Vermont faces site search for youth facility amid zoning battles
State Atty. Gen. says the Institutions Board escapes local zoning. Burlington chair Holger Petersen confirms exemption as the board seeks a $1.2 million medium security facility for first time offenders aged 16 to 26. Pittsford and Addison reject sites while St. Albans eyed near Brigham farm with chairman Petersen inspecting the Lareau property. Meanwhile Vermont PSB reports rail trackage from Wells River to the Massachusetts line is safe, though some crossings need clearing. In Milton a 15 year old, Frank Legaualt, dies when a trench cave collapses while he and two friends dig it. cause listed as suffocation.
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Pittsford
Addison Zoning Board of Adjustment
Ludlow
UPI
Vermont
Addison
St. Albans
Holger Petersen
Brigham Farm
Eugene Lareau
Calley and Currier to Expand Crutch Mill Operations
Calley and Currier Co. of Bristol New Hampshire, a major crutch maker, plans a two mill expansion on a 23 acre site in North Clarendon. Owner H Thomas Urie announced the expansion Tuesday, expanding operations from the former Bradder Sawmill.
Albany Medical College Wins $325000 Grant for Otolaryngology Residency
Albany Medical College in New York has received a $325,000 grant to expand and improve its otolaryngology residency program. The funding comes from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, a division of the U.S. Public Health Service.
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Albany
Albany Medical College
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness
U.S. Public Health Service
Bennington Woman, Vermont Man Fined For Unlicensed Driving
Hoosick Falls hearing before Police Justice Robert Shil fined Perley W. Webb of Shaftsbury $50 on two charges unlicensed operator and speeding. A third charge for inadequate muffler was dismissed. Mary R. Shippey of Bennington received a five day suspended sentence for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate her car.
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Hoosick Falls
Perley W. Webb
Shaftsbury
Robert K. Shil
Mary R. Shippey
Bennington
Two Watervliet Girls Build First Lady's Telescope
Cindy and Wendy Dougherty, 10 and 12, built the world’s first lady’s telescope and won the overall prize for women at the Amateur Astronomers and Telescope Makers Convention in Springfield VI. They ground their own lens at the Water vliet Civic Center after a lens grinding class, decorating the instrument with pearls shells and glass beads. The telescope magnifies from 40 to 900 times.
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Watervliet
Springfield
Cindy
Wendy Dougherty
Watervliet Civic Center
Spruces Mobile Home Park in Berkshire for Sale
Williamstown report states Albert Bachand seeks at least 625000 for the Spruces, a 236 acre mobilehome park. Brokerage fees would total about 25000 and the sale would include a provision to operate the park for at least two and a half years. Bachand cited personal reasons for selling and plans to focus on hypnotherapy and marriage clinic work, plus travel.
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Williamstown
Spruces
Albert Bachand
Bachand
Byam Printing seeks move to Williamstown town office building
NORTH ADAMS Byam Printing Co one of the town s oldest businesses intends to relocate to 170 Main St Williamstown in a petition to the Board of Appeals The move aims to expand operations and increase Williamstown business said Fred Cumblad sales and management associate who resides in Williamstown
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North Adams — Byam Printing Co
North Adams
Williamstown
Board of Appeals
Main St
Fred Cumblad
Sneeze blamed for crash ends with $20 fine in court
Edward J. Belanger, 43, of Clarksburg, was fined $20 in District Court Wednesday for dangerous driving related to a July 23 accident on Houghton Street. A North Adams sneeze was blamed for the crash, but the court upheld the charge.
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North Adams
Houghton Street
Edward J. Belanger
Clarksburg
Hinsdale Chemist Dies After Home Fire
John A. Manning age 61 a Hinsdale chemist died Tuesday at Pittsfield General Hospital from injuries suffered in a fire that broke out Monday night at his home while he heated chemicals over a stove. He was found unconscious and burned when the blaze spread.
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Hinsdale
John A. Manning
Pittsfield General Hospital
Black Muslim Leader Voices on Racial Violence in Boston
In Boston, Louis X of the Black Muslims told about 1,000 listeners that Negroes lose in outbreaks of racial violence and urged nonviolence. He warned against exploiting anger and critiqued the fight’s goals while praising self-respect and opposing costly overseas deaths. The crowd expected Stokely Carmichael, delayed by an airline strike, as the principal speaker.
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Boston
UPI
Louis X
Stokley Carmichael
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Carmichael
Atlanta
Roxbury
Elijah Muhammad
Lyndon B. Johnson
Viet Nam
Scout Notes From Camp Woodford Merit Badge Session
Scout notes describe a Cooking merit badge session at Camp Woodford Troop 53 Tuesday night. Participants listed include Paul Prescott Martin Betts Theodore Betts Terry Hunt and the writer. The group cooked a from scratch meal despite a rain storm and planned a First and Second Class board review next Tuesday at 7 at Mr Bergquist's home. Highlights cover Betts trip to Philmount Ranch Howe canoeing in Maine and troop events plus NAACP urged city program reforms in Boston.
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Boy Scout Troop 53
Camp Woodford
Paul Prescott
Martin
Theodore Betts
Terry Hunt
Roy Bergquist
John Stratton
Richard
Timothy Stratton
Chris Bergquist
George Kerbs
Stephen Grover
Bergquist
Martin Betts
Philmount Ranch
New Mexico
Bart Howe
Maine
Camp Sunrise
Vermont highway fund surplus funds upgrade program
Improvements MONTPELIER UP I The state's 1 million surplus in the Motor Vehicle Fund for the past biennium has been appropriated for a highway improvement program. The fund adds to the 5 million highway safety package, with six unfinished projects completed. 320000 of the surplus funds eight railroad overpass repairs 115000 for eight highway safety first aid upgrades and 80000 for a bridge condition study. Webster Martin Co South Burlington will receive 15000 of the 80000 for the bridge study.
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Webster-Martin Co
South Burlington
Beatles Beat Boston For Suffolk Downs Concert
Boston braced for the Beatles concert at Suffolk Downs Racetrack in East Boston with twenty five thousand tickets sold and about 365 police assigned to manage teen fans. The group was expected to slip in unseen, following tour tactics used in other cities including Philadelphia where a florist's truck with Maryland plates evaded security.
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Boston
UPI
Suffolk Downs Racetrack
Philadelphia
Maryland
High Court Overrules Bar On Monaghan
Vermont Supreme Court overturns Board of Bar Examiners and grants Carleton Monaghan of St Albans permission to take the bar exam on Sept 21. The ruling finds no formal due process hearing on good moral character, noting prior arrests but a lack of crime since 1962.
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Monaghan
Keyser
James Holden
Vermont
NDEA Funds Awarded To 12 Vermont Colleges
Federal funds totaling nearly $625 000 are awarded to 12 Vermont colleges for national defense student loans. Rep. Robert Stafford notes 1 844 students can receive aid. 90 percent from federal sources, with the rest from the colleges. Recipient amounts include University of Vermont 194 198 dollars St Michael's College 112 600 Middlebury 80 000 Lyndon State 60 470 Castleton 56 640 Norwich 45 230 Johnson 38 800 Goddard 18 120 Windham 9 500 Trinity 4 500.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
National Defense
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
University of Vermont
St. Michael’s College
Middlebury College
Lyndon State College
Castleton State College
Norwich University
Johnson State College
Goddard College
Windham College
Trinity College
Vermont NAACP seeks support for fair housing bill
Burlington, UPI The Vermont NAACP says it is canvassing all state legislature candidates to back a fair housing bill. The measure would bar discrimination in sale or rental of property based on race creed color or national origin. Other groups backing include the Vermont Council of Churches and the Anti-Defamation League.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Ostrow
Vermont Council of Churches
Vermont Labor Council
The
Anti-Defamation League
Babcock Lake Prize Night Set Tonight
GRAFTON New York Babcock Lake Property Owners Association Progress Day marked the season end of swimming lessons. Richard Hogan Springfield College instructor led about 80 children in demonstrations and events. Prize trophies will be awarded at the Community Center during Prize Night.
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Grafton
N.Y
Babcock Lake Property Owners’ Association
Richard Hogan
Springfield College
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Phil Wilcox
Marathon
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Game Commission
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Boston Braces
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Philip H. Hoff
Louis Lisman
Joe
Joseph Ho
Troy
Robert Armitage
Jean Anne McCoy
Nancy Sleasman
Rosanne Shover
Mary Beth Wallace
Marilyn Wallace
Jack Wallace
Bob Armitage
Houlihan
Tom McCoy
Tom Farnum
Hogan
Bob Oscarman
al Postle
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
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Olympic
VT. Furniture CO
Main ST. Bennington
Lowe Brothers
ST. Dial
Bradford
Mass
the Friendly Hotel
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