Bingo in Bennington: steady as blue chip stock ends two part
The Bennington County bingo scene nets an estimated yearly take near 250000 with profits funneled to local groups including the Elks Knights of Columbus North Bennington Pownal Fire Department Stamford Grange and Manchester American Legion. House profits average about 650 weekly with break-even crowd sizes around 325 players and a typical year’s total around 100000 for sponsoring groups.
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Heaven
Elks and Knights of Columbus
Bennington
Fire Departments
North Bennington
South Pownal
Readsboro
St. John Bosco
The
Grange
Stamford
American Legion
Manchester
Vermont
Jim Sincluico
Pownal
Stamford Grange
Alfred Mullett
Sincluice
Jimmy
Main Street
Sincluho
Clear and Colder Weather Outlook
Clear and colder tonight with frost or freezing temperatures. Low temperatures in the upper 20s or low 30s. Friday mostly sunny becoming somewhat warmer in the afternoon. Yesterday's high 58 and low 45. Today at 8 am the temperature is 46. Sunset 6:15 pm, sunrise 7:03 am.
Salary Cost Figures Withheld from Public
The Bennington area school boards moved to consider a February date for dual bond proposals for a new elementary school and Mt. Anthony addition. A preliminary salary study by Supt. Kelley was kept in executive session, with figures not disclosed, despite press objections citing Vermont’s right to know law.
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The
South Supervisory Union
Arthur E. Wickenden
Mt. Anthony Union School
Bennington
Supt
Howard F. Kelley
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Mt. Anthony Union
Mt. Anthony
Kelley
Supervisory Union Board
Wickenden
Vermont
Thieu to Invite Ho Chi Minh to Face Peace Talks
President elect Nguyen Van Thieu will invite Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam to talks and offer a bombing pause if he accepts. The move could mark a new peace offensive, yet may aim to pressure Hanoi amid U.S. bombing criticism.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Thieu
Johnson
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
fAny
Moulton Unanimously Elected Vermont Republican Chairman
Elbert G. Moulton, 41, was unanimously elected as Vermont GOP chairman by the 42 member Republican State Committee after months of behind the scenes maneuvering. He will earn 20,000 annually and immediately faced calls to resign from his development commissioner post as Governor Hoff sought his departure by week’s end.
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Vermont
Moulton
Philip H. Hoff
Development Board
Alexander Drysdale
Bennington Board
Brooke urges halt to bombing in Vietnam at lecture
Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts signals openness to a dove stance if President Johnson cannot provide clear reasons to continue bombing North Vietnam. He argues for reassessment, cites costs and alliances, and cautions against pride blocking a negotiated peace while not backing immediate U.S. withdrawal.
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Springfield
Mass
UPD
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Johnson
North Vietnam
North
Brooke
Phillips
Congress
Vietnam
Hanoi
America
National Liberation Front
Soviet Union
U.S
Hoff Sees Loveless As Next VDD Director in Vermont
Gov. Philip H Hoff says Elbert G Moulton elected Vermont Republican Party chairman may lead to further political posts. Hoff expects Moulton to resign soon, with Roland Loveless favored as interim Industrial Development Director. Hoff accuses Moulton of using his state role for politics and predicts possible administration changes if James L Oakes becomes governor.
Inside Columnist Highlights Local Pages And Honors
Column by Hazel Wills praises MAUHS Page 4 and notes Manchester youth earning a high masonic honor on Page 6 while Bromley Village project sketches start taking shape on Page 6. The items reflect community events, school achievements, and development updates.
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Manchester
Charges Sought In Baby Death In Bennington
State's Attorney Carmody says inquest found cause for criminal charges in the Sept. 23 starvation death of two month old Raymond Stanley son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Stanley of 237 North Street Bennington Vermont The autopsy by Dr Richard C Woodruff found no food in the stomach and no fat on the body while no other abnormalities were noted The case will be sent to Vermont Attorney General James L Oakes for further action The inquest proceedings were confidential and not public The family had been living at the North Street home since last summer The father is a dishwasher in a local restaurant and the family includes two older children
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Raymond Stanley
Lewis Stanley
North St
John T. Carmody Jr
George M. Fienberg
Bennington District Court
Carmody
Vermont
James L. Oakes
Fienberg
Stanley
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Village
Donald F. Shea
Richard C. Woodruff
Burlington
Woodruff
North Street
British Comet IV jet crashes into Mediterranean killing 66
BEA Comet IV plunges from 29000 feet into the Mediterranean near Rhodes, 66 dead including three Americans. Weather described as unstable. cause not known. Most aboard were Greeks, Cypriots, Britons, and BEA crew. Wreckage found. lives jackets worn. Memories of earlier Comet crashes cited in history.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
British European Airways
Mediterranean
BEA
Athens
Comet
London
Turkey
Rhodes
Royal Air Force
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Elba
Naples
Albany Station Abandoned for New Depot Plan
The Public Service Commission approved a four to one vote to let New York Central Railroad abandon its Albany and Schenectady stations and replace them with a single passenger depot in the Town of Colonie. It required a downtown Albany station stop facility for Troy and area riders.
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Albany
N.Y
Public Service Commission
New York Central Railroad
Schenectady
Colonie
Troy
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Bennington County
John Sullivan
Banner
Jack Harrington
Green Mountain Park
GMP
Sincliico
Greater Vermont Association
Canada
Montreal
GOP
Committee On Administrative Coordination
Hoff
Mouleton
Sen. Brooke
Gov. Hoff
Loveless
Hazel Wills
Bromley
Baby
Albany Station
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