Vermont Schools May Use IBM Attendance System
Vermont House approval allows Central Junior High in Burlington to pilot machine driven attendance. Students receive numbered cards and absent home room cards are processed to produce master records and absence lists within minutes. Principal Hart notes current pencil ledgers are time consuming.
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Burlington
Central Junior High School
IBM
Vermont House
School System
John Hart
Zoning hearing on Main Street horse barn protest
In Montpelier the Zoning Committee hears an appeal challenging a new horse barn on Main Street. Neighbors complain the barn will lower property values and attract flies, urging horses be kept out of town.
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Montpelier
This Tale Is for the Birds at Hardwick Academy
Two old roommates Homer the horned owl and Rastus the crow live at Hardwick Academy. Homer arrived from Woodbury after attacking a farmer's ducks and spends weekends with Arthur Stone, head of the science department. He perches on chair backs and eats raw beef and chicken, with a 42 inch wingspan.
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Hardwick
Hardwick Academy
Homer
Hoff's Study Plan Faces First Test in Vermont
Gov Hoff faces a key test as a resolution seeks authorization of his year long state study and a $100000 appropriation. The measure has no set date for introduction. Hoff argues the study is needed after his inaugural and budget messages, while initial Republican reactions are lukewarm.
Rockefeller defends tax plan amid license fee proposal
Governor Rockefeller rejects charges of breaking his pledge by framing his plan to raise motor vehicle and liquor license fees as fees, not taxes. Republicans and Democrats call it a tax hike, arguing it violates his 1962 campaign promise, while he cites needed revenue to sustain fiscal stability and highway construction.
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Albany
Gov
Rockefeller
New York State
New York Welfare Expenditures Reach Record High
State Social Welfare Department reports spending on public welfare rose to 589 million last year, a record. The average monthly relief recipients in 1962 climbed to 581,981, up 25,734 from the prior year. Federal aid totaled 216.9 million while the state contributed 188.9 million.
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Albany
State Social Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Berkshire snow blankets North Adams and ski areas
Five days of winter snowfall in North Berkshire amounting to about three inches on Thursday, with over a foot since Sunday. Highways remain open but snowbanks narrow streets. ski operations report excellent conditions and hope for clear weekend weather. In Adams, Herbert Mahar questions a 306000 Veterans Memorial Tower restoration line item in the budget. In Williamstown, Williams College hosts a February 22 symposium on labor unions and the American economy featuring Asher W. Schwartz Henry D. Sharpe Jr. Robert W. Stoddard and moderated by Frederick OBrien, open to the public.
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North Adams
North Berkshire
Adams
Mount Greylock Reservation
Veterans Memorial Tower
Commission
Herbert Mahar
Veterans Affairs
John F. Treadway
Williamstown
Delta Phi Upsilon Fraternity
Williams College
Griffin Hall
Asher W. Schwartz
New York City
Henry D. Sharpe, Jr
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co
Providence
Federal Building Projects Advance in Vermont
Congressional public works committees in both houses review proposed federal building expansions in St Johnsbury and St Albans. St Johnsbury would gain a $482000 post office and federal offices on an 18700 square foot site, replacing an aging 37 year old building. St Albans plans an extension costing $955000 with land acquisition. Budgetary clearance noted by Sen. Aiken.
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Washington
Public Works Committees
Congress
St. Johnsbury
St. Albans
Post Office
Dems Endorse Beauregard for St Albans Postmaster
The Democratic City Committee in St Albans endorsed acting postmaster Stanley R. Beauregard for the postmastership. He faces Oscar Blatchley and Walter Regan, named as finalists by the Civil Service Commission, with Beauregard the committee’s choice.
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ST. Albans
Democratic City Committee
Stanley R. Beauregard
Beauregard
Civil Service Commission
U.S. Post Office Department
Oscar Blatchley
Walter Regan
Central Vermont Railway
John R. Finn
Education aid bills push state funding and ETV plan
Vermont lawmakers set public hearings in the House chamber on two education aid bills and a separate joint hearing on educational television bills. The sessions will feature Rep. Emory Hebard Rep. W Arthur Simpson and co sponsors on funding formulas and town aid. A separate bill backed by Rep Byron Hathorn and Lewis Barrett seeks a 1.5 million bond for an ETV network and Sen Samuel Fishman introduces a survey fund.
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Vermont House
Senate
House
Graham Newell
Caledonia
Sanborn Partridge
Proctor
Emory Hebard
R - Glover
W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndon
Hebard
Simpson
Byron Hathorn
Hartford
Lewis R. Barrett
Middletown Springs
Samuel Fishman
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Richard S. Woodruff
Essex
Clinton
New York
Woodruff
Hoff
Rocky
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Dummer
Thure A. A. Hertzberg
Brattleboro
Frederick N. Cook
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Bonner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
U.S
Bureau of the Budget
George D. Aiken
R - Vt
Rio DE Janeiro
USP
Rio
Motorola
RADIO
Morgan ST
Cincinnati
First National Stores
North Bennington
Bennington Shopping Center
Grants Credit Department
Grants
W. T. Grant CO
W.t.grant CO
STE Jarnouily
No. Benn
Dison
Hollywood
UPI
Maria Perschy
Rock Hudson
Paula Prentiss
Universal
Miss Perschy
Miss Prentiss
Hudson
Shell
Johnson
Depot
Jennington
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