Rabies Cases Rise in Vermont Fox Population
State Health Department reports two more lab proven rabid foxes, bringing total this year to 12 with outbreaks near Hardwick in Stannard and Wolcott. No human bites recorded. Rabid foxes also appear in Caledonia Washington and Lamoille counties alongside Orleans, reflecting 12 confirmed cases out of all animals tested this year.
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Stannard
Wolcott
Frank Cosgrove
State Health
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Johnson
Ira Tousant
State Laboratory
Finn Thorgalsen
Danville
Orleans County
Caledonia
Washington
Lamoille
Sellers
Montpelier Reports Record World’s Fair Fashion Show
Nearly one million people viewed the World’s Fair fashion show at New England’s pavilion with 100 000 requesting where to buy clothing shoes fabrics jewelry luggage and accessories. The Vermont Development Department released the statistics noting a fashion giveaway reached 2520 winners and plans for a larger 1965 season. Fifty nine manufacturers from 92 plants in 46 New England cities participated as the pavilion village green show site remains by the busy avenue near the Unisphere.
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Montpelier
New England
Vermont Development Department
Mildred L. Albert
U.S
Burlington Mourns Rev. James J. Reeb in Selma Beating
Burlington residents marched in grief for Rev. James J. Reeb of Boston who died after a beating while aiding a voter registration drive in Selma Alabama. Almost 200 people walked from the University of Vermont to memorial services at the First Unitarian Church, with many signing petitions urging President Johnson to intervene in Selma.
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UPI
James J. Reeb
Boston
Selma
Ala
University of Vermont
First Unitarian Church
Johnson
Gason M. Carrier
Fire destroys Essex Center home of William Ames Jr
A Sunday fire in Essex Center is believed to have started in the kitchen ceiling and gutted the $12,000 home of William Ames Jr. Six family members escaped unharmed but the Essex Volunteer Fire Department could not save the house. A cat perished in the blaze.
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Essex Center
UPI
William Ames Jr
Essex Fire Department
Albany Diocese Says Abort Death Penalty Use
The Episcopal Diocese of Albany urged lawmakers to abolish capital punishment arguing the state usurps God’s judgment, risks executing innocents, and lacks evidence that the death penalty deters crime.
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Albany
Episcopal Diocese of
No Help This Time GOP Warns Albany
Albany report notes Democratic legislature faces clashes as it opens a week of debate over Gov Rockefeller 3.5 billion budget while Senate minority leader Earl Brydges signals Republicans will not bail them out. Also a 2 hour Civil Rights rally in Albany honors James J Reed of Boston with 1500 attendees urging racial cooperation.
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Rockefeller
James J. Reed
Boston
Selma
Ala
State Capitol
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NAACP
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Adams-A tramway group formed to oppose Tague anti tramway efforts
A seven man Berkshire committee led by Selectman Anthony P. McBride formed at the Citizens for Tramway meeting to counter anti tramway legislation to be aired in Boston March 22 and 23. Tramway Authority executive director Joseph Dragone criticized wild rumors spread by the opposing association led by William H. Tague. In Williamstown, Paul Casey, son of James J. Casey, won the Massachusetts American Legion oratory contest at Fall River and will advance to the New England contest in Fall River on March 28.
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Anthony P. McBride
Williamstown
Paul Casey
James J. Casey
Cole Ave
Massachusetts American Legion
Fall River
St. Joseph High School
North Adams
New England
Inez Jones Critical After New Lebanon Crash
Pittsfield resident Mrs. Inez Jones remains in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital following Thursday's triple fatal crash in New Lebanon New York. She was the lone survivor of four in a car that left Route 20 and struck a house.
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Pittsfield
Inez Jones
New Lebanon
N.Y
St. Luke’s Hospital
Two Climbers Die After Fall From Mt Washington Cliff
UPI reports two veteran climbers diverged on Mt Washington while training for a Himalayan expedition. Craig Merrihue, 32, of Cambridge Massachusetts, a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory physicist, and Daniel Doody, 31, of North Branford Connecticut, fell about 1000 feet from Pinnacle Gulley into Huntington Ravine. A 24 man rescue party could not save Merrihue, who died after sliding 900 feet more, while Doody died on impact. Witness Robert Young described the icy face as the cause. Merrihue’s wife Sandra awaited at the Harvard Mountain Climbing Club cabin. a son survives him.
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Mt. Everest
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Merrihue
Schenectady
N.Y
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Francis Appleton
Merridue
Young
Francis Belcher
Melerose
Mass
The
Appalachian Mountain Club
Sandra
Harvard
War Hero Sends Medal To Reeb's Son
Boston widow of slain minister Rev. James J. Reeb receives a Bronze Star Medal awarded to John B. McCarthy of Waltham. McCarthy, 40, asks the medal be given to Reeb's son John, 13, saying his father was braver than he.
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Marie Reeb
Boston
James J. Reeb
John B. McCarthy
Waltham
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