Vermont officer promoted to lieutenant colonel
Brig. Gen. Wayne H Page announces John R Haigis of South Burlington is promoted to lieutenant colonel. Haigis commands the 58th Engineer Battalion Vermont Army National Guard, with a career spanning Germany Korea Berlin Crisis and leadership of the 131st Engineer Company. The 58th has been called to active duty during 1961, and Haigis has served as battalion commander since December 1965. In Montpelier the Vermont Federation of Women's Clubs sponsors a music scholarship audition April 8 at Vermont College with five categories and a $75 prize per category. Applicants must register by March 15. auditions are open to the public.
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131St Engineer Company
58Th Engineer Battalion
58Th
Berlin
Granite City
Granite City, Ill
Montpelier
Vermont Federation of Women’s Clubs
Vermont
Vermont College
Federation
Vermont seeks tracks for obscene calls and bills limits
Vermont lawmakers hear plans from William French on tracing harassing calls and 27 devices statewide to keep lines open for tracing parses. The bill, backed by Rep. Giuliani, would classify deliberate obscene calls as a misdemeanor amid rising complaints at 567 in ten months.
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French
Vermont
New Undersecretary Hollomon Named In Commerce Post
Niskayuna resident J Herbert Hollomon, 47, was appointed Wednesday by President Johnson as undersecretary of commerce. Former adjunct at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he advised RPI engineering and math departments, served on the RPI Development Council, and earned national honors in 1954 as one of America's outstanding young men and a leading young scientist per Fortune magazine.
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Niskayuna
J. Herbert Hollomon
Johnson
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
Holloman
RPI
RPI Development Council
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fortune Magazine
Rensselaer County to Receive 103930 in State Motor Tax
State Comptroller Arthur Levitt announced that Rensselaer County will get 103930 dollars from the New York State motor fuel tax share of 13025009 dollars to be returned to counties for the last quarter of 1966. The same period in 1965 saw 91397 dollars for comparison. Levitt also said local school districts will share 3494187 dollars in state aid for the second quarter of the 1966 67 school year.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
New York
Arthur Levitt
Levitt
Williams College Alumni to mark 100th anniversary in Boston
Berkshire report details the alumni association founded in 1821 with 11 000 members and 36 regional groups. Williams College trustees plan a special Friday event in Boston with a dinner where President John E Sawyer will speak.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Boston
Williams
John E. Sawyer
Society of Alumni of the College
United States
Hoff Defends Surplus Use Against Lawmakers Plan
Gov. Philip Hoff rejected a trio of Democratic legislators who proposed using Vermont’s 11.35 million surplus to retire bonded debt. They urged funds for a technology institute and regional vocational schools, while Hoff defended existing plans to fund IBM related training and vocational expansion, saying the move could threaten those programs.
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Herman Hoyt
St. Johnsbury
Bove
Westphal
Assembly
Hoff
Vermont
Trustees To Consider New Technical School
Vermont state colleges trustees will meet January 27 to review Gov. Hoff’s plan to use 3 million dollars of surplus for a new two year technical institute. Hoff wants a computer and chemical technology program and will name a blue ribbon committee to locate the facility. Vermont Technical College at Randolph now offers degrees in agricultural, electrical, electronic, highway and mechanical engineering.
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Burlington
UPS
Vermont State Colleges
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont Technical College
VTC
Randolph
Babcock
Powell to Head New Nine Member Panel on Powell Fitness
Rep elect Adam Clayton Powell faces an investigation by a nine member panel created by Speaker John W McCormack. Rep Emanuel Celler would head the inquiry with Democrats John Conyers James Corman Vernon Thomson and Clark MacGregor among likely panel picks. The committee will study Powell s fitness to seat and report to the House, with the full chamber making the final decision. Powell faced a $164000 slander judgment and alleged abuses as Education and Labor Committee chair.
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Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Emanuel Cellar
Brooklyn
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Powell
House
Education and Labor Committee
Hoff Named To Committee Hoff Named To Committee
Gov. William L. Guy announced eight gubernatorial committee appointments for the 1967 Governors' Conference. New England governors named include Volpe for Executive Committee Membership and State Planning, Dempsey for State and Local Revenues, Hoff for State and Local Revenues, and King with Chafee and Curtis on Regional and Interstate Cooperation.
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Bismarck
N.D
UPID
William L. Guy
North Dakota
New England
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Volpe
John Dempsey
Connecticut
King
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
Committee Agrees Courts Should Waive Some Fees
The House Judiciary Committee in Montpelier backed waiving court fees in hardship cases. The bill combines entry, trial, and judgment fees into a single 20 dollar action fee across county, chancery, and supreme courts with potential pay raises for judges, especially aiding divorce plaintiffs like those cited.
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Francis Peisch
Burlington
Courts of Chancery
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Peisch
Martin Dellivener
Rrutland
Vermont Teamsters Oppose Proposed Labor Bill
The Vermont teamsters union assails a Senate labor relations bill as discriminatory and unamendable. Frederick Dykeman cites 16 anti labor provisions while labor attorney Warren Pyle argues the bill favors management. VLC seeks equal treatment for in state workers and interstate workers amid past clashes over similar measures.
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Warren Pyle
Boston
Vermont Labor Council
VLC
Pyle
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International College of Dentists
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