Vermont legislature readies hires to speed drafts
A resolution to hire more legislative draftsmen faces introduction as 1963 session stalls with only seven of 141 bills enacted. At 51 days in, the session trails 1961 by five days, and about 500 bills remain in the draftsman's office as Lewis E. Springer Jr. considers temporary hires to catch up. Brattleboro banquet marks 50th anniversary of the Daily Reformer becoming a daily and honors publisher Howard C. Rice amid a roster of regional editors and heirs.
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Lewis E. Springer Jr
Springer
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Howard C. Rice
Rice
H.I. Jenks
Greenfield (Mass
Recorder Gazette
Henry J. Cowland
Catskill
N.Y
Daily Mail
Conland
Hartford
University of Vermont run or state ETV authority debated
At a Montpelier public hearing the Senate and House education committees weighed two ETV bond bills. One would have UVM operate the network. the other would create a state ETV authority. Bond issues exceed 1.5 million. Support favored immediate action and UVM control, with leaders from education and Catholic schools backing the plan.
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F. Ray Keyser Jr
Charles Lewis
Wcax-Tv
Burlington
UVM
A. John Holden
Weston A. Cate Jr
Vermont Education Association
Msgr
John A. Lynch
Roman Catholic Diocesan
Daniel Dyer
Vermont Superintendents’ Association
New York Drinking Age Debate Continues With New Jersey Press
Gov Hughes travels to Albany urging New York to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21, arguing deaths among youths in nearby states tied to New York drinking. Governor Rockefeller calls the issue difficult and complex, while Sen Marchi questions whether higher age would save lives.
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Albany
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
New York State
Rockefeller
Hughes
New York
John J. Marchi
Joint Legislative Committee For
Kennedy to ski in Berkshires drawing regional buzz
Senator Edward M. Kennedy plans a Berkshire ski tour visiting Thunder Mountain Charlemont Bousquet Pittsfield Jiminy Peak Hancock and Mount Greylock Thunderbolt Trail with a Lenox overnight. Local boosters urge tourism push amid Greylock tramway funding talks and Saddleball area potential highlighted by Sno Engineering.
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Mount Greylock
Eastover
Lenox
Berkshire Snow Basin
Cummington
Otis Ridge
Otis
Catamount
Egremont
Great Barrington
Beartown
Sel Hanna
Sno-Engineering Inc
North Berkshire
Greylock
Pups to Train for Massachusetts State Police Canine Corps
Two Vermont raised bloodhound pups arrive at the Massachusetts State Police barracks to begin training in nine to ten months. Trooper Paul Conway will train them, continuing the legacy of Big Sid and Sadie. The pups will live indoors and move to kennels as they grow.
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Andover
Mass
Massachusetts State Police Canine Corps
Vermont
William Baumann
Big Sid
Sadie
Paul Conway
State Police Academy
Framingham
Andover Barracks
NEA Releases New England Education Statistics
The National Education Association on Thursday published survey figures for New England. It lists estimated school age populations as of July 1, 1962: Massachusetts 1,219,420 Connecticut 634,537 Rhode Island
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Washington
National Education Association
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Speech Hearing Group Accepts New Members
The Vermont Speech and Hearing Association held a mid winter meeting February 15 at Bishop De Goesbriand Hospital in Burlington with twenty eight professionals present. New Burlington members include Johanna Ghei Muriel Whalen Dr Margaret Lefevre Barbara McDonald Edith Newquist. Associate members Andrea Layman Bonnie Stewart and Margaret Knandal are University of Vermont students. Dr Vima Falck was program chair. The event showcased therapy materials and techniques for rehabilitating speech and hearing handicaps.
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Burlington
Vermont Speech and Hearing Association
Vermont Rehabilitation Center
Bishop de Goesbriand Hospital
Vermont
State Department of Special Education
Brandon Training School
Vermont Crippled Children’s Center of Rutland
University of Vermont
Johanna Ghei
Muriel Whalen
Margaret Lefevre
Barbara McDonald
Edith Newquist
Jean Littlefield
Middlebury
Andrea Layman
Bonnie Stewart
Margaret Knandal
Vima Falck
Rehabilitation Center
Beech Street and Molly Stark Teachers Gain Pay Increases
Beech Street and Molly Stark School 23 full time and 2 part time teachers receive raises under the 1963 64 salary plan approved by Greater Bennington Schools Inc. The schedule raises base pay from 4000 to 4400 with 5 percent yearly step increases and additional bonuses for master's degrees. Top raises go to those with 10 plus years experience, with a 500 annual ceiling. The district projects a 36 cent school tax rate increase to cover salaries, needing about 10000 more in the coming year.
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Beech Street
Molly Stark
The
Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Leon E. Wagner
Bennington Southwest
Wagner
Bennington Banner Publishing Details and Rates
The Bennington Banner, published daily except Sundays and holidays at 425 Main St in Bennington Vermont, lists newsroom and advertising contacts. It notes AP exclusive rights to local news and dispatches and provides subscription and motor route rates for local Vermont and nationwide delivery including special serviceman rates.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Radius
IRS Office Staff A Suspicious Crew
New York AP Gus J. Martin 63 left a tax office argument over a refund. He abandoned a yellow box the size of a cigarette carton prompting police bomb squad evacuation of four floors and surrounding streets. the box was found harmless.
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Gus J. Martin
Lexington Avenue
Internal Revenue Service
Martin
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