GE lands contract for Vulcan gun pod in Burlington
GE Burlington plants win a 1.885 million contract from the Army Weapon Command to produce a small Vulcan gun pod, boosting local employment from 1,250 to about 1,400 by May. The Missile and Armament Division also announced a 2.5 percent raise for hourly and salaried workers effective April 5, excluding managerial and professional staff.
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Burlington
UPI
Genral Electric
Army Weapon Command
Rock Island
Ill
GE Missile and Armament Division
Maple sugar imports hit five year low in 1964
UPI reports Sen George D Aiken cites 1964 maple sugar imports at a five year low while the 1964 domestic crop attained its highest dollar value of 7.7 million As imports fell Canada’s smaller crop is blamed UPI notes 1963 and 1964 import figures 18 598 000 and 14 761 000 pounds and domestic production 12 265 000 and 18 863 000 pounds respectively
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Bureau of International Commerce
Canada
U.S
Two Schuylerville Men Die In Head On Crash In NY
In an afternoon crash between Melrose and Speigletown a truck and car collided head on. Shelton Larmon 46 and his uncle Milton Larmon 80 died from burns trapped in the car. Five others were hospitalized. two in the truck and three in the car, rescued by bystanders.
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Troy
Schuylerville
Melrose
Speigletown
Shelton Larmon
Milton Larmon
New York Telephone Co
Aid Bill Approved for New Haven Railroad Service
Gov Rockefeller announced approval of a $5 million Democratic aid bill for the New Haven Railroad commuter service. The funds hinge on matching appropriations from the federal government and the state of Connecticut, tightening control over their use.
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Albany
Rockefeller
New Haven
Connecticut
Rochester Plans Lake Ontario Junk Car Shoal Experiment
Rochester area officials target late May to submerge junk cars in Lake Ontario off Braddock's Point to form a fish shoal. The project will drop cars on three bottom types sand and silt sand and bed rock. Army Corps of Engineers says a 3000 car shoal could be created.
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Rochester
Lake Ontario
Braddock’s Point
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bargaining unit votes March 29 on GE strike in Berkshire
Pittsfield union draftsmen of Local 140 AFTE plan a strike ballot after unanimously voting March 29 over GE demotion of a senior designer. Company alleges the worker delayed a work assignment and a union grievance was rejected. In North Adams, Airman Apprentice Terrence L Duverney, 18, arrives on leave after a Pensacola space flight simulation experiment with four others.
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Pittsfield
UPI
General Electric Co
American Federation of Technical Engineers
North Adams
Terrence L.duverney
Loretta Judge
Bennington
Pensacola
Fla
Wilkinson to Leave Taconic for Mt Snow Pro Position
Roy Wilkinson, aide to Rudy Golf and Taconic Golf Club pro, will depart Williamstown July 1 to become pro at the new Mt. Snow course. He will stay until July. Mt. Snow plans include 36 holes after a nine hole start.
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Williamstown
Roy Wilkinson
Rudy Golf
Taconic Golf Club
Mt. Snow
Boston Strangler Link Questioned In Maine Rape Slaying
In Bangor Maine police lack a prime suspect in the rape slaying of 55 year old chambermaid Effie Mac Donald found in a vacant Bangor House room. The body was found by another maid after the room had been unused for two days. Police noted possible Boston Strangler links as Massachusetts officials sent aides to compare notes. An inmate at Bridgewater State Hospital reportedly admits the 13 slayings and will be examined by a court psychiatrist.
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Maine
Bangor, Maine
UPID
Bangor House
Effie MacDonald
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Bridgewater State Mental Hospital
Bangor
Clifton Sloane
MacDonald
Coffin
Stewart Atkinson
Nancy Hitchings
Darien School Suspends Four After Drinking Teeners
Four Darien high school students were suspended after a theater trip turned into a private vodka fueled party. Among 220 students attending Romeo and Juliet in Stratford on March 10, the group smuggled vodka aboard a bus, causing several to become violently ill. Names of the youths were not released.
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Darien, Conn
UPI
Darien
Gregory Coffin
Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford
GE Sales To South Africa Sparks Campus Picket
Pittsfield Massachusetts UPI students from Williams College and Bennington College planned to picket the GE plant as part of a nationwide protest against U S corporations doing business in South Africa. GE spokesman Briton Saterlee defended the firm stating its South Africa operations employ a diversified workforce and pay equally for the same work. Organizers said the action aims to highlight GE investments in South Africa and its apartheid policies.
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U.S
South Africa
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Saterlee
United States
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