ICC hearing on St Johnsbury and LaMoille County Rail line rescheduled
The Interstate Commerce Commission pushed the St Johnsbury and LaMoille County Railroad abandonment hearing to April 25. The line between St Johnsbury and Swanton with offices in Morrisville lost about 500000 dollars in the last year. Public Service Board Chairman Ernest Gibson III opposes curtailment and has hired Thomas Lynch to represent the board. The hearing had been set for January 24. At Derby Line, 125 IAM Local 1829 pickets blocked an oil truck from Metropolitan Petroleum, and troopers dispersed them as the driver refused to cross the line.
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Middlebury
PSB
Metropolitan Petroleum Co
Burlington
Vandals Cause Extensive Damage at Rutland Country Club
Police say vandals broke a storm door, trashed pool tables and chairs, smashed bottles, and forced open lockers at the Rutland Country Club in the early hours. One framed commemorative one dollar bill bearing signatures of Dr. William W. Brislin, Philip Weiss, and James Hough was the only item taken.
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Rutland
Rutland Country Club
Stuart Jenne
William W. Brislin
Philip Weiss
James Hough
St Albans Mayor attacks Boston and Maine service cut
St Albans Mayor Joseph Fountain told an Interstate Commerce hearing that ending the Springfield to White River passenger run would unfairly burden the city and Vermont. He spoke for the City Council against the B and M petition, warning of hardship for the railroad employer and reduced purchasing power. The New England Trail Conference opposed the Vermont Scenic Parkway route, urging rerouting to protect the Green Mountains wilderness and Long Trail area. The Green Mountain Club and Green Mountain National Forest are among its members.
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UPI
St. Albans
Joseph Fountain
State of Vermont
Boston and Maine
Fountain
Interstate Commerce
Edmund Fritz
Springfield
Mass
White River
Montpelier
Amherst
Green Mountains
Green Mountain Club
Killington
Rutland
Green Mountain National Forest
Franklin County Sportsman's Club wins settlement over highway land take
The Franklin County Sportsman's Club in St. Albans received a 32500 settlement from the State of Vermont after a land taking dispute. Vermont's Highway Department had seized 5.4 acres for Interstate Route 89 and offered 14000, which the club rejected, arguing the road would cut through a fishing pond.
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UPI
Franklin County Sportsman’s Club
St. Albans
State of
Vermont
State Highway Department
Dowdell retirement dinner marks move to Rensselaerville
In Cambridge New York more than 100 parishioners and friends honored Rev. and Mrs. Dowdell of St. Luke's Episcopal Church at a retirement dinner. Dowdell will continue services through Easter Sunday when Rev. Gardam will become rector. In Albany Assemblyman Stephens criticized the Adirondack Mountain Authority's ski plans and Parkway project as risky and financially questionable. Betts to lead Leonard Hospital Troy after resigning as Mary McClellan Hospital administrator. Dr Brown will be interim.
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Victor L. Dowdell
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Father Dowdell
Rensselaerville
Robert Gardam
Central New York Episcopal Diocese
Albany
Willis H. Stephens
Dutchess- Putnam Counties
Adirondack Mountain Authority
Lake George
Stephens
AMA
Ralph R. Betts
Mary McClellan Hospital
Leonard Hospital
Troy
Philip Brown
Williamstown suit targets sewer lines near Spruces park
Albert Bachand owner of The Spruces mobile home park seeks to block further hookups to two sewer lines crossing his property draining into the Hoosac River. He plans to expand to 234 units while town officials offered no comment on the case.
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Williamstown
Albert Bachand
Spruces
State Road
Bachand
Hoosac
Boston Paper Strike Seen Lasting Until Mid-Summer
The Boston newspaper strike, now on day 27, may run to mid summer if unresolved. mediators report serious disagreements remain and expect talks at 2 p.m. Today. If no deal soon, the walkout could extend to 114 days and cost the city over $1 million daily.
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Boston
UPS
William A. Rose
Rose
Congress May Extend Medicare Deadline
Congress plans to reopen the $3 Medicare window to assist more than a million elderly Americans. The move aims to extend access to Medicare benefits and ease upcoming deadlines amid ongoing budget talks and policy debates in Washington.
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Congress
Medicare
Washington
UPI
Flag Defacement Protests at Crisp County Courthouse
A group of about 300 demonstrators gathered at the Crisp County courthouse in Cordele Georgia to protest school conditions. They pulled down and tore an American flag while a gray haired man saved the flag from further damage. Police later identified two participants who fled. Defacing a flag is a misdemeanor in Georgia. The event coincided with a broader news cycle including President Johnson seeking a two month extension of the Medicare enrollment deadline to May 31 and Senate action on extending the deadline via a tax bill.
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UPI
Crisp County
Georgia
U.S
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Boston Commuters Adapt To Rail Strike Impact
Boston commuters solved transport gaps during a Boston & Maine rail strike with car pools expanded MBTA services and hitchhiking into the city. Officials warn of freight losses and possible perishables spoilage if the strike persists.
Smog and Heat Trigger First LA Alert in March History
Los Angeles officials issued a first stage alert for four hours and seventeen minutes as smog and 90 degree heat raised ozone to .52 per million. The alert ended at 3:39 p.m. when ozone fell below .50 across the basin and the day reached a 90 degree high, the warmest March on record.
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Los Angeles
UPI
County Air Pollution Control District
Los Angeles Basin
Two Ex-Governors From Vermont Now In Congress
Vermont is represented in Congress by two ex-governors, George D. Aiken and Robert T. Stafford, both Republicans. The New England delegation includes 25 lawyers among 37 members, with many holding degrees from Yale or Harvard. Notable figures span Saltonstall, Muskie, Pastore, Ribicoff, Smith, and Dodd, while Margaret Chase Smith remains the lone woman senator.
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New England
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Yale
Harvard
New Hampshire
Congress
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Robert T. Stafford
Saltonstall
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
John O. Pastore
Dr.i
Abraham Ribicoff
Health, Education and Welfare
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Margaret Chase Smith
U.S. Senate
Maurine B. Neuberger
D-Ore
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