Drowning in Missisquoi River Claims Swanton Man
Rescue teams recovered 24 year old Lloyd Rhinehart of Swanton after he and a companion fell from a motor boat into the Missisquoi River near Highgate Saturday night. The companion Lawrence LaFrance 26 of Highgate Springs non swimmer survived with help from Edward Guyer of Pittsfield Mass. Autopsy requested by State Police Sgt Henry Vautier.
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Vermont Legion opposes National Guard cutbacks and seeks tax relief
The Vermont American Legion at its annual convention urged the General Assembly to oppose reductions in National Guard units. It also called for corrective legislation to fix inequities in a 1961 veterans bill, arguing the 1961 law, to be amended by Gov Keyser, imposes real estate tax burdens on widows and orphans of veterans.
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Vermont Official Admits Involvement in Press Release Suppression
Burlington AP reports Highway Commissioner Russell A Holden acknowledged his role in suppressing a press release opposing a bill raising truck weight limits. Holden said delaying the release was to avoid antagonizing a legislature already poised to pass the measure. Poeter earlier testified Gov Keyser and the Highway Board conspired to kill the release.
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Russell A. Holden
Holden
William A. Poeter
Keyser
Highway Board
Poeter
Peeter
Vermont
Hoff seeks post primary debates with Gov Keyser in Vermont
Rep Philip Hoff of Burlington urges the Vermont League of Women Voters to organize a series of post primary debates with Gov Keyser. Hoff, likely Democratic nominee, says Keyser aims to lower the campaign’s level and questions if the governor feels above criticism, referencing past officials Poeter and Birmingham.
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Philip Hoff
Vermont League of Women Voters
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Hoff
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Poeter
Birmingham
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Savory Resigns to Join Vermont Democratic Party
Philip P. Savory 32, longtime Vermont Morning Press Bureau chief, resigns after three years to join the state Democratic Party as advisor and speechwriter for the Democratic State Committee. Formerly with The Bennington Banner, he is Atchison Kansas native and Georgetown graduate, set to start August 1.
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Philip P. Savory
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Democratic Party
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Bennington Banner
State House News Post
Atchinson
Kan
Georgetown
Democratic State Committee
Maine deputy assault suspect held for extradition in Vermont
Roy Abbott 24 of Kittery Maine was trapped by a New England manhunt and arrested in St Johnsbury while entering a store for new work. A rifle found in a local rooming house ties to the alleged assault on the Maine deputy sheriff and extradition was set to begin.
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Residents Seek Sanitary Sewer in Arnold Avenue District
In Colonie residents push a formal petition to install a sanitary sewer system in the Arnold Avenue district. Mrs. John Bunce champions the plan saying support appears to be unanimous as signatures from at least 51 percent of residents and property owners are needed. Albany notes Frederick P. Young resigns as director of standards and purchases without a successor named due to ill health after serving since last August. he previously worked at Western Electric.
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Miller urges self-reliance on aid during Saratoga rally
Robert H. Miller, Republican candidate for state comptroller, told a Kaydcross Park audience that recipients should avoid relying on aid, saying help comes from taxpayers and every April 15 triggers an expense from both state and federal pockets. The talk was part of a picnic hosted by the county Republican Club.
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Rhinoceros breaks Williamstown summer theater gross record
Down Berkshire notes Williamstown summer theater hits a new gross record with 10 performances, up 16 percent on Auntie Mame. Robert T. Mathews, business manager, cites the play, rave reviews, and group discounts as key factors.
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North Adams to Partner on Gypsy Moth Control Plan
City and state leaders join Mayor Francis Florini in a coordinated effort to curb gypsy moth defoliation in the Broad Brook Reservoir watershed area around Pownal Vermont. Officials from New York and Vermont will participate in aerial control efforts next spring to prevent spread into Williamstown North Adams and Adams.
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Break-in at Porter Street Steals Shells and Whiskey
Three boxes of .22 shells and a fist of whiskey were stolen from 60 Porter Street in a Sunday break in police report. A security chain was forced.
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Porter St
Vermont Senate reapportionment battle heats in court
Chittenden and Rutland counties press a Vermont Supreme Court challenge arguing Judge Harold Sylvester overstepped by ordering how the state Senate should be reapportioned The dispute could force a summer session to resolve the constitutionally mandated redistricting and potentially delay ballots this year.
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Harold C. Sylvester
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Rutland
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Vermont NHA Opposes Medical Bill in State Meeting
The Vermont Nursing Home Association voiced opposition to the King-Anderson medical care bill and the Anderson-Javitts amendment to Social Security at its monthly meeting in Middlebury. Gerty Page of the Vermont Medical Society warned the federal program could expand to all sick people, while Social Security payments remain cash-based. Only Vermont facilities affiliated with hospitals would qualify under the Javitts amendment, limiting participation.
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Javitt
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American Nursing Home Association
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David J. Alexander
Bennington
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New healing substance Bio-Dyne, from a world famous research institute, allegedly shrinks hemorrhoids, relieves itching and pain without surgery. Preparation H suppositories and ointment are now available at drug counters.
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Specter
Major Crime Rise in Vermont Reflects Regional Increase
The Justice Department reports a 14.1 percent rise in major crime across New England in 1961 from 1960, higher than the 3.4 percent national increase. Vermont offenses grew from 2115 to 2280, with Massachusetts and Connecticut also showing sizable gains.
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