St Albans Mayor Fights B M Rail Curtailment
Mayor Joseph Fountain of St. Albans opposes Boston and Maine Railroad plans to curtail passenger service in the Connecticut Valley. He will testify at the March 28 to 30 ICC hearing in Brattleboro, citing potential job losses and economic harm to the city and Vermont workers. He notes talks with Central Vermont officials and union leaders and cites the city council resolution opposing the move.
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UPI
Joseph Fountain
Boston and Maine Railroad
Connecticut Valley
Fountain
The
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United Press International
Vermont
New England
Brattleboro
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Canadian National Railways
Central Vermont Railroad
Reading Books Rise in Boston Amid Paper Strike
Boston sees increased reading as a result of the March 6 printers and mailers strike that left the city without its daily newspapers. Bernard W. Caughey reports that Boston, once the first U.S. city with a local newspaper, now faces a paper shortage impact on daily life.
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Boston
UPI
Boston News-Letter
United States
Viet War Seen Cause Of Peking Moscow Rift
Diplomats in Hong Kong said China’s boycott of Moscow’s party congress was a direct result of the Viet Nam conflict. The Peking note to Soviet leaders was seen as the sharpest break yet in the China Moscow feud, reflecting Maoist theories of wars of national liberation. Some listeners called the broadcast bitter and frenetic.
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UPD
China
Communist Party Congress
Moscow
Peking
Mao Tze-tung
Central Committee
Soviet Central Committee
Bennington College Receives $3770 Higher Ed Grant
Vermont colleges share 193043 in 1966 67 educational opportunity grants under the Higher Education Act 11 institutions listed with amounts from 200 to 800 per student Bennington College given 3770 alongside Goddard Green Mountain Middlebury Norwich St Michael's Castleton Vermont Tech and Windham plus UVM and others totaling 435 students aided.
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UPD
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Vermont
Stafford
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bennington College
Goddard College
Green Mountain College
Middlebury College
Norwich University
St. Michael’s College
Castleton State College
Johnson State College
University of Vermont
Vermont Technical College
Windham College
Natural Resources Meeting March 31 in Montpelier
UPI reports State Development Commissioner Elbert Moulton announced a March 31 meeting of the state Interagency Committee on Natural Resources. The piece also surveys a Boston newspaper strike's impact on readers and substitutes, noting out of town papers and increased TV news while printers and mailers push for a contract and mediator Rose warns the strike could last longer than the 1962-63 New York City walkout.
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Abraham S. Glazer
Glazer
Carl Rubenstein
Brookline
Greater
Boston
New York Times
New York’ Herald Tribune
Wall Street Journal
New York Post
New York Journal American
Manchester
N.H
Harvard Crimson
Bay State Post
Boston Post
ITU
William A. Rose
New York City
New England flag proposed to unite six states
Rowley merchant K Albert Ebinger unveiled a model flag to represent all six New England states inspired by the Battle of Bunker Hill. The plan has the six stars in a circle on blue field with a white canton and red cross, and he has given governors copies sewn by his wife while urging adoption to promote regional pride and tourism.
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UPS
New England
New England States
Rowley Leather
Minutemen
Bunker Hill
K. Albert Ebinger
Binger
New England Council
Regional Development Organization
Ebinger
Rowley
Newbury
Concord
Lexington
Mathias to Run for Congress in California District 18
Bob Mathias, 35, a Republican and two time Olympic decathlon champion, announces his bid against Rep. Harlan Hagen in California's 18th District. He resides in Visalia and runs a boys' camp near Kings Canyon National Park, having won Olympic titles in London 1948 and Helsinki 1952.
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Calif
UPI
Bob Mathias
Mathias
Rep
Harlan Hagen
California
Visalia
High Sierra
Kings Canyon National Park
London
Helsinki
Readsboro Village seeks bids to raze old schoolhouse
The Board of Bailiffs invites qualified bids for demolishing the old schoolhouse at School and Tunnel Streets Readsboro and removing debris. Bids must be filed with Village Clerk Margie Cristofolini by April 1, 1966, with right to reject any or all bids.
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Readsboro, Inc
Readsboro
Margie Cristofolini
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