Salmonella risk in Easter novelty chicks and ducks
Burlington reports that two week old novelty chicks and ducks sold for Easter are contaminated with salmonella, a health hazard. Last year the same toys were treated with arsenic and limdane insecticide, raising public safety concerns. The issue was flagged by the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta to state health departments after salmonella was found in samples from Pennsylvania.
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Burlington
Communicable Disease Center
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
Vermont Mill Accident Amputates Teen’s Hand
19 year old Helen Blake in satisfactory condition after his right hand was amputated in a machine accident at Vermont Textiles Mill in North Montpelier. He was operated on late Thursday at Mary Fletcher Hospital after being moved from Barre City Hospital. Blake works as a finishing tender at the woolen mill.
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Burlington
UPI
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Helen Blake
Blake
Vermont Textiles
North Montpelier
Barre City
Brattleboro man nominated for flood control commission
MONTPELIER UPI John Carnahan of Brattleboro is nominated for a six year term on the Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission. The nomination by Gov Philip H Hoff requires Senate confirmation. NORTHFIELD UPI Wilson McNamara begins duties as Northfield town manager after a special meeting selected him to fill the vacancy left by the death of John Gunther of Fair Haven. BURLINGTON UPI May 18 is set for a special Ward 1 election to fill an aldermanic vacancy created by Mayor elect Franklin Cain leaving the post. Cain will assume June duties, Democrat John Dunleavy seeks the nomination, while Republican R Allan Paul is likely to oppose him.
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Northfield
UPI
Wilson McNamara
McNamara
John Gunther
Fair Haven
Burlington
Franklin Cain
Cain
Edward Keenan
Keenan
John Dunleavy
R. Allan Paul
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
John J. Daley
John Kelly
D-Chittenden
Senate
House
C.O. Granai
R-Barre
Wallace Booth
D-Barre
Williamstown weighs lagoon sewage plan for New England first
Williamstown may be the first New England town to pilot the lagoon principle for sewage disposal. A preliminary study shows standard disposal would cost about 380000 dollars, while the lagoon system with perforated pipes and sunlight purification could save around 80000 dollars, according to Town Manager John W. Browne.
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Williamstown
UPI
New England
John W. Browne
Rabid Fox Killed. Vermont Records 18th Rabies Case
In Greensboro Lewis Conyan shot a fox that attacked a dog pen. Health Department labs in Burlington later confirmed the animal was rabid, marking Vermont’s 18th rabies case of the year.
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Greensboro
UPI
Vermont
Lewis Conyan
Conyan
Health Department
Burlington
Albany panel backs $2 million downtown parking garage
The Downtown Albany Development Committee voted unanimously to fund a five level garage costing 2 million dollars to serve shoppers. It would hold 650 cars between North Pearl Street and Broadway near Steuben Street with a target opening in Christmas season 1966.
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Albany
Thomas B. Wheeler Jr
Pearl Street
Broadway
Steuben Street
Hoosick Fire Department to gain kitchen and facilities tribute
The Hoosick Fire Department will receive a large kitchen and toilet facilities as a gift from Rev. Edith G. C. Reynolds, a local summer resident. Her business manager Arthur Armestrong noted a stipulation that longtime friends George Spendiff and Joseph Niegoda perform carpentry and plumbing work. Completion is expected in time for dedication after the Memorial Day parade.
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Hoosick
Edith G. C. Reynolds
Arthur Armestrong
Reynolds
George Spendiff
Joseph Niegoda
King named general chairman of Fall Foliage Festival
Thomas R. King of 500 Church Street is named general chairman of the 1965 Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Festival by Chamber of Commerce President Donald R. Thurston. King is tied to the B A French Insurance Agency and has worked with the festival since its start 14 years ago.
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North Adams
Thomas R. King
Church St
Onota Lake Opens for Fishing With Perimeter Rules
State health officials allow fishing and boating at Onota Lake while the city drains water to bolster reservoirs. A 2000 foot buoy perimeter around the pumping station will restrict activity. fishing allowed outside, rowboats or canoes permitted, no gasoline boats. Swimming remains barred.
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Piusfeld
State Department of Public Health
Onota Lake
Great Pond
M. J. Coogan
Public Works Commissioner
Will of Sprague Executive Leaves Estate to Widow
Stanley W. Bubriski, a Sprague Electric Co. official who died in a plane crash February 8, left an estate valued under $100,000 entirely to his widow Dagmar E. Bubriski, according to the Pittsfield probate court ruling in Williamstown.
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Williamstown
Stanley W. Bubriski
Sprague Electric Co
Pittsfield
Dagmar E. Bubriski
Massachusetts racial imbalance report draws fire and praise
Massachusetts faces a split over a blue ribbon panel report on racial imbalance in Boston and four other cities. Governor Volpe backs withholding state funds as a last resort, while officials like Kiernan push action and aid to communities. Critics including Louise Day Hicks denounce bussing plans, NAACP leaders call attacks undemocratic, and Brandeis professor Fuchs defends the panel’s goals amid debate on remedial steps and ongoing municipal responses.
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Boston
UPI
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Volpe
Logan International Airport
Europe
Massachusetts Board of Education
Owen B. Kiernan
Kiernan
Education Board
Louise Day Hicks
Springfield
Cambridge
Medford
the People of
Kenneth I. Guscott
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Boston School Committee
William E. O’connor
Lawrence Fuchs
Brandeis
Fuchs
Lee
Thomas S. Eisenstadt
Arthur Gartland
Rights Struggle Stressed In Cardinal's Message
Boston Archbishop Richard Cardinal Cushing urges continuation of civil rights fights in his Easter message. He cites Palm Sunday and Selma as Christian demonstrations for human dignity and notes his convalescence after major abdominal surgery while reaffirming commitment to his duties among his people.
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Cardinal
Boston
UPS
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Palm Sunday
Selma
Ple
Jerusalem
Festival of Passover Begins Tonight in Freedom Observance
UPI religion writer Louis Casse ls describes Passover as the oldest Jewish festival observed for about 3,000 years. The week long Seder starts at sundown with candles lit by the mother. The family gathers for the ritual meal featuring matzoh bitter herbs and charoset. The head of the family recites the Exodus story as children search for the hidden matzoh, often earning a reward.
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Rael
Egypt
Ree
Egyptian
Pyramids
Moon Experts Debate Moon Surface Safety for Apollo Landing
At a NASA Goddard conference the surface of the Moon drew sharp opinions. Scientists cited cracks, craters, and dust but disagreed on load bearing strength for a 15 ton Apollo craft. Some warned of instant quicksand risk while others saw safety margins as possible.
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Ranger 9
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
International Astronomical Union
Rangers
G. P. Kuiper
Uni
Versity
Arizona
Ewan Whitaker
Robert C. Semans Jr
Seamans
Thomas Gold
Cornell University
Gold
Lunar
Moon
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Houghton
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Robert S. Ireland
Concord
Harry V. Gilson
Winchester
Weymouth
Elmer
Mapes
Alfred A. Maffeo
Natick
John B. Chaffee
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Wellesley
Udall
Washington
Inerior
Stewart L. Udall
Winchester Company
Louis Cassels
Apollo
Los Altos
Calif
Rose Lewett
Symington III
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Washington Hospital Center
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
U.S
Bennington, Vt
Motorola
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