Governor Postpones Meeting With Boston Railroad Investor
Gov Keyser postpones a planned talks with James Warsher head of Missouri and Pacific Rail road Boston who claims 2.5 million to invest in restoring the idle Rutland Railway as he is away Tuesday. In Vermont St Albans Middlebury College stands as principal beneficiary in Elbert Brighams estimated 1 million estate with bequests to two nieces a nephew and six churches.
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Montpelier
Keyser
Boston Railroad
Rutland
James Warsher
Warsher
Missouri and Pacific Railroad
Boston
ST. Albans
Middlebury College
Vermont
Elbert Brigham
Brigham
Franklin District
Congress
National Life Insurance Co
Vermont Speaker Leroy Lawrence Eyes Bid for 1963 Session Gavel
Vermont House adjourned a 16 day special session and Speaker Leroy Lawrence plans to run again when the 1963 session opens. Lawrence resigned from the Department of Employment Security to resume the speakership and expects reelection in January. While one term is typical, another Republican may also campaign for the post.
Vermont Senator Delivers Funeral Oration On Salary Bill
Essex County Senator John Boylan, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, quipped about a new salary bill during a special session. The measure would pay legislators a flat 70 dollars per week, replacing the usual 10 dollars per working day, and it stayed in his pocket until the session's end.
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Boylan
Vermont campaign stars to share stage at Farm Industry forum
RANDOLPH AP Major figures in the 1962 Vermont election will appear at the Associated Industries of Vermont Farm Industry forum. Gubernatorial hopeful F Ray Keyser Jr and Democrat Philip Hoff plan speeches along with U S Senator George D Aiken and U S Representative Robert T Stafford. Democrats Harold Raynolds William H Meyer and W Robert Johnson also speak as primary foes aim to challenge Aiken in November.
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Stafford
William H. Meyer
West Rupert
W. Robert Johnson
Brattleboro
Aiken
St Albans Worker Dies In Highway Crash
Richard S. Brooks 26 of St Albans, a Vermont Highway Department employee, was killed at 2 a.m. when his car crashed into a tree on Newton Road after returning alone from St. Albans Bay. Police say he lost control at a slight curve and struck a utility pole before crashing.
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ST. Albans
Richard S. Brooks
Vermont Highway Department
Newton Road
Brooks
St. Albans Bay
Albany Primaries Set For Delegates To Syracuse Convention
In Albany and Troy the morning notes describe September 6 Democratic primaries in Rensselaer County where voters choose delegates and alternates for the state convention in Syracuse September 17 and 18. One ticket is uninstructed for governor. the other pledges to U S Representative Samuel Stratton unless freed.
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Albany
Rensselaer County
Syracuse
U. S
Samuel Stratton
Schenectady
Stratton
Edward H. Cottrell
Walloomsac
Berkshire Town Lacks Bathing Facilities As Heat Bites
Williamstown residents lament the absence of bathing options with two polluted rivers no lakes and restricted private pools. A prior pool study deemed the project costly and abandoned it. Charles Amos 22 died by suicide per medical examiner ruling. police recheck witnesses in the case. A 16 year old runaway with a station wagon and tools was found at a Trail Dairy bar and returned to his father.
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Troy
Frank E. McCarthur
New York City
Upstate
New York
McCarthur
Walter Jacobson
Williamstown
North Adams
Charles Amos
Amos
Trail
Barr joins Sprague Electric Co in Colorado
Ben Barr an electronics division manager from Colorado joins Sprague Electric Co a native of Shelburne Falls. Morton Freedman receives unanimous confirmation by the Governor's Council as clerk of the Northern Berkshire District Court yesterday afternoon.
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North Adams
Ben Barr
Colorado
Sprague Electric Co
Shelburne Falls
Atty
Morton Freedman
Governor’s Council
Northern Berkshire District
GBA Directors Set Promotions and Post Office Study
The Greater Bennington Association board discussed promotion work from transporting a Guernsey cow to promoting the Bennington story to Rhode Island. Norman Rockwell will appear Aug. 25 to award prizes. A study of Bennington Post Office facilities is planned with Postmaster Pekalski. Tourist inquiries fell this year vs 1961.
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Greater Bennington Association Board of Directors
Norman Rockwell
Bennington
Thomas Moore
Rhode Island
Norshaft - Arlington
Quonset Point
Moore
Vermont Guersey
Breard H. Hawks
Stanley Pekalski
GBA
Bennington Co-operative Savings and Loan Co
Tc Bennington Village
Viola Goodyear
Goodyear
GBA Information Center
Timber Product Yield At All Time Record
MONTPELIER AP Timber products harvested from state woodlands reached an all time high in the year ended June 30. Department of Forests and Parks Director Albert W. Gottlieb said 1 982 000 board feet and 1 985 cards were sold from state forests. Net income from sales totaled $50 958. More than half the volume came from conditioning cuts improving quality and composition of timber stands.
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Montpelier
Department of Forests and Parks
Albert W. Gottlieb
Gottlieb
Turnpike Commission equips police cars with mouth to mouth kits
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced that 94 state police vehicles have been equipped with mouth to mouth apparatus to aid heart attack and other accident victims.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
UVM Moves Poultry and Dairy Farm Off Campus
University of Vermont moves its poultry and dairy teaching and research operations off campus. The contract for a new poultry research plant at Hoag Farm in South Burlington was awarded to Davis Construction for 74 466 26 dollars. Plans include phased relocation and demolition of old facilities on upper Main Street and East Avenue.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Upper Main Street
University
Hoag
Spear St
Davis Construction Co. Inc
South Burlington
Cowles and
Bausch
Shelburne
UVM
John T. Fey
Hoag Farm
Fey
Weybridge
Main
East Avenue
Shell driving tips and safety advice booklet offer
Note from Shell promotes a free 12 page booklet "44 ways to make your car last longer" and a general safety message. It urges courtesy, signaling, regular checks, and patient driving to reduce accidents and wear. It notes dealer training and driver experience as factors in safer driving and encourages readers to seek help when needed.
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Shell
Shell Oil Company
P.O
New York
N. Y
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Main St
Fermant
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
U.S
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Billie Sol Estes
Ward
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Texas
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UVM Poultry and Dairy Farm
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