Norwich University gets 12100 in NSF grants to departments
National Science Foundation awards Norwich University 12100 in two year grants to Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Departments, Chemistry, and Radiation Facilities Laboratories. The college plans to add 4200 for new equipment. In Vermont, Ruberoid Co of Hyde Park fills a 63000 order for industrial material to Saigon financed by AID under the commodity import program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
UPI
National Science Foundation
Norwich University
Norwich
Washington
Ruberoid Co
Hyde Park
South Viet Nam
Agency For International Development
Saigon
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vermont Lawmakers Reject Higher Pay For Incoming Members
In Montpelier the House rejected a measure to raise incoming legislators' pay from 80 to 120 a week and overrode a higher 175 weekly rate. Rep Zilpah Ranney said some would serve without pay. The House Highway Committee backed 16.5 million in bonds for state road projects over two years, with a 12-1 vote, opposing a tax amendment to fund part of the bond. A penny gas tax was discussed by Republican leaders to support road spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zilpah Ranney
Pittsfield
Montpelier
Vermont Considers Penny Gas Tax Increase Opposed
The Vermont Highway Users Conference urged 276 lawmakers to defeat a proposal to raise the gasoline tax from 6.5 to 7.5 cents per gallon. It argued New Hampshire’s higher tax and larger vehicle base show Vermont is not financially worse off, noting bond debt will fall to 32 million on 425 million in total capital investment once interstate work ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Buckley endorsed for New York mayor by Conservative Party
The Conservative Party backs William F Buckley as candidate for mayor of New York after Buckley joined the race to succeed Mayor Robert F Wagner. Buckley, 39, editor of National Review, commented with a faint smile that he has a chance to win amid competition from Republican John W Lindsay and four Democrats seeking party support. ALBANY-New license plates will replace the black and yellow design from 1925 with blue and gold plates lasting six years. A plastic sticker will show annual paid fees, and a staggered six month expiration will shift license renewals for about 6 million licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Conservative Party
William F. Buckley
Buckley
Robert F. Wagner
John W. Lindsay
National Review Magazine
Albany
Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Post Debuts With Computer Typesetter Amid Walkout
New York Post resumes after one day with a seven day trial of computerized typesetting. The afternoon editions on Thursday ran smoothly despite eight ITU Local 6 printers walking out to protest the gadget. Dorothy Schiff, publisher, and Bert ram Powers, ITU leader, oversee the experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Post
Dorothy Schiff
Bertram Powers
Local 6
International Typographers Union
ITU
Berkshire Daily News Briefs Summary
NORTH ADAMS plans a center for assisted programs at 23 Arnold Place run by the Northern Berkshire Association for Retarded Children. LANESBORO teachers report improved coordination between Mt Greylock Regional High and Lanesboro schools after exchanges. PITTSFIELD fire chiefs report 25 fire companies entered for the Fourth of July parade with 14 bands and 12 floats, parade Monday July 5. WILLIAMSTOWN Pine Cobble School awards the John and Lois Jay scholarship to Ronald James Kelly. DR. CHARLES H. BURNS, 41, Williams College radiology professor, drowned when his sailboat overturned on Traverse Bay Lake Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
The
Northern Berkshire Association For
Arnold Place
Pittsfield
Pittsfield Permament
Williamstown
Ronald James Kelly
Pine Cobble School
John and
Lois Jay
Jay
John Jay
Charles H. Burns
James MacGregor Burns
Williams College
Traverse Bay
Lake Michigan
University of Michigan School O Public Health
Stock market open slips across industry shares
New York stocks opened lower with mixed shifts. Motors oils and metals ease while airlines decline. Major movers include Chrysler down to 45 1/4, General Motors 1 1/2 points at 95 1/4, Stude baker 14 to 20, Ford 1 percent to 51. Reynolds Metals 1 1/2 at 38 1/2, National Lead down 1 percent at 52 1/4, United and American lower, Honeywell up 1 1/2, Boeing off 1/2, RCA and Zenith modestly down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Chrysler
General Motors
Studebaker
Ford
Eastman Kodak
Monsanto
Kennecott Copper
Reynolds Metals
National Lead
Eastern Air Lines
United
American
Litton
RCA
Fairchild Camera
Zenith
Honeywell
Boeing
General Dynamics
Colgate
Detroit Edison
Procter Gamble
Dow Chemical
Pullman
Eagle Pich
Republic Steel
East Air L
Reynolds Met
Reynolds Tobacco Eaton M
Richfield
Vy Schenley
Eric Lackawanna
Wy Schering
Firestone
Sears Roebuck
Ford Motors
Simmons
Sinclair
Gen Foods
Socony Mobil
Sperry Rand
Goodrich Tire & Rub
Standard Oil Car
Goodyear Tire & Rub
Standard Oil Ind
Grace
Standard Oil NJ
Texaco
Hershey Acf Industries
Hoffman Electric
Yg Air Products
Illinois Central
Air Reduction
Ing Rand
Allis Chalmers
Int Harvester
Alcoa
Nickel
American Airs
Tel & Tel
American Can
Wmye
Island Creek Coal
A Jones & Laughlin
Kennecott
American Motors
Koppers
American Optical Kroger
LOF Glass
American Tobacco
Lone Scm
Anaconda
Lorillard
Mack Trucks
Armco Steel
Monsanto Atchison
Bald L Hm
Montgomery Ward
Bethlehem Steel
Motoroland
Io Boeing A
National Avia
BVD Co
National Biscuit
Canadian Pacific
National Daily
Chesapeake & Ohio
National Dist
National Gypsum
Champ Paper
New York Central
Coca Cola
Norfolk & Western
Helen Keller to Celebrate Her 85th Birthday
WESTPORT Conn UPI Helen Keller famed crusader for the handicapped marks 85 this Sunday confining to a small estate with only close kin and a few friends present She notes her real birthday is March 3 1887 when Anne Sullivan first taught her to communicate by tapping words in her hand Keller who lost sight and hearing after a fever at 19 months has long inspired world leaders and peers with courage and tenacity Mark Twain paired her with Napoleon as two of the most interesting 19th Century figures in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport, Conn
UPI
Helen Keller
Phillips Keller
Dallas
Tex
Miss Keller
Tuscumbia
Ala
Anne Sullivan
Miss Sullivan
Mark Twain
Napoleon
Explosion levels Melrose shopping center in pre dawn blast
In Melrose Massachusetts a bomb like pre dawn explosion leveled Tower's Shopping Center causing windows to shatter up to a half mile away and starting a major general alarm fire. No injuries were reported though officials said hundreds could have been killed during peak hours. The fire marshal investigated the blast and witnesses described the scene as devastating with debris raining across Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Mass
UPS
Tower
Friendly’s
Weldwood Five and
Ten Cent
Anton’s Cleaners
First National
Sidney C. Field
Main Street
Malden
Wakefield
Stoneham
Saugus
Main
Lynnfells Parkway
Franklin
Carmello Paino
Waltham
Dante Spezzafero
Winchester
Health Care Bill Passes Senate Committee
The Senate Finance Committee advanced a $6.8 billion health welfare bill after adding $300 million to the program and raising Social Security tax rates. Employers and employees would pay 7.7 percent of the first 6,600 earned yearly from 1966 to 1968, rising to 8.9 percent in 1969 and 9.8 percent in 1973. The House had approved a $6 billion bill. the panel's action adds about $800 million in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Settlement Ends $255000 Suit In Hoff Administration Case
Montpelier Vermont. A $255000 suit against Gov Philip Hoff Attorney General John Connarn Washington County State's Attorney John Bernasconi Juvenile Probation Officer Edward Atwood and Rudolf Morse was settled amicably out of court. Plaintiff Donald Spaulding 19 Waitsfield had claimed unlawful punishment for a 30 day suspended jail sentence and license suspension. Settlement terms were not disclosed after a conference with Connarn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
John Burgess
Donald Spaulding
Waitsfield
Vermont
Spaulding
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Burgess
Hoff
John P. Connarn
Washington County
John E. Bernasconi
Edward Atwood
Rudolf Morse
Connarn
Canadian Woman Dies Of Wounds At Lake Champlain Cabin
ST. ALBANS UP I report state police said Madeline Guindon a 31 year old Montreal woman died at St. Albans Hospital from multiple gunshot wounds suffered in a cabin at West Swanton on Lake Champlain. Jean Lamarche a 42 year old Montreal man barricaded himself inside and fired at police before being captured by tear gas and arraigned in municipal court on assault with intent to kill with bail set at 10000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Albans
UPI
St. Albans Hospital
West Swanton
Lake Champlain
Madeline Guindon
Montreal
Jean Lamarche
Lamarche
War Anniversary Marked In Seoul For Korean War Remembrance
South Korea marked the 15th anniversary of the Korean War with a government and military tribute at Dongjak Dong national cemetery led by President Park Chung Hee. Armed services renewed pledges to defend against Communist aggression as the conflict began with North Korea's June 25, 1950 invasion and ended with a 1953 truce after nearly one million casualties including 55,000 American deaths or wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
UPD
Park Chung Hee
Dongjak - Dong
North Korea
38Th Parallel
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Committee
Oks Highway Bonds
Osib Isl
Down In
Berkshire
Center For
Lanesboro
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Lanesboro School
Prof.Burns
Melrose, Mass
Anthony Petrillo
Senate Finance Committee
Widmer
New York State
Widmer Vintners of
Widmer’s Wine Cellars, Inc
Naples
N.Y
A&p
VT. Furniture CO
Bennington
Drysdale’s
New England
Falcon
Mobil
R. L. Polk & Co
Wilson Ford, Inc
Vit
N.E.F.D.A
Falcon Futura
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!