Vermont Rescue Finds Burlington Teacher With Choir on Mt Mansfield
Around Underhill rescue crews found Maurice Villemaire of Rice Memorial HS guiding St Joseph's choir on Vermont's highest peak Mt Mansfield. Ten missing overnight were located in good condition after a Burlington police led operation by the state mountain rescue head.
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Underhill
Mt. Mansfield
Burlington
Maurice Villemaire
Rice Memorial High School
St. Joseph's Choir
Vermont
Vermont Marshal Deployed to Oxford Riots Over Ole Miss Enrollment
Deputy U.S. Marshal Hobart C. Paige from Brattleboro is the lone Vermont marshal sent to Oxford Mississippi amid riots over the enrollment of a Negro student at the University of Mississippi. Marshal Thomas Sorrell of Burlington said Paige, about 40, was reported bruised in rioting Sunday.
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Brattleboro
U.S
Hobart C. Paige
Vermont
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
Thomas Sorrell
Burlington
U.S. Justice Department
Sorrell
Paige
Funeral services set for Earl N. Gray founder of United Farmers
Morrisville obituary reports Earl N. Gray aged 78 died Sunday at Copley Hospital. Gray founded and led the United Farmers of New England, organizing the milk marketing cooperative in 1919 and serving as president for 41 years. The group now operates plants in Vermont New Hampshire Maine and Massachusetts.
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Morrisville
Earl N. Gray
United Farmers of New England
Copley Hospital
Gray
United Farmers
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Masschusetts
Auditor David Anderson Secures Second Term In Vermont
Montpelier AP reports Auditor of Accounts David V. Anderson, backed by senior state officials after joining in 1941, appears to win another two year term. Challenger Leo J. Loiselle Swanton town clerk asked to withdraw his candidacy from election lists.
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Montpelier
David V. Anderson
U.S
George D. Aiken
Leo J. Loiselle
Swanton
Anderson
Aiken
Senate
Dewey to Speak at Barre GOP Fundraiser Dinner
Republican leaders report 2500 tickets sold for tonight’s Barre event featuring former presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey. Proceeds will fund the GOP election campaign efforts.
Quebec couple triggers Montpelier fire response
Bells rang for Claude and Mrs Cartier after their wedding when they mailed a letter from a red box and pulled the lever. Fire crews rushed to the scene, unsure where the alarm came from, and officials called it a legitimate misunderstanding.
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Montpelier
Quebec
Claude Cartier
St. Francoise DeLac
Norwich University to establish new scholarship from $107,195 bequest
Norwich University plans a new scholarship funded by a $107,195 bequest from the late Alexander Philips. The gift honors Philips' father, Col. Henry Moses Phillips of Springfield, a Norwich graduate and industrialist. Similar bequests were left to Vassar and Harvard.
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Northfield
Norwich University
The
Military College
Alexander Philips
Phillips
Henry Moses Phillips
Springfield
Mass
Norwich
Vassar
Harvard
Burlington Bill Allocates Funds for Lake Champlain Study
A $5.2 million public works bill before a House Senate conference committee includes 800000 for the Lake Champlain harbor project and 50000 for a waterway study. Senate passage reported. Also in Vermont, six state educators were named to study realignment of supervisory union districts.
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Burlington
House
Senate
New York Conservatives Win Ballot Fight
The Conservative Party gains a spot on the November ballot after the Republican State Committee drops its challenge to petition filings. Governor Rockefeller and GOP chair L. Judson Morhouse announce the decision near the deadline affecting New York politics. In Troy, the Board of Education approves studying dropout rates under a state plan, noting prior cooperation and favorable local outcomes.
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New York
Albany
Republican State Committee
L. Judson Morhouse
GOP
Nelson Rockefeller
Troy
Down in Berkshire Art Prize Won by Williams College Professor
In Pittsfield Monday night Prof. H. Lee Hirsche of Williams College Art Department captured the $100 Berkshire Eagle prize at the Berkshire Art Association 11th annual exhibition. A total of 292 artists from the county and adjacent areas submitted 502 entries. North Adams notes the city finished a dolling up program for the Fall Foliage festival, with Mayor Florini urging residents to assist city crews in presenting the city for the event.
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Williamstown
H. Lee Hirsche
Williams College
Berkshire Art Association
Pittsfield
North Adams
Francis C. Florini
Riots At Ole Miss After Campus Violence
In Oxford Mississippi police and Army units guard Ole Miss after a Sunday night riot left two dead and over 75 injured. Outsiders blamed by locals, fears of further clashes spread through the campus and town. Traffic and entrances are controlled as telegrams pour in urging students to come home.
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Oxford
Miss
College Town
University of Mississippi
Oxonians
Court House Square
Court House
Boy and Girl Rescued From Mt Liberty in White Mountains
Two 16 year olds Miss Jean Cooke of Haverhill Massachusetts and Herbert Moyer of Plaistow New Hampshire were rescued from Mt Liberty in the White Mountain National Forest. The girl fell ill part way up and they were located after fellow hiker Miss Carolyn Crowell Woodsville a county 4 H agent reported distress cries. The girl was carried from the mountain in a litter and was not seriously ill.
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Franconia Notch
N.H
Mt. Liberty
White Mountain National Forest
National Forest
Jean Cooke
Haverhill
Mass
Herbert Moyer
Plaistow
Moyer
Carolyn Crowell
Woodsville
4-H
Meyer
Veteran Horse-Race Track Hand Gus Petty
In Louisville, AP reports Gus Petty, 80, has worked at every major race track since 1899 dispensing drinks and horse lore. He first bet at 18 on a 100 to 1 shot, and recalls misjudging a horse at Saratoga that proved to be the legendary Man o War.
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Louisville, Ky
Gus Petty
Gus
Hot Springs
Ark
Saratoga
Elwell Ends Marine Recruit Training at Parris Island
Marine Private Gerald L. Elwell completed recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on September 18. The program covered basic military law discipline physical conditioning and other military subjects.
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Parris Island
S.C
Gerald L. Elwell
Francis H. Elwell
Bank Street
North Bennington
Marine Corps
Decade of Effort Aims The Masculine Principle on Stage
Broadway producer Saint Lubber plans The Masculine Principle based on a Frank O Connor story after ten years of adaptation work. Lubber notes this length of planning is not unusual citing Kiss Me Kate as a prior lengthy project success.
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Saint Lubber
Frank O’connor
Lubber
Eastland Orders Miss Inquiry Amid Civil Rights Tensions
Sen. James Eastland ordered a Judiciary Committee inquiry into events since federal troops moved into Mississippi aimed at probing the integration crisis. GOP support appears doubtful as Dirksen battles illness and civil rights politics influence Republican caution.
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Eastland
Republican Committee
Mississippi
Kennedy
Ross Barnett
Missispi
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Dirksen
Ilinois
South
Bennington Banner: Newspaper Masthead and Rate Card
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday with contact lines and subscription rates. Rates vary by area and term, including Vermont and nearby regions, with special servicemen discounts and motor route options.
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Erovine
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
AP News
Radius
U.S
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Champlain Water
Down In Berkshire
Gen. Burgoyne
Elwell
Triple Ag
Grand Union
Thunderbird
Ford
America
Hunt Street
Falcon
N.E.F.D.A
Bennington, VT
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