Vermont Poised to Launch Educational TV Network
Vermont moves toward an ambitious statewide ETV system with four transmitter sites planned for Mt Mansfield Burke Mountain Ascutney and Grandpa's Knob. The initiative includes university planning, IBM clocked scheduling, and a target air date in October 1967.
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Burlington
Vermont
ETV
Odell Skinner
Auburn University
IBM
Philip H. Hoff
Instructional Television Committee
The
Broadcasting Council
University of Vermont
University
Shannon McCune
Mansfield
Burke Mountain
Mt. Ascutney
State Forest and Parks Department
Burke and
Ascutney
Grandpa’s Knob
Rutland
Wallace K. Edwards
Maine
Edwards
Phillips
Raymond V. Phillips
Educational Television
FCC Hears Testimony On Disc Jockey Payola
At a closed FCC hearing Carrie Grant testified that record companies handed out payola to disc jockeys and program directors in forms including food clothing cars money and even prostitutes. He recalled payola between 1962 and 1963 while with two record companies and said he faced threats after filing a civil suit with Albert Huskey for damages. The FCC plans to subpoena about 50 industry figures as the investigation expands to other cities.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Carrie Grant
Federal Communications Commission
Grant
Albert Huskey
Huskey
FCC
Scenic strips planned along Vermont roads to boost beauty
Vermont officials outline a highway beautification plan focusing on scenic overlooks and rest areas. State Highway Commissioner Russell A. Holden says the department will negotiate with landowners to acquire scenic strips at fair market value, backing a nationwide effort to preserve Vermont’s natural character while awaiting federal decisions.
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Green Mountain
Vermont
Vermont Department of Highways
Russell A. Holden
Holden
Lake Champlain
Northeast Kingdom
Highway Department
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Bible School Program Set at Missionary Alliance Church
The Vacation Bible School week closes with a Friday 7 p.m. program at Missionary Alliance Church Crescent Boulevard Bennington directed by Miriam Chase. Students recite verses salute flags sing and display handwork. A Treasure Chest prize goes to the student bringing the most friends. refreshments served.
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Missionary Alliance Church
Crescent Boulevard
Bennington
Miriam Chase
Weeks School Escapers Held In New York
Two Vermont youths aged 16 and 18, alleged to have escaped from Weeks School in Vergennes, are held in Dutchess County awaiting grand jury action after committing car thefts in both states. They reportedly stole a California-registered car in Springfield and abandoned it near Cambridge, then took Nelson Bell’s car in Cambridge and later abandoned a vehicle in Rhinebeck after using Bell’s plates. State police traced them in another vehicle.
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Rhinebeck
N. Y
Vergennes
Dutchess County
Philip Sica
Cambridge
N.Y
Nelson Bell
Bell
Springfield
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