Vermont loan aids Middlebury College residence hall
The Communities Facilities Administration announced a loan of 445000 dollars to Middlebury College Vermont to fund a residence hall for 70 women students and four housemothers. Governor Keyser defended a healthy budget surplus forecast for the end of the fiscal year with an expected balance between 250000 and 500000 dollars to cover a 2900000 dollar deficit from the previous year.
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Washington
The
Communities Facilities Administration
Middlebury College
Vermont
Montpelier
Keyser
Rutland Railway weighs gas pipeline plans after line decision
Rutland Railway President William S. Ginsburg said a decision by the Interstate Commerce Commission on abandoning the line will come first before any natural gas plans. An agreement with Gov. Keyser last March allows Rutland to retain right of way along the trackage for potential pipelines to Canada.
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Poultney
Rutland Railway
William S. Ginsburg
Ginsburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gov. Keyser
Rutland
Canada
Vermont Governor backs $20,000 gas study plan
Gov Keyser proposed a three part study costing 20 000 to assess piping natural gas into Vermont from Tennessee New York or Canada The PSB report calls for market geographical and economic analyses focusing on industrial use The plan expects about a year to complete with potential lobbyist opposition from utility interests.
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PSB
Vermont
Keyser
Vermont governor to seek changes to veterans widow tax bill
Gov Keyser to task Legislative Draftsman Lewis Springer with revisions to an act criticized as unfair. The measure sets an income ceiling of 1400 for widows seeking veterans benefits and affects home assessments, prompting veteran groups to call for removal of disputed provisions. Senator Boylan plans a bill to fix the issue, with amendments hoped by April 1963.
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John Boylan
Essex
Keyser
Village to Vote on Charter Rework and Zoning Action
Village leaders plan a June 4 trustee meeting to authorize a charter revision committee, reaccept the zoning ordinance, and empower the Village Planning Commission. Atty John H Williams II proposed the charter committee. costs for a consultant are not yet set. The zoning ordinance, first adopted 1955 56, faces questions of legality due to procedural flaws.
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James B. Gibney
Atty
John H. Williams II
Main St
Ach
F. Ray Keyser
Shaftsbury Firemen to march in Memorial Day Parade
Shaftsbury Firemen and Auxiliary are invited to march in the Memorial Day Parade at North Bennington. Members should assemble in uniform at the firehouse by 8 30 a.m. May 30. Mending Friends report Vance Stacy has returned home from Albany Medical Center after surgery and will rest for several days.
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Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Vance Stacy
Twitchell Hill
Albany Medical Center
Windham County Women’s Christian Temperance Union Convenes
The Wilmington welfare section hosts a convention in the Baptist Church vestry on Monday at 10 45 a m with state president Mrs Everett Case of Plainfield as guest speaker. Lions meet at Old Red Mill with 20 members. Jack Page of Whitingham speaks on the Snow Mountain Inn convention slated for West Dover beginning Friday. The Ladies Baptist Aid Society postpones its Wednesday meeting to June 13 due to conflicts.
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Wilmington
Windham County
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Church
Everett Case
Plainfield
Lions
Old Red Mill
Paul Allen
Jack Page
The
Whitingham Lions
Snow Mountain Inn
West Dover
the Red Mill
Ladies Baptist Aid Society
Inquest Continued in Burge trial over entrapment method
The inquest is continued from page one on the third day of a jury trial as the judge views the Betts entrapment issue. He declares Betts neither innocent nor guilty and questions the evidence gathering method, keeping Burgess's chance to appeal to a higher court open.
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Betts
Burgess
Planning Commission to Review Ordinance Revisions
A village planning commission meeting on June 7 will reexamine proposed revisions to the ordinance. Earlier discussions suggested including revisions as part of the review, with attention to basic validity before proceeding.
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Village Planning Commission
Rutland Railroad Abandonment Proceeding Delayed By ICC Action
The state attorney general seeks earlier final briefs from the ICC on Rutland’s abandonment petition with May 25 target, instead of June 11. The ICC has not responded to a request to skip Examiner Clarence Young’s report and base decisions on hearings. Examiners’ report due July 1 as Rutland remains idle since Sept 25, 1961 after a Brotherhoods strike. Earlier, Rutland president Ginsburg and Gov Keyser agreed the state may designate buyers of rail sections at net salvage value with a $238 000 discount.
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Paterson
Clarence Young
Rutland
Malone
N.Y
William S. Ginsburg
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Obituary of Mrs John Thayer Former Martha Bump
Mrs. John Thayer age 90 died Friday evening at the home of her granddaughter Mrs. Augustus Phillips of Green Acres. Born December 17 1871 in Shaftsbury she is survived by son Raymond a sister Mrs. Phillips and a great granddaughter. Funeral Monday at 2 pm Maher and Son Funeral Home burial Maple Grove Cemetery Hoosick Falls NY. Friends may call Saturday 7-9 pm Sunday 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm.
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Martha Bump
Augustus Phillips
Green Acres
Thayer
Shaftsbury
Raymond
Phillips
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Maple Grove
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Astronaut Craft Model Featured In Freedom Bond Drive
The replica of the Aurora 7 Mercury capsule, used by Carpenter, Glenn, Grissom and Shepard, will be shown Sunday 8 30 to 9 30 p m at Putnam Square as the May June Freedom Bond Drive promotes buying an extra savings bond. George M Fienberg, Bennington County U S Treasury Savings Bond chairman, and others attend the welcome ceremonies.
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Putnam Square
George M. Fienberg
Bennington County
U. S. Treasury
Savings Bond Committee
America
John Glenn
Virgil Grissom
Alan Shepard
Fienberg
Astronaut Carpenter Appears Tired on Final Pass
Reports from Wommera and Bermuda stations say Carpenter acted tired during the last pass of his mission. Medical experts note he seemed fatigued but kept tasks within an appropriate, controlled range as oxygen supply remained steady.
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Wommera
Australia
Bermuda
Carpenter
Stanley T. White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Life Systems Division
White
Bellows Falls Plans Appeal After Morrison Ruling
Bellows Falls Village Corporation will appeal Judge Leonard Morrison's decision to set aside a $114,500 verdict for damages to its water supply. Attorney A Luke Crispe said the appeal argues juror misconduct did not affect the outcome despite jurors visiting the site and reading a newspaper editorial with two land figures.
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Bellows Falls
Leonard Morrison
Atty. A
Luke Crispe
Bellows Fails
Crispe
Morrison
State Highway Board
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