Adams student dies in Dorset car crash near Manchester Center
Michael Rusz a freshman at Olivet College dies after a 1963 Corvair driven by Donna Goodrow veers off U S 7 and hits a bridge abutment near Dorset three miles north of Manchester Center. Goodrow 19 of Cheshire is badly injured. investigation cites no clear cause. Both teens were Adams Memorial High School graduates.
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East Dorset
Adams, Mass
U.S. 7
Manchester Center
Michael Rusz
Olivet College
Olivet
Mich
F. E. Harrigan
Manchester
Donna M. Goodrow
Cheshire
Mass
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Miss Goodrow
Vermont College
Montpelier
Rysz
Elizabeth Rysz
Adams
Dorset
Bennington County
Gordon Mooneey
Cpl. Mooney
South Dorset
Mark W. Casey
Casey
Vermont 30
Rusz
Adams Memorial High
East
Donna Goodrow
Buckler
Bennington Billboard Action Targeting Pittsfield Firm
Town counsel hints legal move within a week to enforce the borough billboard ordinance against Maurice Callahan and Sons of Pittsfield. Three large signs along U S 7 near Bennington violate the 40 square foot limit. Local residents including Barber’s family push for prompt action.
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Norton Barber
Maurice Callahan and Sons
Pittsfield
Mass
U.S. 7
Bennington Village
Shaftsbury
Barber
WBTN
N.Y. DuHamel
Clarence E. Howard
Inside Court faces Putnam Hospital case verdicts
Inside Court must now decide merits of Putnam Hospital case. Bennington Memorial Day events scheduled. Editorial discusses Vermont highway fatalities. Roland Vautour resigns. County Humane Society in the red expects to handle 1000 animals this year. Top scholars named in Manchester. Carl T. Ramsey reveals snake lore. County Agent John Page on controlling flies.
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Putnam Hospital
Vermont
Roland Vautour
County Humane Society
Goldwater's atomic weapon remark stirs U.N. debate
UPI reports the United Nations Security Council heated over Senator Barry Goldwater's suggestion of using low yield atomic weapons in Vietnam. Chairman Roger Seydoux urged completion of remarks on Cambodia's aggression, as Adlai Stevenson and Nikolai Fedorenko clash over the issue.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Security Council
Southeast Asia
Council
Roger Seydoux
France
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Goldwater
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Arizona
Viet Nam
Vermont communities vote on education spending in 1960s tension
In Burlington Burlington voters reject a 20 cent temporary tax for a new 14 million high school. Jericho and Underhill defeat a 790000 Mt Mansfield high school bond. St Albans approves a 1.82 tax rate after multiple defeats. Lyndonville district consolidates with Lyndon town by a 95 to 47 margin. St Johnsbury votes 21000 for school improvements. Waterbury considers a union high school at 1.6 million with multiple towns sharing costs.
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Burlington, Vt
UPI
Vermont
Burlington
Jericho
Underhill
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
Waterbury
Lyndon
Lyndonville
Mt. Mansfield
Duxbury
Fayston
Moretown
Waitsfield
Warren
Court approves sale plan for Vermont Soldiers' Home lands
In a Bennington County Court hearing Chancellor William C. Hilley signaled approval of trustees actions to convey or lease surplus Soldiers' Home property. The court may allow selling or leasing land not needed for care of veterans with proceeds held in trust. Atty. Clarke Smith led the case for the trustees with a decree expected later today.
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Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Bennington County Court
William C. Hill
Trenor W. Park
Park
Chancellor Hill
Soldiers’ Home Board
Atty. Clarke Smith
Rutland
Ervoir
Bennington Village Water Department
Soldiers’ Home
Board of Trustees
Hill
Atty. Smith
Nehru Dies At 74 In New Delhi
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died at 1:30 p.m. after a stroke and heart attack at 74. Gulzari Lal Nanda was sworn acting prime minister. Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi were named as potential successors amid a 12 day mourning.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzari Lal Nanda
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Nehru
Congress
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Congress Party
Indira Ghandi
United Nations
Jumna
Rajghat
Mahatama Ghandi
Shastri
Hearing Set On Battenkill Pollution
Vermont Water Resources Board announced a public hearing for June 15 in Montpelier to hear objections to river classifications. The Battenkill River in Bennington County faces pollution from industrial and commercial wastes rendering sections unfit for bathing and swimming. The river drains about 200 square miles in southwestern Vermont and feeds the Hudson River.
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Montpelier
UPS
Vermont Water Resources Board
Battenkill River
Vermont
Bennington County
Walter C Wood Honored by Lions at Bennington Ceremony
The Bennington Lions Club honored Walter C Wood a longtime Bennington High School principal and founder of the Tri State Music Festival. The surprise tribute included a cake inscribed with his name and a cash purse. Wood, a 17 year Lions member, is district governor and has led the festival since its 1949 launch.
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Bennington Lions Club
Walter C. Wood
Bennington High School
Lions
Hoosac School
Hoosick
N.Y
Wood
J. Franklin Farrell
Adams
Mass
Farrell
Lou Levine
Levine
Walt Wood
Lions Club
Lions District
Tri- State
Bennington
Lions Clubs
Vermont
New York
Massachusetts
Wells
University of Vermont
Lee
Walter C
Buckler
Lion Club
Harold Kramer
King Ken
Chester Page
Whitingham
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Selectmen’s Meeting
Bennington Memorial Day
Marrechester
Carl T. Ramsey
John Page
U.N
Pomeroy Park
Heavy
C. Subramiam
Bombbay Stock Exchange
Washington
Dean Rusk
Lee Nehru
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