Patterson Sees Court Windup In Power Row
Public Service Commissioner John D. Paterson warned Vermont may sue in federal court to force PASNY to secure a St Lawrence Niagara energy transmission agreement. He said talks with New York officials stalled and the contract language limits high load factor power to 70 percent rather than 90 percent.
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Montpelier
Public Service
John D. Paterson
Vermont
New York Power Authority
St. Lawrence- Niagan Energy
Paterson
New York
PASNY
St. Lawrence
Niagara Energy
PSB
Sameness Trend Fake Equality at Arlington High Graduation
Arlington Memorial High School marked its 38th annual commencement with speaker Chard Powers Smith urging grads to preserve New England culture and its egalitarian ideals. He warned against fake equality if sameness erodes democracy, while Beth Stroffoleno warned of mob influence on youth.
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Arlington
Chard Powers Smith
Arlington Memorial High School
Smith
Red Mountain Road
New England
Beth Stroffoleno
Bennington College Grants 62 Diplomas at 27th Commencement
Bennington College awarded 62 diplomas in two ceremonies. President William C. Fels presented 61 BA degrees and one MA to Cornelia Rogers in music. The event, held in Barn Quadrangle with a specially composed musical score, included a cricket hill lawn diploma moment and a Saturday reception for families.
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Bennington College
William C. Fels
Cricket Hill
Myron Falk
Alice Miller
Barry
Bennington
North Bennington
Cornelia Rogers
Ies
Barn
Cricket Hill Lawn
Fels
Board of
Lyman E. Kipp
Josef Wittman
Gene Baro
Francis Golffing
Orrea Pernel
John F. Woh Nus
Henry S. Kamel
Harry W. Pearson
Falk
New York City
Miss Rogers
Jake Liberles
Kenneth Burke
Lodge Kennedy race for Senate in Massachusetts heats up
George Lodge won Republican endorsement to seek the Senate seat, facing Edward Kennedy who secured Democratic backing. The contest ties two political families with deep roots, including connections to former officials and a possible September primary. Lodge led Curtis by 88 votes in the convention, while independent candidate H Stuart Hughes also entered. Governor Volpe received GOP renomination, and Endicott Peabody headed the Democratic ticket.
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Boston
Lodge Kennedy
U. S. Senate
George Cabot Lodge
Senate
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
Kennedy
Henry Cabot Lodge Sr
John F. Fitzgerald
Edward Kennedy
Springfield
George Lodge
Edward J. M* Cormack Jr
McCormack
Massachusetts
John W. McCormack
Laurence Curtis
Curtis
H. Stuart Hughes
Harvard University
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
John A. Volpe
Endicott Peabody
Peabody
Boy Lost in Woods Found Sleeping Near Home
A 2-year-old boy lost overnight in woods near Milton NH was found unharmed at daybreak asleep in a brushy thicket about 200 yards from his parents summer cottage. Forestry officers spotted the child as he cried and woke him without incident.
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Milton
N.H
Brett M. Cleaves
Forestry Department
Edward G. Robinson Stricken By Heart Attack in Tanganyika
Nairobi Kenya AP Edward G Robinson 68 was reported seriously ill in a northern Tanganyika hospital after a heart attack while filming at 6000 feet on a 15000 foot mountain near Mt Kilimanjaro. A heart specialist from Nairobi attended him. The film company camped on site and the doctor’s car crash en route left him injured.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Edward G. Robinson
Tanganyika
Robinson
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Arusha
Riot Burns Montreal Prison As 1100 Inmates Clash With Guards
In Montreal 1100 convicts set St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary ablaze during a six hour riot injuring 30 inmates and three guards. Troops joined guards to drive prisoners to bayonet points, destroy six buildings, with damages estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars.
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Montreal
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Michael LeCoore
Quebec
Canadian Mounted Police
Army
St. Vincent de Paul
Canada
House wrestling two big farm bills this week
The House faces a tight schedule with two large farm bills on its docket. The sugar quota extension would add 15 new countries and lift domestic share about five percent, while the general farm bill would place wheat and feed grains under strict controls to absorb surplus stock. Republicans flag the feed grain provisions as controversial amid possible floor battles.
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Washington
House
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Cuba
Secretary of Agriculture
Boy Dies Hidden in Suitcase During Vermont Visit
Three year old Douglas Mayer McKee of Watertown Mass was found suffocated inside a suitcase in the nursery at the Underwood estate of Ferdinand Mayer on Vermont 9. State and local officials said he likely climbed into the luggage and the lid closed, death attributed to suffocation. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. in Old Bennington Cemetery with Rev. Frederick B. Wolf officiating.
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Douglas Mayer McKee
Donald M. McKee
Watertown
Mass
Ferdinand L. Mayer
Vermont 9
Vermont
John A. Burgess
Burgess
Bennington Village
Donald F. Shea
Boston
Lucie
Mayer
Katherine
Robert McKee
Chicago
Los Angeles
Old Bennington Cemetery
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Oran Radio Casts Doubt On Prospects
In Algiers secret army commandos halted their scorched earth campaign amid a pact between Moslem nationalists and the secret army. A pirate Oran broadcast warned Western European terrorists may not heed orders to end violence. European settlers rush to France as factions pledge amnesty to terror groups and a July referendum dictates Algeria’s future.
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Algiers
Secret Army
Oran
Algeria
France
Secret
Hid'ne
FLN
Agiers
Algieria
Chewki Mostefai
All-Numeral Phones Confuse Bennington Subscribers
Bennington switched to an all-numeral telephone system at 7 a.m. Sunday. Local calls now require dialing the last five digits, while city to Arlington Pownal and South Pownal still use full numbers. The change follows 300 number reassigments to fuel expansion and service plans.
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Bennington
Arlington
Pownal
South Pownal
White River
Vermont
Rutland
Brattleboro
Manchester
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Court
Louis Calabro
Gunnar Schonbeck
Hughes
Busies
Old Bennington
William J. Beston
St. Joseph’s Business College
BCHS
Father Beston
Holy Cross
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