Rescue Squad Reports Busy October Highlights
Bennington Rescue Squad logged 89 calls in October aiding 76 people. They made 53 hospital trips to local facilities and 206 man hours for 1,857 miles. Members completed standard and advanced first aid training and CPR courses at the hospital. The Elks Club donated the Bingo night proceeds to the Coin Card Drive, with last chances to contribute via coin boxes or calls to 442-4732 or 442-6519.
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Bennington
Albany Medical Center
Brattleboro
Mary Fletcher
Burlington
The
Elks Club
Andre H. Betit
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Bennington Goes Coed Highlighting Educational Trend
Bennington College President Edward J. Bloustein told New Hampshire and Vermont alumnae that the college’s decision to become coed is significant and aligns with current educational trends, placing Bennington squarely in the evolving higher education landscape.
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Bloustein
Bennington
Putney
Edward J. Kloustein
Bennington College
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rnstein
H. Benson Rockwell
College
Elizabeth Harrington Dickinson
Smorgasbord Thursday to aid Bennington group
The Bennington Friends of Re tarded Children will sponsor a smorgasbord dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday Nov 7 at the former Bennington Catholic High building. More than 40 area restaurants will contribute dishes and prizes will be awarded for best dishes by category. Tickets: adults 2, children under 10 1, under 5 free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Bennington Catholic High
Bennington
Bennington County
Carroll Drugs
Main Street
Dorothy Hager
North Bennington
Candle Mill
East Arlington
March Begins in Area Qn Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
In Bennington the March Against Muscular Dystrophy started led by Francis Brunina, campaign chairman for the Bennington Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America. Volunteers nationwide wear the MDAA badge bearing Jerry Lewis’s caricature while funds support patient services and global research. donations may be mailed to Brunina.
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Bennington
Francis Brunina
Association
United States
Jerry Lewis
Bruina
Mdaa, Inc
Bankers To Give Annual 4 H Dinner
The annual 4 H Leaders Recognition Dinner sponsored by Bennington County five banks will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Paradise Restaurant. Vermont Bankers Association sponsors the event with Prof Nicholas Fersen of Williams College as speaker. Six high school students will perform folk songs. George Jepson of County National Bank serves as master of ceremonies.
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Bennington County
Paradise
Vermont Bankers Association
Nicholas Fersen
Williams College
George Jepson
The
County National Bank
Psychiatrist urges control over aggressive impulses
Dr. Malcolm Finlayson warned that humans are poorly designed for modern life and inherit aggressive impulses leading to resentment and violence. He argued impulses can drive political behavior, suggesting the current election shows a negative, anti candidate mood and urging constructive uses of aggression rather than gun control.
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Malcolm Finlayson
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Finlayson
Dr. Finlayson
Episcopal Women Set Fall Session in Vermont
The annual fall conference of the Women of the Episcopal Church in Vermont will meet November 7 and 8 at Rock Point School for Girls in Burlington. Miss Lillian Picken, a Congregational missionary in India for 20 years, will lead. The theme is The Acts of the Apostles and Me focusing on chapters 10, 13 and 16. Registration at 1:15 p.m. Thursday. conference ends after Friday lunch. Open to all.
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Mauhs
IMC
Mickey One
Second Congregational Church
Memorial Park
Gray
YMCA
Armory
the Women of the Episcopal Church
Vermont
Rock Point School
Burlington
Lillian Picken
India
Miss Picken
Diocesan Episcopal Church Women’s Organization
Fortnightly Club Welcomes Three New Members
The Junior Fortnightly Club met Saturday at Mrs. Everett Lillie's home and voted in three new members Dede Sourcliffe Shelley LaBarge and Holly LaBarge. Members were judged in costumes with Denise Main prettiest Bernie McDonald and Kim McKenna funniest Jimmy Main most original. The game winner was Dede Sourcliffe. Reports from the secretary and treasurer followed the 4-H pledge and flag salute. Next meeting set for Nov 16 at 9 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Lillie
Dede Sourcliffe
Shelley LaBarge
Holly LaBarge
Denise Main
Bernie McDonald
Kim McKenna
Jimmy Main
Motorists Fined by Court in Bennington District Court
Judge John P. Morris disposed of several cases in Bennington District Court on Monday. Daniel V. Bryant, 24, of Bennington, was fined 25 dollars and sentenced to 25 days in county jail after pleading guilty to operating defective equipment on Vermont Route 9 in Bennington on October 29. Henry Ennis, 53, of East Arlington, pleaded not guilty to public intoxication in Bennington on November 3 and was released on his own recognizance after bail set at 25 dollars. Arthur W. Hover, 53, of East Arlington, also pleaded not guilty.
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Daniel V. Bryant
Bennington
Henry Ennis
East Arlington
Arthur W. Hover
Nancy Ann Sherry
Barre
Manchester
U.S
Robert W. Zatowski
Jaffery
N.H
Petition to halt Vernon plant attracts 600 signatures
Brattleboro residents and others collect more than 600 names urging President Johnson to stop Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp's Vernon project. The Anti-Pollution League promotes the petition with signatures sought by Nov 9 at 134 Main St Brattleboro and Hotel Ellis Keene New Hampshire.
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Brattleboro
Johnson
Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Connecticut River Valley
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
League
Connecticut River
Anti-Pollution League
Main St
Hoeh
Congress
Hotel Ellis
Keene
N.H
Readership Rankings in Bennington County The Banner Leads
A Circulation68 survey shows 75.4 percent of Bennington County read The Banner, with Rutland Herald 13 percent, New York News 12 percent, and North Adams Transcript 7 percent. The Banner’s circulation is 6,031 daily, ranking sixth in Vermont. total net paid circulation latest September is 6,463.
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Bennington County
American Newspaper Markets Inc
Northfield, Ill
Banner
Rutland Herald
The
New York News
North Adams
the Banner
Vermont
Burlington Free
Reader’s Digest
TV Guide
Woman’s Day
Family Circle
McCall’s Magazine
Ladies Home Journal
Good Housekeeping
Look
Life
Time
Farm Journal
Playboy
Ezekiel S. Cross Jr
Arlington Man Sentenced in Bennington Court
An Arlington man living at Windsor State Prison received concurrent sentences of 4 to 6 months in prison and 120 days in county jail after pleading guilty to amended grand larceny and related charges. Other defendants faced various pleas and sentences in Manchester and Bennington, including a 17-year-old with a suspended sentence for careless driving and multiple suspects in earlier bank, forgery, and driving without a license cases. A separate UPI report notes Marshal Ward in St Louis installing a $1200 automatic security camera at a service station after a weekend burglary.
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Arlington
Windsor State Prison
Bennington District Court
John P. Morrissey
Donald E. Beattie
Beattie
Atty
John T. Carmody Jr
DeSoto
Bernard F. Baker
Russell Inn
Peru
Baker
Manchester
John B. Harte
Carmody
Phillip Walker
Portland
Maine
Morrissey
Walker
Factory Point National Bank
Milton Pinsker
Maurice Wallace
Grand Union
North Street
Bennington
Patricia A. George
Division Street
Miss George
U.S. 7
Waldo Holden
St, Louis, Mo
UPI
Richard Ward
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BFRC
Bennington, VT
Episcopal
Red Cross Blood Center
St. Anselm’s College
Middlebury College
Middlebury
St. Anselm's
LBJ
KLH
Cameras Records Music Tape Recorders
Dia
Scribner
Eagle Hose Station
Gage St
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Norway
Atkins and Gould
Jewelers
Tissot Watch Center
Winslow
J.H. Winslow
Atkins
Nichols
Berkshire
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