Williams heads corporations unit of hospital campaign
James D Williams plant manager of the Globe Battery Division of Globe Union Inc has accepted chairmanship of the corporations committee for the Putnam Memorial Hospital building fund and has appointed nine other members. The committee will seek contributions to the $1 million building fund from industrial and financial corporations public utilities and other large businesses in the hospital service area including Bennington County and parts of Vermont New York and Massachusetts. The initial organizing meeting was held and a February 8 hospital meeting is planned. Williams notes hospital services protect employee health and corporate citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D.williams
Globe Battery
Globe Union Inc
Putnam Memorial Hospital Building Fund
Eugene V. Clark
Building Fund
Bennington County
Vermont
New York
Masschusetts
Williams
Gerald F. Butler
Morse & Butler Inc
William E. Dailey Jr
William E. Dailey Inc
Shaftsbury
S. Whitney Dickey
Catamount National Bank
North Bennington
Conrad E. Hoffman
Union Carbide Corp
Donald S. Kendall Jr
Mack Molding Co
Arlington
Kelton B. Miller
The
Banner Publishing Corp
Raymond W. Pierce
Burlington arson suspect denies 10 counts in court
Eugene Lovejoy, 30, of Burlington, denied Wednesday he set 10 fires in Burlington over three months. Judge Edward Costello ordered him held without bail at $33,000 after arraignment on first, second and third degree arson charges. He was arrested after a downtown clothing store and apartments building fire that caused about $100,000 in damage and nine other arson counts from October were added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Eugene Lovejoy
Edward Costello
Vermont District Court
Lovejoy
CDA Notes Court St Andrew meeting and events
The Catholic Daughters of America monthly meeting for Court St Andrew will be Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the lounge at John XXIII Institute. A 6 30 p m covered dish supper precedes the 7 30 p m gathering. Plans include a ham and cabbage dinner on Saturday March 18 with entertainment. A film will be shown and tickets are available from court officers. Scholarships are offered to St Joseph the Provider College in Rutland and Trinity College in Burlington. call regent Mrs Anne Cummings for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court St. Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America
John XXIII Institute
Ruth Mulvey
Agatha Krawczyk
Cochairmen
St. Joseph the Provider College
Rutland
Trinity College
Burlington
Anne Cummings
Two NYC officers shot dead while checking parked car
Two New York City patrolmen, Gregory W. Foster 22 and Rocco Laurie 23, were killed in a foot patrol shooting outside a Lower East Side restaurant. Foster died instantly. Laurie died at Bellevue Hospital. Suspects described as three male Negro gunmen fled west, witnesses saw gunfire in the air. Police sought more than a dozen witnesses and issued composites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Lower East Side
Gregory W. Foster
Rocco Laurie
Bellevue Hospital
Foster
Laurie
Harvard scientist questions British smoking study accuracy
Harvard School of Public Health researcher Dr. Carl Seltzer accused Britain's Royal College of Physicians of doctored statistics linking smoking to higher death rates. He argued the analysis omitted the middle data period and failed to consider broader age groups, challenging the study's claim as strongest evidence for quitting smoking reduces death risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
UPI
Harvard
Britain
Royal College of Physicians
Carl C. Seltzer
Harvard School of Public Health
Lancet
England
Royal College
Seltzer
Tobacco Research Council
Richard Doll
Regin
Oxford University
National Life renames governor to its board
Policy owners of National Life Insurance Company re elected Gov. Deane C. Davis Harold D. Hodgkinson of Boston and Prof. Charles M. Williams of Harvard to the board. Davis joined as general counsel in 1940 and led as president for 16 years before chairmanship until 1968. Hodgkinson chairs Wm Filene's Sons executive committee in Boston. Williams, elected in 1967, is George Gund professor at Harvard Business School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
National Life Insurance Company
Deane C. Davis
Harold D. Hodgkinson
Boston
Charles M. Williams
Harvard University
Hodgkinson
National Life’s Directorate
Wm. Filene’s Sons Company
Mallary Hires Riehle To Run Vermont Office
Congressman Richard W. Mallary named Theodore W. Riehle of South Burlington as his full time assistant in Vermont. Riehle will earn 20000 dollars yearly, operate from Montpelier Federal Building, and visit towns statewide. Riehle starts in Room 220, Montpelier, with daily contact planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallary
Riehle
Montpelier
Richard W. Mallary
Theodore W. Riehle
South Burlington
Vermont
Federal
Mallory
Brian Harwood
Waring Partridge
Benjamin W. Partridge
Windham
State Environment Board
Washington
Montpelier Federal Building
Leap Day births get extra spotlight on Vermont ETV
Burlington report says Vermont ETV will dedicate Feb 22 to Leap Day birthdays with guest Horace P. Beck of Middlebury College to discuss Leap Year customs. Profs Brady B. Gilleland of UVM will explain the calendar as callers share childhood Leap Year tales. contact Lyn Jarvis by Feb 14 at Vermont ETV in Winooski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
Horace P. Beck
Middlebury College
Vermont Cracker Barrels
Leap Day
Lyn Jarvis
ETV
Winooski
Brady B. Gilleland
University of Vermont Classics Department
Nixon May Attend Rites for Coolidge Centennial in Vermont
In Montpelier UPI report President Nixon may visit Vermont this summer for centennial ceremonies honoring Calvin Coolidge born in Plymouth Notch in 1872. Russell Merriman, Vermont Republican leader, said talks with the White House involve Gov. Davis and Sen. Edward Janeway about the presidential trip. The anniversary wreath-laying at Coolidge’s gravesite near his Plymouth Notch homestead is the annual observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Richard Nixon
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
Plymouth Notch
Russell Merriman
Republican State Committee
Deane C. Davis
Edward Janeway
Windham County
White House
Coolidge
Apple wine firm expands into Vermont from New Hampshire
White Mountain Vineyards of Belmont New Hampshire the only bonded winery in New England announced expansion into Vermont. Owner John Canepa retired pharmacist says Vermont Liquor Control approved sale of Apple Time natural apple wine. About 10 percent of grape wines will be distributed in Vermont when bottled with Eddy Distributors of Brattleboro handling sales in Windham and Windsor counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
N. H
UPI
White Mountain Vineyards
New Hampshire
New England
Vermont
John Canepa
Vermont Department of Liquor Control
Canepa
Eddy Distributors
Brattleboro
White Mountain
Windham
Windsor
Hitchcock William E Manchester graveside service held
Funeral services for William E Hitchcock of Manchester were conducted at Factory Point Cemetery Manchester Center with Rev. Lester Tufts officiating. Hitchcock died Sunday at Beverly Manor Nursing Home Rutland. Bearers included Frank Eggleston Edward Leary Harold Snow Frank Brophy and Joseph Richard. Burial followed at South Dorset Village Cemetery East Dorset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Hitchcock
Manchester
Factory Point
Manchester Center
Lester Tufts
East Dorset Congregational Church
Mr. Hitchcock
Bertha A. Brophy
East Dorset
Brewster Funeral Home
Frank Eggleston
Edward Leary
Harold Snow
South Dorset
Frank Brophy
Schenectady
N.Y
Joseph Richard
Rutland
Mr. Tufts
South Dorset Village
Vermont handicapped bill called worthless without mandatory education
The Vermont Committee for the Handicapped faulted an education reform bill for dropping a mandatory provision. Gov. Davis urged removal due to burden on districts, shifting responsibility to the state Education Department which would fund most salaries and decide eligibility, while districts reimburse the state. Alan Sylvester noted only 30 percent of Vermont’s 15,000 handicapped children have received basic education in 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
ACLU backs marijuana legalization and handicapped education
The Vermont Civil Liberties Union endorsed a resolution to end criminal sanctions on marijuana use, arguing penalties are harsh for private conduct. It also supported equal access to education for all children, including the handicapped, amid a bill to mandate schooling for Vermont's 15,000 handicapped youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Vermont Civil Liberties Union
Vermont
State road-salt appeal challenged by conservationists
Vermont officials seek dismissal of an appeal by the Southern Vermont Conservation Society and the Vermont Roadside Council over road salting rules. Assistant Attorney General John Ponsetto argued the groups lack standing to appeal the Water Resources Board ruling. The board had allowed the Highway Department to use salt on state roads this winter, a move conservationists say could harm water quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Highway Department
State Water Resources Board
John Ponsetto
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Vermont Roadside Council
Water Resources Department
The
Highway Department
Bennington Senator to push medical review boards for abortions
Republican Sen. T. Garry Buckley will introduce legislation to create a medical review board in each Vermont county to certify abortions. The board would include two physicians and an attorney per county. doctors could perform abortions within a set period once certified.
Zoning Board grants six month MOBY permit in Troy
In Troy the Zoning Board of Appeals issued a six month temporary permit to Motivation of Young Blacks MOBY a youth group run by RPI parents teachers and students. The permit covers areas near Seventh Avenue Hoosick Street as North-South Arterial work starts this fall and renovates an old laundry. In Albany City Judge Harold Segal orders eviction notices for rent striking tenants in a dispute with Albany Public Housing Authority over security and maintenance. The strike began in the Robert E Whalen Project and spread to John Boyd Thatcher Homes with nearly $7000 in withheld rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Zoning Board of Appeals
Troy Planning Commission
Motivation of Young Blacks
MOBY
Seventh Avenue-Hoosick Street
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Albany
Harold Segal
Albany Public Housing Authority
Robert E. Whalen
John Boyd Thatcher
Pittsfield Seizes Koscot Books In Mass Action
Attorney General Quinn announced the seizing in Pittsfield of Koscot Interplanetary Inc. sales office books under a court order halting the MLM firm from doing business in Massachusetts. Turner, described as a multimillionaire, had financed Capt. Medina's defense in the My Lai court martial. A 24 hour guard was placed on the offices and Pittsfield serves as the regional distribution center for Koscot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Robert H. Quinn
Koscot Interplanetary Inc
Glenn W. Turner
Koscot
Masschusetts
Turner
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
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Dodge Industries Inc
Hoosick Falls
Wilbur C. Rice
Flomatic Corp
North Hoosick
Hiram G. Savage
Greater Bennington
Clark
Jim Williams
Hospital
Globe Union
Medford
Mass
Grandview St
Thomas
Mt. Anthony High School
David
Washington Street
James D. Williams
BIG
Berkshires
Mullen Mayflower
New York City
Mullen
Mayflower
Free
North Adams
Adams
Te Grand Arcon Bre
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union Empire
ARVIN
MY Auto Stores Inc
Main ST
Dial
Bennington, VT
Nyc
East Fifth Street
Robert Daley
Harvard Scientist
Northeastern
Northeastern University
New York University
National Life
Grants Bradford
Town & Country
Gianase
Nixon
Apple
Beverly Manor
Tuttle
Bennington
Progressive Building Supply
Depot Street
Aclu Against ‘Crime’ of Pot
U.S. Agriculture Department
Down In
Berkshire
Cosmetic Firm
Francis Sanginetti
Mary L. Murphy
Department of Parks and Recreation
Murphy
Hoosac Tunnel
North Adams Regional Hospital
Florida
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