Commuter group faults B and M service in New England runs
Witnesses at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Brattleboro accuse the Boston and Maine railroad of poor trains and scheduling on the Springfield Mass to Windsor Vermont line. Robert Averill of Woodstock says the line failed to advertise for passenger business as the railroad seeks to discontinue six runs.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Boston & Maine Railroad
Springfield
Mass
Windsor
Robert G. Averill
Woodstock
Northern New England Passenger Transportation Conference
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norwich Cadet Sued For $50 000 Damages
A $50,000 suit against Norwich University cadet Lee Vickers of Glens Falls N Y continues in U S District Court in Rutland Vt Leonard J Abbey of Montpelier alleges injuries from a two car collision in Montpelier in October 1960 Abbey says the student was negligent and that he was hospitalized four months after the crash
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Rutland
Norwich University
U.S
Leonard J. Abbey
Montpelier
Lee Vickers
Glens Falls
N.Y
Abbey
ICC docket in Massachusetts rail case set briefs due January 17
The ICC examiner ordered the railroad and opponents of the petition to file briefs by January 17. The commission is expected to issue its ruling on March 17.
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Massachusetts City
Vermont
ICC
Pentagon Drops Mobile Minuteman ICBM System
The Pentagon drops efforts to develop a mobile Minuteman ICBM system and increases funds for fixed-base Minuteman missiles. McNamara recommended more missiles to be fired from underground bases, with a budget request for the new year. About 108 million has been spent on mobile version development. 600 missiles are now authorized across four wings, with potential growth to 900.
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Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Atlas
Minuteman
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Mont
Ellsworth Afb
S.D
Minot Afb
N.D
Whiteman Afb
Federal aid planned for fallout shelters in schools
Washington expects a midmorning news briefing by Roswell L. Gilpatric on a federal program to fund shelter construction in schools and large buildings nationwide. Officials said a matching fund approach for community shelters could be announced with a subsidy proposal for 20 million shelter spaces, to be presented to Congress next month.
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Roswell L. Gilpatric
Defense Department
Gilpatric
Washington Post
Olympia
Wash
State Civil Defense Department
Congress
Harry St. Amand
White House
St. Amand
Federal Civil Defense Office
Everett
Area Leaders Workshop Meets January 11 13
The fourth annual Workshop for Community Leaders will be held at Goddard College Jan 11 13. Alan M Walker planning coordinator announces the event with H Curtis Mial and Dorothy Mial leading sessions on community level theory and skills.
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Plainfield
Goddard College
Alan M. Walker
Vermont
Vermont Labor and Farm Council
H. Curtis Mial
Dorothy Mial
Washington, D.C
Mial
National Training Laboratories
Adult Education Association of the
U.S.A
Adult Leadership Magazine
Our Community
Vermont Community Development Program
Stanley Amadon
Lyndon
Vermont Education Association
Evalyn Bates
Theresa Brungardt
Montpelier
Vermont State Department of Recreation
Forest Davis
Calais
Vermont Labor and Farm
Claim 2 Firms Try To Destroy Northeast Line
Union workers accuse Eastern and National Airlines of trying to limit Northeast Air Lines' recovery and restore monopoly on the Miami to New York route. They seek congressional inquiry as CAB continues temporary emergency aid for Northeast. Charles Sinclair, spokesman for Local 515 TWU, calls the actions harmful to the public and workers.
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Northeast
Eastern
National
Hughes Tool Co
Civil Aeronautics Board
Charles Sinclair
Boston
Employes Group
Transport Workers Union
New York
Sinclair
Hospital to open adolescent unit in 1962
Philadelphia AP reports Lankenau Hospital will open an adolescent unit early in 1962 to care for 10 patients ages 12 to 18. Director Raymond F. Hosford says the unit will offer special menus a telephone at each bed and its own group activities.
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Philadelphia
Lankenau Hospital
Raymond F. Hosford
Bob Hope Crowds a Lot Into His One-Hour Show
AP writer Cynthia Lowry notes Bob Hope packed a one hour variety show with Hollywood deb stars football bowl beauty queens a Bel Air fire sketch and a pool bit yet the opening monologue remained the show’s strongest segment. Nielsen ratings for mid November show no new top ten premieres with Wagon Train Bonanza Perry Mason and other old favorites leading the list. Tonight CBS offers A Joyful Noise featuring Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in a Christmas program.
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New York
Bob Hope
Ben Casey
NBC
Bel Air
Calif
Andy Griffith
Real McCoys
Danny Thomas
Red Skelton
Dennis the Menace
CBS
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Factory owner gives overtime club to coerce workers
A London cosmetic maker opened a clubroom for the company's 35 female workers to lure them into overtime. The owner, Eric Lincoln, claimed the club would keep everyone happy as Christmas orders required extra hours and the girls agreed to work late.
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London
Eric
Lincoln
Immorality Proclaimed as Achievement At Mobile Church
A bulletin board in front of Mobile's First Presbyterian Church displayed the message Immorality is an achievement not a gift. The quotation prompted local notice and discussion among churchgoers and passersby.
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Mobile
Ala
First Presbyterian Church
Vermont groups convene for education and church women workshop
Council members and officials from Vermont United Church Women, Vermont Adult Education Association, Vermont Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the Extension Service gather with presidents and board members named. The workshop limits attendance to 40 participants.
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