Vermont Teachers See High Loss to Out‑of‑State Jobs
Education Commissioner A John Holden said 23 percent of teachers who left Vermont public schools last year did so for jobs in other states. He added that departures for other positions, second only to marriage, marked the highest attrition rate among state teachers. A Lynn widow won 10000 in a Montpelier car truck crash case against logging truck driver Edward Miller, after her husband was killed August 23 on U S 2.
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Brattleboro
Lynn
Mass
Montpelier
Lena M. Oak
U. S
Oak
Edward E. Miller
Walcott
U.S. 2
April Gas Revenues Dip Slightly in Vermont
MONTPELIER AP reported April 1962 gasoline tax receipts fell about 800 dollars from April 1961 to 621 115. The 6 cent levy has produced 7.5 million for the highway fund in the first ten months of the fiscal year, up 322k from the prior year.
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Montpelier
Motor Vehicle Department
Burlington man’s perjury case tied to car theft trial
Bernard J. Woodmansee 26 of Burlington pleaded guilty to perjury in U S District Court retracted his earlier innocence plea. The perjury cited relates to the trial of Raymond Ploof for a car theft last April 13. Woodmansee remains free on 3000 bail pending sentencing scheduled next month.
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Brattleboro (Ap
Bernard J. Woodmansee
Burlington
Woodmansee
U. S. District Court
Raymond Ploof
Vermont Unemployment Drops to 3,275 Week Ended June 9
Unemployment in Vermont fell by 2 percent to 3,275 for the week ended June 9 as joblessness declined in eight of eleven sectors. Initial claims rose 20 percent to 374 with construction apparel and trade leading new claimants.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Local 8 Year Old Dies in Huntington Mystery
Huntington State police investigate the death of 8 year old Douglas L. Blish II who collapsed at home after playing with others. Autopsy finds fatal internal bleeding from a punctured main artery likely caused by a sharp instrument. prior day fall and shoulder cut are noted but not linked to the wound. State pathologist cautions against a twig or similar object as the cause.
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Huntington
Douglas L. Blish II
Richard S. Woodruff
Burlington
Woodruff
Vermont Democrats clash with development board chief
Montpelier political dispute sees State Democratic Chairman John M. Spencer rebut Development Board Chairman Roland Q. Seward who blamed Kennedy anti business stance for slow industrial progress. Spencer calls Seward’s remarks a smokescreen and says Kennedy is anti inflations and pro labor and business with a laudable board statement.
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Montpelier
John M. Spencer
Development Board
Roland Q. Seward
Kennedy
Spencer
Seward
Vermont seeks guaranteed Niagara St Lawrence power flow
Public Service Commissioner John D. Paterson flew to New York to press PASNY for a steady supply of preferential Niagara and St. Lawrence project power. He said previous talks failed as New York and Vermont differ on contract interpretation and noted last winter's curtailments harmed Vermont utilities without compensation.
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St. Lawrence
Vermont
Paterson
Rensselaer County Board Approves 10000 For Surveys
The Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors approved a 10000 resolution to finance construction surveys. They cited inadequacies in the county office building including cramped county clerk, treasurer, and children's court offices. A study of the Hudson Valley Community College building program was funded, including a 25 class room building on campus.
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Albany
Renssalaer County Board of Supervisors
Hudson Valley Community College
Albany Blue Cross to vote on cost based plan
Albany blue cross plan directors meet to decide on a cost based reimbursement scheme proposed by the state insurance department. The old policy paid 97 percent of costs while the new plan would reimburse actual costs. Hospitals and others have voiced opinions, and the decision rests with the Blue Cross at tonight's session.
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Albany
Albany Blue Cross Plan
State Insurance Department
Blue Cross
Berkshire science contracts awarded by school committee
Adams reports two science project contracts awarded for microscopes and equipment valued at 675 and 896 dollars. Williams College professor Robert A. Spivey earns his Ph.D. from Yale for a dissertation on a newly found early Christian gospel unearthed in Egypt in 1947.
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ADAMS
School Committee
Williamstown
Robert A. Spivey
Williams College
Yale
Egypt
Building Bonds Repaid by Northern Berkshire Development
Northern Berkshire Development Corp. paid off bonds totaling 60 650 dollars with 947 59 dollars interest. The debentures finance the NBDC building shell at Hodges crossroads and benefit 100 bond holders.
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North Adams
Northern Berkshire Development Corp
NBDC
Hodges Crossroad
Mayor OKs funds, rejects conservation board plan
NORTH ADAMS The city council backed Mayor Florini’s request for 2700 for a general demolition account after a lengthy debate. The council rejected his proposal for a three man conservation board and could not resolve all questions raised by the mayor.
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Bats
Council
North Adams
Florini
CAB suspends Northeast air service to Newport and three New England cities
The Civil Aeronautics Board tentatively approves suspending Northeast Airlines service to Newport Vermont Lawrence Massachusetts Houston and Auburn Lewiston Maine. Maine Governor Reed reacts, hearings set, objections due in 14 days, with final decision after. The action aims to curb losses, with potential savings of at least 140000 dollars, and is separate from ongoing New England airport investigations.
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Newport
N.E
CAB
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast Airlines
Lawrence
Mass
Houston
Auburn-Lewiston
Maine
John H. Reed
Augusta
Northeast
New England
Laconia
N.H
Bar Harbor
Rockland
Manchester
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
State
Barre - Montpelier, Vt
Boston
Logan International Airport
Presque Isle
Auburn - Lewiston
Portland
Dow
New England Airport
Great Barrington Man Heads Cambridge UAC
Tom Blodgett 22 year old Harvard graduate from Great Barrington Mass was elected president of the Cambridge University Athletic Club. He is in his first year at Cambridge studying philosophy and pursues track and opera. His best 220 yard low hurdles time is 23.5 seconds and he holds the university pole vault record at 13 feet 11 ? inches.
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Cambridge
England
Tom Blodgett
Harvard
Cambridge University Athletic Club
Ton
Mass
Blodgett
Great Barrington
Old Bennington Plans July 9 Meeting to Legalize Zoning
Old Bennington voters will meet July 9 to begin formal steps toward adopting a new zoning ordinance. Trustees and village officials outlined a process to elect a new board, establish a presiding officer, form a three member zoning commission, and hold hearings before presenting a final ordinance to voters.
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Old Bennington Village Plans
Old Bennington
Hamilton L. Shields
George H. Plumb
Plumb
Shields
Howard E. Armstrong
Zoning Commission
Com
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