Vermont highway taxes rise in 1963 report
The Vermont Petroleum Association reports Vermonters paid 1963 highway taxes totaling 31.4 million dollars with 19.5 million from state levies and 9.3 million from motor fuel taxes. The average per vehicle was 196 dollars versus the national 151 dollars, with a 40 dollar five year rise.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Petroleum Association
Robert E. Garside
The
Petroleum Organization
Garside
VPI
Schenectady janitor roped into fake bank plan loses life savings
Thomas Allen, a 65 year old janitor in Schenectady, was approached by three men in a beige Cadillac who claimed to help move money. He withdrew about 800 dollars and, after being persuaded to stash the cash in a handkerchief, found only torn paper when he checked it later. Police are investigating.
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Schenectady
Thomas Allen
Allen
Resuscitation Saves 15 Month Old In Back Yard Pool
In Lansingburg a grandmother found Bradford Villeneuve floating face down in a portable pool. Richard S. Lewis vaulted the fence after screams and performed mouth to mouth resuscitation. By ambulance arrival the baby was breathing again.
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Lansingburg
Bradford Villeneuve
Cohoes
Charles T. Premo
Richard S. Lewis
Premo Yard
Sarnoff joins Roper Center board at Williams College
Robert W. Sarnoff, chairman and chief executive officer of National Broadcasting Company, is named to the board of directors of the Roper Public Opinion Research Center at Williams College. The center, founded in 1946, processes data from 93 research organizations in 41 countries for scholars worldwide. Firefighters from five communities fought a timberland blaze near Bob's Pond in Clarksburg, stopping the main spread by evening but expecting hot spots until rain arrives. The 35 acre fire, started around 1:30 pm, involved Adams, North Adams, Clarksburg, Readsboro and Stamford units. cause under investigation.
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Williamstown
Robert W. Sarnoff
National Broadcasting Company
Roper Public Opinion Research Center
Williams College
Philip K. Hastings
Roper Center
Clarksburg
Bob’s Pond
Adams
North Adams
Readsboro
Stamford
Bankers Aid Sought In Food Stamp Plan
Social Welfare Commissioner John Wackerman travels to northwest Vermont to enlist bankers aid in distributing federal food stamps. He will petition Franklin La moille and Grand Isle banks to issue stamps based on need, with rollout aimed by Oct. 1.
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Wackerman
Franklin
Lamoille
Grand Isle
Vermont
Wackerman’s Department
Ten Children Implicated In Essex Fire
Ten children have been identified and handed to the Chittenden County state's attorney after a fast moving fire at the Champlain Valley Exposition Grounds grandstand in Essex Junction. Police say the youngsters admitted playing with matches under the grandstand before the blaze destroyed the 6,500 seat structure, which burned in about 15 minutes and followed a rodeo crowd day at the fairgrounds.
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Essex Junction
UPI
Chittenden County
Champlain Valley Exposition Grounds
Fairgrounds
Douglas Fortune
Lloyd Howard
State Fire Marshal’s
Stock Market and Vermont Board News From Bennington Banner
The stock market item notes Peterbrough New Hampshire and R Harold Brown & Sons Cornwall Ontario purchasing nine registered Guernsey cattle from Richard M. Ketchum of Dorset Vermont. The Vermont Fish and Game Board met to screen applicants for the $12,000 a year commissioner post, with Davis not yet replaced and no name released until Gov. Hoff returns and approves. The banner provides contact and subscription details for readers.
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Peterbrough
N.H
R. Harold Brown & Sons
Cornwall
Ontario
Canada
United States
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Hoff
Davis
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Burlington
University of Vermont
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Francis Cain
Youth Corps
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New York
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Hollywood
UPD
Chuck Hicks
Roger Creed
Harlow
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Dorset
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Armco
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Eastman Kodak
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Kennecott Copper
Reynolds Metals
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Eric Lack
Firestone
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Main St. Dial
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