Vermont Fish and Game Board Rejects Lake Sadawga Buy Option
The Vermont Fish and Game Board refused to exercise a $50,000 option to buy water rights to Lake Sadawga in Whitingham, saying the price was far too high. Board chairman George L. Wright cited lack of land transfer and the state’s best interests as reasons for not proceeding, while noting ongoing litigation between lake owner Houghton Sawyer and the Water Resources Board over water levels.
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Vermont Fish and Game Board
Sadawga
Whitingham
George L. Wright
Underhill
Banner
Houghton Sawyer
State Water Resources Board
WRB
Wright
Sawyer
George H. Plumb
Elm St
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Plumb
Sadanga
Water Resources Board
Unions Agree on Plan To Halt Internal Wars
AFL-CIO leaders announce a unified peace plan ending labor’s internal wars. George Meany lauds the pact as a career milestone as the plan gains Executive Council approval and paves the way for convention adoption. The framework mediates disputes, sends unresolved cases to an umpire, and allows appeals to a three member panel before full council review.
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George Meany
Afl-Cio
Unions Propose New Way to End Rutland Rail Impasse
A union official for four operating brotherhoods on the strikebound Rutland Railroad announced a plan aimed at ending the 79 day labor dispute. He did not reveal details, while railroad officials said they would listen to any realistic settlement proposal. A state survey of the line began with an inspection of the railroad’s books.
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Rutland, Vt
Rutland
Francis Esposito
John Lovett
Esposito
Old Stagecoach Stop Lost in 30000 Fire
Fire destroyed the Chenette Homestead a landmark in Berlin Vermont once used as a stagecoach stop. The three story brick building near the Barre Montpelier Airport was owned by Franklin Garfield Jr. East Montpelier. Damage was estimated at 30000 with cause undetermined.
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Berlin
Chenette
Franklin Garfield Jr
East Montpelier
Barre-Montpelier
Israel Seeks Death Penalty for Eichmann
In Jerusalem the court heard Adolf Eichmann plead he acted as a tool in a vast Nazi machine while denouncing the conviction as deception. Attorney General Gideon Hausner urged the death sentence for genocide, with method to be set if condemned.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Atty
Gideon Hausner
Hausner
United Nations
B and M Hearing Continues In Brattleboro
Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on Boston & Maine Railroad bid to drop six runs between Springfield Massachusetts and Windsor Vermont resumes in Brattleboro. Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges object citing student inconvenience. Smith's Thomas Mendenhall cites Dartmouth College appeal. railroad claims annual savings about $107000 with some flow to Central Vermont.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston & Maine Railroad
Springfield
Mass
Windsor
Mount Holyoke
Smith
Northampton
Thomas C. Mendenhall
Dartmouth College
Vermont
Rockefeller denies retiring plans amid personal turmoil
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller rejected reports he will leave public life. He said he will complete his current term and run for reelection, citing a December 27 Albany meeting as part of campaign planning. Republican leaders supported his statement.
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A. Rockefeller
Albany
Rockefeller
New York Daily News
Vermont 9 Project Nears Completion
Vermont 9 near Woodford Mountain is slated to wrap for the winter this week. Ivor S. Pelsue, district highway engineer, says 1.247 miles are being straightened with a temporary base by W H Morse Construction Co under a 475,603 dollar contract. Next spring the surface will come up for a permanent base and final surface, with grading guardrails and cleanup remaining. The highway department set a September 1, 1962 completion date. work began last spring.
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Vermont 9
Woodford Mountain
Ivor S. Pelsue
W.H. Morse Construction Co
Bennington
Pelsue
State Highway Department
Kennedy to Tour Venezuela and Colombia in 6,370 Mile Trip
President Kennedy will travel 6,370 miles by air helicopter and car for a weekend Latin American tour. He will deliver six speeches dedicating Alliance for Progress projects in Venezuela and Colombia and hold private talks with leaders Romulo Betancourt and Alberto Lleras Camargo. The delegation includes Mrs. Kennedy and Chester Bowles. stops include San Juan Puerto Rico and a nine mile drive to Techo in Bogotá.
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Washington
Kennedy
Venezuela
Colombia
Caracas
San Carlos Palace
Bogota
Romulo Betancourt
Vene
Zuela
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Alliance For Progress
U.S
Latin America
Chester Bowles
White House
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Kennedys
Luis Munoz-Marin
Richard M. Nixon
Techo
West Palm Beach
Fla
Palm Beach
NATO Ministers Outline Berlin Terms Amid Russian Talks
NATO ministers met in Paris to approve groundwork for Berlin negotiations with the Soviet Union, led by Ambassador Thompson with Gromyko. They discussed sharing tactical nuclear control, Kennedy's Polaris plan, 30 divisions in Europe, Britain's defense- expenditure demands, and a strengthened civil defense program.
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NATO
Berlin
Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rhine
Britain
Kennedy plan eyed to cut eight Guard divisions
Washington sources say the Kennedy administration is weighing a divisional reshuffle that could eliminate eight to ten Army National Guard and Reserve divisions. Backers argue the move would concentrate manpower to strengthen the remaining units and improve readiness for active duty if required.
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Washington
Army National Guard
Both Sides Rush Troops To Capital
United Nations and Katanga rush reinforcements to Elisabethville amid looming clash. Katanga General Norbert Moke plans an offensive while UN forces note the enemy's aerial and weapon superiority. Beside Katanga moves, Gizenga supporters advance in Kivu as UN reports claim Ethiopian troops control Elisabethville.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
United Nations
U.S
Leopoldville
Europe
Norbert Moke
U. N
Kivu
Congo
Oriental
Antoine Gizenga
George Ivan Smith
U.N
Banner Adopts Early Deadline For Saturdays
The Bennington Banner adopts a permanent weekender edition with Friday evening production and 7:30 to 11 p.m. offices. Late copy accepted until 10 30 p.m. Friday. scores from Friday basketball games will be carried. presstime is 1 a.m.
New Hampshire Spends Record Twenty Hundred on Roads
Concord AP reports New Hampshire spent a record 30 million dollars on highway improvements in 1961. Commissioner John O. Morton of Public Works and Highways said about 185 miles of road were built or improved and he expects the same activity through 1962.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
John O. Morton
Public Works and Highways
Morton
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