Winooski Names Calais Manager Higgins New City Leader
Emerson Higgins of Calais Maine is Winooski s new city manager appointed by the City Council. He will earn a salary of six thousand dollars as the office had been vacant for months. Burlington approves a federal grant to fund sewer improvements with municipal funds filling the rest. The project worth sixty five thousand nine hundred dollars will start next month and finish in February.
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Winooski
Emerson Higgins
Calais
Maine
Higgins
Burlington — Public Health Service
Burlington
John T. Vincent
The
Sewage Department
Montpelier
Vermont
Elmer E. Towne
Burlington Eying High IQ Talent Status for Students
Preliminary Department of Education survey estimates indicate 45 percent of Burlington school children may qualify as academically talented. Superintendent William T. Logan notes IQ threshold of 120 defines talent. average IQ reported as 118 in one school and 117 in another.
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Burlington
Department of Education
William T. Logan
Settlement Ends $129000 Vermont Lawsuit After Trial
A $120,000 suit in U S District Court was privately settled after two and a half days of testimony. Plaintiff George Secunda of Glens Falls alleged a post concussional syndrome from a March 14 1958 collision in Castleton with a tractor trailer. Co defendants Edwin L Ladd of South Barre and Gordon A Stacey of Graniteville were the truck owner and driver. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.
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Rutland
U.S. District Court
George Secunda
Glens Falls
N.Y
Castleton
Edwin L. Ladd
South Barre
Gordon A. Stacey
Graniteville
Troy Common Council Resists Land Sale Offer
In Troy New York Democratic members defeated a resolution to authorize paying Troy Union Railroad 6500 for land in the urban renewal area arguing the measure is illegal and could be a misdemeanor since funds cannot be authorized outside the annual budget or a separate bond issue. Albany New York Gov Rockefeller unveiled a broad plan to train thousands of relief recipients for jobs in private industry describing it as a humane approach with training for able bodied men and women on relief rolls in public school classes.
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Troy
Troy Common Council
Troy Union Railroad
Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Berkshire Towns Share $107 917 From Year End Tax Disbursement
Eight Berkshire towns split 107 917 from a 16 350 000 year end distribution of corporation income and meals tax to Massachusetts cities and towns. North Adams receives 59 923 as the largest share. Williamstown Exchange Club distributed over 1 000 toys to about 150 needy area children in its fourth annual drive with three trucks delivering after bedtime.
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Berkshire
North Adams
Williamstown
Five Dead in Colombia Earthquake Hits Cities
An earthquake in Colombia killed five people and injured an unknown number. The quake rattled a wide area, with Bogota in a panic and Armenia and Pereira in Caldas hit hardest.
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Bogota
Colombia
Armenia
Pereira
Caldas
Ames Named Judge in Vermont Appointment
MONTPELIER Vermont Gov Keyser announced the appointment of Marshall Ames 45 of Canaan as assistant Essex County judge. Ames president of the Associated Industries of Vermont will fill the unexpired term created by the death of Orton C Newhall.
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Montpelier
Keyser
Marshall Ames
Canaan
Essex County
Ames
Associated Industries of Vermont
Orton C. Newhall
Benhi Actors Shine in Bennington High Comedy
Bennington High School thespians performed Cheaper by the Dozen in the auditorium directed by Charles Comstock and produced by the Drama Club. Gary Harbour and Martha Wallace drew strong praise for Mr Gilbreth and Mrs Gilbreth roles. Ann Goyette and Debbie Smith also impressed. The show, based on Frank Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Carey with dramatization by Christopher Sergel, featured lively sound effects and a Band Prelude from The Sound of Music.
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Bennington
Charles Comstock
The
Drama Club
Benhi
Gary Harbour
Mr. Gilbreth
Martha Wallace
Mrs. Gilbreth
Gail Horst
Ernestine
Ann Goyette
Debbie Smith
Martha
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Christopher Sergel
Bendi Band
Paul Williams
School Class Aids LWV Population Study in Vermont
Mrs Clarence Howard of the League of Women Voters spoke to an eighth grade social studies class on a project to map population data. Ten students will study the 1961 Vermont census and mark each of the 256 towns on a large Vermont map.
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Clarence Howard
League of Women Voters
Pope Urges Global Peace in Christmas Message
Pope John XXII in his fourth annual Christmas message calls on world leaders to work for peace and security for all people. This marks his second peace appeal in five days following a Congo bloodshed plea. He spoke from the Vatican Library, with broadcasts by Vatican and national networks.
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Vatican City
John XXII
Congo
Vatican
Vatican Radio
Former West Berlin Teacher Addresses History Class
Larry Gardner, a former teacher at a West Berlin American dependent school, spoke to David Jareckie's modern history class about his year in Berlin. He described life in East and West Berlin, student culture, religion, and the political stakes of the city during the era.
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Larry Gardner
West Berlin
David Jareckie
Berlin
Gardner
East Berlin
Whiting Man Dies in Brandon-Sudbury Road Crash
David R. Bruso, 40, of Whiting, was killed Thursday when his station wagon struck two small trees and a Elm tree on the Brandon Sudbury Road, according to police.
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Brandon, VI
David R. Bruso
Whiting
Brandon-Sudbury
Christmas Legends and Local TV Notes From Bennington Area
A coverage of Christmas legends from the Norcross card set highlighting Saint Nicholas names worldwide and holiday goodwill. The column reports on Carleton Carpenter fans, the film Lost Boundaries and Chuck Connors TV interview, Mrs. Rose L. Kent's recovery, Perry Como show features Chris Daughterty, Mildred Dunnock rehearsing The Cantilevered Terrace, and holiday wishes.
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Carleton Carpenter
Hollywood
Noveck’s
General Stark Theater
Chuck Connors
Chuck
Bennington
The
Generals
Perry Como
Chris Daughterty
Chris
James Daughterty
Goldwater Calls U.S. to Quit United Nations
Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona urged at a Phoenix medical meeting that the United States withdraw from the United Nations. He cited U.N. actions in Katanga and Goa and argued China’s admission should not delay withdrawal. He warned the world is not ready for the U.N. and mused he may not live to see its reform.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
United States
United Nations
County Medical and Dental Association
U.N
Katanga
India
Goa
Red China
United Nations Goldwater
New Alarm Saves Woman in Home Fire
In Salem New Hampshire a newly installed fire alarm system woke Genevieve Parrott 40 and allowed her to escape a five room cottage fire at Arlington Pond her husband Valmore credited the alarm with saving her life deputy chief Russell Collins said a overheated water heater ignited a partition the interior was gutted and damage estimates were not yet determined
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Salem
N.H
Arlington Pond
Genevieve D. Parrott
Valmore
Russell Collins
Search Ends For Rockefeller's Youngest Son
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller announced that the search for Michael Rockefeller, 23, missing since November 19 after leaping from a disabled boat off New Guinea, has been ended with no trace found. The government of New Guinea notified him the search is over.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefelle
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Michael
New Guinea
Rockefeller
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