Scholarship plan grows for late Vermont senator memory
Lt Gov Ralph A Foote announced about 2000 in pledges for a scholarship fund in memory of the late Sen Asa S Bloomer. The effort aims to charter a charitable group to manage Vermont scholarships for boys with a meeting planned and a charter drafted by Sen James L Oakes. The effort follows Bloomer’s death from a heart attack on February 21.
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Middlebury
Ralph A. Foote
Asa S. Bloomer
Rutland
Bloomer
Vermont
Foote
James L. Oakes
R-Windham
Montpelier
Fenway Park
Boston
Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Greater Vermont Association
Philip H. Hoff
Albany considers bond to raze blocks for downtown redevelopment
Albany officials push a 450000 dollar bond to clear a Broadway block opposite Union Station for public projects and a broad redevelopment area bounded by Broadway James Street and nearby buildings. The plan ties to two city planning reports and the phase to eventually abandon Union Station.
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Albany
Common Council
Broadway
Union Station
James Street
Columbia
Steuben Streets
Rapid Park Garage
Hearing on Bratton theater permit postponed to September
Berkshire report says Building Inspector Joseph McCann postponed Bratton Inc. hearing for a North Street motion picture theater at the property to September 19 at the applicants’ request. Flanders and Geissler of Lee Terrace support postponement and seek a permit hearing. In Adams, selectmen consider delaying new federal aid applications for a $2.3 million sewage plant as they await potential $1.15 million grant. A special town meeting previously rejected a matching $1.15 million bond. voters approved pursuing an $80,000 planning grant.
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Williamstown
Joseph McCann
Bratton Inc
North Street
McCann
Courtney W. Flanders
Edward C. Geissler
Lee Terrace
Bratton
Flanders
Geissler
Bowlatorium
Adams — Selectmen
Irving R. Franklin
Area Redevelopment Authority
Massachusetts
Finance Committee
Gibson Seen as PSB Head in Hoff Administration
Ernest W. Gibson II of Brattleboro, Republican legislator and son of a former governor, expected to become chairman of the Public Service Board in Montpelier. He will lead the state purchase negotiation of the Rutland Railway trackage and right of way for sale or lease to railroads. John D. Paterson to remain as consultant.
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Montpelier
Ernest W. Gibson II
Brattleboro
GOP
Hoff
Public Service Board
Gibson
John D. Paterson
Rutland
Paterson
PSB
Ernest W. Gibson
House
Judiciary
Philip P. Savory
Albany
New York Herald Tribune
Boston Police Quiz Woman In Harbor Death
Boston police prepared to question Miss Anna Schumaker after she said an Australian woman, Mrs Norma Rylance of Brisbane, leapt from the cabin aboard the freighter Pioneer Isle into Charleston harbor. The body was found naked and bruised, with drowning listed as the cause. autopsy found no gunshot or alcohol evidence.
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Boston
Charleston
S.C
Anna Schumaker
Norma Rylance
Brisbane
Australia
Rylance
United States Lines
Cauthen
Sidney
Minneapolis
Minn
Peter Rylance
Allegheny Lines Weighs Step In If Northeast Fails
Allegheny Airlines plans to seek authority from the Civil Aeronautics Board to operate Northeast routes north of Washington if Northeast stops flying due to financial troubles. The move would only preserve service, not seize assets, as Northeast faces 26 point eight million dollars in debt and restructuring.
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Allegheny Lines
Northeast
Washington
Allegheny Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
North of Washington
Northeast Airlines
Edwin S. Colodny
Allegheny
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York City
Florida
Electrical Union Strikes GE Plant in Syracuse
About 4,500 members of the International Union of Electrical Workers walked out at General Electric in Syracuse over a local supplement to the national contract. Pickets blocked entry, a traffic jam formed, and two protesters were hospitalized. Union says talks failed after six months with GE offering three proposals.
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Electrical Union
Syracuse
N.Y
International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
Reid L. Shaw
General Electric
IUE
Peace effort on Great Lakes labor dispute eyed by Ottawa
Ottawa studies a judicial critique of Hal Banks as Seafarers International Union of Canada president and weighs a three man trusteeship to govern port unions. Justice Norris described Banks as ruthless and connected to U.S. mob elements, while MacEachen pledges to pursue talks with U S Labor officials to resume peace. A Chicago bound steamer sits idle 83 days amid loaded freight disputes with SIU rivals.
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Ottawa
Allen W. MacEachen
Hal C. Banks
Great Lakes
Banks
Seafarer’s
International Union of Canada
T.G. Norris
British Columbia Court of Appeals
SIU
Canadian Maritime One
Canadian Labor Congress
CMU
Reverend Bloomquist gives 200 orchids for ten years at Pilgrim Lutheran
The Rev. Carl W. Bloomquist distributed 200 orchids, one for each family, at Pilgrim Lutheran church in Warwick Rhode Island to mark his 10th anniversary as pastor. The orchids were flown from Hawaii and accompanied a letter to parishioners thanking them for their support over the decade.
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Raymond Norton
South Hero
Carl S. Gregg
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Robert Prindle
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Edward Keenan
Keenan
St. Lawrence Seaway
International Joint Commission
New York
Troy
Poesteskill
Snow White Laundry
Congress St
Anthony J. DeGiorgio
Sebastiano DeGiorgio
Troy Police and Fire Department
DeGiorgio
Stephen O’rourke
Kenneth
Robert Reiter
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Berkshire
Adams
Boston Police
Grand Union
Empire
New England
CAB
Air Tne
Lewiston-Auburn
Houston
Lawrence
Mass
Newport
National Airlines
General Dynamics Corp
Vickers Armstrong
Hughes Tool Co
TELE
Bennington Banner
Main St
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Panson
Mille Sp
Waterloo
Iowa
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U. S
Norris
Canada
California
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Vermont Bank and Trust Company
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Maliaber
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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London
W. & A. Gilbey, Ltd
Cincinnati
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National Distillers Products Company
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