Norwich University appoints Edwin Benjamin Jr as development director
Edwin Benjamin Jr the executive director of the Greater Vermont Association will join Norwich University on August 1 as director of development. President Maj. Gen. E N Harmon announced the 1944 Norwich graduate will lead capital fundraising efforts for the military college while coordinating with the president on goals and timelines.
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Northfield
Edwin Benjamin Jr
Greater Vermont Association
Norwich University
Benjamin
E. N. Harmon
Norwich
Military College
Gen. Harmon
Gibson III seeks re election to Vermont House
Ernest W. Gibson III a Brattleboro attorney and son of U S District Court Judge Ernest W Gibson announces his candidacy for reelection to the Vermont House of Representatives this fall. He was elected in 1961 and has served as clerk of the Judiciary Committee and on the Highway Traffic Committee. Married with a one year old daughter he previously served as Windham County states attorney before his House term.
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Brattleboro
Ernest W. Gibson III
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
House of Representatives
Gibson
Windham County
Montpelier Bank Merger Advances to Chittenden Trust
Stockholders of the First National Bank of Montpelier voted to merge with the Chittenden Trust Co. of Burlington and authorized directors to act under a merger contract dated May 28. The deal awaits approvals from Chittenden stockholders and regulators. A parallel merger with Capital Savings Bank and Trust Co. of Montpelier will join forces with Chittenden, forming a single unit with offices in the Capital Savings building by fall.
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Montpelier
First National Bank of
Capital Savings Bank and Trust Co
Barre Plans 1000 Pupil High School For Barre
A New Hampshire architectural firm presented Barre citizens school study committee with a room assignment plan for a proposed 1000 pupil high school. The plan, based on a 24 pupil classroom size, centers on gymnasium auditorium cafeteria and music rooms with a key goal to provide a gym large enough to seat the entire student body at once, an impossibility at Spaulding High School today.
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Barre
New Hampshire
Citizens School
Citizens Committee
Spaulding High School
Canadians Sentenced for Car Theft Shipment to Vermont
Edmund Cole, 20, of Montreal, and Herbert Hammer, 19, of Toronto, received two year prison terms each after pleading guilty in U S District Court in Braftitleboro. Judge Ernest W Gibson Jr presided.
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Braftitleboro
Vermont
Ernest W. Gibson
Edmund Cole
Montreal
Herbert H. Hammer
Toronto
U.S
Drought Disaster Debate at Rensselaer County Committee
The disaster committee of the Rensselaer County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee meets today to decide if the county should be declared a disaster area due to drought. Manager George Mesick says declaration would follow farmer requests to use soil bank acreage or other reserves. Feed production in the county trails by about 30 percent, and up to 50 percent in the Sand Lake north area.
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Rensselaer County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
George Mesick
Sand Lake
Troy a verdict on Miss Mary D death postponed at conference
A conference of police officials, a hospital pathologist, and the county coroner at Samaritan Hospital postponed a verdict on Miss Mary D. 20 of Delmar whose July 1 death in an abandoned Troy house, with a 27 year old man, prompted inquiry into possible infection. Coroner Raymond B. Miller said no formal report on vital organs analysis had been received.
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Troy
Mary D
Delmar
Samaritan Hospital
Doyle
Raymond
Miller
New York Reports 90 New Plants Built in 1961
Rockefeller's office released a statistical report showing 90 new plants built in New York in 1961 and 735 expansion projects in existing plants. The figures support the governor's claim of accelerated economic growth and respond to Democratic criticism and similar claims from California Governor Edmund G. Brown.
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Albany
Rockefeller
New York State
Edmund G. Brown
California
Former patrolman appeals decision in Civil Service hearing
Down in Berkshire Frank Dudek a former reserve patrolman suspended on multiple charges will hear Civil Service action on his appeal within ten days after a Monday hearing. Adams Cheshire man drives off road injuring Robert Cardandel 28 near Dr Mayo office. Cardandel was unconscious over an hour before Plunkett Memorial Hospital care.
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North Adams
Frank Dudek
Civil Service
Transportation bid dispute over certified check rule
North Adams Berkshire Transportation Co did not include a certified check with its vocational school transport bid arguing a new law requires it. Officials ruled the law not yet in effect and the bid was second lowest, about $500 above John Tietgens local bid.
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North Adams
Village Beautiful drives housing investment in Williamstown
Williamstown reports $238,100 spent on new dwellings this year, rising $79,100 from the same period last year, underscoring the town’s residential growth.
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Williamstown
Venus Antigravity Studies Hint At Spinetic Fields
Scientists and engineers report on gravity like effects from rotating bodies and a concept called spinetic fields. They warn the effects are too small for antigravity devices but may help explain relativity phenomena. Venus probes this summer aim to reveal Venus temperature magnets radiation belts and solar wind data.
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Earth
F. T. Fraser
General Precision, Inc
Pleasantville
N.Y
Einstein
Fraser
Robert Wyckoff
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Astronautics Magazine
Boston U Director Warns of Alienating Foreign Students
Dr. Gustav A. Konitzky, head of Boston University foreign student affairs, says Boston landlords and employers restrict housing and part time work for foreign students. He cautions alienation risks future leaders from Africa and Asia, citing a case where an African student was refused bank work and later became a country’s minister of commerce. He notes a student directs theater in a New Hampshire camp using diverse theater knowledge.
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Boston
Boston University Department of Foreign Student Affairs
Africa
Asia
Gustav A. Konitzky
Dr. Konitzky
Final Tests End Y Pool Classes For Sixty
Ninety nine area youths enrolled in two week Y Pool swimming lessons despite cool mornings. Fifty nine completed the final tests with names listed for Beginners Advanced Beginner and Intermediate levels plus Swimmer classification.
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Ernest Chenaille
Paul Becker
Francis Morrissey
Lynn Sherman
Mary Maloney
Vicki Therriault
Christine Latif
Dawn Rogers
Renelle Bartlett
David Powell
Jerrie Powell
Debbie Taylor
Joyce McIntire
Sally Moore
Barbara McIntire
Diane Hanson
Senate panel backs McCloskey as Ireland envoy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves President Kennedy's nomination of Matthew H McCloskey as ambassador to Ireland by 9 to 4 with Republican dissent. Debate centers on McCloskey's fundraising while under government contract. Justice Department opinion says activities legal.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Matthew H. McClosekey
Ireland
George D. Aiken
Homer E. Capehart
Ind
Frank Carlson
Kan
John J. Williams
Del
Williams
Philadelphia
Senate
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
John Sparkman
Ala
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Russell Long
Albert Gore
Tenn
Frank Church
Idaho
Stuart Symington
Thomas J. Dodd
Conn
Fulbright
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
McCloskey
Justice Department
Nichols May Comedy Team Back On Broadway With A Matter of Position
May Writes New York reports that the Nichols May team resumes Broadway in a revised form. Mike Nichols will take the lead in Elaine May wrote the play as her first Broadway venture with Fred Coe producing and directing the entertainment.
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New York
Mike Nichols
Elaine May
Broadway
Nichols
Miss May
Fred Coe
Negligence Suit Over Death In Rutland Hospital
A Middletown Springs widow sues Rutland City Hospital and a Rutland physician for 150000 dollars claiming negligence in the death of Roy F. Krause. He died at the hospital last September after allegedly drinking from a cup containing a biochloride of mercury solution. State’s Attorney Arthur Crowley found no basis for criminal prosecution.
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Middletown Springs
N. Y
Rutland City
Rutland
U. S. District Court
Roy F. Krause
State
Atty
Arthur Crowley
Krouse
Predict Weather for Girl Scouts Encampment at Button Bay
The National Weather Bureau forecasts mild Button Bay Vermont weather for July 18 to 31. Daily highs in the low 80s, nights near 60, 60 percent sun. A risk of rain or thunderstorms exists with 2 to 4 possible storm days. Lightning protection advised. Winds light from the south.
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Boston
Girl Scouts of America
Button Bay
U.S. Weather Bureau
Wyman Calls for Invasion of Cuba to Oust Castro
Louis C. Wyman a Republican candidate for Congress said Cuba should be invaded to stamp out Communist influence in the Caribbean. He urged immediate force using ships and marines to overthrow Castro and prevent Batista influence from returning. Wyman a former New Hampshire attorney general said he ran for Congress to act rather than merely talk.
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Laconia
N.H
Louis C. Wyman
Congress
Cuba
Caribbean
Wyman
Bastita
New Hampshire
Powell Plans Eleventh Hour Political Announcement
Gov. Wesley Powell hints at a dramatic future decision as the two week filing period for September primaries looms. He declines to comment and misses a weekly TV program amid GOP speculation that he is an undisclosed candidate for governor, while Rep. John Pillsbury challenges his absence as a campaign issue.
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Concord
N.H
Wesley Powell
Powell
John Pillsbury
Manchester
Pillsbury
St. Johnsbury Fears Indigent Influx From Food Program
St. Johnsbury town officials warn the surplus food program could bring an influx of indigents. Town Manager David T. Clark says nearby towns aren’t participating and urges a state residency limit while defending the program’s value and noting limited surplus funds.
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ST. Johnsbury
David T. Clark
Clark
Board of Selectmen
Vermont Department of Social Welfare
Norwich University Installs Central Campus Switchboard
Norwich University introduces a central campus telephone switchboard at Dewey Hall to replace 54 private lines. Northfield Telephone Company crews wired ten trunks and five conference circuits, enabling two digit on campus dialing and call switching to reach the correct office. Miss Elaine Brown oversees the system with 13 years Bell experience and a community profile.
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Northfield
Norwich University
Northfield Telephone Company
Dewey Hall
Norwich
Elaine Brown
Bell Telephone Company
Veterans Administration Board
West Haven
Diane Ruth Robare wedding announced to Robert Dubreuil
NORTH ADAMS Massachusetts Mr and Mrs William Robare of 9 Bliss Street announce the marriage of their daughter Dianne Ruth Robare to Robert Dubreuil son of Mrs Irene Dubreuil of 74 Valley Street Adams and of Raymond Dubreuil of Bennington Vermont
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Robert Dubreuil
North Adams
Mass
William Robare
Bliss St
Dianne Ruth
Irene Dubreuil
Valley St
Adams
Raymond Dubreuil
Bennington
Bennington Banner publication and delivery notice
The Bennington Banner lists its publication details and rates. It notes home delivery by carrier and mail subscription pricing including regional rates for Vermont and nearby counties, with servicemen rates and annual options.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Gil AP
Rensselaer
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N.Y
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