Springfield settles four week school dispute
In Springfield a two week clash between the Board of School Directors and the Springfield Teachers Association ended after a four hour closed meeting. The board agreed to pause the exceptional service pay plan while recognizing STA as the teachers' negotiators. In St Albans three men Ronald Rich 18 William Kye Smith 28 and John Peare 16 face arraignment in Franklin County Superior Court for burglary at a St Albans service station last month. Their lawyers failed to dismiss the charges and the judge ordered them held for county court action.
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Springfield Teachers Association
STA
ST. Albans
UPI
Franklin County Superior Court
Ronald Rich
William Kye Smith
John Peare
Franklin Municipal
Carl Gregg
Vermont, NH aid start new radiological defense system
UPI reports Waitsfield Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Fielders, 21, was killed in Vietnam last week. Vermont officials, with New Hampshire assistance, plan a new radiological defense system coordinating Civil Defense radio communications. Larry Parsons of Londonderry NH to visit VT towns to aid CD groups with equipment checks.
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Waitsfield
UPI
Lance Cpl
Robert Fielders
Viet Nam
Montpelier
New Hampshire
Vermont
Andrew Monti
Vermont Department of Public Safety
Larry Parsons
Londonderry
N.H
Windsor man named state director of economic opportunity
Gov. Hoff appointed Thomas C. Davis of Windsor as the new state director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Davis will start March 21 at a $10,000 yearly salary. He is 34, married with nine children, and has led the Southeastern Vermont Community Action Program since 1965. Davis is a Spaulding High School and University of Vermont alumnus, succeeding Paul Guare who resigned for a federal Rural Area Development post.
Montpelier Man Appointed to Vermont Fish and Game Board
James B. Flanagan of Montpelier was appointed by Gov. Hoff to the Vermont Fish and Game Board, pending Senate approval. He succeeds Francis Murtagh, who resigned amid controversy over a deer population control bill. Flanagan, a Montpelier native, is married with four children.
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API
James B. Flanagan
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont Fish and Game Board
Flanagan
Senate
Francis Murtagh
Murtagh
House
Hunter Broadcasting to Buy Kingston Station WBAZ
William Hunter president of Hunter Broadcasting Inc. announced the purchase of second station WBAZ in Kingston New York from Big River Broadcasting Corp for 110000 dollars. FCC transfer approval is awaited.
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Burlington
UPI
Hunter Broadcasting Inc
WDOT
William Hunter
WBAZ
Kingston
N.Y
Big River Broadcasting Corp
Hunter
Hunter Broadcasting Group
Federal Communications Commission
Woman slain as Bouford sought in New York shooting
A New York police teletype warns William H. Bouford Jr., 45, sought for questioning in a midnight shooting that killed his estranged wife Eileeen Bouford, 33. She was killed at her parents’ home when a bullet pierced a shed window.
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William H. Bouford Jr
Eileeen
Boys Club mixes up with Communist linked group
New York reports the Boys Club of America pleading confusion with the Dubois Clubs of America due to similar names and radio and TV coverage. The group has faced threats and financial pressure after the Justice Department moved against the Dubois Clubs as a Communist front and an explosion damaged their San Francisco headquarters. Former VP Nixon, as national board chairman, warned the public about the confusion calling it a classic example of deception.
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New York
UPC
Boys Club of America
W. E. B. Dubois Clubs of America
Justice Department
Washington
Dubois
San Francisco
Edward J. Stapleton
South Dakota Threatened By Floods
Warmer weather raised flood threats in blizzard torn South Dakota while North Dakota reports heavy drifting and zero visibility in places. With communications out, reports come in of heavy cattle losses. One South Dakota rancher lost 700 cattle and 700 sheep. Twenty people died in the storm as Gov. Guy of North Dakota noted the blizzard may not qualify for federal aid.
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North Dakota
Highway Department
William Guy
Florida
Birmingham
Ala
Bismarck
N.D
Appalachians
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Greer
S.C
Meridian
Miss
Berkshire group eyes Expo 67 exhibit bid
A South Egremont business group launched efforts for the Berkshire region of Massachusetts to participate in Montreal's Expo 67. Angus McDonald of the Berkshire Hills conference urges action, arguing Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut will not join. If Berkshire enters the fair it would join Vermont New York and Maine as the only other participants.
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South Egremont
Mass
UPI
Berkshire
Masssachusetts
Montreal
Angus McDonald
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Berkshires
Vermont
New York
Maine
Cardinal Ottaviani to head Vatican birth control panel
The Vatican named Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani to head the special commission on birth control amid ongoing debate over church doctrine. Church leaders warned against rushing change, noting high use of prohibited methods and stressing adherence to long standing natural law.
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UPI
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
Special Commission On
Ecumenical Council
Maximos Cardinal Saigh
Antioch
Syria
Britain
Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens
Malines
Brussels
Belgium
Ottaviani
Slow Thruway Drivers Must Signal When Under 40
New York Thruway officials ordered trucks and other slow vehicles to flash simultaneous warning lights when traveling under 40 miles per hour. Thruway Chairman R Burr Dell Bixby announced the safety measure, with black and silver signs placed at five long hills to alert faster traffic of slow moving vehicles ahead.
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Albany
N. Y
UPI
New York Thruway
Thruway
R. Burdell Bixby
Bixby
Boston Union Leaders Prepare For Extended Strike
In Boston the five major dailies remained idle for a third day as ITU printers and mailers strike over a wage dispute. Gov Volpe offered mediation while publishers weigh court action if the walkout endures. ANG benefits aid idled staff, and TV stations expanded news casts to fill the void.
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Boston
UPS
John A. Volpe
Morning and
Evening Globe
Morning Herald
Evening Traveler
The
Record-American
International Typographical Union
ITU
American Newspaper Guild
ANG
ITV
Herald
Traveler
William Davis Taylor
the Globe
Harold A. Phelps
ITU Local 13
Collins and Cooper charged with ski theft in Williamstown
Williamstown reports John A. Collins and Arthur M. Cooper of New York City charged with stealing skis and poles from the 4 Acre Motel office. Bail set at 300 and 50 dollars, arraignment in district court Thursday. the items valued at 189 dollars were recovered.
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Williamstown
John A. Collins
Arthur M. Cooper
New York City
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