Rutland Railway President Faces Boston Buyout Claim
Rutland Railway President William S. Ginsburg says he has not talked business with James K. Warsher of Boston who claims a Missouri Pacific office manager arranged a 6.5 million offer to buy the railroad if Vermont pledges credit. Warsher aims to meet next week for an option to buy. Ginsburg remains open to propositions.
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Rutland Railway
William S. Ginsburg
Boston
James K. Warsher
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Warsher
Ginsburg
Newport panel seeks 300000 loan to rebuild Indian Head plant
The Newport Industrial Committee voted to pursue a $300,000 area development loan to aid rebuilding after a fire swept the Indian Head Plywood Corp. plant. Estimated damage is about $250,000 with around 190 workers left idle.
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Newport
Newport Industrial Committee
Indian Head Plywood Corp
Albany County attorney in line for dismissal over school transport contract
Walter E. Wessendorf Jr an Albany County attorney who was paid to drive his children to school faces dismissal as Guilderland Central School District buys two station wagons to transport pupils The district previously awarded Wessendorf a contract to drive his daughters to a private Albany school eight miles from home and now seeks a cost saving transport solution based on state law requiring districts to provide nonpublic pupil transport within ten miles.
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Albany
Walter E. Wessendorf Jr
Guilderland Central
Wessendorf
Albany Academy
Westmere
Berkshire docket ties license transfer to public hearing
InWilliamstown Charles H. Smith of Oblong Road faces a public hearing August 27 over Allsops Inc liquor license transfer to Robert A. England of Pittsfield after Smith failed to meet obligations. The pledged stock went to England’s father, tied to a Cole Avenue clothing store, with no prior selectmen approval.
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Williamstown
Cole Avenue
Charles H. Smith
Oblong Road
Allsops, Inc
Robert A. England
Pittsfield
Smith
England
Selectmen
North Bennington Girl Competes Tonight In Miss New England
North Bennington 18 year old Ellen Centerbar sails from Bennington with her mother to Hampton Beach New Hampshire to compete in the Miss New England beauty contest in the Casino ballroom. Centerbar has a string of titles including Miss Lumberjack queen and National Bowling Queen and has modeled for Ozzie Sweet. She stands 5 feet 2 inches, weighs 100 pounds, and is sponsored by Rene W DuCharme of the Du Charme School of Dance Bennington.
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New England
Ellen
Bunny) Centerbar
Carl Centerbar
Hampton Beach
N.H
Miss Centerbar
Casino
Centerbar
Rene W. DuCharme
DuCharme School of Dance
Bennington
Sylvia Gustavson
Vermont Foresters
Lake Dunmore
Miami
Fla.) University
Henry Hamel
Ozzie Sweet
New Hampshire
Florida
Sweet
Casino Ballroom
Private Renewal Project Rebuilds Brattleboro Blight
In Brattleboro Vermont private developers led by Edward J Richards tore down a derelict hotel and a shuttered mill site to create a five acre urban renewal area. A new supermarket will open this month and five stores are planned with three already rented. Investment totals about 250000 dollars with increased fall real estate taxes and employment security offices renting one store for retraining program operations. The project avoids town funding, relying on private investment to revitalize the gateway area at regional highway junctions.
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Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Edward J. Richards
Richards
State Department of Employment Security
Hunger strike ends at Massachusetts Maritime Academy
A 72 hour hunger strike by upperclassmen at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy ended after the strike drew attention to alleged hazing and mistreatment of plebes. The incident spurred calls for a state investigation by Rep. Allen F. Jones and a possible probe by Gov. Volpe as parents pressed for accountability.
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Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Frank B. Cook
Sullivan
Government raises overseas travel funds for Britons
London AP reports the British government authorized leaving the country with more foreign currency. The limit was raised from 700 dollars a year to 700 dollars per journey, permitting greater spend abroad without Bank of England authorization.
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London
Bank of England
Negroes Leaving New Hampshire Report Says State Carries Pending Departures
A state news service reports a young mother Willie Hill and seven children will be sent back to Louisiana under interstate indigence accords. About a dozen of 31 southern riders already left New Hampshire. officials declined to comment on others remaining or whereabouts.
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Concord
N.H
Louisiana
James J. Barry
Health & Welfare Department
Benjamin C. Adams
Employment Security Department
New Hampshire
Willie Hill
Shreveport
Trustees List Five Articles For Sept. Vote
Bennington Village trustees set Sept 18 for a five item ballot. Voters will grant authority to draft zoning regulations, form a Charter Study Committee with up to 2500 dollars for study costs, create a Village Planning Commission, fund outside help to investigate nuisance complaints at the Vermont Gas Corp plant, and adopt a bylaw banning false fire alarms.
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Presnt Board
Vermont Gas Corp
Lincoln Street
New Hampshire Guard Unit Flown Home From Fort Bragg
The 350 officers and men of the 1st Howitzer Battalion 172nd Artillery NH National Guard were released after nearly a year on duty at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Governor Wesley Powell welcomed them home praising their record and pledged help for returning to civilian jobs if needed.
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Manchester
N.H
172Nd Artillery
New Hampshire National Guard
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Wesley Powell
Seventy-Year Benchmark Reached for American Babies
Public Health Service reports life expectancy for American babies born last year at 70.2 years marking the first time the figure rises above 70. The 1960 life expectancy stood at 69.9 years.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Neil Sedeka Set for Rutland State Fair Grandstand Opening
Pop singing star Neil Sedeka, rising in three years, headlines the Rutland State Fair Night Grandstand on opening night Friday August 31. Sedeka's latest NCAA Victor Record is Breaking Up Is So Hard To Do. other hits include As Long As I Live King of Clowns Walk With Me Calendar Girl Happy Birthday Stupid Cupid. Co-star Dodie Stevens, famed for Pink Shoe Laces, joins a large Stage Show Night of Stars.
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Neil Sedeka
Rutland
Cupid
Sedeka
New York
Juilliard School of Music
Dodie Stevens
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