Area Youth Dies In Hoosick Crash
In Hoosick New York a Bennington area youth Donald Edward Jordan 18 died in a two car crash on NY 7 just west of NY 22. Six others were injured including Lillian Pillsworth 60 and Emma Elliott 55. The Babson car eastbound left the road and struck the Pillsworth vehicle. state police described the sequence and pending charges. Jordan was a BCHS graduate and golf team member. Funeral arrangements are set at Mahar and Son with a Requiem High Mass at St Francis de Sales.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Bennington
Donald Edward Jordan
Llewellyn Jordan
Dewey St
Fred Harter
Hoosick Falls
Troy- Bennington
Brunswick
John Mayhew
Robert Richard Babson
Beech St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Babson
Mayhew
S. J. Pillsworth
Hampton St
Menands
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Town of
Margaret Pillsworth
Emma Elliott
Seventh St
Watervliet
N.Y. 7
Pillsworth
Brunswick Station
W. W. McGreevy
R. J. Capla
G. Looney
J. Clare
Donald E. Jordan
Uate
Bennington Catholic High School
Llewellyn
Eunice
Maynard) Jordan
St. Francis de Sales Academy
BCHS
Globe Union
H. T. Cushman Mfg. Corp
North Bennington
Linda Jordan
Richard Jordan
Saratoga Springs
Robert
Dennis
Scott Jordan
Eva Glade
Mahar & Son Funeral
Nixon Wins 9 of 12 GOP Delegates in Vermont
Nixon captured nine of Vermont's 12 Republican delegate votes at the state convention in Montpelier. Delegates named included Mrs. Clif ford B. Harwood of Manchester as a delegate and her husband as an alternate. Other selections favored Rockefeller delegates were limited to Rep. Robert T. Stafford and House Speaker Richard Mallary. Elbert G. Moulton remained uncommitted.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican State Committee
Elbert G. Moulton
Foote
Cairns
Robert T. Stafford
Rvt
House
Richard Mallary
Fairlee
Rockefeller
Harwood
Joseph B. Johnson
GOP
Derick Webb
Shelburne
Richard Snelling
UCS Ninth Birthday Highlights Community Support And Growth
About 90 people gathered at Paradise Restaurant for UCS ninth birthday noting 14126.40 from 2000 contributors, 265 new and reopened cases with 61 self referrals, and adult clients rising. Regular school counseling expanded to Arlington Bennington Dorset Manchester North Bennington Rupert Shaftsbury Sunderland. plans for a new day therapy center will double budget and expand staff to help post hospital patients reintegrate and reduce long hospitalizations. new consultants linked with Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council and state welfare, and a full staff marked by seven new hires. trustees and officers updated, Rev Thomas Steffen succeeds Atty Witten as president. Don Otis re-elected trustee and VP.
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United Counseling Service
Bennington County
Paradise
Mental Health Agency
UCS
Arlington
Bennington
Dorset
Manchester
North Bennington
Rupert
Shaftsbury
Sunderland
R. Marshall Witten
James M. Toolan
State Hospital
Toolan
Bennington - Rutland Opportunity Council
State Department of Social Welfare
Joseph Lo
Harriman Urges Hanoi to Stop Propaganda Talks Now
Paris UPI: U.S. Ambassador Harriman calls on Hanoi to quit propaganda and begin substantive Vietnam talks. He met Saigon’s Bui Diem in Washington with Cyrus Vance, stressing agreed need for negotiations and unity on readiness. Discussions included formation of a new South Vietnamese government under Tran Van Huong. Bombing of North Vietnam remains a U.S. tactic until Hanoi shows willingness to scale down the war. The Paris talks are in recess until Wednesday after three meetings last week.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
Vietnam
Harriman
Saigon
Washington
Bui Diem
Cyrus Vance
Xuan Thuy
Diem
Thuy
Tran van Huong
United States
North Vietnam
Inside Columnist Gerald Raftery on New England Spring
On page 4 Gerald Raftery reflects on spring in New England. The piece captures seasonal mood with local tone and observant detail.
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Gerald Raftery
New England
Strikes Threaten De Gaulle Regime
Paris reports a massive strike wave with 5 to 6 million workers out, public services halted, and chaos as unions seize factories across France. De Gaulle faces censure over economic policy while mobilizing police and gendarmerie. airports, rail, and ports shut, tourists stranded, and emergency measures enacted.
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Paris
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Romania
Allies Smash Jungle Fortress Near Da Nang in Heavy Vietnam Fighting
In brutal heat US and allied forces, including Marines and South Korean troops, pushed into a North Vietnamese jungle fortress 20 miles south of Da Nang. Across five days more than 400 enemy bodies were counted as battles intensified at Khe Sanh, Con Thien, and Saigon corridors. Air power hit supply lines while parallel ground fights left Marines wounded and killed. the broader goal appeared aimed at shaping Paris talks.
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Saigon
API
South Vietnam
U.S
da Nang
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Leathernecks
Con Thien
Khe Sanh-Con Thien
Hanoi
Paris
Panhandle
UPI
Kent Potter
Potter
Leatherneck
Enem
Arlington Doctor Dr George A Russell Dies at 88
Dr George A Russell longtime Arlington physician and Vermont historian died at his Monkton summer camp age 88. He served Arlington residents for decades, maintained clinic hours at his home, and left his vast Vermontiana collection to Martha Canfield Library. Russell was a longtime Vermont Historical Society trustee and moved to Arlington in 1911 to practice medicine.
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George A. Russell
Arlington
Vermont
Cedar Ridge Pond
Monkton
Harvey P. Russell
Dr. Russell
Vermont Historical Society
Russell
Bennington Selectmen Act To Secure Rent Subsidies
Bennington becomes the first Vermont town to back a rent subsidy program under the new housing authority set to start July 1. Local Affairs Director James Finneran said Bennington’s selectmen signed the resolution last Tuesday after Sen. Salvatore Santarcangelo and Rep. officials explained the plan. The authority, created in 1968, requires local governing approval before state action and uses the 1937 Federal Housing Act as amended to fund rent subsidies for low income and elderly families.
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Montpelier
Bennington
Vermont
James Finneran
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Selectmen
Housing Authority
Finneran
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Nixon
Caler
Gilbert C. Lewis
Delmar
August Piccard
By Nancy H. Otis
UCL
Thomas
Edward J. Bloustein
Bennington College
Marrion Waite
Helene Toolan
James Toolan
Atty
Witten
Otis
Oakerwood
Marseilles
le Havre
G.A. Russell
Miller
George Russell
Bennington Selectmen
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