Natural explanation for UFOs from Williams astronomer
Williams College astronomer Professor Theodore Mehlin told 4 H leaders and bankers that most unidentified flying objects have natural explanations such as stars planes meteors and lightning. He noted reports are often confused and exaggerated and warned against hostility toward possible visitors while acknowledging some phenomena remain unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams College
Banks
Bennington County
Theodore G. Mehlin
Prof. Mehlin
Sgt Klaus Jones Participates In Operation Irving
Army Staff Sgt Klaus W Jones 24 son of Mrs Elsa K Jones 314 Pleasant St stationed in Vietnam participated in Operation Irving a 1st Cavalry Division search and destroy mission Oct 1 to 24 Irving was among the war’s most successful actions with 620 Viet Cong killed and 670 captured Jones assigned to Battery B 1st Battalion 77th Artillery entered the Army in 1960 prior to arriving in Vietnam He is the son of Bradford G Jones of Park Street Extension and a 1960 Bennington Catholic High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Klaus W. Jones
Elsa K. Jones
Pleasant St
Viet Nam
Irving
1St Cavalry Division
Jones
77Th Artillery
34Th Artillery
Nurnberg
Germany
Bradford G. Jones
Park Street Extension
Bennington Catholic High School
Mrs Holden Heads Area Arthritis Fund Campaign
Mrs Robert T Holden leads a Bennington campaign to raise funds for four arthritis clinics run by the Vermont Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. The statewide effort targets the crippling disease with over 450 letters sent in Bennington. Vermont reports 30000 arthritis victims and the chapter aims to curb its effects through research and better treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Robert T. Holden
Bennington
Vermont
Arthritis Foundation, Inc
John H. Bland
Bennington Food Price Protest Ends After Picketing
Bennington residents wrap up a ten day food price protest at Grand Union A&P and First National stores. Spokeswoman Mary Brillon says the effort educated shoppers and ended as mumps sidelined several participants. A local election day crash involving Representative-elect Hugh E. Clark was also noted.
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local News And Visits
Bennington reports a man, Edmond J. Bruso, 58, remains in critical condition at Albany Medical Center after a tractor trailer collision on Rt. 1130 near Winhall. The Prospect Mountain Ski Club opens its season Friday at 8 pm with coach Bucky Broomhall detailing school ski plans and area junior programs. Captain William L. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, serves in the 27th Engineer Battalion in Viet Nam, a Norwich and Bennington High School graduate. Senior Citizens meet Monday at 7:30 pm in Moose Hall with date changes noted. they also meet with selectmen Tuesday. A Dedham, Essex, England family visits Mrs. Hill in Bennington. Funeral services for Louis Nicholas Knapp, Deak, longtime mason contractor, were held with WWI honors and military bearers. Other notes include local travel for Jotikasthira family, a 1967 Christmas Club forming at County National Bank, and ADV notices for deer hunting shop closures and hours at Iron Kettle and American Coffee Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond J. Bruso
Bennington
Albany Medical Center
Rt. 1130
Winhall
Prospect Mountain Ski Club
Second Congregational Church
Bucky Broomhall
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Prospect
Army
William L. Jones
Franklin P. Jones
Route 1
27Th Engineer Battn
Viet Nam
Ft. Campbell
Carolyn
Linden Lane
Princeton
N.J
Bennington High School
Norwich University
Northfield
Louis Nicholas Knapp
Deak
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Rupert
Ralph, Gaylord
Freemond Harrington
Myles Welch
Raymond Bleau
Mr. Payne
Mr. Knapp
Nicholas Santo
John Goyette
Hugh Clark
Edward Reod
American Legion Post No. 13
Knapp
Clark
Serve Ice
Stock Averages Noon Nov 10 1966
The Dow Jones industrial averages stood at 813.36 with a 3.45 point gain as of noon on November 10, 1966. The rail averages rose to 200.21, up 0.35. utilities at 137.57, up 0.42. Composite average was 286.19, up 0.95 with volume totaling 4,050,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Stolen Cars Recovered In Bennington Area
Two stolen vehicles were recovered in the Bennington area after police were alerted early this morning. One car owned by Mrs Annette Burgess of 197 Scott St Bennington was found on College Lane with its keys missing. The Burgess residence reported the theft Tuesday at 10 p.m. A second car belonging to Mrs Mary Riley of 303 Grove St Bennington was found in front of Carl's Restaurant near the Vermont New York line after being missing since Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McGuire
Bennington College
Annette Burgess
Scott St
Bennington
College Lane
Burgess
Carl’s
Hoosick
Vermont
New York
Mary Riley
Grove St
Oasis
Searsburg
VFW Post 1332 Plans Open House After Parade
VFW will host an open house at noon Friday after the Veterans Day parade and memorial services. Members invited guests to the club rooms at 6 30 p m for a Gold Star Mothers tribute followed by buffet and dance. George O'Brien and his orchestra will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post 1332
VFW
George O’brien
Moon at perigee grounds observers with radar echo
Astronomy notes report the moon at perigee about 225,804 miles from Earth this month. The U S Signal Corps used radar wavelengths around 300 centimeters to send a light signal to the moon and received the echo in 2,428 seconds, giving a one way distance of 1,214 seconds at 186,000 miles per second.
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Earth
U.S. Signal Corps
Area Obituaries from Fair Haven and Surroundings
Obituaries report Patrick J. Leamy 80 of Fair Haven died November 3 at Rutland Hospital with services at St. Marys Church. Edna Grace Green 72 of Sunderland died at home after years at East Arlington post office. Laura Ann Harmon 91 of North Bennington died at Prospect Nursing Home, widow of Fred L. Harmon. Jacob Hanna 81 formerly of Arlington, died at Sourcliffe Nursing Home. Funeral details include church services, cemeteries, and survivors across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven
Patrick J. Leamy
Bernard Leamy
North Bennington
Rutland Hospital
West Haven
Patrick and
Mary (Fitzgerald) Leamy
State Milling Co
Castleton
St. Mary’s Church
Knights of Columbus
Royal Bebo
Vernon King
Benson
George H. Leamy
A. J. Leamy
Dermot Cosgrove
Kilburn Matte
Francis Carty
Louis Faryniarz
Sunderland
Edna Grace Green
East Arlington
Stevens Point
Wis
Charles B
Louise (Hubbard) Green
Wausau
Brooklyn
N.Y
East Arlington Federated Church
Laura Ann Harmon
Bennington
Fred L. Harmon
Prospect
Pownal
Henry
Lillie Young
Tri-C
First Baptist Church
Guy H. Harmon
Julia Crooks
Huntington
L.I
Hanson-Walbridge
Maple Grove
Hoosick Falls
Jacob Hanna
Lettie Harriet Whitten
Sourcliffe Nursing Home
Arlington
William and
Lettie Harriet (Kent) Whitten
Valentine St
James C. Colgate
Vienna
Austria
Andrew Jacob Hanna
Rowland Heights
Changes Made To Speed Mail Service to Viet Nam
Postmaster Stanley Pekalski announced faster airlift for first class mail and small parcels up to five pounds and 60 inches combined to overseas military post offices. Dulski Military Mail Act speeds airlift for weekly newspapers. Parcels under five pounds paid at surface rates will be merited by surface transport to port of embarkation. Marking SAM on parcels will speed acceptance and reduce reweighing. Christmas parcels under five pounds should mail by Dec 1. airmail by Dec 10. Surface mail deadline for heavier Christmas packages to overseas posts is Nov 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Pekalski
United States
Johnson
San Francisco
Viet Nam
Pekalski
Lawrence F. O’brien
Hospital Notes November 9 1966 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes for Wednesday November 9 1966 list admissions Fred Bernard from Jacksonville Charles Lancour from North Bennington Karen Parkes Florence Bump both Bennington Josephine Hayes Mary Slingerland Carol Baldwin from Hoosick Falls. Births to John Hansen Jacksonville a daughter Carl Bodenstab Eagle Bridge NY a daughter Dennis Young 652 Main St a daughter James Washington 7 Bradford Place a son Thomas Bluto 220 North Bennington Road a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bernard
Jacksonville
Charles Lancour
North Bennington
Karen Parkes
Florence Bump
Bennington
Josephine Hayes
Mary Slingerland
Carol Baldwin
Hoosick Falls
John Hansen
Carl Bodenstab
R. D
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Dennis Young
Main St
James Washington
Bradford Place
Thomas Bluto
North
Bennington Road
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Mars
Galileo
Palomar
Calif
George Jepson
The
County National Bank
Kenneth Clayton
Vermont Bankers Association
John Merchant
UVM
Carol Sorensen
Servce
Herbert San Anderson
Arthur Murphy
Murphy
Sanderson
AVM Extension Service
Willard Lourie
West Rupert
Lourie
Theodore Mehlin
Right
Paradise
Bennington County Banks
Harte Theatre
Newsweek Magazine
Columbia Pictures
Bryan Forbes
Eastman
Technicolor
Adams Memorial Theatre
Williamstown, Mass
Marlowe
Tamburlaine the Great
Sgt
Klaus Jones
Mrs. Holden
Area Arthritis Fund Campaign
Rocky Ford
Colo
UPI
K.J. Sinding
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Mary Brillon
Grand Union
A&p
First National
Hugh E. Clark
School
Pleasant Streets
Louis Madkour
Anthony J. DeVito
DeVito
School Street
Pleasant
Denver
Mile High
Federal Trade Commission
Bennington Briefs
Moose Hall
Chewn. Jotkas
Ann
Dedham
Essex
England
Jotikasthira
William H. Hill
Louis N. Knapp
Park St
New York City
Virginia Hill
Andy
Trevor Elwell
Elwell
Shaftsbury
John C. Mason
Mason
Hamilton
Edna G. Green
Lena Pilling
Arthur
Martha Ann) Wentland
Bethesda
James
Mary) Mason
Gerald Hanna
Thomas P
Anna) Gibney
Thomas
Mary) Shea
Gibney, Haynes & Kane Funeral
St. Francis de Sales
Park Lawn Cemetery
Moose
Ernie Caron
Ralph Mavilla
Cottrell
Melody Masters
Hope M. Senecal
Gladys Derby
South Londonderry
Alphonso J. Salluzzo
U.S
Maine
Safford & Gage Sts
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