Rutland Man Sues City Over Mobile Home Park Vote
Alvah B. Billings files two Rutland County suits against the City of Rutland alleging prejudice against mobile home owners and infringement of constitutional rights after the aldermen voted 8 to 3 to deny permission for a trailer park. He cites sewer line issues and asserts the plan was approved by city inspectors and officials. Local landowners mostly back the project and he denies it would hurt nearby property values.
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Rutland
Alvah B. Billings
Board of Aldermen
Billings
City of
Burlington Mayoral Race Highlights City Hall Access Claims
Burlington city attorney and Democratic mayoral candidate Robert W. Larrow accuses former GOP mayor C Douglas Cairns of using a direct line from the mayor s office to Champlain Oil Co. to aid private business Cairns now serves as alderman and Champlain Oil president The weak mayor system and 50 city employees earning more than the mayor are noted Bing and Larrow differ on full time city duties and salary Larrow promises to prioritize city business if elected.
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Burlington
Robert W. Larrow
GOP
C. Douglas Cairns
Champlain Oil Co
Cairns
Larrow
Robert KK
Bing
Inmate sets fire to mattresses at Chittenden jail
Francis Alexander a Pittsford farmer isolated in the Chittenden County Jail set fire to 10 mattresses in the northern cellblock causing smoke and noise. He pleaded innocent to a December 17 breaking and entering charge claiming insanity but was deemed sane after examination at Waterbury State Hospital.
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Burlington
Francis Alexander
Pittsford
Chittenden
Earle B. Mclaughlin
Alexander
Waterbury State Hospital
Troy RPI to open School of Management February first
New York state article notes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy will establish a School of Management on February 1 to train graduates for management roles in science and engineering firms. Dr Richard G. Folsom announced Prof Delmar W. Karger, current head of the Dept of Management Engineering, will be dean.
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Troy Rpi
Richard G. Folsom
Delmar W. Karger
Dept of
Management Engineering
Veeam
Albany Plans New Riverfront Development Proposal
The Temporary Commission on the Capital City outlines a riverfront program for Albany and Rensselaer. Albany side projects include a center for the creative arts a federal office building a heliport a tourist ship dock water taxi facilities a transient marina parking housing a yacht club and a 100 foot cross river platform. Rensselaer side proposals cover an industrial park a resident marina a commercial area housing a shopping center and an office zone plus land for research and light industry.
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Albany
Commission On
Capital City
Rensselaer
Center For the Creative Arts
Third Housewife Files for Williamstown School Board Seat
Mrs Dagmar Bubinski of 2 Hoxsey St becomes the third housewife candidate for the Williamstown School Committee term. Other contenders include chairwoman Mrs Katherine Vallencourt seeking a second term and Mrs Anne Desmond. Filing deadline is Jan 15 at 2 pm with town caucus on Jan 18.
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Williamstown
Dagmar E. Bubinski
Hoxsey St
Katherine Vallencourt
Anne Desmond
Yonkers
N.Y
Bubinski
Mount Holyoke College
Army Reservists to Hear Col Ehrich Speak on Artillery
Lt Col Manfred W Ehrich Jr will address members of the 453rd Quartermaster Co at their drill meeting 7 15 p m Thursday in the Fraternal Order of Eagles on North Street. The local unit faces deactivation Feb 1 under Defense Department Streamlining. many personnel will transfer to Battery B 5th Howitzer Battalion Brattleboro. The talk introduces artillery unit functions ahead of summer field training.
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U.S. Army
Bennington
Army
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
453Rd Quartermaster Co
Order of Eagles
North Street
Col. Ehrich
Arlington
Jones, Ehrich and Dollard
453Rd QM Co
National Guard
Army Reserve
Defense Department
5Th Howitzer Battalion
Brattleboro
Virginio N. Perrotta
California Tops Tomato Production for Processing
California leads the nation in tomato production for processing, a finding reported by the state Economic Development Agency. The agency highlights California as the top producer in this sector.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
State Economic Development Agency
Commuters Return as Boston Rail Plan Shows Early Uptick
Boston & Maine Reports 12.5 percent morning jump on north suburban lines into Boston in the first day of a 2.2 million experiment to lure riders back. 11,542 people rode the trains, fares cut about 30 percent, with officials cautiously optimistic and noting the test continues weeks ahead.
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Boston & Maine
North Station
Boston
North Shore
Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Transportation Commission
Railroad
The
Transportation Commission
Supreme Court reviews libel verdict against Times
The Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals in a $500000 libel judgment won by Montgomery police commissioner L B Sullivan against The New York Times and four ministers. The Times argues the ruling violates press freedom while the ministers contend no authorization or malice supported publication.
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Supreme Court
Montgomery, Ala
New York Times
Circuit Court
Montgomery County
L. B. Sullivan
Montgomery
Times
Ralph Abernathy
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
S. S. Seay Jr
J. E. Lowery
Ment
Martin Luther King
South
the Times
Bennington Banner Rates and Contact Information
The Bennington Banner lists subscription rates for local and out of state mail, with six month and one year options. It provides newsroom and display advertising contact numbers and notes daily publication excluding Sundays and holidays.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
AP News
Hospital Notes Admissions and Birth Announcement
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Rosemarie Bowen Mrs Julia Baker Miss Bernadette Lane Mrs Ruth La Flamme Master Steven Farnum Mrs Beatrice Olin and others across Bennington North Bennington Hoosick Falls and Arlington. An additional birth notice confirms a son Timothy George born December 27 to Mr and Mrs Henry Buck Jr Center Brunswick New York weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces.
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Rosemarie Bowen
Arlington
Julia Baker
Bernadette Lane
Ruth LaFlamme
Steven Farnum
Beatrice Olin
Bennington
Lillia Guetti
North Bennington
Timothy George
Henry Buck Jr
Center Brunswick
N.Y
Dinner Dance Feb 23 To Honor Gov Elect Hoff
The Bennington County Democratic Committee announces a public dinner and dance February 23 at Mt. Anthony Country Club to honor Vermont’s new governor Philip Hoff. Tickets from David Adler Pownal Earl Harris Shaftsbury Mr and Mrs George M Fienberg Bennington or county town chairmen.
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Gov
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington County
Gov.-erect Hoff
David Adler
Pownal
Earl Harris
Shaftsbury
George M. Fienberg
Bennington
Mona Lisa Comes Home to Washington for Gala Viewing
President Kennedy arrives by jet from Palm Beach to unveil the Mona Lisa at the National Gallery of Art. Secret Service guards the painting in a burgundy velvet display as insiders and 1200 guests await the 9:45 p.m. unveiling with remarks from France’s minister of culture and Chief Justice Earl Warren.
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Washington
Mona Lisa
Mona
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Secret Service
West Sculpture Hall
National Gallery of Art
Louvre
France
Earl Warren
United States
Herve Alphand
National Gallery
Congress
Andre Malraux
Charles de Gaulle
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Montpelier
Vermont College
Vermont College Department of Behavioral Sciences
Wirhs
New York
RPI
Down In
Berkshire
le Page
Jane Weiner le Page
Mt. Greylock
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Western District
Agawam
Springfield
Western District
Technical High School
Scout Council
North Adams
Robert V. Hamilton
North Adams State College
Berkshire Boy Scout Council
Hamilton
Governor’s Advisory Committee
New England Philosophy of Education Society
B&m
Joseph F. Maloney
Sullivan
High Court
Long Island
Buffalo
Douglas
U.S
Bell & Howell
Zoomatic
Bennington Garage Corp
Annette LaFlamme
Anne Marie Foster and Son
Helen Roberson
Hoosick Falls
Bertha Niles
Mary Senecal
Northfield
Northfield, Vermont
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Norwich University
G. I
Member Federal Deposit
Walker’s
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Drysdale’s
Armory
Americas
Rambler
American Motors
Williams & Bugbee, Inc
E.main St
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