Vermont NH blood drive nets 766 pints in 10 drawings
Last week blood donations in Vermont and New Hampshire totaled 766 pints across 10 drawings. Mansfield Avenue Red Cross Center distributed 733 pints, sending 651 to 62 hospitals in the two states. 82 pints went elsewhere as replacements for residents treated outside the region. Navy at Portsmouth led with 129 pints. Exeter, N.H., and Simmonds Precision Products in Vergennes posted 114 and 112 pints respectively.
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Simmonds Precision Products
Vergennes
Grange Past Masters Association Meets in Middlesex Vermont
A Grange Past Masters Association gathering will take place at the Middlesex Valley Grange Hall with supper at 7 p.m. Reservations should be made via Mrs Ellen Goss by Wednesday. The 8 p.m. business meeting will be followed by a program and an initiation ceremony for new members. All past grange masters and spouses are urged to attend.
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Route 7 Association picks Oneonta leader as director
Oneonta Bruce Riggs, president of the Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce and Behr-Manning transportation director, elected to represent Rensselaer County on the Route 7 Association board. The group pushes a four lane limited access NY 7 from Pennsylvania to Vermont, with new route through Binghamton Oneonta Schenectady Rensselaer and Albany counties. Next, they will meet with the state Department of Public Works in Albany.
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State Department of Public Works
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Ribicoff bids 5.9 billion for urban renewal plan
In a prepared Senate speech Senator Abraham Ribicoff proposes a 5.9 billion start to an urban renewal program. The plan aims to spur private business via tax breaks and overhaul federal programs, with 50 billion over a decade needed to remove city slums and build livable neighborhoods, starting in 1970.
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UPI
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Berkshire Briefs: Cable Tower Clear, Chorus Auditions Start
Richmond officials probe Lenox Mountain antenna zoning after a decade old clearance by the Board of Selectmen. The Boston Symphony Orchestra seeks singers 18 and older for a Berkshire Chorus to front summer Tanglewood concerts. Ecumenicity theme dominates six downtown Protestant sermons on universal church belonging.
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Pittsfield
Charles Kusik
Lenox
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Berkshire Chorus
Festival
Windsor Mountain School Theater
Universal Church of Christ
Key Republicans Meet To Chart '68 Strategy
New Orleans delegates gather for a two day GOP National Committee session to map 1968 strategy. Nixon and Romney emerge as likely nominees though open convention or compromise candidates are possible amid Wallace third party concerns. Leaders weigh favorite son delegations and Eisenhower backed reform plans.
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George Romney
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George Wallace
Johnson
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Eisenhower
Michigan
Ronald Reagan
California
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Sen
John Tower
Texas
St Michael’s Trustees Review Expansion Plan
St Michael’s College trustees heard a $12 million expansion plan projected over 15 years. The first draft architectural plans were shown, with President Very Rev Gerald Dupont noting the plan remains tentative pending financing. The weekend meeting marked the first time lay trustees attended in the college’s 62 year history.
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UPI
St. Michael’s College
Gerald Dupont
Liberal Arts College For
Lothrop Named Spokesman For Vermont Cable Firms
Philip Lothrop, systems manager for Green Mountain Television Corp., is named official spokesman and chief lobbyist for Vermont cable firms. He opposes a proposed bill to place cable service under the Public Service Board regulation. Lothrop notes cable is not legally a utility in 49 states and recalls Connecticut’s earlier attempt leading to no new franchises.
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UPI
Philip Lothrop
Green Mountain Television Corp
Vermont
Lothrop
Public Service Board
PSB
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