Vermont News Briefs From Burlington to Montpelier
Burlington offers free funeral for registered Vermont drivers as weekend death toll remains nil. Bellows Falls reports a house fire with Lt. Kenneth J. Fletcher and Mrs. Fletcher escaping after a chair fire. dog Footy survives. Vermont names Charles J. Adams attorney general after six months of shakeups. Newport forms Business Associates to fund local projects including adult crafts and home canning classes with field trips.
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Burlington
Burlington Free Press
Vermont
Bellows Falls
Kenneth J. Fletcher
State Police
Fletcher
Westminster
Footy
Daniel R. Howard
Howard
Bennington
Montpelier
Charles J. Adams
Waterbury
Thomas M. Debevoise
Debevoise
Charles R. Ross
Adams
Special Highway Board
Frank P. Free
George A. Bell
Newport
Business Associates
New England
Revere
Mass
Vermont Supreme Court overturns land compensation ruling in Williston case
The Vermont Supreme Court reversed a Chittenden County ruling that awarded multiple compensations for land taken for interstate construction. It held the board may determine compensation for the owner only, denying separate payments to a tenant and subtenant with interests in a gas station site. In Lyndonville Concord Woodworking Co. plans major expansion to become the nation’s largest wood fencing maker. The Lyndonville plant will absorb Redwood fencing production from Concord Massachusetts, boosting output amid higher Sears demand. The firm will continue buying white cedar logs from local suppliers and explore plantation thinnings and snow fencing timber opportunities, possibly moving operations to Lyndonville.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Supreme Court
Chittenden
Williston
High Court
Highway Board
Lyndonville
Concord Woodworking Co
Vermont County Foresters
United States
Concord Mass
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Lynconville
Blue law revisions proposed by Gov Volpe spark Berkshire protests
Gov John A. Volpe urged revisions to Massachusetts blue laws during opening legislative session while preserving the basic concept. Berkshire County resorts and gift operators protested the proposed changes citing hardships in holiday enforcement, including a New Year crackdown in North Berkshire.
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Volpe
Boston
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Berkshire
Williamstown
John D. Cortney Jr
Eagle Eye
Eagles Club
National Guard Armory
New York Legislature Opens 185th Session in Albany
New York lawmakers convene the 185th session in Albany with education funding and the upcoming November elections as top items. Republicans hold both houses and the governor's office and aim to present a strong record while curbing controversy during the three month session. A committee drafts proposals on major changes to state aid for education.
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New York
Albany
Bennington County Junior Leaders Council Meeting Notes
The Bennington County Junior Leaders Council met Dec 26 at West Arlington Community House. Art Whitman presided as president. Kathy Young Arlington was elected two year delegate to the State Junior Leader Committee replacing Beth Stroffoleno. Whitman also serves his last year on the committee. Kathy Torrisi was chosen as alternate. The group discussed an exchange trip with other counties and appointed Alan Knapp chair of the Exchange Committee with six others. A seven member college student panel reported on members from Manchester, Bennington, Sunderland, Arlington, Shaftsbury and Randolph Center with varied enrollments. Mrs A Coleman Mason of Pow nal re elected to a five year term as director of the 4 H Camp Ondawa Association for her fourth term. Other directors re elected include Donald Lourie Sr., Ira Whitney and a list of longtime 4-H Camp directors with names from Bennington, West Rupert, Rupert, Arlington, Shaftsbury, Manchester Depot and South Shaftsbury.
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Bennington County
West Arlington
Art Whitman
Kathy Young
Arlington
Beth Stroffoleno
Shaftsbury
Kathy Torrisi
Airport Road
Bennington
Green Mountain Valley
University of Vermont
Alan Knapp
Valerie Breen
David Henderson
Arthur Whitman
Gary Harbour
Sandra Fuller
Carl Mattison
Fred Stone
Manchester
John Steel
James Horst
William Hayden
Sunderland
David LaGrange
Stone
Hayden
Horst
Donald Lourie Sr
West Rupert
Ira Whitney
Stamford
Farm Bureau
Mary Lourie
Earl Lewis
Rupert
Henry Amadon
Clarence Decker
Harry Hayden
Howard Hill
A. Coleman Mason
Henry Steel
Everett S. Lillie
Leland Beebe
East Dorset
Marion Hardy
South Shaftsbury
Norman Cadoret
Mrs
Avis Whitman
Equality Victory Predicted by NAACP Leader
Roy Wilkins executive secretary of the NAACP predicts victory for racial equality. He says quote I think we're going to win because of the helpers we have because the American people are essentially fair and because the Negro has faith in himself.
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New York
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilkins
Yellow Bird Tops Bennington Local 1961 Poll
The 1961 Bennington Top Ten Tunes survey shows Arthur Lyman’s Yellow Bird leading the weekly ratings for 13 consecutive weeks from June 4 to Sept 2. Other top ten entries include Calcutta by Lawrence Welk and The Summer of ’61 by Frankie Avalon.
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Yellow Bird
Bennington
Arthur Lyman
Paul Hurlburt
Frankie Avalon
Palace Housing Plan For London's Homeless Suggested
Presbyterian minister urges Queen Elizabeth to invite London's homeless to Buckingham Palace. He argues the palace has spare rooms and 600 unused chambers, with about 3,000 homeless in the city, and many would follow the example.
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Newcastle-On-Tyne
England
Elizabeth
London
Buckingham Palace
Palace
William Barbour
Church Magazine
N Village Holsteins Adopt Millstream Prefix
Brattleboro reports Alfred T. Jones and William H. Crandall of North Bennington will have all their registered Holstein cattle names begin with Millstream. The Holstein-Freisian Association of America grants exclusive use nationwide. Over 30,000 dairy men use prefixes. growth runs 1,500 annually. Breeders gain advertising value as prefixes tag each animal for life.
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Brattleboro
Alfred T. Jones
William H. Crandall
North Bennington
Holstein-Freisian Association of America
Triplets to the Bauers in South San Francisco
The Guenther Bauers welcomed three newborn sons at St. Marys Hospital on Monday marking three new reasons to celebrate the new year 1962 in South San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Guenther Bauers
South
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