Third Assualt on Oil Tanker Torrey Canyon Planned
British warplanes massed for a third day of bombing on the Torrey Canyon, the vast Liberian-flagged tanker aground on the Seven Stones Reef off Land's End. Navy officials said more raids were ordered as crews struggle to sink the vessel and prevent further oil pollution on the resort coast. Prime Minister Wilson said Britain would press claims to protect national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land’s End
England
UPI
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Torrey Canyon
Navy
Seven Stones Reef
U.S
Harold Wilson
Scilly Isles
Grandfather dies shielding infant as jet hits severe turbulence
In a Casper Wyoming incident a United Air Lines 720 plunged 8000 feet after sudden air turbulence. George Wilson Graves of Glenview Illinois, 52, released his seat belt to cover his infant grandson Mark Thompson, saving the child but dying from injuries. Other passengers were shaken but unhurt. The plane landed safely after the unscheduled Casper stop. Two family members were injured. The crash occurred amid a spring storm with gusts up to 75 mph. radar did not detect the turbulence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
UPI
George Wilson Graves
Glenview
Ill
United Air Lines
Herbert Winer
Springfield
Wyoming
Graves
Mark Thompson
Airlines
William Graves
Pamela Thompson
Robert Mitchell
Denver
Cheyenne
Casper Hospital
United
Rockies
Chicago
Petersburg NY Trustee to Review Permanent Police Chief
Petersburg residents await a decision on appointing a permanent village police chief following the death of Edward L. Silver after 12 years. Trustee Charles Bodine said a committee meeting this week will set details ahead of the April trustees meeting when a successor is traditionally named. Assistant Chief William Fox has served as acting chief since January with chief's pay. In a separate item, Thomas A. Hackett, 30, of Petersburg was injured when his 1963 Pontiac convertible left VT 346 near Warren Wire Co. in Pownal, totaling the car and damaging 22 fenceposts. police report the incident occurred at 11:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bodine
Police and Traffic Committee
Bennington Village
Edward L. Silver
Silver
William Fox
Bodine
Petersburg
N.Y
Pownal
Warren Wire Company
Thomas A. Hackett
Car Burns Near Banner in Bennington
A 1954 Chevrolet owned by Leo Parker Jr. of Bennington burned near The Banner building behind the Four-2 Restaurant as firefighters arrived to find the car a ball of flames. Parker parked about 20 minutes earlier. cause unclear though an errant cigarette might have ignited upholstery. Interior charred, engine compartment spared, no insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Parker Jr
Bennington
Charles Sawyer
Union Street
Sawyer
Parker
Dr Worthington to Attend Vermont Medical Forum
Dr William Worthington of Bennington will attend a three day medical forum at the Woodstock Inn from March 31 to April 2. Sponsored by the University of Vermont College of Medicine, the event will consider how the college and Vermont physicians can improve health care for residents. More than 160 participants will attend, including faculty members, practicing physicians, and laypeople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
William Worthington
Bennington
Woodstock Inn
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Vermont
Planets Jupiter Venus Mars Near Conjunction This Spring
Astronomy notes that Jupiter high overhead at dusk and Venus bright in the west are narrowing their gap as they approach each other. Mars will rise earlier each evening, so by mid April all three planets will share the evening sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Board Works On Poll List In Bennington
The Bennington Board of Sisters plans to begin work on the 1967 poll list next week under chairman Francis J. Hogan. Exemption certificates for veterans and widows should be filed when received, and the list will note each person’s voting district. It will contain about 7,000 names, with exemptions noted for seniors, disabled veterans, widows, and aid recipients, and will serve as the voting list for all future elections. The poll tax will be lower this year, roughly half of last year’s in the village, based on 50 percent of fair market value, with exact amounts depending on the school district tax rate set in June. Families with errors or address changes should contact the Sisters’ Office at 442-5016.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Board of Sisters
Francis J. Hogan
Hogan
Leslie Rice
Sisters’ Office
Sisters
Kindergarten Registration Date Scheduled
George Sleeman announces kindergarten registration for all village and rural Bennington children born on or before January 1, 1963. Registration is Wednesday, April 5 at Bennington Elementary School with multiple sessions. Parents must bring birth certificate copies and vaccination records. Children need not accompany parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sleeman
Bennington
Park Street
Casualties and firefight tale span Vietnam to local blaze
United States and South Vietnamese forces reported heavy combat with Communist forces near the DMZ as Westmoreland warned of up to 300 more enemy casualties. In Beacon Hills Marines stormed ashore, claiming 231 guerrillas killed in five days, with U.S. casualties rising to 425,000 troops in Vietnam. Back home a house fire left victims and a fatal air crash injured several, while political moves and a court case concluded amid regional turmoil. Olive Cockman was jailed for shoplifting after claiming she was drafting a story, with a 10 pound fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Dmz
Beacon Hills
East Hoosick woman Eileen Carknard dies in New Mexico
Mrs. Eileen LeBlanc Carknard 56 wife of Edward Carknard operator of Twin Brooks Rest Home in East Hoosick died unexpectedly at Bataan Memorial Hospital Albuquerque after a vacation visit with relatives in Detroit. Autopsy planned. Survived by husband two sisters Rita Wolfe and Mrs. William Ingram and two brothers Clarence and Vincent LeBlanc. Funeral Saturday 9:30 a.m. Church of the Immaculate Conception Hoosick Falls burial St Marys Cemetery. Friends may call Robson Home for Funerals Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hoosick
N.Y
Eileen (LeBlanc) Carknard
Edward Carknard
Twin Brooks
Bataan Memorial Hospital
Albuquerque
N.M
State Highway Department
Hoosick Falls
Detroit
Mich
New Mexico
Darknard
Rita Wolfe
William Ingram
Clarence
Vincent LeBlanc
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Robson
Old Academy Library Poetry Session At Meeting
The Old Academy Library Association will meet Monday at 8 p.m. on Monument Avenue for a poetry reading led by Dr. Arvel M. Steece. He will read New England verse from Coffin Primer for America. The library offers current best sellers for use without rental charge and has published hours for access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Academy Library Association
Monument Avenue
Arvel M. Steece
First Congregational Church
New England
Robert P. Tristam Coffin
America
Stock Averages at Noon March 30 1967 Dow Industrials Rise
The Dow Jones Bache & Co composite index stood at 319.72 with a fractional change of minus 0.19 while the industrial average traded at 869.54 up 1.56. Railroads moved to 232.48 up 0.19 and utilities at 137.85 up 0.07. Total volume reached 3,830,000 with market activity midday in Albany.
Vermont Lawmaker Defends Vietnam Endorsement Resolution
Rep. John T. Alden of Woodstock defends a joint Vietnam policy resolution against a Vermont Civil Liberties Union charge that it pressures dissent. Alden, a conservative bloc member, says the measure aims to bolster morale of U S troops rather than intimidate critics, and notes he acted after a Springfield Rotary Club talk highlighted home dissent impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
John T. Alden
Woodstock
U.S
Vietnam
Vermont Civil Liberties Union
VCLU
Alden
Vermont
House
Hoff
Springfield, Vermont
Rotary Club
U.S. Marine Corps
Kenneth Smith
Maj. Smith
Congressional Record Daily
Tennessee
George J. Kingston, Jr
Northfield
Senate
Major Smith
Racing Tax Relief Gains In Albany
In Albany the State Senate approved a bill to boost horse racing revenue for flat tracks by about 3.5 million dollars per season. The plan cuts parimutuel taxes for Aqueduct to 9.5 percent and raises track shares to 5.5 percent, while Saratoga yields 6.5 percent to the track and 8.5 percent to the state. Senate debate touched on extending similar relief to harness tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
State Senate
Assembly
Nelson Rockefeller
Aqueduct
Saratoga
Senate
Joseph Zaretzki
Manhattan
Vermont House committee backs higher elderly teachers pensions
The Vermont House Commerce Committee unanimously approved bill H214 to raise retirement pay for 68 former Vermont teachers born in the 19th century, from 50 to 80 dollars a month. Rep. George H. Sloan, a former teacher, testified that 58 beneficiaries are in their 80s and 90s. The measure excludes other pensions over 75 dollars, and would add ten new recipients. Sloan recalled teaching in Fletcher at 17 for 15 dollars a week and hauling students by horse and wagon for 16.50 weekly. The bill now goes to the House for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Vermont
Commerce Committee
Haroldcc. Billings
Springfield
Funeral rites for Frank J. Igoe Sr. held at St. Francis de Sales
Frank J. Igoe Sr. longtime Schenectady Chemicals official died Sunday at Putnam Memorial Hospital. His funeral followed a Solemn High Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church with Rev. Elmer Donnelly as celebrant and Msgr. Francis Flanagan among the clergy. Bearers included his son and three sons-in-law. Entombment planned at Valley View Cemetery later this spring. Relatives came from Erie Pa Bloomfield Hills Mich Marlton N J Scotia Albany and Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Igoe Sr
Pippin Knoll
Schenectady Chemicals
Putnam Memorial Hospital
St. Francis de Sales Church
Elmer Donnelly
St. Paul the Apostle Church
Schenectady
Francis B. Flanagan
Walter F. Miller
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Mr. Igoe
Frank J. Igoe Jr
Marlton
N.J
Alton Cartwright
Erie
Robert Fredrickson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Richard Leonard
Scotia
N.Y
Flanagan
Park Lawn Chapel
Valley View Cemetery
Hague
Elmer A. Warner
Catherine Hughes
Marion Powers
South St
St. Jerome’s Church
East Dorset
James B. Murray
St. Paul’s Church
Manchester
Dovid Hicks
Barre
John Gygax
Bennington
Vernon Field
Arlington
Robert Mulvey
John Flynn
Harold Hicks
St. Jerome’s Cemetery
Pownal
Middlebury
Bennington Briefs Hospital Stay and Local Installations
Mrs Ida Marcoux of 809 County St remains a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital and was not discharged as earlier announced. Supt Leon E Wagner, who had major surgery there, returned home Tuesday and will stay home for two weeks. The MOC Auxiliary installs officers tonight at 7:30 at Mrs Neva LaCroix’s North Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Marcoux
County St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Leon E. Wagner
Austin Hill Road
MOC
Neva LaCroix
North Street
Easter Luncheon at St Peter's Draws 120 Women
About 120 women attended an Eastertide luncheon and bridge at St. Peter's Church parish house on School Street. Co chairs planned the gourmet lunch with a kitchen squad, Easter egg centerpieces were crafted by volunteers, and waitresses helped run the event, which sold out all tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s
School St
Frederick Welling
William Williams
Alfred Barnes
Roy Bergquist
Robert Buck
Ralph Dickinson
Franklin Frantz
Frederick Morgan
Lloyd Spaulding
Joseph Wilson Sr
Leon Eldred
Ferdinand Mayer
Leonard White
William Castle Jr
John Duval
Richard Geannelis
Steven Hikel
Peter Hoar
Robert Howe
J.C. Jerome
Thomas Linton
Richard Wilkinson
John Williams
Leo Fay
Olive Crisp
St. Peter's
Bridge instruction offered to high school youth by YMCA
The YMCA will start an eight week bridge course for youths beginning Monday April 3 at 7 pm at the YMCA. Instructor Hugh Nash will teach bidding ruffing hand play scoring and card ranks with emphasis on hands and play. Open to all youths especially those heading to college with plans to form bridge teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Hugh Nash
North Adams
Hospital Notes and Births Drafted From Petersburg and Area
Admissions list includes Master Scott O Dell Peters burg Mrs Deborah Gallant Ben nington and others. Discharges include Ernest Jones Miss Madalyn Foster and several Mrs Elizabeth Thompson and Shafts bury residents. Births report two daughters born March 29 to Towslee Carrier and Burdick households and a son born March 29 to Ronald Burdick Petersburg New York. An Air Force baby son Robert Wesley Nason born March 28 to Airman 10 and Mrs James R Nason of Woodford now residing with Airman Nason at Nellis AFB. Grandparents listed as Joseph King Woodford and A M Barselow Danville Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Towslee
County St
Francis Carrier
Church Street
North Bennington
Ronald Burdick
Petersburg
N.Y
Robert Wesley
James R. Nason
Woodford
Nason
Air Force
Nellis Afb
New
Joseph King
A.M. Barselow
Danville
I1l
Medical Society Auxiliary Meets In Hoosick Falls
The Women's Auxiliary to the Bennington County Medical Society met at Mrs. Philip Martinez's Hoosick Falls home for a March gathering. Officers led the session with two guests welcomed and donations pledged to AMERF. A letter from Putnam Memorial Hospital thanked the group for Gomco suction machines funded by the luncheon-card sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County Medical Society
Philip Martinez
Hoosick Falls
American Medical Education and Research Fund
Richard Fabricius
Francis Herrick
David Pointon
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Gomco
John Mook
AMERF
Bennington
Philip Giddings
William Worthington
Richard Davis
Abraham Moskovitz
Thrift Shop Welcomes New Members And Sorting Volunteers
Thrift Shop workers Amy Andrews and Tilly Stocking welcomed as new members last Saturday. This Tuesday Carolyn Clark Marjorie Hayes Tilly Stocking Agnes Johnson Amy Howard Juna Fuller Isma Sargent helped sort and mark items. Readied goods include puffs blankets a large tray bags hats suits aprons a teapot and various magazines. Requests for paperbacks mens shoes rubbers a youth bed sewing machine and dishes have come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Andrews
Tilly Stocking
Carolyn Clark
Marjorie Hayes
Agnes Johnson
Amy Howard
Juna Fuller
Isma Sargent
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Bennington Banner
Bennington Sisters
Lister’s
Fienberg
O’connell
Buzzell
Dr. Worthington
Thurber
Jolivette
U.S. 7
Andrews
Shirkshire
Bennington Roofing CO
Hillside Street
EEC Sys
Kansas City Southern
Paul L. Clement
Clement
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Stephen Bogen
New Jersey
Carolyn Skaggs
Franklin
Dunham
Cook
Judiciary Committee
London
Olive Cockman
Old Academy Library
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Vietnam Resolve
Fletcher
Peter Giuliani
Montepelier
Ruth A. Cole
Sunderland
Bennington Briefs
E. Ruth Dorman
Crescent Manor Nursing Home
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Ned Quist
Bendi
Military Order of Cooties
Green Mountain Pup
VFW Post 1332
VFW
Main Street
Scott O'Dell
Deborah Gallant
Ernest Jones
Madalyn Foster
Mary Pinsonneault
Peter Gadue
Elizabeth Thompson
Shaftsbury
Elizabeth Beckwith
Judith Flach
Coeymans Hollow
Medical Society Auxiliary
Thrift Shop
Safford & Gage Sts
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