Vermont Briefs: Death, Escapes, Luncheon and Snow
A Randolph letter carrier Wayne Grassette, 41, was found shot dead at his home. police call it self-inflicted. In Montpelier, no new leads in three state escapes, including Robert Charlebois, with a 13-state alert. two youths missing from Vergennes Weeks School remain at large. A luncheon plans to honor three lame duck Republican officials, with Amidon declining to attend. Snow totals of four to nine inches raise hazardous driving. ski areas may reopen today. Middlebury College names Luther Van Ummersen comptroller in a reorg. J Wilber Smith moves to assistant comptroller. Richford sees Sohler Ski Corp open a West German factory with January shipments planned.
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Randolph
UPD
Wayne Grassette
Grassette
Randolph Post Office
Richford
Vergennes
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
White River
Bellows Falls
Burlington
Green Mountain
Middlebury
James I. Armstrong
Middlebury College
Luther van Ummersen
Needham
Mass
van Ummersen
Bentley College of Accounting
Tufts University
Messrs. Lybrand
Ross Bros. & Montgomery
Terrell Corp
Wilmington
National Association of Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Lynn Casman
Smith College
Armstrong
Carroll Rikert Jr
Rikert
James D. Ross
J. Wilber Smith
Fire destroys century-old Schaghticoke residence. one dead
In Schaghticoke a 36-year-old father of three perished from smoke in a Saturday blaze that gutted one second-floor apartment and damaged four others in a $20,000 fire. Stanley Funking of Watervliet, an employee of Behr Manning, died as his wife and children visited a relative in Troy about an hour before discovery. Dr. Harry J. Carman, 80, Columbia College dean emeritus and noted educator, died at Mount Sinai Hospital. he helped shape Columbia’s civili zation course and curriculum reforms.
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Schaghticoke
Stanley Funking
Behr- Manning
Watervliet
Troy
New York
Harry J. Carman
Columbia College
Mount Sinai Hospital
Greenfield
Saratoga County
Schuylerville
Carman
Columbia
Berkshire Downs May Seek Spring Meet in 1965
Berkshire Downs president B A Dario says the Hancock track may hold a spring meet next year to avoid Green Mountain Park competition in Pownal. Berkshire County Fair plans a fall meet at Hancock regardless. In North Adams the first of five buildings to be razed as part of a 6 million expansion at North Adams State College was demolished at 5 Lawrence Ave. Arthur Johnson 20 of Arnold Street had assault and battery and drunkenness charges continued to June 1 after pleading not guilty following a Christmas Eve scuffle with a patrolman. Johnson posted 165 bail.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
B.A. Dario
Berkshire County Fair
North Adams
North Adams State College
Williamstown
Arthur Johnson
Arnold Street
Samuel E. Levine
Johnson
Massachusetts study outlines $123 million school modernization plan
A 60 page report by the Special Commission Relative to Improving and Extending Educational Facilities advocates a statewide modernization program for 1965 66. It calls for a new state board of higher education a board of public education and an advisory council plus a statewide building program and updated vocational training.
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Boston
UPS
Massachusetts
Special Commission
Commonwealth
Kevin B. Harrington
Salem
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Pittsfield
Benjamin C. Willis
Chicago
Board of Higher Education
Board of Public Education
State Board of Education
State Department of Public School Education
Willis
New York
California
Michigan
Bennington Banner publishes daily local and UPI news
Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for departments and notes its daily schedule excluding Sundays and holidays. The paper, at 425 Main Street in Bennington Vermont, is a Banner Publishing Corporation member of United Press International and retains exclusive republication rights for local and UPI dispatches.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Air to air rescue over Burlington spotlights two pilots
In Vermont, a Northeast Airlines DC6B guided an Army National Guard observer plane to a safe landing at Burlington Municipal Airport amid dense fog. Capt. William B. Damon pilot of the small plane and Capt. John E. French of Peabody, Massachusetts orchestrated a dramatic rescue with FAA air traffic control aiding the communication.
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Burlington
API
Northeast Airlines
New England
Vermont
Army National Guard
Burlington Municipal
William B. Damon
Saugus
Mass
Pratt and Whitney
John E. French
Peabody
Manchester
N.H
Damon
French
Carl Ritz
Lynnfield
Philip Welsh
Newton
Lebanon
Welsh
Laconia
Worcester
Federal Aviation Agency
Air Traffic Control Center
Nashua
Boston
26Th Yankee Infantry Division
Beverly
Fitchburg
Capt
FAA
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Postman
Amidon
Bay State
Sohler Skis
Sohler Ski Corp
West Germany
Sohler
Down In
Berkshire
North Adams College
Curtiss Wright
Penney
Douglas Aire
Penn Power Light
Dow Chemical
Pennsylvania RR
DuPont
Pepsi-Cola
East Airlines
Chrysler
Phillips Petty
Ford
Eastman Kodak
Pittsburgh Pl Glass
Comsat
Amers Eaton Manus
Pittsburgh Steel
Vulcan
Procter & Gamble
Eric Lackawanna
Pullman
Southern Pacific
Ford Motors
New York Central
General Dynamic
MYRCA
General Electric
Penn
Reading
Sylvania
General Foods
Republic Steel
ACF Indus
General Motors
Reynolds Metals
Iy Air Products
Goodrich
Reynolds Tobacco
Vp Air Reduction
Goodyear
Richfield
Alco Products
Grace
Schenley
Great A&p
Allegheny
L Sd
Sears Roebuck
Allegheny Power
MY Greyhound
Sinclair
Allied Chemical
Gulf Oil
Sperry Rand
Alside
Hoffman Electric
Standard Brands
American Airlines
Illinois Central
Ingersoll Rand
Standard Oil
Ind
Vo Standard Oil NJ
American Electric
Interna Harvester
Interna Nickel
Interna T&t
Texaco
American Motors
Thompson RW
Jones & Laugh
Tidewater Oil
American T&t
Joy Manus
Xu Vy Timken AB
Vo American Tobacco
Ry Kennecott
Trans World Airl A
Anaconda
Vo Koppers
Union Carbide
Armco Steel
Kroger
Vo Armour
L-O-F Glass
United Aircraft
Atchison T&sf
Lone Star Cem
United Air Lines
Lorillard
United Fruit
Baldwin Lima Ham
US Rubber
Bendix
Mack Trucks
US Smelting
Bethlehem Steel
MGM
US Steel
Bobbie Brooks
Vg Monsanto
Boeing Aire
Montgomery Ward
Warner Bros
Canadian Pacific Motorola
Western Union
Westing Air Br
National Aviation
Westing Electric
Chesapeake & O
National Biscuit
Wheeling Steel
National Dairy
White Motor
Coca Cola
National Dist
Colage
National Gypsum
Woolworth
Colins Radio
Xerox Corp
Cola F&ir
Youngstown S&t
Norfolk & W
Zenith
Columbia Gas
North Amer
Commw Edison
Ly Olin Mathieson
Consol Edison
Owens CF
Consol Nat Gas
Owen III G
Consol Coal Pan Amer World A
Continental Can
Paramount Pic
Crucible Steel
Parke Davis
Televisions
Rh . Furniture Co
Boneles
Tobins
Swifts
Hellman’s
Pillsbury Flour
Liptons Tea
OIL Service
Jack Frost
U.S
Maine
Bennington, VT
Beneficial Finance Co
Main Street
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