Montpelier man to stand trial for negligent driving death
Patrick Ambrose, 55, of Montpelier, is to go on trial in Caledonia County on a charge of careless and negligent driving resulting in the death of 12 year old Shane Laufman. Ambrose pleaded innocent. venue was moved from Washington County after media coverage stirred public reaction. Laufman died four days after the Dec. 12 Montpelier crash on Barre Street.
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Superior Court
Harold Sylvester
Ambrose
Burlington
Vermont New Hampshire blood drive totals rise to 1009 pints
Blood donations in Vermont and New Hampshire last week reached 1009 pints, up 386 from 623. Mansfield Avenue Red Cross Center distributed 781 pints, sending 709 to 62 regional hospitals and 72 elsewhere. Norwich University cadets led with 531 pints in two days, lifting their cumulative to 7900 while Portsmouth Naval Shipyard donated 141 pints as the next best group.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
New Hampshire
Mansfield Avenue
Norwich University
Northfield
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
N.H
Governor Hoff to honor Vermont youth helpers at meeting
Gov. Philip Hoff will award certificates of recognition to individuals and groups for significant youth service in Vermont at the Governor's Committee on Children and Youth meeting on Jan. 18. A symposium is planned with four youths outlining personal identity and future needs, followed by an evening discussion led by Rev. John Thomas of Cambridge Massachusetts, director of the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States.
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John Thomas
Cambridge
Mass
Father Thomas
Sex Information and Education Council of
The
United States
Vermont Heart Association funds research and programs
Vermont Heart Association officials report over $29,000 spent on state research in the past fiscal year and more than $14,000 contributed to the American Heart Association. The group supports 55 affiliates nationwide and funds nurse education and heart disease detection programs, with over $16,000 directed to these efforts last year. The state’s heart disease death rate runs about 2,500 higher than the national average.
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Rutland
API
Vermont Heart Association
American Heart Association
Vermont
Toll free service eyed for six towns in New York area
Charles M. Stewart of New York Telephone Co says toll free calling could reach Hoosick Falls Cambridge Salem Greenwich Schuylerville and Argyle after 1969 if a user majority and the Public Service Commission approve. Other town groupings within 20 miles are being discussed with New England Telephone in Bennington and providers for Berlin and Petersburg.
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Hoosick Falls
Charles M. Stewart
New York Telephone Co
New York State Public Service Commission
Cambridge
Salem
Greenwich
Schuylerville
Argyle
mid-Hudson
New England Telephone
Bennington
Berlin
Petersburg
Dr Philip Brown assumes radiologist role at Leonard Hospital
Cambridge report notes Dr Philip Brown, former director of Roentgenology at Mary McClellan Hospital, has taken full duties as radiologist at Leonard Hospital in Troy. He has worked part time at Leonard for six months and will keep a Coila residence with his wife Dr Josephine Wells Brown of Columbia Presbyterian in New York.
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Cambridge
Philip Brown
Three Way Restaurant liquor license suspended 15 days
North Petersburg The alcoholic beverage license of the Three Way Restaurant operated by Caroline M Hackett at the junction of NY 22 and 346 has been revoked for 15 days by the state Liquor Authority. The suspension begins today due to the premises being allowed to become disorderly after an altercation occurred.
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North Petersburg
Three Way
Caroline M. Hackett
N.Y
State Liquor Authority
SLA
Berkshire preliminary budget for city salaries set
Down in Berkshire a budget of 1 282 911 to cover all salaries in all municipal departments will be presented to the City Council Tuesday. The council has approved salary increases for most city employees, but the budget probably will not be passed before March. Pittsf ield security staff say five motor department employees face larceny charges over 100 dollars after Bradlees store incident. Mayor Del Gallo seeks to drop medical doctor requirement for health commissioner, plans ordinance amendment to allow non M D candidates.
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North Adams
Pittsfield
Bradlees
Motor Department
Remo del Gallo
Harold Stein
Bristol men die in Route 20 crash with interstate bus
John Hazelton 24 of Bristol Conn died in a Sunday crash on Route 20 when his car collided with an interstate bus. Roland Ireland 24, also of Bristol, had minor injuries and was released from hospital. Bus driver Frank Herrin of West Brookfield was not seriously hurt. No passengers aboard the bus.
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Pittsfield
UPI
John Hazelton
Bristol
Conn
Rte
Roland Ireland
Frank Herrin
West Brookfield
Siamese Twin Sisters Die At 54 in Holyoke Mass
Margaret and Mary Gibb died together at Holyoke Hospital where they were born. Doctors cited hypertensive heart disease as the cause, noting shared circulation but no vital organs. An autopsy showed cancer of the bladder in Margaret with spread to the lungs in both twins.
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Holyoke
Mass
UPI
Margaret
Mary Gibb
Holyoke Hospital
John F. Appel
John Gibb
Chicago teachers avert strike with 17 million pact
Chicago public school teachers halt planned strike after a four hour Daley mediated meeting. The pact promises 17 million dollars in across the board raises and settlement terms await ratification by teachers. A junior college strike ended with raises and grievances procedures.
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Chicago
UPS
Chicago School Board
Richard J. Daley
John Desmond
Chicago Teachers Union
Cook County College Teachers’ Union
James Redmond
Daley
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Youth Held In Senseless Slaying At Brooklyn Bus Stop
New York police hold an 18 year old Walter Murray in connection with the slaying of 61 year old Leon Negri at a East New York Brooklyn bus stop. Negri was shot in the back as he and his wife Flora tried to flee aboard an empty bus. Funeral services held today for Negri whose life spanned years in show business and circuses. The article also notes background on the Siamese twins Chang and Ang.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Walter Murray
Leon Negri
Flora
Plattsburgh Woman Killed by Propeller
A Plattsburgh mother of two, Judi Pelessier, 28, was killed at Plattsburgh Municipal Airport after stepping into a plane propeller. She was the wife of an Air Force staff sergeant formerly assigned to Plattsburgh Air Force Base and had just deplaned when the accident occurred.
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Plattsburgh, N.Y
UPI
Plattsburgh
Judi Pelessier
Air Force
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Pelessier
Massachusetts groups push to abolish HUAC
About 3000 Massachusetts residents signed a petition urging abolition of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Separately 120 clergy members sent a letter to House Speaker McCormack urging continued discussion of the issue. Signers include former Atty. Gen. Gerald A. Berlin and Dr. Paul Dudley White among others. Both documents urge free expression and oppose governmental powers used against dissent. Debate on HUAC continues ahead of the 90th Congress.
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Boston
UPI
House Un-American Activities Committee
HUAC
Massachusetts
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Massachusetts Atty
Gerald A. Berlin
Paul Dudley White
Myron
W. Fowell
Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
Roland B. Gittelson
Temple Israel
Boston College Law School
William J. Kenealy
Francis J. McDonnell
Sacred Heart Parish
Lynn
Vermont War on Poverty funds remain for 1967 year
Vermont state War on Poverty director Thomas Davis said federal cuts nationally will not shrink state funding in 1967. He expects continuation of 1966 programs, potential new programs in Champlain Valley and Bennington Rutland offices, a year round Head Start, NYC continuation at similar levels, and an extra 250000 dollars in federal funds for the Free Legal Services Program for the poor.
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Vermont
Opportunity
Bennington -Rutland
Davis
Neighborhood Youth Corps
NYC
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