Florida writers tour promotes New England vacations in Vermont
A group of ten Florida press radio and TV vacation writers arrived in Montpelier on a five day New England tour sponsored by Northeast Airlines. Vermont Development Department coordinated the Vermont leg with Commissioner Elbert G. Moulton leading the welcome. The itinerary includes a visit to the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe and a motor trip to Burlington to view Lake Champlain before returning to Burlington Airport.
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Lake Champlain
Public Service Board Orders Western to Study Coverage
The Public Service Board as ordered Western Telephone Co. to study service coverage and extended area reach to Burlington and Middlebury. An interim order kept the case open pending the study, citing inadequate plant maintenance and insufficient capital improvements. The review will also examine toll free calling among the Bristol Charlotte Richmond and Starksboro exchanges.
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UPS
Public Service Board
Western Telephone Co
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Burlington
Middlebury
PSB
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Bristol
Charlotte
Starksboro
Hayes pledges big boosts in workers compensation
Republican gubernatorial candidate Thomas Hayes of Fair Haven asks for a substantial rise in workers compensation benefits. He proposes tying weekly maximums to a $3,000 annual federal poverty level, increasing total disability or survivors benefits from $41 to $60 weekly, and raising partial disability by $22.31 weekly. He also backs rehabilitation with in training compensation if elected.
Vermont auditor Jay Gordon seeks re election
Jay H. Gordon a Democrat and Bellows Falls native, announced his bid for re election as Vermont auditor of accounts. First elected in 1964 he called public service an important obligation and said he would seek the top state government post again this fall.
Rise in upstate pedestrian deaths prompts hitchhiking crackdown
In Albany, state troopers focus on curb ing hitchhiking and other pedestrian violations after a sharp rise in upstate pedestrian fatalities. State Police Superintendent Arthur Cornelius Jr notes increased apprehensions but calls for greater effort as accidents rise, citing hitchhiking as hazardous to hitchhikers and motorists alike.
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Albany
Upstate
Arthur Cornelius Jr
Rensselaer Man Killed Crossing Third Avenue
A 78-year-old Rensselaer man and longtime public works employee, Paul Faroni, was struck and killed by a truck while crossing Third Avenue at Adams. The driver, Frederick J. Blowers, says he had a green light and saw Faroni step into the roadway. he was not detained. Faroni died later at Albany Medical Center from chest and internal injuries. In Watervliet, a 16-inch World War II gun from Watervliet Arsenal will be refitted as a testing device by the Atomic Energy Commission, becoming the "Thunder Gun" shock tube for nuclear blast tests.
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Albany Medical Center
Frederick J. Blowers
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Watervliet Arsenal
U.S. Navy
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Missing Berkshire youth spurs planed search in Stockbridge
Berkshire to organize a new search today for Mark Obanheim, 14, son of Stockbridge’s police chief, last seen Saturday afternoon. Chief William Obanheim fears harm as he notes the boy did not collect his weekly paycheck and was praised as a good student during exams. In Pittsfield, New England Telephone confirms random monitoring of few calls in area. Boston and Springfield also report listening. Berkshire Community College plans final campus move to outer West Street site by September 1968, with preliminary plans due by summer’s end.
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New England Telephone Co
Paul Jacques
Jacques
Boston
Springfield
Berkshire Community College
Thomas E. O'Connell
West Street
Vermont lieutenant governor pushes state junior college system
Lt Gov John J. Daley proposed a system of state operated two year junior colleges to keep Vermont students from leaving for higher education. He cited a statewide tour spoke to about 150000 high school students and urged counselor guidance to prevent dropouts.
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UPL
John J. Daley
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Daley
Govenor
Devel
Aiken Proposes Fair-Play Bill to Protect Farmer Coops
UPI reports Senator George Aiken of Vermont introduced a Fair-Play bill aimed at safeguarding farmers from coercion or boycott when joining cooperatives. The measure would treat attempts to block farmer group membership as a misdemeanor with fines and possible imprisonment, voiced at an Agricultural Committee hearing.
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Washington
UPI
George Aiken
Aiken
Agriculture Committee
Freedom marchers press for voting rights in Grenada crowd gathers
About 600 marchers entered Grenada Mississippi as Dr Martin Luther King Jr urged continued registration efforts after the registrar's office closed Despite open hours King pledged to return to push for night and weekend access and federal registrars The FBI said 150 to 175 Negroes were registered today with sheriff's office help
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Bradford Dye
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Police Break Up Gang Shootout in Arlington Center
Police with shotguns and attack dogs broke up a shopping center shootout between rival gangs The Avengers and The Pagans in Arlington Virginia early today. Sixteen youths were arrested and a gang member was wounded. Several state cops were struck by shotgun pellets but not seriously injured as the groups clashed near a shopping area. Detective Charles Mackey said officers were tipped in advance but stood aside as the Avengers gathered.
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UPI
Washington
Avengers
Charles Mackey
Arlington County Police Department
Professor Rebukes Authors for Sex Exploitation in Modern Fiction
Harvard philosopher Douglas Bush lampoons contemporary writers for using sex as a crutch while love is harder to render. He cites Bellow O’Hara McCarthy Miller and Mailer as examples and contrasts Victorian fiction’s depth with today’s graphic crude scenes amid a Phi Beta Kappa address.
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Harvard
Douglas Bush
Saul Bellow
John O’haras
Mary McCarthys
Henry Millers
Norman Mailers
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