Oakes Praises Hoff Courage Over Urban Crisis Plan
Vermont Attorney General James L. Oakes lauded Governor Phil Hoff for proposing inviting 400 Black youths from big city ghettos to Vermont for educational and recreational programs amid the urban crisis. He called the plan courageous, though unpopular in some quarters, as he noted national stakes beyond state borders. Oakes also cited progress toward Johnson Crime Commission standards during his Rotary Club remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Oakes
Philip H. Hoff
Big City
Vermont
United States
Oakes
Bennington
Hoff
President Johnson
Crime Commission
New Hampshire Woman Charged in District Court
Pro forma pleas of not guilty were entered in Bennington District Court for Elizabeth Mae Haggett of Charlestown NH who faced a charge of marrying or cohabiting with Raymond Lake on March 14 in Manchester while having a living husband. Bail was set at 200 dollars after a May 3 summons and a 24 hour postponement. Judge John P. Morrissey appointed Neil S. Moss to defend Haggett. Other cases include Warren A. Eaton of Hartford CT pleading guilty to a third offense of suspended license with a 250 dollar fine and 90 day suspended jail term, to run with a prior sentence. Eaton altered a pro forma plea entered March 29. Nancy A. Ernst of Naugatuck CT entered a not guilty plea to careless driving resulting in an accident on U.S. 7 in East Dorset. Judge Morrissey set bail at 50 dollars. Alice W. Sweeney of Poultney was fined 35.55 dollars for driving with defective equipment and no inspection on State Aid 4 in Sunderland. William Ostrander of Bennington, represented by John B. Harte, pleaded not guilty to suspended license driving on November 4, with bail at 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Elizabeth Mae Haggett
Charlestown
N.H
Raymond Lake
Manchester
Wesley H. Hagegett
Atty
Neil S. Moss
Eaton
Nancy A. Ernst
Naugatuck
Conn
George L. Fienberg
U.S
East Dorset
Morrissey
Alice W. Sweeney
Poultney
Sunderland
William Ostrander
John B. Harte
Union Street
Williams seeks Bennington GOP chairman role
John H. Williams II, a Bennington attorney, seeks the town Republican chairmanship as the Town Committee prepares to elect a new leader next Tuesday. Former chair J. Duncan Campbell resigned in March. Paul Bohne Jr. has led since then but will not continue. Williams argues the job carries a major task ahead before this fall’s elections and urges GOP unity and responsiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Williams II
Bennington
J. Duncan Campbell
Paul Bohne Jr
Bohne
Williams
Republican Party
Stock Averages at Noon May 6 1968 Dow Industrials Down
The noon stock averages show the Dow Jones Industrials at 909.73, down 9.48 points, with 30 industrials leading the decline. The 20 railroads sit at 238.56, down 1.79, and 15 utilities at 122,577, down .09. The composite average sits at 315.43, down 2.52, with volume totaling 5,260,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Perrotta Sets Rules For Democratic Caucus In Bennington
Vermont news notes Democratic Town Chairman Max Perrotta setting rules for the Bennington caucus at Bennington Elementary School. Doors at 7:30 pm, voters on the Bennington list only may vote, and a seven-member check team led by John Proud will verify attendance. Spectators seated in a rear section, with McCarthy Kennedy and Humphrey factions competing for delegates to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Max Perrotta
Perrotta
William Hassenpflug
John P. Proud
Proud
Joseph Carroll
Ray Betit
Mary Keough
Elizabeth McGurn
Carmel Babcock
Ronald Sinclair
Eugene McCarthy
Bennington College
McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Vermont
Minnesota
Indiana
Kennedy
McCarthyistes
Burlington
Sen
Humphrey
Rutland
Obituary: Archie D. Carr 77 longtime Vermont Soldiers Home resident
Archie D. Carr 77 a resident of the Vermont Soldiers Home since April 1964 died at the Home on Sunday. Born in Brandon August 8 1890 he was the son of George and Fannie Blodgett Carr. He served in World War I in the U S Army. He had lived in Burlington at 422 North Street with his wife Ellen K Carr before moving to the Soldiers Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie D. Carr
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Brandon
George and
Fannie (Blodgett) Carr
Burlington
North St
Ellen K. Carr
Soldiers’ Home
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Meetings And Obituaries
Bennington notes list a private duty nurses meeting at St Peters Church Pleasant Street entrance, a Women’s Fellowship luncheon at Second Congregational Church, YMCA Ladies Auxiliary rummage by Friday, a bird talk at Senior Citizens Center, and TOPS and other group gatherings. Updates mention Periclean honor for Lillian Hurlburt, open house for a 40th anniversary, and several obituaries including Florence Lyons and Mrs. Sarah Frazier with service plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
St. Peter’s Church
Pleasant Street
Women's Fellowship of the
Second Congregational Church
Adelbert Greene
Loomis Dana
William A. Castle Jr
LeRoy Marsden
Accidents Reported In Vermont Towns
State police reported several crashes with minor injuries and major vehicle damage across Vermont towns May 4 to May 5. Leo J. Meyers, 47, of Bennington, left Vt. 9 in Searsburg, hitting a bridge after veering across the road. his 1967 Dodge had major front end damage and he had minor bruises. Carl L. Briggs, 24, of Florida, Mass., off Vt. 346 in North Pownal, hit a power pole and slid into the North Pownal Fire Department yard. Briggs had minor lacerations and the car had major front end damage. Rose Hall, of Pownal Center, turned a 1967 Mercury onto Middle Pownal Road in Pownal and collided with Ada Pareska’s 1964 Dart. no injuries, both cars had moderate damage. Janice Hewes, 18, of Manchester Depot, turning left on U.S. 7 in East Dorset, collided with Warren Haggerty’s 1964 Buick. both had major left front damage, no injuries. A 1963 Corvair owned by Bruce M. Chapin, 23, of New York City, sustained minor front damage after being backed into by an unknown vehicle near Bennington College information booth. hit-run vehicle fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo J. Meyers
Bennington
Vt. 9
Searsburg
Meyers
Dodge
Carl L. Briggs
Florida
Mass
North Pownal
Briggs
Pownal
Rose Hall
Pownal Center
Janice Hewes
Manchester Depot
U.S
East Dorset
Warren Haggerty
Ridgewood
N.J
Manchester
Bruce M. Chapin
New York City
Bennington College
Mayfest Symphonic Event Brightens Bennington Hall Scene
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra led by Alan Carter opened Mt Anthony Union School with Stephen Manes as piano soloist and Otto Luening presenting the Alice M Ditson award. Manes delivered Brahms B flat concerto amid strong technique while Luening impressed with the Louisville Concerto finale. The hall filled with a varied program blending precision and personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manes
Stephen Manes
Bennington
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Buckler
Columbia University
Board of
Columbia
Carter
Alice M. Ditson
von Weber
Bizet
Bennington Area Hospital Notes Show Admissions and Births
The May 3 1968 Hospital Notes list admissions for Anna Paligo and others, with May 4 1968 discharges including Lillian Muckle and Violet Rufus. Birth announcements cover several families with May 3 4 5 dates, including a Naval Hospital birth of John Matthew Elwell whose father serves in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Muckle
Bennington
Violet Rufus
Wilmington
Naval Hospital
St. Albans
N.Y
John Matthew
Ronald Elwell
U.S. Navy
Vietnam
Delfin Garcia
Brooklyn
Louise Elwell
Chapel Road
Albert Elwell
Obituary and funeral notices from Bennington and Castleton
A collection of funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Blake and Mrs. Nellie C ONeill Sr plus Frank H Schuster are reported with church rites and burials. Also noted is a Bennington area Rosary prayer service and a Civil Air Patrol civil defense alert with aerial photography mission led by Ted DeMarco and Albert Krawczyk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Schuster
Gage St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Sacred Heart Church
Charles Wallen
C.S.C
Mahar & Son
James J. Donohue
Holy Name Society
Mt. St. Mary’s Cemetery
Fast Providence
R.I
Joseph E. Horgan
St. Joseph’s Church
Pawtucket
Bennington Civil Air Patrol Squadron 44013
Rutland
Ted DeMarco
Albert Krawczyk
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Oakes
Brattleboro
GOP
Robert Condon
New Hampshire
Shaftsbury
Bennington Briefs
Ladies Auxiliary
The
YMCA
Thomas H. Foster
Senior Citizens Center
MAUHS
Richard Hollister
Beech St
Israel
Egypt
Paul Boepple
NorShaft
TOPS
McCullough Library Hall
North Bennington
Lillian E. Hurlburg
Periclean
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
Hurlburt
Paul R. Hurlburt
Putnam St
David E. Carver
Elks Barn
Green Mountain Tops
VFW Hall
Mary Hodeck
VFW
Iaa Damon
Poppy Girl
Miss Rock
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
First United Methodist Church
Forrest Smith
New Mexico
Arizona
Lotty Brash
Margaret Ogilvie
Anna Voss
Court St. Andrew 259
Catholic Daughters of America
Pope John XXIII Institute
Friends of the Bennington Free Library
Silver Street
Champlain
Vermont State Symphony
American Legion Rooms
Peg Gerity
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Corbin & Palmer Funeral Home
Florence E. Lyons
Hemet
Calif
Henry F
Caroline (Ball) Lyons
Bennington High School
North Adams Normal School
Maple Hill School
Winthrop
Nikola K. Lyons
Willows
Ball L. Lyons
Melvin R. McGaughey
White Chapel Cemetery
William Frazier
Sarah T. Frazier
Charles and
Stella
Moon) Davis
Frazier
Polygraphic Company
Retir
St. Joachim’s Church
Readsboro
John
Marjorie) Carnavan
Woodford
Margaret Becker
Hoosick
Frederick
Gladys) Harrington
Palmer
Ernest
Cassius Davis
Daniel Davis
Howard Davis
Mahar & Son Funeral
Clarksburg
Zermatt
Switzerland
UPI
Music Review
Jay C. Rosenfeld
Blusic
Berkshire Eagle
Anna Paligo
Charles Cole
Joseph Murray
Dorothy Taber
Eagle Bridge
Jeffrey Kinney
Helen Curtis
Mary King
Lisa Cavendanis
Diana Corbett
Janet Brownell
Hoosick Falls
Philip Mears
Arlington
Marion Campbell
Edith Thompson
Manchester Center
Constance Green
North Petersburg
Beverly Flynn
North Hoosick
Donna Sprague
Ralph Harrington
Hicks Ave
Richard Martin
Beech Court
Clifford Grover
Ronald van Orden
White Chapel Road
William H. Craib
Berlin
N. Y
Robert Starr
Railroad Ave
George Finckel
Middlebury College
Ditson
Virginia de Blaisis
Henry E. Blake
Elizabeth
Stuart) Blake
Ogdensburg
Edmund J
Mary) Ellie
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Alfred Scott
North Bennington Baptist Church
Frederick Kennedy
John Kennedy Jr
John Harwood Jr
John Harwood III
First Baptist Church
Blake
Mt. Anthony
Order Eastern Star
John C. O’neill Sr
Raymond Dunlap
Henry Hewitt
John Brough
Castelton
Hillside Cemetery
Channel 17
Channel 11
Channel 5
Channel
Reno
Rome
Missouri
Better Tv, Inc
Main St
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