Two Youths Deny Charges and Others Fined in Accidents
Bennington District Court heard multiple cases with youths denying charges and others fined. Parker and McKeighan pleaded not guilty to grand larceny tied to a 1966 Mustang theft. Pray accepted a suspended sentence on driving charges with conditions. several defendants pleaded guilty to amended or lesser offenses with fines imposed.
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Bennington County
Bennington District Court
Leo V. Parker
Dorset
Michael S. McKeighan
Rupert
John P. Morrissey
Stillson Chevrolet
Manchester
Bennington
John T. Carmody
Pray
Route 9
Gage Street
Carmody
Christopher W. Gates Jr
East Main St
Woodford
Eric G. Boulter
U.S. 7
Pownal
Albert D. Grenier
North Bennington
Thomas W. Smith
Arlington
Steven A. Moon
Atty
Melvin Fink
Ludlow
Lewis E. Gordon
Windham
Nelson D. Little
Pittsfield
Mass
U.S
Diane Gude
Route 67
Natalie E. Dover
Raymond L. LaMatre
North Adams
Barry R. Purdy
Burgess Road
Morrissey
Ruby Frost
John B. Harte
Gary M. Eastman
Scott St
Main Street
Leo F. Parker
Pratt St
Parker
Business Women's Club Marks 50th Anniversary
Bennington BPW joins 3800 clubs celebrating National Business Women's Week. The local group promotes membership for women in business and professions, displays at Vermont Bank & Trust, and sponsors programs such as the Y drive Willow Park and the diabetes clinic with Senior Citizens. Officers and projects are listed, honoring 50 years of leadership for American women and a presidential message highlighting women's vital role in national life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Vermont Bank & Trust Co
Ethel Gerow
Therese Goodermore
Elizabeth Wilcox
Gerow
Rose Morrissey
Florence Wood
Elizabeth Rich
Willow Park
Nixon
National Federation of Bpw
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
America
Dr. Jane Hanks Reports From Thailand Wednesday
Dr. Jane R. Hanks will give a talk titled Report from Southeast Asia on Wednesday October 22 at 8 p.m. in the Old Bennington Schoolhouse. Sponsored by the Bennington League of Women Voters, the lecture covers security issues on the Lao Lao border and borders with Burma and reflects on tribal resistance and ongoing regional conflicts involving Vietnam and Laos. Dr. Hanks, an experienced anthropologist at NYS University Albany and Cornell, has studied Southeast Asia for over 15 years and recently returned from fieldwork among northern Thai mountain tribes.
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Southeast Asia
Jane R. Hanks
Bennington
Bennington League of Women Voters
Thailand
Hanks
Vietnam
Laos
Dr. Hanks
Lucien Hanks
New England
New York State
New York State University
Albany
Cornell University
Stamford Man Blood 89 Dies in California
Harry Manning Blood 89 native and prominent Stamford resident died Oct 16 in Paradise California after a long illness. He ran Blood dairy farm now Stamford Valley Golf Course until 1940 and served as selectman and Grange officer. He married Florence Jepson in 1907 and Alice Tomlinson in 1935. Survived by six children, a stepdaughter, 18 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Funeral held in Paradise and Stamford.
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Stamford
Harry Manning Blood
Paradise
Calif
Eli M
Francelia (Ames) Blood
Silas and
Polly (Edwards) Blood
Blood Dairy Farm
Stamford Valley
Bennington County Farm Bureau
Stamford Methodist Church
Stamford Valley Grange
First Christian Church
Florence Jepson
Alice Tomlinson
Leroy Lawrence
Ralph
Howard Blood
Earl Allen
Fallon
Nev
Roger Blood
Central Lake
Mich
Thomas Rice
Brattleboro
Eleanor Ward
New York City
Chapel of Pines
David Finney
Robert Pecor
Wallace R. Noyes
Alfred Mullett
Samuel Ames Walker
Stamford Community Church
Premiere concert at Bennington College offers Nordic recital
Douglas Nordic, New York composer and pianist, will perform Louis Calabro's Sonata for Viola and Piano at the October 22 chamber music concert in the Bennington College Carriage Barn at 8 15 p m Jacob Glick a college music faculty member will perform with Nordli on viola Nordli studied at Juilliard and teaches at Adelphi College He has appeared at Carnegie Hall Lincoln Center the Brooklyn Museum and the New York Museum He helped form the Bennington Composers Conference Calabro a Bennington faculty member for 14 years has works widely performed and received ASCAP awards in 1967 1968 and 1969 Glick joined the campus faculty this year His recent appearances include Lincoln Center and the YMWHA in New York The program also features Fine Brant Stravinsky Bach and a world premiere improvisation Some light for Night by Lobijado DiCanogi with Calabro Dix Dix on Glick and Nordli.
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Douglas Nordic
New York
Louis Calabro
Bennington College
Jacob Glick
Nordli
Juilliard School of Music
Adelphi College
Carnegie Hall
Lincoln Center
Brooklyn Museum
New York Museum
Bennington Composers’ Conference
Calabro
Juilliard
Bennington
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Glick
Bennington Music
Library & Museum of Performing Arts
Theresa N. Kaufmann
Ymywha
Vivian Fine
Henry Brant
Igor Stravinsky
Gunnar Schonbeck
J.S. Bach
Frank Baker
Public Health nurses protest pay raises with peanut parade
In San Francisco, Public Health Service nurses passed out free peanuts in front of the Federal Building to protest recent pay raises. They wore necklaces with gobbers to signal discontent as they targeted the Civil Service Commission, which approved $3 to $50 annual hikes for nurses while granting $750 to $1,000 raises to other federal workers. Several dozen nurses, barred from striking, participated in the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Public Health Service
Federal
Regional Civil Service Commission
Unemployment Holds Firm in Bennington Area at 0.5 Percent
Unemployment in Bennington area for September averaged 0.5 percent, well below the statewide 1.2 percent. Initial unemployment claims totaled 57 for the month, down from August’s 64 but above last September’s 38, with apparel, service, and trade the main claim drivers. Benefit exhaustions reached 2, totaling 35 for the year, and Vermont law allows 26 weeks per claimant. The Bennington County office serves the area with weekly itinerant service on Wednesdays in Arlington and Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Bennington County
Arlington
Manchester
No One on State GOP Unit Ready To Back Hayes Yet
Vermont Republicans discuss a possible primary battle as the State Republican Committee plans a reorganizing meeting on October 29. Rumblings arise against current chairman Russell Merriman of Montpelier, though he has Gov. Deane C. Davis' backing.
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Hayes
Montpelier
Vermont
State Republican Committee
Russell Merriman
C. Douglas Cairns
Burlington
Richard Snelling
Shelburne
Elbert G
Ala
Moulton
GOP
Gov. Davis
Thomas L. Hayes
Davis
County Gave 13129 To Cancer Fund Crusade Total
Bennington County residents contributed 13129.46 to the 1969 Cancer Crusade as the Vermont division exceeded its 150000 goal with 150443.82 and legacy funds bring the grand total to 187572.20. Local town breakdowns list Arlington through Woodford with per-town amounts. The political note cites anti Merriman activity around Elbert G. Moulton and Lt. Gov. Thomas L. Hayes considering a 1970 primary challenge to Governor Davis.
Sign falls on Natick highway worker in accident
NATICK Mass UPI Roy Wyman 56 a town highway employee was erecting a sign when it fell striking his head He was taken to Leonard Morse Hospital where he received 10 stitches for injuries from the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natick
Mass
UPI
Royce
Wyman
Leonard Morse Hospital
From dessert origins to modern American fruit pies
The note traces how dessert evolved from French roots meaning to remove served foods, contrasts English and American dining customs from 1600 to the early 1800s, and then promotes Beau-May Restaurant offering family dinners and business luncheons. Also includes a helpful baking tip about heating fruits and nuts.
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William Vaughan
England
Beau-May
North
Bennington Road
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