Cancer Society S kicks off bennington crusade luncheon
More than 40 American Cancer Society volunteers gathered at Mt. Anthony Country Club for the Bennington County Crusade kickoff. A new film The Embattled Call showed time lapse images of living cells. Dr James P Cooney urged continued support as 100000 Americans may die this year without early detection and regular exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Vermont
Crusade
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington County
James P. Cooney
Cooney
James P. O’neil
Bennington County Cancer Society
Richard
Cancer Crusaders
Cancer Crusade
James P. O'Neil
Richard Posthauer
Manchester
Patrick T.H. Gordon
Bennington
Tinker
Area Residents Attend LWVYV Seminar on China
Hanover N H a number of Bennington League of Women Voters attending the third School of International Relations at Hanover Tuesday heard the policy of the United States toward China come under attack by three. Shaftsbury A Requiem Eucharist service was celebrated Wednesday morning in St Peter's Episcopal Church in Bennington for Mrs C Lloyd Spaulding the former Doris Dunham who died Sunday night at the Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington. The Rev Theodore Shatagin assistant rector was the celebrant assisted by the rector the Rev Frederick B Wolf. Stanley Pike presided at the console. Bearers were three former vestrymen John R Stone Frank Silvernail William Gee and vestryman William A Castle. In attendance at the service and also calling at Hanson Wal bridge Funeral Home in Bennington Tuesday night along with other friends and relatives were personnel from the Charlestown NH School System with which Mrs Spaulding's husband is connected. Out of town relatives and friends were included from Burlington Hoosick and this surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A.castle
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Bennington
Charlestown
N.H
Hospital Notes March 20 1968 admissions and births
Hospital notes list admissions Marion Pierce Bennington Richard Johnson Arlington Eleanor Grogan Hoosick Falls and discharges Richard Fothergill Patricia Murphy Mrs Lorraine Strohmaier and son Bennington Sharon Simoneau North Bennington Marie Du mas Danby births include a son for Mr and Mrs Robert Mylott Manchester Depot a daughter for Mr and Mrs Edward Lewandowski Gage St a daughter for Mr and Mrs Frank Sheldon Petersburg N Y and a daughter Melissa Louise born March 19 to Mr and Mrs David Robinson Kingsbury N Y The report covers regional attendees and a large upcoming Far Eastern affairs symposium with speakers from Dartmouth College and state officials detailing China policy and cancer research fundraising efforts by local volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fothergill
Thomas Tifft
Patricia Murphy
Lorraine Strohmaier
Robert Mylott
Manchester Depot
Edward Lewandowski
Gage St
Frank Sheldon
Petersburg
N.Y
Melissa Louise
David Robinson
Kingsbury
David
Jennie Campney
Mabel Robinson
Beech Court
More Churches Join HOME Plan
Additional area churches have invested in the Housing Opportunity Mission Ecumenical network. The announcement came at a meeting of the temporary Board last night, indicating growing community support for the HOME plan.
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Housing Opportunity Mission Ecumenical
Senate approves higher mortgage rate and truth in lending changes
The Senate raised home loan interest rates from 6 to 6.5 percent and deleted an exemption for certain lenders on truth in lending. The bill requires banks to print the actual annual rate in contract bold type. Critics warn of higher rates via long term loan discounts. The chamber also approved studying a $198,000 appropriation for St. Albans facility completion and a $45,000 line to buy a Burlington rehabilitation home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wright
D-Chittenden - Grand Isle
Banking Corporations Committee
Allan B. Angney Jr
Bennington
Vermont
Senate
St. Albans
U.S
Burlington
Officer Protests Amid Court Martial Over Rights
2nd Lt. Dennis J. Morrisseau, 25, stationed at Fort Devens, faces court martial for disobeying an order and claims his constitutional rights and press access are being denied. He wrote a letter from Fort Devens March 14, publicizing concerns after being ordered to report for Vietnam training. He had previously picketed the White House.
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Burlington
UPI
Robert S. Babcock
Dennis J. Morrisseau
Morrisseau
Ft. Devens
Mass
Army
Ft. Jackson
S.C
Vietnam
Robert Babcock
State College
Peter
White House
Paul Morrisseau
Air Crash Beacon Sought by Knapp at Aviation Meet
Vermont Aeronautics Commissioner Ed ward Knapp proposes a tail beacon for downed aircraft to aid search planes. The device would use a dry-type battery and be installed in the tail, backed by the National Association of State Aviation Officials. Knapp aims to push the idea at a national conference on April 5 following a Weston crash that killed seven aboard a missing twin-engine plane.
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Montpelier
API
Edward Knapp
Washington Aviation
Knapp
Vermont
National Association of State Aviation Officials
Terrible Mountain
Weston
Taping messages for servicemen aids Red Cross effort
The Mould family of 207 Park St used a home tape recorder after their son Walter J. Mould, with Air Force security police in Okinawa, sent a tape. Local Red Cross, via secretary Mrs. Pierce, provided a loaner machine to record messages home. The program aims to ease families' separation with taped greetings and updates.
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Walter
Okinawa
Arthur Mould
Red Cross
Peggy Mould
Florence Atwood
Arthur Mould Jr
Charles Mould
Vietnam
Mould
Park St
Walter J. Mould
Air Force Security Police
Walthrude Pierce
Charles
Main
Union High School
Walt
Pierce
Walter Mould
Hewson, North Hoosick resident, dies at 45 from heart attack
John R. Hewson, 45, a North Bennington native and North Hoosick High School alumnus, died of a heart attack at his home in North Hoosick early this morning. He had run Hathaway's Shopping Center for 19 years until the 1967 fire. since then he operated a nearby filling station and lived in a trailer after the upstairs apartment burned. The Hoosick Rescue unit responded.
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North Hoosick
N.Y
John R. Hewson
North Bennington
North Bennington High School
Hewson
Hathaway’s
Town of
Santarcangelo Seeks Riehle Bill Study in Vermont Senate
In Montpelier Senate action on the Riehle antibillboard measure prompted Sen. Salvatore Santarcangelo to plan a joint resolution for a study. He aims to have the travel information council delay sign removals until after Jan. 15, 1969 and report back by Jan. 10, 1969 on unknown factors in the bill, facing likely opposition from colleagues.
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Travel Information Council
Santarcangelo
Norwich University Names Dean's List Students
Norwich University announced first semester Dean's List honorees. To qualify, students must have at least a 3.0 GPA. 3.5+ earns a gold star, 3.0 to 3.49 a silver star. Thomas N Rumney, Dorset, junior, named silver star. Charles L Wood III, Bennington, senior, named silver star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Norwich University
Thomas N. Rumney
Austin R. Rumney
Dorset
Charles L. Wood III
Charles L. Wood Jr
Elm St
Bennington
Bennington Briefs Community Events and Sales
The Military Order of the Cootle Auxiliary meets tonight at 7 in the Old Bennington schoolhouse with officer installations. The Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary hosts a rummage sale Friday 7–9 and Saturday 10–3 with a food sale. Cub Scouts Pack 345 meets Sunday 2 at John XXIII Institute to plan an active program. Lester Nichols Estate tag sale runs through Saturday March 23 with everything must go. Bennington Club hosts a beef burgundy dinner Saturday 6:30–8 with dancing after. Iron Kettle advertises Friday special deep fried clams with sides and beverage for 1.25.
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Military Order of the Cootle Auxiliary
Bennington
Order of Eagles
Eagles
North Street
Cub Scouts
Sacred Heart
John XXIII Institute
Stock Averages Dow Jones Noon March 21 1968
The Dow Jones Industrial Averages at noon show 30 stocks at 830.21 down 0.64. The 20 railroads are at 220.67 down 0.77 and the 15 utilities at 121.93 down 0.25. Composite average stands at 292.57 down 0.29 with volume at 4,130,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cancer Society
China
Hanover
Bennington League of Women Voters
Third School of International Relations
United States
Mrs. C. Lloyd Spaulding
Marion Pierce
Richard Johnson
Arlington
Eleanor Grogan
Hoosick Falls
Leagues of Women Voters
New Hampshire
Stanley Schreuder
Danforth Geer
Clarence Howard
Harold Kramer
Ronald Sinclair
James Conroy
Richard Fradenburgh
Margaret Farmer
Ann Flanders
East Arlington
John Rothrock
Bennington Free
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Tse-Tung
U.S. Department of State
Paul H. Kressberg
Mao
James C. Thomson Jr
Harvard
Washington
Thomson
America
United Nations General Assembly
Ernest P. Young
Dartmouth College
Shaftsbury Hollow
William Matteson
Concord
Massachusetts
Bennington District Court
John Allard
John P. Morrisey
Allard
Harges
Housing Corporation
George Randall
Shaftsbury
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic
North Bennington Congregational Church
St. Francis de Sales Church
The
Home Corporation
Richard B. Diamond
HOME
Corporation
Marvin Sanborn
Randall
Paul M. Crane
Edwin Peterson
Thomas Steffen
Sanborn
Arthur Jones
Donald Humphreys
Arthur Tobler
Robert B. Condon
Area
Arthur Jr
Mt. Anthony
ABC
George Sleeman
Frost’s
Parke- Davis
Riehle
Fred Harter
Rensselaer County
Anthony Matera
Mr. Hewson
Thomas and
Agnes
Shepard) Hewson
Knights of Columbus
Derby Community Club
Elks Lodge
Eleanor Green
Christopher Marceau
Schenectady
Rose Hewson
Anthony Gauthier
William Cashman
Calif
Mahar
Main St
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Norwich
Bennington Briefs
Lester Nichols
Sat
ADV
Bennington Club
Frank Rileys
Tom Baileys
Gary Harbours
Harte Theatre
Miss Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Alan Arkin
Richard Crenna
Efrem Zimbalist, JR
Warner Bros
Seven Arts
Turkey
Safford and Gage Sts
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