Vermont News Highlights From Across The State
Donations to Kerbs Memorial Hospital fund half the cost of a new X ray machine. A large handmade skating rink is expanding Meadow Street complex in Rutland. Governor Keyser to Santa Monica for top young leader award. Nixon keynote. Utility lineman dies after 33 000 volt shock in Northfield. Robert Frost attends dedication of $800 000 Lawrence school. Sen Prouty outlines major foreign policy topics for new session. Tri county planning program forms in Newport area. National Life approves financing for city sewage plant with annual payments.
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Hospital
Lawrence
Mass
Robert Frost
Repton
United States
Frost
City
Lawrence High School
Newport
Orleans
Caledonia
Essex
Northeast Development Association
St. Johnsbury’s
Albert Flory
Association
Montpelier
Convicted Slayer and Escapee Captured in Vermont Town
William Dundeen 36, a convicted slayer who escaped a Raleigh North Carolina prison on New Year’s Day, was arrested in Fair Haven Vermont after being recognized by police. He admitted his identity, said he escaped due to poor treatment, and is held for North Carolina authorities on a 40 year gun death sentence. The arrest followed his arrival in his hometown.
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Fair Haven
North Carolina
William Joseph Dundeen
Raleigh
N.C
Dunheen
Archie Pomainzille
Dundeen
Battenkill Grange notes report forest damage and youth effort
Arlington Battenkill Grange notes cover woodlands damage from deer and porcupines discussed by Bennington County forester David Barton. He describes forest preservation work and deer population concerns, plus a film titled Wildlife and the Human Touch. Civic duties include donations, youth programs, and upcoming meetings at Arlington High School and Pomona events.
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Arlington
David Barton
Bennington County
Battenkill
Roy Crofut
Barton
Demits
Frank Bentley
John Rudd
Lettie Rudd
James Edgerton
The
Grange
Jesse Harrington
Clarence Decker
Helen Condon
Pittsford Preventorium
Leroy Davis
C Bairman
Robert Lindsey
Arlington Memorial High School
Lewis Stevenson
Ethan Allen
New York Legislature Opens 1962 Session Tonight
Albany reports the New York State Legislature begins its 1962 session with about 2600 bills filed. Most work will occur in committees behind the scenes before votes. Key issues such as the budget school aid labor benefits and reapportionment are deferred for later in the three month session.
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Albany
New York State
Writer Floyd Tifft Dies at 66 in Troy Area
Floyd L. Tifft, 66, longtime Troy and Albany newspaper man and former editor of the Rensselaer Alumni News, died Saturday in Samaritan Hospital after a long illness. He lived in the Glass Lake area and worked 25 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, starting the college public relations office in 1936 and editing the alumni publication from 1943 until his retirement last July 1. He authored many stories, edited the College Publicity Digest, and led the Middle Atlantic District of the American College Publicity Association. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Perry Funeral Chapel in Glass Lake, with burial at Sand Lake Union Cemetery.
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Troy
Floyd L. Tifft
Rensselaer Alumni News
Albany
Samaritan Hospital
Glass Lake
Tifft
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
North Adams Mayor honored at Clarksburg testimonial
Francis C. Florini, sworn in Jan 1, was lauded by 125 attendees at a Clarksburg dinner. He urged public aid for a 15 to 20 year city revival plan after 25 years of doldrums.
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North Adams
Francis C. Florini
Clarksburg
Williams College presents two plays in experimental theater
Williams College opens the Adams Memorial Theatre season with Samuel Beckett Endgame in the Experimental Theatre for three nights at 8:30 p.m. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles runs in the main auditorium on alternate nights. Admission is free, tickets reserved at the box office, 9:30 to 12:30, box office number GL 8-3023.
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Williamstown
Adams Memorial
Williams College
Sophicles
Cuba crackdown targets absenteeism and rising production
Cuba's economic chief Ernesto Guevara says absenteeism must be wiped out and production raised across industries. He warned workers to provide air tight excuses for absence. His speech from Havana was monitored in Key West.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Ernesto Guevara
Guevara
Havana
Stafford Opposes Medical Aid Bill Tied to Social Security
U S Representative Robert T Stafford of Vermont voiced opposition at an informal Winooski meeting to a medical aid bill for the elderly tied to Social Security. He argued Kerr Mills and King Anderson bills pose conflicts and supported Javits style or state administered alternatives with federal matching for private insurance.
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Stafford
U. S
Robert T. Stafford
Winooski
James H. Smith
William Hollister
Christ Church
Presbyterian
Burlington
Philip Hoff
Chittenden County
William O’brien
Robert E. O’brien
Helen MacMartin
O’brien
Smith
House of Representatives
King-Anderson
House Ways and Means Committee
King Anderson
Kerr-Mills
Hoff
House
Ways and Means Committee
Javits
Waterbury
Brotherhood Banquet Set For Feb 22
The Bennington Interfaith Brotherhood Banquet is planned for Washington's Birthday Thursday night February 22. Delegates from Bennington churches and the synagogue led by Raymond Betit will chair and organize with Rabbi Sigmund Kaufmann and Philip McKenna. The event aims to include both men and women, offer a modest price, and feature a generous meal and a notable speaker.
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Bennington Interfaith Brotherhood
Washington
Interfaith Brotherhood Committee
Bennington
Raymond Betit
Charles J. Parsley
Sigmund Kaufmann
Philip McKenna
Harry Beals
William E. Dailey Jr
Julius H. Manes
Dean Hanson
George Fienberg
George Jenkins
Max Perrotta
Abraham Moskovitz
Brotherhood
McKenna
Rabbi Kaufmann
Fienberg
GBA
Parsley
North Bennington
Banner
UVM Research Teaches Reinforced Plastics With Navy
University of Vermont's large research contract with the Navy supports studies in reinforced plastics. Dr. John Outwater leads four graduate students Oguzcan Ozakin Joseph Matta Gilbert Gagne and Willard Siebert in developing lightweight strong materials for rockets boats lamps and even airplanes. Readiness for submarine testing and future expansion to adhesives and glass strengthening are noted.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
United States Navy
Turkey
Lebanon
UVM
Navy
John O. Outwater
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Outwater
Oguzcan Ozakin
Tarsus
Joseph Matta
Brajneh
Gilbert Gagne
Swanton
Willard Siebert
National Science Foundation
Office of Naval Research
Outwater
Ozakin
Roberts College
Istanbul
Matta
American College
Beirut
Siebert
Cape Canaveral
Gagne
9 Day Forecast for Boston and New England Weather
The U S Weather Bureau reports next five days Tuesday through Saturday will run 4 to 10 degrees above normal in northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island with Maine over 10 above. Colder Tuesday warmer midweek with precipitation over three quarters of an inch, mainly rain Thursday. snow or rain in northern Maine New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Boston
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Football Coach Harold Robertson Dies at 65
Harold John Robertson, football coach at Oglethorpe University for nine years, died yesterday in Veterans Hospital. He had moved to Coral Gables ten months ago from Savannah, was a U.S. government auditor, and will be sent to Lynn, Massachusetts for funeral services and burial. Survived by widow Florance and sister Henrietta Lewis of Dania Florida.
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Coral Gables, Fla
Harold John Robertson
Oglethorpe University
Lynn
Mass
Robertson
Veterans Hospital
Coral Gables
Savannah
U.S
Florance
Henrietta Lewis
Dania, Fla
Accident Claim Claims Life of Turmel in Maine
Arthur Turmel aged 67 a longtime Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employee died from injuries after being struck by a car Saturday night in Skowhegan Maine He lived for years in Portsmouth New Hampshire and died yesterday AP report notes the accident as the fatal incident remains under investigation.
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Skowhegan
Maine
Arthur Turmel
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
N.H
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery Says New Remedy
New York special report details a new healing substance Bio-Dyne used in Preparation H that shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case showed actual reduction and sufferers declaring piles ceased to be a problem.
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New York, N. Y
U S Surveying Nurses Pool In Vermont
Vermont health officials participate in a Public Health Service survey to estimate how many inactive registered nurses could return to active service. Questionnaires were sent to 599 Vermont nurses and 506 replied, the highest response rate among six states. The study covers Alabama Georgia Kansas Mississippi and North Carolina as part of assessing a national pool of about 200 000 nurses.
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Burlington
Vermont
U. S. Public Health Service
R. B. Aiken
Alabama
Georgia
Kansas
Mississippi
North Carolina
Aiken
Cancer Study Pioneer Dr Leonard Bolen Dies at 72
Dr Leonard Bolen 72 a New England pioneer in cancer research died after a long illness in Union Hospital Fall River Mass He developed the smear test later called the Bolen test and spent 35 years in cancer research He helped found the Union Hospital cancer clinic and maintained a Boston office
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Fall River, Mass
Leonard Bolen
New England
Union Hospital
Bolen
Boston
Manufacturer Dies in Cape Cod Hospital
Raymond W. Dixon aged 71 former director of purchases for Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co and president of the Rhode Island Association of Purchasing Agents died yesterday in Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis Massachusetts He is survived by his widow a son John of Dedham Mass his mother Mrs Josephine B Dixon of Portland Me and a sister Mrs Joshua T Tubby of Portland Me
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Providence
R.I
Raymond W. Dixon
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyanisis
Mass
Rhode Island Association of Purchasing Agents
Dixon
John
Dedham
Josephine B. Dixon
Portland
Maine
Joshua T. Tubby
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Rutland
John W. Cioffredi
Meadow Street
John Caligiuri
Keyser
Santa Monica
Calif
Frank W. Cayin
Barre
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Cayia
Northfield
Green Mountain
New School
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
League of Woman Voters
United Nations
New York
Floyd Tifft
Perry Funeral Chapel
Sand Lake Union Cemetery
Down In
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Raymond Haughey
Donald F. Kelly
Thomas H. Calnan
Calnan
Burlington Free Press
Wilbur Mills
IVA
North Adams, Mass
Insurance
Salem’s
Main St. Benn., Vt
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Richfield
Florida
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