Reunited Sisters After Burlington Airport Meeting
At Burlington municipal airport two sisters long separated by 42 years were reunited when a red carnation used to identify travelers helped Mrs. Anna Wescott recognize her sister Mrs. Katherine Lennon of California, aided by a newspaper intervention. In separate Vermont notices, Daniel F. Ryder of Waterbury retires July 15 as executive officer of the Vermont State Hospital, with Kenneth Atkins named his successor. In Woodstock a judge denied a delay in Earl Miner’s murder trial, setting July 24 for proceedings as Miner pleads insanity for the death of his wife. A new federal highway safety rule will raise Vermont Motor Vehicles budget by 90 thousand dollars, adding staff for periodic driver reexaminations every four years.
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Intervale Ave
Wescott
Katherine Lennon
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Kansas
Woodstock
Harold C. Sylvester
Earl D. Miner
Springfield
Windsor County Court
Hartford Municipal
Peter Plante
Sylvester
Miner
Bonnie
R.I
Waterbury State Hospital
Rockefeller presses plan for a city development charter
Albany Governor Rockefeller urged the Constitutional Convention to add a community development article allowing state aid to rebuild deteriorating metropolitan areas. He called for a broad declaration of state and local authority to start comprehensive programs, framing urban problems as the top domestic issue of the time. The convention panel also weighs tax hikes on deposits, mortgages, securities, and undistributed profits to boost revenue while preserving pension exemptions. Vandals overturned 132 headstones in two Pinewoods Ave Jewish cemeteries, with damage estimated at 7 000 to 10 000 dollars. cemetery chair Arthur I. Ginsburg called it the worst destruction seen, noting some stones weigh a ton.
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Troy
Pinewoods Ave
Arthur I. Ginsburg
War memorial sought for Greylock peak in Berkshire
Adams Representative Edward S. Zelazo said he will file legislation to designate Mr Greylock peak as the official state war memorial. Rep. William F Hogan supports creating a single standard memorial for the state and the Department of Natural Resources is weighing replacing the existing veterans tower with another structure. Ten Negro youths aged 9 to 15 from Florida arrived at Camp Holt near Williamstown for a two week stay to foster Negro leadership in Broward County through outdoor activities and area tours.
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Florida
Alfred Holt
Taconic Trail
Pompano Beach
Ft. Lauderdale
Holts
Holt
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Local group seeks Bancroft Arnold plant takeover
Adams area business leaders push to form a company to take over Bancroft Arnold finishing plant amid shutdown plans. Spokesman Mervin Wineberg says government financing is key, with SBA and EDA reps checking eligibility for federal funds. NORTH ADAMS City Council approves 525000 skating rink on Southview Cemetery land, Mayor Florini authorized to seal agreement with state DPW.
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Mervin Wineberg
Federal Small Business Administration and Economic Development Authority
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Francis C. Florini
State Department of Public Works
DPW
Southview Cemetery
Post Office Reconsiders Plan to Divert NHRR Mail
The Post Office Department rethinks diverting mail from the bankrupt New Haven Railroad if the carrier withdraws its request to drop 58 trains. Talks with trustees and lawmakers focused on trucking mail while trains remain unaffected. the department cites up to 1.3 million dollars annual costs and mail volume as key factors.
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James W. Moore
Lawrence F. O’brien
Springfield
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Hartigan
Jayne Mansfield Dies In Louisiana Crash
New Orleans police said Jayne Mansfield 34, her lawyer Sam Brody of Los Angeles, and Ronnie Harrison 20 from Mississippi City were killed when a Gulf Coast highway collision with a stalled tractor trailer occurred 25 miles east of downtown New Orleans. Mansfield's children Zoltan 6 Maria 3 Miklos 8 were injured. driver Richard Rambeau escaped uninjured.
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UPI
Jayne Mansfield
Gulf Coast
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Sam Brody
Los Angeles
Ronnie Harrison
Mississippi City
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Bruce Cuevas
Gulfport
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Mickey Hargitay
Zoltan
Maria
Miklos
Charity Hospital
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Biloxi
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Harrison
Wdsu-Tv
NBC
Richard Rambeau
Pensacola
Fla
U.S. 90
Gulf of Mexico
Jayne Palmer
Bryn Mawr
Dallas
Tex
Southern Methodist University
Hollywood
University of California At
High Court Dismisses Petition for Wrong Remedy
The Vermont Supreme Court dismissed Rob ert W. Hatley’s petition for a writ of prohibition against Caledonia County State’s Atty. Sten Lium. The court ruled the writ is an extraordinary remedy and Hatley’s claims pointed to issues better addressed by other legal avenues.
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Caledonia County
Hatley
Dier To Moderate Sentencing Panel At Windsor Meeting
Deputy Atty Gen Hilton A Dier will moderate a panel on sentencing at a joint Windsor meeting of district judges and state’s attorneys. A tour of the prison facilities will follow. Panel members include Superior Judge Franklin S Billings Jr Warden Robert Smith Brattleboro probation officer Joan Dunlevy and prison psychologist Dr Norman Hall.
State Board Grants One Year Waiver to McIndoes Academy
The Vermont State Education Board voted 6-0 to grant a conditional one year waiver of new secondary school standards to McIndoes Academy in Barnet. The waiver hinges on an upcoming Education Department inspection tour this week as McIndoes enrolls 62 students after prior disapproval May 23 alongside Shoreham and Groton high schools. Groton plans to close this summer while Shoreham awaits a board decision after a rejected waiver appeal. Dartmouth College official Prof. Donald Campbell noted governance changes at McIndoes and new curriculum plans ahead of standards taking effect Saturday.
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Dartmouth College
Hanover
N.H
McIndoes
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