Moon Study Advanced By Apollo 12 Mission
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean walked the lunar surface twice and returned almost 100 pounds of rocks soil and glass beads. A nuclear powered science station was set up to run for a year or more and help study lunar magnetic field solar wind and atmosphere. Ground observers note the landing was near Surveyor 3 and caution remains about landing precision and fuel limits for future missions.
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Conrad
Earth
Bean
Lunar
Space Agency
Kraft
Vermont Life Features Car Crusher at Bennington
Vermont Life's new issue highlights a winter wedding at Rich mond Round Church and a feature on junked Vermont autos crushed in Bennington. It includes color photo essays from Worcester to Waterbury, a Dante-inspired auto pile, and a White River disaster retrospective with 34 dead.
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New
Vermont
Life
Bennington
Montpelier
Richmond Round
Vermont Life Magazine
Worcester
Bromley Mountain
Cambridge
Charlotte
Stratton Mountain
South Woodbury
Stowe
Bridgewater
Corinth
Waterbury
Clyde Smith
Lake Champlain
Smith
Murray Hoyt
Champlain
Peter Miller
Rockwell Stephens
Hanson Carroll
Vermont Ski Council
Michael Seely
Seely
Richard Volkimer
W. Bernard Hamby
Colchester
St. Johnsbury
The
Athenaeum
Ronald Rood
Robert Candy
James Sage
Sonja Bullaty
Angelo Lomeo
White River Bridge
Montreal Express
Wesley Griswold
Charles T. Morrisey
Vermont Archeological Society
William Haviland
Ver
Old Round Church
Richmond
New Vermont Life
Free Speech Issue Raised In Chicago Conspiracy Trial
UPI reports Judge Julius J. Hoffman rejected a defense bid to dismiss charges against seven Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention rioters. The ruling centers on free speech and the use of undercover records, with prosecutors arguing the First Amendment does not shield illegal activity, while defense lawyers warn of a chilling effect on speech. The case flags ongoing debates over undercover policing and the Red Squad records.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Foran
Red Squad
Soviet launches Cosmos 312 in unusual near circular orbit
Soviet space authorities announced the unmanned Cosmos 312 satellite was launched Monday in an unusual near circular orbit. Tass said Cosmos 312 orbits Earth about every 108.6 minutes at altitudes ranging from 711.5 to 737.5 miles, carrying instruments and radio telemetry gear for precise orbital measurements, and was launched as Cosmos 311 operated in a different, lower orbit.
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Moscow
UPS
Tass
Earth
Putnam Hose Christmas Sale and Festival Planned
Putnam Hose Fire Auxiliary announces a Christmas sale and festival on Saturday December 6 at 11 a.m. in K of C Hall. Bernice Connelly will serve lunch starting at 11. Local readers are invited to attend and support the auxiliary.
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Putnam Hose Fire Auxiliary
K of C Hall
Bernice Connelly
Bennington Emblem Club November Meeting Notes
Bennington Emblem Club 368 held its November meeting at the Washington Avenue rooms with Mrs. Jean Stone presiding in the absence of the president Mrs. Mary Macauley. Donations were sent to Brandon Training School United Counseling Service and Bennington Community Welfare. The December meeting will be a Christmas party at Beau May Restaurant on December 18 at 7 p.m. Reservations by December 12 to Mrs. Stone. Members are to bring a grab bag gift. the mystery package will be brought by Mrs. Rena Riley. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Marion DeForge and a new member, Mrs. Marion Walk, was inducted.
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Bennington Emblem Club 368
Washington Avenue
Jean Stone
Mary Macauley
Brandon Training School
United Counseling Service
Bennington Community Welfare
Beau May
Mrs. Stone
Rena Riley
Marion DeForge
Marion Walk
Moose Planning Busy Weekend
Bennington Lodge 1233 Loyal Order of Moose will enroll new members this Sunday. The Rutland Loyal Order of Moose sends a degree team for the ritual. Saturday features barbecue chicken dinner 6:30 to 8:30 led by trustee Robert Rosseau and committee, then dancing by Melody Masters. Sunday enrollment at 2 p.m. Santa visits at 2, register to attend, with booths, door prizes, and fancy foods. Gov Charles Rice urges members to submit applications by Wednesday.
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Bennington
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Lodge
Rutland Loyal Order of Moose
Robert Rosseau
Charles Rice
Belgrade Press Calls South Vietnam Massacre Genocide
Borba, the Yugoslav newspaper, called Sunday the alleged massacre of South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops genocide, likening it to Nazi murders in World War II and other darkest colonial-era killings.
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Belgrade
UPD
Borba
U.S
Inventor Edward Cumpston Jr to speak on invention method
Edward H. Cumpston Jr, independent inventor, will discuss The Technique of Inventing Today at the Gov McCullough Mansion North Bennington on Wednesday December 3 at 8 p m. The talk, sponsored by the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences, covers problem solving, patent laws, and current manufacturing challenges.
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Edward H. Cumpston Jr
Gov. McCullough
North Bennington
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cumpston
Thanksgiving Service Held by Bennington Ministers' Council
The Bennington Ministers' Council hosts a community Thanksgiving service at Old First Church Bennington on Thursday November 27 at 10:30 a.m. Rev Dr Arvel M Steece delivers the sermon The Necessity of Thankfulness. Music from Mrs Harold Macuen and others, with organist Mrs John F Flagg. Offering to Church World Service for famine relief.
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The
Bennington
Arvel M. Steece
First Congregational Church of
Harold Macuen
Dickson
O'Hara
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
UCC
Angus J. MacDonald
United Methodist
Shaftsbury
Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
John F. Flagg
Church World Service
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Jean Mayer
Mayer
West Mountain Farm
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Landgrove
Louise Andrews Kent
Elizabeth Kent Gay
West Dover
Pauline Craig
Brookfield
Vermont Life
Soviets
Putnam Hose
Emblem Club
Marge Griffin
Chris St. John
Willie Mae Hoyt
Isabelle Gates
Viola Knapp
Santa Claus
American Express
Man Caprese
County National Bank
Bennington & Arlington
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Inventor
Cornell University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
Litton Industries
Doubleday
Evans’ Fourpetent Inc
Nichols
Kroehler
Contemporary
Haynes & Kane, Inc
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