Oregon quartet in Brattleboro trial over forged securities
Four Oregon residents face trial in federal court Brattleboro on interstate transportation of forged securities. Defendants Dennis Rathburn Lester Van Blerkon and Richard Kloberdance are joined by 18 year old Mary Lee Percy as co defendants. Jack Pigman awaits next month. The group was arrested in Montpelier after allegedly crossing state lines with stolen traveler’s express money orders from a September Portland burglary.
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Portland
Jack Pigman
Montpelier
Vermont Atty General to brief federal officials on water standards
Vermont Attorney General James L. Oakes travels to Washington to brief federal officials on progress in setting water pollution standards. He will discuss Vermont Yankee cooling towers and a prior agreement with Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. regarding a cooling system at Vernon.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
James L. Oakes
Washington
The
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Water Pollution Control Commission
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Oakes
Federal Commission
Winooski to Get $75,000 Model Cities Grant
Sen George Aiken announced Winooski will receive a 75000 planning grant under the Model Cities program to start drawing up plans for a 13 million renewal project. Winooski is among 63 cities named November 17 to participate in the HUD program.
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Winooski
UPI
George Aiken
Aiken
Department of Housing and Urban Development
College students try to hand over draft cards in Albany
Albany students from a mid Hudson Valley peace and draft resistance group attempt to deliver six draft cards to federal authorities at the U S Marshal's Office in the Post Office Building after a several hour protest. Marshal James Byrne says cards cannot be accepted unless in the possession of the issued individuals. The group also presents anti war statements labeled complicity statements.
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Albany — College
Albany State University
Bard College
Dutchess County
U.S. Marshal’s Office
Broadway
James Byrne
Troy Board weighs sales tax to cover 1968 69 costs
Troy Board of Education discussed a sales tax as a remedy for an expected 500000 shortfall in 1968 69 expenses with no assured state aid or tax increases. A state tax official said Troy must obtain city approval to impose such a tax. Siena College installs five prominent area laymen to its Board of Trustees.
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Troy
Troy Board of Education
Fred Grimm
State
Loudonville
Siena College Board of Trustees
Ernest F. Barvoets
Williams Press
Peter D. Kiernan
Rose and Kiernan Insurance Co
George W. Foy
DeGraff, Foy, Conway and Holt- Harris
Francis Bergan
Court of Appeals
Hollis Harrington
State Bank of Albany
Fire damages Carriage Hall dorm at Lee Academy
Early Monday fire at Carriage Hall in Lee gutted the 30 room dormitory. Forty students escaped unharmed as investigators suspect a second floor storage area as the origin. Officials sent students home for Christmas two weeks early.
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LEE
Lee Academy
Academy
Supt Robert N Taylor Honored After 19 Years Service
More than 150 people gathered at Williams Inn to honor North Adams Superintendent Robert N Taylor for 19 years in the city school system. He plans to retire January 31 and was presented with a certificate and a combination stereo radio and record player.
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North Adams
Robert N. Taylor
Williams Inn
Taylor
Lee-Dial-a-Condition Service Offered by MA Turnpike
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority now offers Lee-Dial-a-Condition, a 24 hour weather and driving conditions report. Call 243-1359 for current updates and road information.
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Lee
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Emergency Board Approves 25 New State Positions
The Emergency Board in Montpelier approved 25 new state government positions and $30,700 in departmental requests. The Social Welfare Dept asked for 12 permanent full time posts for a Middlebury office, ordered by the 1967 legislature to open Jan 1. Other posts included several for education, employment security, forests and parks, the free public library, and six for a 30 month information systems study in the Administration Dept.
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Free Public Library
Administration Department
Vermont
Phillip Allicon
National Guard
Alli
Compromise Sought On Social Security Bill
Washington negotiators begin hard bargaining to craft a compromise Social Security and welfare bill. Mills and Long lead the talks amid expected final measures between Senate and House positions on benefits payroll taxes and earnings exemptions.
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Washington
UPS
House
Senate
Johnson
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
Ways & Means Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
House of Sedans
Radioactivity report on Vermont Yankee hearing to test safety
A PSB hearing features Sherwood Davies of the New York Health Department testifying that Vermont Yankee in Vernon will not emit harmful radioactivity if strict monitoring meets Atomic Energy Commission limits. The session stems from Vermont Yankee's $10 million stock sale application and safety testimony.
New Haven Bondholders Fight Merger Threat to Line
Bondholders of the bankrupt New Haven Railroad urge the Supreme Court to block or modify the Penn Central merger to cover all New Haven losses. They warn the deal could destroy the railroad rather than save it, arguing the ICC overstepped in forcing sale and that the line faces a $20 million deficit this year while cash runs out in early January. The case also involves Norfolk and Western’s bid to absorb related Eastern lines and seeks judicial review of ICC actions.
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Lester Migdal
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Penn Central
Norfolk & Western
N&w
Eastern
Commission
Reading
Hugh B. Cox
Pennsylvania and Central
Joseph M. Auerbach
New Haven Trustees
William J. Brennan
D&h
B&m
Cox
Erwin N
Hoff Describes 1962 Campaign as Calculated Risk
Governor Philip Hoff spoke to about 200 people in Montpelier about his 1962 bid, calling it a calculated risk. He discussed targeting the eastern Republican stronghold and revealed two polls during the race. the second suggested his opponent had an edge, yet he won to become Vermont’s first Democratic governor in over a century.
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Montpelier
Hoff
Bomb Explodes in New Jersey Post Office
In Elizabeth a homemade bomb hidden in a parcel post package exploded in the basement, causing a fire and injuring six people, one seriously. FBI and Fort Monmouth experts searched for clues as firemen contained the blaze. a mail chute was ripped open and the blast produced flame from liquid content.
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Ellen Patricia
Andrews
Elks Lodge
Report on Police Prejudice in Negro Areas
In Boston Chicago and Washington a sociologist for President Johnson's riot commission found that three quarters of white policemen in predominantly Negro precincts held prejudiced attitudes toward Negroes. The study also noted that about half of officers in high crime rate Negro areas showed extreme prejudice.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Albert Reiss
University of Michigan
Boston
Chicago
Reiss
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Quinn Tamm
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Mourners Hear Message Taped by Dead Minister
In Weston mourners heard a taped farewell sermon by Rev. Harold G. High who died at 84. The recording, made after a heart attack, will be played in two parts at his funeral and memorial services, with his daughter Mrs. Helen Burdick releasing the gift.
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Weston
UPD
Harold G. High
High
Mr. High
Helen Burdick
Simsbury
Conn
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Con
Philip H. Hoff
Chittenden County
Burlington
Liquor Control Board
Liquor Department
Department of Corrections
Turrell Fund
Weeks School
Vergennes
Ferrisburg
New Jersey
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H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
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Dubuque
Iowa
Lei
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Tony Bennett
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N.Y
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American Gem Society
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