Body of Byron Barber Found Near Route 7 Pownal
Pownal Vermont The body of 86 year old A Byron Barber missing since Sept 5 from Bush Community Care Home Route M6 was found Sunday about 2 30 p m in a cow pasture 250 feet west of Route 7. No foul play suspected Autopsy planned Barber had left the home to hitchhike to Williams town Mass or his trailer near Gardner’s Market Route 7 His wife Grace 77 moved to a nursing home Barber described as a confused man determined to reunite with his wife Residents at the home say he was preoccupied with that goal and had previously attempted to hitchhike during Labor Day weekend Police used bloodhounds to trace Barber’s steps but scent faded near Route 346 The body was identified by Gail Buss owner of Bush Community Care Home. He wore pajamas and three coats at discovery. The cane he started with was not found.
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Pownal
A. Byron Barber
Bush
Barber
Adams Nursing Home
Williamstown
Mass
Gardner’s Market
Route 7
Gail Buss
Grace
William B. Crum
Ford
Crum
Carter
South
Ronald Reagan
Republican National Committee
Reagan
Hackel vows to ignore two Democratic platform planks
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Stella Hackel, a conservative, says she will oppose two platform planks including retention of the cabinet form of government and a state takeover of VELCO. The Rutland convention featured debate over VELCO, with Lt. Gov. Burns backing the takeover and O'Brien supporters opposing it.
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Rutland
UPI
Stella Hackel
Rutland High School
VELCO
Brian Burns
Hackel
O’brien
Orange County
Burns
Jimmy Carter
Jeff
Annette
Willowbrook gunshots probe and town police report
Willowbrook resident Barbara Blake awoke to five shotgun blasts at 3 30 Saturday. A dark car fled. her 1969 Ford had headlights and windshield shot out and hood damaged. Police say clues are scarce and investigate. Three juveniles were later taken into custody and will face juvenile court. In other incidents, CB Sports Inc was entered and 13 jackets and three vests stolen. Four one car accidents occurred over the weekend with no injuries. Debra Thurber was treated for a scalp cut after a Route 7 crash and released.
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Bennington
Barbara Blake
Willowbrook
CB Sports Inc
South Street
Michelle Eastman
East Road
Edward J. Patrick
Jeffrey J. Ward
New York State Line
Edward P. Thurber
Debra Thurber
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont gubernatorial hopefuls address state workers
At the Vermont State Employes Association meeting, Republican Richard Snelling pledged morale support and close work with union leaders. Democrat Stella Hackel proposed dismantling four agencies to aid rank and file workers. Liberty Union’s Bernard Sanders urged employees to fight for their rights. Union leaders said the message to candidates was clear and urged collective bargaining over wages.
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Sanders
Samuel Hudson
Montpelier
Forest and Parks Department
Robert Babcock Jr
Employes
Babcock
Burlington
UPI
Stella Hackel
Richard Snelling
Liberty Union
Bernard Sanders
Hacker
Frank Wall
Snelling
Charles Butler
Hiring ethics questions and state investigation in Mt Anthony case
The article outlines a file system for applicants with face sheets and a review process by a screening committee and superintendent. It also details accusations against Eugene P. Smith from Milton and reactions from Vermont officials, plus unrelated campaign coverage and Kissinger talks, noting ongoing ethical inquiries and statements from involved parties.
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SVSU
Eugene P. Smith
Mt. Anthony
Milton
Michael Nason
Smith
Nason
Messier
Thomas R. Haley Sr
Bennington School
Bennington Park Walls To Be Replaced By Railings
The Bicentennial Mini-Park on Main Street is being dismantled after one year. Iron railings will replace cinder block walls with a brick rear wall. The Downtown Living Program and First United Methodist Church share costs. Morrissey Construction Co. handles the work, due in several weeks.
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Bennington
Main Street
Jay Zwynenburg
DLP
First United Methodist Church
Zwynenburg
Morrissey Construction Co
Obituaries for Luther Leake Hathaway and relatives
Obituary notices report the deaths of Fred Luther 80 of Hoosick Falls N Y who died after a long illness and Charles Richards Leake II 88 born in Albany N Y who died in Florida with services in Arlington and Hoosick Falls. Also listed are Harold P Hathaway 45 of Wappingers Falls N Y with funeral arrangements pending. Survivors and arrangements details accompany each notice.
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Fred Luther
Willow St
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Putnam Memorial Hospital
George and
Carrie (Quackenbush) Luther
Nancy Shoe Co
St. James Episcopal Church
Arlington
Charles Richards Leake II
Albany
Florida
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Harold P. Hathaway
Wappingers Falls
Bennington
Robert
Basileia
Robert Milliken
Beacon Street
Newburgh
Yorktown
Harold
Lucy
Paddock) Hathaway
Ann Ingham
Castleton
Peekskill
Lakeland Central School District
Pawlet
Peter
Rosemary
Louise Hathaway
Stony Creek
Conn
Beth Hathaway
Waterbury, Conn
Republicans Stress Unity Amid GOP Platform Convention
Delegates at the Vermont Republican platform convention stressed party unity while John McClaughry charged that the selection of Snelling Stafford and Madeleine Harwood as presidential electors was rigged. The platform was adopted with amendments opposing gun control and supporting balanced federal budgets during wars, and calls for stronger state police and long-range capital bonding programs.
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Lincoln
Eisenhower
John McClaughry
Kirby
GOP
Walter Kennedy
Snelling
Stafford
Madeleine Harwood
Bennington
McClaughry
Harwood
T. Garry Buckley
Melvin Mandigo
Russex
Orleans
Vermont
North Bennington Fire Rescue Uses New Ladder Truck
At about 6 30 p m on Scarcy Lane North Bennington Fire Department used its new International fire truck with a 35 foot triple extension ladder to rescue 8 year old Billy Corbett from a tall tree near his home He was spooked by the height and nearby power lines Fireman Harold Williams climbed the ladder and safely brought him down Other crew members Harold Sausville Robert Nolan and John Kennedy assisted the operation After returning to ground the boy thanked the rescuers and rejoined his mother inside the home.
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North Bennington
International Fire
Scarcy Lane
Billy Corbett
North
Harold Williams
Young Corbett
Harold Sausville
Robert Nolan
John Kennedy
Bennington Obituaries and Hospital Notes Weekly Roundup
The Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial was offered for Mrs Amelia Bashaw of Bennington who died Friday at the Bennington Convalescent Center. Funeral services were at Sacred Heart Church with committal prayers at Park Lawn Cemetery led by Rev Joseph Quinn. Also noted is the funeral of Karlis Lusis of Bennington at Mahar Son Funeral Home with burial at Park Lawn Cemetery and Rev Kristana Walters officiating. Hospital notes list admissions including Augustin OBrien and Jeanette Pierce, births such as a son to Mr and Mrs Stephen Goodman, and discharges including Kathy Hogan and baby Juanita Briggs.
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Esther Phillips
Claire King
Hoosick Falls
Howard Edmans
Mahar
N. Gordon Luther
First Baptist Church
Hoosick
Sacred Heart Church
Amelia Bashaw
Bennington
Bennington Convalescent Center
Joseph Quinn
C.S.C
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mahar & Son
Karlis Lusis
Depot St
Mahar & Son Funeral
Kristana Walters
Schenectady
N.Y
Hudson, N.Y
Ralph Bennet Sr
Thomas Ryan
Hugh Galvin II
Stanley Pekalski
Walters
William Matter
Arlington
Kathy Hogan
Juanita Briggs
George Spargo
Old Bennington
Hans Peterson
Pownal
Kurnel Vaughn
Nellie Bentley
Windsor
Robin Ward
Karen Carpenter
James Levesque
Lauren Shea
Shaftsbury
Susan Goldsmith
Kenneth Reed
East Dorset
Warren Gaucher
Seth David
Yale- New Haven Hospital
New Haven
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Robert Horton
Gilbert Godnick
Robert O’brien
Godnick
Dartmouth
Hanover
N.H
Salem
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
MAU
Edward J. Fabian
State Department of Education
Fabian
Education Department
Barker
Griffis
Richard Breen
The
Vermont Headmasters Association
Breen
Association
Cyrus Benson
North Country Union
Benson
McShane
John McShane
Behuest
George Sleeman
Sleeman
Kissinger
Pretoria
Bennington College
Camille A. Paglia
Asdan
Visual and Performing Arts
Miss Paglia
Edmund Spenser
Diana Ross
Gracie Allen
Yul Brynner
Stephane Audran
Yale University
Bennington Briefs
Isabelle Peacock
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Charles R. Leake II
John Adams
Evergreen Cemetery
Richard and
Maud (Nichols) Leake
Davis
Chicago, Ill
Thomas Carlile
Ft. St. Lucie
Fla
Dorothy
Georgiana Leake
North Village
Lad
Augustin O’brien
Jeanette Pierce
Charles Dufresne
Fred Hunter
Donald Washburn
Jacksonville
Chrisopher Berard
Harrie Hattat
Edward Graney
Sandra Betit
Baby Girl
James Mithoefer
Manchester
Edna Charbonneau
Manchester Center
Marilyn Kliner
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