Burlington taxicab driver dies in suspected CO accident
Elwood Bacon, 41, was found by his wife in his car in a garage at the rear of their Burlington home. Detectives report the car engine ran with the garage doors closed and the ignition off. Pathologist says a large amount of carbon monoxide inhaled, plus an acute heart condition and signs of pain. The wife notes he often slept in his car due to sleep troubles.
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Burlington
VPI
Elwood Bacon
Richard Scott-Smith
Richard Woodruff
Bacon
Woodruff
Goddard College to attend regional research conference
A four member delegation from Goddard College will join the Regional Conference of the Committee on Educational Research and Experimentation at Loretta Colorado December 1 to 14. Goddard President Dr Royce Pitkin will head the group and with Antioch College will propose a plan for a new college based on experimental education patterns. Dr James Dixon president of Antioch and a Goddard trustee will lead the Antioch delegation. Pitkin will be accompanied by two faculty members and a student. The committee operates under the Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education.
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Pitkin
The
Union For Research and Experimentation In Higher Education
Vermont to expand license plates to Six Digits in 1967
Vermont Motor Vehicles Commissioner James Malloy announced a redesign adding up to six digits to 1967 plates, ending the limit at 99 999 with letter prefixes. A 1966 A 25 plate becomes 100025 and B 25 becomes 101025. Owners of special plates under 10000 must reapply by midnight Dec 9 to preserve old numbers or letters before new plates issued Feb 13, 1967 for trucks trailers and motorcycles.
Legislature to seek broad tax exemptions for livestock
The 1967 Vermont legislature will see a bill by Republican Edward Eurich proposing statewide exemptions of livestock and inventory from personal property taxes. Currently towns may exempt livestock, but only about 50 towns exercise the option, Eurich said. A separate UPI report from East Charlotte notes a $70,000 to $100,000 barn fire damaged Earl LaFlam’s property, destroying the barn, tractor, milking equipment, and hay loft, while LaFlam and a hired hand saved the 100 cow herd.
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Montpelier
UPS
Edward Eurich
Waiterfield
East Charlotte
UPI
Earl LaFlam
LaFlam
Parachuting Santas Arrested At Thruway Plaza
In New York Buffalo Santa Claus and a helper parachuted into the Thruway Plaza shopping center on Saturday. Clair L. Weiner of Cheektowaga and Robert J. McDonnell of Buffalo were released on $25 bail each, pending arraignment for violating a general business law that bans parachute jumping.
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Buffalo
Santa Claus
Thruway Plaza
Clair L. Weiner
Cheektowaga
Robert J. McDonnell
Nobel laureate Ochoa to speak on genetic molecules at RPI
Nobel Prize winner Dr Severo Ochoa will discuss genetic molecules and the transfer of inherited traits Tuesday at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His lecture at 4 p.m. in the Russell Sage Building is part of the Science Faculty Colloquium series.
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Troy
RPI
Severo Ochoa
Department of
Biochemistry
New York University School of Medicine
Ochoa
Rensselaer
Russell Sage
Seven landowners join Rensselaer SWCD cooperators
Detlev W. Bronk Petersburg William Klaer Shirley Klaer Pittstown Richard J. Marker Hoosick Arthur S. Miller Sand Lake Wesley B. Van Deusen East Greenbush William J. Wrinkle Nassau were accepted as cooperators with the Rensselaer County Soil and Water Conservation District. NYS Conservation Department officials outlined permits to disturb stream beds dredge or fill navigable water or construct ponds. Meeting exchanged conservation information to improve fishing waters in Rensselaer District.
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Wynantskill
Rensselaer County Soil and Water Conservation District
Detlev W. Bronk
Petersburg
East Greenbush
William and
Shirley Klaer
Pittstown
Richard J. Marker
Hoosick
Arthur S. Miller
Sand Lake
Wesley B. van Deusen
William J. Wrinkle
Williamstown site option for James Hunter Plant move
Berkshire report notes James Hunter Machine Co of Williamstown has optioned a land parcel west of Simonds Road on Harwood Moore property and seeks a zoning variance for a new manufacturing plant. In North Adams a merger of the Independent Condenser Workers Union and IEW was approved by 1,096 to 945 in a special election, signaling a strong IVE campaign for the Dec. 15 NLRB vote at Sprague Electric plants.
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Williamstown
James Hunter Machine Co
Simonds Road
Harwood Moore
North Adams
Sprague Electric
International Electrical Workers Union
Sprague
National Labor Relations Board
Adams-Dale Long resumes operation of Adams restaurant
Former major league player Adams-Dale Long announced on Wednesday that he has resumed operation of the Adams restaurant he acquired in February 1964. He and his wife Dorothy Robak Long reside in North Adams.
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Adams
Dale Long
Long
Dorothy Robak
North Adams
23 Auto Safety Standards Set As Initial Requirements
Washington officials released 23 automobile safety standards covering headrests seat belts signal lights dashboards and related measures. The rulemaking outlines initial requirements for auto makers and suppliers as part of a broader safety initiative.
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Washington
API
Aiken Announces 500000 Windham College Housing Loan
UPI reports Senator George Aiken announced a 500000 federal loan reserve for Windham College in Putney Vermont to fund a new student union building. The loan, if approved, would be matched by 100000 from college funds to create facilities including lounge offices bookstore mailroom and lunchroom.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
George Aiken
Windham College
Putney
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Aiken
Windham
Vermont consultants to be paid 450000 in 19 agencies
Consultants for 19 state agencies will draw 450000 this year, with 225 paid across departments. About 110 work for the Health Department with 97000 in salaries and 20000 in travel. Mental Health and Public Service Board also employ several, including a psychiatrist on 100 daily rate for two days weekly and a revenue research consultant at 75 a day for 45 days. The Legislative Council lists several specialists, from a Princeton tax consultant at 20000 to a welfare committee advisor at 12600 and a Canadian power study expert at 14000.
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Carleton Marshal
Winooski
Mental Health Department
Legislative Council
William Miller
Princeton
N.J
Social Welfare Committee
Vermont seeks buyers for Expo 67 pavilion at Montreal fair
The Vermont Development Board urged the Expo 67 advisory committee to decide by year end how to dispose of Vermont's 300000 pavilion after it ends next October. Woodstock groups must choose by year end whether to keep the building as a museum site. Jay Peak Shelburne Museum and a Ludlow museum group are among interested parties. The board also reviewed a vague long range outdoor recreation plan and approved summer advertising schedules with 70000 dollars for full color magazine ads and 35000 dollars in matching funds for regional group advertising.
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Montpelier
UPD
Vermont Development Board
United States
Elbert Moulton
Jay Peak
Shelburne
Ludlow
Addi
Church Fire Confessed by Ex-Altar Boy in Vermont
A 16 year old former altar boy at Notre Dame Des Victoires Church in St Johnsbury Vermont confessed to starting a fire that destroyed the 79 year old building. The youth admitted propping a vigil candle on a window sill in the rear left, the flame burning down to ignite wooden slats and plaster.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Notre Dame Des Victoires
Caledonia County
Stendium
Lium
State Chairmen Elected By New England Council
The New England Council elected a Maine state chairman and re elected chairmen in Vermont New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts. C Hazen Stetson of Maine Public Service Co Presque Isle is Maine chairman with Robert B Moore Portland as Maine vice chairman. Re elected are Robert W Moore Vermont chairman Robert M Tracy Vermont vice chairman Earl Cotton New Hampshire chairman William C Tallman New Hampshire vice chairman Clarence G Ivey Connecticut chairman Dudley F Blanchard Connecticut vice chairman George H Harris Rhode Island chairman William A Bowen Rhode Island vice chairman Gilbert Hood Jr Massachusetts chairman Alexander M Clark Massachusetts vice chairman.
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Boston
UPI
New England Council
NEC
Maine
C. Hazen Stetson
Maine Public Service Co
Presque Isle
Philip W. Hussey Jr
Robert B. Moore
John C. Paige Co
Portland
Stetson
Vermont
Robert W. Moore
Vermont Structural Steel Corp
Burlington
Robert M. Tracy
National Life Insurance Co
Montpelier
New Hampshire
Earl H. Cotton
Edgcomb Steel of
New
Connecticut
Clarence G. Ivey
The
Connecticut Bank & Trust Co
Hartford
Dudley F. Blanchard
Wyatt Inc
New Haven
Massachusetts
Gilbert H. Hood Jr
H.P. Hood & Sons Inc
Alexander M. Clark
Germeshausen & Grier Inc
Bedford
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William Haddon Jr
National Traffic Safety Agency
Rhode Island
George H. Arris
Providence Journal
William A. Bowen
Plantations Bank of Rhode Island
Providence
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
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Dca
the Friendly Hotel
Bitty
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Walter J. Carney
ESNA
Shop Oneida
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Peeple
Mattel
Tex Williams
Peter Nero
Sarah Vaughn
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Superman
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