Windsor judge rivalry tied to 1968 elections
Windsor District Judge Palmer Ainsworth of Springfield says Louis Springer Jr. will seek one of five Windsor bench seats next year. Ainsworth, interim since 1967, vows to stay on. Springer plans to resign next February to run, while the only threat to Ainsworth is a 1968 legislature vote not to re elect him.
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Springfield
UPI
Windsor
Palmer Ainsworth
Legislative Council
Louis Springer Jr
Ainsworth
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Vermonters use new consumer protection office
Assistant Atty. Gen. Richard Blum says Vermont residents are using the new consumer protection office, receiving eight to 10 calls daily with several complaints settled and nine under investigation. Notable cases include a boat engine explosion settlement, a $2,800 house rebate, a guaranteed auto service refund, and five contracts involving magazines, encyclopedias, home siding, and advertising.
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Burlington
UPI
Richard Blum
Boy Dies After Cow Kicks In Vermont Farm
Ellis Pyle six year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Pyle died from multiple injuries after a cow kicked him in the family barn near the cow stalls. He was found by his mother and rushed to Porter Hospital then transferred to Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington where he died late Tuesday.
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Shoreham
UPI
Ellis Pyle
Walter Pyle
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Porter Hospital
Middlebury
Firefighter Training School Set for Aug at Norwich Univ
The State Firefighters Association will hold a two day training school on August 26 and 27 at Norwich University. The program offers 10 hours of instruction across firefighting search rescue arson investigation and first aid with additional courses by the state Forests and Parks Department on firefighting.
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Northfield
UPS
State Firefighters Association
Norwich University
State Forests and Parks Department
Vermont hires McFaun as state war on poverty coordinator
Francis M. McFaun of Montpelier has been hired as community action and manpower field coordinator by the Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity. He resigned from the Central Vermont Community Action Council effective Sept 1 to accept the $9,900 a year post in the state war on poverty program.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity
Francis M. McFaun
McFaun
Central Vermont Community Action Council
Open house at Shaker Village marks ninth annual event
More than 1000 jars of jam from nine plus bushels of wild blueberries will be sold at the 21st annual Shaker Village Work Camp open house in Lebanon Springs. The event begins at 6 p.m. with free guided tours of the South Family Shaker site where about 200 teenagers have spent eight weeks restoring Shaker buildings and crafts. The site, a federal national historic landmark, is run by Shaker Village Work Group as a work education project.
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Lebanon Springs
Lebanon Mountain
Shaker Village
Shaker Village Work Group
Memorial plans loom over Greylock War Memorial meeting
In Berkshire, Adams-Adams Post of the American Legion expects a reasonably good turnout for Sunday’s luncheon and an open meeting atop Mount Greylock to discuss revisions or a new memorial. Post commander George Schwab. Edward J. Pitoniak. architects Perry Shaw Hepburn & Dean of Boston. a $750,000 granite and bronze design is proposed.
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ADAMS
Adams Post
American Legion
Post
Mt. Greylock
Greylock War Memorial
George Schwab
Adams and Dalton
Pittsfield
North Adams
Edward J. Pitoniak
Greylock
Perry, Shaw, Hepburn & Dean of
Boston
Welfare Bill Near Passage In Bay State
Massachusetts moves toward state financing of welfare costs. The House approved a public welfare reorganization plan 138 to 85 and added a General Fund financing provision running about 100 million dollars, clashing with Gov. Volpe. Senate positions vary. a vote on House changes awaits acceptance. Expo 67 dispatch follows with White Pigeon students finishing a weeklong 140 miles total trek in Canada.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts House
Senate
House
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Gerard A. Guilmette
D-Lawrence
Cornelius F. Kiernan
Dlowell
Montreal
White Pigeon
Mich
Massachusetts Substandard Housing Rate Tops Twenty Percent
Massachusetts residents face substandard housing at a rate exceeding 20 percent, with growth outpacing new affordable projects. Deputy commissioner Julian D. Steele told a legislative committee that communities often remain unaware of the problem. Under Gov. Volpe’s plan, an emergency substandard housing commission would oversee and fund remedies, inspect renewal programs, and withhold local aid until a plan is created.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Julian D. Steele
State Division of Urban
Steele
John A. Volpe
Volpe
State Department of Commerce and Development
Division of Urban Renewal
Commission
Tourists Protest in Genoa Over Ferry Shutout to Sardinia
About 200 tourists joined protesters, part of thousands stranded by poor ferry service to Sardinia, marching on Genoa city hall. Officials arranged a free train for them to Rome.
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Genoa
Italy
UPI
Sardinia
Rome
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