Clothing Drive Seeks 21000 Pounds for Iran Earthquake Victims
Save the Children Federation appeals for 21000 pounds of good used clothing to replace an emergency airlift to Iran. The 21st Bundle Day drive runs Oct 1 to June 1, with donations sent prepaid to Knoxille Tennessee.
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Iran
Benjamin E. Freedman
Save the Children Federation
New York
Children Federation
McGhee Avenue
Knoxville
Tenn
Federation
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Algeria unlikely to become Communist says AP official
Richard K. O Malley, AP Paris bureau chief, told AP Managing Editors Association in Minneapolis that Algeria is unlikely to turn Communist due to Arab nationalist currents in North Africa. He cited poor Red performance in the region and noted Maghreb unity could influence East West dynamics.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Algeria
North Africa
Richard K. O’malley
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
O'Malley
Associated Press
Paris
Iraq
United States
Maghreb
Tunisia
Morocco
60 Gallons of Hot Water a Day Won't Wash Today's Family
AP News outlines how modern households use far more hot water due to larger homes, two baths, outdoor outlets, and increased laundry. New gas water heaters offer quick recovery, but improper installation and user error drive service calls.
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Harold Massey
Massey
Norwich Shorty Gags on Issue of Brass Height
NORWICH SHORTY: Col. Hugh R. O Farrell asks for top officers and heights. Cadet Col. James H. Andrews, one of the shortest in the 1150 cadet corps, replies with a list showing heights 5 10, 5 11, 5 12, and 5 15 inches. Andrews, who figures at 4 18, elicits a chuckle.
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Northfield
Hugh R. O'Farrell
Norwich University
Cadet Corps
James H. Andrews
Jim
Andrews
Col. O'Farrell
Family Feud Over Car Funds Ends With Money Down Drain
In Los Angeles John and his wife argued over buying a car. The wife discarded their savings in a sack that vanished when it washed down a storm drain. Fire crews, deputies, and locals attempted to retrieve it, but the sack floated away as the old car carried them off.
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Los Angeles
John Parris
Parris
Negro Woman Earns Degrees For Herself And Five Children
Queen Esther Patton of Dothan Alabama achieved her lifelong aim by completing college degrees for herself and four children. She began in 1947 after years away from school and inspired her family, with Mildred Patton becoming the first Negro on the Metropolitan Hospital staff in Cleveland after earning a Tennessee A and I State University laboratory technology degree.
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Dothan
Ala
Esther Patton
Metropolitan Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Patton
Alabama _ State Teachers College
Arctic Storm Invited to Washington D C International at Laurel
Arctic Storm, a top Irish colt, becomes the first horse invited to this season’s $125,000 Washington D. C. International to be run at Laurel on November 12. He ran a head back to Tambourine II in the Irish Derby at Curragh and is a 3-year-old son of Arctic Star Rabina bred by Mrs. E. M. Carroll of Tipperary.
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Laurel, Md
Washington D. C. International
Laurel
Tambourine II
Curragh
Arctic Storm
Arctic Star
Rabina
E. M. Carroll
Tipperary
Real Estate Transfers Reported by Town Clerk
Town Clerk Mary Hodeck lists deeds filed in the past week. Transfers include Hurleys of Bennington to Deery on Town Farm Road. Estate of Hicks to Rivers on Gage Street. Lachance to Flora King on Park Street. Goddards to Toolans in Old Bennington. Clegg to Birmingham on Highway 119 Lot 1.
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Mary Hodeck
David J
Lois M. Hurley
Bennington
Town Farm Road
William E
Catherine K. Deery
Charles D. Hicks
Gage St
Norman C
Patricia C. Rivers
Williamstown
Mass
Emma M. Lachance
Park St
Flora E. King
Theodore N. Goddard
Margaret B. Goddard
Old Bennington
James M
Helene W. Toolan
Robert B
Nancy E. Clegg
Madrid
N. Y
Philip D
Jean L. Birmingham
183 year old musket hides Revolutionary letter
Westover buyer paid 100 dollars for a Brown Bess flintlock musket. The barrel was blocked and a wad of paper emerged, believed to be a Revolutionary War era letter. Experts think the document dates from that period and bears a map possibly depicting the Hudson River chain.
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Robert T. Brennan
Westover
Brennan
State Library
Homer
Monsey
Hudson
Automation May Save Military 3 Billion Dollars
Rear Admiral Charles A Blick, executive director of the Defense Supply Agency, says standardization of clothing and automating the logistics cycle could help reach Robert S McNamara's goal of saving $3 billion annually. He cites a $142 million current saving as part of the approach.
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Boston
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Charles A. Blick
Defense Supply Agency
Directorate of Procurement and Production
Equipment Engineer Challenges 31 Dump Truck Purchase
In Montpelier Vermont an equipment engineer testifying before a legislative commission said 31 trucks bought last summer by the Purchasing Division failed to meet specifications. Earl Carley said the bid from Al Warren Co. of Burlington was placed despite his recommendation to reject it, and that the state would incur about 64 dollars more per unit to modify them.
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Highway Department
Earl Carley
al- Warran Co
Burlington
Carley
Burlington Agency
al Warren
Magnus Edwards
al- Warren Co
Edwards
Al-Warren
Highway Board
County Farmers May Enroll Now In ASC Program
Bennington County farmers and land owners may enroll in the 1963 Agricultural Conservation Program from Sept. 28 through Oct. 31. The program aims to help establish needed land conservation prairies and is substantially the same as 1962. Enroll via field assistants listed or at the county ASCS office 310 Main St Bennington.
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Bennington County
Ball L. Lyons
ASC
Lyons
Donald King
Readsboro
Stamford
William Strohmaier
East Pownal
Bennington
Burton Peckham
Pownal
North Pownal
Harold Hilliard
North Bennington
West Shaftsbury
E. W. Mattison
Shaftsbury
Jesse E. Harrington
Arlington
Sandgate
Sunderland
Clyde H. Bryant
Manchester
East Dorset
Robert Beattie
Peru
Landgrove
Winhall
Lynn C. Rudd
North Rupert
Dorset
Merritt Morey
Rupert
West Rupert
County
ASCS
Hawks
Main St
Bennington Soldier Graduates From NCO Academy
Army Cpl Klaus W Jones graduated from the 3rd Infantry Division NCO Academy in Kitzingen Germany on Sept 15. He trained four weeks focusing on leadership and combat tactics while assigned to the 18th Artillery at Aschaffenburg. He entered the Army in 1960 and previously was stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Kitzingen
Germany
Klaus W. Jones
Judith Ann
Saulnier Dr
Williamstown
Mass
3Rd Infantry Division
Jones
Elsa K. Jones
Pleasent St
Bennington
18Th Artillery
Aschaffenburg
Fort Sill
Oklo
Corporal Jones
Bennington Catholic High School
Bradford G. Jones
Two Study Commissions Plan Meetings in Montpelier
In Montpelier Vermont two legislative study commissions set up last summer will convene at the State House. The reapportionment panel led by Rep. Charles E Gibson Jr will hold its first working meeting after a postponed initial session. The Rutland Railway Commission also meets today in an executive session.
Handy Hints For Homeowners
A practical list of workshop tips covers sanding paper storage, lumber board feet calculation, temporary placemats from aluminum foil, dull putty knives for scraping, door clearance for rugs, self closing floor clearance when installing resilient tiles, avoiding dust during varnishing, and moisture absorbents like rust-preventive products or charcoal as a temporary substitute.
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Elm Street
Howe Brothers Construction Co
William A. Flood
Theodore R. Senecal
Edmunds
Pratt ST
Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
By Vivian Prown
AP News
Norwich Shorty
H. Greenberg & Son
Family Feud
Binghamton, N.Y
Carol Brown
Vermont
Vermont Maple
First National
U.S. 7
L. M. Pike and Son
Laconia-Tilton
N.H
William E. Dailey, Inc
NCO
Gerald E. Morrissey
General Contractors
Beech ST
A. J. Dewey & Son
Bennington, Vermont
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