Phoenix House rehabilitation program in New York City gains broad support
The Phoenix House system spans 14 New York City residences and one near Peekskill with over 1,000 residents. A three year report notes 148 graduates from a 24 year program, calling Phoenix Houses a major force in NYC's fight against drug abuse. Residents manage therapeutic communities guided by former addicts, with no violence or drugs tolerated. The Phoenix House Foundation, formed in 1968, finances innovations like shell bank financing to renovate deteriorating buildings for housing. Residents emphasize discipline, pride, and real parental trust to sustain recovery and personal growth.
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New York City
Peekskill
N.Y
Phoenix House
Addiction Services Agency
Human Resources Administration
Phoenix Houses
Phoenix
Phoenix House Foundation
Nixon to probe oil price rise by two firms
The Nixon administration will investigate Gulf and Atlantic Richfield for a crude oil price increase that could raise gasoline by about a penny. The probe, under the Oil Import Proclamation, involves the Justice and Interior Departments with OEP coordinating, prompted by national security concerns amid inflation and potential shortages.
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UPI
U.S
Gulf and Atlantic- Richfield
White House
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Gulf and Atlantic-Richfield
George A. Lincoln
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Nixon
Northeast
Drugs drove youth insane court told in Montpelier
In Barre Vermont a 19 year old Montpelier youth charged in the Hubbard Park shooting was committed to Waterbury State Hospital after witnesses testified he was driven insane by wine and drugs. Allan Wheeler was wounded and recovered as Robert Thomson faced charges of assault with intent to kill. Psychiatrists testified Thomson was insane at the time and remains so, with doctors citing psychosis from drugs and wine and a belief he was a savior. During earlier proceedings Thomson leaped from a second floor window but was seized.
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Thomson
Funeral Services For Mrs Harriet W McEckron 73
Funeral services for Mrs Harriet W McEckron 73 widow of Harold McEckron who died Wednesday in Putnam Memorial Hospital were held Friday at 1 p.m. in the First Baptist Church with organist Mrs Vera Stone and grandson Michael Waitkus singing For All the Saints. Bearers were grandsons William West Neil Waitkus Chester Norse Kenneth Wilkins and Harold Croft along with Jack Croft. Members of VFW Post 6471 served as ushers and honorary flower bearers. A 11 a.m. prayer service was conducted at Brewster Funeral Home with family present. Mrs McEckron is survived by 12 relatives and is interred at Factory Point Cemetery Manchester Depot. The funeral of Anthony Rock World War I veteran was held at Gibney Haynes Kane Funeral Home officiated by Rev Edward B Geyer Jr with bearers Irving Vernon Ketchum George Lockwood Robert Casna James Welch and Sylvester James of VFW Post 1332. The flag was presented to Mrs Rock. Interment followed in Village Cemetery with committal prayers. Out of town relatives were from Troy Cambridge Waterford N Y and nearby areas.
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Harold McEckron
Putnam Memorial Hospital
First Baptist
Joseph D. Huse
Vera - Stone
Michael Waitkus
All the Saints
William West
Neil Waitkus
Chester Norse
Kenneth Wilkins
Harold
Jack Croft
VFW Post
Jennings
Ethel Bowen
Marion Tudor
Augusta Forrest
Doris Wyman
Marion Healy
Charles Hosley
E.W. Johnson Jr
Carl Brown
Albert Gallagher
VFW
Brewster
McEckron
Factory Point
Manchester Depot
Anthony Rock
Gibney, Haynes & Kane Funeral Home
Edward B. Geyer Jr
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Irving
Vernon Ketchum
George Lockwood
Robert Casna
James Welch
Sylvester James
Hunters start season with auto crash
Three Connecticut hunters opened their season with a car crash at North and County streets when a 1963 Buick driven by Russell A. Hall failed to see a oncoming 1964 Buick driven by Larence J. Terni. Both cars suffered major front end damage. Passengers Giacomo Bastolini and Donald Echuk, both Waterbury residents, were treated and released. drivers reported no injuries.
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Russell A. Hall
Beech St
Bennington
Hall
County Street
Larence J. Terni
Waterbury
Conn
Putnam Hospital
Giacomo Bastolini
Donald Echuk
Planned Parenthood Opens Bennington Center Public Meeting
Planned Parenthood Bennington held its first public meeting on November 11 at the Bennington Library. Mrs. Clarence Howard outlined the program including a Center at the Cone Building near Woolworth's open Thursdays and Fridays staffed by volunteers to provide information, literature, and referrals for family planning and contraception. The center’s phone is 442-3360. The statewide effort began in 1965 with clinics in multiple towns and an OEO grant funding family planning specialists. A fundraising dinner is planned for November 21 at Mt. Anthony Country Club with a $10 tax deductible donation and reservations due by November 17.
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Planned Parenthood For
Bennington
Clarence Howard
Planned Parenthood
Cone
Woolworth’s
Loyal Nash
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Nash
Peter Ryersback
Howard
Marion Harris
County Extension Service
Bennington Briefs Club Christmas Party and Meetings
The next Business and Professional Women's Club meeting is the Christmas party on December 9 at Mt. Anthony Country Club. Draft counseling sessions are offered Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Second Congregational Church by the Draft Information Service of Southwest Vermont. The Bennington AAUW November meeting is Monday night November 16 at 8 at Mrs. Dudley Baker’s home on Bank Street Old Bennington. The Catamount Gadabout square dance class is canceled November 17 due to the Marshal Flippo dance in Pittsfield. Shaftsbury Elementary School UNICEF drive raises 271.50. amount omitted in Thursday’s Banner was corrected.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Second Congregational
Draft Information Service
Vermont
Dudley Baker
Bank Street
Old Bennington
Marshal Flippo
Pittsfield
Shaftsbury
Bennington Banner
Main
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Stanford center appeals for donor breast milk for two infants
Stanford University Medical Center in California urged donations of mother's milk for two infants unable to take other nourishment. The appeal, issued this week, ended on Tuesday after receiving offers from 500 women.
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Stanford, Calif
Nurses Meet in Chester Plan District Membership Drive
District 3 Vermont State Nurses Association gathered at St Josephs Parish Hall Chester with members from Brattleboro Bennington Rutland and Springfield. Officials announced new chairmen for publicity economic security and finance and spelled out a drive to grow state membership to hire a full time executive director. The next district meeting is set for February 11 in Chester.
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Chester
Vermont State Nurses Association
St. Joseph’s
Brattleboro
Bennington
Rutland
Springfield
Leslie Farmer
Carolyn Magoon
Economic Security Committee
Patricia Hernandez
Phyllis Raine
Burlington
Stella Skibanowsky
Vernon
State Nurses Association
Francis Hunter
District 3
Baltimore
Area Obituaries Howard Foster 77 veteran and longtime West Road resident
Howard Foster 77 a World War I veteran and former longtime West Road resident died at the Vermont Soldiers Home hospital after a long illness He was born December 2 1892 in Pawlet son of Henry and Nellie Foster He worked on a West Road farm and later for the Jerome and Sloane families in Old Bennington retiring in the early 1960s He raised and owned three standard bred horses and enjoyed antiques hunting and fishing He served in the Army and was a member of the Bennington County Sheriff's Department He married Gertrude Russell who died November 4 1961 Survivors include two daughters three grandchildren two sisters and three brothers The funeral is Monday at 2 pm at Mahar Son Funeral Home with calling hours Saturday 7–9 pm Sunday 2–4 and 7–9 pm Memorials may go to Rescue Squad Interment in Park Lawn Cemetery Also obituary for Jeanne A Lucas North Bennington died at Putnam Memorial Hospital Born May 19 1920 in Brooklyn She lived in North Bennington with her sister and mother The family will hold services at their convenience
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Howard Foster
West Road
Vermont Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Pawlet
Henry
Nellie
Marble) Foster
Sunderland
Jerome
Sloane
Old Bennington
Mr. Foster
New England
Bennington County
Foster
Alfred Sorenson
North Bennington Road
Alfred
Lila) Sorenson
Bennington
John
Isabelle) Kearns
New Britain
Conn
LeRoy Bigs Weld
Mabel Wetherell
Springfield Vt
Lewis Foster
Leon Foster Sr
Jeanne A. Lucas
North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Miss Lucas
Brooklyn
N.Y
J. Duncan Campbell
Eugene Lucas
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