Long Trail project eyed to curb Ball Mountain Brook floods
Jamaica and Stratton voters weigh a five year plan to build dams on Ball Mountain Brook with federal aid under Public Law 566. Officials say dams near West Jamaica and Pikes Falls could be funded mostly by the federal government with towns covering land rights and easements.
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Harness Brook
Jamaica
Stratton
Ball Mountain
Jamaica Town Hall
Kenneth P. Wilson
Jack Barrick
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
John E. Cerutti
Donald Webster
Vermont Department of Water Resources
Malvine Cole
Rivers and Streams Committee
Stratton Mountain
Winhall
West River
Connecticut River
Vermonters Convert Land to Recreation Enterprises
USDA report shows 63 Vermont landowners established income producing recreation enterprises in fiscal year 1963. Nationwide 9,816 such ventures were created with 9,075 district cooperators planning more, and 39,685 considering recreation for profit. More Vermonters switch from livestock and crops to recreation, with 21 Vermonters planning 5,955 acres conversion.
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Burlington
Vermont
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Soil Conservation Service
United States
John A. Baker
America
War Orphans Begin Studies In The Fall
About 600 to 700 children of veterans will apply for fall training in New England colleges under the War Orphans Education program. Since 1956 roughly 3,200 have entered training in this area. The program pays up to 110 dollars monthly for up to 36 months and provides vocational counseling to help students select goals and preparatory work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River Junction
New England
Veterans Administration
Extra
Directory Highlights New England Manufacturers
The 1963 edition of the Directory of New England Manufacturers is off the press listing over 14 000 manufacturers with names addresses executive personnel products and capital ratings It goes to 50 American embassies and legations worldwide The 1964 edition lists over 400 new manufacturers.
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Boston
Directory of
New England
George D. Hall Company
New England Council
Canadian businessmen urge U S annexation of Canada in 1849
In 1849 a group of Canadian businessmen urged the United States government to annex Canada but their plea met no support in Washington. They opposed British economic policies, as reported by Encyclopedia International.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Montpelier Tavern
Lillias M. Bailey
U.S
A.W. Peach
Vermont Historical Society
Canada
John Kannedy
Greater Vermont Association
Franklin S. Billings Jr
Billings
Manuel Canas
Forests and Parks
Perry H. Merrill
Ben Rolston
Schenectady
N.Y
Green Mountain Club
Cmsr
Merrill
Rolston
The
Green Mountains
Massachusetts
Canadian
Wil
New York
UPI
United States
Washington
Encyclopedia International
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Beatrice Stevens
Nettie Burch
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Forrest Moses
Eagle Bridge
Helen Cantelo
Eva Woods
Woodstock
Mrs. Porter
Harry A. Chase
Ward’s Bridge
Cornbelt
Great Plains
War Orhans
N.E
Manchester
Mary Dillmann
Harold Wisell
Muskegon, Mich
Woodford
Nedra Hager
ADV
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Fran Stacy
Roger Cook
Oradell, N.J
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Louis Cook
Buskirk
Helen C. Hall
Harry McClellan
Lake St. Catherine
Terry Lynn Jones
Ellis Jones Jr
Hoosick Falls
Dorothy Barlow
Joseph Dugan Jr
Waterford
Bob
James Mumford
President Kennedy
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Speigletown
Betty Jean Kidder
Shirley Dowd
Jeannette Manning
Kathy McDonough
Nan Marceau
Bennington
Bernard Szetela
Ation
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Harte Theatre
Chum
Frank Sinatra
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Utanoew
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Badies
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Shirley Jones
Douglas . Hook
Ross Hunter-Arwin Recoveron
Doris Day
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Arlene Icis
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Tony Curtis
Tatman Color Panavision
Sua Pleshette
Cuaiee Witcox
Mary Murphy
Mary Howard
Fred and
Patricia Carmichael
Lucille Fletcher
Terence Patterson
Dorset Playhouse
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U.S. Travel Service
Department of Commerce
D.C
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