Two Year-Old Drowns Near Morrisville Home
In Morrisville Vermont a two year-old boy Randall Lee Ward drowned in the La Moille River about fifty feet from his Walcott Road home. His father Frank Ward Jr pulled him from the water but he was already dead after reportedly slipping down a five foot embankment into the river. He was one of four children in the family.
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Vandals Slash Hundreds of IBM Plant Wires Near Essex Junction
Police hunt vandals who sliced hundreds of telephone cables during the Easter weekend at IBM’s new plant under construction. New England Telephone estimates two workers would take two weeks to repair the damage, with wire cutters used in a planned attack.
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Albany plan eyed to meet May reapportionment deadline
Assembly Speaker Anthony Travia predicts a Democrats led reapportionment plan will be ready before the May 5 court deadline. The Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment is crafting it after the court limited the assembly to 150 members and tossed out four Republican plans from last year. In Schaghticoke, four boys aged 11 to 13 were jailed over cemetery vandalism at St John the Baptist. about 35 tombstones were toppled by the group.
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Crosby Junior High School
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Russell Broughton, 62, Dies After Public Controversy
Russell H. Broughton, 62, central figure in a 1963 arrest and lengthy hearings, died Tuesday in East Greenbush. He faced an arrest for interfering during an officer’s attempt to arrest a Black man for disorderly conduct, was released, and no indictments followed. A longtime New York Telephone plant supervisor, he served 40 years and was active in the YMCA and Masonry. named Albany Methodist Man of the Year in 1954.
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Albany
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New York Telephone Co
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Krakatoa eruption described as one of history’s greatest
A UPI report notes Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption near Java as one of history’s loudest events. The blast was heard in Australia 2000 miles away and atmospheric dust lingered for about two years, per the Book of Knowledge.
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Gilman Plant Will Stay in Vermont
New York report says Gilman Paper Co will retain its Gilman Vermont plant after a seven month strike ending earlier this year. Charles Gilman Sr. says expansion could grow jobs from 300 to 1,200 if favorable economics and good labor relations continue, with potential new consumer paper product manufacturing.
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Williams town Lodge Fire Ravages Berkshire Town
A rapidly spreading blaze described as possibly the largest ever in Williamstown destroyed the Williams town Lodge off the Road Tuesday morning forcing owner Nelson W. Ayers to flee. Fire visible for miles, heat singed nearby trees. damage estimate unavailable.
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