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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1975
Page
7
Seven Boston and Maine railroad cars derailed from a North Bennington bound train just after midnight Friday. The last seven cars including the caboose left the track when sixteen lengths of rail pulled loose from the ties and toppled over. Derailed cars remained on the damaged track in North Hoosick.
Derry Community Players staged an original Wizard of Oz to packed houses Friday through Sunday. Notable: Iwanna Kerod-Reed as Dorothy, David Gamper as Scarecrow, Stephen Anderson as Cowardly Lion, Robin McCurdy as Wicked Witch, Tom Hayes as Wizard. The Tan Martin Orchestra accompanied with Shellen Lubin and Allen Lubin contributing strong musical and visual effects.
The Rev W Matthew Broadbent was ordained and installed as pastor at a 3 p.m. service in North Bennington Congregational Church. His father Rev Charles Broadbent preached in the morning and participated in afternoon rites. The ordination featured an anthem taped by Broadbent’s absent elder brother Norman. Relatives, colleagues, and local church leaders participated in prayers, readings, and the laying on of hands as part of the formal vows. The couple, married to Barbara Johnson, have two children Benjamin and Michal and were honored with a large church reception afterward.
UPI reports Vermont dairy farmers will be paid a record 10.10 dollars per hundredweight for milk shipped to Boston last month, up 1.40 from October. Connecticut market farmers will get 10.71 dollars, up 0.35 from September and 1.49 from October. The blend price sits between drinking milk and manufacturing milk rates.
Louise LaForce, 72, wife of inventor Edward LaForce, was struck and killed Saturday by a motorist on U S 2 in Richmond. The driver, Roger Goodhue, 34, of South Windsor Conn, said he was blinded by oncoming headlights and did not see her crossing. LaForce was famous for internal combustion engine experiments.
Robert Kendall, 73, of Randolph died after another hunter fired into his hunting blind on opening day of the 16 day deer season. Police say several suspects exist with no arrests yet. About 125000 hunters hit the woods as stations reported strong first day kills aided by Friday snowfall.
In Montgomery Center two men died and two were wounded during hunting season as Arthur Jacobs Jr. and Robert Munson perished and Marie Bailey was shot in Barnet after James DeWitt mistook her for a deer. Timothy Bombardier injured himself while hunting in Fairfax. In Burlington Rep. James Jeffords earned the lowest favorable rating among Vermont's delegation at 40 percent, while Sen. Stafford and Sen. Leahy posted higher scores after a Burlington Free Press poll of 800 Vermonters conducted Oct 22 to Oct 24.
Demonstrators marched from the Pittsfield Jewish Community Center to Park Square in Berkshire to condemn a United Nations General Assembly resolution deeming Zionism a form of racism. An hour-long rally featured Mayor Evan S. Dobelle, B'nai B'rith president, Rabbi Harold Salzmann, Temple Anshe Amunium, and Jeffrey Cook. A statement from Congressman Silvio Conte was read.
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