Harvard emeritus Jones named visiting professor at Middlebury
Pulitzer winner Howard Mumford Jones, emeritus Harvard humanities professor, will serve as visiting professor of American literature and history at Middlebury College for the 1968 69 fall term. Jones, author of O Strange New World, has lectured at Middlebury and previously directed John Harvard Library. He taught at several universities before joining Harvard in 1936 and has held leadership roles with the American Council of Learned Societies.
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Fey to Receive Champlain College Distinguished Citizen Award
Dr John T Fey president of National Life Insurance Company chosen for Champlain College 1968 Distinguished Citizen Award to be presented at the 19th commencement on June 2. Fey former president of the University of Wyoming and University of Vermont became National Life president July 1 1966 and is the youngest leader of the 118 year old mutual firm operating nationwide. He has served as a director since 1962.
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Montreal Woman Critical After Stowe Crash Kills Driver
A Montreal woman, Renee Choquette, 21, remained in critical condition at Burlington's Mary Fletcher unit after a Saturday accident in Stowe that killed driver Carmen Lefebvre, 30, of St. Laurent, Quebec. Passenger June O'Neill, 28, of Montreal, was released from Copley Hospital Sunday with minor injuries.
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Opposition to eight-cent gas tax in Vermont plan
Senior counselor of the Barre Mountpelier Council of the Order of United Commercial Travelers of America opposes the House Ways and Means Committee eight cent gas tax for Gov Hoff's 129 million highway program and urges Senate adoption of the governor's penny proposal. Regional Red Cross Center reports 794 pints donated last week, with Keene State College leading at 171 pints and Plymouth State College 241 pints. 779 pints distributed to 62 Vermont and New Hampshire hospitals.
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Fire destroys Morrisville firehouse in minutes
Morrisville officials sought the fire’s cause after a Sunday blaze destroyed the firehouse and its equipment in about 15 minutes. About 25 volunteers watched as the building burned, with only a tanker truck and rescue wagon saved. Fire Chief Robert Page reported two trucks lost and damage estimated at $150,000.
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Robert Page
Schenectady Tops New York State School Aid in 1967
State Education Department records show Schenectady received 5.6 million dollars for five programs including elimination of racial imbalance pre kindgarten training experimental Project Able and educational television. Albany followed with 4.2 million and Cohoes received 4700 for educational television. Also in Albany 80 new state troopers graduated from the State Police Academy Basic Training at Chancellor's Hall after sessions at a Freehold Greene County hotel.
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Greene County
Luce to speak on war at North Adams State College
Berkshire report notes former international voluntary services director Don R. Luce will speak Tuesday at 1 PM at North Adams State College and again at 8 PM at the Williams town First Congregational Church. Luce spent nine years in Vietnam and resigned amid frustrations over countryside work and war resentments.
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International Voluntary Services
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North Adams State College
Williamstown
Kennedy Seen Benefiting From Mass Votes For McCarthy
UPI reports that Massachusetts voters backing Eugene J. McCarthy in the April 30 primary are likely to help Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy, a Massachusetts native now in New York, said his entry into the Democratic race would aid McCarthy in states where they will not compete in primaries. In Massachusetts, an industrial power that shaped John F. Kennedy, political life began in Boston Irish circles.
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Hoff Urges Business Help to Erase Poverty in Vermont
Gov. Philip Hoff of Vermont urged the business community to join public efforts to erase poverty, linking rural poverty to urban discontent and calling for a total national commitment beyond public institutions. Hoff, favoring Johnson for the Democratic nomination but open to change, warned of higher Vietnam costs and supported taxing for housing and welfare. He praised Kennedy’s candidacy and noted the political maneuvering shaping Massachusetts and national convention dynamics.
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