Vermont lawmakers weigh funds for legal aid and planning
In Montpelier Rep. Sanborn Partridge said the House Appropriations Committee is reconsidering a $25,000 request for free legal services for the poor, with potential transfer to Vermont Legal Aid. The panel also contemplates adding funds for regional planning and a technical services project. In the same city a legislative tour to Quebec prompts a special train for lawmakers and Vermonters, including events at Old Quebec and the Chateau Frontenac. A total of 40 arts groups seek more than $140,000 in matching funds, while a Skyranger plane incident at Whitingham Lake ends with minor damage. Rep. Gerald Northrop, hospitalized in Boston, remains in critical condition.
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Vermont Legal Aid
Partridge
Montpelier
Quebec City
J. Fred Laliberte
Quebec
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Mount Ste. Anne
Lac Beauport
Chateau Frontenac
Province of
Frontenac
UPI
Arthur Williams
Fayston
Vermont Council On the Arts
Vermont
Castleton
Gerald Northrop
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Northrop
Rotary Boy Scout leader named Camp Wakpominee director
In New York Ralph Long, former business manager of the Rotary Boy Scout Training Center and camp director in 1961 62, is named director of Camp Wakpominee in West Fort Ann for Mohican Council. Also note Camp Rotary earned an A rating in 1962 from the Regional Camping Committee. In other New York news crime rose with 654 murders in 1966, most by relatives or neighbors, while a city survey showed 10 to 11 p.m. as the peak hour. Albany coverage reports a measure to raise the dropout age from 16 to 17 gaining Assembly endorsement and delaying exits from school.
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Troy
Ralph Long
Rotary Boy Scout Training Center
Mohican Council
Boy Scouts
West Fort Ann
Rotary
New York
New York City
Howard Leary
Albany
Assembly
Joseph R. Pisani
New Rochelle
Barrington Board Sues Over Billboard Permits
Great Barrington selectmen filed in Berkshire Superior Court seeking review of a Feb 14 state Outdoor Advertising Board ruling revoking permits for billboards along U S 7. The signs, owned by Maurice Callahan and Sons, were cut down by vandals weeks earlier. hearing not expected in April. Anthony Bouthot, 28, Worcester, was found unconscious after walking away from Monroe State prison camp and treated for exposure at Plunkett Memorial Hospital Adams.
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Great Barrington
Great Barrington Selectmen
State Outdoor Advertising Board
Superior Court
U.S. 7
Berkshire Superior Court
Selectmen
Maurice Callahan and Sons of
Pittsfield
Monroe Bridge
Monroe
Anthony Bouthot
Worcester
Plunkett Memorial Hospital
Adams
Bouthot
Pittsfield Hospitals Record Two New Daughters
At Pittsfield General Hospital a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Donald Cannon. At St Luke's Hospital a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Clifford Gunnery.
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Pittsfield
UPI
Pittsfield General Hospital
Donald Cannon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Clifford Gunnery
Cancer Researcher Calls for Better Filters in Cigarettes
Dr. George E. Moore of Roswell Park Memorial Institute reports tests on 56 cigarette brands find many filtered types deliver similar or higher tar and nicotine than nonfilters. He cites brands like Chesterfield and Lucky Strike and urges industry to develop more effective filters to reduce lung cancer risk. Marvel and several other filters rank lowest, while Raleigh without a filter releases the most tar and nicotine. The findings appear in Cancer journal.
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPI
George E. Moore
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Moore
Chesterfield
Lucky Strike
Camels
Pall Mall
Duke
Life
True
Kent
Montclair
Spring
Galaxy
Kingsize Raleigh
Cancer
Journal of the American Cancer Society, Inc
Institute
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Marvel
Stefano Bros
Philadelphia
Cascade
Carlton
King Lane
Ec CIA
A&p
Dorothy Vibbard
Albany, N. Y
Roger Manor
L Judith Fitzgerald
Lindsley
Mattison West
Susan Forrest
N.Y
Elsie Alte
Sophie Zanger
Fleischmans
William Johnson
Gloversville, N.Y
R. McSpirit Kingston
N. Y
Gary Baker Greenwich
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc
Marvel Coffee
Sheffield
Muellers
Pillsbury
Jane Parker
LUX Liquid
Raisin Bread
ST. Patrick's
Salis
Teak
Rere
Bia
Laddie Boy OG
Aerowax
Nabisco
DUZ Detergent
Quart Bot
Chase & Sanborn
Sunshine Hi-H
Ann Dale
Boy-Ar-Dee
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