Vermont Derby Prizes Attract Young Builders In Bellows Falls
Prizes worth excitement await entrants in the 1967 Vermont Soap Box Derby set for June 11 in Bellows Falls. Winners receive a $500 savings bond a trophy and a trip to Akron to compete for $30,000 in college scholarships from Chevrolet. Eligible boys 11 to 15 may register at state Chevrolet dealers or by mail.
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Bellows Falls
Vermont
Akron
Ohio
Chevrolet
P.O. Box
Vermont Education Association Assembly in White River Junction
More than 100 delegates from 64 local teacher associations travel to Hartford High School for the Vermont Education Association Representative Assembly. Miss Ruth Spooner, VEA president, says delegates will review committee reports vote on the budget and dues and act on resolutions to set policy for the coming year. Friday 8 p.m. session discusses a Professional Practices Act teacher certification study and resolutions. Saturday 9 a.m. starts the annual corporation meeting followed by the assembly formal session.
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White River Junction
Vermont Education Association
Hartford High School
Ruth Spooner
VEA
Burlington
Representative Assembly
Hoff to speak at Vermont Small Business Advisory Council
Governor Philip H. Hoff will address the Vermont Small Business Advisory Council spring meeting in Montpelier next Tuesday on federal state relations, focusing on the New England Regional Commission. He travels to Washington on Monday to join a commission meeting to set priorities and hire an executive director.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Small Business Advisory Council
New England
Lake George Opera Festival Reveals 1967 Season Lineup
The Lake George Opera Festival announces its sixth season running July 22 to September 3 featuring Robert Ward’s The Crucible and Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe. Aug 12 and Aug 24 mark the first Crucible and Baby Doe performances with Frances Bible recreating Augusta Tabor and Elizabeth Proctor. The season opens July 22 with Verdi’s La Traviata.
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Lake George
Robert Ward
Douglas Moore
Baby Doe
Young
Frances Bible
New York City Opera
Augusta Tabor
Elizabeth Proctor
Lake George Opera Festival
Cohoes Plans Three Day All American City Celebration
Cohoes dedicates three days to celebrate its All American City award from Look Magazine. Events include a victory dance at the State Armory parade banquet and ball, a Sunday fireworks display, and dances. Speakers: Dr James E McDonald Mayor Paul G VanBuskirk and Paul R Coughlin. Also Mohican Council retreat organizer Robert K Chatel Sr to chair Camp Wakpominee gathering April 28–30.
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Cohoes
State Armory
James E. McDonald
Paul G. VanBuskirk
Paul R. Coughlin
Glens Falill
Robert K. Chatel
Iroquois
Mohican Council
Camp Wakpominee
Chatel
Mohawk Motors Told to Remove Advertising Sign
Berkshire news reports Mayor Florini orders Mohawk Motors to take down a sign attached to the Veterans Memorial Drive Bridge amid lease disputes over land under the bridge. A city ordinance bans handbills on city property, and officials oppose a permissive change. Another item notes a county theater project approved for school children funded by federal grants and run by the Massachusetts Department of Education. Mediators have entered a strike at Cornish Wire Co in Williams College area, with pickets at Williamstown and North Adams facilities.
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North Adams
Francis C. Florini
Mohawk Motors, Inc
Veterans Memorial Drive
Sprague Electric
Pittsfield
Massachusetts Dept. of Education
Williamstown
Cornish Wire Co
Williams Inn
UVM Receives 490000 in Research Grants
University of Vermont trustees approved more than 490000 in grants at the April meeting. Funds came from state and federal agencies including the U S Public Health Service the Navy NSF and the Office of Education for medicine pediatrics pharmacology chemistry biology and engineering research and graduate fellowships. Other support funded social work instruction heart disease prevention and civil defense courses among various departments and programs.
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Burlington — University of Vermont
State of Vermont
Blair Williams
Vermont Heart Association
Department of Medicine
Eugene Lepeschkin
Vermont Department of Health
Doris Steele
U.S. Public Health Service
Edward Andrews
Ethan A. H. Sims
Department of Pediatrics
Jerold F. Lucey
Res
Department of Pharmacology
Julian J. Jaffee
Department of Biochemistry
William Meyer
George Schumacher
Martin Kuehne
Murdo MacDonald
National Society of Professional Engineers
Stephen Knight
Ben R. Forsyth
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Thomas Dowe
Sears Roebuck Foundation
R. V. Phillips
James Monahan
University of Connecticut
Richard Thomsen
Legislation Sought to Validate Union High Bond Vote
In Montpelier supporters of Union High School District 25 urged lawmakers to draft a validating act to uphold a $900000 bond, while opponents claimed the union was formed illegally. The five-town union includes Grand Isle South Hero North Hero Isle La Motte and Alburg with one high school at Alburg and others bused to Franklin and Chittenden County. Opposition centers on alleged 60 ineligible voters added to checklists for the October bond vote. An attorney for the union said bonding counsel was told bonds cannot be marketed until a validating act is approved or a court rules on the bond vote’s legality.
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John Ewing
Vermont Hearing Debates Lowering Voting Age to 18
About 40 people attended the Vermont House Judiciary Committee hearing as supporters urged lowering the voting age to 18. State Rep. Michael Broutsas said the change is coming and could be on the 1968 town meeting warning if the measure passes this session. If two thirds of towns approve next year, the question could reach a constitutional convention when one convenes. About half of attendees were students from high schools and colleges.
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House Judiciary Committee
Michael Broutsas
Brattleboro
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Wendell O. Harding
William L. Irvine
Hoff
New York
Down In
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UVM
William Macmillan
United States Navy
John Outwater
National Science Foundation
William White
R. J. MceKay, Jr
Javery
South Street
Bennington
Ernest H. Javery
Ian Il. Page
Hamburger
Ibs
Main ST
Bennington Area
Fishman's
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Praifee
CHINO
Sailcloth Casuals
Bonanza of
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