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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1967

Page

5

Vermont State Symphony announces 1967-68 concert schedule

The Vermont State Symphony Orchestra enters its 33rd season with 13 concerts and three TV performances. Dec 2 at WCAX-TV South Burlington airs live 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.. Dec 3 Middlebury College Memorial Field House at 8:15 p.m.. Dec 13 Woodstock Union High School at 8:15 p.m. Sponsor details noted for Middlebury and Woodstock. Other concerts span Newport, Windham College Putney, Springfield, Bennington, Johnson, Castleton, Randolph, Glens Falls NY, and May TV date.

Middlebury Vermont State Symphony Orchestra Wcax-Tv Burlington Channel 3 Memorial Field House Middlebury College Addison County Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association Woodstock Union High School Newport Windham College Putney Springfield Bennington Johnson Castleton Randolph Glens Falls N.Y

Vermont board seeks time to pick new commissioner

The Development Board has many applicants for a new Vermont commissioner and will take time to select. Gov Hoff advised delaying the December 1 deadline, with 245 applications filed by that date. Criteria for top candidates will remain confidential.

Elbert G. Moulton Republican State Committee Drysdale

Vermont Teacher of the Year named at Burlington High

Mrs. Lyrace Flower Fontaine a French teacher at Burlington High School has been named Vermont's Teacher of the Year Acting Education Commissioner Daniel G O Connor announced today

Woman Dies in Royalton Crash

Helen Leonard of Plainfield New Hampshire 47 was killed when her pickup crossed Vermont Route 14 and plunged down an embankment in Royalton on Wednesday, UPI reports.

Royalton UPI Helen Leonard Plainfield N.H Vt. 14

New York Board uses four sites for displaced School 2 pupils

In Rensselaer the Board of Education has authorized temporary facilities at four locations for 383 students displaced by School 2’s destruction. Makeshift classrooms begin Nov 27 at four venues with a bond vote planned for next February to replace schools 2 and 3, targeting occupancy in September 1970 if approved. In Troy, six extra police are assigned to foot patrol on the 4 pm to midnight shift in key areas starting Sunday midnight, per Public Safety Commissioner Sanvidge.

Rensselaer Board of Education Church of the Redeemer St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Masonic Temple Troy Public Safety John J. Sanvidge Lansingburgh

Christmas lights replaced by wreaths in Mechanicville

Christmas street decorations in Mechanicville rely on large wreaths attached to metal street light posts as traditional strings of lights are missing due to urban renewal and the loss of wooden utility poles.

Mechanicville

Elderly North Adams Woman Found Alive After Three Missing Days

In Berkshire North Adams Miss Mary E Sheehan about 80 was found barely alive Tuesday night after two patrolmen forced entry to her North Holden Street apartment. Firefighters revived her and she was taken to North Adams Hospital in poor condition Wednesday. A neighbor missed since Saturday triggered the call.

North Adams Mary E. Sheehan North Holden Street North Adams Hospital

Pittsfield Plans Neighborhood Center To Aid Poor Areas

Thomas M. Connolly of Action for Opportunity names a committee to draft plans for at least one neighborhood center in Pittsfield's low income area. Peter B. Stein will assess transport options for aid to housewives to shopping centers. Adams sign removal ordered. Grove Street beer sign ruled illegal and offensive, violating zoning laws.

Pittsfield Thomas M. Connolly Antipoverty Action For Opportunity Peter B. Stein ADAMS Grove Street Board of Appeals

Snow Storm Paralyzes Boston Area Traffic

A surprise New England snowstorm dumped up to a foot in places and halted commuter traffic across eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Mass transit and highways froze under impassable conditions as hospitals reported delayed or diverted services and power lines fell.

Boston UPD New England Department of Public Works Weather Bureau Massachusetts Greater Boston Framingham South Shore U.S. 1 Boston and Maine Railroad Logan International Airport Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority

Regional Topics Discussed By New England Governors

New England governors met in Boston for the 43rd annual conference of the New England Council to discuss a regional trade mission cultural exchanges with Canada and participation in the Mid-Atlantic Interstate Compact on Air Pollution Control. The council planned tourism and economy panels and potential federal aid while also selecting directors for terms of one and three years.

Boston UPI New England New England Council Canada

Boston Teacher Details 1962 Russian Espionage Recruited as Spy

Natalie Bienstock, a Boston private school teacher, testified to the House Un-American Activities Committee about being recruited by Soviet secret police in Moscow in 1962. She said officials pressured her with vodka and a confiscated passport, asked her to sign as a Russian agent, and to relay names of American agents. She broke with the Russians in 1963, later spoke with the FBI in 1964, but no action or pay from the Russians or U.S. government followed.

Washington UPI Boston House Committee On UN Alexander Sorokin United Nations Mission

Vermont Foresters To Cut National Christmas Tree

ROCHESTER Vermont foresters choose a 70 foot balsam fir in Granville Gulf Green Mountain National Forest as this year national Christmas tree. The cut occurs Nov 20 with special harness and 70 foot crane to prevent damage. The tree will be presented to grower Riley Bostwick who will pass it to Gov Hoff before a White House ceremony for President Lyndon Johnson on Dec 15.

Rochester VPI White House Forestry Department Granville Gulf Green Mountain National Forest Lyndon Johnson White House Lawn Washington Hoff

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