PTA Convention Sees Resolutions On Education Standards
Vermont PTA delegates approve resolutions endorsing minimum elementary library standards driver education in public schools and matching funds for summer district programs. They back education opportunities for exceptional children including the handicapped gifted and blind and support parental responsibility in curbing teen alcohol use. Local-level school district reorganization is favored to address local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
American Legion Post No
Hardwick
Caspian Lake Lodge F&am
Riverside
OES
Joan Dederer
Shelburne
Urie
Vermont
Vernon Farmer Cleared of Negligence by Vermont High Court
The Vermont Supreme Court, in a 4 1 ruling, upheld a lower court verdict finding Vernon farmer John Unaitis not negligent in an explosion that injured the daughter of an employee. Harold Winter sued for his daughter Georgia against John and Marjorie Unaitis. Winter worked on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Winter
Unaitis
High Court
James Holden
Holden
Funeral for Hoosick Falls barber Philip J O Meara
The funeral of Philip J. O Meara a Hoosick Falls barber was held Tuesday at the Robson Home for Funerals and in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. A Requiem Mass was led by Rev Lawrence J Gerrity with burial at St Marys Cemetery. Local barber union members served as honor guards and a Troy delegation attended. The Hoosick Falls shops were closed during the service. Bearers included Edward Clarke Jeffrey Shea John Hefferman George A McEvoy John A Leonard and William Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Philip J. O’meara
Robson
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Lawrence J. Gerrity
OSA
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Alfred Ellis
Bare Bers’ Union
Troy
Edward Clarke
Jeffrey Shea
John Hefferman
George A. McEvoy
John A. Leonard
William Mitchell
Johnson Campaign Tour Hits Indiana Immigration Clash
Johnson called immigration policy discriminatory and urged a 2000 increase in the overall limit, saying the rise would be 180th of one percent of the workforce. GOP figures criticized him as opening the flood gates while Goldwater avoided immigration specifics. East Chicago in Lake County, a Democratic stronghold near Chicago, eyed for a possible white backlash vote as Johnson began a Indiana campaign stop after Iowa and Illinois swing venues drew large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Miller
GOP
Indiana
Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater
Chicago
Lake County
South Chicago
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Matthew Welsh
Gary
Hammond
Whiting
Iowa
Illinois
Bennington Briefs Tonight Schedule Of Local Meetings
Tonight at 8 at the home of Mrs. L W Gillette discussion on reapportionment by the Bennington League of Women Voters. World War I Auxiliary meets at 8 at VFW rooms with a white elephant auction. Welcome Wagon Club meets at 8 with program on sewing fabrics. The Green Mountain Extension Homemaking Group meets Monday at 7 30 with sewing on new fabrics. Southern Vermont Dairy Goat Association meets Saturday at Route 9 Marlboro with a pancake luncheon and goat keeping slides by Jill Salmon. Final sale on golf clubs at Valley View Golf Course Hoosick NY. Katherine Toomey’s Paramount Beauty Shop reopen Oct 13.
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L. W. Gillette
Monument Avenue Extension
Bennington League of Women Voters
VFW
North Street
Welcome Wagon Club
Harold Kramer
Washington Ave
Marion Downes
Bennington College
Green Mountain Extension
Wendell Carey
Dewey St
Valeda Waite
Robert Harrington
Harrington
Ray Jacobs
Southern Vermont Dairy Goat Association Inc
SVDGA
Route 9
Marlboro
Jill Salmon
England
Miss Salmon
Obituary of Charles H. Ackley of Cambridge NY
Charles Henry Ackley 73 lifelong Jackson resident farmer died Monday at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge. Funeral services were held at O K Spurr Funeral Home Cambridge with Rev Clinton H Carter officiating and prayers at Woodlands Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mamie McCabe two sons Charles A and Francis M both of Cambridge daughter Mrs Ray N Little of Arlington a sister Mrs Ralph Stevens of Cambridge and eight grandchildren.
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Jackson
N.Y
Charles Henry Ackley
Ray N. Little
Arlington
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
O. K. Spurr
Clinton H. Carter
Embury Methodist Church
Woodlands Cemetery
Ackley
Mamie McCabe
Charles A
Francis M
Ralph Stevens
Johnson visits steel worker family in East Chicago
President Johnson surprised a Inland Steel plant worker family with an unannounced coffee visit at their modest Grand Blvd home in East Chicago. He greeted Raymond Pozywho and relatives, calling it like many holidays rolled into one, then spoke to crowds at Washington High School before leaving.
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Johnson
Indiana
UPD
Chicago
Grand Blvd
Raymond Pozywho
Inland Steel Plant
Pozywho
Lois
Washington High School
Fall Fashion Show Nets $200 for CF
Bennington hosts a Fall Foliage Festival fashion show at Mt. Anthony Country Club. Royalty led by Queen Diane Whitney wowed 100 spectators, presented a silver platter to the winning horse trainer, and raised funds for the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation. The event featured local models, sponsors, and a strawberry shortcake dessert for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Diane Whitney
Darlene Lauzon
Shirley Beshara
Mary Moninger
Sandra Cardinal
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Johnny Buchanan
Gage St
Donald C. Hicks
GBA
Rene
Duke) Ducharme
Green Mountain Park
Hicks
Ducharme
Gray Duke
Ethel Hamilton
Bennington County
National
Ethel Burdick
Pownal
Thompson
Joseph Tornabene
Hamilton
Robert Fletcher
Diane Whitey
The
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Buckler
Varsity Club Plans Program Of Scholarships
The Benhi Varsity Club held a Sept 23 meeting approving two dances on Oct 10 and Nov 7 after the Benhi Catholic High game. They discussed plaques for each major sport with coaches naming best players, a scholarship for top academic athlete, and posting locker room rules to curb violations with reporting to President Doug Watkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benhi
Doug Watkin
Art Gage
Rare Traherne Meditation Manuscript Found at Yale Library
Yale associate James M. Osborn announces the discovery and purchase of a 60 000 word selection from Thomas Traherne's Select Meditations, a landmark 17th century English manuscript. The find, hailed by Yale professor Louis L. Martz as the most important new English work in 58 years, was triggered by a Birmingham dealer offer and involves about 60 000 words of an estimated 87 000. The manuscript, mostly intact though with some missing portions, will be kept in Yale's Beinecke Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Osborn
Birmingham
England
United States
Louis L. Martz
Douglas Tracy Smith
Yale
Traherne
Martz
Traherrne
Hereford
O'Shea to Speak at October 17 Democratic Rally
State Sen Bernard G O Shea the Democratic candidate for the U S House will address the October 17 rally at the Paradise Restaurant He challenges incumbent Rep Robert R Stafford in the race and is set to attend in support of the party slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard G. O’shea
U.S
House of Representatives
Paradise
O’shea
Robert R. Stafford
YVIPs Endorse Fayette For Senate Seat
Brattleboro Vermont Democratic and Republican party figures note the Young Vermont Independent party endorsed State Sen. Frederick J. Fayette over incumbent Sen. Winston L. Prouty for the U.S. Senate by a 4 to 3 vote. Chairman Moshovetis praised Prouty’s record but said Fayette has support of independent voters. The group also discussed other races and arranged a rally with live candidates, guests, and a luncheon, with tickets $3.50 and available through Oct. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Young
Vermont Independent Party
Frederick J. Fayette
Winston L. Prouty
U.S. Senate
Harold Moshovells
Sen. Prouty
Sen. Fayette
Fayette
Prouty
Moshovetis
Vermont
Moshovet
Richard A. Snelling
John J.) Daley
A. Luke
Crispe
Independent Party
Moshevelis
Spencer A. Haynes
North Bennington
Robert M. Wilson
Earl J. Harris
Senate
Marion McCarthy
Walter S. Clemons
George van Santevoord
Bennington
George F. Hoag
Haynes
Philip H. Hoff
John J. Daley
O’shea
Novemeber
Louise Harris
Early Morning Blaze Damages Pizza House
A fire at the Pizza House on Safford and Gage Streets was confined to the roof by Bennington Fire Department. Roof damage estimated at about 1000 dollars with smoke and water damage to the lower building, no injuries reported after the halting fire at 3 am. A malfunctioning exhaust fan or electrical defect suspected. final cause pending. A truck remained on scene for several hours as a precaution.
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Safford and
Gage Streets
Bennington
Moose Notes Lodge Schedule Includes Dances and Classes
The lodge plans a Wednesday meeting with postponed class enrollment rescheduled for November 1. A steak dinner and dance is set for Saturday with dinner 6 to 8:30 p.m. and dancing 9 to 12. An October 31 ho rbo dance runs 9 to 12. Prizes, entertainment, costume contest, and kitchen hours on Friday nights accompany World Series TV in the bar.
Hospital Notes October 7 Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Randall Gates Kim Crawford William Long Leon Conquest Sadie Nourse Wendy Dunn Ann Gaillard Lottie Lee Dorothy Goodwin Dor othy Goodwin names and locations Manchester North Petersburg Pownal Hoosick Falls. Discharges include Peter Levin Jane Montgomery John Hoyt Helen Hoyt Lorraine Seneca and Harriet Avery. Births report daughters to Edward Caron and Paul Tifft both with Oct date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Gates
Kim Crawford
William Long
Leon Conquest
Sadie Nourse
Wendy Dunn
Bennington
Anne Gaillard
Manchester
Lottie Lee
North Petersburg
Dorothy Goodwin
Pownal
Frederick Strait
Hoosick Falls
Peter Levin
Jane Montgomery
Shaftsbury
John Hoyt
Helen Hoyt
Arlington
Lorraine Seneca
Son
Harriet Avery
Manchester Depot
Mabel Costantino
Marian Arnold
Dorothy Percey
Mary Knights
Edward Caron
South St
Stock Averages Report at Noon by Dow Jones
The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 875.56 up 1.78 with 30 industrials. Railroads rose to 219.94 and 15 utilities at 153.85 while the composite averaged 311.20 up 0.58 ahead of the afternoon session. Sales totaled 2,310,000.
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Walter I. Urie
Leon S. Price
Dallas
Texas
White River Junction
W. Scott Mahoney
Newbury
Kenalene Collins
Readsboro
Bennington Drive-In
William
Clifton' Holden ‘Webb
Satan
France
Nuyen
Vernon Farmer
Bennington Briefs
William Strohmaier
Ernest W. Mattison
Merritt Morey
ASC
John J. DeVito
John C. Page
Rutland
Green Mountain
VFW 1332
John Donoghue
Park St
Donald Greene
Putnam Hose Co
Leonard Black
John Page
Elm Street
Lavriston F. Cone
Matthew
Mt. Hermon
Mass
Cone
Mt. Hermon School
Linda Buffum
Carl Buffum
William Cone
School Street
Valley View Golf Course
Hoosick
Katherine Toomey
Paramount Beauty Shop
Main St
Charles H. Ackley
Harte Theatre
Bennington, Vt
Buxton
Noveck-Shultz, Inc
DIAL
Hollywood
UPI
Syria
Nigeria
Robert Slater
Miss Whitney
Sensible Son
Claudio Veleri
By Frank Howe
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Sen
Yvips
Globe Union
Warrender
Raymond B. Bowen
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Pizzagalli Construction Co
Burlington
Four Chimneys
Rex Harrison
Julius II
Rome
Pizza House
Moose
Paul Tifft
Osepr
Levane
HOUSE
LA Peels
Shelley Winters
Robert Taylor
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Manchester, Vermont
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