Barre set to seek 35000 loan to balance 1965 budget
Barre City Council approved a two year 35000 loan despite Mayor Granai objections. Clerk Olliver will bring a resolution next week to balance the 1965 budget with a larger deficit to be confirmed. Voters approved the note in October and 20000 is to be repaid next year. The plan follows a budget deficit estimate and mayoral call for delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre
UPI
Ralph Olliver
C. O. Granai
Olliver
Barre seeks charter changes to reshape wards council
Barre officials will ask lawmakers in a special session to approve changes to the city charter including reapportionment from six wards to four and larger City Council and School Board. Vermont Selective Service Director warns all men 18 or older to register and carry draft cards with penalties up to five years in jail and 10,000 dollars fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Selective Service
William J. Burke
Burke
Norwich University Receives $2500 Grant From Esso Foundation
Norwich University officials announce an unrestricted grant of 2500 dollars from the Esso Education Foundation as part of 2 348 million dollars in grants to schools this academic year. Burlington police end a week long search for former City Treasurer G Raymond Stimets, 78, who disappeared last Wednesday after leaving a nursing home. Detective Lt. Robert Abare said authorities have done everything possible and looked everywhere. Stimets was at Birchwood Nursing Home near his ill wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
UPI
Norwich University
Esso Education Foundation
Foundation
Burlington
G. Raymond Stimets
Stimets
Robert Abare
Stimers
Birchwood
Vermont Heart Association names Kilgust executive director
Frederick E. Kilgust of Bakersville Conn has been chosen as executive director of the Vermont Heart Association. He will assume duties January 3 succeeding Mrs John F Cashman Jr who resigned for personal reasons board chairman Earle W Brailey said Tuesday Kilgust will lead the organization in Vermont and coordinate heart health efforts starting early next year.
Gas masks available to police and sheriffs departments
Montpelier Commissioner of Public Safety E A Alexander announced surplus gas masks are available to local police and sheriffs departments. The new masks in original containers can be purchased for 20 cents each and departments may request any quantity by contacting the Public Safety Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
E.A. Alexander
Alexander
Public Safety Department
Gas station robbery hunt in Troy targets two youths
Troy police seek two young robbers who took $90 from a gas station attendant and locked him in the men's room Tuesday night. Attendant George Bell of 65 Vandenburgh Ave. gave a description, and an Identikit was prepared. Construction on the Ferry St tunnel will start after New Year with A.S. Wikstrom, Inc. as contractor, using more than 153 tons of steel. In Watervliet, McNamara postponed a $1,713,000 sewage system improvement at the Arsenal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
George Bell
Vandenburgh Ave
Hill St
Sixth Ave
Bell
Ferry St
Robert Stierer
A.S. Wikstrom, Inc
Skaneatles
Watervliet
Secretary of Defense
Robert F. McNamara
Watervliet Arsenal
Pittsfield area airport plans and war protest report
The FAA proposed a five year airport program including 44.757 million for Massachusetts with Pittsfield and Great Barrington slated for facility upgrades. A new Pittsfield administration building houses the weather station and Greylock Airways. In North Adams, Joseph R. Sarkis had his left leg amputated after a car accident when the emergency brake lever wedged in his leg. In Williamstown about 80 residents signed a Viet Nam war escalation protest petition circulated by John L. Fisher from School Street, a cross section of locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Federal Aviation Agency
Massachusetts
Great Barrington
U.S
Greylock Airways
North Adams
Joseph R. Sarkis
River St
North Adams Hospital
State Road
Williamstown
Viet Nam
John L. Fisher
School St
Fisher
Bennington
U N General Assembly Adjourns With Prayer for Peace Return
The 20th United Nations General Assembly adjourned after a Christmas prayer for the early return of peace. President Amintore Fanfani noted hopes for a truce between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and warned that peace has not yet returned to Southeast Asia amid the Vietnam conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
UPI
General Assembly
Assembly
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Viet Nam
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Hanoi
Peking
Soviet Union
Britain
Goldberg
Fanfani
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Southeast Asia
Good Service Preferred To Reduced Rates MONTPELIER
Vermont Public Service Board chair says New England Telephone may keep a 7 percent profit if service improves. Current return averages 7.25 percent on about $37 million investment. net profit about $2.2 million in first 10 months of the year. Board to review full year 1965 profits and meet with officials next year.
Truman Begins Christmas Visit in New York
Former President Harry S Truman and wife Bess arrived in New York for a six day holiday visit to his daughter and family. They were met at Kennedy Airport by Clifton Daniel and one of their grandchildren, Clifton Truman Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Harry S Truman
Manhattan
Truman
Bess
Kennedy International Airport
Clifton Daniel
New York Times
Clifton Truman Daniel
Vermont Airports Included In 1.2 Billion Proposal
The FAA outlines a national airport program through 1970 totaling 1.2 billion. New England adds eight Vermont communities to the expansion plan with funds from Congress and locals, plus proposed heliports for several cities across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
New England
Vermont
Congress
Connecticut
Goshen
Middletown
Norwalk
Norwich
Oxford
Simsbury
Mouth
Gloucester
Lowell
Northampton
Quincy
Revere
Wellesley
New Hampshire
Durham
Errol
Franconia
Hampton
Hinsdale
Lincoln
Northumberland
Rochester
Wolfeboro
Rhode Island
Bellows Falls
Hardwick
Manchester
Randolph
St. Johnsbury
Swanton
Vergennes
Waitsfield
New Cold Spray System Aids Small Truck Operators
In Chicago UPI reports National Cylinder Gas offers a cold spray system for panel trucks that can lower cargo compartments to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit. A mist of liquid nitrogen sprayed into the van maintains refrigerated goods automatically with occasional sprays to meet delivery temperature requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
National Cylinder Gas
Unanimously Re-Elected UJA Chairman
Max M. Fisher, oil executive and president of Detroit's United Foundation, was unanimously re-elected Sunday to a second term as general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal UJA in New York. The announcement notes his prominent leadership in the nation's largest nonsectarian community chest organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Max M. Fisher
United Jewish Appeal
Fisher
Detroit
United Foundation
Also Mentioned on This Page
UVM
ESSEX
University of Vermont
Town of
Esso
Arsenal
Down In
Berkshire
Jacques Gervais
Ottawa
Canada
U.N. General Assembly
Southern
Rhodesia
Africa
Trumans
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Triple “‘S
Grand Union
Burt
Burt Bros
Maine
Augusta
Bethel
Bingham
Brunswick
Bucksport
Calais
Carrabasset
Dover-Foxtery
Livermore Falls
Lubec
Madawaska
Matinicus
Milo
North Haven
North Windham
Norway
Patten
Portage Lake
Rumford
Skowhegan
Stonington
Swans Island
van Buren
Vinalhaven
York
Brockton
Fal
Capons
Turkeys
Walker
UJA
Barton’s Continental
Evans’ News
Iglon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!