Vermont Man Freed After sane ruling in hospital case
A 32 year old Addison man Bernard Charlebois who spent 14 years at Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury has been judged sane and granted freedom. He killed his mother during an epileptic seizure then fled the hospital in 1964 and was captured in California. Doctors said he has led a normal life, not had a seizure in 10 years and was a model patient. The case was presented in Washington County Court.
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Montpelier
UPS
Addison
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
Bernard Charlebois
State Hospital
Charlebois
Waterbury Hospital
California
George Brooks
Waterbury State Hospital
Washington County
Brooks
Farm baling machine crushes worker in Washington County
Robert J. Alexander 42 died when a baler toppled after the jack slipped as he replaced a flat tire. In Albany, the Court of Appeals upheld state power to limit some books for adults only within a properly drawn statute. Glens Falls and Lake George Opera announce Frances Bible as mezzo-soprano in The Crucible season opener July 23 and performances August 18 20 24 26 with funding from Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music.
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Kingsbury
Robert J. Alexander
Washington County
Alexander
Albany
Court of Appeals
Kenneth B. Keating
Supreme Court
Glens Falls
Frances Bible
New York City Opera
Lake George
Opera Festival Auditorium
Queensbury School
Miss Bible
Elizabeth Proctor
Robert Ward
New York City Center
Arthur Miller
Lake George Opera
Martha Baird Rockefeller
Witnesses jailed for contempt in Berkshire court
In Pittsfield two witnesses George Hamm and Ralph L Welch received 10 day jail terms for contempt after testifying against police reports about Daniel Cusick. Cusick, 36, was sentenced to six months and fined 150 dollars for driving after revocation, driving to endanger and leaving the scene. Judge Frank W Cimini declared both witnesses lied and ordered the contempt sentences. Cusick appealed and was jailed in Berkshire County awaiting 1000 dollar bail.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire
George Hamm
Ralph L. Welch
Daniel Cusick
Cusick
Hamm
Welch
Frank W. Cimini
Berkshire County
Williams hosts six week regional economic development institute
The Economic Institute at Williams in Williamstown opens for six weeks with over 250 university professors, graduate students, and federal, state, and local officials from across the United States. Sponsored by EDA and ORED, both wings of the Commerce Department under Eugene P. Foley. Conceived by Dr. Benjamin Chinitz, deputy to Foley, it marks the first summer institute with broad academic and professional participation to study development problems at local, state, and federal levels.
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Williamstown
United States
Williams College
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Office of Regional Economic Development
ORED
Department of Commerce
Eugene P. Foley
Benjamin Chinitz
Foley
Kennedy Memorial Park dedication tonight in Hyannis
Sen Edward M Kennedy will join local dignitaries to dedicate the John F Kennedy Memorial Park on Lewis Bay. A 12 foot high blue stone monument with bronze plaques and a circular terrace with fountain marks the site, echoing the Kennedy grave.
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Hyannis
Mass
UPI
Lewis Bay
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Memorial Park
Great Island
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Paul Lanza
J. P. Lanza, Inc
Arlington National Cemetery
Congressmen Impressed By War Effort In Vietnam Tour
A 14 member U.S. congressmen delegation touring Viet Nam reports being impressed by the American war effort and some advocate escalating actions against North Vietnam. Rep. Hathaway hints at targeting more military sites north, while Rep. Keith backs current bombing policy.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
William D. Hathaway
D-Maine
Hastings Keith
R-Mass
New York City Ballet Opens at Saratoga Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center hosts a 4 million dollar, 5,100 seat venue with New York City Ballet season opening this week. Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream stars in a July engagement that expands Saratoga’s summer culture and boosts local tourism and lodging demand.
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New York City Ballet
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
George Balanchine
Saratoga
Ballet
Philadelphia Orchestra
State of
New York
Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains
Philadelphia
Supreme Court Rules Naked Lunch Not Obscene
Massachusetts Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that Naked Lunch is hard core pornography. The majority held the novel is not legally obscene though offensive, and sale cannot be barred. Justices in dissent called it literary sewage. Chief Justice Wilmkins did not participate.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Superior
Edward W. Brooke
Paul C. Reardon
Paul G. Kirk
William Burroughs
Raymond S. Wilkins
France to establish National Institute of the Sea at Brest
UNESCO Features reports France will create a National Institute of the Sea at Brest on the Brittany coast. The facility will house about 1,000 researchers students and technicians and operate under UNESCO U.N. auspices in United Nations New York.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
France
National Institute of the Sea
Brest
Brittany
Unesco
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
B and M to End New York Montreal Passenger Service
Boston and Maine Railroad will discontinue its share of passenger service between New York and Montreal starting Sunday. ICC authorized ending the Springfield Mass to White River Junction Vermont segment. The route linked New York, Montreal, CN and New Haven lines. The move jeopardizes Vermont rail service and could force Central Vermont Railway cutbacks. Vermont officials plan an appeal.
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Boston
UPS
Boston & Maine Railroad
B&m
New York
Montreal
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Boston & Maine
Springfield
Mass
White River Junction
New York Central
Delaware and Hudson
Albany
Lake Champlain
Canadian National
Vermont
Central Vermont Railway
Central Vermont
Chester Ketcham
Middlebury
Vermont Public Service Board
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Philip H. Hoff
Public Service Board
New England
Atty
Frederick Fayette
Burlington
Hoff
Faye
Gibboney
Cooley
Harry Cooley
Randolph Center Democrat
Opera
Down In
Economic Institute At
Williams
Lanza
Ann Gargan
Cape Cod
Saratoga Spa
Jim Brady
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Hall of Springs
Vollmer Associates
Boston Symphony
Tanglewood
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Ravinia Park
Manhattan
Sara Leland
Boston Ballet
Massachusetts Court
Nai
Sea Institute
U.S.A
Drysdale’s
Armory
Aus
Channel
FBI
Yankees
Senators
Jerry Lewis
SUN
Simply
Heavenly
Better Tv, Inc
Bennington
Main St. Digl
VFW
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Federal Home Loan Bank
Burlington Savings Bank
North
Ethan Allen
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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