Laos Crisis Deepens As Souvanna Faces Pathet Lao Pressure
Feuding princes Souvanna Phouma backed by United States and Soviet Union struggles to form a unity government as Pathet Lao led by Souphanouvong presses for key ministries. Vientiane forces retreat to cease-fire line while US and allies move toward potential landings in Thailand amid Kennedy era diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souvanna
United States
Russia
Savang Vathana
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Souphanouvong
Laos
Mekong
Butterfield
Kennedy
Washington
Mosa
Last Stand as Highway Threatens Rochester Tenant
Mrs. George Woods, about 60, resists relocation as a highway cuts through her Rochester area. She has locked herself in with her teenage son and a dog while thousands of tenants were told to move last fall. Services were cut in March and she endures with candles and extra clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
George Woods
Woods
Rotary Conference Highlights Bennington Ski Tow and District Work
The Bennington Rotary Club welcomed 100 plus Rotarians and wives for a weekend conference at Mt. Anthony Country Club. Highlights included praise for the ski tow program, revision of the classification system, and a district leadership lineup with Col Edward Giles hosting breakfast at the Vermont Soldiers Home. The event featured education on the Model U N Assembly project and closed with the Governors Banquet led by Dist Gov Hyde and Gov Keyser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Bennington Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington
Earl C. James
Chapel Road
Country Club
Mss
Cecelia Greene
School of Dance
Edward Giles
Vermont Soldiers Home
Joseph Burleigh
Franklin
N.H
Robert L. McCook
Tilton
Clark B. Bristol
Manchester
Rotary International
Los Angeles
Calif
Dist
Ernest Erickson
Rutland
International Council On Legislation
James J. Hogan
Plymouth
Teachers College
U. N. Assembly
Hyde
Vermont
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Ivor S. Pelsue
Jon Kennedy Jr
Richard Jolivette
Sportsmen Petition for Better Representation on Vermont Fish and Game Board
Edward Massacco urged the Southern Vermont Sportsmen group at Weathersfield Rod and Gun Club to push for seven members on the Vermont Fish and Game Commission and appoint members who truly serve sportsmen. He noted some commissioners attend statewide meetings while others skip in-town gatherings. The group also pressed for a state police radio aligned system for game wardens. Reinhold Thieme explained Water Resources laws on pollution and urged sportsmen cooperation. Leslie E. Snow was re elected president with George Gordon as vice president and Leon Wiley as secretary treasurer. Directors include Lewis Buck and Earl Hurley. attendees included Bennington Rod and Gun Club members and Vermont fish culturist Robert Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkinsville
Edward Massacco
Bellows Fal
Vermont Bed and Game Commission
Vermont
Weathersfield
Massucco
Commission
Fish and Game
George W. Davis
Montpelier
Reinhold Thieme
Water Resources
Water Resources Board
Leslie E. Snow
Brattleboro
George
Gordon
Jamaica
Leon Wiley
Manchester
Lewis Buck
Pownal
Earl Hurley
Bennington
Bennington Groups Plan Meetings and Community Events
Veterans Memorial Committee schedules a Thursday 8 p.m. meeting to finalize plans for the Memorial Day parade. Women of the Moose meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Moose Hall with Senior Regent Jane Potter presiding. Academy of Friendship asks all officers to attend a 7 p.m. rehearsal for the ring ceremony at the regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Memorial Committee
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Jane Potter
Academy of Friendship
Isabelle LaBarge
Three Women Injured in Arlington Vermont Weekend Crash
Emma Grimshaw 73 Rockville New York Jean Grimshaw 60 San Diego California and Agnes Behrens 59 San Diego Calif injured in a two vehicle collision on Vermont Route 313 Arlington. Their car struck an unattended 1957 Wilkes Jeep owned by Robert H Stroffoleno Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Emma Grimshaw
Rockville
N.Y
Jean Grimshaw
San Diego
Calif
Agnes Behrens
Vermont 313
Arlington
Behrens
Vermont
Crossing
Roy Bourn
Manchester Center
Alfred Peters
East Arlington
James O'Neil
White Creek Road
Shaftsbury
New York-Vermont
New York State
Ronald Whitton
Walloomsac
Robert Starr Jr
Hoosick Falls
Ore Bed
Bennington
Vermont-New York
Michael Worth
Delmar
Shirley Fairbanks
U.S
Local Merchants Plan Grand Opening for Bennington
Bennington merchants meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the GBA offices to plan a united grand opening for Bennington s revived downtown district. The August Battle Day event will feature Main Street renovations and broader area participation with banks and a Vermont bank in on the promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
GBA
United
Armand Lampron
Alexander B. Drysdale
J. Philip Hall
Alexander N. Dragon
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Dragon
Fire destroys property. investigation to determine ownership
Pilot trucks moved along a rough road to the blaze as Jeeps and a state fish hatchery truck carried gear. Fire officials could not identify the property owner. Junior A. Harwood of the State Forestry Service announced an investigation, with damage estimates to follow. Cause remained undetermined at 6:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fish Hatchery
Junior A. Harwood
State Forestry Service
Reds shell Matsu for first time in 19 months
The Chinese Communists shelled the Matsu Islands Sunday for the first time in almost 19 months, the Nationalist Defense Ministry reported. The ministry said the Communists fired 22 rounds at the islands at the northern end of the Formosa Strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Islands
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Little Islands
Formosa Strait
Crisis in Laos deepens as cease-fire prospects loom
U.S. officials weigh two key factors shaping the crisis. Russia's stance on restoring the cease-fire and Laos fighting progress. Royal Laotian troops struggle to halt a Red drive, with no clear sign of a restart of the cease-fire. Ball refused to disclose alert orders or military moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
United States
Thailand
Laos
Kennedy
U.S
Russia
Funeral service for Harold W. Palmer in Williamstown
Harold W. Palmer died at his home on Simonds Road in Williamstown Massachusetts. The funeral was largely attended from the Williamstown First Baptist Church on Friday afternoon with Rev. Samuel Graham and Rev. John Chandler officiating. Mrs Dorothy Fletcher was the pianist. Pallbearers included Wesley Buzzell Harold Babcock Charles Robinson Lawrence Mattison Alan Thomason and Wade Rudman. Burial was in East Lawn Cemetery Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Palmer
Simonds Road
Williamstown
Mass
First Baptist Church
Samuel Graham
John Chandler
Williams College
Dorothy Fletcher
Wesley Buzzell
Harold Babcock
Bennington
Charles Robinson
Shaftsbury
Lawrence Mattison
North Adams
Alan Thomason
Wade Rudman
Birial
East Lawn Cemetery
Funeral for Eugene T. Lozier Held in Arlington
The funeral for Eugene T. Lozier formerly of Arlington who died in Bennington Thursday was held Sunday afternoon at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home. Rev Earle Forman of the Church of God officiated with many mourners in attendance. Pallbearers were George Shea Lorenzo Sanborn Richard Borden and Francis Peters all of Shaftsbury. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery Arlington with prayers by Rev Forman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene T. Lozier
Arlington
Bennington
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Earle Forman
Church of God
George Shea
Lorenzo Sanborn
Richard Borden
Francis Peters
Shaftsbury
Evergreen Cemetery
Mr. Forman
Trees in Vermont Get Better Management
In 1961 about one quarter of Vermont’s 4 million forested acres saw improved management, credited to 16 years of forester education and service. Albert W. Gottlieb notes private timberland owners employed 38 consulting foresters who harvested more than 20 million board feet and 50 000 cords of pulpwood that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Albert W. Gottlieb
Gottlieb
Department of Forests and Parks
Obituary for Anna Davis and Mary Maxwell in Vermont
Obituary notes Anna Davis 90 died Saturday at Warner Nursing Home widow of Charles H. Davis born in Bennington and longtime H E Bradford plant employee. Funeral at Hanson Walbridge with Rev H Glenn Payne and burial at Park Lawn Cemetery. Also mourns Mary Frances Maxwell 87 born in Newtown Wales nurse educated in Wales and Mt Sinai NY later served Army Nurse Corps in WWI. Funeral at Simmons North Adams with Rev H Starrett officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Davis
Warner Nursing Home
Charles H. Davis
Anna Gore
Bennington
H. E. Bradford
Bradford Place
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Davis
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mr. Payne
Mary Frances (Chapman) Maxwell
Mary E. Hutton
J. Goodall Hutton
Fairview Nursing Home
David and
Susanna (Griffiths) Chapman
Newtown
Wales
Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York
California
North Adams
Susan Bringan
Bruce MacDougall
John G. Hutton Jr
Heather
Bruce MacDougall Jr
Simmons Funeral Home
Rev. H. Starrett
Blackinton Union Church
Charles L. Kimball 66 dies after short hospital stay
Charles L. Kimball of 214 Bradford Street dies at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a brief admission. Born November 17, 1895 in Ferrisburg, he worked 40 years in spring needle manufacturing before serving as sexton at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Survivors include his wife Ella Pulver, three sons John M. Kimball, Gerard M. Kimball, Robert J. Kimball, three sisters, two stepsons, five grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Burial is at Park Lawn Cemetery after services and calling hours at Mahar and Son Funeral Home and the residence помочь.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Kimball
Bradford St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ferrisburg
Spring
Charles Cooper Co
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Helen Moriarty
Ella Pulver
First Methodist Church
Bennington
John M. Kimball
Phoenix
Ariz
Gerard M. Kimball
Williamstown
Mass
Robert J. Kimball
Bertha Turrell
Hartford
Park Lawn Cemetery
Samuel C Wallace Cambridge Farm elder dies at 97
Samuel C Wallace aged 97 dies at his South Union Street home after a long illness in Cambridge New York. A native of County Antrim Ireland he was a lifelong farmer and elder of Coila United Presbyterian Church. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Coila United Presbyterian Church with Rev Paul Wagner officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
Samuel C. Wallace
South Union Street
County Antrim
Ireland
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American Association of University Women
Putnam
Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
Pacific
Last Stand
Rotary Meeting
Fish, Game Commission
Bennington Briefs
William E. Bushee
USN
Leonard Bushee
Chime St
Forrestal
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Merritt H. Churchill
Valentine St
Donald B. Abrams
Albany
N.Y.) Medical Center
Gypsy Lane
Elizabeth Chase
Haverhill, Mass
Arthur Grant
Merson Street
Thomas Harrison
Southern Vermont Life Underwriters Association
Woodstock
United Counseling Service of Bennington County, Inc
James Toolan
American Legion Auxiliary
Pauline Cummings
Grandview Street
Dept
Thelma Gale
Edward Kuhn
Fillmore Street
U.S. Veterans Hospital
White River Junction
Susan Vaughan
T. J. Vaughan
New York City
Polo
Robert L. Russell
U.S. 7
Sylvia Harrington
David
Pownal Center
Russell
Rosemary Morse
Harwood Hill
Power Company
Leona A. Prouty
Beech Court
Crow Hill
William Coombs
Prouty
Arthur K. Hopkins
Readsboro
Hopkins
Coombs
Cmnny Bates Jr
William Floyd
Reds
Matsu
Vasily F. Kuznetsov
Frank Roberts
Moscow
Kremlin
Mrs
Mary F. Maxwell
Vermont National and Savings Bank
Main ST. Bennington
Federal Deposit, Insurance Corporation and
Federal Reserve System
Bellows Falls
Springfield
Wilmington
Chester
Windsor
Newfane
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