County Leaders Launch Friendly Town Program in Vermont
In Springfield Vermont the 1963 Herald Tribune Friendly Town program began at a spring meeting. Bennington County chairman Mrs. Fred Stacy and Mrs. William E. Dailey Sr. attended the Hartness House luncheon. Ralph B. Dwinell director urged more invitations for Negro children and boys. County 1962 results showed 34 children hosted with 22 Black or Puerto Rican and 12 white. The county aims for 60 invitations this year, pursuing 100. Teresa Bove reviewed findings from New York meeting and introduced visitors Richard Crandell and Lawrence Mickelic. Springfield town manager Bernard Emerson and Springfield Reporter staff attended. Windsor County chairman Mrs. Emily Cota oversaw arrangements.
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Shaftsbury
Herald Tribune
Vermont
Springfield
Fred Stacy
Bennington County
William E. Dailey Sr
Hartness House
Ralph B. Dwinell
New York
Teresa Bove
Rutland
Richard Crandell
Laurence Mickelic
Bernard Emerson
Gerald McLaughlin
Emily Cota
Windsor County
Fresh Air Fund
Town
Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Banner
Richard F. Crandell
Stacy
New York City
Lashua
Grandma Runs Her Airport In High Heels
Independence Missouri AP reports Mrs Vesta Ilshire known as Mrs A runs a private airport on her family farm with 75 single engine planes. She operates an aviation ground school rents hangars and shops and bakes cakes for lunchroom customers. She wears high heels and dresses and greets trainees with coffee and sweets each Tuesday and Thursday night.
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Independence
Vestailshire
Independence Memorial Airport
Library Honors Award to Crossett Library at Bennington College
The public is invited to the First Honors Award presentation for the Edward Clark Crossett Library at Bennington College on Thursday at 2 p.m. Librarian Mary S. Hopkins will receive the award citation from Payson Webber of the American Institute of Architects. The event, jointly sponsored by AIA, ALA and the National Book Committee, follows a competitive field of 63 libraries. Delegates include Dean Pietro Belluschi, Gladys Y. Leslie, William H. Wills, and others involved in the Crossett Library project.
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Edward Clark Crossett
Bennington College
Mary S. Hopkins
Payson Webber
American Institute of Architects
Rutland
American Library Association
National Book Committee
Pietro Belluschi
Crossett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gladys Y. Leslie
Bennington
William H. Wills
Frederic L. Day Jr
Dean Belluschi
Carl Koch Associates
Cambridge
Mass
Wyllis E. Wright
Williams College
Judge awards damages over ugly legs injury in London
In London a High Court judge awarded Vivian Pettit 1,384 pounds for injuries from a scooter accident that left a scar and a bowed leg. The judge noted a young woman’s concern over disfigurement and affirmed the right to feel unhappy about ugly legs.
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London
High Court
Richard Elwes
Vivian Pettit
Adler To Speak At Conference Of Math Teachers
Dr. Irving Adler of Shaftsbury will speak May 7 at Shaftsbury Elementary School from 2 to 4 p.m. for the Bennington Southwest District three meeting series on mathematics teaching. He discusses What is Mathematics and How Does a Mathematician Think. The workshop in modern mathematics runs Aug. 12-23 at Molly Stark School led by Dr. Ann Peters. May 28 session closes the series.
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Irving Adler
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Adler
Molly Stark School
Ann Peters
Keene
N.h.)teachers College
Molly Stark
Autopsy Results Withheld in Lowell Man Death
State Police continued investigation into the death of 66 year old John McElroy whose body was found in a brook on his property. The body was taken to Burlington for an autopsy scheduled for Monday but results were not known.
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Montpelier
Lowell
John McElroy
Burlington
Southwest District Seeks 6 Teachers
The Southwest District has six teacher vacancies including a high school commercial teacher and an elementary French teacher. Superintendent Leon E. Wagner says interviews are underway for most posts while returning teachers’ contracts have been signed. Several nearby districts report full staffing. several boards begin budget meetings this week.
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Bennington Southwest
Leon E. Wagner
Wagner
North Pownal
Woodford Town
Artington
North Bennington
Pownal
Greater Bennington
Shaftsbury
Prudential Committee
Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Paris May Grow to 12 to 16 Million by 2000
Paris planner Paul Delouvrier forecasts the city expanding to 12 to 16 million residents by century's end. The report warns current housing low quality with many homes lacking baths and water, proposing ten express roads and fast suburban rail to handle future growth into 1975 and beyond.
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Paris
UPI
Paul Delouvrier
Lion
Delouvrier
Lyons
Marseilles
Lille
Nancy-Metz
Seine River
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Uss
Hancock
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Paddock
E. T. Williams
Children’s Bazaar
Bennington, Vt
Ship’n Shore
College Library
Anna Antoniewicz
National Library Week Committee of
Jane B. Hobson
Free Public Library Service State of Vermont
Burton Winslow
Conference of Math Teachers
Nichols
FBI
Union ST
Southwest District
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