Auditor questions alleged lease irregularities at St Albans Bay
Vermont Auditor David V. Anderson questioned irregularities in the lease terms for the state boat docking facility at St Albans Bay. He could not find a formal lease with last year's concession operator John Finn and noted poorly prepared sales accounts and inconsistencies in receipts versus state revenues. Forests and Parks Commissioner Perry H. Merrill acknowledged no formal arrangement existed but planned to sign one for this season.
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Montpelier
David V. Anderson
St. Albans Bay
Anderson
Forests and Parks Department
John Finn
Franklin County
Forests and Parks
Perry H. Merrill
Finn
Rutland Railway President Seeks ICC Abandonment Win
Rutland Railway president William I. Ginsburg expresses confidence the Interstate Commerce Commission will rule favorably on the line's abandonment petition. The ICC decision is anticipated later this month after hearings in Rutland and Malone, N.Y., conducted in March and early April.
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Rutland
William I. Ginsburg
Rutland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Malone
N.Y
Three Vermont Republicans seek re election Trio dubbed Triple A team
State Treasurer George H. Amidon Auditor of Accounts David V. Anderson and Secretary of State Howard E. Armstrong announced plans to run again in the GOP primary. Amidon pursues an eighth term as commissioner of taxes Anderson seeks a twelfth term as auditor and Armstrong an eighth term after service as House clerk and commissioner of industrial relations.
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Montpelier
George H. Amidon
David V. Anderson
Howard E. Armstrong
GOP
Amidon
Anderson
Armstrong
House
Vermont federation wins $200 for high club participation
The Vermont Federation of Women's Clubs received a $200 award for 96 percent member-club participation in the Sears Roebuck Foundation national community improvement contest. At the federation convention, Wells River Study Club earned $100 for a youth traffic safety project, East Calais Women's Club won a $50 street-lighting award, and junior clubs received council department honors.
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Washington
Vermont Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sears Roebuck Foundation
General Federation
U.S
Wells River Study Club
East Calais
Council of International Club Department
Vermont Denied Reverse Freedom Ride Plan by Council Leader
New Orleans segregationist chief George Singlemann says his Citizens Council would dispatch a busload of Negroes to Vermont only after receiving an official letter with names and proposed destinations. He reports no residents have shown interest in relocating to Vermont. Governor Wesley Powell plans a welcome in New Hampshire for an anticipated reverse freedom ride, reportedly at the request of a Concord official.
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ST. Johnsbury
New Orleans
Vermont
Green Mountain
George Singlemann
Citizens Council of Greater
Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
Concord
Seven Die In Vermont Auto Crashes In One Month
Vermont reports seven deaths in auto accidents during the last month per the Department of Public Safety. Several more people were hospitalized in critical condition, raising the six month toll to 40 fatalities, eight more than the same period in 1961.
Escapee Faces Felony Charges in Brattleboro Case
David Jerek 19, a Massachusetts jail escapee, pleaded guilty to four felonies at Brattleboro Municipal Court. A presentencing investigation was ordered. He was captured in a police ambush outside Brattleboro Friday and returned to jail on $2000 bond. Warrants allege two counts of breaking and entering and two of grand larceny of a car. A fifth charge theft of a safe from a Brattleboro market was dropped.
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Brattleboro
David Jerek
Massachusetts
Jerek
Brattleboro Rriday
Albany moves to close Norton Street for Ritz site office project
Albany officials close Norton Street to prepare for an eight story office building costing about 1 million dollars. The site sits opposite the boundary of the state's proposed 98 acre South Mall project near the Ritz Theater and Wander Building site.
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Albany
City of
Norton Street
Ritz Theater
Wander
Firecracker Attack at Saratoga Casino Injures Woman
Mrs Neva Sawyer 37 suffered arm cuts and fainted when a firecracker was tossed through a window at Congress Park Casino in Saratoga Springs during a Greenwich Central School Alumni reunion. Her husband David was treated for shock as police vowed to catch those responsible.
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Saratoga Springs
Neva Sawyer
Congress Park
Greenwich Central School
David
Sawyer
Robert F. Flanagan
Berkshire debutante Diana Sprague presented in Vienna ball
Miss Diana B. Sprague daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert C Sprague Jr was presented at the Ball of the Silver Rose in Vienna Austria The debutante event is sponsored by the American Debutante Ball committee She had a January presentation at the Waldorf Astoria in New York She is Emma Willard School alumna and attends Mount Holyoke College.
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Williamstown
Diana B. Sprague
Robert C. Sprague Jr
Schwarzenberg Palace
Vienna
Austria
Waldorf Astoria
New York
Emma Willard School
Mount Holyoke College
Adams Planning Board Seeks Town Meeting Action on Washouts
After inspecting Woods Drive Tower Avenue and Leonard Street planners recommend homeowners petition selectmen for Town Meeting action. The area was reviewed during a renewed Adams subdivision study that was previously turned down last year.
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Adams
Planning Board
Woods Drive
Tower Avenue
Leonard Street
Utah on A Bike Trek From Williamstown Boy
A 13 year old Williamstown boy Robert Ouelette begun a bicycle trek to meet a friend now in Sunset Utah. He rode toward Troy New York when a flat tire occurred but he continues the long journey. His friend Dean Milliman is reported riding through the Midwest.
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Williamstown
Robert Ouelette
Sunset
Utah
Troy
N.Y
Dean Milliman
Midwest
Central Vermont Ready for 3000 Girl Scouts Round-Up Trains
Central Vermont Railway mobilizes crews and equipment to move more than 3,000 Girl Scouts to Button Bay for the International Round-Up. Trains originate from Atlanta Denver Los Angeles Seattle and Vancouver with Essex Junction as the transfer point July 18 19. Coordinated by Walter Regan Jim Bashaw and Supt Moraili with General Manager Hutchinson the operation involves cross country routes and Canada via Montreal and Toronto. Buses will shuttle scouts to Button Bay camp and return movement runs July 30 and 31 with storage in St. Albans and Montreal.
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Central Vermont Railway
New England
Essex Junction
Button Bay
Lake Champlain
United States
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Vermont
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New Orleans
Los Angeles
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British Columbia
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Green Mountain
Robert Thompson
Vermont Transit Company
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Grand Trunk Western
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Southern Railway
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Great Northern
Hutchinson
New York Festival Arts Free Shows and Aqua Carnival Return
New York City hosts the seventh season of the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park with three free productions led by George C Scott and Nan Martin. The Aqua Carnival opens at the Coliseum in Columbus Circle with two daily shows and ticket prices from 2.90 to 3.95, while Jones Beach Marine Theater offers Paradise Island with Arthur Treacher and others through Labor Day.
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UPI
Manhattan
New York Coliseum
Columbus Circle
Flushing Meadows
Long Island
John McKnight
Coliseum
Aqua Carnival
Gene Rayburn
Jones Beach Marine Theater
Paradise Island
Arthur Treacher
William Gaxton
Honey Sanders
South Seas
Hawaii
Newport Jazz Festival Rises Again After 1960 Riot
Impresario George Wein leads a revival plan for the Newport Jazz Festival set for July 6 7 and 8 with strong police protection and improved logistics. Wein notes lessons from the riot and contrasts a failed 1962 Music at Newport event with renewed confidence in a focused jazz program.
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Newport
George Wein
Wein
44 Seat Gain By GOP Seen By Mrs Bailey
SOUTH BURLINGTON VT AP Republican National Committeewoman Consuelo Bailey predicts the GOP will gain 44 seats in November to win control of the House. She met with former President Eisenhower and 100 Republican leaders and said the party shows genuine optimism. Democrats worry over finances and fiscal policy under the Kennedy administration. Bailey does not view New Hampshire Governor Wesley Powell as a serious presidential candidate at this time.
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South Burlington
Republican National
Kennedy
Bailey
New Hampshire
Wesley Powell
Children Victims Of Fire In Maine
A two story house fire in Houston Maine killed two children ages 5 and 7, injured three others, including William Erickson who was hospitalized with undetermined injuries. A fireman and a bystander suffered cuts while trying to help. Names of the children were not immediately released.
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Maine
Houston
William Erickson
Erickson
Extradition Sought for Parole Violator Thompson
Lee Crawford Thompson, 37, of Braintree Massachusetts, is to be extradited to New York State this week on a parole violation. He was arraigned on a fugitive warrant after admitting he was sought for issuing a bogus check and is held on 25000 dollars bail.
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Burlington, VI
Lee Crawford Thompson
Braintree
Mass
New York State
Thompson
New York
Male nurses rise in hospitals across the United States
New York report notes 5000 to 6000 male nurses nationwide with about 300 more entering the field each year. Dorothy Ducas says a third of nursing schools now accept men and urges young men to pursue nursing, highlighting roles in male patient care, psychiatric nursing, rehabilitation and hospital administration.
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New York
UPI
Dorothy Ducas
Modern Nursing
Walck Inc
Litter Conscious Holiday Urged On Vermont Travelers
Vermont residents and out-of-state travelers were urged to be litter conscious before the July 4th holiday. A Keep Vermont Beautiful spokesman cited a $270,000 annual cleanup cost and outlined four rules: carry a litter bag, empty it into travel barrels, set a good example for children, and place wrappers in designated barrels.
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Montpelier
KVB
Vermont
Linda Gleason seeks equal billing with father on stage
Linda Gleason, 20 daughter of Jackie Gleason, aims for equal billing after proving herself on stage. She stars in Arsenic and Old Lace at St Michael's Playhouse while studying drama at Catholic University and touring with The Players.
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Linda
Jackie Gleason
Winooski
Linda Gleason
St. Michael’s Playhouse
Jackie Soar
Catholic University
Washington
The
Players
Gilbert V. Hartke
London
Hansel and Gretel
Nbc—Tv
Sam Levenson
Hearings on Dams Scheduled in Vermont Towns
The Department of Water Resources scheduled hearings in Wells and Brattleboro to consider three dam construction projects. W. B. Franklin & Sons seeks to build an earthfill dam in Brattleboro and Harry Wooddell seeks two earthfill dams on Coy Brook in Wells. Hearings set for July 12.
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Monpelier, Vt
Department of Water Resources
Wells and
Brattleboro
W. B. Franklin & Sons
Harry Wooddell
Coy Brook
Wells
Vermont industry reports no fatalities in June 1962
Vermont industries had zero fatalities in June 1962, keeping a six month total at five injuries and none fatal. The Department of Industrial Relations also logged 1,120 non fatal accidents for June, up 40 from the previous year, with 5,542 non fatal incidents for the first half of 1962, 699 more than a year earlier.
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Montpelier
Vermont Industries
Department of Industrial Relations
Burlington promotes sergeant to lieutenant in police reorg
Burlington officials implement police department reforms with Detective Sgt. Robert G. Abare elevated to lieutenant and placed in charge of the detective bureau. Mayor Robert K. Bingy announced the move as part of anticipated reorganizational proposals expected this week from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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Burlington, Vt
Burlington
Robert K. Bing
Robert G. Abare
International Association of Chiefs of Police
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