Vermont teachers urged to teach communism in social studies
Vermont School Directors Association promotes a 10 point program urging local boards to weave communism instruction into elementary and secondary social studies. Under the plan teachers deemed underprepared would be reassigned or sent to workshops. lawmakers would fund scholarships for teachers in special communist studies.
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Montpelier
Vermont
School Directors Association
State
Vermont reports liquor sales rise and unemployment uptick
In Vermont, liquor store receipts rose by about 150 000 dollars in the first two months of the fiscal year, with total sales reaching 2.6 million dollars for July and August, up 6.3 percent from 1961. Unemployment edged higher with 73 more claims, totaling 3 207 for the week ending October 27, though this was 782 below the 1961 level. In Maryland, a Barton Vermont couple involved in a collision near Sudlerville left Muriel B Lewis dead and Roswell Lewis critically injured.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Liquor Control Board
Department of Employment Security
Sudlerville
Muriel B. Lewis
Barton
Roswell
Sadlerville
Lewis
Kenty County Hospital
Chestertown
James T. Maness
Silver City
N.C
Rockefeller Chase Update Cites Residence Change
Mrs Nelson Rockefeller moved to Nevada during divorce from New York governor and is removed from New York registration lists. Westchester County Board of Elections confirms the cancellation.
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White Plains
Nelson Rockefeller
Nevada
New York
New York State
Westchester County Board of Elections
Halloween Bandit Robs Albany Liquor Store
Albany liquor store clerk James Brown was robbed of 158 dollars by a masked intruder who shouted trick or treat. The 14 or 15 year old thief fled with an accomplice, threatening with a foot long knife at about 11 p.m. at Winchell Co. store.
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Albany
James Brown
Winchell & Co
Longshoreman killed as forklift tips at Port of Albany
Frank Rose, 48, of Ravena and a longshoreman, died yesterday when a forklift tipped while unloading freight from a warehouse into a railroad car at the Port of Albany after the load shifted. Investigators said Rose was operating the device at the time of the accident.
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Albany
Frank Rose
Ravena
Port of
North Adams hospital adds 20 bed annex
The nurses residence at North Adams Hospital becomes a 20 bed annex to ease overcrowding. Work started in July at an estimated cost of 48000 dollars. It will house patients who can walk to meals and those convalescing or in for diagnostic care. Nurses will move upstairs and offices and apartments will be provided for the director and assistant.
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North Adams
North Adams ‘Hospital
Winners Named In Halloween Window Art Contest
Gregory Blake and Marie Becker of Bennington High School win the annual Halloween Art Contest with entries displayed at Adams Hardware and Central Vermont Public Service. Prizes awarded in 7th 8th and 9th 10th grade groups with second and third places also listed. The YMCA Bennington Lions Club and Village Recreation Committee sponsor the event each year.
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Marie Becker
Bennington High School
Gregory Blake
Bendi
Edmunds
Blake
Adams Hardware Co
Main St
Miss Becker
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Gail Boulet
Sacred Heart
Shaffe’s Men’s Shop
Adelaide Jaquith
Children's Bazaar
Gail Senecal
Senecal
Benhi
Sound Center
Rosemary Christie
Sears Roebuck and Co
YMCA
Bennington Lions Club
Village Recreation Committee
GBA
State Unit Reports On Radioactivity
Vermont readings show Norton 3.5, Marlboro 4 micromicrocuries per cubic meter of air for Oct 11–19 and Oct 9–16. Barre daily estimates Oct 20–26 ranged 5.4 to 12.2. National stations mostly 10–20. Milk network softening across week Oct 7–13. New England high 90, low 40 micromicrocuries per liter. Burlington logged 80 on Oct 9 and 11.
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Burlington
Vermont
Norton
Marlboro
Barre
Division of Radiological Health
New England
Boston
Manchester
N.H
Union High School District Plans Major Meeting
The Union High School District No. 14 directors meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Bennington Elementary School superintendent’s office. Chairman Dr. Arthur S. Faris says a November public meeting will decide on admissions for Pownal and Woodford districts and inform on ward plans for a new union high.
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Union High School District No. 14
Bennington
Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Woodford
Union High School
15 Year Old Escapes From Chains In 25 Seconds
Morristown New Jersey AP reports 15 year old Ronald Kolb escapes from a leather and steel harness bound with 50 feet of chain and padlocks in under 25 seconds, likened to Houdini in the sensational stunt.
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Morristown
N.J
Harry Houdini
Ronald Kolb
Mrs. Kennedy Receives Newport Antiquarian Medal
Mrs. John F. Kennedy was awarded the Newport Preservation Society antiquarian medal for inspiring national interest in the decorative arts. The annual honor recognizes an outstanding contribution in the field and was announced at the society's meeting Tuesday night in Newport Rhode Island.
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Newport
R.I
John F. Kennedy
Newport Preservation Society
Ambulance operator touts 20 births in 15 years
Paul Fey Jr. runs an ambulance service in St. Louis and has delivered 20 babies over 15 years. In all cases, mothers phoned too late for hospital arrival.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Paul Fey Jr
Fey
Bennington Banner classified rate notices and AP clause
The Bennington Banner lists mailing, motor route, and U S rates for Vermont and nationwide subscriptions with three month, six month, and yearly options. Special serviceman discounts of 20 percent are noted among standard terms.
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Bennington
Main St
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
U.S
Selectmen authorize 1285100 in short term notes for sewer project
Bennington selectmen authorize three borrowed money orders totaling 128500 for the municipal sewer plant and interceptor system. The 117000 note finances most of the completed 1 million plus project, with 122000 shortfall covered by this issue. A 8000 note covers voting machines and a 3500 note funds a landfill grader. The board discusses longer term financing and notes routine plant reports from Paul Kelley, who reports progress and a minor gas leak repair. Kelley and Robert Mackey attend a Rhode Island sewage plant operators conference.
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Bennington Selectmen
Selectmen
Paul Kelley
Kelley
Clayton Daigneault
Robert Mackey
Rhode Island
Gold Star Mothers Plan Two Weekend Events
Members of the Bennington Gold Star Mothers announce activities over the next two weekends. Sunday services at 9 a.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in North Pownal and a 2 p.m. visit at the VFW Rooms from Fall River. Veterans Day events include a 12:45 p.m. gathering at Bennington High School and a 7:30 p.m. regular meeting at the VFW Rooms.
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Benningtes
Gold Star
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
North Pownal
VFW
Fall River
Mass
Bennington High School
Town tests colonial style lamp head on South Street
A town test near the sidewalk in front of the town building considered a new colonial style lamp head for the street post. The test showed the head was too small, prompting officials to explore other lighting ideas.
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South Street
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Mt. Grylock
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Adams Redevelopment Authority
the Authority
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Stafford
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Bennington Banner
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