Kennedy family skis in Vermont during holiday stay
Atty Gen Robert Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy with their children and Ted Kennedy ski at Stowe area through Jan 1. The Kennedys arrived in Vermont on President Kennedy's plane to Burlington Municipal Airport. Newport voters will decide Jan 30 on a union school district to educate Newport Center Newport City and Orleans pupils amid crowded high school facilities and dropout risks.
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University of Vermont completes self study and curriculum review
Burlington University officials led by President Fey completed a university wide self study begun in 1959 with Dr. Samuel N. Bogorad guiding final edits. The report invites all staff to join in discussion of its recommendations. Barre fire saves eight children from a cigarette caused blaze at 93 Brook Street December 29. Mrs Bresett reports flames leapt from an upstairs bedroom though her infant was moved downstairs.
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Burlington Teens Confess Car Thefts In Joyriding Spree
Essex Junction youths aged 13 and 18 admitted to Burlington detectives that left in ignition keys let them steal cars and perhaps more. Detective Capt. Arthur Carron noted an alert bus driver provided tips leading to arrests. The pair began stealing on November 14 for thrills and abandoned cars at St Michael's College Camp Johnson and around Burlington.
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New York power contract prompts protest in Vermont
NEWPORT 478 kilowatts of Niagara Project power began flowing January 1 under a protest signed contract. Citizens Utilities Co. is the sole Vermont purchaser not receiving subtransmission service paid for by VELCO, yet must pay part of the costs for others under the Niagara contract. Citizens’ manager A A Flory said the signing was needed to secure Niagara power for customers. MONTPELIER Vermont anticipates 1962 growth in recreation and overall economy led by a 5.9 percent rise in Vermont personal income, with industry expansion plans, higher milk production, and signs of industrial relocation interest. Union Carbide in Bennington and machine tool industry prospects cited as indicators of an outstanding year.
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Corning begins sixth term as Albany mayor
In Albany Erastus Corning II was sworn in for a sixth term, the longest tenure in the city’s 297 year history. Dennis J. Hickey was sworn in as the new city treasurer, succeeding in a long career alongside Corning.
Scelsi Elected Pittsfield City Council President
Joseph S. Scelsi won the Pittsfield City Council presidency on New Year’s Day after the eighth ballot. Mayor Raymond J. Haughey pledged progress with economy in his inaugural address and urged continuation of water and sewer programs led by John Burbank and Dwight E. Jones. He backed building a new vocational school and expanding Pittsfield High School to handle growth.
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Raymond J. Haughey
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North Adams inaugurates Florini as mayor in brief ceremony
Francis C. Florini was inaugurated as North Adams mayor in a brief ceremony. Morton Freedman won the council presidency for 1962, while City Clerk Cornelius E. O'Brien was reappointed for three years. Florini plans a citizens committee to study school building needs and address regional economic challenges.
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Vermont Governor Wins Top U.S. Jaycee Award in 1961
Gov. F. Fay Keyser Jr. of Vermont was named one of America’s Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1961 by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. Nominated by the Vermont Jaycees, Keyser is praised for rising from town auditor to governor in nine years and for enacting tax reforms, an industrial building authority, a million dollar state park bond issue, highway improvements, and reforms in state administration and higher education.
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Income Tax Seen Weapon Against Inflation
Washington AP reports the Kennedy administration weighs giving Congress power to adjust income tax rates to hedge against inflation or recession. Aimed as a temporary measure, the plan would allow a presidential cut from 20 percent to possibly 15 percent for a limited period, subject to congressional veto.
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Elderly Woman Dies in Kerosene Fire at Farmhouse
Nellie Weed 77 died after kerosene spilled on her dress and ignited in her Plainfield residence. Police say she was pouring kerosene into a stove when flames enveloped her clothing. companion Gertie Spencer 88 tried to extinguish them. Medical examiner cites asphyxiation.
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Injured Crewman Returns to Home in Vermont Crash
Neal A. Carpenter, 33, a highway crewman who survived a train truck crash that killed co worker Douglas A. Norton, 38, has been discharged from Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington. Carpenter was a passenger in a Colchester town truck that was hurled about 200 feet after being struck by a Central Vermont train. Norton's death left seven children fatherless.
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Douglas A. Norton
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Justice Shafford Appointed Peace Justice in Lamoille County
Named Justice Montpelier Vermont AP Gov Keyser appointed Wilmer Shafford of Cambridge as justice of the peace for Lamoille County replacing the late Ralph Brewster.
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Lamoille County
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College Panel Teases Life At Senior And Junior Colleges
AAUW hosted a Dec 28 tea in St. Peter's Guild Room for six Bennington High School girls to hear a panel of college students from Northwestern Alfred McGill and Middlebury discuss campus life. Freshmen Susan and Debbie spoke on first impressions while Lucille and Peggy described later adjustments and choosing a major.
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Lee Lawson
Jane Peck
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Alfred University
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McGill University
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Middlebury College
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South Korean Junta Declares War on Rats
In Seoul the ruling junta announces a campaign against rats as estimates show rodents outnumber humans three to one and consume about 16 million dollars worth of rice annually in a crowded nation.
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