Vermont committee to discuss school dropout issue in meeting
Governor's Committee on Children and Youth will meet at 1 p.m. Friday in the Administration Building to review the dropout problem. Seventeen organizations plus the State Department of Education and school districts are involved, examining what has been studied or acted upon. ST. JOHNSBURY education channel to air three grades science lectures next week.
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Montpelier
Governor’s Committee On Children and
State Department of Education
ST. Johnsbury
Fairbanks Museum
Theodore D. Sargent
Max Barrows
Louise Payne
Supt. Sargent
Vermont bill would place Barre Montpelier Airport control under state commission
A proposed bill in the Vermont legislature would shift control of the Barre Montpelier Airport to the Vermont Aeronautics Commission. Barre Mayor George N. Estivill opposes meetings until Barre keeps the airport books, while Montpelier demands return of 20 year old ledgers. The deadlock halted airport finances with Barre proposing to pay operating costs and Montpelier seeking half. Montpelier says the airport ran a deficit last year due to unauthorized Barre expenditures.
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Montpelier
Barre-Montpelier
Vermont Aeronautics Commission
Barre
George N. Estivill
Airport Commission
Estivill
Red
Vermont House extends bill introduction deadline
The Vermont House extended the cutoff for new bill introductions to April 21, the end of the 12th week of the session. Lawmakers cited a large backlog of bills awaiting drafting revisions and final approval as the reason for the extension.
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Montpelier
Vermont
General Assembly
House
Thieves Steal From Pharmacy and Vandalize Two Schools
Burlington police report a Saturday break in at McGregor's Pharmacy on Main Street with about 500 dollars taken. Detectives say professionals conducted the safe job. Vandals damaged Taft and Champlain schools late Saturday or early Sunday seeking money, ransacking offices and desks.
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Burlington
McGregor
Main Street
Taft
Champlain
Vermont's Mrs. America contestant heads to national finals
Mrs. Allen Bent of Bethel Vermont prepares for the Mrs. America pageant in Miami Beach with her husband, after winning Mrs. Vermont by quizzes and essays. The April 22 final will judge grooming poise and homemaking. Bent is a Springfield Vermont native and UMass graduate active in civic projects.
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Braintree
Vermont
Miami Beach
Allen Bent
Whitcomb High School
Bethel
Bent
Springfield
University of Massachusetts
Fire kills three in Greendale home blaze
Three members of a Columbia County family died in a Greendale house fire last night, including Mrs. Cornelia Decker and her children Louis 19 and Rose Ann 6. The blaze was one of three major fires in the area, with volunteer departments aiding as firefighters suffered minor injuries.
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Troy
Columbia County
Greendale
Cornelia Decker
Louis
Rose Ann
West Sand Lake
Watervliet
Plumbing and Heating Mart
City Council approves urban renewal debt hike in North Adams
North Adams city council votes unanimously to raise urban renewal indebtedness from 450000 to 2500000 to fund a south side renewal program pending state approval. Also, police catch a 4 year old boy who triggered a false alarm. no court action planned. Mohawk Paper Co moves to Windsor Print Works building, expanding space by about 50 percent. Adams Art Association shows 21 works in annual exhibit at Adams Free Library through April 22.
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North Adams
Florini
South Side
S. E. Williams
Mohawk Paper Co
Barber Leather Co
Windsor Print Works
Carl W. Anderson
ADAMS
Adams Art Association
Adams Free Library
State Loses Key Witness in Boston Common Case
In Boston the state appeared likely to lose a key witness in its bid to prove four men stole about $450,000 linked to the $9.6 million Boston Common underground garage. Richard M. Johnson of Foundation Co. of New York, said to be an important witness, suffered a stroke and is deemed too ill to travel for testimony, though prior medical opinions differed on his ability to testify.
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Boston
Boston Common
New York
Johnson
Gael Mahony
Massachusetts
Burlington High Council Urges Pupils Against Bias Events
The Burlington High School student council urged pupils not to take part in events that follow a discriminatory policy. They discussed the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State program but did not mention it in their statement. Girls State officials say Jehovah's Witnesses who refuse flag salutes or pledges are barred from the mock government sessions.
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Burlington
Burlington High School
American Legion Auxiliary
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Race Inquiry Targets Hancock Raceway Witness
A Massachusetts special legislative committee asked Attorney General Edward Brooke to investigate discrepancies in Herbert Dobelle's testimony. Dobelle, a Pittsfield podiatrist and former Hancock Raceway stockholder, testified that he would receive a $10,000-a-year lifetime contract plus $2,500 annually if the track profited, and he was summoned to appear before a Hampden County grand jury on May 6.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Edward Brooke
Herbert Dobelle
Pittsfield
Hancock Raceway
Dobelle
Hampden County
Hancock Track
Morris H. Leff
Beald
Beald Realty Trust
Bernard Francis
Harry Osman
John D. Mahoney
New York
Florida
Pair Still Set to Hang Pair Still Set to Hang
Two Rhode Island men, Frederick Martineau and Russell Nelson, remain slated for execution on May 21 for a 1959 murder in Lincoln. A New Hampshire judge denied their appeal for a new trial but left open a path to another appeal at the state Supreme Court.
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Manchester
N. H
William A. Grimes
Grimes
Frederick Martineau
Russell Nelson
State Supreme Court
Martineau
Nelson
Rhode Islanders
Maurice Gagnon
Lincoln
R.I
Gagnon
Nashua
Senators Split on Hoff's Charges Over Appointments Delay
In Montpelier two senators diverged on Gov. Hoff's claim the Senate delays his appointments. Republican James L. Oakes blamed Hoff for the delay, while Democrat Frederick J. Fayette urged prompt action and called for an executive session to advance the 46 remaining nominations.
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Fayette
Hoff
Senate
ABC Elects Moore President of TV Network
Thomas W. Moore was elected president of the American Broadcasting Co. television network. The announcement came from Leon M. Goldenson, president of ABC Paramount Theatres Inc. Moore began in 1952 as an account executive at CBS and rose to ABC vice president in charge of sales in 1957 and programming in 1958.
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New York
Thomas W. Moore
American Broadcasting Co
Moore
Leonore H. Goldenson
American Broadcasting Paramount Theaters Inc
Columbia Broadcasting Tem
ABC
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William Hitzig
Mitchell D. Schweitzer
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
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New Rochelle
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