Hoff pushes Victory Dam plan for Vermont recreation area
Gov elect Hoff urged the Forests and Parks Department to draft a bill enabling a Victory Dam recreation area in the Northeast Kingdom with a 2,800 acre lake. He aims to meet with Senator Aiken to discuss federal state cooperation. project cost estimated at $2 million split evenly between state and federal funds. Another item notes Northeast Airlines withdrew a proposed 4.75 fare increase after protests from Vermont and nearby states.
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Victory
Granby
Northeast
Snowstorm Closes Erie Thruway. Air Force Tanker Crashes
A heavy Lake Erie snowstorm forced hundreds to abandon vehicles along the New York Thruway from near Buffalo to the Pennsylvania line. Fire erupted as a USAF refueling tanker crashed near Watkins Glen, killing one crewman and sending nine others to safety by parachuting to nearby farms and shelter. Four injured were hospitalized at Schuyler. The tanker originated from Plattsburgh AFB, assigned to the 26th Air Refueling Squadron.
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Buffalo
Erie
New York
Watkins Glen
Here
Adirondack
Schuyler Hospital
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
26Th Air Refueling
Migrant worker gets jail for caustic soda assault
John Bell aged 50 from Barstaw Florida was sentenced by Judge Martin Schenck to two to four years in Dannamora Prison for blinding a fellow apple picker. Henry J. Fulton of Barstow lost sight in one eye and faces possible loss of the other. The attack occurred last August in the cook shack at Indian Ladders Farm Voorheesville.
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Albany
John Bell
Barstaw
Fla
Dannamora
Martin Schenck
Henry J. Fulton
Barstow
Indian Ladders Farm
Voorheesville
Berkshire selectmen clash with Sunday permits blue law confusion
Williamstown officials grapple with new Sunday permit rules for music and theater licenses. They set a $1 Sunday fee after debate over annual charges, while denying a public address request by a Vermont church. The discussion shows ongoing confusion under updated blue laws and stalled decisions on multiple renewal requests.
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Williamstown
Louis Rudnick
Williams Inn
Rudnick
John Denelli
Austin
Walden Theater
Lawrence Urbano
Selectmen
Ronald Seeley
Bennington
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Panel Plans Discussion on What We Expect from Education
A seven member panel will discuss education goals at the Bennington High PTA meeting held 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the high school auditorium. Moderator Daniel Gibbs Jr. will lead the talk as the district reshapes the program. Panelists include Dr. Kent Lawson Leon Eldred Alfred Torrisi Norman Greenberg and three parents.
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Bennington High School
Parent Teacher Association
PTA
Daniel Gibbs Jr
Williamstown
Mass
Kent Lawson
Bennington College
Leon R. Eldred
Alfred Torrisi
Norman Greenberg
John Irons Jr
Farr Hamilton
Robert Hayes
State College Players Set to Stage Harvey in Feb
North Adams Mass College Faculty Players announce Mary Chase play Harvey to be staged Feb 15 and 16 in College Theatre. The production directed by Frederick K Bressette with Mrs James Lilly as business manager. Harvey, a New York success, won the 1944 45 Pulitzer and ran 1775 performances.
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North Adams
Mass
State College
Mary Chase
Harvey
New York
College Theatre
Frederick K. Bressette
James Lilly
Village Eyes Leasing Girls Club Building for Departments
Bennington officials ask selectmen to consider leasing the town owned Girls Club Building to the village if GBA renegotiates its lease. Village leaders cite space shortages in the Town and Village Office Building and propose locating village offices and police on one floor, with potential interim jail facilities. The village pays $900 annually for current office space with water department offset.
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Bennington
Girls’ Club
Elm Streets
Greater Bennington Association
James B. Gibney
Town and Village
South Street
GBA
Gibney
Chamber of Commerce Group
Zola Chaffin
Water Department
Ranks of Art Forgers Include Michelangelo
Washington special report surveys art forgery history and methods. It notes Corot forgeries abroad and U S demand driving counterfeits, with examples from Vermeer to Reynolds and the use of modern science in detection.
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Corot
United States
France
National Geographic Society
Michelangelo
Hans van Meegeren
Vermeers
Vermeer
Europe
Joshua Reynolds
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Rome
Caligula
Vermont retraining program gains board approval
Gov. Keyser and the Emergency Board back a three year retraining plan to cut public assistance by reassigning workers to new jobs. The board also approves a $114000 federal Civil Defense match and a $114000 radio system grant for two way communications across New England. It funds four Vocational Rehabilitation Division positions and a highway radio purchase from maintenance funds.
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Montpelier, Vt
Keyser
Emergency Board
Highway Department
Field Foundation, Inc
Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Office
Federal Civil Defense Office
New England
New York
Surprised Them Both in Phoenix Reunion Tale
Jean nette Hanson of Palo Alto California drove to Phoenix to surprise her brother Max May whom she hadn’t seen in eight years. A Palm Springs restaurant stop forced a trunk problem and brought Max into the scene as the helper returning to Phoenix.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Jeannette Hanson
Palo Alto
Calif
Phoenix
Max May
Palm Springs
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Windham County
Family and Child Guidance Service
Insurance Reserve Fund
Windsor State Prison
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
AP News
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East Main Street
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Thurber’s Garage, Inc
Gallaber Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bellows Falls
Chester
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