President Orders Full Inquiry Into Massive Power Failure
President Johnson ordered a nationwide investigation directed by FPC Chairman Joseph C. Swidler with White House science adviser Dr. Donald C. Hornig. FBI and Defense Department support were pledged as experts review cause and prevent recurrence. Public and private power officials were summoned to Washington for planning and assessments across nine northeastern states.
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UPI
Johnson
U. S
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Joseph C. Swidler
White House
Donald C. Hornig
Texas White House
Swidler
Federal Bureau of Investigation
You
Hornig
Power Company
FBI
Bureau
Maine
Pennsylvania
Power blackout impacts Bennington area firms and stores
The extended outage prompted temporary shutdowns at Union Carbide Bennington plant and Bijur Lubricating, with workers released briefly. Stores like E L Nichols used emergency gas lights. no injuries or major incidents reported. Water and sewage systems operated, livestock and freezers stayed intact, and Bennington merchants urged readiness for future outages while Winslow’s showcased kerosene lamps.
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Theodore H. Beatty
Union Carbide Corporation
Bennington
Bijur Lubricating Corp
Thomas Rogers
E.L. Nichols Department
Manchester
Manchester Water Co
Electric blackout across farms and homes in Dorset Hollow
Farmers wired milking machines to tractor power during a summer blackout while residents adapt by using gas heat and fireplaces. An all electric home kept lit by an automatic generator. Telephones failed plantwide around 4 pm and some residents moved to alternative heat and lighting sources. Dr. Elizabeth Byrnes treated patients by candlelight.
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Fred Burghard
Dorset Hollow
Ford Shroders
Stock Averages and Market Open Delayed
Stock averages show the industrials at 952.00 up .28, railroads at 236.81 up .10, utilities at 158.60 down .24, and the composite at 335.17 up .01. During a 55 minute period after the market opened volume reached 1,780,000 shares as opening was delayed until 11.
Johnson clears legislative slate as 1965 session ends
President Johnson signs 30 bills before the midnight deadline. He praises Congress for cooperation on the Southeast Hurricane Disaster Relief Act and lauds education, disease, and poverty efforts during the session. He cited the higher education act signed earlier in San Marcos Texas.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
69Th Congress
Congress
San Marcos
Obituary for Mrs Alice Chapman Stickney
Mrs Alice Chapman Farrant Stickney widow of Eugene Ezra Stickney died November 6 at 118 Pleasant St. Born June 13, 1880 in New York City she was a daughter of Alfred A. and Emily Chapman Farrant. Survivors include a sister Viola C. Kirschman of St Peters burg Fla and a sister in law Mrs Farrant of Brooklyn New York. Transfer was made Tuesday by Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home to Reading Vermont where graveside services were held Tuesday at the South Reading Cemetery with Rev Gerald Matthews officiating.
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Alice Chapman (Farrant) Stickney
Eugene Ezra Stickney
Pleasant St
New York City
Alfred A
Emily (Chapman) Farrant
Viola C. Kirschman
St. Petersburg
Fla
Farrant
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hanson-Walbridge
Reading
South Reading
Gerald Matthews
Funeral services for Cheryl Ann Levesque held in North Bennington
Prayers by Rev. Robert Baffa at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home for Cheryl Ann Levesque infant daughter of Edward L. and Sandra J. Levesque. Burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Separate obituary notes Lewis A. Bahan died unexpectedly. services at Hanson Walbridge Arlington with Rev. Granville Greenwold and a Masonic service by Red Mountain Lodge F&AM. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery Arlington. Bearers listed from Sunderland and Arlington communities.
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Robert Baffa
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Cheryl Ann Levesque
Edward L
Sandra J. (LeVigne) Levesque
Park Lawn Cemetery
Sunderland
Lewis A. Bahan
Hansone- Walbridge
Arelington
Granville Greenwold
Federated Church
Everegreen
Arlington
Red Mountain Lodge F&am
Frank Brownell
Fred Grout
Harry Hayden
Clyde Dunlap
Herman Benjamin
Robert Young
Earl Prouty
New York
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Draft Call For Bennington County Married Men
Thirty-one registrants from Bennington County, mostly married men, left for Albany for induction and pre induction physicals. Inductees include Gary Hicks Bennington John Lemieux Bennington Donald Gordon Readsboro Leo Reynolds Manchester Center Frank Jones Bondville Arthur Magoon Bondville. Three returned for consultation. Pre induction physicals listed by name and residence. Some registrants transferred out of state for pre induction exams to New York City and New Haven Connecticut.
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Bennington County
Selective Service
Albany
N.Y
Gary Hicks
Bennington
John Lemieux
Donald Gordon
Readsboro
Leo Reynolds
Manchester Center
Frank Jones
Arthur Magoon
Bondville
Gregory Winslow
Thomas Lane
Arlington
John Mylott
Veterans Day Closures Mark Bennington Area
The United Counseling Service offices close all day Thursday for Veterans Day and reopen Friday at 8:30 a.m. Bennington High School cancels adult education Thursday night classes for the holiday. Evangel College student Richard W. Miles of Springfield Missouri, a Bennington High School graduate, is among 753 fall enrollees majoring in music education. YMCA hours Thursday honor Veterans Day with a 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. closure. All schools in the Bennington Southwest District Arlington Shaftsbury North Bennington Greater Bennington Pownal Woodford are closed Thursday per Supt Leon Wagner.
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United Counseling Service
Bennington High School
Richard W. Miles
Walker Floyd Miles
Springfield
Evangel College
Miles
YMCA
Bennington
Arlington
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Greater Bennington
Pownal
Woodford
Leon Wagner
Water Board Learns Easements Are Needed
The Bennington Water Board learned at a special meeting it must obtain easements from private landowners along the 3.5 mile proposed Bolles Brook to Burgess Road water line. The plan cannot use Vermont 9 right of way. property owners will be paid for taps at town rates plus 30 cents per foot of easement, with no free water offered. If easements prove elusive, the line could be rerouted, and total easement costs are pegged around 5500 dollars.
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Bennington Water Board
Bolles Brook
Woodford
Burgess Road
State Highway Department
Vermont 9
John H. Williams
Highway Department
Williams
R. Marshall Witten
Witten
Harbor Road
Vermont
Barney Road
Water Board
Four Car Collision in Shaftsbury Investigated
Vermont state police investigated a four car accident on Vermont 67 in Shaftsbury involving Everett Sprague and Walter E Russell of Hoosick Falls plus Virginia Robertson and James J Green of North Hoosick. All drivers avoided injuries though three cars sustained moderate damage and one minor damage. Another Monday morning crash in Bennington at the C and B Morse Block Company lot involved John J Beshara and Leo G Williams causing $300 damage to the Volkswagen with no damage to the truck.
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Shaftsbury
New York State
Vermont
Everett Sprague
North Hoosick
Ford
Walter E. Russell
Hoosick Falls
Chevrolet
Virginia Robertson
James J. Green
Bennington Man Fined For DUI In Hartford Court
Clayton E. Blodgett, 58, of Bennington, was fined 100 dollars after pleading guilty to driving under the influence and intoxication in Hartford Municipal Court. Judge Peter Plante suspended the 60 day Windsor County Jail term, placing Blodgett on probation with a 20 day alternate jail sentence for intoxication.
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Woodstock
Clayton E. Blodgett
Bennington
Hartford
Windsor County
Peter Plante
Blodgett
Hospital Notes November 9 1965 Admissions and Births
Admissions include Mrs Lettie Baldwin of Dorset. Discharges list Miss Elizabeth Danforth of Pawlet Mrs Dawn Farrar and son of Ballston Spa NY L Gordon Moore of Bennington. Birth announced for Nahant Massachusetts born Nov 9 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Dexter Shultz formerly of Bennington.
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Elizabeth Danforth
Pawlet
Dawn Farrar and Son
Ballston Spa
N.Y
L. Gordon Moore
Bennington
Nahant, Mass
Dexter Shultz
Hazardous Tree Near Studio Causes Village Concern
Rene Ducharme notes the dangerous tree is near his North Street studio and not on South Street as the Banner stated. He says the tree borders another property as well as his own, prompting village trustees to review the issue.
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Rene Ducharme
North Street
South Street
Ducharme
Local Republicans rally for voter outreach in Bennington
A Republican fundraiser featured Master of ceremonies Atty. Waldo C. Holden and Forest and Parks Commissioner Perry Merrill. Speakers outlined district campaigns and voting procedures while praising event organizers Paul Bohne II and Tracy Kenyon Jr. for promoting the gathering and campaign efforts in Shaftsbury and surrounding towns.
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Waldo C. Holden
Bennington County
Republican Committee
Forest and Parks
Perry H. Merrill
Liquor Sales Increase In Vermont This Year
Liquor sales are up four hundred thousand dollars over last year and state revenues rose about ninety thousand. Vermonters bought more than three thousand additional liquor cases, driving total sales to over three point four six six million dollars, according to Liquor Commissioner Roger Sheridan.
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