Stolen Vermont Coin Ring Spurs Boston Arrest
Boston police arrested Mary Hoover alias Mary Stone, 31, on receiving stolen property charges after she tried to sell a coin from the Bennington Museum Hall Park McCullough collection. Ninety three of 96 coins were stolen last Sunday night or Monday morning. the value is listed between 15 000 and 20 000 dollars. FBI aided Old Bennington police as the display case was broken to access the coins. The museum seeks the return of the coins though insured.
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Vermont
Bennington Museum
Boston
Hall Park McCullough
Mary Hoover
Mary Stone
Watertown
Roxbury
Mass
FBI
Old Bennington
Watershed Council to Meet at Stratton Mountain Inn
The Connecticut River Watershed Council will hold its annual meeting Saturday June 5 at Stratton Mountain Inn. Details of the program and speakers will be announced soon.
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Stratton
Connecticut River Watershed Council
Stratton Mountain Inn
Walt Morrissey Wins State Council Race
Walt Morrissey was elected state president of the Vermont Association of Student Councils at the 13th annual VASC Convention in Newport. He led a slate including Ashley Cadwell as vice president and Julie Welch as recording secretary, with Leona Boutin and Jimmy Colvin as reporting secretaries. The event featured Gov. Phillip Hoff’s keynote, “The Torch is Passed,” and delegates from 71 schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Morrissey
Bennington Catholic High
Vermont Association of Student Councils
VASC
Newport
Morrissey
Don Gallus
Proctor
Robert Bloomer
Rutland
Ashley Cadwell
South Burlington
Julie Welch
Mt. St. Joseph
Eileen Hamblin
Brattleboro
Phillip Hoff
Vermont
Leona Boutin
Jimmy Colvin
Bennington
Leona
Jim
Long
Newsport
Donald Pierce
Vermont Headmasters Association
Dario Comi
Robert Bly
Bret Powell
Linda Towle
Champlain Valley
Carol Robblee
Chester
Benington
Walt Morrisey
Leona Boustin
David Sausville
Mary Ancilla
Bennington Catholic
St. Michael’s College
Bendi
Jim Colvin
Jim Betts
David Palemer
Lester Jipp
William Bell
Burr & Burton Seminary of
Manchester
Howard O’donovan
Carol Bresko
Steve Rosencrantz
Molly Stark Junior High
Robin Kier
Donna Berry
Michael Salebra
Therese Goodermore
Area Obituaries Dyer Eaton Twin Baby and Child Die
Two obituaries from Bennington and Manchester report deaths of Gail Elizabeth Dyer, four months, from suffocation, and Dawn Marie Eaton, seven, who died unexpectedly. Gail is survived by parents Joel and Gail Dyer and multiple siblings with relatives in New Hampshire. Dawn Marie, daughter of Robert and former Nancy Eaton, leaves siblings Becky, Robert, and Mark, with grandparents in Peru Hoosick Falls and Portsmouth. Funeral services are scheduled in Hanson-Valebridge and St. Paul’s Church with Rosary.
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Bennington Village
Gail Elizabeth Dyer
Joel L. Dyer
Dewey St
Dyers
Gail
Donald F. Shea
Old Bennington
Dale
John L
William
Manchester
Dawn Marie Eaton
Robert Eaton
Manchester Depot
Rutland Hospital
Nancy Valentine
Vermont Association For the Crippled School
Rutland
St. Paul’s Church
Becky Ann Eaton
Robert J
Mark C
Harold Eaton
Peru
Frank Valentine
Hoosick Falls
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Weekend Accidents injure five in Bennington area
Five persons were injured but not hospitalized during a weekend series of accidents around Bennington Village. Two women were treated and released from Putnam Memorial Hospital after a two car crash on Walloomsac Road Saturday afternoon involving a 1963 Lincoln driven by Franklin P. Jones and a 1957 Chevrolet station wagon driven by Nina Maxham. Maxham suffered facial cuts and injuries to her leg and fingers. passenger Nina Bourn also sustained multiple injuries. Police said Jones skidded on snow and crossed the center line, colliding head on with the Maxham vehicle. Jones reported injuries but declined treatment.
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Walloomsac Road
Nina Maxham
Bennington
Franklin P. Jones
Hagerman
Bennington Village
Putnam Memorial Hospital
RD 1
Maxham
Herbert Gates
Pownal
Lyons District
Albert N. Jordan
Union St
Ford
Gary E. Skidmore
North Bennington
Lyons Road
Skidmore
Jordan
Weeks
Jefferson Streets
Volkswagen
Hans J. Combs
South Stream Road
Commke
Gail A. Backus
Southington
Conn
Combs
Jefferson
Backus
Jefferson Street
First National Store
Bennington Road
Chevrolet
James Arnold Webb Jr
Arlington
Melba A. Decker
Shaftsbury
Pleasant Street
North
School Streets
Guilford Cheney
North Street
Michael Caslin
Depot St
Bennington Club Hosts Senior Members Night and Cantata
Senior Members Night in the Bennington Club on March 27 features a roast beef dinner by George Cushing and committee with dancing 9 to 12. The Cantata Behold Your King will be performed at Old First Church on April 11 as a Palm Sunday vesper service at 4 p.m. The United Church Women raised 120 dollars for the International Christian University in Japan, with praise to contributors and the St Peter's youth poster team.
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Benington Club
George Cushing
Old First Church Congregational
United Church Women’s
International Christian University
Japan
Marion Hardy
St. Peeter’s Church
Night Skiing At Brodie Mt
New Allford Massachusetts four inches of new snow over the weekend created good to excellent skiing on a 5 to 20 inch base. Night skiing runs 7 to 11 p.m. daily while conditions hold. Day skiing from 9 to 4:30. Jim Kelley, owner and manager, says new snowmaking machinery is being installed.
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New Alford
Mass
Brodie
Jim Kelley
Haystack Sues Snowmaker Co for Damages
Haystack Mountain Ski Area in Wilmington Vermont filed a 200000 damage suit in U S District Court against Larchmont Engineering Co of Lexington Massachusetts claiming their artificial snow making system failed to produce snow The ski area said January delivery of three nozzle units and a snow making system led to breakage improper installation and defective machinery costing much of its first year business.
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Burlington
UPI
Haystack Mountain
Wilmington
U.S
Lexington
Mass
Haystack
Larchmont Engineering Co
YMCA Schedule and Weekend Bomb Alerts in Birmingham
The report lists YMCA Monday to Saturday activity blocks for youths and adults across grade levels, with classes like wrestling and bowling. Separately, police describe multiple bombs found around Birmingham, three timed for noon and one for 6 pm, disarmed by Army experts. police vow a full investigation and federal lab examination of bomb components.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory
Boutwell
J. A. Williams
D. J. Ryan
First Baptist Church
Ensley
A, D. King
Lexington
Birmingham
James J. Reed
Selma
Ala
Ft. McClellan
Here
30-30 Bullet Hits Randolph Farmer During Home Spat
A 45-year-old Bethel farmer is reported in satisfactory condition at Gifford hospital after a gunshot wound to the abdomen during a domestic spat with his wife Florence Therrien. Windsor County State's Attorney James W. Wright said charges may be assault with a deadly weapon, or homicide if the victim dies, depending on Therrien's condition.
Marches Remain Steady as Federal Troops Guard Alabama Route
The marchers traverse 13 1/4 miles toward Montgomery under armed guard with U S Army troops and National Guardsmen along the route. King praises federal force use and aims to push voter registration legislation while the group signals resolve with songs and quiet marching. A rest stop delays progress and a shooting incident later injures Therrien.
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Page 1
U.S. Army
Hall Farm
Rosabell Hall
King
Alabama
Hospital Notes and Vietnam War Update Blend
Hospital notes list numerous admissions and discharges across Bennington Arlington Hoosick Falls and nearby towns including Marcel Matte Tina Harrington and Priscilla Salem among others. The Vietnam era report describes limited success in Army air operations near Da Nang with potential future strikes on Hanoi railways and strategic targets.
Manchester Youth Injured in One Car Crash
An 18 year old Manchester Depot youth was listed in fairly good condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington with back and other injuries after a one car crash on U S 7 near the Manchester drive in theater early this morning Richard Weeks 18 was a passenger in a 1961 Comet driven by William Payne 29 of Dorset Payne received on scene treatment from Dr Clifford B Harwood and the car suffered extensive damage at the scene police said.
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Manchester
Manchester Depot
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
U.S. 7
Richard Weeks
William Payne
Dorset
Payne
Clifford B. Harwood
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones Board
Noon figures from Bache & Co Albany list the Dow Jones industrials at 898.04 up 2.25, railroads at 214.20 up .33, utilities at 160.94 up .05, composite average 315.96 up .58, with sales totaling 2,250,000.
Vermont Veterans Protest VA Job Cutback
More than 500 Vermont veterans converged in Montpelier to oppose the transfer of 30 Veterans Administration Hospital administrative posts from White River Junction to Boston. They alleged President Johnson is personally responsible for the cutback and warned of a possible march on the White House if protests fail.
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Montpelier
UPI
Veterans Administration
White River Junction
Boston
Johnson
Vermont Veterans Installation
Johnson Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Veterans Organization
Vermont
Harry White
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
White House
Municipal Court Fines For Suspended License And More
Municipal Court in Stamford fined Charles Forrest 105.10 for driving March 21 on School Street after license suspension. Judge Fienberg cited prior warnings and a DMV order not to drive. Other cases include Philip Conti fined 20.10 for stop sign violation at College Road Vermont 67A. Glen Sheldon ordered to pay 35 weekly support. several motorists pleaded guilty by waiver to speeding fines ranging from 15.10 to 20.00 on U S 7 in Shaftsbury and Arlington.
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Charles Forrest
North Branch Street
School Street
George M. Fienberg
Forrest
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Stamford
Philip C. Conti
College Road
Vermont 67A
Conti
Fienberg
Witten
Glen R. Sheldon
Depot St
Marlene
Sheldon
Cummings
Ronald Prichard
Fort Devens
Mass
U.S. 7
Arlington
Bruce V. Beckwith
Shaftsbury
Bennington Fire Department Responds To Weekend Incidents
The Bennington volunteer fire department was called out twice over the weekend. A small fire burned a storage shed on East Main Street owned by Wallace Mattison, causing slight damage with cause undetermined. Later, a burst frozen sprinkler pipe at Thomson Mfg Co on Ben Mont Avenue and Main Street triggered the system.
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Bennington
East Main Street
Wallace Mattison
Thomson Mfg. Co
Ben- Mont Avenue
Main Street
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Gail E. Dyer
Bennington Briefs
Thomas Weston Fels
Williams Fels
William Fels
Bennington College
Robert Fisk Giddings
W. Philip Giddings
Glee Club
Amherst College
Fels
Giddings
Puerto Rico
Stratton Mountain
James M. Dubin
Benjamin Dubin
Harrison Ave
Tau Delta Phi
University of Pennsylvania
Dubin
College of Arts and Sciences
Gemini
Russia
Alexei Leonov
Pavel Belyayev
Federal Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Atlantic Ocean
Brodie Mt
Haystack Sues Snowmaker Co
YMCA
Air Force Reserve
North Powe Nal
Green Acres
Jr. Rifle Club
Northfield
7Th Day Adventist Church
Randolph Farmer
Congress
Big Creek
Montgomery
Therrien
Marcel Matte
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Marshall Rowe
Washington, Conn
Tina Harrington
Mary Hoffman
Priscilla Salem
Michael Pinsonneault
Clyde C. Mears Sr
Linda Sweet
Mary Kramer
Irene LaBatt
Sandra Lockrow
Leta White
Arnold Palmer
Virginia Willcutt
Dexter Horton
Joseph Smith
Janis Winne
Loretta Tardie
Granville
Malcolm Cooper
Alice Cushman
West Hartford
Florence Stroffoleno
Phyllis Bird
Anne Towslee
Helen Hattat
Earl S. Hurley
Herbert DeBell
Lena Moon
Petersburg
Gerald Beers
Robert Pollard
High St
Victor Austin
Manton St
Wilfred Gagne
Grand St
Troy
Donald Harvey
Eagle Street
John T. Carmody Jr
Braintree
Daniel Patrick
St. Patrick’s Day
Carmody
Katherine Cronin
John T. Carmody
Viet Nam
da Nang
Hanoi
China
United States
South
WRGB
Harteth Theatre
Ennington, VI
Steve
Don Mraveen Remiex Munnay
Pakul Mulligans
Ato Ae
Dow Jones —Bache & Co
Albany
Fire Department
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