Bennington Civl Defense Tests School Evacuation Plan
A scheduled test evacuation of all public schools in Bennington will assess the Civil Defense plan. Schools affected include Bennington Graded Greater Bennington and North Bennington Districts. The drill is set for the afternoon of April 19 with officials William Mattison Leon Wagner and Allan J. involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Civil Defense Organization
William Mattison
Town CD
Greater Bennington
North Bennington
Leon E. Wagner
Bennington Southwest
Allan J
Study Group Forms to Review Village Charter
A Village Charter Study Committee authorized by Bennington voters last September begins a two phase review of the 1884 charter and possible alternatives. The panel aims to outline shortcomings then draft an ideal charter while considering greater trustee authority and continued voter input. The group meets April 17 with Ken Clayton as chair and John Miller as clerk. members include George Plumb Burton Potter and Ted Bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Village Planning Commission
Kenneth R. Clayton
Union St
John W. Miller
Washington Ave
Atty
George H. Plumb
Elm St
Burton W. Potter
Ted Bird
Main St
Holden Urges Civil Defense Talks Amid Controversy
Mc Namara defends civil defense as essential for survival and retaliation capability in a fallout shelter based system. He rejects fears of war psychosis and calls anti CD material stance repugnant to American heritage while Holden defends a directive limiting the course content despite Woodstock objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNamara
Holden
Woodstock
Board of Education
Girl Scouts Host Roundup at Baptist Church Dinner
Six three Girl Scouts and guests attended a covered dish supper at North Bennington Congregational Church during Girl Scout week. Sponsored by North Village neighborhood troops, the Catamount Roundup patrol led the program with a color film of the 1963 Roundup shown by Lynn Oldendorph and reports by patrol members. The eighth grade patrol hosted with a flag and candle lighting ceremony led by Mrs. Arthur E Wickenden, Bennington council president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington Congregational Church
North Village
Lynn Oldendorph
Arthur E. Wickenden
Bennington
Hospital Notes Admissions and Birth Notices
Admissions list includes Mrs. Myrtle Higgins Rupert Olin Smith Bennington Mrs Bernice Robinson Whitingham Discharges note Christine Plante Master Francis Krawczyk George Small Sharon Adams Mrs Lorinna Abrams Bennington Miss Marie O Malley Hoosick Falls Mrs Cecile King and son Manchester Depot. Newborns reported for Mr and Mrs Charles Lipscomb North Pownal a son March 27 Mr and Mrs Charles Breen Shaftsbury a son March 27 Mr and Mrs Howard Ruggles North Bennington a son March 27 Mr and Mrs Cecil Butler Arlington a son March 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Higgins
Rupert
Olin Smith
Bennington
Bernice Robinson
Whitingham
Christine Plante
Francis Krawczyk
George Small
Sharon Adams
Lorinna Abrams
Marie O'Malley
Hoosick Falls
Cecile King and Son
Manchester Depot
Charles Lipscomb
North Pownal
Charles Breen
Shaftsbury
Howard Ruggles
North Bennington
Cecil Butler
Arlington
Local unemployment claims rise after short term layoff
In Bennington area total claims jumped 200 to 678 due to temporary layoffs at Mack Molding Co. in Arlington. A Department of Employment Security spokesman said most workers are recalled soon and Vermont weekly claims rose to 7,927, up 186 from the prior week and 536 above last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Department of Employment Security
Mack Molding Co
Arlington
Vermont
Benhi and Delmar Choirs Feature in Bethlehem Joint Concert
Benhi's Chorus and Harmonettes joined Bethlehem Choralers in a concert at Bethlehem Central High School on March 22 with Esther Kissling and Rolland Truitt directing. The program, repeated at Benhi Friday night, included Handel works and a combined Hallelujah Chorus. Sixty-nine performers traveled, with Janet Hayes as accompanist and Paula Wenz assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benhi
Esther Kissling
Delmar
N.Y
Bethlehem Choralers
Rolland R. Truitt
Bethlehem Central High School
Paula Wenz
The
Choraliers
BCHS
Bendi
Hark
Harmonettes
Agincourt
Steve McGaughey
fEl Yiv Nel Hagalil
Connie Killian
Bethlehem
Dixie
America
Janet Hayes
Memorial Services Held For Richard S. Hill In Sunderland
Funeral services were held at the First Congregational Church in Sunderland for Richard S. Hill who was killed in an automobile accident Sunday. The Rev. E. H. Nickerson officiated with Mrs. Blanchard Stone as organist in a large gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Richard S. Hill
Sunderland
First Congregational Church
E. H. Nickerson
Obituaries From Berlin Dorset Shaftsbury and St Albans
Obituaries list Arthur C. Maxon of Berlin who died at home aged 27? No, 1914 birth. It notes his service at the Army Depot and local roles. Clark Rufus Tifft of Dorset aged 88. Frank D. Thompson of Shaftsbury 68. Donald McGarey of St. Albans 65. Roy L. Hanish 87 of 242 Union Street with long Bennington ties. Funeral details and surviving relatives are provided for each.
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Berlin
N.Y
Arthur C. Maxon
Mr. Maxon
Lena Littlefield Maxon
Everett Maxon
Maxon
Army Depot
Fire Commission
Shaftsbury
Frank D. Thompson
Main Street
Bennington College
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Selman Helen Ruebesam
Germany
Ernst and
Ida (Wilmer) Ruebesam
Adams
Mass
Thompson
Bennington
Jennings Hall
Jennings
the College
Park Lawn Chapel
ST. Albans
Donald McGarey
Walter McGarey
Kerbs Memorial Hospital
Our Lady of the Lake
Mr. McGarey
Edward and
Mary Deschesne McGarey
Green Mountain Post
American Legion
Franklin County Council
Boy Scouts of America
Owl Club
Catherine Vorce
Walter
Stanley Rakowski
Andrew Dignan
Clearwater
Fla
Arthur
Miami
Heart Fund
Driscoll and Moran Memorial
Roy L. Hanish
Union St
Hanishes
Union Street
Mr. Hanish
Wickliffe
Ohio
Charles C. and
Eliza (Stannard) Hanish
Outhwaite
Old Bennington
Walter FE
Dunham
Hanish
Pease Co, Inc
Stamford
Stamford, Conn., of Which His Son, Burton D. Hanish
Flora Durand
Jessie Flyer
Willoughby
Deborah
Karen Hanish
Hanson-Walbridge
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
State tax plan aims to aid towns after tax repeal
The proposal estimates the sales tax will generate 12 million dollars and directs most of it to raise state aid to towns for school costs offsetting revenue loss from repealing the property tax. Rep John E Kelly urges delay until Governor Hoff finishes a tax study. Hoff vows to veto if the bill reaches him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Kelly
D - Winooski
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Faith and family aid flight for Ampex worker’s spouse
Flores 42 a devout Mormon employed in Ampex Corp.’s cable and assembly department received donations for her flight. The account notes she expressed strong faith and confidence that saved him, reflecting her beliefs and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flores
Cable and Assembly Department
Ampex Corp
Bennington Groups Plan Drives And Meetings
Troop 6 Girl Scouts CAP members will conduct a battle drive Saturday with funds shared by units. Hilltop 4-H Girls met with eight members and planned spring trips to Monument Battlefield and Old First Church. A rum mage sale Saturday at the YMCA benefits the Vermont Association for the Crippled. Rabbi Kaufman speaks Friday on avoiding boredom. Steve Canyon drawings delayed. resuming Monday. Dinner on housing needs hosted by Greater Bennington Association at Paradise Restaurant. Money order service at Frosts Pharmacy. Advertisement notes Iron Kettle Friday special clams and haddock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
L. B. Kemmerer
CAP
Lois Bunk
Monument
Old First Church
Donna McCully
Vanessa Loomis
Daniel J. Healy
Vermont
Federal Housing Administration
Vincent J. Bartimo
Green Mountain Park
Greater
Frost’s
New England
Prouty urges expanded higher education funding
Sen. Prouty argues higher learning must grow beyond six million students by 1970, nearly doubling since 1960. He cites studies of 60 to 100 thousand capable youths needing financial aid and calls for expanding federal student loan programs. He warns budgets require selective cuts to preserve liberty and global leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Prouty
Latin America
Europe
Berlin
Exiles Raid Decreases After Venezuelan Freighter Hijack
A foreign state files through the State Department after a Venezuelan freighter was hijacked, noting fewer exile raids and seeking resolution or relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Stock Averages Dow Jones Mixed at Noon
The Dow Jones industrials stood at 684.61 with 30 point change, the railroads at 153.02 and utilities at 242.53, while the composite index reached 684.61. Trading volume registered 2,030,000 shares.
Brandeis Professors Quit Over Cuba Dispute
Brandeis University anthropology chair David Aberle and wife Kathleen Aberle have resigned amid a clash over Kathleen Aberle s Cuba policy. President Abram Sachar backed his reprimand of a Oct 24, 1962 speech that he called dangerous and reckless, noting no issue with free disagreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sachar
Nine Vermont Counties Declared Emergency Hay Shortage Areas
Nine of Vermont's fourteen counties including Bennington are designated emergency hay shortage areas by Secretary Orville E. Freeman. Governor Hoff has applied for relief to obtain surplus whole corn for farmers to compensate for hay scarcity caused by last summer's drought. Some farmers have already been buying hay from Canadian sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Bennington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville E. Freeman
Hoff
New York
Pennsylvania
John J. DeVito
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Office
Main St
DeVito
Midwest
Bennington County
Addison
Caledonia
Chittenden
Essex
Orange
Orleans
Washington
Rutland
Bidault Still Seeks Overthrow as Farmer Aid Rolls On
Bidault after liberation served as France’s first postwar foreign minister and remains a veteran resistance figure. BBC TV interview shows him aging and clinging to wartime heroics as he discusses potential means to oust De Gaulle. Vermont emergency help follows with grain relief signups led by John J. DeVito amid delivery challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
Bidault
France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Belgium
England
NRC
Munich
Jacques Soustelle
Paul Gardy
Antoine Argoud
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
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Mattison
Donald Greenslet
Scott Street
Greenslet
Bennington High School
Molly Stark
Beech Street
North Bennington High School
Hoover Electrolux
Westinghouse
Nichols
Peter
ICE Cream
Arthur Thebarge
Richard Hill
Elmer Dicranian
Pittsfield
Elmas Dicranian
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Malcolm W. Eckel
Hmayak D. Wart- Intoyan
St. Peter’s Armenian Church of Troy, N.Y
Pittsfield Cemetery
Aram G. Dicranian Jr
Paul
Samuel J. Dicranian
Gregory Indjian
Richard A. Laraway
Frederick M. Krouse
Clark ER Tire
Dorset
Clark Rufus Tifft
Brewster
Manchester Center
R. G. Dana
Congregational Church
Mr. Tifft
James and
Adeline (Crandall) Tifft
Edith Lanfear
Ida Streeter
Factory Point
Maple Hill Cemetery
VRS
Frank D Thompson
Roy L Hanish
Yukon
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Hairdressers Association
YMCA
Vermont Association For the Crippled, Inc
Dawn Letourneau
Veronica Geannelis
Branch St
Sigmund I. Kaufman
Temple Beth el
WBTN
Steve Canyon
Banner
Prouty
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Brandeis
United States
Aberle
Latin América
Castro
Cuba
Harte Theatre
Oda
Technicolor
Technirama
Houran's
Main & Safford
Chuck
Ann É
Dawn
Coney Franks
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