Vermont's Negro School Principal Advocates Education for Integration
Preston Bruce Jr., principal of Readsboro Central School, spoke at St Peter's Church to about 200 faith leaders on how education and qualified Negro professionals can aid racial integration. He urged open enrollment, desegregation duties for officials, and highlighted the limits of Northern prejudice. Bruce, a Washington native with eight Vermont years, emphasized personal humility and neighborly cooperation as keys to progress.
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Vermont
St. Peter’s Church
Preston Bruce Jr
Readsboro Central School
United Church Women
Bennington
Bruce
Lyndon Teachers College
Readsboro
Washington
White House
Guy H .Harmon
Union St
Hagenguth
Harvey Safe Found After Wedding Day Disappearance
Robert J. Harvey, 26, Bennington, who vanished on his April 14 wedding day, contacted his mother and prompted cancellation of the 13 state missing persons alert. Police said his mother asked that the alarm be called off after the call, with no comment on his whereabouts. He was last seen at a North Adams apartment he shared with his fiancée and did not attend the family Mass.
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Robert J. Harvey
Silver
Harvey
Robert
Benningtonian
North Adams
Mass
St. Francis de Sales Church
Adams
East Arlington Man Fined for First DWI Offense
Municipal Court fined James A. McDermott 100 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty after an arraignment on November 1, 1961, with attorney M W Ehrich entering the change of plea. A one year driving suspension by the state Motor Vehicle Department accompanies the offense.
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James A. McDermott
East Arlington
McDermott
M.W. Ehrich
State
Village Trustees to Discuss Zoning Case Tonight
Village of Bennington trustees meet tonight at 7 to consider Judge Keyser’s indirect recommendation to lift the Morse injunction. An April 17 hearing revealed possible flaws in the ordinance draftmaking procedures and a dismissal was urged pending further review. Residents near the Vermont Gas plant will speak at 8 p.m. about noise odors and safety concerns.
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Village of
Bennington
F. Ray Keyser
William H. Morse
Morse
Norton Barber
John P. Morrissey
Keyser
Reuben Levin
James B. Gibney
Leo Nash
Bennington County
Lincoln Street
Vermont Gas Corp
Gibney
State Fire Marshal's Office
Department of Public Safety
Department of Health
Test Pilot Faces Rigorous Steps in X15 Reentry
Walker endures four to five Gs during steep X15 test flights and prepares for two years of refining reentry angles and speeds. A WWII Air Force fighter pilot, he joined NASA in 1945 as a physicist and later became a test pilot before transferring to the NASA center in 1951 to fly the IE, X3 and X5 aircraft.
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Walker
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NASA
Local Names List for Bennington Area Births and Families
A catalog of residents including Kathleen King Frank Pilling Mary Jane Harwood Ella Cushman North Bennington Mary Thompson Manchester Lil lian Pleasant Troy N Y Master Terry King Master Carl Boup ton Shaftsbury Sandra Cross Arlington Master John Niles Cambridge N Y Conrad Hoffman Mrs Janice Stephenson and baby boy Ben nington listing multiple individuals and family connections in Vermont and New York.
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Kathleen King
Frank Pilling
Bennington
Mary Jane Harwood
Ella Cushman
North Bennington
Mary Thompson
Manchester
Lillian Pleasant
Troy
N.Y
Terry King
Carl Boupton
Shaftsbury
Sandra Cross
Arlington
John Niles
Cambridge
St Joseph College Plans Fund Drive Formal Opening
St Joseph Business College announces a development fund drive with a formal opening planned this week. The campaign goal will be announced at the launch. Headquarters are set at 355 Main St in the Putnam Hotel Building as committees form and preparations continue.
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St. Joseph Business College
Drive
Putnam Hotel
Main St
Kennedy becomes first occupant of Horizon House at NYU
Joseph P. Kennedy, 73, father of the President, moved into a new Horizon House at NYU Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for stroke rehabilitation. The ranch home, wheelchair friendly, enables family visits without disrupting institute routines after his Dec. stroke.
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NEW York
Joseph P. Kennedy
New York University
Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Kennedy
Florida
Horizon
Trustees Urged to Review Village Charter for 20th Century Needs
Facing two court suits challenging their authority, village trustees are urged to reexamine the charter. The push calls for bringing the document into conformity with modern governance and local needs.
Letter campaign on senior high school bond plans announced
The Citizens Committee led by Charles E. Ulrich of Morgan Street will distribute fact sheets detailing anticipated costs of the union school proposal at a Wednesday meeting. A slide and talk report by Robert Wilson, chairman of the Joint Steering Committee of Bennington Southwest Schools, will precede the financial explanation.
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Citizens Committee
Charles E. Ulrich
Morgan Street
Robert Wilson
Bennington-Southwest
Four Vermont oilmen named to New England Fuel Institute board
Walter O. Noyes Jr. of the Henry M. Tuttle Co. is among four Vermont oilmen chosen for the New England Fuel Institute board as a regional association promoting oil heat launches. The institute formed by merging several groups plans its first convention at Wentworth by the Sea, Portsmouth NH, June 3-6.
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Walter O. Noyes Jr
Henry M. Tuttle Co., Inc
Vermont
New England Fuel Institute
New England
New England Fuel Dealers Association
Oil Heat Institute of
Independent Oil Men’s Association
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Janice Stephenson
Salem’s
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St. Joseph College
New Hospital House
Bennington Briefs
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Randolph Lorom
Twitchell Hill
Arthur S. Faris
Putnam Memorial Hospital
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J. R. Wilson
VFW
North Street
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Pauline Crosier
Athol
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Milford, Conn
Bert Weller
South Stream Road
North Pownal Congregational Church
Howard C. Stevens
Angus J. MacDonald
Robert P. Bell
Frank W. Grippin
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George Delaney
Leroy Marsden
J. A Horne
William Towart
Daniel Pettibone
North Pownal
Jack R. Shea
Eugene J. Shea
Elm Street
Syracuse
Albany, N.Y
Hartheimer & Estey Associates
Shea
Albany
E. Ford Robbins
Jefferson Heights
Edward H. Giles
Vermont Soldiers Home
Rotary Club
Springfield
Robbins
Bennington College Community Chorus
Bennington Club
Frank Snow Sr
Burgess Road
Mary Hitchock Hospital
Hanover, N.H
Charmettes
Carol Cummings
Carol Farrington
Gail Ann Horst
WRGB
DuCharme School of Dance
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