Two Jail Inmates Face Assault Charges In Vermont
Two Addison County Jail inmates Powell and Thompson faced arraignment on assault with a deadly weapon charges after a jail break. Powell 17 of Vergennes and Thompson 21 of Ferrisburg were held in solitary as they allegedly fled, seized two revolvers, and forced a couple to drive toward Vergennes before fleeing on foot.
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UPI
Addison County
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Alfred Ghio
Francis Powell
Vergennes
Gale Thompson
Ferrisburg
Ghia
Powell
Thompson
Ghio
Middlebury Inn
Eight Distinctions for Vermont Youth Drawn by Hoff
Gov. Philip Hoff will honor five Vermonters and three organizations at a Montpelier dinner with eight Distinguished Service to Youth awards. Recipients include Mrs. Marjorie Ryan, Mrs. Ann Aldrich, Mrs. Marjorie Townsend, Thomas Hazard, and the late Edward Miller. Organizations honored are Greater Burlington Teens for the Retarded, Washington County Teenagers Association for the Retarded, and the Linebreakers Home Demonstration Club of St. Albans.
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Rutland
Greemore
Greater Burlington
Washington County Teenagers Association
Linebreakers Home Demonstration Club
St. Albans
Vermont NH blood donations rise in subzero week
UPI reports eight drawings collected 908 pints in Vermont and New Hampshire, up 232 pints from the prior week. Mansfield Avenue Red Cross in Burlington distributed 791 pints, with 734 to 62 hospitals in the two states, 57 pints to other centers, and Norwich University cadets at Plainfield contributing 470 pints in two days. No community drawing topped 100 pints.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
New Hampshire
Mansfield Avenue
Funeral services for State Police Cmdr. Lt. Chester L. Nash
Funeral services were held today at St. John's Church for Cmdr. Lt. Chester L. Nash 60 a 34 year veteran of the State Police who died early Saturday of an apparent heart attack at Brightlock Hospital Nash a native of Keene New Hampshire was noted in St. Johnsbury Vermont Police District.
County reapportionment study panel named in Rensselaer County
New York East Greenbush John S. Wall appointed a seven man committee to study county reapportionment under a one man one vote plan. Panel led by Richard W. Keeler includes Stanton Goodermore Frank Wittman Joseph Harrigan George Nuttall Joseph Manuppella and George Breen from multiple towns and Troy. In Troy housing officials report severe shortages with 500 promised units not begun and relocations needed for Urban Renewal Project B. Fire damage strikes Cohoes St Patrick’s Convent. rebuilding prospects doubtful and frostbite injuries to firefighters. In Schenectady a fourth major fire in five days injures a firefighter. blaze at 611 State St near Breslaw's and the Elks Club.
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John S. Wall
Rensselaer
Berlin
Frank E. Wittman
Poestenkill
Joseph E. Harrigan
Troy
George F. Nuttall
Joseph G. Manupella
George F. Breen
NAACP
Troy Housing Authority
Cohoes
Phillip A. Grady
St. Patrick’s Church
Church St
Schenectady
State St
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Elks Club
Fire damages Colonial Theater in Pittsfield
Berkshire news reports a two alarm fire heavily damaged the Colonial Theater on South Street Bacchus Street damaged first floor area. Officials blame defective extension cords in a room once used as theater offices. The theater closed in 1943 and sold in 1952 as a paint supply HQ. No estimate of total loss yet.
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Pittsfield
Colonial
South Street
Paul Barbeau
George Miller
Former Kennedy Adviser Backs Compromise on Tax Hike
Walter W. Heller, ex economic adviser to Kennedy and Johnson, says the administration should settle for a 7 or 8 percent income tax hike. He urges a practical settlement over a larger, more political fight, signaling cautious fiscal flexibility amid ongoing tax policy debates.
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Washington
UPI
Walter W. Heller
Johnson
Quake Ravages Western Sicily Killing Hundreds
Reports from Palermo indicate earthquakes devastated Mafia plagued villages in western Sicily with hundreds feared dead and thousands homeless. Montevago and Bigellina are named among the hardest hit as rescue workers reach isolated areas.
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Palermo
Sicily
UPI
RAI
Montevago
Palmero
Bigellina
Aiken charges private utilities seek to control nuclear power
Senator George D. Aiken accuses private electric utilities of aiming for monopolistic control of the national power supply. He backs a bill requiring government participation in nuclear facilities and stronger safeguards for water from heat radiation, noting 15 nuclear plants are operating in the United States.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Legislative Conference
Vermont Republican
Atomic Energy Commission
Hus
Congress
United States
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