Alexander To Return For Irasburg Testimony Hearing
Public Safety Commissioner Er win A Alexander will return to testify Friday as Vermont's governor's special board of inquiry holds its fifth public hearing into the Irasburg shooting. The session featured surprise witnesses and testimony on possible racial prejudice, with Lt. Gov. Ralph Foote and state police officers detailing arrests, confessions, and the Conley case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glover
David Johnson Sr
Robert Eldridge
Montpelier
Alexander
Edward F. Warner
Carmel
Cal
Monterrey
Calif
Barbara Lawrence
Seaside
Lawrence
Johnsons
Johnson
Conley
Warner
Vermont
Glenn Davis
Derby
Ralph Foote
Middlebury
John C. Lewis Jr
Vermont Development Department
Donald Collins
Howard Conley
Larry Cowley
Bethel
Lewis
Collins
Randolph
Foote
Young Conley
Newport
Bennington Cases Cover Fine and Guilty Plea Shifts
Bennington resident Leon W Cross, 34, pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license in Bennington on Jan 2 and was fined 1048.0. A jail sentence was suspended if the fine and costs are paid by Nov 22. State dropped a separate statutory rape charge involving his daughter. George Knights, 18, received a 90 day suspended sentence for burglary in Bennington. he must seek probation agency help. Other actions include several not guilty pleas, bail settings, and waivers for fines in various Vermont cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Leon W. Cross
Bennington District Court
Cross
John T. Carmody Jr
Jane Doe
Atty
Harvey Carter
Knights
Peter Ayersbach
VISTA
Carmody
John P. Morrissey
Morrissey
Debra C. Pierce
East Arlington
North Bennington
Miss Pierce
William C. Sennet
Leroy A. McDermott
Arlington
Frances E. Kinney
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Meetings and Donations
Bennington notices list multiple meetings from November with groups like 1-40 Club the Military Order of the Cootie Auxiliary and Bennington Rural Fire Department Auxiliary. Members are urged to bring gifts for sunshine baskets Veterans Hospital gifts and donation items. A Southern Vermont Life Underwriters luncheon on Nov 20 features a film What Have You Done For me Lately. An Admiral color TV ad and Rotary auction call for donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Order of the Cootle Auxiliary
Bennington
Vietnam
Frances Hunt
American Legion Auxiliary
Senior Citizens Center
North Street
Veterans Hospital
Southern Vermont Life Underwriters Association
Area Underwriters
Stranded Hunters Rescued After Bulldozer Breaks Snow
Fourteen hunters marooned by heavy snow in Readsboro-WHitingham areas were rescued Saturday when a bulldozer hired by Readsboro Selectmen cleared miles of snow clogged dirt roads. After dispute over maintenance responsibility, Readsboro took charge as most routes lay within its borders. Twenty two hunters were stranded in two camps. eight walked out, while 14 remained with food for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readsboro
Whitingham
Readsboro Selectmen
Michael Barkus
Citizens Band Radio
New England Power Company
North Hill
Harriman Dam
Readsboro Selectman
William McKenna
McKenna
Donald Hall
Pittsfield
Harold Buse
Lenoxdale
Mass
William Pike Jr
Pike
N E Council To Focus On Economy For ’69 Conference
The New England Council plans its 44th annual conference on November 21 and 22 at the Sheraton-Boston with about 600 leaders from business government and labor. Roy L. Ash of Litton Industries will speak at the opening lunch and Tufts President Burton C. Hallowell will address Campus in Ferment Problem or Promise. The program will include a panel on the 1969 New England economic outlook and the fifth New England Man of the Year award to Carl J. Gilbert of Gillette Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
New England Council
Sheraton-Boston
David L. Coffin
Council
Dexter Corp
Windsor Locks
Burton C. Hallowell
Tufts University
Carl J. Gilbert
Gillette Co
Two Killed In Road Mishaps In Vermont Weekend
Two Vermont men died in separate weekend highway crashes in Rutland and Cavendish. Ralph J. Soulia 31 of Rutland was struck by a vehicle driven by Raymond S. Seward 66 as Soulia stood by a jeep with Raymond A. quennville 30 in Rutland. In Cavendish Edwin H. Coffin 32 of Springfield was killed in a two car collision. Coffin’s wife escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
UPI
Vermont
Cavendish
Ralph J. Soulia
Raymond S. Seward
Raymond A. Quenneville
Soulla
U.S. Rie 4
Edwin H. Coffin
Springfield
Pedestrian Button to Boost U S 7 Willow Road Signal
Vermont Highway Department will install a new synchronized traffic light at U.S. 7 and Willow Road in the Flats area with a pedestrian button for manual operation. H James Wallace said the Willow Road light and the Monument Plaza entrance light were ordered weeks ago and should arrive in a few months amid high demand. The Flats project aims to proceed before snow and ski season, with the highway widening from Harwood Hill to Willow Road completed to three lanes and resurfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 7
Willow Road
Flats
Vermont Highway Department
H. James Wallace
The
Highway Board
Monument Plaza
Wallace
Vt. 67A
Highway Department
Harwood Hill
CDA Notes worth in November meeting at former Catholic High
The November 12 CDA meeting discussed donations to the Lions Club sight conservation fund and to the Tuberculosis and Health Services fund. A Christmas bazaar is planned for Friday at 11 a.m. reports on the current project will be mailed soon. Plans for a December 30 pot luck supper were approved. Traffic changes include temporary center lanes for left turns and large arrows on the new road ends. Town delays on Kocher Drive to Willow Road cutover and four way intersection with Willow Road were criticized, with emphasis on safety of Molly Stark School students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Cummings
Poultney
Lions Club Sight Conservation Fund
Tuberculosis and Health Services Fund
K of C
Wallace
Highway Department
Bennington
Kocher Drive
Willow Road
Seven Weekend Accidents Reported in Bennington Area
State and village police logged seven minor traffic mishaps over the weekend in Bennington area. Incidents include two skids on Town Road 14 in Sunderland injuring no one, a Mustang skid at Routes 11 and 30 in Winhall with no injuries, and a Route 153 crash in Rupert with no injuries other than a bruised knee to Marion Irizarry. Additional crashes occurred on Main Street in Bennington, Route 30 in Rupert with a deer collision, and Jackson Crossing Road in Pownal with a damaged car and an injured passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Sunderland
Town Road
Caroline Mason
East Arlington
Pearl Moyt
North Bennington
Frederick Smith
New York City
Winhall
Smith
Gary J. Capellaro
Danbury
Conn
Rupert
Route
Shaftsbury
Raymond Irizarry
Marion
John Briggs
Main Street
Bradford Street
Lois Banulis
Bradford St
Donald A. Goodell
Manchester
John W. Rice
Jackson Crossing
Pownal
Joanne Cummings
Post Office Reminds PAL Parcels Limit at 60 Inches
Postmaster Stanley Pekalski reminded Bennington patrons that PAL parcels for overseas servicemen may weigh up to 30 pounds but must not exceed 60 inches in combined length and girth. He noted several recent packages were refused for exceeding the limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley J. Pekalski
Bennington
Police Seek Shooter Of Hunter John Roberts 14 Poultney
Poultney police search for a shooter who wounded John Roberts, 14, while he sat near a tree watching for deer. Roberts, in good condition at Rutland Hospital, said a warning had been shouted before he was shot. Police chief Dewey says the attack appears intentional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultney
UPI
John Roberts
Young Roberts
Rutland Hospital
Paul Dewey
Roberts
Dewey
Recreation Panel Sets Talk on Municipal Parks Development
Stewart E. Allen of the Allen Organization will headline a session on Acquisition Planning and Development of Municipal Parks and Recreation Facilities at the Governor's Conference on Recreation in Montpelier. The 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. panel at Bethany Church will include Bernard D. Johnson Robert A. Burley David Fonseca Jr. John W. Cioffredi and Sid Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Stewart E. Allen
Allen
Bennington
Bernard D. Johnson
Vermont Central Planning Office
Robert A. Burley
Waitsfield
David Fonseca Jr
Chittenden County
Bennington Community Hospital Notes November 15 1968
Admissions include Richard Caron Bennington Stephanie Pratt Pownal Guy Caldwell Manchester Depot. Discharges list many patients with locations Bennington Salem N Y Manchester Depot Hoosick Falls Shaftsbury Petersburg N Y. Births note multiple families in Cambridge Johnsonville Danby River Street Box 67 and East Road with several newborns around Nov 15 16 17 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Caron
Bennington
Stephanie Pratt
Pownal
Guy Caldwell
Manchester
Daniel Sawyer
Burt Hartington
Bonnie Brown
Merrylyn Ann Bushee
Manchester Depot
Shirley Boomhower
Petersburg
N.Y
Lorimer Danforth
Shaftsburg
Donald Clairmont
Cambridge
Michael Byrne
East Road
Andrew Morgan
Box 67
Johnsonville
John Nichols
Main Street
Danby
Frederick Busheee
River Street
Funeral Notices in Hoosick Falls and Bennington Area
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Millington of Union Street and for John A. Burns of Kennedy Towers were held with local clergy officiating. Burial and interment occurred at Hoosick Rural Cemetery and St Marys Cemetery. Attendees traveled from Pittsfield Hoosick Falls Manchester and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George (Maude) Millington
Union Street
Hanson - Walbridge
Theodore Shatagin
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Forrest Smith
George
Ralph Rogers
Bennington
George Scott
Hoosick Falls
Harold Lohnes
Hoosick
James Lohnes
Pittsfield
Mass
Hoosick Rural Cemetery
Mr. Shatagin
N.Y
John A. Burns
Kennedy Towers
Mahar Funeral
Church of the Immaculate Conception
George Callaghan
O.S.A
John Murphy
Jeffrey Shay
Edward Shay
Charles Ball
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Father Callaghan
Obituaries from Vermont area list several deaths
Obituaries note the death of Edward J. Sausville at Putnam Memorial Hospital with funeral plans at Mahar & Son Funeral Home. Alice Cushman, 30, widow of Royal Cushman, died at Crescent Manor Nursing Home. services set in Mt. Kisco New York. Arthur E. Blomberg, 55, died at home in West Rupert. survivors listed and burial in Rupert Cemetery. Nealie Eddy, 82, died at Sourcliffe Nursing Home after four years as a hospital patient. calling hours and burial arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret (McCaffrey) Perreault
Putnam St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
Flanagan
Park Lawn Cemetery
Msgr
Edward J. Sausville
Depot St
Alice (Scott) Cushman
Royal M. Cushman
West Hartford
Conn
Crescent Manor Nursing Home
Winfield and
Anna (Conley) Scott
New York City
New York
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Kisco Cemetery
Mt. Kisco
N.Y
American Society For Prevention of Blindness
Office of the Funeral Home
West Rupert
Arthur E. Blomberg
Chicago
Rupert Congregational Church
Evelyn Bentley
Clifford Steinruck
Pennsylvania
Axel Blomberg
Eric Blomberg
Connecticut
Arthur Blomberg Jr
North Adams
Mass
Karl Blomberg
Ill
Pelham Manor
McClellan Funeral Home
Salem
Catherine Chiffelle
Rupert Cemetery
Nealie Eddy
Oscar Eddy
Sourcliffe
Henry and
Mary
Harbour) Bent
Bennington
Pownal
Nellie Dunican
East Pownal
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Bennington Banner
Lasburg
Billy Chilton
Rte. 14
Irasburg
Burlington
State Police
Harold Dean
James Oakes
Oakes
Larry Conley
Frank Mahady
Dean
Motor Vehicle Department
Mahady
Carpenter Hill Road
Francis K. Savio
U.S
Edward J. Lightman
Vt. 8
Searsburg
Shirley A. Merling
Brattleboro
Vt. 9
Leo’s Pastries Inc
Woonsocket
R.L
Arthur J. Guyette
North ST Benningfon
Bennington Briefs
Deborah DeLong
James A. DeLong
Morgan Street
Rehabilitation Center
Pearl St
Burlington, Vt
1-40
Mabel Mattison
Women of the Moose
Edward Crealese
Vermont Chiropractic Association
Howard Johnson Motor Inn
Crealese
Admiral
Electronic Service Center
Rotary Club
John Kennedy
Bill Haynes
N.E. Council
Harold Pike
Shelburne Falls
Donald Lawrence
Williamsburg
Ohio
Fred Anderson
Steeltown
W. Va
Clyde Calebough
Philadelphia
Robert Calebough
San Antonio
Texas
Clyde, George and
Paul
PAL
Hunter
Patricia Chase
Beatrice Gulley
Joseph Crawford
Stephen Dufresne
Tracey Cameron
John Welch
Georgia Mae Secoy
Blanche Hebert
Laurie Holland
Stacy Spink
William Flynn
Phyllis Liporace
Wesley Alderman Jr
Berlin
Winston Decker
Pawlet
Eva Gerity
Winifred LeBarron
Victoria Vash
Margaret Whitton
Ralph Delaney
Barbara Hoard
Elizabeth McGuire
Shirley Forrest
Mary Whalen
Susan Lynne Niles
Eagle Bridge
George Millington
Mrs
Margaret Perreault
Mrs. Royal M. Cushman
Jewelers
American Gem Society
Main St
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