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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1968

Page

5

Rock of Ages sale pending to Nortek Inc

Shareholders of Rock of Ages Inc will vote on selling the 43 year old Bar re firm to Nortek Inc of Providence. The cash and stock deal could top 10 million, with Rock of Ages known for granite quarrying and fabrication. In St Albans, two schoolchildren were minorly injured when a bus overturned, with 35 aboard. driver Paul Montagne 52 said to have swerved after hitting a soft shoulder.

ST. Albans UPI Edward Audent Lori Fairbanks Paul Montagne

Dopp Indicted for Manslaughter in Rowe Shooting

Burton Dopp, 45, of Roxbury, indicted for manslaughter in the death of Harold Rowe, 25, of Danbury. Grand jury in Orange County handed down the lesser charge after originally facing murder in Randolph on October 17. Dopp had been free on $10,000 bail since October 21 after pleading not guilty.

Chelsea UPI Burton Dopp Roxbury Harold Rowe Danbury Orange County Dopp Rowe Randolph Depp

Vermont Lamoille River Basin hearing set in Morrisville

The Vermont Water Resources Board will hold a classification hearing for the Lamoille River Basin on November 14 at 7 30 p.m. in the Activity Room at People's Academy Morrisville. The river traverses six counties Caledonia Chittenden Franklin Lamoille Orleans and Washington.

Montpelier Vermont Water Resources Board Lamoille River People’s Academy Morrisville Vermont Caledonia Chittenden Franklin Lamoille Orleans Washington

Picket Lines At Bryant Chucking Grinder After Walkout

Springfield reports a strike at Bryant Chucking Grinder Corp as 350 Local 218 members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers union walk out over a new three year contract.

Springfield UPS Bryant Chucking Grinder Corp United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

Windsor Man Dies After Car Hits Tree

Daniel Harper aged 86 of Windsor died Monday night from injuries after his car left a Reading road and struck a tree.

Windsor UPI Daniel Harper Reading

Embezzlement Pleas In Schenectady And Glens Falls

In Schenectady Mrs Phyllis Di Girolamo changed a not guilty plea to guilty on embezzling 10000 dollars from an Albany bank. Judge James Foley ordered a pre sentence investigation and kept bail at 3000. A Glens Falls First National Bank employee received a suspended sentence and probation after pleading guilty to embezzling 1400 dollars. In Troy THA to start three low rent housing projects totaling 168 units with a pre kindergarten program planned in at least one project. </S>

Schenectady Phyllis Gay di Girolamo Albany James J. Foley Latham State Bank of Albany Hudson Falls First National Bank of Troy Troy Housing Authority THA Troy Board of Education J. Robert Hayes Burden Avenue Mill Street Glen Avenue River At St. Joseph’s Club

Arson Suspected After Weekend Farm Fires In Stephentown

Two barns burned in Stephentown over the weekend raise suspicions of an arsonist active in the area. Police and fire officials note numerous similar fires in the last two years. The Taconic Fire Investigation Union has raised its reward to 200 dollars for information, backed by firemen from Stephentown Berlin Petersburg and Grafton.

Stephentown Taconic Fire Investigation Union Berlin Petersburg Grafton

Durant Manuscript Gift Aims For Berkshire History Archive

North Adams historian Dr Will Durant and his wife Ariel present North Adams State College with the original manuscript of a chapter from The Lessons of History, Morals and History, to join the Berkshires rare document collection. Durant, author of The Story of Philosophy, and his wife are noted historians.

North Adams Will Durant Ariel North Adams State College New Free Library The Berkshires Durant

First votes from Dixville Notch and Ellsworth spark 1968 trend

In Dixville Notch New Hampshire the first ballots of the nation went to Nixon after 12 voters cast their midnight vote while Ellsworth tallied 15 for Nixon and 8 for Humphrey. Dixville Notch founder Neil Tillotson noted for the Bal Sams said the tradition continues, voting for Goldwater in 1964 and Nixon in 1960.

Dixville Notch N.H Balsams White Mountains Hubert H. Humphrey Ellsworth Richard M. Nixon George C. Wallace Allie Bachelder Nixon Teddy Roosevelt Neil Tillotson Tillotson Barry Goldwater John F. Kennedy Goldwater Abraham Lincoln George Washington

United Fruit to Merge with Textron in Diversified Tie Up

United Fruit Co and Textron Inc directors approve a merger creating a firm with net worth about 800 million and operations as wholly owned subsidiaries. Shareholders of both companies likely vote in January with completion aimed before February, details include stock swap of two for one on common shares and 2.8 for convertible preferred.

United Fruit Textron Providence R.I G. William Miller John M. Fox Robert C. Thompson Jr Fox

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