Five Vermont education projects receive state funding
The Vermont Education Department approved five projects costing 40000 funded under the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Vermont received 1.7 million under the act for a remedial reading program an instructional resources center and classroom space. A Governor's Committee on Children and Youth has formed a study group led by Mrs. Edward Grier to assess youth education in social civic responsibility sex and character development. The panel will evaluate current offerings and propose future actions. A two car crash on Route 30 near Hubbardton killed Frank C. Blackmer 74 of Poultney and injured Peter Burnett 29 and his wife Karla who were hospitalized in serious condition. Weston Playhouse launches second annual New Year fund-raising with Saturday night suppers and movies to fund redecoration. Dean Hurlbert of East Thetford was sentenced on probation after pleading guilty to a breach of peace involving his brother Barham Hurlbert. He must pay $29.65 costs.
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Montpelier
YPI
Edward Grier
Burlington
Hubbardton
API
Frank C. Blackmer
Poultney
Middlebury
Peter Burnett
Karla
Rutland Hospital
Blackmer
Chelsea
Dean Hurlbert
East Thetford
Philip A. Angell Sr
Orange County
Hurlbert
Noto
Barham Hurlbert
Angell
Miss Constance Hoguet Faces Court After Car Hit Truck
Miss Constance Hoguet of Syosset New York on a ski holiday was brought to Hartford Municipal Court after a collision with a logging truck near Richmond's garage. She pleaded nolo contendere and was found guilty with the case continued to January 4. She estimated $50 damage to her car.
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Woodstock
Constance Hoguet
Syosset
N.Y
Hartford
D. W. H. Durfey
Peter Plante
Richmond
Miss Hoguet
Vermont Missing Teen Sought From New Jersey
State police issued a statewide lookout for Richard T. Wallace a 16 year old from Palmyra New Jersey who disappeared December 7 and was traced to Vermont. He was last seen at the Central Vermont Railway depot in Bellows Falls with a blue luggage bag and is believed to be in the Connecticut River Valley.
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Montpelier
UPI
New Jersey
Vermont
Richard T. Wallace
Palmyra
N.J
Wallace
Central Vermont Railway
Bellows Falls
Connecticut River Valley
Watervliet Arsenal retiree Janet Fletcher makes Twenty Year Club
Janet Fletcher, longtime administrative assistant in Watervliet Arsenal’s manufacturing branch since 1944, will retire as the only woman in the arsenal’s Twenty Year Club of 25. She was the first to hold her title and the first woman to complete the Civil Service training program. In 1956 she earned an outstanding performance rating with a $200 award. In nearby news, 10 year old Denny Nittinger aided by Mrs. Graydon Mosher and Mrs. John Thorns helped rescue a drowning schoolmate, Billy Kalteux, from a Hudson River tributary with quick action and some wire.
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Watervliet
Troy
Arsenal
Janet Fletcher
Blakeley Ct
N.Y
Civil Service Commission
The
Hudson River
Denny Nittinger
Berkshire robber targets Kells at his home in broad daylight
In North Adams Edward Kells of 72 Holbrook Street was robbed of more than $100 by an armed man posing as a magazine salesman. The thief forced Kells to the ground from his back and fled, leaving only a vague description. Meanwhile in Pittsfield Green Mountain Park GM Bartimo said racing dates with Berkshire Downs may clash, with Berkshire Downs proposing a non competitive May meeting. In Williamstown Mt Greylock teacher Carlo Valone, outspoken on Viet Nam policy, reportedly was not recommended for tenure due to views raised in public forums and in the local paper, a decision superintendent Dr. Gregory Anrig would not discuss.
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North Adams
Edward Kells
Holbrook St
Kells
Pittsfield
Vincent J. Bartimo
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Berkshire Downs Raceway
Hancock
Berkshire Downs
Williamstown
Mt. Greylock
United States
Viet Nam
Carlo Valone
Gregory R. Anrig
Valone
U.S
Anrig
Freeman to Attend Jan 4 Ceremonies in Vermont
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman will join U S Sen George Aiken and Gov Philip Hoff on January 4 in Addison County Vermont to honor federal aid for a new $2 835 million rural water system serving Addison Bridport and Shoreham The event marks the first federal assistance under an Aiken water bill with purification of Lake Champlain water and piping to the tri town district A press conference farm and home tours and a district sponsored dinner will accompany the ceremonies.
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Washington
UPI
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Addison
Freeman
U.S
George Aiken
Philip H. Hoff
Lake Champlain
Howard Bertsch
Farmer’s Home Administration
Aiken
Tri-Town Water District
Brooke Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, 46, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to succeed Leverett Saltonstall as U.S. Senator. If elected, he would be the first Black senator since Reconstruction. Brooke spoke at a Boston news conference a day after Saltonstall disclosed he would not seek re election after 21 years in the seat.
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Boston
Weather Fiddling Prohibited in Federal Order
The National Science Foundation will fine rainmakers and weather experimenters up to 500 for not reporting operations starting January 1. The rule aims to improve weather modification information sharing and prevent contamination of active research areas. CHICAGO (DPI) The National Safety Council estimates 360 to 440 people may die in traffic crashes during New Year weekend and 17,000 to 21,000 could suffer disabling injuries. The period runs from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday. record toll was 474 in 1965.
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Washington
UPI
National Science Foundation
Chicago
DPI
National Safety Council
Rhodesia Ejects Bishop Faces Possible Bloodless Coup
UPI reports Bishop James Pike of California, expelled from Rhodesia, predicts a bloodless coup in Salisbury. He says sanctions hurt Rhodesia more than expected, urges UN force if Britain won t act, and plans campaigns against PM Ian Smith on return to England. He was escorted to a plane after being declared a prohibited immigrant.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
James Pike
California
Rhodesia
Pike
Salisbury
Israel
United Nations
Britain
Cambridge University
England
Ian Smith
Smith
Brick Walls Encountered In Staving Off Inflation
President Johnsons top economic adviser Gardner Ackley told a joint meeting of the American Finance and American Economic Associations that economics face brick walls in keeping the economy between full employment and inflation. He urged economists to aid in making accurate policy decisions and warned that real output cannot keep growing at past speeds.
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New York
UPI
Johnson
Gardner Ackley
Ackley
Bennington Banner contact and subscription rates notice
The Bennington Banner announces newsroom and advertising contacts at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201 with subscription rates listed for Vermont within 50 miles and nationwide 3 months 6 months and 1 year pricing and second class postage details.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
High Speed Train Model Displays in Boston Exhibit
A turbine powered light weight high speed train model opened at South Station in Boston. Rep. Torbert H MacDonald of Massachusetts inaugurated the exhibit which featured a full scale cutaway of a PT6 Pratt and Whitney aircraft gas turbine engine used to power the train.
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Boston
UPI
South Station
Torbert H. MacDonald
D-Mass
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Bill Proposed To Change Procedures In Vermont Pact
Vermont officials plan a bill to allow hospital admissions without probate court first. The measure aims to let patients be admitted before rate payments are set, expediting care under a special legislative session.
Veteran Denied Reenlistment Seeks Australian Army
Bernard Dal Fitch, a Korean War veteran, had his re-enlistment denied by the Army. After destroying his U.S. Draft Card, he plans to join Australia's army to fight in Vietnam. Omaha prosecutors weigh possible charges for mutilating the Draft Card, with penalties up to 10,000 dollars or five years in prison.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Bernard Dal Fitch
Viet Nam
Fitch
Australia
Russ Blumenthal
Justice Department
Uncle Sam
Korea
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Valle
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United Aircraft Corporate Systems Center
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Miami Seaquarium
Bill Gray
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