Sleds raise safety alarms on Vermont roads and rails
Public Safety Commissioner Erwin Alexander warned of illegal motorized snow sled use along public highways and railroad rights of way. Sled operators may cross highways only at designated spots with Motor Vehicles permits. Norwich University led 1966 officer commissions with 199 cadets, 182 Reserve and 17 Regular Army, as ROTC forerunner.
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U.S. Department of the Army
Norwich University
U.S. Army
Norwich
Army Reserve
Army
First U.S. Army District
United States
Mid-West
Machinists ratify three year pact with Howe Richardson
Green Mountain Lodge 1590 of Machinists and Aerospace Workers approved a three year contract with Howe Richardson Scale Co by a 154 to 134 vote. The deal provides four percent raises each year, a union shop, and enhanced medical benefits. The company employs about 600, with 327 machinists.
Vermont debt bill revival after committee kill
Sponsors say they have 30 signatures to revive a bill to set Vermont’s bonded debt ceiling at 150 million dollars despite the House Ways and Means Committee’s nine to two rejection. Fred Westphal notes it took under five minutes to gather backers, and sponsors have seven days to present the petition to the House clerk for reconsideration.
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Ways and Means
Fred Westphal
R-Elmore
House
Vermont Tuberculosis Association accepts Dodd resignation
The Vermont Tuberculosis and Health Association Inc. accepted Thomas L. Dodd’s resignation as acting executive director. Dr. Robert E. O’Brien said Louise Campbell of the National Tuberculosis Association would visit Burlington to temporarily assist in running the local office. Jon Tompkins remains on staff. Dodd had held the top post since August after succeeding David De Turk and joined the staff last April as health education director. Dodd resigned the $9,000 yearly post Monday.
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Vermont Tuberculosis & Health Association Inc
Thomas L. Dodd
Association
Robert E. O’brien
Louise Campbell
New York
National Tuberculosis Association
Jon Tompkins
O’brien
Dodd
David de Turk
Troy lawyer Barsamian named to ABA Police Committee
J Albert Barsamian, chairman of Hudson Valley Community College Police Science, is appointed to the American Bar Association Police Selection and Training Committee. The Troy attorney, consultant to area police departments and lecturer, previously served as a Rensselaer County district attorney's investigator.
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Troy
J. Albert Barsamian
Hudson Valley Community College
American Bar Association
H. Lynn Edwards
Washington, D.C
Criminal Law
Barsamian
New York State Municipal Police Council
Rensselaer County
Gunmen abduct two in Loudonville apartment raid
Two men posing as telegram deliverers forced entry into a duplex owned by Joseph Dunn, 57, and his sister Julia Dunn, 72. They bound and gagged both residents and escaped with 45000 dollars in cash and securities. Dunn freed himself after two hours to seek police assistance from a neighbor.
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Loudonville
Joseph Dunn
Julia
Dunn
Pittsfield Superintendent to Retire as New High School Opens
Pittsfield Supt. of Schools James P. Reynolds, 58, says he will retire when the new high school opens in December 1968 after 36 years in the district. He notes ongoing feuds with the School Committee. By opening date he may retire with an 80 percent pension.
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Pittsfield
James P. Reynolds
Reynolds
Triplets Born at North Adams Hospital
Mr and Mrs Anthony Arabia welcome triplet daughters born Thursday at North Adams Hospital. Dr Karl E Markin delivered the babies within six minutes. Weights were 3 pounds 10 ounces, 4 pounds 7 ounces, and 4 pounds 3 ounces.
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North Adams
Anthony Arabia
North Adams Hospital
Karl E. Markin
Finance panel funds opera house space as town offices
The Finance Committee recommended spending $60,000 over three years to partition the Town Hall opera house space for use as town offices. The first floor auditorium is nicknamed the opera house, a holdover from 1890s naming of auditoriums.
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Dalton
Parole Hearings Start For Two Brink's Bandits
Walpole Mass UPI reports parole hearings begun for two Brink's bandits James I Faherty 54 and Adolph Maffie 53 both serving life. Prodded by requested commutations family pleas accompany testimonies as questions linger about the missing 1.2 million dollars. The hearings come after a death of alleged mastermind Joseph McGinnis and renewed pressure to reveal the loot location.
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Walpole, Mass
UPI
Walpole State Prison
James I
Jimma) Faherty
Adolph
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Vietnam
Eleanor Maffie
Quincy
Maffie
John J. Foley
Faherty
Father Foley
Joseph F. McGinnis
Garrett H. Byrne
Boston Globe photograph counters Manchester on oath of Johnson
The Boston Globe published an unpublished image showing Kenneth P. O'Donnell attended Lyndon Johnson's oath aboard Air Force One at Love Field, contradicting William Manchester's account in Death of a President. Cecil Stoughton captured the White House photo validating O'Donnell's presence beside Mrs Kennedy.
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Kenneth P. O’donnell
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Manchester
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Globe
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White House
Free newspapers in St. Petersburg despite sunless day
In St. Petersburg Florida the Sun failed to shine for 24 hours yet the St. Petersburg Evening Independent gave away its street editions. This was the paper’s first giveaway in 382 days and the 223rd time in 57 years marking a sunshine city policy.
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Fla
UPI
St. Petersburg
Rowell Explains UVM State Colleges Merger Idea
University of Vermont President Lyman Ro well addresses Gov Hoff merger talk as the most publicized in years. He notes prior collaborations between UVM and the state colleges and says a single system could widen access for Vermont high school students while not guaranteeing lower overall costs. He urges careful study and pledges trustees cooperation with the governor and Legislature.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Lyman S. Rowell
Hoff
University and State College
UVM
Rowell
University
Vermont
Vermont college merger premature says Babcock
Dr. Robert Babcock Vermont state colleges provost says merger with the University of Vermont would be premature. Gov Hoff urges rapide action and UVM President Lyman Rowell backs study by Legislative Council to explore merging boards. Both sides emphasize voluntary cooperation and caution on “super boards.”
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Babcock
UVM
New Snowstorm Hammers Southern New England
A foot of snow blanketed Cape Cod as a gale driven blizzard swept southern New England, halting mail in some Cape Cod towns and canceling classes across Rhode Island. Snow ranged two to six inches elsewhere, with hazardous driving and plowing under way from Connecticut to Massachusetts. Boston recorded nine inches as coastal gale warnings stretched from Eastport to Block Island and the storm moved out to sea by midday.
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UPS
Cape Cod
New England
Rhode Island
Weather Bureau
Lincoln Downs Horse Race Track
Eastport
Maine
Block Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Public Works Department
Connecticut
Springfield Chosen as Site of Continuing Education Center
The University of Vermont will open a regional center for continuing education at Springfield High School next September. A regional committee, supported by business leaders and chambers, will offer five to six freshman level courses first year with potential sophomore courses the next year. Credit will be UVM credit and the center aims to be self supporting via tuition.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Paul Chapman
Vermont Research
Business and Industry
Chambers of Commerce
Springfield School Board
Chapman
Raymond V. Phillips
Phillips
Lege
Warren O. Essler
College of Technology
Gerald A. Donovan
Agricultural Experiment Station
Harold C. Collins
UVM
Pierre V. Kieffer Jr
Vermont Technical College
VTC
Josts Convicted In Canadian Court
Dr Jane Jost and his wife were convicted of smuggling poodle dogs into Canada in Ottawa Ontario UPI reporting. They faced sentencing today with Dr Jost held on a 500 bond and Charlotte Jost free on similar bond after entering innocent pleas November 21 to transporting eight French poodles into Canada.
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Ont
UPI
Jane Jost
Canada
Jost
Hyde Park
Charlotte
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