Vermont High School Poetry Contest Open To Students
Dr. Arthur Hewitt announces the Poetry Society of Vermont contest for high schoolers in grades 9 through 12. Submit one poem by April 1 with a pen name and sealed envelope. include true name, school, class, title, and home address. Prizes come from the Mari Tomasi Memorial Fund. winning poems published in Mountain Troubadour.
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Burlington
Arthur Hewitt
Poetry Society of Vermont
PSOV
Edward K. Gleason
Appletree Point
Mari Tomasi
Rutland to host public hearing on social welfare bills
Rutland council and Vermont Conference of Social Welfare co sponsor a public hearing Wednesday March 1 at 8 p.m. in Trinity Church Rutland on present admissions procedures at Brandon Training School Brattleboro Retreat and Vermont State Hospital Waterbury and on the Social Welfare Reform Bill. Similar meetings are planned in St Johnsbury Burlington and Springfield. Margaret Hanafin oversees planning for all four regional hearings. In Montpelier Dr William H Martin State Department Africa education officer will speak at Vermont College convocation at Alumni Hall invited by President William L Irvine.
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Rutland
Rutland Council of Social Agencies
Vermont Conference of Social Welfare
Vermont House
Trinity Church
West Street
John Coombs
Brandon
Brattleboro
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
Councils of Social Welfare
VCSW
St. Johnsbury
Burlington
Springfield
Margaret Hanafin
United Counseling Service
Bennington
Montpelier
William H. Martin
Africa
U.S. State Department
Vermont College
Alumni Hall
William L. Irvine
State Department
Martin
G. Mennen Williams
Cancer grant aids St Michael's College researcher
The American Cancer Society awarded a $4,793 grant to Dr. John Hartnett, biology professor at St Michael's College, for basic cancer research. A spokesman said the project aims to deepen understanding of the destructive phase of protein metabolism and its role in cancer.
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Winooski Park
UPD
American Cancer Society
St. Michael’s College
John Hartnett
Fire at St Philip Neri Church Kills Nun Injures Priest
In Rochester New York a Roman Catholic nun Sister Lillian Marie was killed and Rev George J Weinmann seriously burned rescuing the sacrament at St Philip Neri Church The fire is the second at the church in a week Bishop Fulton J Sheen visited the scene and Father Weinmann at Strong Memorial Hospital Also Albany Lt Governor Malcolm Wilson warned higher liquor taxes may boost bootlegging and cigarette smuggling in New York State Paul G Van Buskirk in Troy said he is considering applying for the Troy city manager post to replace James F McDonald resigned official Stierer's replacement is Leo Quigley and salaries noted
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Rochester
Lillian Marie
George J. Weinmann
St. Philip Neri
Fulton J. Sheen
Father Wienmann
Strong Memorial Hospital
Albany
Malcolm Wilson
Lindsay
Wilson
Troy
Paul G. van Buskirk
Cohoes
James F. McDonald
Robert A. Stierer
Troy City
Leo Quigley
Stierer
van Buskirk
Berkshire crash kills two sisters in North Scituate RI
In North Scituate Rhode Island Eileen Tullock 11 and Elizabeth Baker 19 died in a two car head on collision Saturday night. Baker wife of Roger Lee Baker 21 survived with injuries and seller at Berklee School of Music student in Boston. Otto C Hutter 65 and wife Gertrude 61 of Johnston RI are hospitalized. In Pittsfield a former Cheshire physician Dr Joseph Paul Coco 61 tops health commissioner pick for Utica New York. Berkshire leaders meet in North Adams to hear Richard Greeley about Hoosac River pollution.
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Great Barrington
Eileen Tullock
Elizabeth Baker
North Scituate
R.I
Eileen
Roger Lee Baker
Boston
Baker
Otto C. Hutter
Johnston, R.J
Gertrude
Johnston
Berklee School of Music
Pittsfield
Cheshire
Utica
N.Y
Joseph Paul Coco
Remo del Gallo
Coco
North Adams
Berkshire
Richard Greeley
State Department of Natural Resources
Hoosac River
Adams
Williamstown
Clarksburg
Pittsfield Post Office to be dedicated on March 19
Acting Postmaster Robert B. Dillon announced the Pittsfield Post Office dedication set for Sunday March 19 with Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Representative Silvio Conte attending the ceremonies.
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Pittsfield
Robert B. Dillon
Edward M. Kennedy
Silvio O. Conte
Hoff mum on plans for future political moves
Gov. Philip H. Hoff of Vermont signals no firm plans as reports surface he may seek a federal post after his third term ends in 1969. Possible moves include challenging Sen. Winston Prouty in 1970, or succeeding Ferris Bryant at Emergency Planning. Hoff also contemplates a return to private law practice in Burlington before a federal role, with a possible job at the Interstate Compact on Education.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston and Maine Railroad
Green Mountain
Prouty
Hoff
Burlington
Ferris Bryant
Bryant
Interstate Compact On Education
Denver
Students' Phones Bugged by CIA
Cambridge, Mass. UPI reports a National Students Association officer says the CIA intimidated and spied on NSA student groups while subsidizing them. Ricki Radlow of Radcliffe College cites constant surveillance of members phones rooms and cars and warns CIA ties harmed future opportunities.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
National Students Association
NSA
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Ricki Radlow
Radcliffe College
Intelligence Agency
Soldier Escapes Fort Devens Then Arrested by FBI
Dalton H. DeLong of East Wallingford Vermont, 19, who fled the Fort Devens stockade on February 2, was arrested by FBI agents on charges of interstate transport of a stolen car. He allegedly stole a car at Devens and drove it to Willimantic. Arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Thomas F. Parker, bond set at 2500. DeLong was serving a six month sentence for car theft and larceny when he fled.
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Willimantic
Genn
UPI
Fort Devens
Mass
FBI
Dalton H. DeLong
East Wallingford
DeLong
U.S
Thomas F. Parker
Army
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