Burlington Plans West Side Expressway Draws Community View
About 150 residents attended Burlington Planning Commission hearings on the proposed eight mile West Side Expressway. The route would run from the Shelburne Road interchange along the lake toward Starr Farm Road and Heineberg Bridge before rejoining the Interstate at Colchester. Protests focused on two route options, residential impact, and questions about the need for a belt highway. Officials said the project could be funded entirely by state and federal funds.
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Burlington
Planning Commission
State Highway Department
Shelburne Road
Starr Farm Road
Heineberg Bridge
Colchester
Misquoted Vermont village debt claim disputed
Oscar Shephard a retired lawyer disputes a Vermont paper report that Hardwick Village debt exceeded 250000 dollars He notes the village debt would be over 250000 if a sewage proposal passed Voters rejected the plan 92 to 42 Village President Harold Willey attributed 157000 debt with about 135000 from the Electric Light Department The debt stemmed from a modernization program and stronger service lines requirements.
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Hardwick
Oscar Shephard
Vermont
Shephard
Harold Willey
Electric Light Department
Willey
Burlington man sentenced in federal bad checks case
A 33 year old Chattanooga Tennessee man Earl Linwood Smith received a four year and nine month federal prison term after withdrawing an innocent plea as trial was set to begin. He traveled through Burlington in 1959 en route to Germany with co defendant Else Dement who remains in Germany. Smith had a prior hung jury in March. A grand jury later indicted them on four more charges after his February New York arrest on returning from Germany.
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Burlington
Chattanooga
Tenn
Earl Linwood Smith
U.S. District Court
Smith
Germany
Else Dement
Dement
New York
Barre mother dies after Brookfield crash
Jenevie Spooner 20 dies from injuries after a Sunday night accident in Barre. Her husband Robert 22 and two children Sheila three months and Reginald a year and a half were in the car. the children remain in good condition in Barre Hospital. Spooner had been treated and released. She is the 27th highway fatality in Vermont this year, compared with 20 on this date last year.
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Spooner
Vermont
Three Drowned Men In Vermont Pond. Swimmers Suspected
West Glover authorities theorize two of three men who drowned in Parker Pond could not swim. Martin DeCell said a flat-bottom boat with the trio capsized about 100 yards offshore Tuesday night. Victims were Charles Ruggles 29 of Lyndonville Leo Charron 56 of Lyndonville and Robert Maurer 53 of Bath New York. They were fishing.
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West Glover
Parker Pond
Martin DeCell
DeCell
Charles Ruggles
Lyndonville
Leo P. Charron
Robert Maurer
Bath
N.Y
Reward offered for killer of Mechanicville dog Red
Garageman Frank Kearney offered a 50 dollar reward for the arrest of the person who fatally wounded his dog Red Tuesday afternoon. The mixed breed helped his owner during a river rescue last winter and was later shot in a wooded area near Kearney's home. The dog had to be destroyed due to a bullet shattered leg.
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Mechanicville
Frank Kearney
Hudson River
Kearney
Endicott Johnson Outlet to Close in North Adams
Merit Shoe Co at 51 Main Street will shut after more than 25 years in Berkshire. Manager William J. Gallant may transfer within Endicott Johnson, possibly to Lebanon New Hampshire where he previously managed.
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North Adams — Merit Shoe Co
Main St
Endicott-Johnson Co
William J. Gallant
Endicott-Johnson
Lebanon
N.H
Vermont Senate confirms Mrs Hackel as employment security commissioner
The Vermont Senate approved Mrs. Hackel of Rutland as employment security commissioner by a 1911 roll call in executive session. She succeeds Henry A. Milne, rumored for a federal post. Also confirmed were Charles T. Shea for tax commissioner and Sen. William Burke for the Liquor Control Board.
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Hackel
Henry A. Milne
Senate
Charles T. Shea
Sen
William,j. Burke
Rutland
Liquor Control Board
Hoff
Turnpike to Evict Two Elderly Sisters in Newtonville
Two widowed sisters, Arta Briggs 86 and Lewis Good 90, face relocation as the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority moves to clear 173 Austin Street for highway construction. Work crews demolished neighboring houses and blasted hillside behind their home while officials say the house cannot be saved and appraisals have been made with negotiations possible.
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Newtonville
Mass
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Turnpike Authority
Austin Street
Briggs
Good
Churches urged to adopt new outlook amid social change
At the Troy Conference 131st annual session in Lake Placid New York Methodist leaders warned of rapid urban rural shifts. Rev Dr Lawrence Larrowe cited urban renewal in Vermont Adirondacks and suburban dormitory trends. The talk touched on church closures consolidations and plans for future construction and evangelism.
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Lake Placid
N.Y
Troy
Lawrence Larrowe
Bennington
Vermont
Larrowe
Adirondack
New York State
Albany
Schenectady
New England Conference
United Evangelistic Mission
Frederick Dyckman
Leonard Bass
Ministry of Healing
Bennington Bonner Publication and AP Rights Notice
The Bennington Bonner published daily except Sundays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont by The Bonner Publishing Corporation. Member of the Associated Press. AP has exclusive rights to local news and dispatch republication.
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Bennington
Charter Amendment Bill Advances in Vermont Assembly
The Vermont Senate advanced a charter amendment bill allowing municipalities to amend charters without full legislative approval after local votes. Also approved was a measure enabling state purchase of a State Street lot for 60000 dollars owned by Joseph W. Foli and a bill permitting sale of patient handiwork and employing patients in mental institutions with earnings split between the patient and a revolving fund for institution items.
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Montpelier
Vermont Senate
House and
Senate Municipal Corporations Committees
Secretary of State
Senate
State Street
Muni
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John R. Manley Jr
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Bennington County
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George J. Heaslip
Manchester
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North Bennington
Ing Place
Plattsburgh
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Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
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