National Guard Ready for Spring Flood Duty in Vermont
Vermont authorities announce a 21 member National Guard detachment at Camp Johnson Winooski ready to respond to spring floods. Equipment includes two 20 ton cranes three bulldozers and wrecker and maintenance vehicles with potential reinforcement. Department of Highways signs 161 fallout shelters completed statewide with 713 buildings covered. Rabies case marks first in 36 years as a fox was shot in Canaan. South Burlington Schools seek funds new classrooms and convene Educational Advisory Committee. Mrs. Bedford Braille transcription work for the blind continues in Montpelier.
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Burlington
National Guard
Vermont
Francis W. Billado
Camp Johnson
Winooski
Billado
Robert H. Ray
Howard R. Buxton
Montpelier
Department of Highways
Cmsr
Everett Tucker
Dymitry Pomar
State Health Department
Canaan
Pomar
Franklyn Bourdeau
Bourdeau
State Health
Cmst
R. B. Aiken
South Burlington
Bedford
Children’s Rehabilitation Center
Rutland
Lawmakers face clash over New York chiropractic licensure bill
Gov Nelson Rockefeller backs licensing and strict regulation of chiropractors while physicians call the move fraud on the public. The bill would require exams for licensure and permit limited x-ray use. Meanwhile Assemblyman Max M Turshen vows to introduce next year a bill to abolish boxing calling it a manly art of modified murder.
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Albany
New York State
Nelson Rockefeller
Assembly Rules Committee
Rockefeller
State Public Health Council
Max M. Turshen
Assembly
Turshen
Berkshire selectmen weigh license transfers from Square Deal
Williamstown officials consider transferring Square Deal liquor license from Spring Street to U S 7 near the Vermont line and closer to the Taconic race track. another transfer options place the business at 65 Simmonds Road with Taconic Package Store, Inc. management. The Simmonds site sits beside Frank Mason grocery, near the Vermont race track. North Adams student paper Scribe wins top national scholastic prizes. A St Joseph High hiking team plans a 118 mile round trip to Bennington to join Green Mountain Club paths.
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Williamstown
Spring Street
U.S. 7
Vermont Line
Pownal
Howard Moon
Earl F. King
Moon
King
Taconic Package Store, Inc
C. Anthony Frieki
Simmonds Road
Frank Mason
Taconic Race Track
State Line
Vermont
North Adams
Scribe
St. Joseph's High School
Columbia University Scholastic Press Association
National Scholastic Press Association
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Joseph High School
Daniel Record
Kent Moors
Bennington
Green Mountain Club
Jobless rate stays at nine percent in Vermont
The Vermont Employment Security Department reports the week ending March 16 shows a 9 percent jobless rate, repeating the prior week. They note four weeks of high unemployment, with 6,673 claims including 485 extended benefits. Additional funds are pledged for retraining under the Manpower Act, funding courses in Burlington and Rutland and exploring more trades in other towns.
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Department
No Tie Between Leff Appointment and Racing Dates Claim
Boston officials told a Massachusetts racing inquiry committee they see no connection between Morris H. Leff’s commission appointment in 1957 and the awarding of racing dates to fairs. Peter B. Gay of Taunton said the Rehoboth Fair’s 1955 application was rejected and later approved after proving it was a bona fide fair. The Middleboro Fair also began racing dates in 1957, with leaders saying no link exists between Leff’s appointment and dates.
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Boston
House
Massachusetts
Morris H. Leff
State Racing Commission
Peter B. Gay
Taunton
Rehoboth Fair
Gay
State Department of Agriculture
Leff
Foster Furcolo
George Crawford
Pittsfield
Vermont Elks Name Winners Of Most Valuable Student Awards
William Moore of St Johnsbury and Nancy Lee Nelson of Ryegate top Elks National Foundation Vermont State Elks Association Most Valuable Student awards each with at least 600 dollars. They were sponsored by the St Johnsbury Lodge. Nelson plans to study education at Vermont, Moore to colleges including Amherst Dartmouth and Bates. Other top finishers include Rosalind Frennette, Mary Reddin, Bonnie Roberts, Catherine Dunham. Honorable mentions listed.
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Montpelier
William Moore
St. Johnsbury
Nancy Lee Nelson
Ryegate
Elks National Foundation
Vermont State Elks Association
St. Johnsbury Lodge of Elks
Miss Nelson
University of Vermont
Moore
Amherst
Dartmouth
Bates
Rosalind Frennette
Winooski
Mary Reddin
Hinsdale
N.H
Bonnie Roberts
Chelsea
Catherine Dunham
Springfield
John Fed
Brazil threatens jail to stop anti American Congress rally
Gov. Carlos Lacerda of Guanabara State warns arrests if the Rio de Janeiro rally for the Cuba Solidarity Congress proceeds. He claims public order and democratic liberties are at risk from subversive actions, though Sao Paulo organizers proceed with the main event. President Goulart's administration has a separate pledged loan package from Washington.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Carlos Lacerda
Guanabara
Rio
Congress
U.S
Lacerda
Sao Paulo
Cuba
Joao Goulart
Washington
Education aid bills seen moving through Vermont House
Rep. Sanborn Partridge says the Education Committee will likely report favorably this week on the Simpson education aid bill and on the 1.6 million ETV measure. The panel will also back a proposal to raise teachers' minimum salaries and consider combining bills with Hebard's 2 million aid measure.
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Proctor
House
Sanborn Partridge
Partridge
Education Committee
Simpson
Emory Hebard
R Glover
Hebard
W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndon
Byron C. Hathorn
Hartford
University of Vermont
ETV
F. Ray Keyser Jr
UVM
Seth Warner
R - Addison
Warner
Philip H. Hoff
Ralph A. Foote
Hathorn
Indonesian trainee studies Vermont Public Records methods
Olney Hill welcomes Miss Lili Goistiah to Montpelier for a three week study of the state Public Records Division. The Indonesian official, 39, works in the records office of the first minister and participates in UConn foreign administrators training funded by the Agency for International Development.
Portland Police Join 50 Mile Hiking Contest
Portland police enter a 50 mile hiking contest as part of a current hiking craze. Captain John Pittenger traffic division commander says tired heels and sore feet will not be classified as incurred in the line of duty.
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Portland, Orc
UPI
Portland
John Pittenger
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Down In
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Mass
Mary
St. Benedict’s Church
Thomas J. Riley
Vermont Elks
Telephones
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Brazil
Congress Organizing Committee
Luis Gonzaga Leite
API
Prince George Hotel
Manhattan
East 28Th St
Lex
Indonesian Studies
Oxford
W.t.grant CO
North Bennington Road
Motor Trend
American Motors
East Main St
Rambler
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