Poverty in Kentucky Sees Unemployment And Media Blackout
The report describes high joblessness in eastern Kentucky with 40 percent unemployed and limited housing. Planned dams offer flood control and only temporary jobs, while highway construction is the main hope for attracting new industries. Miners cite a press blackout and biased local coverage, as students tour the area to study conditions and federal redevelopment programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
Gibson
Johnson
United States
Hazard Herald
Louisville Courier-Journal
Eastern
Kentucky
Funerals for Lena Pelcher and Sarah Butler Held
The funeral for Lena M. Pelcher, who died Friday at Putnam Memorial Hospital, was conducted Monday at Hansor Walbridge with Pastor Ronald M. Seeley. Bearers included grandsons Robert Mathers and Donald Elliott and others from New York and Connecticut. Committal at Wells Cemetery followed in the afternoon. Also today funeral services for Sarah E. Butler, 64, widow of Loren A. Butler, were held at the Dorset Congregational Church with burial planned at Maple Hill Cemetery. Butler was born in Wallingford on June 5, 1899 and survived by three daughters, three sons, 13 grandchildren and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena M. Pelcher
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hansor Walbridge Funeral Home
Ronald M. Seeley
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Wells, N.Y
Paul Dufford
Wells Community Methodist Church
Dorset
Sarah E. Butler
Loren A. Butler
Dorset Congregational Church
Robert Dana
Maple Hill Cemetery
Wallingford
Frankelin
Lottie (Wilkins) Streeter
Calvin Williams
Essex Junction
Francis O’ Leary
Paul Herrick
Pawlet
Loyerston Bovey
Fred Boveey
Franklin Bovery
Pittsford
Nellie Twyne
Manchester
Dennis Roberts
Henry Wade
Vandalism On Nursing Home Site Face Federal Action
Youths who damaged windows at the Crescent Manor Nursing Home site on Crescent Boulevard threaten federal charges due to tampering with Federal Housing Administration documents. Contractor Ger ald Morrissey urged parents to warn children. Bennington Village Police continue the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Crescent Manor
Crescent Boulevard
Gerald E. Morrissey
Federal Housing Administration
Morrissey
Bennington Village
Jerome Fined for Wet Driving at Municipal Court
James C. Jerome, 40, of West Road pleaded guilty at Putnam Memor Memorial Hospital arraignment to driving under the influence. Judge George M. Fienberg fined him 105.10 dollars. Jerome remains in hospital recovering from injuries suffered in an auto accident early last Tuesday morning when his car allegedly went out of control on West Main Street, striking a tree and demolishing the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
James C. Jerome
West Road
George M. Fienberg
Jerome
Bennington Village
West Main Street
Barbers Vote Higher Fees for Beatle Cuts
In Rothesay England barbers approved a resolution to raise prices for customers seeking Beatle-style haircuts. They note such cuts require longer trims and come infrequently, about every six to eight weeks, affecting service costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothesay
England
UPI
Britain
Bennington Area Teachers Hear Union School Plans
About 60 teachers from Bennington area schools attended a Monday night meeting at Bennington Elementary to hear Mt. Anthony Union School Board members outline a proposed new union high school. Directors reviewed site selection transportation curriculum and the proposed building with focus on a shared time arrangement with Bennington Catholic High School and potential future as an area vocational center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union School Board
Union High School
Union School
Bennington Catholic High School
Ford Foundation
Union Board
John H. Williams II
Foundation
Vermont
U.S
State Department of Education
Benhi
Williams
Union
Architects Collaborative
Cambridge
Mass
Craft Show Opens Today at Pownal Vermont
The second annual Vermont Arts and Crafts Show opens at 2 p.m. in Green Mountain Park with Governor Hoff expected to attend. Over 50 exhibitors will display in the clubhouse and classrooms, with no admission charge and public access today until 9 p.m. and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Pownal
Philip H. Hoff
Green Mountain Park
Herbert H. Leonard
Greater Bennington Association
Langdon Cummings
Barre Chamber of Commerce
Vincent J. Bartimo
Bennington
Greater Vermont Association
Arts and Crafts Division
State Department of Education
Soldier of Month Honor Given To Set West Point Staff Sgt. Edwin A. Jackson
West Point selects Staff Sgt. Edwin A. Jackson as outstanding soldier of the month among U.S. Military Academy enlisted personnel. Jackson, son of Mrs. Ruth H. Jackson of Harewood Hill Bennington, recently served as automobile rebuild instructor after prior duty with the Military Advisory Assistance Group in Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N.Y
Edwin A. Jackson
Ruth H. Jackson
Harewood Hill
Bennington
U.S. Military Academy
Jackson
Drury High School
North Adams
Mass
Obituary of Maude E. Dee 77 of Pownal Road
Maude E. Dee 77 died Monday night at her daughter Mrs. Frank Flagg’s home on Pownal Road Born January 12 1887 in Fort Ann NY she married Wilbur Bradway in 1904 then Edward G Dee in 1916 The family moved from Hoosick Falls to Hoosick Falls then to Fort Edward and back to Pownal She is survived by her son Richard Bradway and granddaughter Elizabeth Mattison among others The funeral is at Hansom Walbridge Funeral Home with services Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Pownal.
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Maude E. Dee
Frank Flagg
Pownal Road
Fort Ann
N.Y
Henry
Jessie Norton
Wilbur Bradway
Edward G. Dee
Plattsburgh
Funeral
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pownal
Alaska Earthquake Devastates Fishing Industry and Housing
Officials said Alaska faced a severe blow to its economy as powerful quake damage disrupted Kodiak canneries and flooding thinned jobs in Anchorage. Four to five thousand jobs vanished in Anchorage, with Red Cross aid needed for up to a thousand families and about two thousand people homeless in the city.
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Anchorage
The
Red Cross
Easter Ball At K of C Saturday
The annual Easter K of C ball sponsored by the Fourth Degree Assembly will be Saturday night at K of C Hall. Music by Bill Hart's orchestra. dancing begins at 9. The grand march at 10:30 led by Mr. and Mrs. Amadon and Grand Knight James Delong and Mrs. Delong. A midnight buffet luncheon directed by Mrs. William Hattat and Mrs. Charles Sauer. Tickets on sale for two weeks and available to guests of members.
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Fourth Degree Assembly
C. Mason Amadon
Bill Hart
Charles Sauer
Rutland Worker Burned in Pow nal Incident
Alden Smith of Rutland an employee of Central Vermont Public Service Corp was reported in fair condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after being burned while working in Pownal He was taken to the hospital by the Pownal Center Rescue Squad No further details were available at press time
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Alden Smith
Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal
Pownal Center
Book Sale at Bennington Elementary Promotes Reading
An unusual PTA sponsored book sale at Bennington Elementary on April 16 funds hot lunch supervision and encourages children to collect and donate usable children’s books. Prizes for most books collected and for the top grade are books themselves.
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Bennington
PTA
Hospital Notes and Local Community Events Summary
Multiple hospital discharges and births listed for local families. Fire department quickly contents a grass fire between Merson and Putnam Streets. William Riley hospitalized at Albany Medical Center. Legion Post 13 and Eastern Star chapter announce Wednesday meetings. Robert Stewart returns to VA Hospital for ongoing treatment. Moose Lodge 1018 plans regular meeting with lamp shade program. Rev Ralph Lord Roy to speak on anti radical movement at South Glens Falls Methodist Church. John A. Vallotti cited for high life insurance production and Travel ers Inner Circle membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Lord Roy
Methodist
South Glens Falls
N.Y
Troy Conference For Christian Social Concern
Barre sidewalk sale eyed by merchants for promo boost
Langdon S. Cummings Barre chamber executive secretary outlined a two day June sidewalk sale where downtown merchants display racks of clothing in booths on the sidewalk. The event aims to draw residents from the broader shopping area with festive touches while at least half of downtown stores participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre Chamber of Commerce
Bennington
Langdon S. Cummings
Barre Chamber
Downtown Merchants
Greater Bennington Association
Barre
Cummings
Stowe Rotary Pledges 2200 To SOS Village Morrisville
The Stowe Rotary Club pledges 2200 to the SOS Children's Village near Morrisville to finish a road needed before village homes can be built. The project aims to house about 70 children in 12 homes, with three homes planned for 1964.
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Stowe
Stowe Rotary Club
SOS Children’s Village
Morrisville
John van Blarcom
Ron Terrill
SOS Children’s Village Board
SOS Children’s
SOS _ Children’s Villages
SOS
Austria
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Wiggins Airways
Norwood
New Englander Motor
Bennington Road
Central Vermont Public Service Cor
Hagerman
Robert Mathers
Eagle Bridge
Donald Elliott
Thompsonville
Albany
Wells
Mrs
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Harte Theatre
Bennington, VI
Technicolor
A Richard Quine
George Axel Roo
Geir AU
George A. Strong
M. W
Miff
Ramey
Shaftsbury
Strong
Island Pond
Bellows Falls
Buckler
Palmer
Javery
South Street
Call
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
Transport Union School
Set
Edwin Jackson
Alumni Field
Williams College
Mrs. Maude E. Deo
Alaska
K of C
Bennington Briefs
Norma Goodermore
Berlin
Nina Barber
Margaret Ash
Joan Krawczyk
Gregory Perrott
Jared Mattison
Lisa Hall
Kathleen Hall
Hoosick
Dorothy Mattison
Manchester Depot
Pauline Knapp
Alma Church
Petersburg
Patricia West
Marjorie Roberts
Mary Becker
Herman Cook
Merson
Putnam
William Riley
County Street
Albany Medical Center
American Legion Post 13
Legion Rooms
White Chapel Road
Mt. Anthony
Order Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Robert Stewart
Adams Street
John A. Vallotti
North St
Travelers Insurance Company
Vallotti
Manchester, N.H
Travelers Inner Circle Club
Belleview Biltmore
Belleair
Fla
Brattleboro
Salvatore Santarcangelo
New Village
GBA
Joseph A. McDonough
Merchants Group
Children’s Village
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