Vermont and New England Recreation Leaders Meet in Woodstock
Vermont New Hampshire and Maine Recreation Societies converge in Woodstock January 11 12 to discuss trends and issues in the recreation field Dr Robert F Mines Vermont mental health director to address the Saturday luncheon with insights on new planning developments. Murray Shapiro of Nassau NY pleads guilty to conspiring to fraud FHA loan schemes involving Milton Vermont residents facing charges. other defendants dismissed. Gov Hoff faces Republican leaders lunch seeking session length limits and program focus. Richard Snelling urges Hoff public stance on restricting bills during the special session. Castleton State College professor Dr Robert L Patterson elected to the Conference on British Studies for scholarly work on religion and politics in early 19th century. Tanganyika appoints St Michaels graduate Laurence L Rutahakana to head national Coffee Board. brother Wenceslaus Kilama also a St Michaels student. Goddard College hosts Sixth Annual Workshop for Community Leaders directed by Donald Klein with support from Bruce Gaylord and Evalyn Bates.
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Woodstock
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Robert F. Mines
Castleton
Robert L. Patterson
Castleton State College
Ruth Emery
New York University
Patterson
F. David Roberts
Dartmouth College
Yale University
American Historical Association
Philadelphia
New York
Plainfield
Goddard College
Donald Klein
Boston University Human Relations Center
Bruce Gaylord
UVM
Evalyn Bates
Francis Fay
Goddard
Troy Olivet Presbyterian Church Closes After 140 Years
In Lansingburg New York the Troy Olivet Presbyterian Church ended 140 years of worship on New Year’s Eve as 30 of 119 members attended the final three meetings. The church session voted 6 to 1 to dissolve despite resistance from some congregants. The town of Cohoes saw the Citizens Party mayor and council split over an ordinance to centralize pub lic works purchasing through the state Division of Standards and Purchases, adjourned after a delayed vote. In Troy a six hour fire destroyed the Copa Lounge and Romano Regal Supply Co. before crews fully stopped the flames.
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Troy — Olivet Presbyterian Church
Lansingburg
Cohoes
Citizens Party
Troy
Copa Lounge
Romano Regal Supply Co
Fire destroys St. Mary's private school in Bethlehem New Hampshire
Fire gutted the main four story building of St. Mary's in the Mountains School for Girls near Interstate 93 on the Bethlehem Lit tleton line. Headmaster John McIlwain said damage exceeds 250000 dollars and most students were away on holiday. The Bach Estate manor housed the building and its 6000 volume library.
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Springs Hill
Bethlehem-Littleton
St. Mary’s-in-the - Mountains
Bethlehem
N.H
St. Mary’s-in-the-Mountains
Episcopal School
John McIlwain
McKilwain
Bach Estate
Detective Hero Foils Credit Union Holdup in Roxbury
Boston AP Det. Emmett F. McNamara Jr. foiled a Progressive Credit Union robbery, used a suspect as a shield to reach others, and helped capture four men. Mayor Collins cited his courage and intelligence. he was promoted to detective first grade with a $100 raise.
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Boston
Emmett F. McNamara Jr
John F. Collins
Edmund L. McNamara
McNamara
Progressive Credit Union
Roxbury
B and M Railroad Extends Commuter Experiment Ten Weeks
The Boston and Maine Railroad will extend its expanded commuter service for ten weeks under a contract with the Mass Transportation Commission. The agreement runs until March 21, with regular 1962 schedules resuming temporarily due to terms delay. The program, funded by state and federal funds, aims to lure suburban riders from cars to rail.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
B&m
Mass Transportation Commission
MTC
Bennington Banner Contact and Subscription Rates Notice
The Bennington Banner lists newsroom and advertising phone numbers and states its publication hours. It details home and motor delivery costs and subscription rates for Vermont including 3 months to 1 year plans and special servicemen rates.
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Bennington Banner
Main St. Bennington Vt
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Vermont
U.S
Bus Drivers Suspended After Walkout
About 100 Trailways of New England bus drivers were suspended for walking out in protest of another driver’s suspension. Officials cited breach of contract as the reason. The first driver Arnold Pain, 25, from Bridgeport Connecticut, was suspended for allegedly refusing to admit two passengers at Middletown Connecticut. Pain claimed his bus was full and state law bans standees. The company said operations run at 40 percent of normal with leased equipment.
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Boston
Trailways of
New England
Trailways
Arnold Pain
Bridgeport
Conn
Middletown
Pain
Sale of Beverly Evening Times to Essex County Newspapers
Beverly Massachusetts AP reports the Beverly Evening Times will be sold to Essex County Newspapers Inc, which already publishes Gloucester Daily Times and Newburyport Daily News. Philip S. Weld becomes publisher of the Beverly Times, following ownership and board changes by Laurence S. Hovey and son Lewis R. Hovey II.
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Beverly, Mass
Beverly Evening Times
Essex County Newspapers, Inc
Gloucester Daily Times
Newburyport Daily News
Philip S. Weld
Essex County Newspapers
Beverly Times Today
Laurence S. Hovey
Lewis R. Hovey II
Hovey
The
Times
Lewis R. Hovey
Weld
Gloucester
Newburyport
Paris
New York Herald Tribune
Alexander N. Stoddard
Johnson nominates Edwin M. Martin ambassador to Argentina
President Johnson plans to nominate Edwin M. Martin a veteran Foreign Service officer as ambassador to Argentina. The 55 year old Ohio native will succeed Robert McClintock who is expected to receive another important post in the near future, the White House said Wednesday.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Edwin M. Martin
Foreign Service
Argentina
Dayton
Ohio
Robert McClintock
White House
NFPA Reports 1963 U S Fire Toll and Losses
The National Fire Prevention Association reports 1963 U S fire deaths near 11 800 with 1.8 million burns and property losses about 1 76 billion dollars. Home fatalities rise with one third of deaths among children. Bayonne April 20 loss tops 8 million.
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Boston
United States
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Bayonne
N.J
Walker Air Force Base
New Mexico
Social Security Benefits Planned for Thresher Wives
Washington AP reports surviving widows and children of Thresher submarine disaster victims will receive over 2.5 million dollars in Social Security benefits in coming years. Actuarial analysis by Robert M. Ball covers 178 children 69 mothers and 16 other widows with tests on life expectancy remarriage and future payments.
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Washington
Social Security
Robert M. Ball
Thresher
New England
Berkshire dinner backs Williams College 175th drive
Berkshire County industrialists and business leaders will attend a Williams College dinner at Baxter Hall to hear about the college’s 175th anniversary fund drive for 14 million as part of a 25 million program over ten years led by Robert C. Sprague of Sprague Electric.
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Williamstown
Berkshire County
Baxter Hall
Williams College
Robert C. Sprague
Sprague Electric Co
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Selkirk
N.Y
Edwin J. Baker
Athol
Hoff
Shelburne
Richard A. Snelling
Snelling
Democratic Legislative Assembly
Conference For Community Leaders
Church
Tulsa
Okla
Paul Thompson
Owasso
Thompson
Okeene
Robert Boyer
Boyer
Patrick Gonsalves
Amos Nixon
Dwight Richardson
B & M RR
Benni
Teale
Martin
Prevention Association
Elkton
Indianapolis
Fitchville
Ball
St, Louis
U.S. Weather Bureau
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Bennington
Genith Quality TV
Kenilworth
Main St
Down In
Berkshire
North Adams
Samuel Walworth
Pittsfield
General Electric
Vermont National
U. S
Main Street
Bennington Windham
Windsor Counties
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and
Federal Reserve System
Chuck Roast
HAM
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