Goddard College grants informal bachelor degrees to 22 seniors
Twenty two seniors receive bachelor’s degrees in an informal ceremony at Goddard College Douglas How Readers Digest of Canada editor spoke as commencement address. Prouty to Address WW I Veterans in Newport Vermont plans World War I veteran convention parade first in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Goddard College
Douglas How
Readers’ Digest of Canada
Experimental Liberal Arts College
Learner Permit Bill Aims at Vermont Learner Drivers
Motor Vehicle Commissioner Robert C. Schwartz endorses a 1963 General Assembly bill for learner's permits to curb driving on others licenses. He cites many learners with poor eyesight using someone else’s license and says permits would require an eyesight test before issuance.
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Montpelier
General Assembly
Robert C. Schwartz
GE wins contract for Little John rocket production
General Electric of Burlington Vermont received a $1 million contract for continued Little John rocket production. The Army weapon weighs under 800 pounds and can deliver conventional or nuclear payloads. In Burlington, Patrolman Ray Magee faces possible court appeal after firing over failure to report activity of two patrolmen arrested on burglary charges.
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Boston
General Electric Co
Burlington
Little John
Ray C. Magee
Magee
Police Commission
Robert K. Bing
Democrats Press Action On Kennedy Medicare Plan In House
Vermont Democrats urged swift action on the King Anderson Bill tying medical care to Social Security amid a House committee stalemate led by Ways and Means. Rep. Stafford vowed to probe committee delays and past Medicare act efforts from February 1961.
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Washington
Robert T. Stafford
Vermont
Kennedy
Democratic State Committee
King Anderson
Stafford
Ways and Means
Berkshire Chamber Backs Bypass Plan Despite Location Dispute
Adams area votes unanimously for a north-south bypass with 30 members favoring an eastern route to the Massachusetts Turnpike. Location to be settled after engineering surveys. full reports on a $60 000 Northern Berkshire recreational survey will be heard tonight by the Area Redevelopment Authority.
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Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Vermont
Massachusetts
North Adams
Area Redevelopment Authority
Berkshire
ARA
John T. Burke
Commerce
Banking School Opens at Williams College
Williams College hosts the first of five summer banking schools expected to attract more than 350 special students. The program is sponsored by the bankers association of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Williamstown
Banking
Williams College
Bankers Association of the State
Insurance Broker Dies After Collision in Colonie
Honore J. Legasse 70 of Cohoes died on arrival at Memorial Hospital Albany after his car left Route 9 and struck a tree in Colonie. He was alone in the vehicle around 3 10 p.m. The Albany County coroner withheld verdict pending investigation. Washington and Warren counties taxes postponed to July 15 by State Supreme Court Justice Harold Soden after taxpayers challenged the levy.
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East Burke
Paul E. Gorham
Orleans County Hospital
Irasburg
Gorham
Greensboro
Colonie
Honore J. Legasse
Cohoes
Memorial Hospital
Albany
Route 9
Albany County
Washington
Warren Counties
State Supreme Court
Harold Soden
Colonie Officer Admits Use of Blackjack on Suspect
Colonie patrolman Gary Coon testified at a jury trial that William J. Gardenier 39 resisted arrest after a drunk driving arrest and was struck on the head twice with a blackjack following arraignment. Gardenier sues Colonie for 250000 alleging injuries from the assault by two officers.
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Colonie
Schenectady
William J. Gardenier
Gary Coon
Gardenier
Supreme Court
Felix J. Aulisi
Albany County
Weather forecast for Button Bay encampment scouts
climatologists in Boston say two weeks in July near Button Bay N to expect low 80s by day and near 60 at night with a high chance of rain. Thunderstorms likely with 2 to 4 days and possible wind squalls. plan for lightning protection and adverse winds.
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Button Bay
US Weather Bureau
Boston
Buttons Bay
Weather Bureau
USS
Fort Devens
Lake Champlain
Vermont Optometrists Schedule June Meeting and Banquet
The Vermont Optometric Association will hold its annual meeting June 24-25 at Prospect House Bomoseen with Dr. Gilbert W. Rist presiding. Warren R. Austin Jr. will speak on The Vermont Optometry Law at the banquet, and Prof. Sidney Dimond will outline the New England Council public relations program for Vermont. Officers for 1962 63 will be elected, with Dr. Gilbert Rist as president and Dr. Nalter Johnson and Dr. Richard Rejlila as vice presidents, among others.
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Gilbert W. Rist
Burlingt
Vermont Optometric Association
Prospect House
Ake Bomoseen
Warren R. Austin Jr
Burlngton, VI
Austin
Edmunds, Austin and Wick
Vermont Optometry
Vermont Optometric Assa
Vermont Optometrists
Sidney \. Dimond
Creative Associates
New England Counil of Optometrists
Dimond
New England Council
Vermont
Gilbert Tist
Burlington
Nalter Johnson
St. Albans
Richard Re ‘Ila
Brattleboro
Albert Barcelow
South Yynlon
Two Sets of Twins Born Within a Year
A 20 year old St. Louis woman has given birth to her second set of twins in less than a year. The twins, both boys, were born Sunday. They are brothers to a pair of twin sisters, Susan and Sandra, born last July 3. The parents are Richard and Eugenia Voight. Voight is 22.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis
Susan
Sandra
Richard
Eugenia Voight
Voight
Canoeists Trek from Mt Washington to Lake Winnipesaukee
Two Boston men Fred Hills and Lewis Hurxthal Jr. began a 110 mile trek from Mount Washington Lake Winnipesaukee journeying with a canoe. They lowered the craft down Tuckerman's Ravine used ropes and ice axes and plan to reach Meredith after crossing Conway Lake and Wolfeboro area.
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Conway
N.H
Mt. Washington
Lake Winnipesaukee
Fred Hills
Lewis Hurxthal Jr
Saco River
Ellis River
Tuckerman's Ravine
Pinkham Notch
Jackson
Ellis
Glen
Conway Lake
Wolfeboro
Meredith
Vermont Parks Offer Free Entry for Underage Visitors
The State Board of Forests and Parks voted to allow those under high school age free day use at state parks starting July 1. Other visitors pay twenty five cents each, with ten cents charged for bathhouse check-in. Fees fund the $2.2 million state park bonds and any excess supports park operations.
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Montpelier
State Board of Forests and Parks
State Park
Donald W. Smith
Bennington Banner Publication Details and Rates
The Bennington Banner announces its publication schedule and rates. It lists main office at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont and outlines circulation areas and subscription costs including Vermont Rensselaer and Washington counties and nearby Massachusetts.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Rensselaer
Washington Counties
N.Y
Massachusetts
Ex Oomph Girl Returns for Wagon Train Western Role
Former film star Ann Sheridan returns to Hollywood for a Wagon Train television Western playing a tough frontier woman. She laments mature roles for women her age and rejects regular series parts while seeking meaningful stage work and fewer travels. Sheridan notes a move from Mexico City to New York and a downsized Hollywood life.
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Hollywood
UPI
Ann Sheridan
Miss Sheridan
Old West
Ann
Court actions in municipal cases on careless driving
Kenneth H. Squires 24 of 115 Union St pleaded not guilty to careless and negligent driving with an accident and was released on 40 bail by Judge Eugene V. Clark. Esther G Shaw 65 of Manchester Center pleaded not guilty and was fined 335. Roger J. Robinson 16 of Bennington pleaded nolo and was fined 35. Angelo J Restino 43 of Arlington pleaded not guilty and was released on 40 bail.
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Kenneth H. Squires
Union St
Eugene V. Clark
Esther G Shaw
Manchester Center
Roger J. Robinson
Bennington
Nolo
Angelo J. Restino
Arlinton
Missouri man tied to 707 explosion and insurance purchase
FBI findings link Thomas G. Doty of Kansas City to the Continental Airlines 707 disaster that killed 45. He bought dynamite and more than $300,000 in life insurance before the flight, with investigators noting circumstantial evidence of a possible motive. Authorities report tests point to an explosive residue on the aircraft.
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Washington
Missouri
FBI
Thomas G. Doty
Kansas City
Continental Airlines
Missouri-Iowa
Doty
Univesity of
Famliar
Leon H. Tanguay
CAB Bureau of Air Safety
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Northeast Airlines
Edward F. Knapp
Barre-Montpelier
Newport
New England
Knapp
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Civil Aeronautics Board
Down In
New York
Scouts
Vt. Optometrists
E. Craig Wilson
Rutlands
Tuckerman
Swift
Proton
Walker
Time Revue
Bennington High School
Make Believe Frontier Fort
Revue Studios
John McIintire
Airtvsy
MERC
Aute Benngarac
Igton Corp
Oneida Bennington
RED Cross
Elk’s
Reiska
Relska
Relsky & Cie
Hartford Conn & Menlo Park
Calif
Harry Eastman
Bennington Olixir
Main & Depot
Sts
Uxir
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