Champlain College Approved to Award Two Associate Degrees
The State Board of Education authorized Champlain College in Burlington to confer associate in business administration and associate in business science degrees on graduates. The college, enrolling 350, has previously granted the associate in applied science since 1958, and the decision is hailed as forward progress by State Commissioner A John Holden. In Montpelier, the Department of Employment Security announced steps to extend jobless benefits as unemployment surpassed 7 percent for the fourth straight week, triggering up to 13 additional weeks of benefits for insured workers depleted of regular benefits.
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Burlington
State Board of Education
Champlain College
A. John Holden
Montpelier
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Vermont dairy cooperative opposes 1962 Farm Act
Directors of United Farmers of New England Inc a 2200 member cooperative sent a statement to Congress members from Maine New Hampshire Vermont and eastern New York arguing dairy problems can be solved within existing laws and opposing the proposed marketing allotments system claiming it would harm efficient and young farmers in the dairy industry.
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Montpelier
United Farmers of New England, Inc
Congress
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Vermont aims renewed push to market state industries and recreation
Industrialist Richard Snelling urged Vermont to launch a statewide campaign to reverse a trend of stagnating real income. He cited Vermont manufacturing jobs falling by 2,000 from 1950 to 1960 and farm employment dropping by about 500 annually.
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Shelburne
Richard Snelling
Vermont Development Board
Vermont
Snelling
New York Leaders Discuss Rockefeller Unity and Thruway Speed Talks
Albany Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson urged conservatives to work within the Republican party and oppose extremism amid talks with Gov. Rockefeller critics. In Albany, Thruway Authority chair R Burdell Bixby disclosed a possible speed limit rise from 60 to 65 mph, with a 70 mph target under discussion. Niskayuna, 17 year old Richard L Murphy died after a head on crash on the Troy Schenectady Road. driver Silvio Spina, 38, injured and hospitalized. Murphy survived by grandmother with father Richard and mother Estelle Folts named.
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Albany
Malcolm Wilson
New York
Gov
Rockefeller
Wilson
Birchers
Minutemen
R. Burdell Bixby
Thruway Authority
Bixby
Thomas Laverne
Rochester
Richard
Utica
Estelle Folts
Essex Junction
Williamstown Land Use Study Plans by Sonthoff and Thomas Firm
Field engineers from Sonthoff and Thomas Cochituate Mass will gather in Williamstown to conduct a land use study. Data will be tabulated and mapped for the town master plan to guide future development. In Adams Laurie J King won re election by over 400 votes defeating Edward W Reid and G Alfred Nimmons. Incumbent John J Bloniarz and Mrs Iaa F Haun won three year terms on the School Committee. Edward J Pitoniak edged William A Bure for a one year term.
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Williamstown
Sonthoff and Thomas
Cochituate
Mass
ADAMS
Laurie J. King
Edward W. Reid
G. Alfred Nimmons
John J. Bloniarz
Iaa F. Haun
Donald R. Sommer
Edward J. Pitoniak
William A. Bure
U.S. State Dept Sees Rising Public Interest in Foreign Policy
Leonard A. Wilson told the Bennington Rotary Club that the State Department faces a growing mail backlog as President Kennedy’s international agenda draws attention. Some 182,000 letters were received last year with 17,000 arriving weekly. 32,000 pieces await acknowledgment. The bureau expands outreach through the Foreign Policy Bulletin, 12,000 subscribers, and 2,400 speeches given to U.S. groups.
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U.S. State Department
Kennedy
State Department
Bennington Rotary Club
Leonard A. Wilson
the Banner
Public Affairs Bureau
Wilson
Foreign Policy Bulletin
U.S
Department
West Rutland wedding links Pietryka and Miller
Miss Mary Pietryka of West Rutland married L Samuel Miller of Weston in St Bridget’s Church West Rutland in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore peau de soie with bell silhouette. Attendants included Pietryka sisters and Miller relatives. Reception at Fairmont Restaurant followed by a Banff Canada honeymoon and residence in West Rutland.
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West Rutland
Mary Pietryka
Stanley Pietryka
L. Samuel Miller
Mary Miller
Weston
Lloyd S. Miller
St. Bridget’s Church
Patrick Hannon
Richard Werchenski
Michael Conlon
Thomas McGann
Margaret Pietryka
Patricia
Jean
Maureen Pietryka
Hilary Miller
Michael Richardson
Peter Miller
John Meyers
Duncan Ogden
Vietnamese Airpower Scores Two Victories
South Vietnamese forces using decisive airpower scored two major victories over the Viet Cong in the past two days. U S Army helicopters with American crews supported followups and U S supplied fighter bombers delivered the knockout punches. Officials said the successes are the biggest of the year with hundreds of guerrillas killed wounded or captured. Ground forces later counted 60 bodies from Phuoc Thanh Province and estimated at least 240 more wounded from the preceding strike.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Episcopal fund drive aims to raise 400000 in Vermont
In Montpelier Vermont over 400 Episcopal congregants gathered for the launch of the Episcopal Development Fund campaign seeking 400000 in capital funds to expand church work. Bishop Butterfield presided at service with Bishop William Crittenden as keynote and district meetings planned across eight areas including a Bennington rally in Arlington March 20.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Albert W. Anderson
John Flint
Stowe
William Crittenden
Erie
Pennsylvania
Robert D. Jordan
Episcopal Church Foundation
Diocese of
Albany
Jordan
Victor C. Jones
Ward, Dreshman, and Reinhardt
Bishop Butterfield
Bennington
Arlington
Space Flight Film Captures Glenn 1962 Triple Orbit
Washington AP reports a new color film showing John H. Glenn Jr. in the Friendship 7 capsule during his February 20 triple orbit. The sneak preview on Capitol Hill promises public showings by NASA and highlights weightlessness, space food, and the capsule’s recovery by the destroyer Noa.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Africa
Earth
Capitol Hill
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Glenn
Noa
Work-Study Revamps Image at Goddard College
Goddard College in Vermont has long required a two month winter work term. This year about 190 students traveled across the United States and Canada for jobs in resorts factories hospitals newspapers and radio and television. Students obtain their own positions and prepare reports used by guidance staff to guide vocational interests after graduation.
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Goddard College
Vermont
Plainfield
United States
Canada
Ralph E. Reimers
Valley Stream
N.Y
Brooklyn
James W. Feeney
Philadelphia
Renne Goldsmith
Paramus
N.J
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