Hoff Nears Inauguration With Tight Inner Circle
Gov elect Philip Hoff relies on close advisers Prof Rolf Haugen T Wesley Grady and Philip Savory as he prepares to take office January 17. Grady is set as secretary of civil and military affairs while Haugen’s role remains uncertain. Savory, a former Morning Press Bureau chief, aided Hoff on state government and stays on party payroll. Hoff plans consultations with John M. Spencer before most appointments. Indications point to Hoff replacing top officials with appointees of his choosing.
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Hoff
Democratic Party
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Vermont utility adds 14,200 kW gas turbine plant
Central Vermont Public Service Corp opens a new 14,200 kilowatt gas turbine plant in Rutland to meet rising peak loads. President Harold L. Durgin says the unit will supplement power purchases and generation capacity during periods of maximum electricity use.
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Rutland
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Harold L. Durgin
Burlington Vermont Tax Report Shows County Wealth Leaders
The Vermont Tax Department values Chittenden County property at 101 million, about one fifth of state taxables, with Bennington at 25.5 million and Windsor at 60 million. The department lists Bennington total at 102.5 million and Chittenden at 267 million under theoretical fair market values. Burlington firemen press for a $20 weekly raise amid a dissolved grievance panel and disciplinary actions.
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Vermont
Chittenden County
Vermont Tax Department
Bennington County
Windsor County
Grand Isle County
Fire Commission
Commission
Sumner Plans Challenge to Winooski Mayor Shea
Former Mayor Bernard L. Sumner announced a bid against Mayor James D. Shea in the March election. School Board Chairman Edmund G. Dupont is expected to run and Councilman Charles E. Crowley has been named as a possible candidate. John H. Collopy is viewed as a strong city council candidate and vows to end secret council meetings. He is a former commander of the Winooski Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Bernard L. Sumner
James D. Shea
Edmund G. Dupont
Charles E. Crowley
John H. Collopy
Collopy
Winooski Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vermont highway study finds 30 percent critical in 1962
Vermont state highway report shows 2030 miles rated with 659 critical, 9 miles good, 541 fair. 360 miles to be removed from critical under a 12 and 14 year construction plan. Bridges: 325 of 2280 in need of replacement. Judge Gibson loses appeal over 1960 dynamite blast damage suit against Mackin Construction.
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Vermont
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Ernest W. Gibson Jr
U.S. District Court
State Supreme Court
Gibson
Brattleboro
Vermont 9
Mackin Construction Co
Massachusetts
Windham County
Mackin
Supreme Court
Regents seek 16.9 million boost for education program
Albany AP reports the New York Board of Regents asks the legislature for a 16.9 million dollar increase to the education department budget. It plans a statewide educational TV network and more regents scholarships as enrollment climbs. The current year’s cost for 2.9 million students tops 2 billion, and a higher per pupil ceiling is sought. Troy council adopts a housing code to meet state standards and urban renewal needs with inspector access under warrant.
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Board of Regents
Education Department
Troy
Frank E. Popp
Popp
5000 N E Shoe Workers Accept 2 Year Contract
In Haverhill Massachusetts about 5000 shoe workers end a strike by accepting a two year contract with the Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers Board of Trade. The agreement raises wages three cents now three cents in September and three cents next year plus an extra holiday and better fringe benefits. The old wage was 2.06 an hour. Other North Shore plants and workers in Lynn Wakefield Lawrence Newburyport and Boston had already returned to work.
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Mass
North Shore
United Shoe Workers Union
Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers Board of Trade
Lynn
Wakefield
Lawrence
Newburyport
Boston
Aiken Sees Tax Cut Bill Failing This Year
Montpelier AP Senator George D. Aiken predicts the 88th Congress will not back President Kennedy's major tax cut request this year. He also says Rockefeller could win the 1964 presidency with Kuchel as running mate, and that Cuba crisis commitments will be probed by the Foreign Relations Committee.
Hoff Receives Ovation at New Hampshire Inauguration
At Gov John W King’s inauguration in Concord Democratic Gov Philip Hoff drew the loudest response from about 400 lawmakers and 300 spectators Hoff, Vermont’s first Democratic governor since 1854, beamed and waved as he was introduced Hoff is King’s guest and marks Democrats’ return to power in New Hampshire after four decades.
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Hall of Representatives
Granite State
Philip H. Hoff
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King
Burlington
Vermont
New Hampshire
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New York Times
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Christmas Star
Bennington
New York
Alexander Drysdales
Kennedy
Peabody
Vermont state workers total payroll tops twenty million
Vermont's 7,177 employees including part timers earned 20,540,115.99 in 1962, up about 1.3 million from 1961. Deputy administrator William A. Shepard cites 1961 Legislature salary hikes averaging 8.5 percent as the main cause.
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Montpelier
Vermont
William A. Shepard
Deputy Sheriff Albert Pina Welcomes His 21st Child
In Tucson, Arizona, Deputy Sheriff Albert Pina of Pima County became a father for the 21st time as his wife delivered a daughter named Anne. Pina quipped that it might be cheaper by the dozen, joking after bringing the family home from the hospital.
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Tucson, Ariz
Albert Pina
Pima County
Oklahoma counties with oil and gas output live
Oklahoma shows oil or gas production in only six of its 77 counties while Texas reports activity in 243 of 254 counties.
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Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Laughton and stars visit Vermont remembered in Bennington piece
The Bennington Banner recalls Charles Laughton’s 1940s Vermont visits with Anne Rutherford and others. He toured by car to see Equinox House Manchester and Burlington, grateful for Vermont scenery. Biographies of world leaders and writings by Bill Burton highlight local reflections on arts, nature, and public life.
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Bennington
Vermont
Anne Rutherford
New York State
Troy
Burlington
Laughton
Fred C. Martin
Internal Revenue
New York-Vermont
Martin
Putnam
A. Rea Ball
Brad Smith
India
Saturday Review
Lillian Smith
Shaftsbury
Banner Weekly
Lippincott
Mr. Smith
Referee Hears Arguments In Bankrupty Case
Bankruptcy proceedings heard Thursday in True-Value Stores, Inc. and Lucern Corp. before Charles Merrill. Attorneys Ehrich and Cummings debated whether the two entities are one or separate, with Lucern owning the property and True Value handling the business. The Ben Mont Avenue store burned April 28, 1961. Merrill asked for memos within 10 days.
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Lucern Corp
Charles Merrill
US District Court
Rutland
Attys
Manfred W. Ehrich
Robert E. Cummings
True-Value Stores, Inc
True Value
Ben Mont Avenue
Ehrich
Lucie B. Wheeler
Ernest A. Cassidento
New Haven
Lucern
Merrill
Bishop Nash Dies At 74 In Cambridge Mass
The Right Rev Norman B Nash 74 retired bishop of the Massachusetts diocese and former St Pauls School headmaster died after a several week illness. Nash headed the diocese 1947 to 1956 and earlier led St Pauls for ten years. Funeral services were tentatively set for Monday.
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Norman B. Nash
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Endicott Peabody
Nash
Cambridge
St. Paul’s
Harvard College
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Theological School
St. Ann’s Parish
Lincoln
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Adams to Lecture on Democracy and Defense at Middlebury
Sherman Adams, former Eisenhower top aide, will lecture on Democracy on the Defense at Middlebury College on Thursday January 10. The talk outlines defense policy and democratic principles and marks a return to public speaking after his White House service.
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Middlebury
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Middlebury College
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