
Taddeo) Muscatello
United States
St. Paul’s Church
George Heaslip
John Batchelder
William Byrnie
Phoenix
Ariz
F.D. Mackenzie
Tucson
Frank Lombardi
Somerville
N.J
Louis Lombardi
Atlanta
James B. Murray
Brewster Funeral Home
St. Jerome’s Cemetery
East Dorset
Mrs. Catherine Scull
Catherine Scull
State St
Niskayuna
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Daly Funeral Home
McClellan St
Schenectady
Mrs. Emmett Skehan
Rachael (Bouplon) Skehan
Emmett Skehan
West Hartford
Hartford Hospital
Skehan
Chapel School
American Railway Express
Skehans
Gage St
Walter
Marcia) Ryan
Hoosick Falls
Lena Harrington
Water Department
Hawks
Corey
Racicot
Alfred Ellett
Henry Mallory
Mallory
Town Water Commission
Clarks Woods
Karen LaFlamme
William Folgett
Harte Theatre
Audrey Hepburn
Alan Arkin
Richard Crenna
Salem's
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