Vermont Higher Education Panel Debates Boards and Plans
The Legislative Council Higher Education Committee in Montpelier will not meet again until after the 1968 legislature but will study major issues during recess. It reviewed testimony from University of Vermont President Lyman S. Rowell and Vermont State Colleges Provost Robert Babcock on a potential advisory planning council. The group weighed whether to create one or two boards to oversee state institutions and private schools while Gov. Hoff favors a strong governing board.
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Rowell
UVM
State University of Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Vermont official denounces new social security bill
Social Welfare Commissioner John J. Wackerman criticizes Congress’ new social security bill calling the welfare provisions, especially AFDC, costly and troublesome. He has not seen the final text but opposes aspects of administration and funding as described. In Malletts Bay a Burlington pilot survived an airplane explosion on Champlain Airport grounds, damaging a Piper Aztec valued at 45000.
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Vermont
Wackerman
Mallets Bay
UPD
Burlington
Robert J. MacDonald
Vermont Aviation Inc
Champlain
MacDonald
Schenectady Council approves $1000 pay raise for officials
In Schenectady the city council voted to raise council members’ pay from 3000 to 4000 dollars a year and the mayor’s salary from 5000 to 5500. Jaycees and City Taxpayers Association opposed, urging referendum and noting campaign timing.
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Schenectady
The
Schenectady Jaycees
City Taxpayers Association
Jaycee
Norman Champlain
Sam DeCaesar
Taxpayers’ Group
Watervliet Arsenal Sees 4.5 Percent Pay Hike
The 4.5 per cent first step increase of the three stage federal employee pay bill signed into law by President Johnson will raise the arsenal payroll by $483,000. The arsenal’s total annual payroll now stands at $32,580,000 as production expands.
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Watervliet
Johnson
Watervliet Arsenal
Arsenal
Berkshire Mayor-elect to name acting health chief
Pittsfield Mayor-elect Donald Butler said he would appoint former health commissioner Dr Harold Stein as acting health commissioner on a part time basis at 12000 dollars, matching the salary of the present acting commissioner Lincoln Jones. He did not say if Stein would accept a full time post at 18000 dollars. If not and the council approves part time, an ordinance change would be needed.
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Pittsfield
Donald Butler
Harold Stein
Lincoln Jones
Butler
Stein
Town Gift to Police Deliberated by Selectmen
Great Barrington selectmen received a $500 gift from Simon's Rock School with a letter requesting the funds go to the Police Department. They noted the money must be deposited to the free cash account and donations of this type require a town meeting vote.
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Great Barrington
Tax official Frank L Brown to retire in March
Frank L Brown, Adams tax collector for 33 years, announced on Monday his retirement planned for March. It is expected that Eileen M Bedard, serving four years as treasurer, will run for the combined treasurer and tax collector post.
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ADAMS
Frank L. Brown
Eileen M. Bedard
Teen Charged With Ski Theft at Brodie Mountain
Williamstown report says 17 year old Thomas R. Bergh of Taconic Connecticut charged with felony larceny for stealing skis valued at 250 dollars at Brodie Mountain in New Ashford. Not guilty plea entered and case continued to December 29 before Judge Samuel E. Levine in District Court.
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Williamstown
Thomas R. Bergh
Taconic
Conn
Brodie Mountain
New Ashford
Samuel E. Levine
Norwich University Accepts 15 Million Space Program
Norwich University in Northfield Vermont will host a 15 million dollar space research program from McGill University of Montreal. Eight McGill scientists join Norwich faculty and a new aerospace studies department will form next fall under Dr Gerald W Bull. The High Altitude Research Project leads the initiative.
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New York
UPD
Norwich University
McGill University
Montreal
Northfield
Space Research Institute
Norwich
McGill
Aerospace Studies
Gerald W. Bull
McGill Space Program
Space Institute
Bridge Collapse Probes Seek Answers In Ohio River Tragedy
Investigations begin in the Silver Bridge disaster as state and federal panels study possible overload causes while recovery teams pull bodies from the Ohio River. Nineteen dead, 42 missing, with toll feared to exceed 80. inspections of nearby spans and expert reviews in progress.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
UPI
Silver Bridge
Ohio River
Ohio-West Virginia
Thomas E. Stelson
Carnegie- Mellon University
Pittsburgh
Stelson
Burl A. Sawyers
West Virginia Road Commission
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Stetson
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
Harry Stephens
Road Commission
Doctors Rejoin Boy Hand Severed by Escalator in Boston
Five year old Jeffrey Roth underwent a seven hour reattachment at Massachusetts General Hospital after his right hand was ripped from his arm in an escalator accident in a downtown Boston store. Surgeons, led by Ronald A. Malt and a team of 15, attached the crushed hand while assessing blood flow and function. The event recalls prior limb reattachment successes at the same hospital, including Everett Knowles Jr. and Russell Stratton.
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Boston
UPS
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jeffrey Roth
Sanford I. Roth
Wayland
Jeffrey
Santa Claus
Paul Matrone
Ronald A. Malt
William Harris
John Burke
John Constable
John Remensnyder
Everett Knowles Jr
Somerville
Knowles
Life or Death Decision Sought For Destitute New Haven Railroad
Trustees and creditors asked a U S District Court in New Haven for liquidation to end losses as the Penn Central merger decision stalled. The line faces imminent insolvency without state aid and debt deferral. Trustees seek to continue operations with limited aid while creditors push for liquidation.
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NEW Haven
UPD
U.S. District Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Penn Central
High Court
Supreme Court
U.S
Robert Anderson
Connecticut
New York
Connecticut Transportion Authority
Samuel Kanell
ICC
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Erie-Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Boston & Maine
Pony Boys Make Thank You Trip to Expo 67
Needham Massachusetts UP I reports two brothers Jeff ten and Tony twelve rode in a pony cart to Expo 67 in Montreal last summer. They visited 24 families who hosted them during the 27 day journey and delivered candles they had made at each home. The family continues daily seven mile paper route with the same pony pulling the cart.
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Needham
Mass
UPI
Montreal
Theodore P. Whittemore Jr
Jeff
Tony
Wendy
Police smash Mao stamp smuggling syndicate in Malaysia
Malaysian police say they dismantled a syndicate that smuggled and sold stamps bearing the thoughts of Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Malaysian law bans sale or possession of Communist writings.
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Kuala Lumpur
UPS
Mao Tse-tung
China
Boston II Philharmonia Formed For Boston
The Boston Philharmonic Society announced the formation of the Boston Philharmonia, the first cooperative orchestra in the United States. The 40 permanent members will have a say in hiring and firing, aiming to complement existing groups like the Boston Symphony. Debut concerts are planned for March and April at Jordan Hall with guest conductors until a permanent chief is chosen.
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UPS
Boston Philharmonic Society
Philharmonic
Boston Philharmonia
United States
The
Philharmonic Society
New England
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia
Jordan Hall
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