Riehle Pushes Sign Proposal At Wilmington Parley
Vermont Rep. Theoo dore W. Riehle Jr. outlined a new approach to outdoor advertising at a Wilmington High School meeting attended by about 50 residents. Appointed to head a sub-committee, he described a 10th draft plan to largely ban bill boards and off premise signage and create state controlled sign plazas and tourist information centers to attract visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Theoodore W. Riehle Jr
South Burelington
Vermont
Alden
Pete) Horton
Wilmington High School
Riehle
Ver
Richard McLernor
Mr. Snow
McLernor
McLerner
Snow
Vermont Development Department
Legislative Council
Development Board
Florida
Police Probe DeMarco Robbery Seeks Local Suspects
State police said no new details in the DeMarco’s Sporting Goods hold up on North Bennington Road. Cpl. William Luczynski noted new leads suggest a local person is involved as several suspects are checked. The incident occurred about 10 am last Friday. a clerk was robbed of cash and pistols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMarco
Bennington Road
William Luczynski
Joan Lasher
Local paratrooper wounded in fierce Dak To battle
A Bennington paratrooper Sp 4 Bruce Banulis of 102 Bradford St was seriously wounded in the Dak To fight in South Vietnam. He was hospitalized in the Philippines after a night on a jungle stretcher and airlifted by helicopter. Banulis described fierce fighting and reported injuries to his leg and two fingers, with temporary first aid and morphine. He remains reasonably comfortable in hospital and doctors expect no lasting issues from the wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Dak To
South Vietnam
Benjamin Banulis
Bradford St
Bruce Banulis
Phillippines
Banulis
American Red Cross
173Rd Airborne
Dak
Bennington Taxpayers Group to await Oakes ruling
The Bennington Taxpayers Protect Association will wait until November 27 for a response from Vermont Attorney General James L. Oakes on listing charges. The group has forwarded investigation results to State's Attorney John T. Carmody Jr. and he sent them to the attorney general. Board members noted rising demand for the comparative tax booklet while warning prices must rise for a new edition.
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Bennington Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Office of Vermont
James L. Oakes
BTPA
Bennington
Atty
John T. Carmody Jr
RTPA
Col
Raymond Murray
Montpelier
Ould
Bennington Briefs Fire Alarm Closes District Events
The Bennington Fire Department quickly responded to a false alarm from Lincoln and Depot Streets. The Bennington Free Library will not hold the usual story hour on the day before Thanksgiving. Save the Children Bundle Days Drive runs Nov 26 to Dec 1 collecting wearable clothing and shoes for needy children in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Collectors accept adult apparel at Cora B and Bennington Elementary schools. A Thanksgiving Day service is planned at the First Church of Christ Scientist on Oct 23 at 10 a.m. The Coffee House executive committee now bans junior high students from admission.
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First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Bennington
Max H. Webster
Vermont Congregational Conference
Federated Church In
East Arlington
Steece
Harold McDonald Jr
Middle East
Lincoln and
Depot Streets
Bennington Free Library
Ruth Bodine
Florence Kinsley
Save the Children Federation
Appalachian
Cora B
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Meet the People Campaign Planned by Republicans
Vermont Republicans announce a door to door campaign in 1968 to learn what voters want from the party. A 14 county series begins January with a kickoff in Washington County and Bennington County hosting the fourth meeting. Organizers include the Vermont Federation of Young Republicans and the Vermont Federation of Republican Women.
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Montpelier
Vermont
People
Republican State Committee
Elbert G. Moulton
Washington County
Bennington County
Vermont Federation of Young Republicans
Vermont Federation of Republican Women
Moulton
Bennington weighs in on forming TOPS unit
In Bennington an effort aims to establish a local TOPS chapter, part of the Take Off Pounds Sensibly nonprofit network. Eligible participants are those about 20 pounds overweight. Mrs. Marion Charest at 442-5991 can provide detailed information from TOPS headquarters in Milwaukee.
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Bennington
Tops, Inc
Milwaukee
Wis
TOPS
Marion Charest
Consolidation of Towns Proposed in Vermont
University of Vermont political scientist Prof Andrew Nuquist urged replacing towns with 10000 inhabitant units to cut duplication and boost local government. He named the Northeast Kingdom Essex Orleans Caledonia as the ideal pilot area noting its regional unity.
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Montpelier
UPI
Andrew Nuquist
Vermont
University of Vermont
Legislative Council Municipal Corporations
Northeast Kingdom
Nuquist
Essex
Orleans
Caledonia
Conservation Columnist To Write for Banner
The Banner announces new weekly Sunrise to Sunset column by George B. Gordon of Jamaica on the editorial page starting Saturday. Longtime Banner rod and gun columnist Roy Marsden remains, shifting to Wednesdays on the sports pages to discuss local hunting and fishing. Gordon, a Cornell forestry graduate and former U S government staffer, is active in Windham County planning boards and watershed groups.
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Vermont
Lawrence K
Donald B. Mileler
Banner
George B. Gordon
Jamaica
Roy Marsden
Gordon
Battenkill
Windham County
Connecticut River Watershed Council
West River Valley Development Assn
Southern Vermont Summer
The
Brattleboro Reformer
Cornell
U. S. Forest Service
California
New Jersey
New York Forests and Parks Commission
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Washington, D.c
Marion L. Crandall
Briarcliff Manor
N.Y
John
Rockaway
N.J
Funeral Held For Miss Rosella Hackett Of 109 Gage St
Funeral services for Miss Rosella C Hackett who died Friday morning at Crescent Manor Nursing Home were held in St. Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem Mass offered by Rt Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan. Bearers included Quinnipiac College and CDA members. out of town relatives attended from several states. Committal at Park Lawn Cemetery followed. A later Shaftsbury harvest social by Practical Nurse Association District 6 raised 147 for the unit with prizes won by Jennifer Ryan and Mrs Cecile Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosella C. Hackett
Gage St
Crescent Manor Nursing Home
Francis B
St. Francis de Sales Church
Gibney, Haynes and Kane Funeral Home
Robert Langlois
Seth King
John Woodward
Francis J. Hogan
Joseph Scanlon
Quinnipiac College
Hamden
England
Pittsfield
Hackett
Park Lawn Cemetery
Msgr
Flanagan
Bridgeport
Shaftsbury
Practical Nurse Association
District 6
Grange Hall
Dorothy Ryan
Harriet Evers
Jennifer Ryan
Cecile Watson
Bennington
Hospital Notes Admissions List
Admissions include Charles Fiske Cambridge NY Katherine Eddy North Bennington Delia Dockum Michael Child Bennington Discharges none noted Family members Mr and Mrs Robert Gwordz 11 Phillips Ave North Adams Mass welcome a daughter born November 20
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Charles Fiske
Cambridge, N.Y
Katherine Eddy
North Bennington
Delia Dockum
Michael Child
Bennington
Robert Gwordz
Phillips Ave
North Adams
Mass
Stock Averages Dow Jones-Novern 1967 Noon Report
Stock averages for November 21, 1967 show Dow Jones industrials at 866.62 up 8.84, railroads at 230.56 up 2.83, utilities at 122,834 up .58, composite at 303.96 up 3.08, with total volume 6,150,000.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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Military Order of the Cootie
Green Mountain
William H. Stuchel
Pup
MCC
Ian Damon
Ethel Bowen
Margaret Knights
Marion Tudor
Frances Hunt
George le« Blanc
Jacob Janitti
Raymond Ricker
Howard Doyle
James Brockway
Robert Thompson
George Facto
Charles Delinski
John Colelough
Clyde Cheeseman
John Molloy
Leon Boyd
R. R. Welch
Mt. Anthony Union High School
George A. Sleeman
Deborah R. Allen
Dorothy Douglas
David D. Steece
United States
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
NMSC
John M. Stalnaker
Bennington High School
George M. Fienberg
Chester Harrington
East Road
Fienberg
Harrington
Oakes
Murray
Bennington Sisters
Bennington Briefs
Coffee House
Benington County
Republican Town Committee
J. Duncan Campbell
Joseph Hall
Campbell
Joseph O’connell
National Air Transportation Safety Board
U.S
O’connell
Cincinnati
Charles L. Cochran
Greater Cincinnati
Ohio River
Florence
Cochran
Edwin Walton
Harte Theatre
America
Panavision
N.Y. Daily News
Life Magazine
Argyle Solar Productions
Tops Group
Safford & Gane Sts
Social Nets
Broator
Biaatort
Bradford
Imon. Plaza Shopping Center
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