Vermon t Vergeries Weeks School Achievement Day
Verghenes Weeks School holds Achievement Day at 2 p m Sunday with a parade by Drum and Bugle Corps and students. Promotion certificates, awards in scholastic, industrial arts, homemaking, auto mechanics, and cooking programs, plus Governor Weeks Fund prizes and Camp scholarships are to be presented.
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Vergennes
Champlain Valley Conference
Governor Weeks
Green Mountain Council
BSA
Vermont DAR Summer Meeting In St Johnsbury
Miss Erminie L. Pollard state regent announces the Vermont Society D A R summer meeting and luncheon at the St Johnsbury House on Wednesday June 21. Registration starts 10:30 a m with the State Board of Management meeting 11 to noon. Luncheon at 12 30 and afternoon program by Vera Vanderlaan of West Newbury, a self taught musician and composer of patriotic folk songs.
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St, Johnsbury
Erminie L. Pollard
Proctorsville
Vermont Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
St. Johnsbury House
St. John de Crevecoeur
St. Johnsbury
State Board of Management
Vera Vanderlaan
West Newbury
Beatnik
Republican Women plan June luncheon in Manchester Bolton
The Vermont Federation of Republican Women will hold its annual luncheon at Manchester Bolton Valley Lodge in Bolton on June 24. Consuelo N Bailey, former Lieutenant Governor and Republican National Committee woman, will be the keynote speaker. Registration starts at 11 a.m. with a reception at 11:30 and lunch at noon.
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Manchester
Bolton Valley Lodge
Bolton
Vermont Federation of Republican Women
Clifford Harwood
VFRW
Middlesex College President Resigns from Post
Dr. Georges DeNagy who founded Middlesex College in 1964 resigns as president and his wife Florence resigns as dean of academic affairs effective Aug. 1. The couple plans to return to Long Island and teach at an undisclosed school. Trustees will meet in early July to consider successors.
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Middlesex
UPI
Georges DeNagy
Middlesex College
DeNagy
Florence
Long Island
N. Y
Gov Hoff Learns Army To Award 3.7MGE Contract
Gov. Philip H. Hoff was notified that the U.S. Army Weapons Command will award a 3.7 million dollar contract to General Electric of Burlington. The deal covers 59 of the SM-163 self propelled 20 millimeter weapons systems from the Rock Island arsenal. He was told Monday.
New York Majority Leader proposes gag on trial reporting
Albany proposes constitutional change to bar news about criminal trials until final disposition. The bill of rights by Joseph L. Galiber would allow only identification of arrestees and charges, with no trial details until court action completes. Troy welfare survey finds staff cooperative and improvements begun after a $30,000 Laurin Hyde Associates review.
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Albany
Joseph L. Galiber
New York Assembly
Galiber
Troy
Rensselaer County Welfare Dept
New York City
Laurin Hyde
Mayor seeks $500 to revalue personal property in Berkshire
Mayor Francis C. Florini will ask the City Council to appropriate $500 to revaluate personal property. He said state law blocked personal property revaluation when the city contracted for real estate revaluation with Associated Surveys Co. of Passaic. The law has since changed. The six week program will cover commercial businesses and professionals such as doctors lawyers and dentists.
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North Adams
Francis C. Florini
Associated Surveys Co
Passaic
N.J
Police seek missing 9 year old James Rowland
North Adams police Monday night sought the whereabouts of 9 year old James Rowland son of Eliza beth Seaton of 59 Glen Ave. A caller said he might have missed East School classes and he was seen on a bicycle on Eagle Street later that morning.
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North Adams
James Rowland
Elizabeth Seaton
Glen Ave
East School
Eagle Street
Hinsdale to Deploy Radar Speed Control in Unmarked Cars
Police Chief Ralph B. Marshall announced the Hinsdale department has obtained radar speed devices for use in unmarked patrol cars. Officers will issue warnings until clear signs announce radar use, expected within about ten days.
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Hinsdale
Ralph B. Marshall
Auburn sailor dies in Route 20 crash near Cranwell School
John C. Nowakowski, 20, of Auburn New York, a seaman attached to the USS Cadmus at Newport Rhode Island, was killed Monday when his car left the road and hit a tree on Route 20 near Cranwell School. The Medical Examiner listed the cause of death as a fractured skull and neck. His home was Auburn.
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LENOX
John C. Nowakowski
Auburn
N.Y
Cadmus
Newport
R.I
Rte. 20
Cranwell School
George C. Breit
Becket
Supreme Court Ends Term With Historic Decisions
The Supreme Court closes its 1966 67 term with advances for civil rights and libel limits. It rules against bans on interracial marriages, extends libel protections to officials, and requires lawyers for lineup suspects. It also restricts eavesdropping by striking down a New York bugging law in a 5 4 decision. Justice Clark retires, Warren salutes him as Johnson eyes successor for 1967 68 term.
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Washington
UPD
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Tom C. Clark
Ramsey
U.S
Clark
Johnson
Senate
Virginia
Warren
New York Times
Wally Butts
University of Georgia
Saturday Evening Post
John M. Harlan
Butts
New York State
Kennedy Seeks Change To Draft Reform Bill
Sen Edward Kennedy exposes strategy to block Senate acceptance of a draft reform proposal he says would deny youths a fair shake. He delays final action to Wednesday and targets five provisions, calling the compromise draft less satisfactory than current law.
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Washington
UPD
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Massachusetts
Kennedy
House
Johnson
Selective Service System
Defense Department
Iave
National Security Council
Johnson urges flag display on Flag Day stance
President Johnson proclaimed Flag Day urging all Americans to fly the flag at home and at work to honor the Continental Congress so designated Stars and Stripes. The piece also covers concerns over the FAIR lottery draft plan, Kennedy's criticisms, and the legislative path to passage including exemptions and affected groups.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Continental Congress
America
New Hampshire House Weighs Snowmobile Regulation
The New Hampshire House considers licensing snowmobiles with a $6 registration, illegal operation on public ways without a license, and penalties of 10 to 50 dollars per offense. The bill defines snowmobiles as motor vehicles under state law, aiming to curb rising use amid safety and property concerns.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
House
House Fish and Game Committee
Mercury
Donald J. Welch
Fish and Game Department
Department of Safety
Fish and Game
Jack Kamman
Kamman
Kammann
Northumberland
Bethlehem
Chamber of Commerce
ICC Clears Tracks For NYC Pennsy Merger
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission clears the New York Central and Pennsylvania merger by ordering Norfolk and Western to take over three eastern lines the Erie Lackawanna Delaware and Hudson and Boston and Maine Railroads. Petitions for Penn Central consolidation with other lines were denied.
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Washington
UPC
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western Railway
William H. Tucker
ICC
N&w
Erie, Lackawanna, Delaware and Hudson
Boston & Maine
Reading
Central of New Jersey
Penn. Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Vermont Truck Ban Reversed on Interstates
UPI reporting that Senator George D. Aiken announced a reversal by the Bureau of Public Roads on Vermont interstate truck bans. Secretary Alan Boyd upheld a 1963 Vermont finding that weights followed the 1956 Highway Act, granting parity with neighboring states though heavier loads remain restricted.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Bureau of Public Roads
Vermont
New England
New York
Aiken
Alan Boyd
Bureau
Boyd
Charles Gibson
Fan Island
Vermont Higher Education Study Committee Forms
The Legislative Council Higher Education Committee began a 16 month study to standardize higher education administration in Vermont. In its first meeting it scheduled Aug 17 testimony from Gov. representative, Education Commissioner Richard Gibboney and Education Board Chairman Harold Raynolds, with plans to hear from private colleges and university leaders. Senator Stovan Christowe was elected chairman to clarify state responsibilities in policy and financing for public higher education.
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Montpelier
UPD
Legislative Council Higher Education Committee
Richard Gibboney
Education Board
Harold Raynolds
Springfield
Vermont Council On Higher Education
University of Vermont and
State Colleges
New England Council On Higher Education
UVM
State
Vermont
Voters Pass $125,000 Sewage Bond in Cavendish
Cavendish residents learned a simple majority sufficed for the $125,000 sewage system bond after dawn reports showed 146 in favor and 86 opposed. Officials say the two-thirds rule was repealed in 1961, clearing the measure for approval. The item’s fate came amid statewide education committee plans and 1969 legislative action.
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Cavendish
VPI
Water Resources Board
Aiken Backs Vital Power Legislation
Senator Aiken endorses administration power legislation to strengthen national power supplies. He cites past blackouts on June 5 across PA NJ DE MD and the Nov 9 1965 Northeast outage, and says the bill would shield municipal utilities and REA cooperatives by tying grid systems together under FPC oversight. He commends Charles R. Ross for his drafting role and notes Ross’s Vermont and state experience.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Northeast
Municipal Utilities and Rural Electrification Administration
REAC
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Charles R. Ross
Ross
Vermont
Tornado System Persists Across Central Plains
United Press International reports a U S Weather Bureau meteorologist warns no immediate relief from a tornadic weather system gripping the nation’s midsection for over a week. Tornado warnings and sightings persisted with radar indicating a twister north of Macon Missouri. The forecaster says the system likely remains for about two days with no sign of breakup. Tornadoes have plagued the central and southern plains and Midwest valley since early last week.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Macon
Central
Plains
Midwest Valley
Meeting To Consider Tax Sharing at Regional Conference
The eastern regional meeting of the Council of State Governments opened in Stowe with topics on federal state tax sharing proposals. Gov. Philip H. Hoff will be the main speaker, joined by a Rhode Island legislative official and newsmen as a public relations officer and coverage clash. Other topics include air-water pollution interstate taxation highway safety and abolition of the electoral college.
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Stowe
UPS
Council of State Governments
Philip H. Hoff
National Governors’ Conference
Rhode Island
Assembly
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