Fire, Heat, and Plans Mix in Vermont News Headlines
Early Friday fire in Middlebury left five from James D Avignon family homeless as hoses froze in sub zero weather after a kerosene stove flooded the kitchen. In Burlington a new South Burlington High School dedication opened with tours and completion marked by an all electric heated four-building campus. In Montpelier Secretary of State Armstrong seeks a back-of-house addition to relieve space and vault constraints amid expanding duties. In Warren prospectors eye a $900000 ski development between Mad River Glen and Sugarbush Valley with promoter Waton Elliott.
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Middlebury
James D’avignon
D’avignon
East Middlebury
Burlington
South
Armstrong
Statehouse
Montpelier
Secretary of State
Secretary of
Howard E. Armstrong
General Assembly
Mount Ellen
General Stark Mountain
Fayston Slide
Times-Argus
Barre
Elliott
Warren
South Barre man fined for negligent driving in fatal crash
Harry Lynn Daniels, 23, of Barre South, pleaded no contest to careless and negligent driving causing death after a Nov 19 collision on Main Street killed passenger Robert Duquette, 23, of Montpelier. Daniels received a $250 fine. no drunken driving charge was pursued.
Fumes Halt Work At Crosby Junior High In Pittsfield
In Pittsfield several workers at Crosby Junior High School’s West Road site were overcome by fumes from salamander heaters due to water facility shortages. Trova land owners blocked water main work, delaying the 80 foot extension. Frederick M. Myers Jr. reports.
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Pittsfield
Crosby
West Road
Louis Trova
Loumar Drive
Trova Street
Trova
Frederick M.myers Jr
Two Die In Weekend New York Auto Crashes
In New York two people died in weekend crashes. Priscilla Parker 23 of Medway Massachusetts died after a head on collision in Pittsfield with a car driven by Stephen Christoffer 18 of Darien Connecticut. Lamb 67 of Pottersville died after a pickup hit him in Chester as he staggered across the highway.
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New Lebanon
Priscilla Parker
Medway
Mass
Merritt Lamb
Pottersville
Parker
Elwyn Parker
Priscilla Gage
Green Island
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pittsfield
Stephen Christoffer
Darien
Conn
Ten Firms Aid Scout Council Fund Needs
Ten local business firms contributed 200 to support the Girl Scout Council fund drive as Treasurer Miss Mary Mosher reported at the February 1 board meeting at the YMCA. The meeting outlined leadership changes, training sessions, and plans for Girl Scout Week March 10 15 plus the 50th anniversary observances.
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Scout Council Fund
Girl Scout Council
Mary Mosher
YMCA
Mosher
A. R. Willard
Edward Sibley
Robert LaPorte
Ted Ritchie
Marcien Roy
Fred Ester
Charles Thompson Jr
Bruce la Vigne
North Village
E. Riley
Arthur Pierce
Bus Driver Buys Doughnuts to Silence Complaints
A Buffalo bus driver, tired of complaints about hunger during a downtown snowstorm tied up traffic at 5 PM, bought four dozen doughnuts and handed them out to passengers.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Kuhn Joins Vermont Mutual Life Insurance Group
Edward J. Kuhn of 122 Fillmore Street has joined the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co agency in Vermont as a career underwriter. He completed a course on recent life insurance developments and will handle sales and service in Southern Vermont, after prior employment at Warren.
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Edward J. Kuhn
Fillmore St
Vermont
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
John E. Marsh
Kuhn
New NH State Troopers Receive Updated Uniforms
Public Safety Commissioner Kennard Goldsmith announced new uniforms for the 125 member New Hampshire State Police. The 10 gallon hat remains but lighter, forest green blouse with piping, and WWII style trousers with a dark green stripe will be issued. Total cost estimated at about $20,000.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Public Safety
Kennard Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Fletcher Wins Gibson Ski Trophy in New Hampshire
Norton Webber Jr. of the Farmington Ski Club won the 23rd Harvey D. Gibson Memorial Trophy Race at Mt. Cranmore. Marsha Fletcher of Middlebury College won the women's division among 91 racers from Great Britain, Switzerland, Austria, France, and the United States.
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North Conway
N.H
Norton Webber Jr
Farmington
Brattleboro Educator to Talk On Union High Schools
Bennington High School PTA hosts the second annual joint area PTA meeting at 8 PM in the Brattleboro Union High School auditorium. Guest speaker is Harry N. Montague, superintendent of the Brattleboro Union High School District, outlining union high school district procedures. A large attendance is anticipated as area residents consider similar action and PTA District Director Mrs. Fritz Dillmann speaks on Founder's Day.
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Bennington
PTA
Harry N. Montague
Brattleboro Union
Montague
University of Vermont
Harvard
Boston University
Columbia University
Newport Center
Cambridge
North Bennington
Chester
Bennington Southwest Supervisory District
Bellows Falls
Brattleboro
Fritz Dillmann
Ptas
E. A. Riley
Walter Dunham
Beech Street
Harry Eddington
Bennington Elementary School
James Vince
Molly Stark School
Edward Trainor
Arthur Taylor
Bennington High School
Walter Noyes
Dailey Cleared In Suit Over Road Work Injury
A County Court jury found William A. Dailey not liable in a $2,560 auto damages suit filed by Joseph Golembiewski and George A. Payne. The case claimed injuries when Golembiewski, with Thelma Huelsman as passenger, drove over a road construction site in Manchester on May 2, 1959. Dailey, contractor on the job, was represented by Stephen H. Gilman. plaintiffs by Grant Miller. Judge F Ray Keyser presided.
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William A. Dailey
Shaftsbury
Joseph Golembiewski
West Haven
Conn
George A. Payne
Thelma Huelsman
Golembiewski
Vermont 11
Manchester
Dailey
Atty
Stephen H. Gilman
Grant Miller
Fitz & Olson
Brattleboro
F. Ray Keyser
Kennedy in Tokyo Affirms US Trade Policy for Japan
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy told Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda that U.S. economic policy under his brother will not neglect Japan. He assured Tokyo the push toward lower tariffs and closer EEC ties will not freeze Japan out of the American market. Kennedy also met Kosaka and Ueki and toured the Diet amid cheering crowds.
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Tokyo
Robert F. Kennedy
Hayato Ikeda
U.S
Japan
David Osborn
United States
Kennedy
Ikeda
Osborn
New Frontier
Zentaro Kosaka
Koshiro Ueki
Diet
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Berkshire
LENOX
Lenoxdale
Lenox Academy
Academy
New York
Ribicoff
Newburgh
Washington, D.C
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Newburgh, N.Y
Hudson River
Joseph A. Pello
Safford St
Watervliet Arsenal
J. C. Crandall
Pello
Arsenal Inspection Office
Army
John Ottaviano
Woodland Valley
Fred Beecher
Orwell
Charles Thompson
Button Bay
Bruce LaVigne
Lawrence Brush
Calvin Andrews
Boston
Francis Chapman
Insurance Group
St. Joseph College of
Princeton, N.J
DIAL
N.H. State Troopers
Miss Fletcher
Gibson
VT. Bank
Dunhams
Elm Street
Union
R. Kennedy
Salem’s
Delicia
Pittsfield Milk Exchange
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