New York Transit Pay Settlement Ends Cliff-Hanger
New York City settled a threatened New Year’s strike after 414 hours beyond the deadline. AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union chief Michael J. Quill and Transit Authority negotiators reached a two year deal affecting 35,000 workers. The cost to the city is estimated at 38.6 to 42 million dollars, with a 11 cent hourly raise in 1964 and a 0.814 dollar raise in 1965 plus fringe benefits. The fare stays at 15 cents for at least one year.
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New York
New
Robert F. Wagner
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Quill
David L. Cole
Mayor’s Transit Labor Board
Philadelphia Tries To Resolve Mummers Issue
Philadelphia leaders and civil rights groups seek to resolve a controversy over blackface makeup used by some Mummers. Snow and sleet postponed the traditional New Year parade until Saturday to protect costumes.
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Philadelphia
Obituary for Herbert Chatfield 90 longtime Hoosick Falls resident
Herbert Chatfield 90 former Hoosick Falls E Z Mills superintendent died today at Hoosick Falls Health Center after a long illness born September 23 1875 in Cornwall N Y son of Howard and Martha Chatfield he moved to Hoosick Falls 1916 worked for Specialty Insulation Mfg Co retired 1947 active in Elks Masons and Royal Arch He is survived by son George W Chatfield two brothers one sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren funeral Friday at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home entombment Maple Grove vault spring.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Herbert Chatfield
E-Z Mills
Cornwall
Howard and
Martha (Garrison) Chatfield
Waterford
Albany Business College
Sara Hodgson
Allison
George W. Chatfield
Franklin
Ernest
Minneapolis
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Maple Grove
Parilli Shooting Incident Sparks Fatal Clash
Parilli died after being shot by an unidentified man during a disturbance that led to a washroom confrontation. Winthers and Sgt. Lachta tried to quell the fight before Marconi allegedly rushed in and fired. Marconi sustained head injuries requiring eight stitches, and the defendant disputed the officers' account.
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Winthers
Stanley Lachta
Parrilli
Marconi
Atty
William J. Bauer
Sgt. Lachta
IRS to offer tax help at Bennington office on several dates
The Burlington IRS office will provide federal income tax assistance at 422 Main St from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on January 3 February 7 March 6 and April 3. The brief item notes local residents holiday visits and a chimney fire at 159 Imperial Ave prompting a Bennington Fire Department response.
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Burlington
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Bennington
Main St
Bennington Fire Department
Imperial Ave
Clyde Peck
Frank P. Powers
Social Security rolls in Southern Vermont in 1963
More than 19 000 people in Southern Vermont received benefits at year end 1963 totaling 1 231 000 monthly. National total 19 million on rolls, 1 25 billion paid in 1963. Rutland office at 24 Evelyn St offers guidance and information on eligibility and benefits.
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Rutland
Vermont
Raymond E. Bender
Social Security Administration
U.S
Bender
Social Security Office
Evelyn St
Hospital Notes Admissions List Returns New Parents
Hospital notes list multiple admissions including Mrs Adah Leavens Louise Niles Everett Wager Robert Mayer Louise Leazer Darlene Main Mary Lauzon Susan Kearns Catharine Foster Edward Mason Lorraine Benkoski Edmond LeBlanc Miss Terry Williams Betty Lou Lerch Louise Griffis Carmen Fleming Master Douglas Paddock and the Garand and Harris families welcoming sons on December 31 as benedictions to Bennington Shaftsbury Arlington Hoosick Falls West Arlington North Bennington East Arlington Cambridge N Y.
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Robert G. Mayer
Louise Leazer
Darlene Main
Mary Lauzon
Susan Kearns
Catharine Foster
Bennington
Edward Mason
East Arlington
Lorraine Benkoski
Hoosick Falls
Edmond LeBlanc
Terry Williams
Betty Lou Lerch
Cambridge
N.Y
Louise Griffis and Son
Arlington
Carmen Fleming
Douglas Paddock
Shaftsbury
Racing the track and state betting formula questions
Vermont racing officials answered questions about loans to the track and whether legislators were connected to track employment. They said public reports on track governance would be in the governor’s February annual, acknowledged stock records on request, and stated no known legislator ties. They denied commission involvement in the betting share formula changes at Pownal and noted they were not consulted on the recent bill.
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Pownal
Davis
Charles F. Ryan
Rutland
Frederick W. Vogel
Bellows Falls
Secretary of State
Ryan
Ryean
Associated Press
Two Die by Ax Ex-Lover Held in New York
In Smallwood New York police report a killer using an ax murdered Joseph McAdams 49 in his sleep then killed his daughter Judith Meddough 19 and Florence McAdams 20, leaving one survivor. An anonymous tip led to arrest of Frank S Scaramuzzo 24 Army private, charged with first degree murder. Miss McAdams had recently broken engagement to Scaramuzzo.
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Smallwood
N.Y
Joseph McAdams
McAdams
Judith Meddough
Miss Meddough
Florence McAdams
Miss MceAdams
Frank S. Scaramuzezo
Monticello
Leslie Vincent
Miss McAdams
Scaramuzzo
New Year Celebrations Across the World in 1964 Night
Revelry and hopeful messages marked New Year as crowds gathered in Times Square and Grand Central Terminal. Global scenes included Berlin fireworks, Parisian car horns, grape rituals in Spain, crockery tossing in Italy, ticker tape in Buenos Aires, and leaders like Johnson and Khrushchev sending greetings. Pope Paul VI opened with Mass as temple bells tolled in Japan.
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Times Square
Grand Central Terminal
National Association For Mental Health
Berlin Wall
Champs Elysees
Buenos Aires
Johnson
Austin
Tex
Johnson City
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Pope Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
Japan
Kentucky Wins Boonesboro Park Site Title
Richmond Kentucky can now develop Boonesboro State Park after securing 83.4 acres along the Kentucky River. The state spent over a decade negotiating for the land, a site where Daniel Boone and his companions founded a settlement in 1775.
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Richmond
Kentucky
Boonesboro State Park
Daniel Boone
Million Insurance Payout Set For State Fairgrounds Blast Victims
Two insurance firms offer a collective 1 million dollars to be shared by 363 victims or their administrators of the State Fairgrounds Coliseum explosion blamed on Discount Gas Corp. Attorney R. Stanley Lawton filed the petition in U S District Court. The payout matches the full coverage. bonds from Continental Casualty and 300000 from Commercial Union were accepted. The Halloween blast killed 73 people.
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Indianapolis
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
R. Stanley Lawton
U.S. District Court
Discount Gas Corp
Continental Casualty Co
Commercial Union Insurance Co
Nursing Home Fire Kills Three in Mississippi
A fire at a Columbia Mississippi nursing home killed three of the 17 residents and destroyed the one story building. An employee cited a floor furnace as the likely source while no survivors were reported injured. Most occupants were World War I veterans.
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Columbia, Miss
Mississippi
Boyd Hamm
Funerals Held for Local Residents in Bennington Area
Memorial services were held for Miss Mary Louise DeWilde of Longmeadow at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with Rev. Frederick B. Wolf officiating, burial planned in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City. Prayer services for infant Anthony E. Wilkie of Bennington Fails and entombment in Park Lawn vault were noted. The funeral for 93 year old William E. Phillips of Pittstown took place at Howard B. Tate and Son Funeral Home and the Pittstown Methodist Church with Rev. Anton Beza officiating. Bearers included Hobart Humphrey, Clifford Lewis, and Rob ert Croll.
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North Bennington
Mary Louise DeWilde
Longmeadow
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Fr. Wolf
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Woodlawn Cemetery
New York City
Jennings
Anthony E. Wilkie
Edward G. Wilkie
Bennington Fails
Wilkie
Joseph F. Wiseman
Sacred Heart Church
Park Lawn
William E. Phillips
Milard Phillips
Bennington
Howard B. Tate and Son
Raymertown
Pittstown
Anton Beza
Hobart Humphrey
Clifford Lewis
Robert
William Croll
Four Injured In Bellows Falls Car Truck Crash
Four people were injured in a Route 103 collision in Bellows Falls this morning, one critically. Charles McCullough, 23, suffered a broken jaw and left arm, possible skull fracture, and severe cuts, and is in critical condition at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover. Three car passengers were hurt but not seriously. truck driver Pasquale Martino, 45, escaped major injuries. State Police said McCullough’s car crossed the center line, the truck jackknifed after leaving the road.
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Rockingham
Charles McCullough
Bellows Falls
Mary Hitchccock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Pasquale Martino
Brattleboro
Moe Cullough
New Year's Toll Tops Estimates Despite Holiday Deaths
The 48 hour New Year holiday period ended at midnight Wednesday saw 209 traffic deaths nationwide, beating expert estimates but far below the Christmas toll. Officials expect belated reports to raise the final count, yet the daily 117 fatalities in 1963's first 11 months still keep this period near average. The National Safety Council had projected 140 to 180 deaths for 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve to midnight Wednesday.
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National Safety Council
Council
Howard Pyle
Associated Press
Pentagon loosens access to secrets for researchers
The Defense Department issues a uniform rule allowing trusted scholars and historians to access classified defense information after passing standard security checks. The rule, inserted into a 1957 directive, requires security censorship reviews for notes and manuscripts based on classified records. Also reports two-car collision on Hunt Street injures none, and holiday traffic fatalities near 200 in 30 hours per AP count.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Department
Armed Services
United States
Meetings Resume For Union School Board Tonight
The Mt. Anthony Union School Board ends a two week holiday lull with a 7 30 p m meeting at Bennington Elementary School. Items include engineering study results on two land parcels for a proposed new high school site and the Soldiers Home and Town Farm land, a report on talks with the Soldiers Home trustees about land title issues, and the extent of an agreement with Bennington Catholic High School to explore expanded shared use of facilities.
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Mt. Anthony
Bennington Catholic High School
Greene pleads not guilty to threats and perjury charges
Raymond H. Greene of Shaftsbury faced a special arraignment on two counts of maliciously threatening to injure with intent to coerce an act, misreported as extortion earlier. He also denied two counts of attempting to persuade others to commit perjury, with alleged threats to Elmer Stratton on December 25 and 26.
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Banner
Raymond H. Greene
Shaftsbury
Greene
Elmer Stratton
Morgan Street
Old First Church Names February Arrival of New Pastor
The First Congregational Church in Old Bennington selects Rev John W Vander Groef as new pastor to begin in February. He guest ministered in December and announced the call to his Community Church of Fort Fairfield Maine at Christmas. He succeeds Rev Robert P Bell who left last spring to study and assist at a Chelmsford Massachusetts church. Bell is a lieutenant commander in the U S Navy Reserve.
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First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
John W. Vander Groef
Old First
Community Church
Fort Fairfield
Maine
Vander Groef
Robert P. Bell
Andover
Chelmsford, Mass
U.S. Navy
Signs Warn Traffic On North Francis Street Repair
Wichita crews set up warning signs on North Francis Street directing southbound traffic on a one way stretch. Most signs faced south as repairs proceed, guiding drivers through the temporary change in flow.
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Wichita, Kan
North Francis St
Trffic
Guetti Couple Celebrates Silver Anniversary in Bennington
Mr and Mrs Joseph Guetti of Woodford Road celebrated their silver anniversary after marrying in Bennington on December 31 1938.25 couples attended a buffet lunch at the home of Mr and Mrs Reno Guetti North Bennington Road Gifts included silver items and an anniversary cake. Mr Guetti works at H T Cushman Mfg Co North Bennington and Mrs Guetti formerly Edith Turner is employed at Hale Co East Arlington They have four sons Gary Bruce Craig and Rodney.
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Joseph Guetti
Woodford Road
Bennington
H.T. Cushman Mfg. Co
North Bennington
Recruiter's Office Here Opens Again
Sgt Joseph L Stevens, local Army recruiter for Bennington, returns from Recruiting School at Fort Harrison Ind and announces the office is open. Men enlisting in January 1964 will train at Fort Jackson S C. three year regulars get written guarantees of a chosen technical school or career field. Available fields include aircraft and engine maintenance, automotive repair, guided missile repair, teletype, radio repair, dental assistant, administration, finance and stenography. Appointments via Putnam Hotel Recruiting Station on Mon Wed Fri or by collect phone 442 2071.
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Joseph L. Stevens
U.S. Army
Bennington
Fort Harrison
Ind
Stevens
Fort Jackson
S. C
Putnam Hotel
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