Burlington Teacher's Experimental Program to Be Shown
Mrs. Zilpha W. Billings Vermont's 1962 teacher of the year narrates a 30 minute tape on her self-selection laboratory. The method adapts to each pupil, letting students choose books and aids to learn math language arts science and social studies with optional one on one guidance. The film, produced by the University of Vermont Audiovisual Center for the Vermont Educational Medical Association, will be shown at the Northeast Regional Leadership Conference in Hartford Conn.
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Burlington
UPI
Hartford
Conn
Zilpha W. Billings
Vermont
University of Vermont Audiovisual Center
Vermont Educational Medical Association
Billings
Flynn School
Blood drives in Vermont and New Hampshire surpass 100 pints
Vermont and New Hampshire residents donated 1021 pints at nine Red Cross Center drawings in Burlington last week, down 29 pints from the prior week. Brattleboro led with 184 pints, followed by Bennington 141, Springfield 138, Rutland 118, and Manchester New Hampshire 105. The Navy Disciplinary Command in Portsmouth exceeded 100 with 149 pints. A total of 877 pints were distributed, 801 to 62 Vermont New Hampshire hospitals.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
New Hampshire
Red Cross Center
Brattleboro
Bennington
Springfield
Rutland
Manchester
N.H
Tri-Town Bus Co certified to operate in Vermont
The Public Service Board certified Tri-Town Bus Co as a common carrier in Vermont. The order grants service between White River Junction and Hanover New Hampshire along routes 4 and 5 with nine round trips daily six days a week. John E Johnson Jr stated he already has NH authority from its Public Utilities Commission.
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White River Junction
New Hampshire
Public Utilities Commission
Vermont hearing on bear kill limit proposed
The Fish and Game Board schedules a Thursday hearing at 7:30 p.m. in the State House on a bill to limit bear kills to one per hunter per year. Current law imposes no cap, with about 300 bears killed annually. A department spokesman says the rule aims to reduce cub killings when hunters shoot a mother bear with dependent cubs.
Moderate Troy group urges pulled US troops from Vietnam
In Troy leaders of a local committee push as moderate dissenters from wartime policy. Rev Henry J Scherer says a US pullout would be morally devastating to Vietnamese people and urges reduced American goals and retrenchment of troop deployment. In Watervliet Arsenal, weapons output rose to 52.7 million dollars this year from 33.4 million in 1966 as production hit post Korean War highs.
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Troy
Vietnam
Troy Committee
Walter Lippmann
Henry J. Scherer
Grace Methodist Church
Troy Group
United States
Watervliet
Watervliet Arsenal
Southeast Asia
Arthur H. Sweeney
Christmas in upstate New York sees deadly toll rises
In upstate New York residents marked a white Christmas but deaths rose as traffic accidents claimed 36 lives and three others perished in other mishaps. Mrs Helen Sears, 52, of Middlebury Vermont, died from injuries after an auto crash last week that killed her husband Bernard. The Ballston Spa crash occurred Thursday.
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Albany
New York
Upstate
Schenectady
Helen Sears
Middlebury
Bernard
Ballston Spa
Berkshire Man Killed in Adams One Car Crash
Anthony E. Metallo 51 of Adams died in a Sunday night single vehicle crash after skidding on slippery pavement and hitting a tree, then rebounding broadside. A Pittsfield native Navy veteran, he lived in Adams 18 years, managed a snack bar, and was a custodian at the Elks Lodge. He is survived by his mother and eight siblings.
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North Adams
Anthony E. Metallo
Adams
Metallo
Pittsfield
Elks Lodge
Lenox dog theft ring eyed after collie vanishes
Lenox resident Wanamaker fears a ring of dog thieves is at work after his 18 month old collie nicknamed Nicki disappeared Friday. It is the third dog missing in two weeks in the neighborhood, with Nicki resembling TV star Lassie. In Pittsfield, Mayor grants a license for a Hullabaloo teen club to open at 531 Dalton Ave next to the State Police Barracks.
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LENOX
Warren Wanamaker
Undermountain Road
Collie
Nicki
Poco Cielo
Lassie
Pittsfield
Remo del Gallo
Kenneth A. Beauchemin
Berkshire Garden Supply
Dalton Ave
del Gallo
Fire damages home of school superintendent family
Fire partially destroyed the Revere Parkway home of Supt. of Schools and Mrs. James P. Reynolds. Reynolds his wife and their 23 year old son James on leave from the Marine Corps were kept overnight at St Luke's Hospital for second degree burns but have been released.
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Pittsfield
Revere Parkway
James P. Reynolds
Reynolds
James
Marine Corps
St. Luke’s Hospital
Oldest Vermonters Lead Peace Corps Lesotho Group
Dr Frank Herriott 74 and his 73 year old wife from East Calais Vermont join 70 volunteers bound for Lesotho as the agency seeks mature leadership. Leaders note Basotho Pony transport and horse buying allowances improve mobility and closer ties with local people.
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Frank Herriott
East Calais
Lesotho
David R. Sherwood
Tewksbury
Mass
Sierra Leone
Sherwood
Africa
San Diego
Calif
Herriotts
Heriott
Nigeria
Massachusetts Bank Robbed In 'Professional' Manner
A team described as professionals robbed Dedham Trust Co inside the Dedham Mall eight miles southwest of Boston during Christmas weekend. They entered via a ceiling hole, used acetylene torches to breach the vault and night depository, and escaped with an estimated 150000 dollars.
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Dedham
Mass
UPI
Dedham Trust Co
Dedham Mall
Boston
Walter H. Carroll
Andrew Geisbecker
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Apperson Chemical Co
Red Cross
Carroll
Rte. 1
Adequate Personnel Required For Radiation Control Program
Vermont must win approval for budget and positions to run a radiation control program. Harry B. Ashe urged the State Board of Health for new posts and funding, noting a health physicist and chemist are needed, with one assistant physicist to replace a borrowed state specialist. The board also approved funding plans and a new radiological health advisory committee.
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Burlington
Vermont
Harry B. Ashe
State Health Department
State Board of Health
Health Department
Public Health Service
Emergency Board
Ashe
R. B. Aiken
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Down In
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Washington
Peace Corps
Jack Vaughn
U.S
Massachusetts Bank
Taney
Main St
NET Festival
Bach and His Sons
Better TV Inc
Main St. Bennington
McCormack
Aiken
Hill-Burton
Gifford Memorial Hospital
Randolph Hospital
Philip H. Hoff
Harvey B. Scribner
Teaneck, N.J
Montpelier
Playtex
Carters
Pye A
Main Street
M. L
DuPont
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