Jericho to Celebrate 200th Founding Anniversary
Jericho Vermont marks 200 years since its 1763 founding with a June 29 30 celebration chaired by Mrs Eleanor Merle. Events include a beef roast parade band concerts speeches country games exhibits a Snowflake Bentley visit and a dance with tent city life reflects pioneer Vermont near Burlington on Vermont 15.
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Jericho
Eleanor Merle
Brown
Jericho Center
Bentley
Pioneer Vermont
Burlington
Vermont 15
Smuggler’s Notch
Stowe
Vermont Dean Hills sugar party raises funds at U V M
The Alpha Zeta agricultural honor hosts a sugar party to fund undergraduate scholarships at the University of Vermont. The event Sunday at 2 p.m. will be near the new field house on Spear Street with indoor plans at the hockey rink if weather turns. Activities include a tug of war and a wood-cutting contest with help from the Home Economics Club.
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Burlington
Vermont
Dean Hills
Alpha Zeta
University of Vermont
Spear Street
Londonderry Heart Fund Tops $57,000 Goal in Campaign
Fred L. Nims, chairman, announced Vermont state heart fund has reached 57,426, about 3,300 more than the same point last year. The campaign seeks 70,000. Dr. Paul Dudley White of Boston will address the annual meeting June 26 at Basin Harbor Club Vergeunes.
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Londonderry
Vermont Heart Association
Fred L. Nims
South Londonderry
Professional Education Committee
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Mass
Association
Basin Harbor Club
Vergeunes
Vermonters form long-running Vermont Society of Schenectady
In Schenectady 94 ex-Vermonters formed the Vermont Society of Schenectady now in its 28th year. Thegroup held a town meeting style gathering with Burnham Colby elected moderator and installed by Parker Burns. A fence viewer was chosen and a sugar ing-off party was planned as residents spoke their minds.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Vermont
Vermont Society of
Burnham Colby
Parker Burns
New York State
Anti-Litter and Bottle Bill Faces Opposition in Montpelier
In Montpelier AP reports the Ways and Means Committee heard a bill creating an anti litter advisory council with power to ban throwaway beer bottles. It would tax beer and wine two cents per gallon and soft drinks one cent per gallon to fund a $300,000 education program. Opponents include industry and retail groups led by John Carbine and Reginald Abare.
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John Carbine
Glass Container Manufactures Institute
Reginald T. Abare
Vermont Labor Council
Afl-Cio
James B. Flanagan
Vermont Wholesale Beverage Association
Henry Black
Brewing Industry
Carl R. Smith
Vermont Retail Grocers’ Association
RPI Fraternity Workday Aids Troy Boys Club
About 1 600 RPI fraternities men plan a spring Workday on Saturday April 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers will perform tasks such as window washing lawn care and painting to fund the Troy Boys Club Camp Barker. If weather delays the event will move to April 13. Nearby residents may receive help with cleaning and minor repairs while donations support underprivileged youths.
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Troy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy Boys Club
RPI
Camp Barker
Bus lines cry foul as B and M rail subsidy affects fares
George M. Sage testifies before a Senate subcommittee that Englander Coach Line and other New England routes lose money due to the Boston and Maine Railroad subsidy. He cites a 36 percent passenger drop on the Fitchburg–Boston run and a subsidized fare cut from 1.99 to 1.10. Sage says half of Englander revenue faces direct competition with a federal program.
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Washington, D.C
George M. Sage
New England
Englander Coach Line, Inc
Williamstown
Mass
Boston
Senate Commerce
Maine
Sage
Fitchburg
Ayer
Frank J. Lausche
D-Ohio
Commerce Subcommittee
Hoff Foote differ on Vermont Legislature adjournment
Lt Gov Ralph A Foote said he would meet Gov Philip H Hoff to resolve differences over how much work the Vermont Legislature should complete in the current session. Hoff favors a year long delay on major spending items. Foote argues the Legislature must perform its constitutional duty now and adjourn date remains the key issue.
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Burlington
Ralph A. Foote
Philip H. Hoff
Foote
WJOY
Hoff
Train derailment halts traffic near Boston
Fifteen cars of a Boston and Maine freight derailed just north of Lowell in North Chelmsford Massachusetts. One car carried propane but no leaks were found after the 4 a.m. accident. The derailment blocked the Middlesex Street crossing and disrupted through traffic until crews cleared the line.
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Chelmsford
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Lowell
William T. Proctor Lumber Co
Middlesex Street
Stonybrook
Mechanicville
N. Y
Boston
Rubewen Nobles Tippet Guernsey Cow Records Milks Fat
Peterborough New Hampshire five year old cow Rubewen Nobles Tippet owned by Ruth and Hartley Berry Landgrove completed an official HIR production record of 10637 pounds of milk and 531 pounds of butter fat on a 305-2x mature basis while on test The testing was supervised by the University of Vermont not Vermoin per OCR the American Guernsey Cattle Club reported the figures
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Peterborough
N. H
Rubewen
Nobles
Tippet
Guernsey
Ruth and
Hartley Berry
Landgrove
American Guernesey Cattle Club
University of Vermoin
Bennington Banner Advertising and postal rates notice
The Bennington Banner publish schedule and contact numbers list newsroom and display advertising lines. Rates by mail for Vermont and elsewhere are shown with three, six, and twelve month options and special rates for servicemen.
Bidault Faces Three Options Amid German Exile
Georges Bidault, former French premier, is hunted by the French government and guarded in Bavaria. He may stay in Germany and surrender leadership, seek deportation, or flee illegally to continue clandestine activity with the Council of National Resistance. Bavarian officials say a decision awaits this weekend or early next week.
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Steinebach
Germany
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Seret Army
Europe
Council of National Resistance
Secret Army
France
CNR
Jacques Soustelle
Portugal
Soustelle
MacBride seeks 1962 spending level for seven Vermont departments
Rep. Roger L. MacBride filed a bill to cap appropriations for Education Motor Vehicles Highways Social Welfare Development Health and Agriculture at 1962 levels. The plan notes admin costs only and compares 1962 spending to Gov Hoff's 1964 recommendations, with the Highway Department showing the largest gap. He also seeks abolition of Vermont Life Magazine the state Recreation Board and the Morgan Horse Farm and calls for a 10 percent across the board cut in the state income tax.
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Highway Department
MacBride
Hoff
Vermont Life Magazine
State Recreation Board
Morgan Horse
Weybridge
Raymond F. Williams
Londonderry
Williamstown Airman Commissioned by USAF at Lackland AFB
Williamstown Massachusetts airman Francis H Bissaillon has earned a second lieutenant commission after Officer Training School at Lackland AFB Texas He will train as a pilot at Vance AFB Oklahoma He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry L Bissaillon and entered service last November He earned a B S in education from North Adams State College A significant portion of the article also reports on Vermont legislative measures including shoplifting law changes pigeons control and a wrongful death pecuniary damages bill with Sen James L Oakes and Rep Merrill Perley cited
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Lackland Afb
Tex
Francis H. Bissaillon
Williamstown
Mass
United States Air Force
Bissaillon
Vance Afb
Okla
Henry L
Hoosac Road
North Adams
Mass.) State College
Lawrence Franklin
Rguilford
Franklin
Windham
Senate
James L. Oakes
IRS to Allow Wives as Tax Deductions in Entertainment
New York AP report says Commissioner Caplin announces liberalized IRS rules will permit wives of business hosts to be deductible in goodwill entertainment. Previous ruling limited deduction to wives of guests, not hosts, sparking protests.
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New York
Internal Revenue
Mortimer M. Caplin
Internal Revenue Service
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Sweetens Scholarship Fund
Heart Fund
KPI
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Albany
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Down In
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Drury High School
Herbert Johnson
Drury
Gov. Hoff
Air Differences
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Bethlehem Shipyards
Quincy
Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Suacomer
All Vermont
Bavaria
Bennington Bookshop Inc
Ennington
Main Street
Robert Greene
County Street
Magic Mountain Corp
Merrill Perley
Enosburg
Cne
LALA
E.T. Williams
Hunt Street
Burma
Woolworth’s Store
NAVY
Drysdale’s
Armory
Coats
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