Around Vermont Faces Sanity Test
An unsuccessful candidate for Windsor County senator will seek a sanity hearing next Tuesday after a week at Waterbury State Hospital for allegedly threatening Barre Police Chief Floyd Chandler. County Probate Judge Nora Olich will preside. Six Vermont independents seek merger approval with Continental Telephone to form Vermont Telephone Co, affecting 3,000 subscribers across Rutland Albury Hartland Montgomery Marshfield and Sherburne firms.
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Nora Olich
Five Week King’s Strike Spreads to Seven Stores
A five week long strike at King’s Department Store has expanded to seven other stores across five states. Earl McDavid of the Retail Store Employes Union says the walkouts could affect up to 26 of 41 King stores. The Rutland location is the only unionized one. The strike began October 29 over wages benefits and weekly hours, with King’s replacing strikers with permanent staff.
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Bus and car crash injures 45 schoolchildren in Vermont
A school bus stopped to pick up students in Malletts Bay Vermont when it was struck from behind by a car driven by 18 year old Lawrence E. Ducharme a Burling ton High School custodian. The bus was driven by 30 year old Robert Masza Sr. of Malletts Bay. No injuries reported.
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UPI
Lawrence E. Ducharme
Ducharme
Burlington High School
Robert Masza Sr
Shelburne Bay Bald Eagle Visits Alone This Year
Shelburne Bay's bald eagle returned for its fifth annual visit during the first week of December, arriving alone this time after usually bringing a mate. Believed to migrate from Canadian waters, the eagle typically leaves Shelburne Bay when the waters freeze in January, possibly due to the mate being lost to a hunter.
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UPS
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Rutland Police Chief to Retire After 35 Years
Rutland's 67 year old police chief John L. Dunn says he will retire at year end after 35 years on the force. Dunn, named chief in Rutland, Vermont's second largest city, 10 years ago, will be replaced temporarily by Capt. Sam Gorruso.
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UPI
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Sam Gorruso
Public affairs editor Beaupre retires after five decades at Burlington Free Press
Robert E. Beaupre, longtime Burlington Free Press public affairs editor, retires. He joined the paper in 1923, served 22 years as city editor, became executive editor in 1957, led public affairs from 1962, spent 15 years as a radio newscaster, and wrote a 30 year weekly sports column under Bob Angler.
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Dismissal of Employee Raises Cry of Politics
In Montpelier UPI reports Secretary of State Harry H. Cooley faced questions over the dismissal of veteran deputy Helen E. Burbank, a Republican appointee since 1927. Cooley refused to confirm, saying only no comment and that she would be replaced after the special election. Burbank, tearful, warned no ready replacement existed as the governor prepared a highway reconstruction plan and Republican leaders eyed the issue as political leverage.
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Hebard Backs Mallary for House Speakership
Rep. Emory Hebard of Glover declines a House speakership bid and endorses GOP Rep. Richard Mallary of Fairlee. He urges Republicans to unite behind Mallary, who is viewed as the stronger contender and a moderate, ahead of other announced candidates Rep. Royal Cutts and others who backed off.
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Hartford
John Hancock
Hardwick
Hebard
Cutts
Mallory
Body Sought In Prison Murder Case
Hartford police Maj. Samuel Rome said a 26-year-old state prison inmate believed to have escaped last year may have been slain and buried on the prison grounds. Investigators, citing a reliable source, believe Richard Ware of Hartford was shot and buried on the prison farm though the body has not been found and no arrest is possible yet.
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UPI
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Hartford
Court to Name Guardian In Habeas Corpus Case
The state Supreme Court will appoint a guardian ad litem for Ronald Rich an 18 year old inmate at Windsor State Prison seeking a writ of habeas corpus Rich alleges he was stripped beaten and naked placed on death row The five judge court noted he had no guardian ad litem and said a bar member would be appointed shortly Rich was committed to Weeks School in 1962 as a delinquent minor and transferred March 5 The court also noted a letter from Rich asking to drop the petition while his attorney filed an affidavit indicating pressure to withdraw
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Peter F. Langrock
Negro Named Capitol Guide in U.S. Capitol Tour Corps
Douglas Gee Jr., a 34 year old Milwaukee native, joins the Capitol Corps of Guides in Washington as the first Black member. He has worked in Rep. Henry S. Reuss's office and was appointed through House Speaker John W. McCormack.
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UPI
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Milwaukee
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
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John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Rensselaer Budget Panel Adopts Record 1966 Plan
In Rensselaer County New York the Board of Supervisors approved a record high 1966 budget totaling 12 366 228 87 with a tax rate increase of over two dollars per thousand. Only dissenter Supervisor Stanton M Goodermore of Berlin voted against the measure stating it is not in his town’s best interest.
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Stanton M. Goodermore
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Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors
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Skidmore Wins Largest College Challenge Grant
Skidmore College receives a $400,000 challenge grant from the Charles A. Dana Foundation. The college must raise $600,000 by December 15, 1966 to qualify, with funds to support construction of the Science Center on the new campus in Saratoga Springs.
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Skidmore College
Charles A. Dana Foundation
GE Executive to Speak on Management Challenges in the Computer Age
Louis T. Rader, VP GM of GE Industrial Electronics, will address The Institute of Management Sciences on Thursday night about Management Challenges in the Computer Age. Rader has led the Univac and Sperry Rand divisions and spent over two decades in GE cement and related industries.
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Louis T. Rader
Industrial Electronics Division
General Electric Company
Institute of Management Sciences
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Univac
Sperry Rand Corporation
Cheshire educator wins conservation teacher of the year
Joseph A. Wilk superintendent of Cheshire Hancock Lanesboro New Ashford Consolidated District received the Massachusetts Audubon Society annual Conservation Teacher of the Year award for outdoor education work in his district and for creating and teaching a conservation course at Worth Adams State College. The award includes a 300 dollar scholarship.
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Joseph A. Wilk
Cheshire-Hancock-Lanesboro
New Ashford
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Worth Adams State College
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