Civil Air Patrol Celebrates 24th Anniversary Across Nation
The Bennington Composite Squadron joins 2,300 CAP units to mark the 24th CAP anniversary with Col. Joe L. Mason issuing a 1965 achievements message. A local CAP open house is planned at the State Armory with Marilyn Gleba as committee chair and a proclamation designating Civil Air Patrol Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
United States
Joe L. Mason
USAF
Ellington Afb
Houston
Texas
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Stephen E. Gleba
Marilyn Gleba
Gleba
State Armory
United States Air Force
America
McNamara predicts new airborne division after trip to Saigon
McNamara and U S officials in Saigon praised progress, saying the war is not being lost, while noting surprise at Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks. He predicted a new Army division will be formed and called for heavier air strikes to curb enemy movements amid rising infiltration of North Vietnamese regulars.
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Saigon
1St Cavalry Division
McNamara
South Viet Nam
Hanks Leads Wisconsin Student Quartet At Madison
Tobias R. Hanks son of Mr and Mrs Lucien Hanks of North Bennington serves as president of the University Student Quartet at the University of Wisconsin Madison for the school year. The District 6 Practical Nurse Association of Vermont Christmas party will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Knotty Pine Restaurant All LPNs are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias R. Hanks
Lucien Hanks
North Bennington
University of Wisconsin At
Dies at 73 In Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury veteran Rutland Railway telegrapher and station agent Smith T Harris, 73, died unexpectedly at home. A longtime Democrat, he served as Shaftsbury town chairman and was a 1923 Vermont General Assembly member. He retired in 1951 after 39 years with the Rutland Railway and is survived by wife Exelia Boutin Harris and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Smith T. Harris
Rutland Railway
North Bennington
Vermont General Assembly
Harris
Horace
Nora
Coleman) Harris
Associated Press
Bennington
Paris
France
Edward
Londonderry
Walter Lawrence Gilfillan
International Nickel Co
New York
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Staten Island
N.Y
James and
Louise
Lawrence) Gilfillan
New Brighton
St. George
1-40 Club Plans Christmas Program At Meeting
The 1-40 Club met at Mrs. Ann Gordy’s Overlea Road home on November 16 largely attended to outline Christmas work for December 7. Isabelle Peacock led Thanksgiving basket project as reports from secretary and treasurer were given. New inquiries emerged as members planned to live by the sunshine code for children and Golden Age folks. Dorothy Joly received an electric clock while Adele Dunn of Staten Island got an electric blanket. Peacock received a surprise package. Earline Ware and Luella Wilson hosted Thanksgiving refreshments. The next gathering will be December 7 at Mrs. Earl Denio’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Gordy
Overlea Road
Isabelle Peacock
Dorothy Joly
Adele Dunn
Staten Island
Earline Ware
Luella Wilson
Earl Denio
Missing Man Eaton Sought Amid 13 State Alarm
State police issued a 13 state alarm for 29 year old Robert Joseph Eaton of Manchester who has been missing since Sunday. Eaton is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 150 pounds with dark brown eyes and a dark complexion and tattoos on both arms. He may be driving a 1959 green Plymouth Station wagon with Vermont plate C7142. Anyone with information should contact the nearest state police.
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Manchester
Robert Joseph Eaton
Eaton
Hospital Notes November 29 1965 Admissions and newborns
The hospital lists admissions including Caesar Galvagni Mrs Netti Pytko Master Leo Surdam III Hoosick Falls S John Steele Master Lee Bushee Manchester Depot Master Steven Hamilton Shaftsbury Master Perry Bowe Master Stafford Whittemore Miss Janet McGaughey Charles W Forrest Bennington Edward Nolet East Dorset Mrs Shirley Hagadorn and family Cambridge NY Mrs Ida Legacy Bennington Born Nov 30 a son to Lt j g Harold K Zimmermann and Patricia Hess of Arlington California weighed four pounds. The Zimmermanns’ baby is part of a family with links to Arlington and Yerba Buena Island. The hospital notes also report a daughter born Nov 27 at Fremont Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds two ounces to Mr and Mrs Clifford formerly of Bennington. The Cliffords have two other children Maura and Patrick.
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Caesar Galvagni
Netti Pytko
Leo Surdam III
Hoosick Falls
S. John Steele
Lee Bushee
Manchester Depot
Steven Hamilton
Shaftsbury
Perry Bowe
Stafford Whittemore
Janet McGaughey
Charles W. Forrest
Bennington
Edward Nolet
East Dorset
J.g
Harold K. Zimmermann
Yerba
Buena Island
San Francisco
Calif
Clifford
Joan Saul
Maura
Patrick
Stock Averages Slide as Market Ticks Lower
The stock market shows declines with the industrial average at 941.64 down 5.29, railroads at 241.81 off 0.15, utilities at 154.21 down 0.15, and the composite average at 333.81 down 1.06. Trading volume reaches 4,270,000 shares.
Prospects look fine for Gemini flight record attempt
CAPE KENNEDY UP I reports good prospects for a Saturday launch as Frank Borman and James Lovell rehearse two weeks in space plus the Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 crews continue practice. Officials say a minor Gemini 7 guidance issue is not significant and the schedule remains intact with Gemini 4 and recovery operations planned across the Atlantic.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Gemini
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Borman
Lovell
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Borman- Lovell
Schirra
Stafford
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Wasp
Boston
Cotillion Invitations Mailed for Bennington Christmas Dance
Invitations for the second annual Bennington Christmas Cotillion, benefiting United Counseling Service of Bennington County, were mailed. The charity buffet supper dance will be at Mt. Anthony Country Club on December 29. Volunteer committees cover decorations, junior members, and local information chairs for Bennington Arlington Dorset Manchester and Williamstown. Reservations are limited and should be made soon.
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Bennington
S. Whitney Dickey
United Counseling Service
Bennington County
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Dickey
Country Club
A.J. Dewey Jr
Breard H. Hawks
Stowell Baxter
T. Caldwell Thomas
Robert Nadeau
Tricia Killian
Janis Vince
Genie LaVigne
John Goyette
David Barton
Ellen Gilman
Diane Baxter
Marc Hall
Philip Dewey
Arthur Shields
E. Harry Capston
Arlington
R.K. Miles Jr
Dorset
Calvin C. Skinner
Manchester
James B. Campbell
Williamstown
Mass
Francis Jenkins
Vietnam clash near Cambodian border and Saigon raids
Vietnamese reinforcements helped camp defenders repulse an early morning attack near Cai Cai Camp three miles from the Cambodian border. Near Saigon, B52 raids hit a rubber plantation as Communist troops mauled a 1,000 strong South Vietnamese and U.S. advisory force. In a separate strike, Vietnamese troops destroyed a grenade factory and printing plant, killing eight and capturing two. An American billet kitchen fuel tank exploded injuring three, including an American serviceman lightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cai Cai
Viet Nam
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Bennington Shoppers to Voice Views in On Street Survey
Bennington area shoppers will be surveyed over Wednesday to Friday by the League of Women Voters. Interviewers will stop shoppers in downtown Main Street, the A and P on North Street, Grand Union, and First National W T Grant center to gather opinions on shopping facilities traffic congestion and parking. The results will aid the Bennington Regional Planning Commission’s two year plan, with possible ideas like a downtown mall or park and walk lights at key intersections.
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Bennington
League For the
Bennington Village
Bennington Flats
Main Street
North Street
Grand Union
First National
W. T. Grant
Benenington Road
League
Commission
Benenington
Sal To Stay As Village President In Bennington
Salvatore Santarcangelo, elected last Tuesday to Bennington County in the state Senate, will continue presiding over village trustees until his term ends next March. He will attend the two monthly meetings and pursue remaining goals before retirement. Hesitation remains on the timing of the Legislature special session, likely January, with Hoff hoping for six to eight weeks. Santarcangelo and Allan Rngney, both Republicans, won in a GOP landslide. their terms run to next fall when Vermonters elect a Montpelier representative for a third time in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Bennington County
State Senate
Santarcangelo
Philip H. Hoff
San‘arcangelo
Allan Rngney
Arlington
Montpelier
Crime Rate Jumps 5 Percent In Nine Months
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports a 5 percent rise in the national crime rate in the first nine months of 1965 with increases in murder rape robbery and aggravated assault. Suburbs show the sharpest rise while robberies rapes and grand larceny drive the surge with Western states leading the gains.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
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Academy
Hamilton Shields
Old Bennington Village
Old Bennington
William Worthington
Caroline Darlington
Hazel Wills
John H. Williams II
Cushman
van Santvoord
Bennington Briefs
Harte Theatre
Lee Remich
Jim Wotton
Pamela Tiffin
Jom Sturges
Oe T
Benhi
Deborah Taylor
Hans Christian Anderson
Chaucer
Hamilton
Smith Harris
F. H. Rabideau
Walter L. Gilfillan
Exelia Boutin
J.A. LaCouture
Sacred Heart Church
Louise M, Harris
Madeline) Wansbury
Paul J, Harris
John J, Harris
Hollywood
Fla
Christopher Jesperson
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
St. John the Baptist Church
St. John the Baptist Cemetery
Brattleboro
Wilma A. (Mears) Rabideau
Frederick H. Rabideau
Franklin County Hospital
Greenfield
Newton
Raymond and
Ivy (Warne) Mears
Hinsdale
Rabideau
Conn
Geraldine Nadeau
Donna
Bonnie
Becky Rabideau
Russell Mears
Vernal Varne
Dorothy Dix
St. Michael’s Church
St. Michael’s
Fleming Funeral Home
George Williams
Chesterfield
Mary (Gutterson) Williams
George H. Williams
Pines
West Chesterfield
Williams
Bondville
Harriet Parkhurst
Laura Robbins
Norwich
Bondville Cemetery
Elliot Fair Jr
South Londonderry
Susan E. Cleghorn
Trumbull
Susan
Embury) Cleghorn
Carl Cleghorn
Sarah N. Cleghorn
Cleghorn
Carl E
Jacksonville
John T
West Redding
Fannette Goeble
Miami
Louann
New York City
Aymar Embury III
Alfred Embury
California
Lucy E. Hubbell
Norwalk
Frank Chapman
Milan
Italy
New Canaan
New Canaan Cemetery
Shirley Hagadorn
Teresa McMahon
Cambridge, N.Y
Ida Legacy
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Manchester Playhouse Rt
Manchester, Vt
New York Times
Dreath
Summry
Scintay
Mewes
Sal
Salem’s All Beef
Tobin
Salem’s
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