New England Council Meets at Vermont for Rural Development Talks
The New England Agricultural Economics Council will hold its annual meeting June 24 to 26 at the University of Vermont with government and college economists from Canada New York and New England. A three day camp for the blind co sponsored by the Vermont Division of the Blind and the State Board of Recreation will run tomorrow through Monday at Aloha Manor Lake Morey featuring fitness games dramatic stunts singing crafts a nature program fishing and boating. Public hearing July 16 on Shorewell Ferries Inc to operate ferries between Chipman Point Orwell and Wrights Landing Putnam NY with service to Larrabee's Point Shoreham and Ticonderoga NY. A $225000 damage suit over a death from a dynamite explosion opens in Brattleboro federal court. The rabies report notes seven cases along the Canadian border including a rabid fox in Holland Orleans County and a rabid skunk in Canaan Route 102 with seven total this spring.
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New England
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State Health Department
Fred Little
Holland
Orleans County
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Canaan
UVM Tuition Rise Tied to State Budget Cut
University of Vermont President John T. Fey warned that a $500,000 cut in UVM's appropriation approved by the Senate could trigger tuition hikes for both in-state and out-of-state students. Vermont residents would pay $100 more and nonresidents $300 more, with a deficit possible for fiscal 1964 and a possible September rise. Governor Hoff backed a $4.7 million budget recommendation, House support exceeded it by $2.1 million. Fey noted potential deficit and early tuition increases if cuts proceed.
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Philip H. Hoff
Fey
Dormitory Authority OKs 7.9 Million for Albany State Dorm
The Dormitory Authority won Budget Division approval to spend 7.9 million dollars to build Albany State University’s first skyscraper dormitory, about one million above the architect's estimate. The plan seeks to curb future price rises on a second 1,152 bed unit while students will cover costs via dorm fees or university funds. Meanwhile East Greenbush schools seek additional funds to sustain the American Field Service exchange program, with several hundred dollars needed to support last year’s Indonesian exchange and a German student this summer.
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East Greenbush
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East Greenbush Central School District
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Indonesia
Germany
North Adams man gets suspended sentence in Mohawk Motors theft
Ronald P. Sage 21 of North Adams pleaded guilty to larceny in the May 27 Mohawk Motors theft. He received a three month suspended sentence and two years probation after admitting involvement and later claiming not to be the sole participant. Accomplices are Timothy Hohn and Robert W Tefft. Berkshire Gas plans about 190000 for North Adams projects including meters for new customers and distribution upgrades.
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North Adams
Ronald P. Sage
Mohawk Motors
Sage
Timothy Hohn
Williamstown
Robert W. Tefft
Easthampton
Berkshire Gas Co
Phillip L. Taylor
Adams
Vermont House Approves Rooms and Meals Tax Increase
The Vermont House passed a rooms and meals tax hike by 169 to 59 after rejecting amendments to raise taxes to five percent and to tax liquor at five percent. The bill lowers the food minimum tax to 14 cents and taxes small food items, candy, ice cream, and taproom beer, with the scale criticized for hitting working people. The measure is expected to raise about 1.7 million over two years.
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Vermont
Ways & Means Committee
House
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Ryanville
Downs
Rutland
Senate
Delegation from India Visits the Legislature
A 14 member Hindu delegation from India visited Vermont's legislature joining 116 professionals touring the United States. They stayed with Norwich and Hanover families until July 8 and observed sessions with interest.
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Twain
India
Amy D’souza
Bombay
United States
Vermont
Norwich
Hanover
Putney
Sandanoa
Miss D’souza
D’souza
Vinoba Bhave
America
D’sou
TV Newsman Heads State Music Group
Charles S. Lewis of Shelburne and WCAX TV was elected president of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association at its annual meeting in East Middlebury. He succeeds H. Ward Bedford who becomes treasurer, with a slate of officers and trustees named including Mrs. Norman Williams and Muir Weissinger.
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Charles S. Lewis
Shelburne
Wcax-Tv
Vermont Commission On Educational Television
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association
Waybury Inn
East Middlebury
Lewis
H. Ward Bedford
Cornwall
Vermont State Colleges
Symphony Orchestra Association
Bedford
Norman Williams
Woodstock
Muir Weissinger
Randolph
Payson R. Webber
Rutland
Alan Carter
Sheldon Dimick
Jean Bowker
Addison County
Duncan Brown
Burlington
Association
Webber
Brown
Carter
Luther Bridgeman
Charlotte
Byron McCoy
John Thompson
Henry Swierczhski
Springfield
Egbert Hadley
Eleanor Means
Scott Mahoney
Carleton Howe
Manchester
New Hampshire's Sweepstakes Dormant Yet
New Hampshire delays sweepstakes as legislature forms a commission to ensure federal compliance. Gov King faces no opposition to funding the setup with a $250000 budget item, while lawmakers expect two annual races at Rockingham Park raising about 4 million for schools.
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N.H
New Hampshire
Rockingham Park
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