Bennington Taxpayers Urges Protest Tax Payment
The Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association urges members to pay this year’s property taxes under protest. President Raymond P. Murray announced the group’s meeting to review a comparative booklet on appraisals by the Bennington sisters, noting numerous discrepancies in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association
Raymond P. Murray
Taxpayers’ Group
Bennington Sisters
Murray
The
Taxpayers’ Association
Board of Trustees
FBI Probes Bogus Checks in Vermont and New York
The FBI investigates counterfeit General Electric checks for 247 dollars each, duplicates of a stolen check from Westminster, Massachusetts. Cashed in northern Vermont and Bennington at Irving Trust Co. branches, the cases involve a Clavi K Makela as recipient and identification shown. The FBI estimates over 1 million dollars may be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Bureau
Scout Camporee This Weekend in Rupert
Hundreds of Taconic District scouts and leaders from Ethan Allen Council converge on the Merck Memorial Foundation forest for Tent and Timber Camporee. Registration Friday 3 p.m. includes forestry projects, axmanship, signaling and other skills, with a friendship campfire and Sunday closing ceremonies. Camporee Chief Ferdinand Bongartz of Manchester leads the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
Taconic
Ethan Allen Council
Merck Memorial Foundation
Bennington County
Atland County
Merck
Camporee
Ferdinand Bongartz
Manchester
Taconic District Committee
McNamara backs limited ABM against China in 1970s
McNamara argues for a limited ABM system costing about 5 billion dollars to deter a Chinese attack in the mid-1970s while contending a broader ABM race with the Soviet Union would cost hundreds of billions and not alter the strategic balance. The plan would shield Minuteman sites and offer a safeguard against accidental launches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
United States
Johnson
McNamara
Alexei N. Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
U.S
China
Russia
Bennington School Board Debates Parochial School Talks
The Bennington School District board schedules Wednesday discussions on public and parochial school dialogue. Agenda items cover three recent developments amid questions before a bond vote for a new elementary school on Stark Street, a report on a meeting with Bishop Robert F. Joyce, and a tour of the former Bennington Catholic High School with potential public use.
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Bennington
Stark Street
Robert F. Joyce
Bennington Catholic
Funerals and Parish Study Mentioned in Obituary Notice
The funerals for Mrs. Guy L. Baldwin and Mrs. Philip Harris were held with church services and burials at Grandview and Park Lawn Cemeteries. The piece also notes a BCHS parochial school study request and related diocesan decisions. Out-of-town relatives attended. several parishes and communities are named. Heavy rains in South Vietnam introduced military delays amid reports of North Vietnamese troop movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard F. Kelley
BCHS
Kelley
South Vietnam
Faculty Concert At College Bennington Music Faculty Event
Bennington College presents the first fall faculty concert in the Carriage Barn at 8 15 p m featuring Lionel No wak Concert Piece for Six Kettle Drums and Five Strings performed by Louis Calabro and the Bennington String Quartet with Eric Rosenblith Robert Zimmer Jacob Glick George Finckel. Paul Boepple conducts. Also Bach Solo Sonata in G minor Frank Baker performs Orren Pernel violin solo Mozart Clarinet Quintet Gunnar Schonbeck seated at the concert. No admission charge and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Nowak
Bennington College Music
Louis Calabro
Tympani
Bennington String Quartet
Eric Rosenblith
Robert Zimmer
Jacob Glick
George Finckel
Bennington
Paul Boepple
Bach
Orren Pernel
Frank Baker
Mozart
Gunnar Schonbeck
Thrift Shop Workers Attend Overnight Show
Thrift shop workers Maud Edson Amy Howard Genevieve Phillips Sally Cooper Lillian Peat Lillian Kleine Sally Adams Katherine Edson and guest Laddy Kleine stayed all night with Laddy a German shepherd. Goods sold include a Singer sewing machine a quilt chairs rockers lamps shades and underwear. Requests arrive for window shades crib gate dishes iron flat iron bedding robes gowns pictures floor lamp and large men’s pants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Edson
Amy Howard
Genevieve Phillips
Sally Cooper
Lillian Peat
Lillian Kleine
Sally Adams
Katherine Edson
Laddy Kleine
Laddy
Singer
Pitkin
Americans Would Accept Tax Increase Says Ackley
Gardner Ackley, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, said Americans would give up very little with the proposed 10 percent tax increase and that not raising taxes would fuel inflation. He argued the economy has turned toward a business acceleration and that recession fears are unfounded. He spoke prepared remarks to the UPI Editors and Publishers Conference in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Johnson
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Ackley
United Press International Editors and Publishers
Federal Reserve Board
Two Arlington motorists escape injury in VT 313 crash
Arlington police reported two accidents on Vermont Route 313 with no injuries. Gerald Pike age 17 and William Delaney 35 were westbound when a left turn and passing move caused moderate damage to both cars at 7 10 p.m. In Bennington Village, another collision on Main Street involved Raoul Begin and Katherine Whitman with damage to the left rear fender. A separate incident on Valentine Street saw Vern Jones stop to turn and Jack Elwell ride into Jones’ car. Elwell’s Yamaha bike suffered damage but he was unharmed.
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Arlington
Gerald Pike
William Delaney
Bennington
Main Street
Fashion Fair
Raoul J. Begin
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Katherine Whitman
Main St
Begin
Valentine Street
Vern H. Jones
Middle Pownal Road
Jack Elwell
Jones
Elwell
Yamaha
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Sept 18 1967
Admissions include Anna Baldwin Brenda Lee Muckle Wilma Mears Mark Cyme balak Stephen Bender Steven McGuire and Sanford Hewitt Discharges list Sharon Davis Alan Sands Edith Gould and Frank Baker Mary Jane Morse Birth announcements name Rivers Burnt Percey and Casey reporting newborn daughters scheduled Sept 18 and Sept 12 dates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Baldwin
Brenda Lee Muckle
Wilma L. Mears
Mark James Cymebalak
Bennington
Mary Keegan
Stephen Bender
Hoosick Falls
Steven McGuire
Arlington
Sanford W. Hewitt
North Hoosick
Sharon Davis
Alan Sands
Shaftsbury
Edith Gould
Frank E. Baker
Mary Jane Morse
East Arlington
Obituary notices for Phyllis Ann Creed and Ada Buck
Rutland and East Arlington obituaries report Phyllis Ann Creed 31 wife of David S Creed Rutland Town died after a long illness Born April 19 1936 in Rutland she leaves a daughter M Kathleen Creed two sons Kevin and Kelly four sisters two brothers and extended family Funeral is Wednesday at Christ the King Church with interment in St Alphonsus Cemetery in Pittsford Calling hours at Aldous Funeral Home today Rosary at 8 p m For Ada Buck widow of Maurice Buck formerly of East Arlington and Bennington died Sunday in Sarasota Florida Survivors include a daughter Mrs John Cross Mechanicville NY and three sisters Funeral Thursday at Dunns Funeral Home Mechanicville with calling hours Wednesday 1 to 7 p m
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Guy L. Baldwin
Mattie Fonda
Main St
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Baldwin
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Tri-C
Grandview Cemetery
North Bennington
Mr. Payne
Wilmington
Del
Hoosick Falls
New York City
Bronx
Staten Island
Troy
Greenwich
Croton-on-the-Hudson
Saratoga
N.Y
Burlington
Essex Junction
Charlotte
Rutland
Phyllis Ann (McCue) Creed
David S. Creed
Rutland Town
Robert Soulia
Martin McCue
Bennington
Rutland Hospital
Leo and
Agnes (Ducharme) McCue
Mount St. Joseph Academy
Christ the King Church
The
Sodality of the Church
Mothers’ Club
M. Kathleen Creed
Kevin
Kelly
James Elrick
Proctor
Robert Southgate
Soulia
Anthony Tennien
Ascutney
Martin
John
Rose McCue
Christ the King
St. Alphonsus
Pittsford
Aldous Funeral Home
Sodality
Funeral
East Arlington
Ada Buck
Maurice Buck
Sarasota
Fla
Howard Cook
Buck
Chittenden
John Cross
Mechanicville
Dunn’s Funeral Home
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Graduations
Bennington Lodge of Perfection resumes regular business meetings Thursday at 7 30 p m in Masonic Temple with a kosher dinner served at 6 30 p m by Maurice Gropman Col John B Scott of Racine Wis visited Bennington over the weekend at his wife's mother's home Mrs Arthur Rickert of Gage Street Mrs Scott formerly Eleanor Rickert returned to Racine Edith Locker a Mt Anthony Union High School graduate is a freshman at Norwalk Hospital School of Nursing in Norwalk Conn the class of 1970 totaling 36 student nurses attends classes at the hospital and Norwalk Community College Locker is the daughter of Arthur J and Mrs Locker of Valhalla NY while in high school she worked with Red Cross Volunteers on the editorial staff and participated in Girl Scouts and Girls Athletic Association Peter E Harrington seaman recruit US Navy son of Mr and Mrs P E Harrington of Burgess Road has completed nine weeks of basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center A Bennington County Sheriff Department regular meeting is set for Thursday at 8 in the Bennington courthouse.
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Bennington Lodge of Perfection
Masonic Temple
Maurice Gropman
Col
John B. Scott
Racine
Wis
Bennington
Arthur Rickert
Gage Street
Scott
Eleanor Rickert
Col. Scott
Edith Locker
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Norwalk, Conn, Hospital School of
Hospital
Norwalk Community College
Miss Locker
Arthur J. Locker
Valhalla
N.Y
Red Cross Volunteers
Girls Athletic Association
Peter E. Harrington
U.S. Navy
P.E. Harrington
Burgess Road
Great Lakes, Ill. Naval Training Center
Prospect School Elects Wilson To Head Board
Robert Wilson of Pippin Knoll was elected president of Prospect School’s board at the annual meeting attended by the board incorporators and staff. Rush Welter was named vice president with other directors Robert E. Cummings Jr Barton L Jenks Raymond Roy Hamilton Shields and Dr. William Worthington.Mrs Marian C Taylor elected clerk. The school reports progress with 78 pupils in three ungraded classes ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 10. Arch ie J Camp Sr convalescing at home after hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson
Pippin Knoll
Prospect School
Rush Welter
Bennington College
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Barton L. Jenks
Raymond Roy
Hamilton Shields
William Worthington
Marian C. Taylor
Patricia Carini
Jennifer Andreae
Jessica Howard
Elisabeth Kofler
Heil Nominated For West Point Fourth Alternate
Gregory A Heil of Bennington was named fourth alternate to the U S Military Academy in Prouty 1968 nominations with Brian Clark of Richford and Robert Field of Danville as principal nominees Heil did not secure a Naval Academy vacancy Senator Prouty noted no vacancy at the Naval Academy in this slate The second item notes Texas lawmakers move to protect the horned lizard making it illegal to kill or trap the species after Monday due to extinction concerns
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Washington
U.S
Winston L. Prouty
United States Service Academies
Gregory A. Heil
Bennington
U.S. Military Academy
Brian Clark
Richford
Robert Field
Danville
Heil
Field
Sen. Prouty
Naval Academy
Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas
Stock Averages As Of Sept 19 1967 Noon
Dow Jones industrials at 940.48 up 1.74, railroads at 265.00 down .11, utilities 132.57 up .06. Composite average 335.89 up .31 with volume 5,470,000.
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Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Also Mentioned on This Page
BTPA
FBI
Bennington Free Library
Robert Blaine Browne
Vermont State Symphony
Browne
Yale University Library
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Friends of the Bennington Free Library
Wyman
Philip Harris
Marjorie Curran
County St
St. Francis de Sales
Gibney, Haynes & Kane Funeral
Biscar
Francis B. Flanagan
Victor Cumm
James Kearns
Harold Griffin
Howard Dahl
Roy Elwell
Albert Lemieux
Thrift Shop
Vietnam
Norman Rivers
Gage St
Dennis Burnt
Wall Street
Fred Percey
Mountain View
Lloyd Casey
Manchester Center
Gov. Philip Hoff
Mary Joe Rivenburg
Frederick Rivenburg
Hampden
Mass
Morgan
New England
Gov. Hoff
Vermont
Justin Morgan
Bennington Briefs
Wilson
Archie J. Camp Sr
Crescent Manor Nursing Home
Branch St
Women of the Moose
Loretta Harrington
Bessie Hall
Emblem Club
Elks Club
Bennington Club
John Reardon
James Bow
Clyde Howe
Gerald Kimball
Alfred Sorenson
Dr. Manes
ADV
West Point
Harte
Eve
James
Micheners
HE Marisch Corporation
Julie Andrews
Max von Sydow
Richard Harris
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