Two-Car Crash Injures Bennington Youth in Rain
A 26 year old Bennington youth was listed in critical condition at Albany Medical Center after a two car crash on Main Street at 2 am in heavy rain. Barry Purdy of 174 Burgess Road was rushed to Albany from Putnam Memorial and admitted at 4 40 am with a brain stem contusion.
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Bennington
Albany Medical Center
Main Street
Barry Purdy
Burgess Rd
Albany
Putnam Memorial
Purdy
Linda M. Mercier
Division St
Vernon E. Pierce
Bradford Street
Moore
Patricia Gosselin
Holden St
Prouty backs Washington review if Democrats pay bill
Vermont Senator Prouty says he is willing to have an impartial delegation review his attendance record in Washington, provided campaign funds come from his opponent's side. Hoff aides say they may send a representative if money is available. Hoff shifts to issue driven campaign style, focusing on taxes inflation welfare environment and national values. Meyer accuses Hoff of opportunistic politics while Prouty touts his Senate work for disabled children. In a separate crash report a 1967 Buick struck a parked car near Dr. Dewitt Lewis's office injuring two juveniles and causing damage to bricks and a wall.
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Woodstock
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Washington
Asso
Philip H. Hoff
Prouty
Arthur Ristau
Hoff
Ristau
Meyer
Brain
Purdy
James Joseph Moore Jr
North Bennington
Dewitt Lewis
Terrorists Freed to Save U S Lives in Cuba Hijack
Four leftist guerrillas linked to the Sandinista Front of Nicaragua were released by Costa Rica to avert the killing of four American passengers aboard a Lacsa airliner hijacked to Havana. The release followed a note to authorities during refueling at San Andres. Six secret service personnel accompanied the guerrillas to Mexico City.
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Mexico City
UPI
U.S
Cuba
San Jose
Costa Rica
Lacsa
Havana
Sandinista Front
Nicaragua
Manuel Aguillar Bonilla
Antonio Carrillo Flores
San Andres
N.Y. hopefuls trade quips at Al Smith memorial dinner
At the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in New York politicians clashed gently with quips. Lindsay teased retirement while Rockefeller and Goodell sought favorable mentions from Nixon, who skipped the event. Buckley hailed the White House statement as tacit support. Dinner proceeds aid hospitals, Catholic relief and other charities honoring Smith, New York governor 1923–28.
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New York
UPI
Alfred E. Smith
Bob Hope
John V. Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Lindsay
Arthur Goldberg
Conservative Party
James L. Buckley
White House
Spiro T
Agnew
Goodell
Smith
Gunmen wounded Chilean army commander in assassination bid
Gunmen shot Gen Rene Schneider in an apparent assassination attempt just 48 hours before congress would confirm Marxist Salvador Allende as president. He was rushed to a hospital in serious condition as the army chief warned of possible military action before the vote. Authorities noted no clear political motive yet. Allende’s path to the presidency relied on a large congressional majority after Christian Democrats backed him.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
Rene Schneider
Congress
Salvador Allende
Army Chiefs of Staff
Schneider
Army High Command
Eduardo Frei
Vicente Huerta
Carabineros National Police
Juan de Dios Carmona
National Party
Christian Democrat
Radomiro Tomic
Tomic
Allende
Jorge Alessandri
Soviet Union Holds U.S. Plane In Leninakan With Two Generals
Moscow radio said a U.S. Air Force Beechcraft carrying Maj Gen Edward C D Pony Scherrer and Brig Gen Claude Monroe McQuarrie Jr along with a major and a Turkish colonel violated Soviet airspace and landed in Leninakan Armenia. Tass reported all four are in good health as Turkey investigates a 100 mile Erzurum to Kars flight that disappeared Wednesday.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Leninakan
Moscow Radio
U.S. Air Force
Turkey
Edward C.D
Pony” Scherrer
Shawneetown
Ill
Claude Monroe McQuarrie Jr
Ft. Benning
U.S
Tass
Russell
Deneli
Erzurum
Kars
Ankara
Jerevan
Armenia
Inside Pages Preview Editorial and Race Survey
Inside the paper an editorial argues permanent professional appraisals may fix listing and school aid issues. A Senate race survey by Mankiewicz and Braden notes local issues turning to the right.
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Senate
Frank Mankiewicz
Tom Braden
Windham State College Liaison Explored For Fifth Vermont State College
Windham College president Dr Eugene C Winslow proposed a contractual agreement with Vermont State Colleges to admit Vermont residents at state tuition and receive per student subsidies. The plan would keep Windham private while offering fifth state college status in effect. Vermont State Colleges Provost Robert S Babcock expressed interest and agreed to a meeting to discuss the proposal. Enrollment at Windham is 922 with tuition 2050 and a potential rise of up to 9. The college would not seek additional state funds beyond per student allocation.
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Putney
Windham College
Vermont
Eugene C. Winslow
Windham
State Colleges
Robert S. Babcock
State Colleges and
Winslow
Burlington
Babcock
Castleton
Lyndon
Johnson State
Vermont State Colleges
VSC
Bennington district weighs voluntary school prayer plan
Bennington School District Director Bernard G Winslow proposed a tentative plan to allow a five minute voluntary prayer period before the school day in Bennington Elementary Schools The Cavendish system provided the model with no teacher participation The board will seek parent teacher group opinions as controversy lingers over religious observances in schools
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Bennington
Bernard G. Winslow
Winslow
Supreme Court
Cavendish
Paul F. Ippolito
Chester Area
Louis J. Perrotta
BSD
Charles J. Sawyer
Richard A. Sleeman
David J. Allen
Catherine C. Corcoran
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Liberty Union
William Meyer
Colombian
N.Y
al Smith
Charles E. Goodell
Nixon
Hope
Cardinal Terence Cooke
Christian Democrats
Christian Democratic
Popular Union Coalition
Williams College
Hoosick Falls
Manchester
Windham State College
Joanne Dunham
Phillip R. Viereck
Bennington School
Charles Sawyer
Florence R. Kingsley
Cora B. Whitney
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