Vandalism spree hits Richford Enosburg area with glass strikes
Vermont State Police investigate vandalism from Richford to Enosburg Falls. High speed vandals shattered two store windows and two car windows late Saturday night after beer bottles were hurled at the Comings Furniture Plant office and a service station along the highway.
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Richford
Vermont
Enosburg Falls
Comings Furniture Plant
Granville
Granville Gulf
White River
Stowe
Manchester
Middlebury
Rutland Hosts 1963 New England Music Festival
More than 550 secondary school musicians from New England arrived in Rutland as the 1963 New England Music Festival opened. Volunteers staffed registration desks and the guests began two days of rehearsals with a final four hour session on Saturday followed by two concerts at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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Rutland
New England
Manning Co to Sell Local Printing Division in Bel lows Falls
Bel lo ws Falls firm H A Manning Co of Greenfield Mass doing business here as Rockingham Press has contracted to sell its local printing division to a new Bel lowers Falls corporation. Purchaser's name withheld but transfer expected next week. New firm to continue Manning directories printing and binding with no change in staffing levels.
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Bellows Falls
H. A. Manning Co
Greenfield
Mass
Directory Publishers
Rockingham Press
Bellows Falls Corporation
Manning
Albany Assembly expands housing anti discrimination law
The New York Assembly approved 121 to 25 a bill broadening the state anti discrimination housing law to cover all one family homes and most multi family dwellings excluding owner occupied two family houses. Governor Rockefeller called it an important step while Senate fate remains doubtful.
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Albany
State Assembly
Senate
Assembly
Rockefeller
Berkshire 1963 tax rate rises in North Adams
North Adams increases the city tax rate to 78 per thousand, up $1 from 1962, with the levy rising to 2,583,592 to fund city operations. Real estate and personal property valuations reach 31,685,600 as assessments grow.
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North Adams
Boston
Junior High Administrators Organize Vermont Subgroup
Vermont educators form a junior high committee under the Vermont Headmasters Association. W Philip Walker of Molly Stark Bennington leads four principals including Glenn Fay Hunt Junior High, John Hart Burling ton Central, Francis Bean Rutland, and Douglas Seymour Springfield. The group seeks to convene a meeting of all junior high age administrators with Headmasters approval.
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Burlington
Bennington
Vermont Headmasters Association
W. Philip Walker
Molly Stark
Glenn M. Fay
Hunt Junior High School
Vermont
The
Headmasters Association
John Hart
Burlington’s Central Junior High School
Francis Bean
Rutland
Douglas Seymour
Springfield
Fay
Operetta Classic Delights Montpelier Audiences
The Gilbert and Sullivan show HMS Pinafore played to about 200 people in the Vermont House of Representatives chamber. The Marian Glee Club of Mount Saint Mary Academy staged the 40 member cast with Christine Morwood as Sir Joseph Porter and Sister Mary Therese directing.
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Mary Ann Roy
Mary Lou Hogan
Maureen Mallory
Karin Schumacher
Kathryn Rock
Mary Therese
Sister Mary Anselm
Probers Hear Racing Testimony in Secret Hearing
The special legislative committee investigating racing returns to Pittsfield for a closed hearing on awarding racing dates to agricultural fairs. Expected witnesses include Dr. Charles Furcolo, Charles Carson, and former state Sen. Joseph Murphy linked to a stock ownership suit in Hancock Raceway.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Hancock Raceway
Massachusetts
Charles Furcolo
Foster Furcolo
Charles Carson
Springfield
Joseph
Hopeful Poultry Outlook Sees Growth in 1963
Vermont Extension Poultryman Leonard S. Mercia reports a promising overall poultry and egg picture for 1963 with a large turkey crop expected due to breeding hen holdovers. Per capita consumption peaked in 1961 and was second highest last year, while broilers show strength though Europe market losses may temper gains. prices rose 20 to 25 percent over 1961 levels.
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Vermont
Leonard S. Mercia
Civic Committee inquiry tied to Furcolo funds probe
State probes whether the Civic Committee for Western Massachusetts was properly registered and used to solicit political funds for former Gov. Furcolo. Officials report no incorporation records found and confirm scrutiny by attorney general and secretary of state offices.
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Civic Committee
Massachusetts
Furcolo
Northampton
John Banner
Pittsfield
Civic Association
Morris H. Leff
State Racing Commission
Albert L. Mastroianni
State Government Center Commission
Attorney General’s Office
Vermont House Backs College Borrowing Bill
In a rapid move the Vermont House passed a bill allowing state colleges to borrow from the HHFA for dormitories without legislative approval. Trustees note state not liable if debt default occurs. A motion to table failed. measure advanced to the Senate. A separate item reports a 10 pound gift salmon flown from Glasgow to San Francisco via Honolulu and Seattle, nine days older.
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Montpelier
Vermont
HHFA
Bedford
San Francisco
Glasgow
Scotland
Honolulu
Seattle
Emergency Corn Supplies To Cost 37 a Ton
Vermont farmers in nine counties can buy government bulk corn at about 37 dollars per ton loaded on the farmer for shipment from Midwest CCC bins. ASCS officials designate Vermont an emergency hay shortage area and require proof of need at local offices.
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Burlington
Vermont
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Commodity Credit Corporation
Midwest
Secretary of Agriculture
Bennington County
ASCS
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