Vermont to interview candidates for highway commissioner post
The State Highway Board will begin interviews next Tuesday for the highway commissioner job paying 19 500 annually. Commissioner Russell Holden departs July 1 for an executive post in New England Power Co. at Concord New Hampshire. Board Chairman James Marro notes 224 applications with top 20 to be interviewed. Budget official John Gray of Enosburg will be among those selected and has broad backing, while Gov Hoff worries about Gray’s health and losing him from an invaluable position.
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Enosburg
Hoff
Marro
Gray
Philip H. Hoff
Dissent or apathy warned as danger to freedoms
University of Vermont professor Col. David Longacre spoke at Memorial Day ceremonies in Burlington urging vigilance against apathy. He warned that if Americans remain silent and passive, freedom could be lost, while protest and dissent protect the nation’s core liberties. In Vermont and New Hampshire last week 674 pints of blood were drawn across 10 drives, with Brattleboro leading. The Department of Institutions reported April felony cases at 22 of 1,700, the state’s low rate. Evangeline Johnson of Northfield was identified as the Dog River victim. autopsy ordered to determine cause of death.
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UPI
University of Vermont
David Longacre
Burlington Veterans Organization
America
Longacre
Vermont
New Hampshire
Mansfield Avenue
Northfield
WPI
Evangeline M. Johnson
Dog River
HUD approves $900000 Rutland elderly apartment project
HUD approves a $900,000 plan for a 60 unit elderly apartment complex in Rutland near downtown. Mayor Harold Nichols says he has been notified of the approval for a near four acre site and the project.
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Rutland
UPI
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Harold Nichols
Boy dies as tractor overturns in mud near Albany
A 15 year old boy died when a farm tractor he was operating tipped over and pinned him after getting mired on a muddy grade in East Greenbush. James Chandler, son of Mr and Mrs Augustus B Chandler, died of a broken neck. Two other youths were riding the tractor before it overturned and he tried to free it. The holiday death toll across New York reached a record 51 from Friday to Tuesday with 37 traffic fatalities. In Colonie, vandals wrecked Donald Savage’s home with two boys aged 6 and 7 detained. faucets left on and interior damaged while occupants were away.
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East Greenbush
James Chandler
Augustus B. Chandler
Chander
Chandler
Albany
New York
Colonie
Donald Savage
Wilfred Proulx
Richard
Public Safety
Erwin A. Alexander
Emory Hebard
Glover
Berkshire Teen Amputee in Car Crash and High School Hopes
Charles MacHaffie Jr. 22 of Pittsfield was struck by a car in Lanesboro and had a leg amputated at Pittsfield General Hospital after being pinned between two vehicles. Driver Earl A. Drake 57 faces DUI driving to endanger and drunkenness charges. trial set for June 7. Mayor Del Gallo seeks 100000 state aid for a new 6.5 million high school with matching funds. Simeon Domas to review drawings June 8. Dalton bomb hoax at Wahconah Regional High clears 700 plus students. FBI and postal authorities investigate as federal case.
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Pittsfield
Charles MacHaffie Jr
Lanesboro
Pittsfield General Hospital
MacHaffie
Earl A. Drake
Central Berkshire District
Frank W. Cimini
Remo del Gallo
Simeon Domas
State Building Assistance Commission
Dalton
Wahconah Regional High School
FBI
Bodies Found of Two Missing Boys in Vermont Pond
Fishermen found near skeletal remains of Michael J. Papineau fourteen and Richard H. Keough eleven, wards of the state, who disappeared Halloween night 1965 from a Glover foster home. State Pathologist to perform autopsy and compare dental records for positive IDs. Found near Bruce Pond in Cedar Swamp area, about 250 feet apart.
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Sheffield
UPS
Richard Woodruff
Chester Nash
Michael J. Papineau
Richard H. Keough
Woodruff
Bruce Pond
Cedar Swamp
Ted Fisher
Beaver Pond
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Social Welfare Department
Glover
Michael
Orangutan Mate Swap Promises Hope At Stoneham Zoo
Betty the orangutan at Stoneham Zoo seeks a mate to end her isolation. The Como Zoo in St Paul offers Yogi B to satisfy breeding quotas, as US import restrictions prevent new orangutans. Officials note the plan aims to boost the population without illicit trade.
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Stoneham, Mass
UPI
Betty Orangutan
Stoneham Zoo
Como Zoo
St. Paul
Minn
U.S
Suzanne Pressman
Boston
Franklin Park Zoo
Betty
Yogi B
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