Winooski Receives $2167 Urban Renewal Grant
The Urban Renewal Administration approved a $2167 grant to Winooski for growth and development projects funded through the Vermont Development Department. In Burlington, police investigate the theft of a small safe containing about $1500 from the Willard Street market, burglars forcing entry through a rear door.
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Winooski Winooski
Urban Renewal Administration
Burlington — City
Willard Street
University of Vermont weighs farm move to South Burlington
Burlington officials and University of Vermont leaders discussed relocating the campus farm from Burlington to South Burlington last week. Dean Dr. George W. Kidder says the farm is a nonconforming zoning use at its current site and the move could benefit the city, with urban renewal funds potentially available.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
George W. Kidder
University’s
College of Arts and Science
Vermont jobs fall as unemployment rises in November
Vermont Employment Security reports November shows a 2 800 drop in employment to just under 141 000 with declines in construction, service and agriculture. Unemployment rises to 8 800 and the jobless rate to 5 9 percent of a 149 800 insured workforce. Former Rep William H Meyer says a March 1962 gubernatorial bid may be announced and urges anti right to work plank in the Democratic platform.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Department
Meyer
Rupert Forester
Burlington Atty
Bernard J. Leddy
Leddy
Debevoise Honored for Abel Spy Case Service
Vermont Attorney General Thomas M. Debevoise received a scroll from New York bar groups for his role aiding in the 1957 defense of Russian spy Rudolf Abel. Debevoise moved to Vermont and later advised counsel to Charles R. Ross of Burlington, new FPC member, after resigning Jan. 1.
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Montpelier
Thomas M. Debevoise
New York
Rudolph Abel
Debevoise
Federal Hall
Vermont
Abel
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles R. Ross
Burlington
Federal Power Commission
Judge adjourns Vermont reapportionment hearing to Jan
Burlington Superior Judge Harold C. Sylvester adjourned Monday a chancery court hearing on Rep. William Mikell's injunction petition seeking to bar four county clerks from printing 1962 Senate ballots until reapportionment is revised. The case, with 10 lawyers present, centers on three proposed formulas and asks Secretary of State Howard Armstrong to identify evidentiary documents. The Senate has not been reapportioned since 1941 under the constitutional realignment after each federal census.
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Burlington
Harold C. Sylvester
Chancery Court
Vermont Senate
William Mikell
South
Senate
Howard Armstrong
Hilton Wick
Mickell
Mikell
Rutland
Orleans
Chittenden
Addison
State Senate
Vermont
New York to create Taconic State Park in Grafton town
Albany announcement from Harold G. Wilm states the State Council of Parks approved Taconic State Park Commission’s recommendation for a park in Grafton. The site sits on property the department already owns and the Taconic Commission covers Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia and Rensselaer counties managing nine parks over 12 000 acres.
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Albany
Harold G. Wilm
New York Conservation Department
State Council of Parks
Taconic State Park Commission
Grafton
Conservation Department
Westchester
Putnam
Dutchess
Columbia
Rensselaer
Berkshire Tramway Group names a chairman in Adams
The Citizens Tramway Advisory Committee chose Laurie J. King as permanent chair. King also chairs the Adams board of selectmen. The panel, formed last week, will assist the Mount Greylock Tramway Authority in carrying forward a $2,700,000 tramway project and its promotion and financing.
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Tramway Group
Adams
Citizens Tramway Advisory Committee
Laurie J. King
King
Adams Board of Selectmen
Mount Greylock Tramway Authority
Felter Vies for Rhodes Scholar Spot From Norwich
Joseph H. Felter Jr., a Norwich University senior from Falls Church Virginia, has been named one of Vermont’s Rhodes candidate for New England. If selected he may delay Army active duty to pursue graduate study. Felter has been dean’s list and top of class, editor of the literary magazine and student newspaper, and a noted drill leader and cadet commander. He is the oldest of nine children and hopes Rhodes will join his ROTC honors.
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Army
Norwich University
New England
Vermont
Rhodes Scholarship Trust
Rutland
Felter
Joe
Norwich
Military College
Corps of Cadets
St. John’s College High School
Washington, D.C
Kansas
Catholic High School
Leavenworth
Ther
New York City
Falls Church
Washington
Norwich Cadet Corps
Bennington Grange Holds Regular Meeting at Hattats
Regular meeting of the Bennington Grange was at the home of Mr and Mrs William Hattat. Worthy Lecturer Mrs Hattat reported on the Pomona lecturer and home economics meeting and tasks for the year. A Christmas party is planned for Dec 28 with gifts and poems.
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Bennington Grange
William Hattat
Hattat
Pomona
Shaftsbury
Grange
Rose Gleason
Home Economics
Thrift Shop Announces Two Weekend Closure and Donations
The Thrift Shop will close for two weekends and reopen Friday January 5 and Saturday January 6. A local welfare organization requested a desk and a clothes tree, which the shop plans to donate early in January. Mrs Lillian Kleine and Mrs Barton Jenks led the last weekend of 1961, assisted by Mrs Joseph McDermott, Mrs Mary Schaaf and Miss Maud Edson.
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Lillian Kleine
Barton Jenks
Joseph McDermott
Mary Schaaf
Maud Edson
Bennington Contest Awards Prizes in Vermont Forest Essay
Joanne Pello of Bennington High School won first prize of 10 dollars in the seventh and eighth grade essay contest on What Vermont Forests Mean to Vermonters. Diane Mathers and Clare Becker took second and third, with essays read during the Vermont Forest Festival.
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Bennington
David Barton
Bennington County Forester
Vermont
Joanne Pello
Bennington High School
Diane Mathers
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Clare Becker
South Shaftsbury
Sacred Heart School
Tanganyika Joins United Nations as 104th Member
Tanganyika has become the 104th member of the United Nations. The East African country was seated by acclamation on Thursday at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
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United Nations
N.Y
Tanganyika
Dancers Sweep Top Honors at Local Talent Show
First prize at the armory talent show went to Miss Judy Hill of Manchester for a tap routine, winning 25 dollars. Second place went to Eleanor Harvey and partner Ronald Charbonneau, with a 15 dollar prize. Third prize of 10 dollars was awarded to David Disque for baton twirling.
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Armory
Bennington Jaycees
Cecelia Greene
Judy Hill
Manchester
Eleanor Harvey
Bennington
Ronald Charbonneau
Hoosick Falls
David Disque
Shaftsbury
Sal Santarcangelo
Gail Ann Horst
Eleanor Howard
Bob Harrington
Orrin Sumner
Maurice Rancourt
Britain approves fuel sale to Communist China
The Daily Mail reports Britain approved a contract to sell aviation kerosene and lubricating oil to China. Negotiations are under way for supplies to Chinese ordered Viscount airliners despite strong U.S. opposition.
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London
China
The
Daily Mail
Britain
YMCA Weekly Schedule Highlights Classes and Activities
The timetable lists YMCA programs from Tuesday to Saturday across North Bennington Shaftsbury and local venues. Activities include physical education, men's conditioning, bowling, baton twirling, wrestling, junior rifle club, and a daily Christmas Workshop for members with varied indoor activities.
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North Bennington
Shaftsbury School
Industrial Management Group
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Armory
Tucker Lodge to Meet Wednesday
NORTH BENNINGTON All members of Tucker Lodge F and AM are urged to attend the meeting on Wednesday Dec 20 at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple in North Bennington. The B degree will be conferred on a class of candidates. The district deputy grand master will make his annual visit. An oyster stew supper precedes the meeting at 6 30 p.m.
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North Bennington
Tucker Lodge
F & AM
Masonic Temple
Housing Authority Granted Broad Powers in Vermont
Vermont's new Housing Authority Act gives the agency power of eminent domain and exemption from all state county and city taxes, according to Atty. Gen. Thomas M. Debevoise. The opinion, sought by the Public Housing Administration regional office, says property used for public purposes is tax exempt.
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Montpelier
Thomas M. Debevoise
Vermont
New Housing Authority
The
Public Housing Administration
Debevoise
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