Hoff signals hard reforms for Vermont governance
Gov. Hoff told Vermont Chamber of Commerce members that his proposals next year may be hard for Vermonters to swallow as basic government forms need correction to address major state problems. Sepp Ruschp urged action on financing, out of state money for ski areas and excessive lawsuits. Everett Smith won 8500 dollars in a highway crash suit against Blow and Cote Inc after a truck hit a parked vehicle on U S 2 in March 1961. jury found for Smith citing no lights or warning flares.
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Vermont
Stowe
Ruschp
Chamber
Hoff
Montpelier
Berlin
Everett Smith
Blow and Cote Inc
Morrisville
U.S. 2
Cote
Smith
Washington County
Burlington mayor weighs re election bid and rivals enter race
Republican Mayor Robert K. Bing says a decision on seeking another term will come in a few days. City attorney Robert W. Larrow and former candidate for state attorney general in 1962 seeks the Democratic nomination for the post.
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Burlington
Robert K. Bing
Robert W. Larrow
Mrs Stratton recovers from mild heart attack in New York
In Middlebury AP report Mrs Samuel S Stratton wife of the college president suffered a mild heart attack on January 18. She is to remain at Roosevelt Hospital in New York for two to three weeks. In Winooski James W Myers floated dividing the city into three wards to improve representation. He said current elections are city wide and all council members live west of Main Street with none in the east. Ward division would produce better qualified candidates and closer ties to city areas. He proposed three ward councils plus one at large.
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Middlebury
Samuel S. Stratton
Middlebury College
New York
Winooski
James W. Myers
Myers
Main Street
Pittsfield
Ward 7
Edward S. Harubin
Berkshire Street Railway
Harubin
Harold Gordon
Gordon
Harabin
Berkshire Street Railway Co
City
Chatham District Pushes Lottery Aid and Tax Relief
The Chatham Central School District backs a state lottery plan to fund extra aid and supports a constitutional amendment for state controlled lottery ticket sales. Board President Frederick Popans says current taxes strain real estate and a new revenue source is needed. In Albany, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad ends passenger service on the Albany to Binghamton run after the PSC approves the deficit operation halt, with a mock funeral casket at Albany.
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Albany
Chatham Central School District Board
Charles H. Diefendorf
Joint Legislative Committee On
Chatham Board
Monroe County
Charles Stockmeiser
Frederick Popans
Albany- Binghamton
Delaware and Hudson
Public Service Commission
Record enrollments at North Adams State College rise again
In Berkshire, North Adams State College reports a new second semester attendance record with 100 additional adults registering for evening education courses. Director Dr. Robert V. Hamilton says the total may reach 450, following a prior high of 297 in 1961, with registrations continuing. Williams College earns Danforth Foundation fellowships, ranking sixth with 12 awards, behind Duke Princeton and others.
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North Adams State College
Robert V. Hamilton
Williamstown
Danforth Foundation
Williams College
Foundation
Williams
Yale
Harvard
Notre Dame
Duke
Princeton
College of Wooster
Pittsfield Police chief cites drop in major crime 1962
In his 16th annual report, Chief Thomas H. Calnan says major crime fell 5 percent in 1962 and arrests dropped 9 percent, with car thefts rising to 68 from 51 as owners often left keys in ignition or ignition unlocked.
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Pittsfield
Thomas H. Calnan
Yankee Schoolmarm at 103 Credits Heredity for Longevity
Miss Barbara Thompson, a retired Yankee schoolmarm in Fall River, Massachusetts, will turn 103 tomorrow. She attributes longevity to a hereditary family pattern, noting her mother lived to 82 and her grandmother 95. She remains alert and serene, keeps busy, reads widely, avoids politics, and still uses a bell at her nursing home. She recalls Eisenhower sending birthday wishes at age 100.
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Fall River, Mass
Barbara Thompson
Thompson
Central Congregational Church
Cape Cod
Fall River
Miss Thompson
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Brookline
Mass
Vermont Senators Demand Tax Reform Tied to Cuts
Sen. George D. Aiken says he is at the show me stage on President Kennedy s tax program while Sen. Winston L. Prouty welcomes cuts for all income levels and Rep. Robert T. Stafford praises bundled tax relief but calls for corresponding spending cuts.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
R - Vt
Kennedy
Aiken
Winston L. Prouty
Prouty
Congress
Robert T. Stafford
Vermont
Popular dining room chandelier tops home lighting poll
Chicago bulletin notes the dining room chandelier leads as the most popular fixture in homes per the American Home Lighting Institute survey. The finding highlights preference for classic ceiling lighting in living spaces across households.
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Chicago
UPI
American Home Lighting Institute
Rescue Parties Hunt Crashed B52 Bomber in Maine
Air Force rescue teams searched a snowbound Maine area after a B52 and nine crew vanished on a training flight from Westover Air Force Base. Wreckage was spotted near Elephant Mountain with at least one survivor reported as cold, remote terrain hampered recovery. Westover officials identified Lt. Col. Dante E. Bulli as the only New Englander aboard.
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Maine
Air Force
Here
Elephant Mountain
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Brownsville Junction
Robert Emery
Milo
Dante E. Bulli
Cherry, Ill
South Hadley, Mass
New
Bennington High School January February Activities Schedule
Bennington High School lists activities from January 28 to February 14 including girls and boys basketball games against BCHS MSJ Springfield West Rutland Wind sor Brattleboro away and home, NASSP meeting in Pittsburgh PA, a Valentine Dance, a Band Concert in Bend i gym, and Valentine’s Day events.
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Bennington High
BCHS
MSJ
Springfield
West Rutland
Windsor
Pittsburgh
Valentine
Brattleboro
Bendi Gym
Aiken Claims Kennedy Invited Probing of Bay of Pigs
U S Senator George Aiken says Attorney General Robert Kennedy may aim for secretary of state and that Kennedy’s claim air cover was never planned for the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion invites a new probe. Aiken, on the Foreign Relations Committee, cites Kennedy's remarks and notes air cover was promised to invaders. Barry Goldwater also called for the investigation.
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Kennedy
Aiken
U.S
Thank Fidel Castros Exiles Sail From Cuba On Shirley Sykes
The Shirley Sykes ferry carrying 1,170 Cuban refugees docked at Port Everglades Florida. Many carried only small suitcases as they fled via the ransom ship amid white night blackouts. The Red Cross arranged medical aid and transport by Pan American to Miami.
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Shirley Sykes
United States
Fidel
Red Cross
Shirley Lakes
Port Everglades
Fla
Havana
Castro
American Red Cross
Pan American World Airways
Miami
U.S
Cuba
Florida
Bennington Banner Rates and Delivery Information
The Bennington Banner lists home delivery by carrier and by mail within a 50 mile Vermont radius with three, six, and twelve month rates. Rates are also shown for motor route delivery and distant addresses with adjusted pricing, plus special rates for servicemen.
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Vermont
U.S
Whistler’s Mother Heads to Atlanta Exhibition
The painting Whistler’s Mother will travel to Atlanta for a February 10 opening. The Louvre loan supports French recognition of Atlanta art school efforts and memorials for Atlantans who died in the Orly crash on June 3, 1952.
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Atlanta, Ga
Whistler
Atlanta
Arthur L. Harris
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Louvre
Paris
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