Burlington Sailors Save Peck Family From Drowning
Two Burlington sailors are credited with saving Mr and Mrs Edgar Peck and their sons Thomas and Joel after their 16 foot outboard boat capsized three miles off shore on Lake Champlain. Thomas Wright and Robert Thompson spotted the overturned craft and located the family clinging to life cushions about ninety minutes later.
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Burlington (Ap
Burlington
New York
Lake Champlain
Edgar Peck
Thomas
Joel
Thomas Wright
Robert Thompson
Peck
IACP urges five years to reform Burlington police force
The International Association of Chiefs of Police released an 82 page report after a $4150 study of Burlington’s scandal plagued department. Reorganization would require full cooperation from all departments and heavy energy. Some recommendations have begun, others will be discussed at future Police Commission meetings. The IACP notes a lack of understanding of fundamental management principles.
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Burlington
International Association of Chiefs of Police
IACP
Police Commission
The
Police Association
Puffer Demands Hearing Over Truck Weight Bill Claims
Rep. Erma Puffer of Vernon asks the Highway Investigating Commission to review statements by ex-Commissioner William Poeter on the states truck weight cap. She says the whole truth has not been given and notes the bill raises Vermont limits to levels already in New Hampshire 1955 and Massachusetts 1961.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Puffer
Washington
Belt saves life in Vermont heavy equipment crash
Essex Junction AP reports William Handley a 40 year old Burlington operator of a 50 ton scraper survived a rollover on Vermont 15 after his safety belt suspended him upside down in the cab. Handley credits the belt and says he started wearing one after his mother’s death in a car crash.
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Essex Junction
William Handley
Burlington
Handley
Vermont
Alburg Missile Base Nears Atlas Silo Finish
Additional layoffs were expected at Alburg missile base as Atlas silo work nears completion. Sixty workers were released Friday and only welders hired by the contracting firm were retained.
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Alburg
Alburg Missile Base
New York Receives $49.98 Million in Federal Grants
For the first quarter of fiscal year 1963 starting July 1, New York will get $49,977,512 in federal grants. Joseph B. O Connor, regional director of HEW, announced the totals covering old age assistance medical aid for the aged aid to dependent children and aid to the blind and disabled. The dependent children program accounts for $21,589,925.54. Nationally, federal aid for the quarter reached $591,758,883.
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Troy
State of
New York
Joseph B. O’connor
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Saratoga County Fair Opens With New Attractions
The 121st Saratoga County Fair in Ballston Spa opens with new attractions including go kart racing replacing sulky events. Weather is favorable and attendance is expected to set records. Tomorrow is designated Youth Day.
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Ballston Spa
Moonlight Swim Ends In Albany Tragedy Drowning
Herbert Edwin Delo a 23 year old former State University College student drowned near Six Mile Waterworks also called Rensselaer Lake in Albany early yesterday morning. He and five friends swam from shore at about 4 a.m. He was described as a poor swimmer and disappeared after falling behind on the return trip when he called for help and could not be saved by his companions.
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Albany
Herbert Edwin Delo
State University College
Rensselaer Lake
Berkshire Firm Files Voluntary Petition on Loft Assets
Williamstown report states the former Loft clothing store owner lists assets of 5000 against 130000 in liabilities. Treasurer Monroe England signs the petition as a principal creditor owed 75000. Counsel says the firm remains in business and financially sound.
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Williamstown
Loft
Cole Avenue
Monroe England
Starratts Exchange Pulpits Across Vermont and Massachusetts
In North Adams, the Rev. and Mrs. Howard M. Starratt swapped pulpits with the husband preaching in Stamford Vermont and the wife in Blackinton. A Monroe State Prison Camp escapee, Wayne W. Day, 23, who fled Friday night, surrendered to authorities Saturday morning after an area alarm.
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North Adams
Howard M. Starratt
Stamford
Blackington
Monroe State
Freedom
Wayne W. Day
Girl Scouts Test Language Skills At 50th Anniversary
Girl Scouts at a 50th anniversary roundup welcomed 48 Middlebury College language students and professors who spoke only French Spanish or German to test campers conversational ability. 8500 scouts aged 14 to 17 kept to non English dialogue with meals forum and songs in foreign tongues.
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Stephen A. Freeman
Middlebury College
Guiding Movement
Radiant Balloon Detects Stomach Cancer at Congress
Dr Norman B Ackerman of the University of Minnesota described a radiant balloon technique for diagnosing stomach cancer at the International Cancer Congress in Moscow. A radioactive phosphorus dose marks cancer tissue and a coated balloon inside the stomach records radiation patterns to indicate malignancy.
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Moscow
Norman B. Ackerman
University of Minnesota Medical School
Moscow University
Ackerman
Car Stolen From Officer Found Abandoned Near Lake Hancock
Bennington Village Police report a 1955 Ford sedan owned by Officer Donald Greenslet, 128 Union St, was stolen early Saturday from in front of his house and found abandoned, battered and muddied near the water works camp at Lake Hancock. The pond road is described as generally impassable for cars.
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Bennington Village
Donald Greenslet
Union St
Lake Hancock
Greenslet
David Harrington
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