Good Samaritan Bill Hearings Tackle Liability Exemption
Vermont lawmakers set hearings on The Good Samaritan Bill with the House Judiciary Committee backing liability protections for laymen and physicians aiding accident victims. Gov Hoff vetoed a similar measure last year on technical grounds. Rep George Costes opposed, warning it could encourage laxness by responders. Testimony from medical legal groups and ski industry reps anticipated.
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George Costes
St. Albans
Judiciary Committee
Governor Hoff Accepts Resignation Of Women’s Commission Head
Ruth Colombo of Barre resigns as chair of the governor’s Commission on the Status of Women for personal reasons. Evelyn Patnod of Rutland, founder and president of E F Parnod Securities Co, is named to succeed Colombo. Patnod has 13 years as securities counselor and represented Vermont at the last White House conference on the status of women. Colombo also chaired AFL CIO’s COPE. Patnod is VP of the Vermont State Federation of Business and Professional Women.
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Committee On Political Education
COPE
Afl-Cio
Parnod
Vermont
White House
Hoff names two women to Vermont Judicial Board
Gov. Philip Hoff designated Valerie Streeter of West Wordsboro and Madelyn S. Davidson of Montpelier to the new 11 member Judicial Selection Board. They will serve two year terms as part of a board created by the 1966 Legislature to screen and recommend judicial appointments. Three members were chosen earlier by the Vermont Bar Association. six more will be named by the Legislature.
Open House Heads Vermont Employment Office Event
The Department of Employment Security will host an open house on February 24 with John C. Goodwin of the U S Labor Department as guest of honor. State Employment Commissioner Stella Hackel announced the event, noting the agency’s move last April to a new federally funded building on Memorial Drive near Montpelier High School.
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Montpelier
UPI
Department of Employment Security
U.S. Labor Department
Stella Hackel
John C. Goodwin
Washington
National Life Insurance Co
State Street
Memorial Drive
Montpelier High School
Public Service Board hearing over Milton teen train crash
The Public Service Board will hold a Wednesday hearing in Milton on the fatal collision at the Roussin Cote crossing involving two Milton teens. James Cote and Joseph Bouchard, both 17, were killed December 1 when a train struck their pickup truck.
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Montpelier
API
Public Service Board
Milton
James Cote
Joseph Bouchard
Roussin - Cote Crossing
Rockefeller and Lindsay back Metropolitan Opera House plan
Governor Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsay said that neither city nor state can fund the needed to save the historic Metropolitan Opera House. The Assembly passed a bill authorizing city purchase and preservation as a historic site. The Senate adjourned without action.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Lindsay
New York City
Metropolitan Opera House
Senate
Latham 14-Store Center Planned Between Jamaica Inn and Bowling Club
A March groundbreaking is planned for a 14 store center on Troy Schenectady Road between the Jamaica Inn and Morris Cramer's Bowling Club. Occupancy is targeted for August. Developer Jason Minick of Jason Minick, Inc. filed plans with Colonie Town building superintendent Earl J. Ferguson for a colonial brick L-shaped block. Leases secured with A&P and Schenectady Trust Company.
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Latham
Troy - Schenectady
Jamaica Inn
Morris Cramer
Jason Minick
Jason
City Manager Stierer resigns for state post
Troy city official Robert A. Stierer resigns as city manager, effective March 1, leaving a $16,500 yearly post to take a higher paying administrative job with an unnamed state agency. Stierer was the city’s first professional administrator, appointed three years ago.
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Troy
Robert A. Stierer
Stierer
Sprague Chief Injured in Berkshire Ski Accident
Robert C. Sprague Sr. chairman and CEO of Sprague Electric Co. broke his left ankle and cracked two ribs in a ski accident at Carinthia Resort in West Dover. His son John said the fracture was simple and did not require resetting. He was treated by Dr. Arthur E. Ellison of Williamstown, who runs ski headquarters at Haystack and oversees a government ski accident study aided by Harvard medical students.
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North Adams
Robert C. Sprague Sr
Sprague Electric Co
Carinthia
West Dover
John L. Sprague
Arthur E. Ellison
Williamstown
Haystack
Mt Greylock faces need for more classrooms by 1962 73
Mt Greylock Regional High School projects enrollment of 1,300 and requires 21.6 additional classrooms by the 1962 73 period at 80 percent capacity. Superintendent Gregory Anrig notes 52 current classrooms including laboratories. projection prepared by Prof. Paul G. Clark of Williams College. A separate item: building permit issued for a Grand Union market centered shopping center on State Road, valued at $160,000, to Howard V. Rosenblum who will redevelop land from Adolph R. Fischer. construction set to begin in spring.
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Williamstown
Mt. Greylock
Gregory R. Anrig
Paul G. Clark
Williams College
State Road
Howard V. Rosenblum
White Plains
N.Y
Adolph R. Fischer
Rosenblum
United States and Canada Hit By Wave of White Collar Strikes
Across the United States and Canada a wave of white collar strikes disrupts schools and services. Cleveland teachers vote to strike at midnight with 3,000 members. Woodbridge New Jersey schools close as 450 teachers walk out. Montreal Catholic schools suspend for 217,000 students due to 9,000 teacher strikes. Telegrapher strike on the Baltimore and Ohio lines affects 13 eastern states until federal court orders back to work. Hamilton public works workers halted services. Philadelphia transit strike ends after new contract. Woodbridge teachers demand top pay and wage scales under debate.
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United States
Canada
Cleveland Teachers Union
Woodbridge
N.J
Montreal
Morcy
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Transportation Communications Employes Union
Fred B. Cramer
Butler
Ohio
County Common Pleas
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Patrick Boyland
WTU
American Federation of Teachers
Mrs Wallace Pledges Good State Government
In Montgomery Alabama Lurleen Wallace vowed to govern as a wife and mother reflecting the family’s influence while continuing Governor George Wallace’s policies. She will serve as his adviser at one dollar annually as he pursues a possible 1968 presidential bid.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
New York
California
Texas
Lurleen
Wyoming
Nellie Taylor Ross
Miriam
Ma) Ferguson
Annual DES Report Shows Qualified Worker Shortage
The Vermont Employment Service placed 14,350 non agricultural workers in 1966, down from 15,933 in 1965, amid a tight labor market. Total job openings rose to 24,969, the highest in nine years, while counseling interviews climbed 10 percent to 5036. The DES Youth Opportunity Center boosted under-22 placements, and Brattleboro showed a 20 percent rise in job orders and 16 percent in placements despite statewide declines.
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Montpelier
Vermont Employment Service
Vermont Department of Employment Security
DES
Vermont
Employment Service
DES Employment Service
Burlington
YOC
Chittenden
Addison
Franklin
Grand Isle
Lamoille
Brattleboro
Legislative Tug of War Over Vermont Youth Facility
Vermont lawmakers clash over the site of a proposed medium security institution for youthful offenders. Sen George Hayes seeks St Albans as the location, Rep Edward Conlin backs Windsor, while Pittsford opposes any site in town. Gov Hoff defers to the legislature as debate intensifies amid protests and prior zoning disputes.
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St. Albans
Edward Conlin
Windsor
State Prison and Farm
Philip Hoff
Hayes
Holger Petersen
Burlington
Elbert Brigham
University of Vermont
Conlin
Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
Pittsford
Institutions
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