Richfield Filling Station Break In Under Investigation
Chief Aubuchon and village police still probe the North Bennington road break in last Saturday morning. Thieves fled with a raincoat and 26 dollars 59 cents. Also, a Sunday morning accident near West Arlington left a horse with a broken leg. The horse owner is Karl Niegman. Bennington Fair opened today with displays of cars appliances and farm equipment and nightly music by Chuck Adams. Miss June Clark was named Miss Bennington with runners up Patricia Gagne and Jean Loomis receiving prizes. Village tax prospects look brighter with a lower rate from 9.90 and 10 years high. Vermont AFL CIO labor convention named for Bennington in 1964.
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Louis J. Aubuchon
Richfield
Bennington Road
Melvin O’brien
Branch Street
Bennington
West Arlington
Karl Niegman
Teen Town
Bennington High School
Manchester
Chuck’’ Adams and His
June Clark
Francis J. Hogan
Town Sisters
Vermont Labor Council
Afl-Cio
On This Date in American History 1777 1863 1881 1960
The entry highlights key historical events on this date: the first Saratoga battle in 1777 during the Revolutionary War, the Chickamauga clash in 1863 with a Confederate victory the next day, President James Garfield dying in 1881 from gunshot wounds, and Fidel Castro’s ousting from a New York hotel in 1960 as Cuban officials faced dispersed chickens while attending a United Nations meeting.
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Saratoga
N.Y
Chickamauga
James Garfield
Elberon
N.J
Fidel Castro
New York City
New York
United Nations
Mallary’s voting seen as unpredictable in Burlington Free Press
Vermont’s lone U.S. House member Richard W. Mallary deviates from GOP norms, voting more against the administration and often clashing with Senators Aiken and Stafford. The piece questions if he is running scared ahead of 1974 elections or urging independence, noting his puzzling pattern.
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Vermont
U.S. House of Representatives
Richard W. Mallary
U.S. Senate
George D. Aiken
Robert T. Stafford
Mallory
NFL TV Blackouts Stir Congress Hearing Clash
Senator Pastore pressed a bill to curb NFL TV blackouts amid heated exchange with Rep. Macdonald and Commissioner Rozelle. Rozelle warned TV coverage could turn football into a studio sport while Macdonald derided the league as a monopoly. The Redskins had unsuccessfully tried to block Baltimore telecasts and a large audience watched the Super Bowl from home.
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John Pastore
National Football League
Macdonald
Mass
NFL
Pete Rozelle
Georgia
Congress
Redskins
Baltimore TV
Rozelle
Redkins
Edward Bennett Williams
House
Senate
Pastore
Washington
Next President Will Seek A Distinctive Style
Theodore C. Sorensen argues the next president, regardless of party, will differ from Nixon and Kennedy era norms by favoring a leaner staff, more access to lawmakers, frequent press briefings, reduced secrecy, and a leadership style rooted in wisdom over aggressive power. He urges a future chief executive to balance authority with accountability.
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Richard Nixon
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
White House
Oval Office
Congress
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Yope
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