Brattleboro Transit wins school bus contract bid
Union District directors accepted Brattleboro Transit Corp bid of 26974 annually for three years to carry Union High and Town School District students. Other bids were 32400 and 28638. A parents group criticized routing and weather handling, while Edgar Lawton defended his higher bid citing more buses.
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Brattleboro Transit Corp
Union
BTC
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Edgar L. Lawton
Lawton
Vermont Board creates three new supervisory unions
The state Board of Education approved three new supervisory unions effective July 1, 1963. Orange-Windsor includes Chelsea, Royalton, Sharon, Strafford and Tunbridge. Addison Northwest covers Addison, Ferrisburg, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham, and Union High School District 5. Addison Northeast comprises Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro.
Albany Shooting Fatality Near Broad Street
Joseph L. Hunt Jr., 28, was shot in the head as he stepped from his brother’s car at 121 Broad Street and died minutes later. Police arrested William R. Bond, 32, of 121 Broad Street, who said Hunt approached the stoop and he fired from the front steps. A screwdriver was found in the hallway.
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Joseph L. Hunt Jr
Broad St
Broad Street
William R. Bond
Bond
Dairy producers urge action to curb milk surplus
Washington spokesmen for the National Grange and New York Dairy Producers urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to act against a growing milk surplus and falling prices. Rep. Samuel S. Stratton of New York said the surplus has cut dairy incomes, shut plants, and driven dealers to reject deliveries or charge extra transportation costs. He opposing a mandatory quota plan and favored a voluntary two price system with a base for Class I milk and lower prices for excess production.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
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Berkshire selects Kathleen Carlow town veterans agent
Mrs Kathleen Carlow widow of World War I pilot Thomas Carlow was named town veterans agent by the Berkshire selectmen at a special meeting Tuesday A veterans delegation urged the post go to a veteran Town Counsel Leonard A Turgeon Jr said the appointee need not be a veteran Mrs Carlow succeeds Roy A Carpenter who resigned earlier
Drury High Names Pro Merito Honorees
Twenty Drury High School seniors named Pro Merito with four highest honorees George Bailey Gerald Hamilton Mary Jane Daniels and Sandra Clough. Additional appointees include Darlene Wilson Carolyn Sanford John Roach Linda Libardi Ellen Law Eleanor Hinman Frances Harrington Donald Gilbert Edward Francis Jr. Lynn Dion O Ann Clark Donna Campbell Mary Lou Brewer Bruce Boisvert Bruce Batease and Walter Alderman Jr.
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Donald Gilbert
Edward Francis Jr
Lynn Dion
O. Ann Clark
Donna Campbell
Mary Lou Brewer
Bruce Boisvert
Bruce Batease
Walter Alderman Jr
Bear wrecks off Nova Scotia after storm bears two crewmen rescued
The Coast Guard reports the barkentine Bear sank about 90 miles south of Cape Sable after its foremast broke. Tug Irving Birch rescued two crewmen with a rubber liferaft aid from a Coast Guard aircraft. The 198 foot ship, famed for polar rescues, had a long service history from the Arctic to WWII.
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Cape Sable
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Halifax
Massachusetts Dog Track Probers Hear Directors At Rehoboth Fair
A Massachusetts legislative committee resumed hearings with Rehoboth Fair directors to probe racing funding. Directors reportedly received annual $900 checks from Taunton Dog Track and two-thirds of Thomas Sena Sr. Lakeville salary is paid by Raynham Dog Track. Western hearings planned. middleboro and Pittsfield venues discussed.
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Rudolph C. Christenson
Middleboro Fair
Thomas Sena Sr
Lakeville
Raynham
Gordon MacNeil
Sena
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D-Malden
Pittsfield
Exiled Vietnamese officers predict Diem ouster this year
In Phnom Penh former South Vietnamese officers Nguyen Chanh Thi and Nguyen Van Du say Diem will be ousted within the year. They claim anti Communist forces gain strength in Saigon with backing from Diem officials. Thi recalls leading a 1960 paratroop revolt and a 1962 palace attack. They fault Diem’s unpopularity and say American aid hasn’t produced the will to fight Yong.
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Cambodia
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
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Diem
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Nguyen van du
Judge Denies TV Injunction Over Biography of a Bookie Joint
A federal judge refused a request to halt tonight's WHDH TV broadcast of Biography of a Bookie Joint. Plaintiffs Harry Portnoy and Michael Dinunzio claim privacy invasion and ridicule, but Judge George C. Sweeney found public interest in exposing bookie joints outweighs concerns. The 7:30 p.m. EST airing follows an earlier blackout in New England.
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Harry Portnoy
Newton
Michael Dinunzio
U.S. District Court
George C. Sweeney
Whdh - TV
Channel 5
New England
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