Rotary District Conference Opens in Bennington
Rotarians from 30 clubs in southern Vermont and New Hampshire gather at 9 a.m. for Rotary District 787’s spring conference the first at Bennington Rotary Club. More than 140 Rotarians and wives preregister for a two day program with speakers from Belgium and New Hampshire and seminars at Bennington Elementary School.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Rotary District 787
Bennington
U.S
Rotary Foundation
Mt. Anthony Country Club
John H. Hamlin
Shaftsbury
White House
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Hamlin
Rotaryanns
Rebecca Stickney
Bennington College
Bennington Histor
Rotary
Clement Morraye
Rotary International
Morraye
Southern
Rotary Clubs
Ernest Erikson
Rutland
Erikson
D. Anderson Hyde
Holbrook
George C. Stanley Pioneer Inventor Dies at 72
George C. Stanley, 72, son of electrical pioneer William Stanley, died Friday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington Mass. A Yale 1913 graduate and former intercollegiate golf champion, he worked with Schoellkopf Hutton and Pomeroy in New York and served with the War Production Board in World War II. His father founded the Stanley Electric Co. of Pittsfield, later a key General Electric unit.
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Great Barrington
Mass
George C. Stanley
William Stanley
Fairview Hospital
George Stanley
New York
Schoellkopf, Hutton and Pomeroy
War Production Board
Yale
Stanley Electric Co
Pittsfield
General Electric Co
French Stage New Attacks Against OAS
In Algiers clashes persist as France's Algeria crackdown targets the European Secret Army. By nightfall at least eighteen Muslims, including seven women, are reported killed and four teenagers wounded. Four Europeans vanish, possibly kidnapped. A Jewish merchant is shot in Abab El Oued.
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Algiers
France
Algeria
Secret Army
Abab el Oued
New York Pastor Named to Post At Local Church
Rev. Melvin R. McGaughey, former Federated Church Peru N Y pastor, named to Bennington First Methodist Church post by Bishop Wicke and Superintendent Larrow. Appointment to be read at conference Sunday with McGaughey expected to preach May 20 at First Methodist and move to the parsonage on Jefferson Heights.
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New York
Schenectady
N. Y
Melvin R. McGaughey
Federated Church In
Larry
American University
Washington, D.C
Troy
MYF
Stanley
Peru Central School
Douglas
Stephen
Janet
Jefferson Heights
Frank W. Grippin
North Adams, Mass
Payoff Rumors Surface in Estes Money Deals
Washington sources say Senate investigators found secret witnesses who may decipher Estes cash books showing a $235000 payoff to a mysterious Washington project. An unnamed informant said former Estes employees are willing to discuss his finances as the 37 year old West Texas financier faces legal jeopardy.
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Washington
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Estes
Laos Crisis Deepens As Pro-Red Forces Reach Border
Pro-Communist battalions have occupied northwest Laos and pushed beyond the cease-fire line toward the Thai border. Royal Laotian troops fled across the Mekong into Thailand after abandoning Houei Sai. The regime fears a broader offensive on Luang Prabang and Vientiane as Soviet transports unload materiel at rebel bases. King Savang Vathana urged peaceful resolution in a throne speech to the National Assembly.
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Vientiane
Laos
Thailand
Mekong
Houei Sai
Luang Prabang
Defense Ministry
Nam Tha
Plaine Des Jarres
Savang Vathana
National Assembly
Mexico Quake Kills Two. City Seeker of Shock
A heavy earthquake struck south central Mexico with two deaths near Acapulco. In Mexico City a man died of shock and about 100 were injured. The tremor lasted nine seconds. In Washington Kennedy moved to open talks with Germany on Berlin by sending Walter Dowling to Bonn. In Moscow Salinger traveled to meet Khrushchev’s son in law for discussions and sample Siberian dumplings and vodka.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Acapulco
Washington
Kennedy
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Walter Dowling
U.S
Bonn
Moscow
White House
Pierre Salinger
Premier Khrushchev
Alexei Adzhubei
Six Schools Display Teen Skills At Industry Home Fair
Arlington Memorial High School hosts the fourth Southwestern Vermont Industrial Arts and Home Economics Fair with participation from Arlington Memorial Bennington Wilmington North Bennington Molly Stark Whitingham high schools and Molly Stark junior high. Judges from Hale Co Mack Molding and R K Miles Lumber assess wood metal and home economics exhibits. Paul Towsley of Molly Stark wins best exhibit for a picnic table set. Benchi earns top home furnishing honors.
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Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
Vermont
Arlington Memorial
Bennington
Wilmington
North Bennington
Whitingham
Molly Stark
Ben Oakland
John Ekwall
Hale Co
East Arlington
John Benedict
R. K. Miles Lumber Co
J. Duncan Campbell
Bennington Display Co
Mack Molding Co
George Zimmer
Richard Pelsue
Donald Brown
Marion
Case
Hoosick Falls
Carolyn Stone
Beverley Petrellis
Eva Brackett
Shaftsbury
Paul Towsley
Robert Cummings
Benhi
Whitingham Grooming
Wilmington High
Bendi
Jane Aaron
Herbert Mosman
Barbara Houle
Joyce Goyette
Kendall Adams
Richard Cross
Kenneth Gile
Edward Ransom
Susan Radlett
Philip Walker
Millicent Cross
John James
Bertha Boyd
Carrol Warren
Judy Behrends
George Price
Sandra Dix
Nancy Kingsley
April Mattison
Susan Hoth
Sally Bahan
Chester Mattison
Jeff Berquist
Jim Bishop
Michael Thomas
Charles Perkins
Ronald Gratz
Paul Kennedy
Fire Ruins Tourist Cabin In Woodford Vermont
A fire at Grandview Rest Cabins on Woodford Mountain destroyed one cabin and damaged surrounding grass. Owner Mrs. Louise Eddy planned to open Memorial Day. the blaze was spotted by Earl Crawford of Searsburg around 11:30 a.m., with Rural Fire Department and neighbors helping contain it. The rear window was found open and officials suspect forced entry. The insured property was quickly controlled and no other structures were harmed.
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Bennington
Grandview
Woodford Mountain
Louise Eddy
Vermont 9
Woodford
Searsburg
Earl Crawford
Crawford
Eddy
Frank Eddy
Clarence Foskitt
Red Mill
Vermont set to study Canadian natural gas import feasibility
Gov. Keyser is due this week to receive a study on piping natural gas into Vermont from Canada. The report stems from a committee formed two years ago by former Public Service Commissioner Charles R. Ross after Canadian officials signaled plans to extend pipelines into Quebec.
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Montpelier
Keyser
Vermont
Canada
Public Service
Charles R. Ross
Quebec
U.S. Reviews Laos Policy Amid Royalist Collapse
Washington weighs a broad Laos policy review including possible U S or allied forces if stability cannot be restored. The aim remains a cease fire and a neutral government under Prince Souvanna Phoumi as Pathet Lao advances threaten Nam Tha Houei Sai and royal positions across northern Laos.
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Nedy
Laos
U.S
Souvanna Phoumi
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