Three Pennsylvania insurers killed in Barre-Montpelier crash
A light four seat Cessna 175 failed to lift after takeoff from Barre Montpelier airport and crashed into a wooded area near an old cemetery. Pilot Albert Weidenmayer 23 of King of Prussia Pa died. Injured Blaine Scott II Leo Boyle and Robert Yarnell all of Valley Forge Pa were taken to Barre City Hospital. The men represented World Mutual Health and Accident Ins Co of Pennsylvania and had attended an insurance meeting in town.
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World Mutual Health and Accident Ins. Co
Pennsylvania
Saxtons River Vermont Academy receives 15 acre Okemo plot
alumnus Don Cutter, manager of the Okemo ski development, donated the land near the ski area in Ludlow. Vermont Academy plans to develop the site for Outing Club outdoor recreation and ski programs. a trout stream runs through the wooded property.
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Saxtons River
Vermont Academy
Okemo Mountain
Ludlow
Okemo
Don Cutter
Outing Club
Interim appointee Dawn Hicks seeks quick reapportionment plan
Mrs. Dawn Hicks, Wilmington town representative and interim General Assembly appointee, advocates a periodic look at reapportionment and a possible special session. She backs Vermont Senate apportionment as constitutionally clear, opposes increasing House size, and notes her late husband and current employer details.
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Wilmington
Dawn Hicks
General Assembly
Hicks
Donald Hicks
Deerfield Valley Grain Co
Martin A. Brown
Barre Plans Budget Vote At March Elections
Barre city officials consider a plan to have voters approve the city budget in March rather than the tax rate. Public forums would explain the budget before elections, with allocations set beforehand and the tax rate determined in June from Grand List figures.
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Barre
Robert W. Palmer
East Corinth Bradford area farmers form towards cooperative
East Corinth Bradford area farmers voted Friday to form an independent cooperative with pledges that Bay State Ice Cream Co will sell its Bradford creamery to the cooperative if formed. The move signals opposition to New England Milk Producers Association and Northern Farms Cooperative and to bulk tank pressure.
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East Corinth
Bradford
Bay State Ice Cream Co., Inc
Bay State Co
New England Milk Producers’ Association
Northern Farms Cooperative
Swanton Swan Privacy Plans Dubious for Busy Park Nest
Swanton’s Royal Swans lack privacy in a public pond, caretaker Fred Bell says they would reproduce if left alone. A small house near the pond is planned this year, a gift from Queen Elizabeth, but Bell doubts it will affect the swans’ family prospects.
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Swanton
Fred Bell
Bell
Elizabeth of England
Police Crackdown After Youth Fires Firecrackers in Public
Berkshire police probe a firecracker incident after a officer nabbed a youth Friday night. Seven others questioned and possible arrests loom as motorists complain about crackers tossed into traffic.
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North Adams
Cement firm grants easement across South End Sewer
North Adams reports a cement firm once blocked by local opposition has given the city an easement for its South End Sewer line spanning 1,208 feet in exchange for a dollar.
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North Adams
South End
Williams Town Seeks More Water Capacity
A town report due tomorrow night will advise adding water supplies, likely through another gravel-packed well following earlier successes. Meanwhile, the New Williams Dormitory near Hopkins Observatory is nearing completion, costing $1,115,000 for a four floor building to house 95 students by fall.
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Williamstown
Williams
Hopkins Observatory
Troy Gambling Ring Raids Raid Nets Sixteen Arrests in Troy
In Troy, sixteen people were arrested after 45 Internal Revenue Service agents raided nine gambling establishments. Two agents were described as personal representatives of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Three establishments reportedly earned about $500,000 yearly from racetrack bets. The operation used eight radioed cars and hit eight sites at 1 05 p.m. and the ninth at 1 10 p.m. Planned for three months by the Justice Department and the U S Attorney in Albany.
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Troy
Internal Revenue
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Albany
Rockefeller Expands Powers of NY Industrial Commissioner
Gov. Rockefeller said he signed new law granting the state industrial commissioner broader authority to halt work in unsafe construction zones and to ban unsafe devices in amusement parks. The expanded powers take effect October 1.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Babcock urges reorganization to save Vermont towns
In a talk on Saving the Towns, Babcock argues personal property taxes harm farmers and small towns, urges a legislature reorganization rather than waiting on the courts, and outlines state aid inequities and a proposed equalization approach. He cites recent Vermont court decisions and the Tennessee case on reapportionment, warning of potential constitutional issues if the Supreme Court acts.
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Babcock
Vermont
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndonville
Simpson
Chancery Court
Chittenden County
Rutland County
Chittenden
Rutland
Tennessee
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Lee Shoemaker
League of Women Voters
Clarence E. Howard
Siegfried Line Dismantling Costs Soar Across Germany
Bonn reports the Siegfried Line, once a massive fortification, now lies in ruins and costly to remove. About 300 bunkers have been blown and 200 remain, with demolition costing 10 000 to 30 000 marks per bunker. Dragon's teeth obstacles complicate removal and farmers seek damages for land.
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Bonn
Adolf Hitler
Aachen
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Wahlheim
William Pool Named Somerset Supervisor in Windham County
Gov Keyser named William A. Pool of Wilmington as supervisor of unorganized towns and gores for Windham County. Pool will handle municipal affairs for Somerset, the county's only unorganized town, succeeding the late Rep Leon Wheeler. no gores exist in the county.
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Montpelier
Keyser
William A. Pool
Wilmington
Windham County
Leon K. Wheeler
Pool
Somerset
General Commemorates Century-old Raid Failure
The General locomotive, famous for the 1862 Andrews raid, conducts a 100 mile commemorative trip from Big Shanty to Chattanooga. The event honors spies James Andrews and the raiders, with townsfolk and reenactments at six stops along the route.
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North
Georgia
Chattanooga
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Will Huff and Puff
Andrews
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
James Andrews
Big Shanty
Marietta
Doctors Find Exercise Eases Back Pain and Denture Fit
A report by Drs. Hans Kraus and Sonya Weber shows psychoanalysts with back pain improved after muscular fitness tests and regular exercises. In dental care, Bernard Jankerson describes a method using porcelain upper dentures and acrylic lower teeth with a plastic coating to maintain better bite as dentures wear.
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Associated Press
Hans Kraus
Sonya Weber
New York City
Kraus
Bernard Jankerson
Seattle
Atmosphere Test Planned Amid Soviet Nuclear Leverage
Washington AP reports preparations for a new series of U S atmospheric nuclear tests to deter Soviet advances in the arms race. Kennedy signals final approval may come soon as a large task force monitors expected shots over two Pacific test sectors near Johnston and Christmas Islands.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Johnston
Christmas Islands
Pacific
Kennedy
Virus linked to human cold shown to induce cancer in hamsters
Texas researchers report that one type of adenovirus used to cause a severe human respiratory illness produced tumors in hamsters. The finding, supported by the American Cancer Society, suggests viruses could play a role in some cancers, though not proving causation in humans.
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Texas
American Cancer Society
Texas Research
ACS
Texas Group
John J. Trentin
Baylor University
Collgee of Medicine
American Association For Cancer Research
Yoshiro Yabe
Baylor
Grant Taylor
M.D. Anderson Hospital
University of Texas
Trentin
New Brand of Cigarettes Sparks Complain in Hungary
In a Bekes Megyei Nepus jag letter from Vienna, a Hungarian criticizes a new cigarette brand in Communist Hungary, likening it to fireworks and a plastic bomb with ashes falling like lava from a volcano.
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Vienna
Bekes Megyei Nepusjag
Blind Student Wins Chemistry Prize at Regional Contest
Gerald W. McCollum, 17, an Ashland, Massachusetts student who has been blind since infancy, won first prize of 500 dollars in a high school chemistry competition. About 600 students from eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire took part, with Robert J. Kalayan of Watertown and Philip J. Liapis of Portsmouth tying for second.
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Cambridge, Mass
Andover Academy
Gerald W. McCollum
Ashland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
American Chemical Sociey
Robert J. Kalayan
Watertown
Mass
Philip J. Liapis
Portsmouth
N.H
Soviet Blast Study by AEC Scientists Examines Fall Trials
Atomic Energy Commission and defense scientists assessed more than 40 Soviet blasts last fall, analyzing yields, fallout, and device design implications for U.S. strategic planning.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Defense
Nor shafts Democrats postpone April meeting to 30
The Nor shafts Democrats vote to move their April meeting from the third Monday to April 30. The Southside Circle Baptist Church plans a meeting April 17 at 7 30 p m at Mrs Edward Reagan’s home in Center Shaftsbury. The Congregational Churches hold rehearsals this week Tuesday 3 10 p m juniors and Thursday 7 p m seniors. North Bennington Fire Department meets April 17 at 7 30 p m at the firehouse.
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Norshafts Democrats
Southside
The
Baptist Church
Edward Reagan
Center Shaftsbury
North Bennington Fire Department
Winners announced in Stowe Sugar Slalom final
John Clough of Middlebury won the men's division at the 25th Sugar Slalom final in Stowe with a time of 53.6 seconds, four seconds faster than Rip McManus of Stowe. Patty Harrington of Burlington won the women's crown in 1:02.9 amid a field of 30 competitors.
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Stowe
John Clough
Middlebury
Patty Harrington
Burlington
Clough
Rip McManus
Miss Harrington
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