Vermont Senators Backbone Reapportionment Debate
Two Chittenden County Democratic senators vow to follow any Supreme Court ruling on senate reapportionment. They urge Governor Keyser to back a plan adding two seats for the county and seek House enactment of the current formula.
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Burlington
Chittenden County
Supreme Court
Senate
Charles L. Delaney
John J. O’brien
Delaney
House
Keyser
Vermont
Chittenden
Rutland
Bloomer
Addison
Orleans
Middlebury College President Samuel Stratton Retires in 1963
Dr. Samuel S. Stratton, who led Middlebury College for over two decades, announced retirement effective September 1963. He will become president emeritus as the institution marks its 162nd year with him as its 11th head.
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Middlebury
Samuel S. Stratton
Middlebury College
Stratton
Brattleboro Man Injured As Crane Tip Incidents
Louis Lepporelli 54 of Brattleboro Vermont sustained fractured ribs and vertebrae when a crane on a Central Vermont Railway work train tipped over in Mansfield Connecticut. He was pinned by the boom and later reported comfortable at Windham Memorial Community Hospital Willimantic.
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Mansfield, Conn
Louis Lepporelli
Brattleboro
Central Vermont Railway
Lepporelli
Windham Memorial Community Hospital
Willimantic
Vermont unemployment soars after Newport fire
Unemployment in Vermont rose 16 percent last week as 408 new claims were filed, lifting total jobless to just under 3,000. Newport saw a sharp spike after a $250,000 woodworking plant fire, with a 114 worker rise equating to a 750 percent jump. Initial claims totaled 628, up 88.6 percent from the prior week.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Newport
Department of Employment Security
Albany Myers Co and Fowler's merge creating regional department group
In Albany John G. Myers Co merges with Fowler's of Glens Falls after Myers buys Fowler's from Clifford M. and Stanley B. Marsh. Both houses boast long retail legacies, over 90 years, with the Marshes to stay on in Glens Falls management. An autopsy on 16 year old Peter Trumbull of Schenectady shows death from bilateral pneumonia after he collapsed while swimming at Lake George.
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Albany
John G. Myers Co
Fowler's
Glens Falls
Myers
Fowler’s
Clifford M
Stanley B. Marsh
Marshes
Schenectady
Lake George
Peter Trumbull
Girl, 14, Treated After Gas Truck Blast Fire
Barbara Trigg of Albany helped serve coffee to fire crews at the gas truck explosion site that killed nine. She is in satisfactory condition at Albany Medical Center with a burn related skin disorder. Her sister Cynthia was affected but not hospitalized. doctors cite burning weeds and smoke as the cause.
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Berlin
Barbara Trigg
Albany Medical Center
Charles Trigg
Barbara
Cynthia
Tri
Albany Port seeks 300000 in notes to cover debt payments
The Albany Common Council approved borrowing over 300000 in tax and revenue anticipation notes to pay principal and interest on bonded debt. The decision followed a public hearing where three CURE party members urged deferral until justification for the borrowing is clarified.
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Albany
Common Council
Port of
Citizens United Reform Effort
New Cure Party
Army paratrooper dies on leave in Berkshire home
Charles Boyd Ames 22 son of Mr and Mrs John Ames of North Adams died Sunday from a pistol shot during a personal safety incident on 30 day leave. Police continue investigating with witnesses unsure it was suicide. He was to report to Fort Campbell after duty at Adams. Survived by parents a sister and three brothers.
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North Adams
Charles Boyd Ames
John Ames
New Britain
Conn
Fort Campbell
Yankee Atomic Reactor Likely Back Online by September
Glenn A. Reed, plant superintendent, announced the Yankee Atomic Energy Co. reactor near ROWE will return to operation by Sept. 1 after a May shutdown for core replacement and annual inspection. The outage had been planned for about six weeks.
Second standby pump ordered for Morgan Spring emergency use
Bennington Water Commissioners authorized purchase of a second 500 GPM standby pump at their monthly meeting cost estimated around 2500 dollars. The extra unit backs the Morgan Spring supply used for emergencies and droughts to ensure water for fires or peak demand. They will seek inspection by Worthington Pump Co. and explore possible state and federal Civil Defense funds for half the cost.
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Morgan Spring
Bennington Water Commissioners
Commission
Ers
Hilda Hurley
Emory Wheeler
Worthington Pump Co
Memorial Park
Wheeler
Lake Hancock
Herbert Horst
Water Department
Horst
Champion Logger Trains for Roundup
Kosmos Washington native Kelly Stanley showcases a growing record at west coast logging shows as he prepares for the 11th Annual Lumberjack Roundup at Branbury State Park Lake Dunmore August 17 18 He trains starting May 1 each day running two miles calisthenics eight hours in the woods and practicing climbs axe throwing while maintaining a strict non smoking non drinking regime.
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Montpelier
Kelly Stanley
Kosmos
Washington
Branbury State Park
Lake Dunmore
Stanley
East
Annual Valley Fair Opens With New Exhibits at Bradford
Bradford hosts the 15th annual Connecticut Valley Exposition opening Friday with reviews of local agriculture, homemaking, contests, and music. New features include an art show book sale sport car gymkhana lumberjack roundup model airplane flying boxing water polo motorcycle scrambles and a junior cattle show Saturday rifle match horse show and a 7 p.m. parade Friday followed by the crowning of the Connecticut Valley Exposition queen by Gov. F Ray Keyser. The parade forms at the Veneer Mill.
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Bradford
Connecticut
Hoosick Falls Welcomes Italian Exchange Student
Hoosick Falls Central School will host Rita M Ghibando a 17 year old senior from Turin Italy for one school year. Principal Philip Leonard and his wife plus two children traveled to New York City to meet her and bring her to Hoosick Falls. Miss Ghibando will reside with Atty John and Mrs Davison and their daughters on North Hoosick Road while awaiting school opening. The Davisons were chosen from host family applications and will spend August in New Hampshire.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School
New York City
Turin
Italy
Philip Leonard
New York
Rita M. Ghibando
Ghibando
Atty
John Davison
Davisons
New Hampshire
Haverhill Man Named as Aide In Vermont Dept
Richard G. Rubino of Haverhill Massachusetts has been named assistant director of planning for the Vermont Development Department. He assumed duties July 16 and works with Planning Director Paul Andrews to develop a state planning program and assist communities in establishing planning with federal funds and non federal programs. He is 30 and formerly headed the research section for General Planning and Resource Consultants in St Louis. He held planning roles in Rock Island Illinois and Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati. He holds a BA in geography from Southern Illinois University and is pursuing a master’s degree. He served as a U S Army micro meteorologist at Fort Huachuca Arizona. Rubino is married with two sons.
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Rock Island (Ill
Veteran Asa Bloomer Rejects Pressure in Reapportionment
Rutland Vermont senator Asa S Bloomer president pro tem of the Senate defies a young ally in the reapportionment fight. He opposes a plan favoring Chittenden County and warns the Supreme Court should settle the largest fraction question, not the governor. The dispute stalls the current special session as key lawmakers back constitutional duty over threats to end the session.
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Asa Bloomer
Rutland
Asa S. Bloomer
Vermont Senate
Bloomer
Keyser
Chittenden
Senate
Supreme Court
Sion
Rutland County
Moose Picnic Winners Listed
The Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose held the annual family picnic at Marion's Snack Bar area, Barber Lake. General chairman Mrs. Alice Garant led a large crew. prizes went to Randy and Sharon Colvin, Denise Olin, Linda Betit, Wayne George, Dorothy Clifford, Francis Betit, Patricia Fox, Gladys Kaapp, Beatrice Olin, Alberta Collins, Henry Collins, and Marcel Meunier and wife for largest family. ham awarded to Mildren Colvin.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Gladys Kaapp
Beatrice Olin
Bob
Alberta
Henry Collins
Hebert
Marcel Meunier
Mildren Colvin
Bennington Banner Publisher and Classified Rates Notice
The Bennington Banner at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont lists contact numbers for business newsroom and advertising. It notes daily publication except Sundays and legal holidays and provides subscription rates for local Vermont within 50 mile radius and elsewhere in the U S with special servicemen discounts. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
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