Looking Back at Shaftsbury Church 150th Anniversary Observance
Tonight marks observance of the present Center Shaftsbury Church 150th anniversary with roots tracing Baptist work in Shaftsbury long before. Other items include education insights from Mrs. Gruenberg, Bennington police district changes, Teen Town dance lessons, the Collyer collection, Fire Prevention Week progress, and Nixon tax deductions scrutiny.
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Shaftsbury
Sidonie Gruenberg
Child Study Assoc. of America
Bennington College
Bennington
State Police
Rutland
Frank Constantine
Burlington
Patricia Crowley
Musum
Collyer
National Portrait Gallery
Nixon Papers Gift Deed Raises Tax Scrutiny
Tax Analysts detail a disputed 1969 transfer of Nixon papers to the National Archives. A signed deed never delivered, no donor signature, and questionable appraisals fuel questions about a $570,000 deduction. Officials weigh audit options amid broader tax skepticism.
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National Archives
Nixon
Congress
White House
United States
General Services Administration
G.S.A
Newman
Richard Nixon
Catamount tale debunks Van Santvoord on Bennington history
Old Bennington reader argues Merrill's sketches misstate local history, cites archival sources and a Vermont catamount exhibit. He disputes the claim that the inn was named Catamount Tavern from 1772, explains tavern naming history, and details 1780s land claims and Vermont statehood struggles amid New York pressure.
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George van Santvoord
Merrill
Bennington
van Santvoord
New Hampshire
England
al Smith
Fay
Green Mountain Tavern
Mr. van Santvoord
Stark
New York
Albany
Congress
Vermont
Mr. V.S
G.V.S
Lakeside Center to Close Oct 30 in Burlington Vermont
The Lakeside Residential Treatment Center for men with drug and alcohol issues will shut on October 30 due to inability to meet fire and safety codes and exhausted funds. Staff will shift to expand the Windsor alcohol center and provide training and therapy at Weeks School and across the Corrections Department.
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Burlington
UPI
Lakeside
Kent Stoneman
Stoneman
Windsor
Weeks
Department of Corrections
Three Doctors Die In Lake Memphremagog Boat Crash
UPI reports the bodies of Dr. Dwight Meyer of Indianapolis Indiana Dr. James Rees Jr. of Indianapolis and Dr. Richard J. Von Neida of Newport were recovered from Lake Memphremagog after a duck hunting trip. The 12 foot boat sank amid high winds.
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Newport
UPI
Dwight Meyer
Indianapolis
Ind
Lake Memphremagog
James Rees Jr
Indianpolis
Richard J. von Neida
VonNeida
Soule Re elected President Of Burlington Center Board
Thomas Soule of Essex Junction has been re elected president of the board of directors of the Josephine B. Baird Children's Center in Burlington. The center provides family care treatment and education for emotionally disturbed children and Soule has served as a director since 1970 and as president since last October.
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Burlington
UPI
Thomas Soule
Essex Junction
Josephine B. Baird
Soule
Mack Molding's Kendall Re elected AIV President
Donald Kendall president and chairman of Mack Molding Co. Arlington has been re elected president of Associated Industries of Vermont, with the announcement made today by UPI.
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Woodstock
UPI
Donald Kendall
Mack Molding Co
Arlington
Associated Industries of Vermont
Two Teens Arrested For Camp Fire In New York Route 2
State police apprehended 14 and 15 year old boys from Albany and Troy after a fire at a Route 2 summer camp. Trooper Caoa found the upper story ablaze and later seized the youths with suspected stolen goods while they attempted to hitchhike away. They will be arraigned in family court later. Albany Jews mobilize for Israel raising about half a million dollars for UJA amid ongoing Mideast fighting.
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Grafton
Albany
Troy
R. J. Caoa
Israel
United Jewish Appeal
UJA
Florida Mountain Turnip Festival in Berkshire Florida
About 170 people attended the first annual Florida Mountain Turnip Festival sponsored by the Florida Lions Club to celebrate sweet turnips. Judges evaluated oddest shaped, largest, and most photogenic turnips with a king and queen crowned on a burlap throne. Farmers grow about 4000 bushels annually, but rain could cut harvest to 1500 bushels. harvest continues through November. In Great Barrington Restoration ceremonies for the 78 year old Newspaperboy Fountain statue drew about 50 attendees, unveiling bronze heads once removed by vandals. The statue, given in 1895 by Col. William L. Brown, shows a newsboy hawking papers atop a marble column.
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Florida
Florida Mountain
The
Florida Lions Club
Great Barrington
William L. Brown
New York Daily News
Col. Brown
Boy Hurt In Electrical Tower Fall At Brattlebrook Park
Edward J. Puskey, 15, listed in fair condition at St. Luke's Berkshire Medical Center after an electrical accident at Brattlebrook Park. He reportedly touched high voltage wires on a tower, fell 40 feet to the ground, and sustained second degree burns over about 30 percent of his body. The incident marks a second similar accident in the region in two years.
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Pittsfield
St. Luke’s
Berkshire Medical Center
Edward J. Puskey
Brattlebrook Park
Puskey
Alice's Restaurant Reopens After Selectmen Review
Stockbridge site on Route 183 in Glen dale, Alice's Restaurant, reopened last Friday after selectmen approved the premises. The permit was granted following a neighbor complaint from Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Errichetto, whose property abuts the eatery. The board found Mrs. Brock complied with conditions of her special permit.
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Stockbridge
Route 183
Glendale
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New England Fire Insurance Rating Association
Norshaft Democratic Club
Earl Harris
Woodford
Bennington Water Department
Municipal Forest Management Office
Yale College
Yale University
Minnesota
Alexander
Yugoslavia
France
Richard M. Nixon
Providence Journal- Bulletin
Anthony Lewis
N.Y
United States of America
Edward L. Morgan
Fisher Price
Cosco
the Banner
Old Bennington
Adams Hoosac
Equal Housing Lender
North Adams
Massachusetts
Ayaa As
Main St
Norshaft Lions
R. Seifert
Monument Plaza
Art Jones
Herb Gall
Geo. Sachse
Lakeside Center
Baird Center
Kendall
AIV
Down In
Berkshire
Paperboy
Alice’s
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