Burlington City Light sales top two million in 1961
Burlington City Light Department reports 1961 sales exceeding 2 million dollars for the first time in Vermont. Supt. Stebbins cites energy sales at 95.7 million kWh, up about eight percent from 1960. In Montpelier Governor Keyser resists Brattleboro groups pushing local option sales taxes to fund education, while the tax department prepares figures on potential revenue by community.
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Burlington
City Light Department
William A. Stebbins
Montpelier
Keyser
Brattleboro
Federal aid for New England airport projects announced
Congress members announced FAA allocations for New England airports including Vermont. Burlington receives 51,145 to acquire land for line of sight, extend apron, and several taxiway and runway improvements near runways 15 and 33.
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Burlington
New England
Federal Aviation Agency
Congress
Vermont
Hepatitis Cases Rise Sharply in Vermont in 1961
Health Department reports a sharp rise in infectious hepatitis in Vermont with 196 cases in 1961, up from 29 in 1960. Dr Linus Leavens notes near epidemic spread in three counties and warns many cases go unreported as the virus continues to spread.
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Burlington
Health Department
Vermont
Linus Leavens
Bureau of Communicable Disease Division
Liquor Store Sales Rise in Vermont First Half
Vermont state liquor stores report a 5 percent sales rise in the first half of the fiscal year with totals at 7.4 million through December 31 1961. Cases of liquor wine and beer sold increased by 6242 while taxes to the general fund rose 3 percent to 714 797.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Liquor Control Board
Department
Vermont auditor urges new fund accounting overhaul
Auditor David V. Anderson challenges the 1961 annual report and calls for a single fund concept for general, highway, and fish and game accounts. Finance Director William Shepard resists, labeling encumbrance changes as radical but plans a tentative July start for encumbrance accounting in his division.
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Montpelier
David V. Anderson
Anderson
Vermont
General Fund
Highway Fund
Fish and Game
William Shepard
Shepard
Hoosick Falls unit forms southern division in Atlanta
Formation of Noble and Wood Southern, Inc. in Atlanta, Ga., a division of Hoosick Falls Corp., announced by Harry N. Weir and William H. Areson. The southern sales and service HQ for stock preparation equipment, board machines and lab sheet machines. Albany Governor Rockefeller to testify before Assembly Ethics Committee on Carlino conflict of interest charges. Public hearings set to begin next Thursday. Troy event features Joseph M. Mitchell guest speaker at Chamber of Commerce banquet February 21 at the Hendrick Hudson Hotel. Mitchell’s 13 point welfare plan provokes praise and criticism, with television feature to follow on WRGB next Sunday night.
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Hoosick Falls
Noble and Wood Southern, Inc
Atlanta
Hoosick Falls Corporation
Harry N. Weir
William H. Areson
Southern
Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Assembly Committee On Ethics
GOP Assembly
Joseph F. Carlino
Carlino
Troy
Joseph M. Mitchell
Newburgh
N.Y
Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce
Hendrick Hudson
Mitchell
WRGB
Volpe Budget Funds North Adams State College Expansion
Gov. John A. Volpe proposes 215000 in the state budget for the first phase of a 10 year 65 million expansion at North Adams State College. Funds cover land purchase and plans for a central power plant to serve a larger campus and curriculum. Construction is planned 1963 to 1967 with boiler plant starting when funds are appropriated.
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North Adams
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
North Adams State College
Pittsfield Job Placements Rise 20 Percent This Year
Edward J. Barry of the state Division of Employment Security reports 1 155 placements this year up from 935 the previous year a 20 percent rise. He cites improved business conditions and stronger cooperation from area employers as the main factors and notes the range includes summer jobs for high school students plus professional and managerial positions. His office offers labor availability information counseling and testing to aid employers and industrial development groups.
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Pittsfield
Edward J. Barry
State Division of Employment Security
Burlington Police Scandal Leaves Mark on Beautiful City
In Burlington Vermont a double police burglary case erupts into a major scandal as two patrolmen plead guilty to burglaries and a wider probe ensues. Within weeks three more officers face theft charges while suspensions rise and public trust erodes in the city on Lake Champlain.
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Burlington
Sear
Lake Champlain
Chicago
Denver
Congo
Peru
Queen City
John R. Adams
John J. Malloy
Powell proposes New England railroads join merger plan
Governor Wesley Powell urged that the Boston and Maine and New Haven be included in any Penn Central merger. He asked six New England states, utilities commissions, the New England Council, and business groups to push the Interstate Commerce Commission for regional consideration.
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Concord
N.H
Wesley Powell
New England
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Powell
New England Governors’ Conference
Vermont
B&m
New York
CBS Analyzes Demise of Los Angeles Papers
CBS News examines the collapse of the Examiner and the Mirror in a CBS Reports episode titled Death in the City Room. The program features interviews with unemployed staffers but lacks authoritative causes as owners refuse to participate. The piece blends media critique with broader concerns for journalism’s future.
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CBS
Los Angeles
NEW York
The
Examiner
the Mirror
Charles Collingwood
Kennedy Defends Officials Labeled Security Risks
President Kennedy publicly defended two State Department officials described as well known security risks by reporter Sarah McClendon. Wieland and Miller were said to assist the Office of Security. the State Department later said they had not been charged or found to be security risks. Both men were reported to meet with Undersecretary Ball and deputy Undersecretary Jones after the conference.
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Washington
Kennedy
State Department
Sarah McClendon
Texas
New England
William Arthur Wieland
J. Clayton Miller
United States
Office of Security
Office of Management
Bureau of Administration
Ing Co
White House
Pierre Salinger
American Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Wieland
Miller
George W. Ball
Roger W. Jones
Administration
Lincoln White
Jones
Farm Bureau Meeting Discusses Legislation Impacts
Wallace addresses Vermont Farm Bureau members from Bennington and nearby counties at Chester Inn. The gathering formed three units for membership, publicity and education, with leaders including Alvan Lawrence, Robert Graf, Leland Beebe, Roger Leach, and Gertrude Hodge. A film on Land Retirement was shown.
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Twleve
Bennington County
Bennington-Rutland- Windham-Windsor
Farm Farm Bureau
Chester Inn
Keith Wallace
Vermont Farm Bureau
Vermont
State Farm Bureau
Alvan Lawrence
Shaftsbury
Robert Graf
Pawlet
Leland Bee
Dorset
Blanchard Stone
Manchester
Grace Smith
Bennington
Architect Tschumi Dies on Train Journey
Jean Tschumi, 57, a renowned European architect, was found dead in his sleeping car on a Paris bound train arriving in Lausanne. Police say he appears to have died of a heart attack while traveling.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Jean Tschumi
Europe
Paris
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Richard D. Bates
McKenzie
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Lakeport
William Dean Howells
N. E
Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
Merv Griffin
Jack Paar
Johnny Carson
ABC
Bob Hope
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Andrew Duggan
Peggy McCay
NBC
Cesare Siepi
Leontyne Price
Federal Communication Commission
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Tschumi
Tri-State Audio, Inc
Union Ave
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Hew
Hampshire
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Frost
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U.S
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