Memorial Day Parade for North Bennington Shaftsbury
North Bennington and Shaftsbury commemorate Memorial Day with a Monday parade starting 9 a.m. at North Bennington School grounds. The route travels Church Street Bank Street Hawks Avenue Main to Park Square with ceremonies at the memorial.
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North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Church Street
Bank Street
Bank
Hawks Avenue
Main
Park Square
Michael Demasi
St. John’s Church
Kim Becker
Main Street
Emmet Brundage
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Norshaft Little League
Vermont to provide state flags for new school buildings
Vermont education officials plan to give Vermont state flags at the dedication of new school facilities alongside the U.S. flag. Edward J. Fabian and Secretary of State Richard C. Thomas reached an agreement to furnish the flags starting next fall, aiming to foster respectful patriotism without increasing local costs.
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Vermont
United States
Edward J. Fabian
Department
Division of
U.S
Richard C. Thomas
Secretary of State
Department of Education
Fabian
Search Continues in Yuba City Mass Slayings Case
The Oroville Dam release rose a foot in two hours as the sheriff, under court order, kept silent about Juan V. Corona charged with multiple murders. Five identified victims include Don Smith of Atlanta and Bill Kemp of Baton Rouge with others unnamed. Whiteacre and Beierman identified, discoverable coins and a $6 bill found on a body. A 52-year-old transient witness was also detained as material witness in Marysville. Corona remains the sole suspect with no other custody or significance tied to the predominantly middle aged white male victims.
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Oroville
Juan V. Corona
Don Smith
Atlanta
Bill Kemp
Baton Rouge
James Howard
Jonas Smallwood
Eliott Riley
Kenneth Edward Whiteacre
Alameda
Calif
Sigrid Emil Beierman
Marysville
Whiteaker
Smith
Yuba City
United States
H. H. Holmes
Chicago
Bella Gunness
la Porte
Ind
Corona
Mexico
Charles D. Neuerburg
Sutter County
Wnnecker
Services for Miss Collier to be in high school gym
Local officials gave permission to use the school auditorium for the funeral of an 18 year old girl, Miss Collier, who was shot from a passing car while returning home from her high school graduation.
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Miss Collier
Drew
UPI
FBI
Washington
Local winners in flower show at Woodstock
Winners from Bennington County dominated a Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont spring flower show in Woodstock on May 24. In Division I artistic design Mrs. H James Wallace and Mrs. N W McLaughlin of Bennington earned placements. Arlington residents Mrs. Thomas E Weakley and Mrs. Christian Schafer took top and third in class 3. Mt Laurel School Manchester earned two honorable mentions and a win in class 3 in the junior division. General chairwoman was Mrs. Richard Brown of Middlebury with committees led by Mrs. Erwin S Jennings Dorset Mrs. Thomas Hocksteader Manchester and Mrs. Arthur J Dewey Bennington.
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Woodstock
Bennington County
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont
H. James Wallace
Bennington
N. W. McLaughlin
Thomas E. Weakley
Arlington
Christian Schafer
Mt. Laurel School of
Manchester
Richard Brown
Middlebury
Erwin S. Jennings
Dorset
Thomas Hocksteader
Arthur J. Dewey
Drug charges against three in Brattleboro
Brattleboro police set bail at 5000 dollars for James P. Hall 26 a Marlboro College student arrested Thursday night in an alleged heroin sale case Also arrested were Peter J Redlich 21 of Killington Conn on a charge of sale of methamphetamine and another suspect unnamed
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Brattleboro
James P. Hall
Marlboro College
Peter J. Redlich
Killington
Conn
John H. Wichelns
Redlich
Wichelns
Windham District Court
Hall
Brooks House
Elliot Street
Medical Auxiliary elects officers at annual Bennington meeting
Mrs. W. Philip Giddings was elected president of the Bennington County Medical Auxiliary at its annual meeting held Tuesday at Four Chimneys. Other officers elected were Mrs. Richard L. Guerreo as vice president, Mrs. James P. O'Neil as treasurer, and Mrs. Donald W. Humphreys as secretary. Mrs. Richard B. Davis was nominated county chair for the American Medical Association Educational Research Foundation. The outgoing president, Mrs. Roderick J. Humphreys, presided and reports from committee chairmen were received, with Sen. Madeline Harwood updating on the Kennedy health career Bill S 3) and its impact on health insurance.
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W. Philip Giddings
Bennington County Medical Auxiliary
Richard L. Guerreo
James P. O’neil
Donald W. Humphreys
Richard B. Davis
American Medical Association
Students Honor Medical Auxiliary At Mt Anthony Tea
Members of the Bennington County Medical Auxiliary were honored at Mt Anthony Union High School by the Health Careers Club under Mrs. Francis Crozier R N. Guests included Miss Caroline Darlington and wives of Putnam Memorial Hospital dentists. A large cohort of volunteers shared stories, plans, and thanks during a festive afternoon at the school.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington County Medical Auxiliary
Health Careers Club
Francis Crozier
R.N
Caroline Darlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Medical Auxiliary
W. Philip Giddings
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Leash law reminder and local cinema listings
Town Manager Edward R. Lamb reiterates leash law due to dog damage complaints. Meanwhile local theaters show films: Harte Theatre hosts Little Murders through tonight. The Great White Hope runs Sunday to Monday. College Cinema presents He and She and Him through Tuesday. Manchester Cinema screens There's a Girl In My Soup through Monday. Hathaway's Drive-In and Bennington Drive-In offer Disney films and other titles through Tuesday with incident notes about suspects in a separate report.
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Edward R. Lamb
Harte Theatre
Elliot Gould
College Cinema
Williamstown
Him
Manchester
Goldie Hawn
Peter Sellers
Hathaway’s Drive-In
Route 67
North Hoosick
Bennington Drive-In
Mobile park in Wilmington faces closing
Wilmington officials may close a 40-trailer mobile home park on Hill Road if the owner does not comply with health and sanitary orders within 12 days. A site visit found raw sewage flowing through roads into a brook feeding the Deerfield River. Health Officer Dr Milton Wolf deems the park unfit for occupancy. owner Herbert C Newhall of Uxbridge, Mass., must submit a full sanitary engineering plan to correct the sewage problem. The 3 acre park serves weekend skiers with one permanent resident.
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Wilmington
Hill Road
Deerfield
Milton Wolf
Herbert C. Newhall
Uxbridge
Mass
Mt Anthony OES Meeting Schedule and Class Reunion
Mt Anthony OES cancels next Wednesday meeting with follow up letters for Class of 61 due by June 4 to Mrs Bruce Kennard in King City. Class reunion set for July 3 at Mt Anthony Country Club. Women’s Fellowship to Verdmont in Pownal at noon bring lunch and dessert. coffee provided. New officers to be installed. weather backup at church. Twenty four golfers attend Ladies Day May 27 at Mt Anthony CC. Vi Cross chairs. prizes for low putts awarded to Dorothy Wirthman Marion Vince Cile Short and Jean Lebanowski.
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D. Dexter Davis
Montreal
Quebec
New Hampshire
R.C.L. Robertson
Houston
Tex
LWV
AAUW
Red Cross
Blood Bank
Gray Lady
United Counseling
Bennington Museum
Bennington
American Cancer Society
Bendi
Bruce Kennard
Pearl St
Box
King City
Calif
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Women’s Fellowship
The
Second Congregational Church
Verdmont
Pownal
Vi Cross
Dorothy Wirthman
Marion Vince
Cile Short
Jean Lebanowski
Train tragedy blamed on human error in Germany
In RADEvormwald officials say a two unit railcar returning from a Bremen graduation excursion collided with a freight train on a single line. Forty five people died including 40 children aged 14 to 16 and five adults. Twenty six others Were injured. The crash near the Wupper River was West Germany s worst rail disaster in 22 years. The freight engineer was blamed and authorities said the freight should have waited for double track. The Geschwister school students were among the dead.
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Radevormwald
Germany
UPI
West Germany
Bremen
Ruhr
Wuppertal
Wupper River
Barrington College grants Bruce Howe BA in English
Bruce W. Howe, Barrington graduate, receives a B A in English at Barrington College commencement. John H. Chafee delivers address on “Commencement 1971 Commencement of What.” Barrington College, seven miles from Providence, notes the outdoor ceremony on the campus green with 1500 attendees.
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Barrington, R.I
Bruce W. Howe
Bennington
Barrington College
Wilma Call
South Stream Road
Frank E. Howe II
Douglas
Mass
Barrington
Navy
John H. Chafee
Washington, D.C
Nixon
Rhode Island
Charles E. Hummel
Providence
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Aaron Henry
Students In Health Careers Club
Thank Medical Auxiliary
Kenneth Cestone
Jeannette Blair
Roderick Humphreys
Cleveland
Mobile Park
Bennington Briefs
O.E.S
Bennington, VT
Grants Bradford House
Monument Plaza Shopping
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Fishman
Prospect School
Main St. Bennington
Dahling
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Main St
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United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Geschwister
Bruce Howe
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