Hoff names Vermont Resource Priorities Board
Col. E A Alexander announced Gov Hoff has selected the Resource Priorities Board to advise the governor on resource use during emergencies. Eleven task groups have drafted a master plan for military civil defense and natural disaster management, with a stand by Office of Emergency Controls to mobilize needed men money and materials. Board members include Sheldon Dimick Stella Hackel L Douglas Meredith Faith Prior C Herbert Ridgley James J Ritchie.
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Montpelier
Col
E.A. Alexander
Public Safety and Emergency Planning
Hoff
Resource Priorities Board
Alexander
Vermont
Office of Emergency Controls
Sheldon Dimick
Randolph National Bank
Stella B. Hackel
Department of Employment Security
L. Douglas Meredith
National Life Insurance
Faith Prior
UVM
Herbert Ridgley
Aviation
James J. Ritchie
International Business Machines
Essex Junction
Goddard College students return to campus for spring registration
More than 400 Goddard College students repopulate the Northwood and Greatwood campuses to register for the spring term. In January and February they worked nationwide on non-resident term assignments in libraries, film and research centers, hospitals, education and welfare offices, schools, and newspapers, many aligned with their social science studies and first semester projects.
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Plainfield
Goddard College
Northwood
Greatwood
Vermont Proclaims Save Your Vision Week in 40th year
Gov Philip Hoff proclaimed next week Save Your Vision Week a Vermont event. The annual observance, run by the Vermont Optometric Association, highlights visual health and the value of professional guidance across life stages. The House General Committee backed bills to form a 15 member Vermont Bicentennial Commission to plan the republic’s 1777 founding milestone.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip Hoff
Vermont
Save Your Vision
Vermont Optometric Association
Voting changes and registration day in Hoosick Falls
Officials in Hoosick Falls urge residents to check their names on village and town registration lists for the March 21 village election. A special registration day is set for March 4 from noon to 9 p.m. at all four polling places to add missing names. In Troy, Ruth Hugabone, 49, was arrested in the February 15 death of Asa Delamater, a West Sand Lake junk dealer, and remanded to jail on $25,000 bail after an early morning arraignment for a material witness role.
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Hoosick Falls
Troy
Ruth Hugabone
Asa Delamater
West Sand Lake
Hugabone
Rensselaer County
Timothy J. Fogarty
Ramapo official cites PTA protest over lottery funds shift
Spring Valley Merril L Colton superintendent of Ramapo Central School District 11 says the Parent Teacher Association Council has launched a statewide campaign to oppose using state lottery money to balance the budget of the State Education Department. He notes the funds were originally intended for additional education aid.
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Spring Valley
Merrill L. Colton
Ramapo Central School District
Parent-Teacher Association Council
Colton
Twin sister blamed for Pittsfield fire report in court
A 37-year-old Pittsfield woman told District Court she reported a fire due to her twin sister. Judge Frank W. Cimini continued the show cause case to May 1 and warned of severe penalties for the violation. A neighbor and Chief Probation Officer Torchio noted the twins can be told apart.
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Pittsfield
Frank W. Cimini
Cimini
Joseph A. Torchio
Pittsfield Club Expands Nightspot For Older Youth
The Boys Club directors vote to open The Lighthouse to older youth 18 to 21, narrowing previous high school group restrictions. The move aligns with a mayoral committee study on recreation gaps for young adults and a plan to create a dedicated recreation area for that age group.
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Pittsfield — Boys Club
15-Year Sentence for Watervliet Native Whalen
U S District Court sentenced retired Army Lt. Col. William Henry Whalen a Watervliet New York native to 15 years in prison for passing military secrets to Soviet agents. The sentence runs consecutively on two counts, with espionage dropped. Whalen pleaded guilty to promoting the interests of a foreign government and removing classified information. The government alleged conspiratorial talks with Col Sergei Edemski and Mikhail Shumajev with payments during meetings on atomic energy and U S missile systems. His lawyers argued statements to the FBI were involuntary and noted a six month wiretap on his home in 1964.
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Alexandria
William Henry Whalen
Watervliet
N.Y
U.S
Whalen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Fairfax County
Lewis
Sergei A. Edemski
Mikhail A. Shumaev
AIV Opposes Vermont Tax and Labor Plans
The Associated Industries of Vermont opposes tying the state income tax to federal codes saying it would drag economic growth. It warns that 905 of returns would bear 88 percent of higher taxes. The group also opposes intrastate labor laws for larger industries but backs Hoff's tech institute funding, higher workers compensation, and regional vocational schools proposal.
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Montpelier
API
Associated Industries of Vermont
AIV
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont to receive federal state tech services aid
Gov. Hoff announced a four prong attack on Vermont industry problems after the U S Commerce Department approved the Vermont State Technical Services program. The $36,033 federal grant is matched by state funds with UVM and Norwich University participating to provide education and field counseling for technological needs and industrial problem solving.
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Montpelier
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington
University of Vermont
Norwich University
Vermont Office of Technical Services
UVM
Norwich
Pilot's Decision Blamed For Fatal Plane Crash
Washington agency CAB cites non instrument rated pilot chose visual flight in bad weather leading to a fatal light plane crash. The November incident highlights pilot training gaps and safety concerns investigated by the Civil Aeronautics Board in connection with the crash.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Vermont ASCS signups reach nearly 200 farms
Vermont ASCS officer A F Heald reports about 200 farms signed for two programs covering almost 3400 acres. 133 farms joined the annual feed grain plan agreeing to cut 1333 acres of corn and grain sorghum for pre paid payments. 63 farms agreed to divert over 2000 acres of corn and tame hay for five to 10 years under cropland adjustment. The related Barre crash killed four aboard a plane en route from Hartford to Barre Montpelier.
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Burlington
UPS
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
A. F. Heald
Heald
Hunt Re Appointment Confirmed in Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate confirmed the two year re appointment of Banking and Insurance Commissioner James H Hunt. It also confirmed six year appointments to state boards for Gerald Walker South Londonderry George F Babcock Morrisville Lula Potter Hyde Park and Thomas E Duff Barre City Manager. The four others named joined the Fish and Game Board Social Welfare Board and Personnel Board respectively.
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Donderry
George F. Babcock
Morrisville
Fish and Game Board
Lula Potter
Hyde Park
Board of Social Welfare
Barre
Thomas E. Duff
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Berkshire Eagle
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Claire E. Roy
North Adams Hospital
Ernest J. Brundage
Florence Quimby
Miss Roy
Boston College School of Nursing
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Boston College
FBI
David City
Neb
Vermont Farmers Register
Hartford
Conn
Barre-Montpelier
Lawrence LaFountain
Hazel
Richard
Lois LaFountain
Hunt
Bennington, VT
Boston
the Friendly Hotel
Billy Sullivan
Bellman
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Litt
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Allies
Main Street
Bennington
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