Two-Year-Old Dies In Vermont Apartment Fire
A fire on the third floor of a multi unit building in Vermont claimed the life of two year old Scott Jeror, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Jeror. The mother, pregnant with her fourth child, heard screams and found the room engulfed in flames. Fire Chief Clifton Thompson inhaled smoke. Mrs Jeror was treated at Copley Hospital in Morrisville. Ground floor housed a store. upper floors had several apartments. Fire officials probe blaze cause.
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UPI
Scott Jeror
Francis Jeror
Jeror
Clifton Thompson
Jerer
Copley Hospital
Morrisville
Vermont Milk Control Board Sets May Milk Prices
The Vermont Milk Control Board announces new minimum prices effective May 1. Retail half gallon milk priced at 43 cents and quarts at 22 cents. Home delivery quarts 23 cents. Excludes Wind sor County Brattleboro and several small communities. Prices assume fluid milk with butterfat at most 4 percent.
Boat builder dies of burns in Vermont welding accident
Lawrence Rousseau, 71, a South Hero boat builder and welder, died in a Burlington hospital from burns suffered Monday while using a gasoline blowtorch on a row boat. A passerby aided in extinguishing the flames after his clothing ignited.
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Burlington
UPT
Lawrence Rousseau
Grand Isle
Harold Hanson
Rousseau
Man Killed in I 89 Highway Crash in Waterbury
A Manchester New Hampshire man was killed when his car careened out of control on Interstate 89 in Waterbury, skidded 300 feet into a rock ledge. State police withheld the victim’s name pending notification of relatives. the death marked the state’s 19th highway fatality of the year.
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Waterbury
UPI
Manchester
N.H
Barre Auditorium to Host Vermont GOP Convention in May
Vermont GOP Executive Director Richard Thomas of Montpelier says Barre Municipal Auditorium was chosen for the Republican leadership convention. About 750 delegates are expected to attend the event on May 21.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
GOP
Richard Thomas
Barre Municipal
Merrill to Run for Vermont Senate in Fall
Retiring Vermont forests and parks chief Perry Merrill, a Republican, said he will seek a seat in the Vermont Senate this fall. Merrill was defeated in the Senate primary four years ago.
Vermont Tuberculosis and Health Association marks 50th anniversary
Burlington hosts the Vermont Tuberculosis and Health Association annual meeting to mark its 50th year. The Hotel Vermont will host a social hour before a 7 p.m. dinner. William Hiscock of the U S Public Health Service will speak on Partnership in Health.
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Burlington
Vermont Tuberculosis and Health Association
Vermont
William Hiscock
United States Public Health Service
Partnership In
New York Passes Liberal Divorce Reform Bill
Gov Nelson Rockefeller signed New York’s first major divorce reform bill in 179 years ending the state’s infidelity grounds rule. The measure creates a liberal statute with most provisions effective September 1, 1967.
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Albany
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Hudson Valley Community College Buys 10 Acre North Campus Tract
Troy James J. Fitzgibbons announces the college purchased about ten acres north of the campus on NY 4 Vandenburgh Avenue from Thomas and Samuel Hawryluk. The purchase price was not disclosed. Latham Colonie Summer Theatre to host The Supremes July 11 in a one night show featuring Diana Ross Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson, Motown stars with six No 1 records in a row. Eagle Bridge Arlden B Olson and his wife celebrate 50 years of marriage with an open house attended by 150 friends. Mrs Olsen is a past matron of Van Rensselaer Chapter CBS and former Town Republican Club president. Olson, a dairy farmer, is a member of Van Rensselaer Lodge F&AM and Raymond Chapter Royal Arch Masons.
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Troy
James J. Fitzgibbons
Hudson Valley Community College
Thomas and
Samuel Hawryluk
N.Y. 4
Vandenburgh Avenue
Latham
The
Supremes
America
Colonie Summer Theatre
Diana Ross
Florence Ballard
Mary Wilson
Motown Record Corp
Thunderer
Detroit
Eagle Bridge
Arlden B. Olson
Berkshire thieves face multiple counts in Pittsfield case
Thomas Jackson 26 of Albany received 10 month terms on six counts of receiving stolen goods while a larceny charge was dismissed. Co-defendant Patricia Ann Walker 20 of Albany got six months suspended and two years probation on one count. They were arrested April 8 in the First National Stores parking lot over merchandise thefts. Margaret H. Hall, 74 former head mistress and founder of Berkshire Historical Society, died at the society meeting. The Pittsfield City Council backed a resolution for Mt Greylock Tramway development after defeating a similar measure.
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Pittsfield
Thomas Jackson
Albany
N.Y
Patricia Ann Walker
Jackson
Miss Walker
First National
Margaret H. Hall
New England Officials Praise New Haven Rail In Merger
Boston officials and business leaders welcomed the ICC decision to include the New Haven Railroad in the Penn Central merger. They urged action to also include the Boston & Maine in the Norfolk Western Nickel Plate merger, while Sen. Kennedy praised the move as laying the groundwork for regional rail restructuring and service preservation.
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New Haven Railroad
Boston
UPD
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
New York Central
ICC
Boston & Maine Railroad
B&m
Norfolk and Western
Boston & Maine
Norfolk & Western
Nickel Plate
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Massachusetts
Williams Student Involved in College Charges
Williams College officials meet with police Captain John C. Dwyer to address a student related incident amid college community concerns about police brutality. The briefing notes involve cautions for conduct and campus safety as authorities review the events in Williamstown Mass.
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Williamstown
Mass
John C. Dwyer
White Plains
N.Y
Williams College
Floods Hit Lake Erie Shoreline
MONROE Michigan residents endure a brutal Lake Erie storm as 40 mph winds hammer a 100 mile stretch from Sandusky to Detroit. Some 3,000 people evacuated with Red Cross centers set up and Army Navy help. Damage centers on boats and docks. Gov Millkien visited the area while Rep Vivan seeks federal low interest loans.
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Monroe
Mich
UPI
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Ohio
Detroit
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Michigan
William G. Millkien
Weston Vivan
D-Mich
Newsman Will Be Speaker At Montpelier Conference
Jay Walz head of The New York Times Ottawa bureau will speak at the Newspaper in the Classroom conference in Montpelier on May 3. Vermont Council of Social Sciences sponsors with the State Department of Education and Vermont dailies. The event at Pavilion Hotel starts 9:30 a.m. with registrations, four morning talks, a classroom demonstration, Walz address, film of AP top photos, and afternoon round tables for questions and program summaries.
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Montpelier
Jay Walz
New York Times
Ottawa Bureau
Vermont Council of Social Sciences
State Department of Education
Vermont
Pavilion Hotel
Lester Jipp
Vermont Department of Education
Edna Wright
Manchester
Alan Blakeman
Montpelier High School
James Davidson
Mount St. Joseph’s Academy
Douglas Tudhope
South Burlington High School
Blakeman
Walz
Top Associat
Ed Press
Bennington Banner Rates and Contact Info Printed
The Bennington Banner lists its offices at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 15201 and provides newsroom and advertising contacts. It details United Press International republication rights and home delivery options with subscription rates for Vermont and nationwide mailings.
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Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
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Department of Public Speaking
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