Hoff names Collins as special assistant in Vermont
Gov Hoff announces Benjamin M Collins will earn 10000 a year as his new special assistant Collins is managing editor of the St Johnsbury Caledonian Record and succeeds John M Spencer of Cuttingsville Esther E Anderson receives praise from Attorney General Kennedy for 40 years service as chief deputy U S marshal in Vermont a gold locket and certificate are presented by Kennedy and Federal Judge Ernest Gibson
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Rutland
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Esther E. Anderson
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Ernest W. Gibson
Kennedy
Washington
John E. Fogarty
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Lyndon B. Johnson
New York City
White House
Winooski Man Sentenced on Four Felony Counts
Roland Garceau, 35, sentenced to four concurrent terms of three to six years after pleading guilty to breaking and entering at night, attempted arson, grand larceny, and burglary tools. A co defendant, Bernard Woodmansee, 28, Burlington, faces the same four felonies in court later this month. A Vermont Development Department report notes international display of two seasonal color photos from the state, including Worcester village fall and a snow scene near Stowe in foreign publications.
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Burlington
Chittenden
Roland Garceau
Williston Road
Bernard Woodmansee
Vermont Farm Show to Highlight Controversial Topics
Barre Vermont January 28 30 will host the Vermont Farm Show with top billing on controversial topics. Manager H V Shute says emphasis on issues is the year's key feature and expects a major speaker favoring federal control of milk production. He also notes an out of state maple industry specialist will speak.
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Barre
Vermont
H.V. Shute
Shute
State colleges plan $5 million building program
Burlington meeting invites contractors and public to learn details of a $5 million construction program at four state colleges. Plans include dormitories dining halls and academic centers at Castleton Lyndon Johnson and Johnson College with federal loans and state funds. A state commission to review projects may be designated.
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Board of Trustees of State Colleges
Roland Whittier
Payson Webber
Rutland
Waterman Hall
UVM
Castleton
Lyndon
Johnson
Lyndon and
H. Ward Bedford
Cornwall
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Johnson College
Vermont
Pitt Receives Gavel at January Term Opening
Friends of DeForest C. Pitt from Hoosick presented him a gavel and robe as he opened the January trial term of Rensselaer Supreme Court in Troy. A 173 year old house fire in East Greenbush left a family homeless and a volunteer fireman injured. Mechanicville city budget exceeds prior year with 339597 in 1964 appropriations and a 5.31 levy increase. Regents propose 12 million more annually for scholarships raising undergraduate grants from 300 to 500.
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DeForest C. Pitt
Hoosick
Rensselaer Supreme Court
East Greenbush
Samaritan Hospital
Mechanicville
Albany
State Board of Regents
North Adams and Pittsfield Officials and Tax Talk
In North Adams the school committee named Edward Nassif as vice chairman amid a push for school construction and reform. Mayor Francis Florini remains ex officio chair. Pittsfield installed Remo DelGallo as City Council President, with support as choice of the council. A Berkshire court suit seeks 12000 from the state highway chief over a sign incident that damaged a tractor trailer. Florini, in his inaugural address, attacked state tax relief delays while signaling possible tax rate increases.
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North Adams
Edward B. Nassif
Stern
Drury High
Francis Florini
Pittsfield
Remo DelGallo
Rte. 9
Berkshire Superior Court
Massachusetts
New England defense contractors warned of slowdown
A Defense Department official told New England businesses to plan for a shifted policy and possible budget stabilization with a slow decline if US-Soviet differences are resolved. Barber urged diversifying markets for defense products and cited items like lightweight radio transmitters and fuel cells.
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Boston
Defense Department
New England
New England Council
Arthur W. Barber
United States
Soviet Union
Mass. Senator Graham Bids for Republican Governorship
Massachusetts State Senator Philip A. Graham of Hamilton, minority leader, announced his 1964 run for the Republican nomination for governor. He charged the Peabody administration with mismanaging funds and failing to improve the state image, citing a $1 million highway project and a $966,000 misallocation in the supplementary budget.
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Boston
Philip A. Graham
Hamilton
Massachusetts Senate
Graham
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Prayers Now Voluntary In North Brookfield
North Brookfield junior Senior high students started the day with a voluntary Bible reading and prayer recitation led by student council members. The action comes after Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Paul Reardon ruled school sponsored prayers illegal and halted them.
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Mass
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Paul Reardon
Massachusetts
U.S. Supreme Court
North Brookfield Junior-Senior
Richard Salem
Boston and Maine seeks to drop Boston passenger service
The Boston & Maine Railroad petitioned the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities to discontinue all passenger trains in and out of Boston saying the line loses money on 13 000 daily commuters. The action follows a long run of deficits despite ridership gains and state grant support.
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The
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MTC
Long Lost Book Returned to Harvard Medical Library
Harvard Medical Library gains back a 1901 German nitrate study after 37 years from Alfred E. Mirsky. The alumnus’s letter notes the book’s return and a Library contest offering a silver plated borrower’s card as prize for the longest loan.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Medical Library
Harvard
Alfred E. Mirsky
Rockefeller Institute
Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin
Harvard Medical School
Ralph T. Esterquest
Wisconsin Picks A Favorite Son
Rep. John Byrnes of Wisconsin agrees to head a slate of uncommitted uncontested delegates for the April 7 presidential primary if major Republican candidates stay out of the state. He urges support from Goldwater Lodge Morton Nixon Rockefeller Romney Scranton Smith. Byrnes, 50, is a longtime GOP figure.
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Wis
John Byrnes
Wisconsin
GOP
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Byrnes
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Ariz
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Thruston Morton
Richard M. Nixon
New York
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Michigan
George Romney
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Peterson
House
Bennington Banner Contact and subscription rates notice
The Bennington Banner provides phone numbers for business news and advertising and lists delivery and subscription rates. It notes publication days and the Bennington address with standard AP affiliation details.
Johnson Seeks Broad Proposals in State of the Union
President Johnson plans a wide ranging State of the Union ahead of Congress, blending Kennedy and Roosevelt era ideas with his own. He will push poverty programs, unemployment spending, civil rights, medical care for the aged, and federal aid to education, while facing potential Southern opposition. Lady Bird Johnson will visit coal regions to highlight retraining efforts.
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Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
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Senate
State of the Union
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White House
Lady Bird
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South
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Everett M. Dirke
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Illinois
Decision Due On Liz Eddie Divorce Battle
In New York AP report, Elizabeth Taylor Eddie Fisher divorce talks with Richard Burton present. Lawyers aim for a property settlement to speed divorce and Burton marriage. Milton Rudin says today is the final day for him, Louis Nizer has no comment, Aaron Frosch also attends. Rudin and Frosch were in Puerto Vallarta with Burton and Taylor.
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Eddie Fisher
Richard Burton
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Burton
Milton Rudin
Los Angeles
Louis Nizer
Fisher
Aaron Frosch
Rudin
Frosch
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Mexico
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