Vermont Officials Announce Key State Appointments
Gov. Hoff confirms James Hunt as new banking and insurance commissioner, moving from deputy treasurer. Education Commissioner post to be filled by state Education Board with a nomination due to Hoff this week. Eleven mechanics strike at State Equipment Co. for union recognition halting production. Secretary Cooley outlines special election dates with Aug 1 transfer deadline, Oct 19 primary, and Nov 23 general.
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State Equipment Co. Inc
Bob Clark
Burlington
International Union of Operating Engineers
Tragic 4 Year Old Killed By Truck On Whitcomb Bridge
Four year old Robert Lee Graw, son of Mr and Mrs Girard Graw, died at Mary Fletcher Hospital after being struck by a Brik-Crete Inc. truck on the Whitcomb Bridge in Burlington. The vehicle was driven by Charles Belval, 53, of Essex Junction. The Vermont highway death toll rises to 86.
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UPI
Vermont
Robert Lee Graw
Girard Graw
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Whitcomb Bridge
Brik-Crete Inc
Charles Belval
Essex Junction
Porter man killed by birch bolt truck topple
Porter Maine resident Terry Munroe, 51, died when a Draper Corp truck toppled after birch bolts shifted during unloading. Authorities say two tiers of birch on the trailer caused the accident on Monday.
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Beebe River
UPI
Porter
Maine
Terry Munroe
Draper Corp
Tragic cord accident ends Troy two year old life
In Troy New York a two year old boy David Hansbury died after chewing an extension cord from a portable air conditioner. The cord was unplugged from the unit but connected to a wall outlet. The mother Mrs Donald Hansbury found him on the living room floor and he was pronounced dead on arrival at St Marys Hospital. In Albany Schine Enterprises Inc valued at 150 million dollars was bought by Lawrence A Wien and Harry B Helmsley. They own 12 hotels 62 motion picture theaters WPTR radio station Ten Eyck Hotel and the Empire State Building among other assets.
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David Hansbury
Donald Hansbury
St. Mary’s Hospital
Albany
Schine Enterprises, Inc
New York City
Schine
WPTR
Ten Eyck
Lawrence A. Wien
Harry B. Helmsley
Empire State Building
Nine counties propose five year cloud seeding plan
Representatives from nine area counties met to propose a five year cloud seeding program over 10 drought plagued counties with an initial cost of 50 000 dollars. If approved, seeding could not begin before next spring, says Prof. Ray Falconer of Albany State University. Falconer notes that while cloud seeding is not statistically proven beneficial, past experience suggests it can yield above normal rainfall if properly conducted.
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Ray Falconer
Albany State University
Falconer
Lenox Hotel Closed by Berkshire Health Board
The Lenox Hotel in Lenox was evacuated and shut down by the Berkshire Health Board. The Pioneer Credit Corp of Great Barrington owns the building. Cited issues include faulty wiring unsanitary conditions blocked exits waste handling and deteriorating walls and ceilings. Originally the Mahanna Hotel it barely met standards last year and has since ignored orders to improve. The facility has housed Tanglewood students in summer.
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Great Barrington
Health Board
Mahanna Hotel
Tanglewood
Drought Ends as July Rain Surges in Northern Berkshire
North Adams records 2.94 inches of rain over a wet weekend boosting July totals above normal while June remained near typical. In Pittsfield a $5.6 million high school building was proposed by educational consultant John E. Marshall for 520 vocational and 905 academic students, totaling about 1 425.
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Berkshire
Pittsfield
John E. Marshall
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High School Building Commission
Marshall
Senate probes cite IRS harassment linked to personal crises
Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearings reveal allegations that personal crises among individuals arose from IRS harassment. Boston industrialist John J. Wheeler of Lynn Corp. testifies, claiming harassment and details about deaths of a physician and a dentist who died by suicide after tax agent questioning. An IRS agent testifies about training in bugging and snooping and skills in eavesdropping and lock picking.
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Senate Judiciary
Boston
John J. Wheeler
Lynn Corp
Wheeler
Subcommittee
Treasury Department
Cop Loses Ear To Horse In Feeding Incident
CHESHUNT England A police constable Ron Eyres 31 lost an ear while feeding a horse named Joe Boy near his home with his two children. Eyres bent for a bread crumb and the horse bit off his ear owner John Wallis rag dealer said the horse has never bitten before. Eyres called it an unfortunate accident and was treated in hospital.
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England
UPI
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Joe Boy
Eyres
Champ
John Wallis
Wallis
Mayor Rejects Pressure as Springfield RFP Faces Protest
About 150 Negroes marched on City Hall in Springfield demanding suspension of seven or eight policemen over alleged brutality in arrests following a Saturday barroom brawl. Mayor Charles V. Ryan refused to act without a hearing and an FBI inquiry confirmed. He pledged an immediate investigation and planned meetings with civil rights leaders to outline steps.
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UPI
Charles V. Ryan
City Hall
Ryan
Charles Cobb
Negro Ministers’ Council
FBI
Estranged Couple's Children Killed in Queens Incident
In New York Queens, Alice Crimmins and her estranged husband Edmund Crimmins faced a grisly ordeal as their two young children, 4 year old Alice and 5 year old Edmund Jr., were found murdered after an apparent abduction. Authorities listed death as asphyxiation, with the parents reconciling during the aftermath. Meanwhile a separate city meeting followed a Saturday arrest of 18 people after a near riot at an Octagon Lounge, with calls for police reform, civilian review, and better training amid intergroup tensions.
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Edmund Jr
Mrs. Crim
Alice
Crimmins
Edmund
Rochester
N.Y
Cobb
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Octagon
Henry Weissman
Lester Williams
Williams
Weissman
Wesson Memorial Hospital
Walter English
Ryan
White House Parley On Schools Opens
More than 650 educators from across the country opened a White House conference to discuss school problems with a focus on race. Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Celebrezze and U.S. Education Commissioner Keppel spoke as Johnson called the meeting to pool ideas on learning. A Harvard psychologist warned that de facto racial segregation in northern schools is spreading to the South as housing patterns reinforce neighborhood segregation.
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Health, Education and Welfare
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U.S
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Johnson
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Harvard
Thomas F. Pettigrew
Supreme
Clyde Beatty Dies at 62 in California
Clyde Beatty, famous for adventure films and jungle portrayals, died of esophageal cancer at Memorial Community Hospital in Ventura at age 62. Services were planned for Thursday morning, ending a chapter of mid century American escapism and imagination.
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UPI
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Clyde Beatty
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India
South America
Beatty
Memorial Community Hospital
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