Austine School Enrolls 80 Deaf Students in Brattleboro
Austine School for the Deaf reports a record 80 students enrolled this year, with 50 from Vermont, 20 from New Hampshire, and 10 from Massachusetts. The Brattleboro institution, one of northern New England's oldest, opened in 1912 and now serves nursery through high school with staff and curriculum updates for the new year.
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Brattleboro
Austine School For the Deaf
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Austine School
New England
Aerial telescope to view universe from 80,000 feet
Scientists will launch Stratoscope II a stratospheric balloon telescope to observe Mars from 80,000 feet. The 36 inch quartz mirror aims at Mars with sharper vision than Palomar and could reveal Venus dots and Martian canals. NASA funds the $336,000 flight to last one night with balloon descent controlled by radio and helicopter assist.
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Norwalk
Palestine
Tex
Perkin- Elmer Corp
Texas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mars
Washington Monument
Martin Schwarzchild
Princeton University
Venus
College Grads Offered Option In Enlistment
A new enlistment option for college graduates is announced by U S Army recruiter Sgt W J Broome at the Bennington YMCA each Wednesday noon to 4 pm He can be reached at his North Adams Mass office The option requires graduates or near graduates to sign for Officers Candidate School after basic training If standards are met a guaranteed OCS slot is possible Bids may be placed up to 135 days before graduation
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U.S. Army
W. J. Broome
Bennington Ymca
North Adams
Mass
Sgt. Broome
Birthday complaint from Madison lumber chief on 104th
William H. Miller, a Madison lumber company executive born in 1842, complained on his 104th birthday that his driver's license would not be renewed. He drove until age 100, later founded the firm 76 years ago after a career as a steam boat engineer.
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Madison, Ind
William H. Miller
Miller
Madison
Navy bases Polaris subs in Guam in mid Pacific
The Navy will base Polaris missile submarines at Guam with Apra Harbor as home port for a tender like the Proteus. Up to 10 Polaris subs could patrol the Pacific within two years as nine subs join next year and plans call for Holland and Hunley tenders to support operations.
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Russia
Europe
United States
Holland
Pascagoula
Miss
Utilities feud to be heard on October 2 at State House
In Montpelier Vermont Citizens Utilities Co Newport and Vermont Electric Power Co Velco clash over electrical transmission terms. The Public Service Board scheduled October 2 hearings on Citizens requests to amend contracts for power transmission to its own use. Citizens argues its allocation from St Lawrence power is delivered 40 miles from its main center at Highgate and claims VE LCO grid lacks Northeastern Vermont coverage.
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Newport
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St Peters Ladies to Hear Panel on The Golden Age
The Women of St Peter's Episcopal Church plan the fall meeting in the Parish House on Pleasant Street inviting all denominations. Panelists include Dr Clifford Harwood on The Doctor's Point of View rector on The Church Point of View and Mrs H Glenn Payne on The Community Point of View. A business meeting at 2 30 p m followed by the panel at 3 p m tea to follow hosted by Mrs Donald A Hemenway assisted by Margaretta Van R Schuyler.
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Pleasant Street
William H. Wills
Clifford Harwood
Manchester
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Bennington Free Library
Donald A. Hemenway
Margaretta van R. Schuyler
Cooper to Address Vermont Young Republicans Convention
U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky will headline the Vermont Young Republican Club convention at the Woodstock Inn on September 15. The event aims to draft the club’s first platform with a platform committee led by Putnam Blodgett. Vermonters ages 17 to 38 may join by contacting county YR director Thomas D. Cook Jr.
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John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Vermont Young Republican Club
Woodstock Inn
Cooper
U.S
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Burlington
Putnam Blodgett
Bradford
Sen. Cooper
Thomas D. Cook Jr
Weeks
Bennington County
Bennington Banner Advertising Rates Notice
A local advertising rate card for The Bennington Banner lists subscription and mail rates for Vermont and the U S, with motor route pricing and a 20 percent discount for servicemen. This notice details 3 month, 6 month, and 1 year options across radius tiers and locations.
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Main Storington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
U.S
Science Teacher Miss Gale to Speak at Vermont Meeting
Miss Martha Gale biology instructor at Bennington High School will address the regional fall science meeting of Vermont high schools at Whit ingham High School on Sept. 25. Her talk covers earth science field trips lab activities and resources plus teacher challenges. she will appear with new curriculum materials presented by Vermont State Education Department Consultant Eval A. Sweetser.
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Martha Gale
Bennington High School
Vermont
Whitingham High School
Miss Gale
Vermont State Education Department
Eval A. Sweetser
Bendi
Exaggerated Claims Prompt Tulsa Postcard Quip
A Tulsa Tribune columnist recalls a postcard where a caller says the heat is hot enough to fry an egg on the pavement. The note alleges attempts failed and left only a mess, signed Randy.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Tribune
Roger Devlin
Randy
Pownals Voters Count at 772 for Tuesday Primary
The Board of Civil Authority revised the voter checklist, adding seven names and removing five for 772 eligible Pownal residents. Absentee ballots were approved, polls open 10 to 7 at Town Hall with officials in charge and named ballot clerks. The meeting also covered future ballot clerk filings for November and fire department auxiliary plans, while local residents pursue college studies and notes on Miss Norma Fowler’s education and horsemanship awards.
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Board of Civil Authority
Pownal
Town Hall
A. Coleman Mason
Lee H. Barber
Robert L. Wilcox
Lauriston Wilcox
Louella Willis
Marcel Langlais
Rolland Roy
Harold Andrews
Henry Brown
Rachel Mason
Burton Peckham
Ellen Lillie
Pownel
Dairy Record: Ideal Patsy Sets Milk Yield in Virginia
In Farmville Virginia Green Ceek Ideal Patsy a 9 year old registered Holstein cow owned by R L Agee Jr produced 17 293 pounds of milk and 570 pounds of butterfat in 365 days Virginia Tech supervised weighing and testing as part of the official breed improvement program.
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Farmville, Va
R. L . Agee Jr
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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