Fire District Okays Tax Prepayment
Bennington Rural Fire District approves advance tax payments as 1966 bills await final Grand List figures. Residents may mail payments to Treasurer Eleanor B. Moore, with receipts issued. Any overpayments credited to 1967 bills. underpayments due when final bills are issued.
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Bennington
Prudential Committee
Eleanor B. Moore
Hicks Ave
Michael J. Hogan Jr
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Snelling outlines road funding and tax reform plan
Snelling argues for building two U S 7 lanes now with state funds and two later with federal match, hoping for federal funding expansion. He cites 764 miles of critically deficient roads needing $400 million and urges Congress to indicate an interstate funding path. He proposes a sales tax only for basic necessities, with revenues to cut property taxes and boost local education, pending a legislative tax study committee report.
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Snelling
Congress
U.S. 7
Highway Department
Area Obituaries: Greene Cyril and Young Notices in Rutland Dorset
Memorial service for Mrs M Darwin Greene 68 of 164 N Church St Rutland at Congregational Church officiated by Rev Donald W W Morgan. Cremation at Gardner Earl Crematory Troy with burial Greenwood Cemetery St Albans. Sister Helen Bowen sole survivor. Flowers omitted, contributions to Vermont Heart Fund. Sister M Cyril Delia Murphy died at Mount St Joseph Convent age 79. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday in convent chapel. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Miss Myrtle Alice Young 62 died after lingering illness in Dorset born Passaic New Jersey. Smith College graduate 1926 studied at Columbia Oberlin St Lawrence. Taught social studies in New York state then Dorset retire 1958. Survived by brother Russell Young, Santa Monica. Cremation body later memorial service.
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Rutland
M. Darwin Greene
N. Church St
Congregational Church
Donald W.W. Morgan
Gardner Earl
Troy
N.Y
Greenwood Cemetery
St. Albans
Greene
Rutland Hospital
M. Cyril
Delia Murphy
Mount St. Joseph Convent
Coolawalla Cross
Ireland
Sisters of St. Joseph
Brattleboro
Bennington
Cyril
M. Canice
St. Joseph Convent
Flushing
William Mooney
Englewood
N.J
Timothy Murphy
Convent Chapel
Calvary Cemetery
Dorset
Myrtle Alice Young
Passaic
John
Alice (Collinge) Young
Smith College
Columbia University
Oberlin College
St. Lawrence University
New York State
Russell Kennedy Young
Santa Monica
Calif
Marlboro College Trustee Named to National Library Commission
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Dr. Caryl P. Haskins a Marlboro College trustee and Washington, D.C. educator and research scientist to the new National Library Commission. Haskins, long a Marlboro trustee since 1962, also leads the Carnegie Institution of Washington and has held roles with OSRD, the Defense and State departments, and the President’s Science Advisory Committee.
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Marlboro
Lyndon B. Johnson
Marlboro College
Caryl P. Haskins
Washington, D.C
Carnegie Institution of Washington
National Library Commission
Haskins
General Electric Corporation
OSRD
Army and Navy
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State
Carnegie Institution
Pacific Science Center
Asia Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Yale
Vermont faces manpower gaps and draft pressures
The meeting split on growing own workers versus importing labor. Maj. Merton Ashton noted Vermont draft calls for October and November nearly triple August and September, warning that apprentices, students and some married men may feel the pinch as the Development Department cites Toledo's Operation Native Son as a model for local adaptation.
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Toledo, Ohio
Loveless
Vermont
Merton Ashton
U.S.A
Vermont Selective Service
Maj
Ashton
Accidents Investigated In Bennington Village Police Reports
A spate of one driver and two car crashes continued this week as Bennington Village police investigated incidents on South Street Silver Street East Main Street North Street and at the South Elm corner. Vehicles from Gas Construction Co Holyoke Mass and drivers August J Pasquini Alsie Dockum Paul Garrison Erlon Broomhall James F Leahey and James F Nelson are named along with others in separate fender bender reports. State police investigated Shaftsbury and Dorset incidents including Eleanor J Lawrence Earl Brencheley Michael W Jewett and a westbound trailer with a major crash.
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Bennington Village
South Street
William Klawster
Williamsport
Gas Construction Company
Holyoke
Mass
August J. Pasquini
Silver Street
Aisie Dockum
North Branch Street
Paul Garrison
Imperial Avenue
East Main Street
Michael Woodward
McKinley St
Ralph Werstgen
Bronx
N.Y
Gage
Werstgen
Woodward
Erlon Broomhall
Shaftsbury
North Street
John Kornitzer
Scott St
Broomhall
South
Elm Streets
James F. Leahey
North Adams
Ohio
James F. Nelson
Elm
Leahey
Dorset
U.S. 7
Eleanor J. Lawrence 38
Funeral for Francis J. Reilly Held at St. Francis de Sales
The funeral service for Francis J. Reilly was held this morning at St. Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan. A prayer service preceded the Mass at Mahar & Son Funeral Home. Bearers included Chester Mallory Virginia N Perrotta Sr Thomas Madden and Floyd Harmon. Relatives from Windsor and nearby areas attended. burial followed in Park Lawn Cemetery with the Msgr. Flanagan leading committal prayers.
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Francis J. Reilly
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son Funeral
Chester Mallory
Virginia N. Perrotta Sr
Thomas Madden
Floyd Harmon
Richard McGowan
Park Lawn Cemetery
Msgr
Flanagan
Windsor
Vermont education seeks 4.5 million for five more vocational centers
Vermont's Department of Education lacks funds to equip four regional vocational centers under construction in Bennington, Springfield, Newport Derby and Lamoille County. It plans to ask the Legislature for 4.5 million to build and equip five additional centers, each costing 900 thousand dollars, amid a statewide manpower shortage. Gov Hoff proposed applying surplus funds to expand the Vermont Technical Institute or improve high school vocational programs, while experts urged broad general vocational training and long term skill foundations.
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Woodstock
Vermont
Department of Education
Associated Industries of Vermont
AIV
Woodstock Inn
Cola D. Watson
State Department of Education
Watson
Bennington
Springfield
Newport Derby
Lamoille County
Hoff
Vermont Technical Institute
Randolph
Henry Walker
Orleans Manufacturing Co
Orleans
Henry J. O’donnell III
O’ Donnell
O’donnell
Belgium Study Plans for Dianne Dunican
Miss Dianne C. Dunican daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester R Dunican of 262 Union St is slated to depart October 29 aboard the Queen Elizabeth for Belgium to study at the University of Louvain for her junior year She attended the College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee Mass and St Luke's High School Hohokus N J before graduating in 1964 from Bennington Catholic High School In Vermont an allotment of 711000 in federal funds was reported for the next fiscal year John A Conway Vermont supervisor in the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training explained the aim of the spending noting potential tax returns from wage improvements and an average MDTA trainee cost of about 500 Officials added manpower shortages and low unemployment have affected trainee quality since 1963 and expect training costs to rise The program includes auto mechanics cooks licensed practical nurses welders plumbers and basic education literacy training
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Dianne C. Dunican
Chester R. Dunican
Union St
Belgium
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee
Mass
University of Louvain
Leuven
St. Luke’s High School
Hohokus
N.J
Benenington Catholic High School
Vermont
John A. Conway
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
U.S. Department of Labor
MDTA
Stock Averages at Noon September 16, 1966
The Dow Jones industrials, railroads and utilities posted mixed values at noon. The composite average stood at 284.63 with a volume of 2,400,000 shares. Industrials were at 816.98, railroads 201.65, utilities 129.36.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Bennington Briefs on Potters and Local Happenings
Miss Sally Potter daughter of Mr and Mrs Burton W Potter of Elm Street left Tuesday for New Haven Conn where she is enrolled at Albertus Magnus College majoring in languages Her parents accompanied her to New Haven and attended a social for freshmen and parents They were also Tuesday visitors of Mr and Mrs Richard Krug in Kensington Conn formerly of Bennington Bennington selectmen named Mrs Clarence E Howard town chairman of UN Day observances with plans for the October 24 event Green Mountain Extension Homemakers Club will hold its first fall meeting at the home of president Mrs Ethel Waite Monday night at 730.
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Sally Potter
Burton W. Potter
Elm Street
New Haven
Conn
Albertus Magnus College
Potters
Richard Krug
Kensington
Bennington
Clarence E. Howard
Monument Avenue Extension
Howard
Green Mountain Extension Homemakers Club
Ethel Waite
Hospital Notes September 15, 1966 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions Marie Maynard Mary Strever Beatrice Brown Bennington Marie Cluett Hoosick Falls discharges Marie Hoard North Bennington Mrs Patricia Cepela and daughter Christine Bentley Manchester Depot Mrs Sherrill Snow and daughter East Arlington Timothy Holzhauer Hoosick Births Mr and Mrs William Harrington Gore Road a daughter Sept 15.
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Marie Maynard
Mary Strever
Beatrice Brown
Bennington
Marie Cluett
Hoosick Falls
Marie Hoard
North Bennington
Patricia Cepela
Christine Bentley
Manchester Depot
Sherrill Snow
East Arlington
Timothy Holzhauer
Hoosick
William Harrington
Gore Road
Three motor vehicle cases heard by Bennington court
Acting Judge John P. Morrissey presided at Bennington Municipal Court this morning over three speeding and careless driving cases. Howard M. Jackson, 20, of Pittsfield Mass pleaded guilty to speeding on U S 7 in Pownal Sept 11 and was fined 36 plus costs due to prior violations. Patrick J. Gray, 21, of Williamstown Mass, no contest to violation of the law with accident resulting on Vt 9 in Woodford Sept 10, and fined 50 including costs. Oscar F. Capin, 19, of Manchester Depot pleaded guilty to careless and negligent driving with accident resulting on Kirby Hollow Road in Dorset Sept 7, fined 35 including costs.
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Bennington
John P. Morrissey
Howard M. Jackson
Pittsfield
Mass
U.S. 7
Pownal
Jackson
Patrick J. Gray
Williamstown
Vt. 9
Woodford
Oscar F. Capin
Manchester Depot
Kirby Hollow
Dorset
Unemployment In Bennington County Taps 2.3 Percent
The Vermont Department of Employment Security reports Bennington County unemployment at about 2.3 percent, roughly 300 people, with estimated total employment around 12,450. The labor supply remains tight until fall seasonal loosening, while job openings exceed registered jobseekers. Brattleboro 1.9 percent and Rutland County 3.1 percent.
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Montpelier
Bennington
Department of Employment Security
Department
Bennington County
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Brattleboro
Rutland County
Constellations Visible Low In Evening Sky From West To East
In the early evening southern sky from west to east the visible constellations are Scorpius Sagittarius Capricornus Pisces and Aquarius all along the ecliptic in the zodiac. Sagittarius is the most prominent nearly due south and the teapot asterism sits uppermost in the constellation. The teapot’s western part forms the archer’s bow and arrow aimed at the scorpion.
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Scorpius
Sagittarius
Capricornus
Pisces
Aquarius
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