Seventh Annual Summer Poetry Festival in Stowe
The Poetry Society of Vermont hosts its seventh annual Summer Poetry Festival at the Toll House Annex in Stowe. Executive council meets at 11 a.m. to plan the autumn gathering with lunch at 1 p.m. Rev. Arthur Hewitt presides. Sandy and Caroline Paton perform folk songs and ballads with guitar and dulcimer after lunch. their recordings, set to Vermont and New England folk poetry, are due Aug. 15. Festival readers include new PSOV members reading original poems.
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STOWE
Poetry Society of Vermont
Toll House
Arthur Hewitt
Sandy
Caroline Paton
Patons
Vermont
New York
Massachusetts
Huntington
PSOV
Swanton Raceway Application Resubmitted to Vermont Commission
Democratic Rep Armand Coderre says the Swanton International Raceway project has been resubmitted to the Vermont Racing Commission with details and information clarified. Bernard Young of Springfield delivered the hand delivered application, a $3 million track sought by the group's incorporators.
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Montpelier
API
Swanton International Raceway
Vermont Racing Commission
Armand Coderre
Swanton
Bernard Young
Springfield
Fred Davis
Appeal for Bishop's Fund opens eighth annual drive
The Diocese of Burlington launches the eighth annual Appeal for the Bishop's Fund with parish by parish organization meetings and advance gifts targeted at past contributors and local business leaders. Dr Maureen Molloy joins Vermont Health as public health physician and director of the orthopedic program. Dr John S Bell becomes director of child health services.
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Burlington
UPI
Maureen Molloy
Vermont State Department of Health
John S. Bell
Molloy
Mary Fletcher
DeGoesbriand Memorial
University of Vermont Medical College
Bats Close Hardwick Library for Two Weeks
The Hardwick library is closed for two weeks to fumigate after a bat infestation. Fines on overdue books are suspended during the shutdown. Librarian Wanda Ainsworth reported a bat emerged from a drain while she washed her hands, prompting the evacuation of the washroom and the building.
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Hardwick
Wanda Ainsworth
Topsham Farmer Bernie Powers Dies From Tractor Crash
Bernie Powers a 60 year old farmer from Topsham died Monday at Barre City Hospital from injuries after a tractor accident at his home Saturday morning. The hospital said he suffered chest injuries including a collapsed lung and broken ribs.
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Barre
UPI
Bernie Powers
Topsham
Barre City Hospital
Powers
Strangled New York Woman Found Behind Broome Printing Co
In Binghamton Gail Morris twenty mother of two was found strangled Monday behind the Broome Printing Co. Police say she was last seen Sunday in the Hotel Arlington parking lot. The county coroner said she died about 30 hours earlier and investigators are probing the case. Meanwhile in Stillwater a four person family escaped unharmed when their cruiser, a forty foot Chris Craft, caught fire and burned near Bemis Heights in the Hudson River. Firefighters from Alvin Hart Fire Department battled the blaze as boatmen reported the vessel beached nearby.
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Binghamton
Gail Morris
Broome Printing Co
Morris
Arlington
Stillwater
Hudson River
Bemis Heights
Alvin Hart
Chris Craft
GE offers talks with IUE on normal committee
General Electric announced it would begin immediate talks with officials of the International Union of Electrical Workers on the condition that they maintain a normal bargaining committee. The IUE executive board meets in Washington today as the current contract expires on October 2. Local 301 workers at the Schenectady plant have authorized a strike if no agreement is reached by that date.
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Schenectady
General Electric Co
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Washington
Escape Follows Violation Charge For Berkshire Man
Adams Elmer G Green 21 of North Adams remains at large after squeezing through a six inch gap in the Adams jail bars Sunday night. He was picked up on a probation violation for nonpayment of a $100 motor laws fine. Officials say he removed a window from hinges and forced the bars apart to escape through the six inch opening.
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Adams
Elmer G. Green
North Adams
Green
Pittsfield recommends 1966 capital for public works and parks
The Capital Outlay Committee voted to recommend 92 000 dollars for 1966 projects split into 62 000 for Public Works and 30 000 for Parks. Parks gets about twice last year’s allocation while Public Works is slightly less. The program will be re evaluated next year and unspent funds by June 30 revert to the general fund.
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Pittsfield
Public Works and Park and Recreation
Parks Department
Motel Theft Reported at Lenox Holiday Inn
George Gibbons Holiday Inn Motel manager said nearly $5,000 was taken by thieves who ransacked rooms Saturday night. Police and state police continued the investigation, with Gibbons noting the suspects appeared to be professional and used methods similar to two prior incidents at the motel.
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LENOX
George Gibbons
Holiday Inn
Gibbons
Primary Contests Today in Four States
United Press International reports four state primaries marking the midseason of 1966. Michigan Democrats favor G Mennen Williams to oppose Jerome Cavanagh for the Senate nomination, while Republicans back Robert Griffin against potential rivalries tied to Governor Romney. Idaho sees Ralph Haire unopposed for the Democratic nomination as Len Jordan awaits a GOP bid, and a key Idaho GOP contest pairs Robert Smylie with Donald W. Bradley.
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Michigan
Idaho
Kansas
Missouri
Senate
G. Mennen
Soapy) Williams
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Robert P. Griffin
George M. Romney
Pat McNamara
Griffin
Romney
Rooney
Zsolton Ferency
Ralph Haing
Len B. Jordan
Robert E. Smylie
Donald W
Pearson
Harold Herd
House
Reagan Seen Gaining Support
Reagan gains in conservative ranks as Ripon Society forecasts him as a top GOP prospect if he wins California governor race. Early indications show Nixon delegates broad but not enthused support. a Reagan victory in California could position him for the nomination amid Romney and Nixon.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Ripon Society
Ronald Reagan
California
Richard Nixon
Reagan
Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Ripons
Goldwater
Society
F. Clifton White
White
New Project Formed For Migrants
Four staff members of the Migrant Education Project in Wareham quit to form a volunteer tutoring group for Puerto Rican farm workers. The split followed a boycott and protests over staff dismissal of Jaime Melendez, with JAIME offering English civics and hygiene classes in Wareham and Cape Cod areas. Twenty five migrants attended JAIME classes at Wareham Methodist Church Monday night, and JAIME plans ongoing sessions on different nights across regions without clashing with MEP.
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Wareham
Mass
UPI
Migrant Education Project
MEP
Jaime Melendez
Commonwealth Service Corps
Susan Perry
Mattapoisett
Just Action In Migrant Education
Jaime
Melendez
Wareham Methodist Church
Carver
Cape Cod
Adm Peary Daughter Donates Maine Home for State Park
Eagle Island in Maine will become a state park after the Peary family donated the rockbound islet and the large museumlike home. Marie Peary Stafford, daughter of Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, provided the property to Maine along with 17 acres left in their natural state. The site recalls Peary's 1909 pole discovery and his wife’s Greenland-born tale. The plan includes a boat dock and picnic sites on a trail where the famous telegram moment occurred.
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Eagle Island
Maine
UPI
Casco Bay
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Harpswell
Peary
Eagle
Potts’ Harbor
Adm. Peary
Portland High School
Admiral
Greenland
Robert E. Peary Jr
Pole
Arctic
Labrador
School Head Named Trustee of Windham College
Dr. Howard L. Jones president of Northfield and Mount Hermon Schools was elected to Windham College board of trustees. Windham College in Vermont is a four year liberal arts institution with a growing campus designed by Edward Durell Stone. Jones formerly vice president of Colgate University and holds multiple trustee and director positions in several educational and financial organizations.
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Putney
Howard L. Jones
Northfield
Mount Hermon
Mass
Windham College
Edward Ww. Toomey
Vermont
Edward Durell Stone
Windham
Dr. Jones
Colgate University
Eaglebrook School
Deerfield
American Management Association
College of the Virgin Islands
Independent Schools Talent Program
Franklin Savings Institution of
Greenfield
Upward Bound
Office of Economic Opportunity
First National Bank of
The
University Club of
New York
Anglers’ Club
American Alumni Council
Silver Anniversary All - America Foundation
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Health Dept
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Public Works Funds
Luci Johnson
Pat Nugent
W. Averill Harriman
United Press International
San Francisco
UPS
Clay Street
National Automobile Club
Adm
South Harpswell
Dallas
Texas Almanac
Gageby
Wheeler County
Thurber
Erath County
Madera Springs
Jeff Davis County
Walker
Shop Oneida
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Bennington
Main ST
Vermont Bank
Verwow All Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Company
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
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Rutland Chester
Bennington Bellows Falls
Manchester Center
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