Missing Montpelier salesman case gets full time trooper
State Trooper Cpl. Ronald Woodward is assigned full time to investigate the disappearance of Charles P. Billado a 23 year old Montpelier insurance salesman who has not been heard from since Friday before vanishing he withdrew between 1500 and 3000 from his banks. A rookie Burlington officer Gordon Carroll is dismissed after a traffic incident and a scuffle with a motorist. Carroll joined last August and faced a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. The Northeast Observer weekly paper in Newport halted publication after eight weeks of operation due to staffing and production issues.
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Charles P. Billado
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Gordon Carroll
Arthur Carron
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Newport
Northeast Observer
Charles Moore
John Mahoney
Canada
Moore
Gov Hoff to inspect Graniteville Civil Defense project
Gov Hoff will inspect the Graniteville Civil Defense project to study using water from abandoned quarries to supply the Graniteville water district until spring. He will also decide on keeping CD equipment on site for several days to address a major Tuesday water main break and loss.
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Hoff
Graniteville Civil Defense Project
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Recreation Weekend speakers in Woodstock on Yankee epitaphs
Brattleboro author Thomas Clifford Mann will headline Recreators Weekend at the Woodstock Inn with the topic Dead or Alive. Mann co wrote Over Their Dead Bodies and is a historian painter and speaker. Recreators from Maine New Hampshire and Vermont attend to discuss northern New England programs and issues.
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Thomas Clifford Mann
Brattleboro
Woodstock
Woodstock Inn
Mann
Janet Greene
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
Vermont DMV reports December driving privilege losses
The Department of Motor Vehicles says 516 Veronters lost driving privileges in December. Speeding convictions caused 85 suspensions and 21 people were cited for drunken driving. Careless and negligent offenses totaled 106. The Industrial Relations Department notes 17 fatal on the job accidents in 1963 with 13,157 workers injured, compared with 8 fatalities and 13,353 injuries the prior year.
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Montpelier
Industrial Relations Department
Vermont
Williams College seeks zoning permit for dorms and dining hall
In Williamstown a petition from Williams College seeks a permit to erect four dormitories and a dining hall at Main and North Streets. The request acts as an exception to residential area zoning and is set for the zoning board of appeals hearing on January 23. Plans were revealed last November to house 200 students on the Greylock Hotel site and Greylock Hall.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Zoning Board of Appeals
Greylock
Greylock Hall
Tug operator killed in propane blast at Federal Locks
Troy Warren LeGere, 46, a tug operator, was instantly killed when a propane gas explosion blew his tug 50 feet at the Federal Locks. He had been with the site’s construction firm since last June and was trying to start the tug when the blast occurred. The force shattered his body and sank the tug in the Hudson River. Tug heater tanks reportedly exploded. COHOES Mayor McDonald assured the School Improvement Committee that local schools would no longer be ignored after four years, following a committee letter requesting an investigation of the Board of Education. The mayor said, We intend to do something.
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Federal
Hudson River
Cohoes
Mass. Jail Introduces TV Based Rehabilitation Program
Norfolk County Jail in Dedham under Sheriff Charles Hedges expands rehabilitation with 36 correspondence courses, an audio-visual department, a 2000+ book library, and on the job training in cooking, welding, plumbing, and more. Each cell block has three 21 inch TVs with earphones. misbehavior can result in earphone removal. Guards select programs, avoiding violence content when possible. About 20 inmates work outside periodically. 90,000 man-hours logged without an escape in three years.
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Charles W. Hedges
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Norfolk County Sheriff’s Association
John A. Chmielinski
County House of Correction
Oswalds Wife Accepts Husband Guilt
The widow Marina Oswald has accepted as fact that Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy. Her adviser said she will not sue Dallas or any government, and she has received about 28000 dollars in donations while remaining under Secret Service protection.
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James H. Martin
Jack Ruby
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Secret Service
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Martin
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United States
Russia
Bennington Banner contact and subscription rates notice
The Bennington Banner announces its daily publication schedule and contact numbers for Telephones Newsroom Advertising and delivery. It lists subscription rates by mail within a 50 mile radius and Vermont and nationwide pricing for 8 months, 6 months and 1 year with special rates for servicemen.
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Main St. Bennington Vt
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
AP News
Vermont
Kennedy Views Artist Life In Stern Lonely Portrait
New York AP reports President John F Kennedy who won a Pulitzer wrote an introduction for a forthcoming book describing the creative artist as stern and lonely. The piece notes the author’s influence and Kennedy’s reflection comes months before his death.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Creative America
National Cultural Center
Washington
Kennedy
Union College Offers Six-Week Economics Study for Teachers
Union College and the General Electric Foundation sponsor a six week summer economics program for 40 secondary school teachers and counselors. Dr Carter Davidson says program runs June 29 to August 7 on Union campus and grants graduate credit fellowships covering most costs for teachers from 13 northeastern states and the District of Columbia.
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Sugarloaf Officials Challenge Inflated New England Snow Reports
In Maine the Sugarloaf Area Association questions others exaggerating ski conditions while noting Sugarloaf has fair to good snow and often matches or exceeds neighboring New England areas. Spokesman Justin R. Strunk Jr. cites skiers finding better conditions back at Sugarloaf after visiting rivals.
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Kingfield
Maine
Sugarloaf
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