Cattle egret arrives in Vermont sparks awe at sightings
In Shelburne Vermont 11 cattle egrets appeared Friday stunning two University of Vermont medical school staffers amateur bird watchers. The birds seen in New England twice previously in the U S first noted in 1948. In Barre Town police raid ends in arrest of Dale Findsen 21 after he advertised a TV repair business and police flagged stolen equipment.
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Shelburne
India
Vermont
University of Vermont Medical School
Wilbert F. Chambers
Peter Upton
New England
U.S
Barre Town
Dale Findsen
Changes at Brattleboro Book Press under Brattleboro Industries
Keith L. Johns, president of Brattleboro Industries, Inc., announced changes at the Brattleboro Book Press, formerly Alan S. Browne, Inc. The plant will operate below capacity as undesirable accounts are dropped and unprofitable products are discontinued to target publishers with solid prices and good credit. Officials say the future looks bright with expansion talks and possible new equipment for the plant.
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Brattleboro
Brattleboro Book Manufacturing
Alan S. Browne
Hoff Opposes Lower Vermont Drinking Age in Gubernatorial Bid
Burlington reports Rep. Philip Hoff, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, opposes lowering Vermont's 21 year drinking age. Nearby states push New York to raise its age, with Vermont officials backing the effort. In a separate Burlington note, $1,000 was approved for the Justin Smith Morrill Foundation to acquire and restore Morrill homestead in Strafford, with UVT president John T. Fey citing broad land grant support and Morrill’s Vermont ties.
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Burlington — City
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
New York
Hoff
New Jersey
Connecticut
Burlington
Justin Smith
Morrill Foundation
U.S
Strafford
University of Vermont
John T. Fey
Morrill
Fey
University
Justin Morrill
Sen. Morrill
Episcopal Chapel Planned on University of Vermont Land
University of Vermont trustees authorize a 40 year lease of about an acre of land west of University Heights for an Episcopal chapel serving students. The Diocese of Vermont would use the site with other faiths invited to city land for student worship centers.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Episcopal
UVM
Universty Heights
Redstone
Episcopal Diocese of Vermont
Episcopal Church
University
John T. Fey
B’nai B’rith-Hillel Foundation
Vermont
Newman Club
Westfield Cattle Herd Hosts Rare Cattle Egrets
Cattle egrets seen with Herefords in Westfield. Birds avoided humans, returning when cattle were alone. Berkshire. Other notes include a Vermont sighting and a college testing plan.
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Westfield
Vermont
Ex-Air Officer Kills Wife Then Ends Life In Car
Meredith Fink 43 of Castleton shot his wife Eva 42 in a Cohoes parking lot after an argument and then died by inhaling car exhaust. Eva listed in fair condition at Cohoes Memorial Hospital. Coroner withholding verdict pending further investigation. Nearby weekend crashes kill Stephen Szatkowski 53 Altamont, Robert Courant 21 Schenectady, and Anthony Mustico 49 Amsterdam.
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Cohoes
Air Force
Meredith Fink
Castleton
Eva
Cohoes Memorial Hospital
Albbany County
John J. Marra
New York
Stephen Szatkowski
Altamont
Guilderland
Robert Courant
Schenectady
Glenville
Anthony F. Mustico
Amsterdam
Route
Marian Day Rally in Winooski at St Michael's May 5
St Michael's College in Winooski hosts the Vermont Marian Day rally on Sunday May 5 at 4 p.m. at St Michael's Stadium with a shrine procession hymns a sermon by Rt Rev Msgr Charles J Marcoux living Rosary and Benediction. Co chairs are Joseph DeGrimney and John Schlegel with college staff coordinating. Invitations go to Vermont Roman Catholic parishes.
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St. Michael’s College
Winooski Park
Vermont
St. Michael’s Stadium
St. Michael’s
Mary
Charles J. Marcoux
St. Joseph's Parish
Burlington
Joseph T. DeGrimney
Arlington
Mass
John B. Schlegel
Troy
N.Y
Henry G. Fairbanks
Nelson B. Ziter
William Tortolano
Burlington Trio Held for Theft Of Safe in N.Y.
Three Burlington men Peter J. Solomon Anthony J. Varrichoine and Nicholaas P. Marchacos Jr were arrested in Ausable Forks New York after a raid uncovered an unopened safe containing 5400 in cash and bonds in their car. Vermont police planned to question them today as more safe burglaries were reported in the Burlington area including losses in St Albans and Winooski.
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Burlington
St. Albans
Winooski
Bridegroom Remains In Critical Condition
Joseph Longo 21 of Toronto Ontario remains unconscious in critical condition at Mary Fletcher Hospital after a Port Henry New York crash that killed his bride of three days Annette 19. The couple had married Monday and were on a honeymoon trip when the accident occurred.
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Burlington, Vt
Joseph Longo
Toronto
Ont
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Longo
Port Henry
N. Y
Annette
Rowley Names Tough Stop Teen Speeders Chief Hardy Policy
Rowley Massachusetts police chief Robert G. Hardy adopts a 15 day license suspension for teenage speeders and orders them to confinement at home on evenings. He says the plan hits youths where it hurts most and should deter speeding.
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Rowley, Mass
Rowley
Robert G. Hardy
Barre Union Given Boosts In New Contract
Barre Vermont granite workers ratified a three year contract involving about 2000 union members. The pact provides a five cent general pay raise in each year, but rejects a cost of living escalator clause. Federal mediator John O'Reilly helped reach the final bargaining sessions after 10 days of talks.
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John O'Reilly
Aesthetic Results in Biological Research in Weston
In Weston Massachusetts a school field trip leads to a trout project. Biology teacher Irving Keene initiates the netting and scooping of a trout from a stream near Weston High. Irene MacLeod expands the effort by building a trout pool with student help. The state funds the trout pool, Country Garden Club donates 200 dollars, and a sportsmen club adds 50 dollars as the project becomes the centerpiece for area improvements.
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Weston
Mass
Irving Keene
Weston High School
Irene MacLeod
Weston’s Country Garden Club
Irene
Unemployment definitions span jobs and livelihoods
AP News Analyst J M A Roberts reflects on how unemployment definitions stretch beyond formal work. He questions whether homemakers or students counting on summer earnings count as unemployed and how retirement or disability affects classification amid Kennedy era policy. He also ties broader topics to arms talks and food aid diplomacy.
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Kennedy
West Virginia
Unnerving Bus Sign in Sydney Sparks Unease
In Sydney a bus doorway displays a sign saying South Head Cemetery Pay as you enter prompting concern among riders and passersby about the message and its placement on public transit.
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Sydney
Australia
South Head Cemetery
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Callan
Arlington, Vt
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