Vermont Elks Ritualistic Clinic to be Held in Montpelier
Dennis C. Brooks of Springfield announced the Vermont Elks Ritualistic Clinic will be held at the Montpelier Elks Lodge on Sunday at 10 am. A large delegation from 13 lodges statewide is expected. Raymond J. Quesnel of Montpelier will conduct the clinic.
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Montpelier
Dennis C. Brooks
Springfield
Vermont Elks
Elks Lodge
Raymond J. Quesnel
Grand Lodge
Vermont highway death toll hits record 112 in 1963
Vermont records 112 highway fatalities in 1963 breaking the 1957 high of 106. Of the victims 77 were male and 35 female. 24 pedestrians, 42 drivers, 46 passengers. Fatalities include four train-car crashes, one motorcycle crash and one go-cart mishap.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Burlington Free Press Death Car Funeral Offer Fails
Burlington Free Press offered free funerals for drink driving deaths, but none of the 17 registrants notified the paper for arrangements. Among registrants were four people from Australia as the campaign aims to curb drinking and driving on New Year’s Eve. Vermont state police reported one traffic death and 244 highway accidents from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day, with 73 arrests, 93 summonses, 313 defective equipment tickets, 793 motorist assists, 1,114 pamphlets distributed, 1,491 stops, 263 chemical tests, and five untimely deaths investigated.
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Burlington
Burlington Free Press
Australia
Free Press
Fund redirects to aid Raymond family after death
White River Junction radio WVTR and a local paper started a fund to bring Percy Raymond home from Arizona. After the 39 year old truck driver died in Tucson of pneumonia and related illnesses, the drive’s aim shifts to supporting his widow Shirley and four children Ginny Judy Donna and Gerry. The drive had reached 1200 dollars when the death was reported and a benefit show has been postponed to later date.
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White River Junction
Percy Raymond
Arizona
Raymond
Tucson
Ariz
Vermont
WVTR
John Brunell
Shirley
Ginny
Judy
Donna
Gerry
New Year Snowstorm Hits Troy Area With Freezing Temps
A fierce New Year storm dumped nearly three inches of snow on Troy and dropped to 11 degrees below zero. Travel was hazardous, flights canceled, and few accidents occurred as many stayed home. Cohoes reported seven births across the city and Troy. In Cohoes 500 residents attended a swearing in of a new administration with Dr James E McDonald as mayor and John A Brady named municipal judge. William V Dink selected recreation commissioner. Mechanicville eyed a 401000 budget and a slight tax rate rise as new city officials took office.
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Troy
Mechanicville
Berkshire snow and Boston transit struck by 145 driver walkout
Berkshire reports 40 percent service on Boston Trailways as 145 drivers strike over a discharged coworker. Spokesman notes holiday visitors from New York and Western Massachusetts returning to Boston. Pittsfield and Greenfield posted 1963 perfect traffic safety records with no fatalities. Seven firefighters injured in Orchard Street blaze on New Year’s Eve. Greylock Foundation buys Loft Building for Visiting Nursing Association and other town groups in Williamstown.
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Boston
Trailways
New York
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Orchard Street
Williamstown
Greylock Foundation
Cole Avenue
Visiting Nursing Association
Mass Gov Peabody to Address Joint Legislative Session
Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody appeared before a joint session to outline goals for the coming year as the 163rd Legislature began. Leaders urged speed in the legislative process, while extending committee reporting deadlines and preserving important debate. Peabody praised 1963 legislation and hoped for a shorter 1964 session.
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Mass. Gov
Boston
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Peabody
Senate
John E. Powers
Joint Committee On Rules
Massachusetts builder tests fair housing law
Newton builder Alfred W. Harper said he placed a discriminatory ad in a Boston newspaper to test the Massachusetts fair housing law. He argues an exemption lets owner-occupied two family homes refuse tenants, while the state commission contends room rentals in such homes are subject to the law. Harper faces charges under the Fair Housing Law and Public Accommodations Act.
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Newton, Mass
Newton
Boston
Alfred W. Harper
Harper
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts
Commission
Frost Bites Tufts Climbers In White Mountain Ascent
RANDOLPH New Hampshire AP Two Tufts College students were treated for frostbite after being carried down Mt Adams on a stretcher. Owen Ferrini 20 of Boston and Charles Button 21 of Sa gus Mass suffered frostbite on feet Ferrini also had a frostbitten nose. They were among ten students attempting the presidential range climb with three reaching the summit where the temperature was 30 below zero and winds were 100 mph. The unidentified climber went for help.
Snow Storm Drove Snow Cover Away in New England
A major storm dumped up to eight inches of snow in parts of the south land and washed away snow in New England early today. Northern New England saw up to five inches with freezing rain and sleet creating hazardous driving. several highway accidents occurred and fire deaths totaled six across yesterday and Tuesday.
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Boston
Southland
New England
Maine
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
Springfield
Mass
Greater
Ten Perish in Fires In New England Area
A 48 hour spate of fires across New England claimed ten lives. Six died New Year’s Day in Springfield including Basil Cunningham who perished saving his children, while his wife and another son were injured. An Ipswich elderly couple and an antique dealer couple perished in separate blazes. In Nashua three young children of Eugene and Therese Ricard-Euclide died as their family slept. Other fatal fires occurred in Fall River, Westfield, Dudley, Wakefield, Brockton, Quincy, and Bristol NH, with three highway fatalities reported New Year’s Day.
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Boston
New England
Springfield
Basil Cunningham
Margaret
Charles
Cunningham
Sally
Christopher
Union Street
Ipswich
Ignac Samardakiewicz
Mary
Washington Street
Fall River
Vincent J. Andzura
Nashua
N.H
Eugene Ricard
Euclide
Theresa
Denise
Luigi Mayer
Beacon Hill
Westfield
Webster - Dudley Country Club
Dudley
Main Street
Wakefield
Brockton
Quincy
Bristol
John Kapral
Stratford
Conn
George Bartley Jr
Jackman
Maine
Michael A. Rose
West Kingstown
R,i
Jet with 71 Aboard Crashes Safe Landing at Logan
A Trans World Airlines Convair 880 carrying 71 aboard skidded on a newly landed Logan runway due to a collapsed right landing gear. All 63 passengers and eight crew survived with no injuries. The plane spilled 3,000 gallons of fuel as foam was used to avert fire. weather and ice contributed to the mishap during the Denver to Boston leg. Passengers exited via a rear door, some jumping to the ground.
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Boston
Trans World Airlines
Burgess Murdock
Chicago
Logan International Airport
Denver
TWA
Port Authority of
Bennington Banner contact and subscription rates notice
The Bennington Banner lists daily publication details at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont and explains newsroom and advertising contacts. It outlines home delivery options 7 cents per day and mail subscription rates by radius including special serviceman rates for periods from three months to one year.
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Bennington Banner
Main St. Bennington Vt
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
AP News
Vermont
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