Planning panel considers parallel Main Street road in Brattleboro
Planning commission authorized Everett Lord-Wood a planning consultant from West Hartford to gauge state highway officials on a new road running west of Main Street from Canal Street to Putney Road. The project aims to ease traffic and alter circulation as part of several development ideas. In Bellows Falls, Judge Albert T. Bolles presided his final Municipal Court session after 20 years of service, thanking officials and residents.
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Brattleboro — Planning Commission
Everett Lord-Wood
West Hartford
Commission
Bellows Falls
Albert T. Bolles
Bolles
Barber urges 21-year ID cards to curb liquor sales
Vermont lawyer Atty F Elliott Barber urged Gov Hoff to require identification cards proving age 21 for all young adults. He proposed higher liquor taxes and noted 40 to 45 percent of sales go to non residents while recreation growth boosted sales in recent years. In Essex Junction, Rotunda endorsed George R. Anderson seeking reelection by saying he will not run again.
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Brattleboro
Atty
Elliott Barber
Hoff
Vermont Liquor Control Board
Barber
Essex Junction
George R. Anderson
Thomas J. Rotunda
Rotunda
Anderson
Colchester man leaps from wagon before train collision
Francis Santerre, 37, of Colchester, jumped from his station wagon seconds before it struck the side of a Central Vermont passenger train on Colchester Depot Road. Santerre was driving west and apparently did not notice the oncoming engine. the car was a total wreck while the locomotive sustained minor damage.
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Colchester
Francis Santerre
Vermont
Essex Junction
St. Albans
Santerre
Colchester Depot Road
Rockefeller blasts JFK era public info policy over Cuba
Gov Nelson Rockefeller accuses the Kennedy administration of withholding the true Cuba situation from the public and warns that keeping facts secret could cause panic. State Senate leader Walter Mahoney accuses federal agents of probing New York for information harmful to the Rockefeller administration. Washington officials deny the charges.
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Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Cuba
New York State Publishers Association
Walter J. Mahoney
Senate
Rockefeller
Washington
Democrat Leader Calls for Impeachment of Rockefeller
Albany Assembly Democratic leader Anthony Travia urged impeaching Gov. Rockefeller during debate on a $42 million deficiency budget. He cited the creation of a private investigator post funded after the session and criticized the governor for appointing Herman Stichman as housing commissioner to head the probe. Travia demanded accountability and challenged the governor to justify his actions.
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Albany — Assembly
Anthony Travia
Rockefeller
Travia
State Commission of Investigation
State Housing
Cmsr
Herman T. Stichman
New York
Pittsfield Council Considers State Survey of Police
The Pittsfield City Council, in informal session by a 10 to 1 vote, urges the state Department of Public Safety to survey the Pittsfield Police Department as urged by the Berkshire County Grand Jury last October. Mayor Haughey and others criticized the handling of the announcement while details surfaced about a break in at Pittsfield Supply Co. involving three officers.
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Pittsfield
State Department of Public Safety
Police Department
Berkshire County Grand Jury
Joseph Scelsi
Donald Butler
Raymond L. Haughey
Asst. Dist. Atty
Clement A. Ferris
Pittsfield Supply Co
North St
Ferris
Thomas Calnan
Haughey to Activate New $2.5 Million Sewage Plant
Mayor Raymond L. Haughey and Sewer Commission Chairman Dwight E. Jones announced the Holmes Rd plant will begin full operation Thursday at 8 AM. Jones expects no major issues as it starts processing domestic wastes once dumped into the Houstonic River east branch at the old pumping station.
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Piisfield
Raymond L. Haughey
Sewer Commission
Dwight E. Jones
Holmes Rd
Jones
Houstonic River East Branch
North Adams Hospital Restores Heat After Boiler Freeze
North Adams Hospital returned to normal after a boiler failure left patients without heat for hours. One boiler failed when fuel oil froze in a line, and the other boiler had a bad coil but is now operational. No patient injuries occurred.
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North Adams
North Adams Hospital
Boy slept in an igloo bedroom in Massachusetts
In Stockbridge Massachusetts 16 year old Robert Chassell slept outdoors in an igloo behind his parents home for five years despite near zero temperatures. The igloo built from snow blocks stands 5 feet high and five and a half feet wide with a four foot tunnel entrance. Robert learned igloo building from his father and plans a larger igloo for guests.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Robert Chassell
Robert
Mrs
Joseph O Chassell
Chassell
Natural History
Chassells
Friction Weld Bond Created at Illinois Engineering
Friction is used at the University of Illinois in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department to weld two metal specimens. The bond produced is as strong as any other weld currently in use.
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Chicago
UPI
University of Illinois
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Hearings Open On Contested Vermont Elections
The Vermont House Committee on State and Court Expenses will hold hearings on two contested races. Rep Grace O Lucier faces challenge over residency in Jay while Clarence H McCandless contest in Windham cites residency issues.
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Middlebury
Whitney School PTG Meets Bennington exhibit and prizes
The Cora B. Whitney School Parent Teacher Group held its monthly meeting at the school. A brief business session preceded a slide program by Lloyd Oppenheimer titled Confusion in Color featuring partial photos of Bennington structures and magnified household items. Prizes for recognizing the most items went to Donald C.
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Cora B. Whitney
Lloyd Oppenheimer
Bennington
Donald C
Vermont GOP Leaders Draft Program Amid Hoff Warnings
Republican leaders in Montpelier met at lunch to plan a state program while Gov. Hoff urges a year long study of Vermont government before major legislation. Hoff warned opponents against deficit financing and urged bipartisan cooperation despite GOP ambitions.
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Hoff
Vermont
GOP
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