Vermont Headlines Include Infant Death Fire and Debates
Four month old Ethan Waldmann died of suffocation at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. A Winooski fire left 11 homeless after a five hour blaze fought by 16 firefighters. Burlington High School won the New England Debate Tournament at UNH with Laconia placing fourth. Vermont school property valued at 72.6 million dollars, up from last year, with rising bonded debt and expenses. Burlington police inquest to scrutinize 40 officers amid burglaries and resignations. Newbury marks four years since Orville Gibson’s body was found in the Connecticut River, a long running homicide inquiry with two men indicted and later acquitted.
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Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Winooski
Durham
N.H
Burlington (VI
New England
University of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
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Montpelier
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Vermont
Burlington
Robert K. Bing
Police Commission
George McKenzie
Bing
Gibson
Newbury
Orville Gibson
Connecticut River
Bradford
Orange County
Richard A. Ford
Harvard University
Department of Legal Medicine
Evalyn
Orford
Cambridge PTA Eyes Scholarship Program Expansion
Cambridge delegates study widening the PTA scholarship fund to a community venture led by John L. Hunt PTA president. Officials from various groups will report at a June general meeting on broadening support for the program. In Stephentown three children escaped a house fire on Grange Road with minor injuries. Peggy 13 and Stephen 12 sustained burns, Perry 2 uninjured aside from some hair loss. Stephen helped by tossing the infant to his sister. Damage centered on the attic dormers and roof with smoke and water on the first floor.
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Cambridge Eyes
Cambridge
Cambridge Pta
John L. Hunt
PTA
Stephentown
Reginald Carr
Grange Road
Peggy Carr
Stephen
Perry
Peggy
Jiminy Peak
Pittsfield
Fire Damages Lanesboro Home In Berkshire Blaze
A Sunday fire damaged the one story frame house of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick McKnight in Lanesboro with $2,500 in damages. The blaze blistered furniture in three other rooms as heat intensified. Rites Held Today for Bachelor Pastor 87 in South Williamstown. Rev Charles W Briggs, longtime minister, died after a month in North Adams Hospital. Sprague Electric Reports Record Year in North Adams with sales of $77,254,031 and net profit of $6,092,473 for 1961.
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Lanesboro House
Lanesboro
Frederick McKnight
Speth
South Williamstown
Charles W. Briggs
Second Congregational Church
Mr. Briggs
North Adams Hospital
Fitilly
Sprague Electric
North Adams
Glenns Orbit Boosts Education Growth in Detroit
In Detroit AP report Lt Col John H Glenn Jr orbit inspires teachers and students. At a National Education Association meeting NASA's John Sims heads a space display as educators seek space answers for curious sixth graders. Sims says space science becomes a natural course and hints at future moon landings by optimistic students and adults.
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Detroit
John H. Glenn Jr
National Assembly
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Sims
Sims
Glenn
National Education Association
NASA
Wernher von Braun
The
Ozarks
Maris Replies to Critics with Two Homers for Yankees
Roger Maris, backed by manager Ralph Houk, answered critics with two home runs as the New York Yankees beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 in Tampa. He hit a solo shot off Sam Ellis in the first and a two run homer in the fourth before sitting out the rest of the day.
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Roger Maris
Ralph Houk
Houk
Maris
Sam Ellis
Reds
Tampa
Ellis
Gendebien Finishes Well in Sebring Endurance Race
Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill earned part of a $3,000 prize and nine points for Ferrari in the 12 hour Sebring race despite an upset win by Joakim Bonnier and Lucien Bianchi. The Ferrari GT title was at stake as Bonnier and Bianchi claimed the $300 victory.
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Fla
Olivier Gendebien
Joakim Bonnier
Sweden
Lucien Bianchi
Belgium
Gendebien
Phil Hill
Santa Monica
Calif
Ferrari
Caravan of Volunteers Fixes Ocean City Storm Damage
An 86-vehicle Pennsylvanian caravan from Allentown and surrounding towns arrived in Ocean City and Strathmere to repair storm damage from March 6. About 400 with shovels cleared sand and debris, 30 carpenters rebuilt the boardwalk, and 100 workers were sent to Strathmere. They logged over 5,400 man hours before returning home.
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Ocean City
Allentown
Strathmere
Hoosick Falls Scouts visit sugarhouse and pack plans
Hoosick Falls Cub Scout Den 1 2 and 3 members with Den mother Mrs Harry Harrison visit Leland Rudd sugarhouse in Arlington sample fresh maple syrup and tour syrup operation. Pack 63 meets Thursday at St Mark's Parish Hall with dens on New Guinea Hawaii and Japan plus arts and crafts by the boys.
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Hoosick Falls
Harry Harrison
Leland Rudd
Arlington
Harrison
Philip Leonard
St. Mark’s Parish Hall
New Guinea
Hawaii
Japan
Leonard Liporace
Arlington Garden Club contest on shade trees
Arlington Club sponsors What Shade Trees Mean to Our Village contest for ninth graders with essays due April 1. Three prizes are offered first $15 second $10 and third $5 with judges Mrs Christian Schafer Mrs Richard Stolz and Mrs Elsworth Jannicky. Aileen Fisher’s poem Trees is quoted.
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Arlington Garden Club
Christian Schafer
Richard Stolz
Elsworth Jannicky
Aileen Fisher
Triple Crown on TV for 10th straight year
The CBS network announced the Triple Crown races for 3-year-olds will be televised for the 10th consecutive year starting with the $125,000 added Derby on May 5 in Louisville.
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New York
CBS
Louisville
Edd Byrnes Marries Actress Asa Maynor in Beverly Hills
Actor Edd Byrnes aged 28 wed actress Asa Maynor 24 at All Saint's Episcopal Church. The couple, first-time spouses, honeymoon today at an undisclosed location with Roger Smith as best man and Efrem Imbalist Jr. as usher.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Edd Byrnes
Asa Maynor
All Saint’s Episcopal Church
Byrnes
Roger Smith
Dorset Residents Visit and Notable Anniversaries
Mrs Miriam Tifft and the Barrows family visit Dorset for the week. Ann Shroder from Briarcliff College spends two weeks with her parents. Jack Shrader returns from Amherst to his Dorset home. Mr and Mrs G D Dickey return from the south. Gene Vermette and Mrs E Vermette plus Mrs Helen Manley attend the 50th wedding anniversary of Burr and Harwood of Hebron, held at Floyd Harwood's East Hartford home. the Harwoods are former Dorset residents.
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William Barrows Jr
Ellsmere
N.Y
Ann Shroder
Briarcliff College
Briarcliff Manor
Ford Shroder
Jack Shrader
University At
Amherst
Mass
G. D. Dickey
South
Gene. Vermette
Ethel. Vermette
Helen Manley
Burr Harwood
Hebron
Floyd Harwood
East Hartford
Harwood
Dorset
Mountain Towns Attend Vermont Officers Conference
Searsburg's three sisters and local men George Briggs Frank Brown and Charles Dearcopp attended the 7th Vermont Town Officers Educational Conference of 1962 at the Manchester elementary school on Thursday. Brown chauffeured. Mountain Towns stet-county.
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Searsburg
George Briggs
Frank Brown
Charles Dearcopp
Vermont Town Officers
Manchester
Brown
Mountain Towns
Stet-County
Citizenship Cost Up in Britain After April First
Home Secretary R A Butler announced higher naturalization fees in Britain effective April 1. Certificates of naturalization will rise from 20 pounds to 25 pounds, about 56 to 70 dollars.
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London
Home
R. A. Butler
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