Stock Market Opens Easier With Mixed Advances
New York stocks opened mildly lower in moderately active trading as autos and electronics weakened while some metals and defense issues showed slight gains. Chrysler rose to 43, American Motors edged to 11 1/2, Ford fell to 50 34, Eastman Kodak slipped to 83 54, IBM eased to 46 6, RCA to 33 14, Boeing up to 73 1/2, Lockheed at 49 1/4, and General Motors weakened to 94 1/2 on light volume amid broader market volatility.
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Kidnap Trial Begins For Boston Man In Vermont Case
In Burlington UPI reports the prosecution aims to start its case today against Robert Barr 22 of Dorchester Boston on charges of kidnapping and conspiring to rob The Country Store in Winooski. Jury seating wraps up, with Barr alleged to have abducted Ruth Clark 31 housekeeper for Merle Wood and conspired with three other Greater Boston men to commit the May 22 attempted robbery.
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Hardwick man named first deputy commissioner
Paul Philbrook a 33 year old Hardwick resident and seven year Social Welfare Department employee was appointed Tuesday as the department's first deputy commissioner. He previously served as a case worker and policy and procedure consultant making history for the department.
New Banking Commissioner Sworn In In Vermont
James H. Hunt of Montpelier was sworn in by Gov. Philip H. Hoff as the new commissioner of the Vermont Banking and Insurance Commission. The 32 year old former deputy state treasurer replaces Robert Cummings of Bennington in the $11,500 a year post, Hoff had confirmed Hunt’s appointment the previous day.
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Robert Cummings
Bennington
Food stamp rollout eyed for Vermont counties
Social Welfare Commissioner John Wackerman said nearly 9,000 people in Franklin, Grand Isle and Lamoille counties will use food stamps, with 2,000 to 3,000 families to receive stamps in October. The program, run by the U S Department of Agriculture, targets current welfare recipients and those with low income, and will replace surplus commodities in the three counties.
Trapp Family Heads for Festival in Stowe and Nebraska Valley
The Austrian Trapp family, longtime leaders of a Stowe music camp for 14 seasons, will perform in Nebraska Valley on Aug. 4 as part of a week-long festival starting July 31 to honor Mrs. Maria Trapp and her family.
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Rockefeller Signs to Raise Housing Agency Borrowing
Gov Rockefeller signed a measure boosting the New York State Housing Finance Agency borrowing limit from 1 billion to 1.5 billion to support the middle income housing program. The agency, created in 1961 to channel private funds, would redeem bonds from project rents and charges, with no cost to taxpayers.
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Boy Dies After Fall On Broken Soda Bottle
An eight-year-old Cohoes boy, Matthew Scottray, died from injuries after he fell on a broken soda bottle while playing with friends. The bottle penetrated his stomach, he was taken to Cohoes Memorial Hospital where open heart surgery was performed before he died ten hours later.
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Mechanicville Children Seek Funds For Civil War Hero Monument
Three Mechanicville elementary students Karen Phillips Jo Ann Carp and Rusty Esposito have raised 135 toward repairing the aging monument to Col Elmer E Ellsworth the Civil War hero and first Union officer killed in the war. They display collection boxes at city businesses and seek aid from Washington and local government units while receiving commendations for their drive. Ellsworth once mentored the town's drillmaster who was a protégé of Abraham Lincoln.
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Karen Phillips
Jo Ann Carp
Rusty Esposito
Washington
Elmer E. Ellsworth
Abraham Lincoln
Dalton strike at E.D. Jones plant nears end
Berkshire report notes UK Local 212 members to meet Thursday morning after a 15 hour negotiation session Tuesday night. The union negotiating committee will recommend a proposed settlement of the strike issues. The Dalton plant strike is the first in the town's history.
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Search for missing son of Monterey treasurer ends
The 19 year old Theodore M French son of the Monterey town treasurer was presumed drowned after a weekend disappearance in Steadmans Pond authorities ended the search Tuesday. Dynamite attempts to reach the body failed while divers reported a maze of underwater caves and numerous hazards in the pond. French was an honor student at Wheaton College and friends say he was an excellent swimmer. His paddleboat and glasses were found near the marsh after he did not return for lunch at the New England Keswick Camp Bible School.
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Steadman’s Pond
Theodore M. French
Wheaton, Ill
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Keswick Camp Pible School
Vermont probe into milk transport costs announced
Vermont Attorney General's office will investigate the liability of milk producers and handlers for transportation costs. Gov Hoff ordered the inquiry after Barre farmers Victor Cano and Philip Paquet petitioned the county prosecutor to examine potential Vermont law violations. Paquet notes many farmers have called about forming a union, which could be a national first.
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Washington County
John Berasconi
Victor Cano
Philip Paquet
Bernasconi
Vermont
Woman tosses handbag. purse hooked on passing car aerial
Traveling Bay Honiton England police search for the car that caught a handbag tossed by a wife to her husband across a busy street. The bag became snagged on a radio aerial, and officers continue the hunt for both the vehicle and the purse.
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