Newspapers in the classroom conference set for May in Vermont
Vermont social science teachers will gather May 3 at the Pavilion Hotel in Montpelier to explore using newspapers as teaching aids. The Vermont Council of the Social Sciences, the State Department of Education, and several Vermont papers plus The New York Times sponsor the program. Representatives from Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus, Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer, Burlington Free Press, Connecticut Valley Times-Reporter, Newport Express, Rutland Herald, St. Albans Messenger, St. Johnsbury Caledonian Record, and The New York Times will join to discuss classroom use of current newspaper content.
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Barre-Montpelier Times - Argus
The
Bennington Banner
Brattleboro Reformer
Burlington Free Press
Connecticut Valley Times-Reporter
Newport Express
Rutland Herald
St. Albans Messenger
St. Johnsbury Caledonian Record
New York Times
National Life reports Q1 gains across sales and policyhold
National Life Insurance Company posted stronger first quarter results with sales by its nationwide field force totaling $130,856,000, up more than 35 percent from 1965. Insurance in force reached $3,994,000,000, up over seven percent, while payments to policyholders and beneficiaries rose to $18,794,000. Death benefits totaled $6,336,000, up $1,038,000. Investment earnings yielded 4.70 percent pre tax and 4.19 percent after tax, versus 4.56 and 4.10 percent a year earlier.
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Montpelier — National Life Insurance Company
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Welcome Center on I 91 Opens with Private Funds
C Douglas Cairns of Burlington announced bids for Vermont�s first Welcome and Information Center on I 91 open May 3 in Woodstock. The center targets a July 4 weekend opening to aid tourist traffic. Private funds finance the building. state and federal money cover exterior work. Free Vermont milk will be provided. Center is located one half mile north of the Massachusetts border in Guilford.
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C. Douglas Cairns
Burlington
Greater Vermont Association
Interstate 91
Woodstock
Cairns
Vermont
Windham County Marketing Group
Vermont Dairy Council
Vermont Development Department
Massachusetts - Vermont
Guilford
Vermont man dies after fall from hospital window
A 57-year-old Willard Reed of South Burlington died after plunging from a fifth-floor window at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington. Authorities opened an investigation into the death. In Montpelier, Fred L. Kenney of Windsor was named administrative assistant for the Vermont Free Public Library Service to aid budget matters and oversee federally funded construction plans.
White Creek Supervisor Cullinan named EOC President
Stuart E. Cullinan of Cambridge Town of White Creek is named president of the Washington County Economic Opportunity Council at its annual meeting held this week in Hudson Falls.
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Cambridge
White Creek
Stuart E. Cullinan
Washington County Economic Opportunity Council
Hudson Falls
Well Known Troy Jeweler Dies
John B Madden vice president of Sim and Co jewelers and silversmiths died after a short illness at St Marys Hospital The longtime employee retired in March 1963 after 53 years with the firm Funeral services set for Saturday at Leahy Funeral Home and Our Lady of Victory Church with a Solemn Requiem Mass
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John B.madden
Sim and Co
St. Mary’s Hospital
Leahy Funeral Home
3Rd St
Our Lady of Victory Church
Commencement Address At Cambridge Nursing Graduation
Miss Edna F. Murphy regional health director will deliver the commencement address next Thursday at 8 p m in Cambridge Central School during the Mary McClellan Hospital School of Practical Nursing graduation and capping ceremony. Diplomas and pins will be presented by Ralph R. Betts former hospital administrator now at Leonard Hospital Troy and by Mrs Shirley Mulligan director of the school.
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Cambridge
Edna F. Murphy
State Department of Health
Mary McClellan Hospital School of Practical Nursing
Cambridge Central School
Ralph R. Betts
Leonard Hospital
Troy
Shirley Mulligan
Berkshire man pleads not guilty in larceny case
Edward Lee Thomas of Petersburg faced District Court on larceny of a car charge after waiving plea. He admitted operating without a license and attaching improper plates. Case continued to April 27 with bail set at 2000 dollars. He is sought by federal parole authorities in Albany and state police in Vermont.
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Edward Lee Thomas
Petersburg
FBI
Albany
Vermont
Thomas
Adams Selectmen Receive Apology Over Peace Corps Plan
Dr. Robert L. Gaudino of Williams College apologizes for how the Peace Corps training ground announcement was made. He agrees the selectmen were correct in criticizing the handling of the April 6 notice that the corps project would use Adams and Williamstown for training.
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ADAMS
Robert L. Gaudino
Williams College
Peace Corps
Williamstown
City to allow cycle parking despite rain and police
North Adams reports light rain and an extra police presence as a threatened motorcycle park-in draws only a handful of riders. City officials plan ordinance changes to permit special cycle parking spaces to fit more bikes.
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North Adams
Merged N Y Papers Give Up Hope Of Starting Monday
New York publishers facing a labor crisis in the World Journal Tribune merger fear a Monday publication is unlikely. Matt Meyer says bleak talks over worker dismissals threaten the Herald Tribune and World Journal, with no separate editions possible after this weekend. The three papers formed a new company in history best known for displacing about 2,000 of 5,700 workers amid union-management disputes over layoffs and severance.
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New York
UPD
World Journal Tribune Inc
Matt Meyer
Morning Herald Tribune
Afternoon World Journal
UVM President Speaks On U S Problems in Asia
Shannon McCune president of the University of Vermont addressed the World Affair Council warning the United States must reach and not win the minds of Asia. He argued that psychological tactics risk tragedy and stressed understanding Oriental minds rather than warfare. He spoke alongside Gen. Maxwell Taylor Hanson Baldwin and U Alexis Johnson.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
University of Vermont
Shannon McCune
World Affair Council
United States
Asia
McCune
Korea
Gen
Maxwell Taylor
Aiken to Head Viet Nam Forum in State House
Senator George Aiken R Vermont will be principal speaker at a day long Viet Nam forum in the Vermont State House. He opens the afternoon panel with other speakers including William Bundy William Sloan Coffin Jr. and Russell Johnson. About 350 state leaders were invited to the conference hosted by five statewide organizations.
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Russell Johnson
American Friends Service Committee
Aiken Discusses Dairy Problems At White House
Senator George Aiken and four Vermont dairy farmers met Thursday at the White House with Harry McPherson Jr and Undersecretary John Schnittker to report on rising costs and falling incomes in dairy farming. They presented cost accounting records from Center Rutland Pawlet Tinmouth and Wallingford operations and then Aiken met with President Johnson.
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Washington
UPI
George Aiken
R-Vt
Vermont
White House
Aiken
Harry McPherson Jr
John Schnittker
David Dickinson
Center Rutland
Francis Leach
Pawlet
John Squier
Tinmouth
Manford Ewing
Wallingford
Johnson
Pope cancels pilgrimage to Poland amid church state strains
Pope Paul VI announced he would not undertake a pilgrimage to Poland to mark Christianitys 1000th anniversary, expressing regret over not meeting Polish Catholic wishes. Vatican sources cited Communist Poland under Gomulka, advising the visit not be opportune at this time.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Vatican
Wladislaw Gomulka
Rome
Beauty Pageant Finals Set For Saturday In Burlington
Finals of the Miss Vermont pageant will be held Saturday night at Memorial Auditorium to select a winner to represent Vermont in the Miss America contest. Seven contestants include Karin Ringdahl of Rome New York the only nonresident. She is a University of Vermont senior. The winner receives a 1000 dollar Pepsi Cola scholarship and proceeds to Atlantic City New Jersey for the Miss America competition. Current Miss Vermont is Lois Dodge of Grand Isle a UVM senior. Pageant sponsored by the Vermont Sunday News.
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Lois Dodge
Grand Isle
UVM
Vermont
The
Vermont Sunday News
State police to join nationwide teletype network
Commissioner A E Alexander says Vermont will join a new national police teletype network later this month. The automated system, Law Enforcement Teletype Writer System, will give Vermont authorities instant communications with law enforcement agencies nationwide and operates 24 hours a day with selective station calling.
Vermont horologist warns of clock damage in time change
Newfane based horologist Joseph R Bates cautions that daylight saving time transitions threaten fine clocks. He advises setting clocks in the morning before 11 and ensuring chimes strike fully at each quarter hour, avoiding forceful adjustments and consulting experts for complex mechanisms.
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Vermont
Newfane
UPI
Joseph R. Bates
Bates
United States
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