Vermont Girl First To Join Peace Corps
Around Vermont in East Clarendon Miss Barbara McMahon 18, daughter of Richard L. McMahon, leaves Wednesday to join the U S Peace Corps. She will train in Florida for the field where she shows the most aptitude. Burlington U V M students plan a Pray In for Peace Service Sunday at 7 p m in the Ira Allen Chapel with Catholic Jewish and Protestant representatives. James Cantwell senior from Wellesley Hills Mass and president of the Newman Center is in charge.
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Richard L., McMahon
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Florida
Burlington
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Newman Center
Ira Allen Chapel
James Cantwell
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Newman
Vermont orders 30000 free measles vaccine for kids
Vermont through UPI reports 30000 doses of free measles vaccine ordered with half stored in state depots. Doctors may charge for administration. Dr. LJ Leavens urges uptake for pre schoolers, noting 7 to 15 year olds as next at risk. Legislature budgets 80000 for the biennium. federal funds or vaccine valued at 60000 serão provided.
Bristol eyes raise or hunt for new police chief
Bristol residents face a choice to raise Police Chief Smith Horner's weekly pay from 80 to 90 dollars or seek a new chief. Horner, with a wife and four children, has requested the increase for three years. His contract runs out December 10.
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Bristol
UPI
Smith Horner
Horner
Public works plan eyed by socialist leader
Tom Kahn executive secretary of the League for Industrial Democracy urged a national public works program. Speaking to Goddard College students he proposed 20 hours weekly on projects and 20 hours on study, saying the plan could yield 26 million new housing units in a decade.
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UPI
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League For Industrial Democracy
Kahn
Goddard College
Albany teaching program on medical emergencies set
Physicians from Bennington and nearby areas are invited to Albany Medical Center for a Thursday teaching program on medical emergencies. The session begins at 10 30 a m and will cover infectious emergencies hemorrhagic emergencies and diabetic coma.
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Bennington
Albany Medical Center
Ballston Spa board approves plans for new county complex
Ballston Spa Saratoga County Board of Supervisors unanimously approves plans and specifications for a modern county building complex in the town. The board also authorizes architects to solicit bids for the three-building project, with an estimated total cost of 2 370 580 dollars.
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Ballston Spa
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors
Griffin eyed for Proller staff in 47th Senate District
Redmond Griffin, a Troy attorney, is seen as a possible addition to the staff of Sen. Nathan Proller, representative-elect from the new 47th Sen. Dist. Proller is seeking a representative of Rensselaer County for his next year's staff.
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F. Redmond Griffin
Troy
Nathan Proller
Dist
Proller
Rensselaer County
Defense official to speak on management concept in Schenectady
Captain David O. Cooke USN, director of organizational and management planning at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, will address The Institute of Management Sciences on MacNamara's concept of management. The Ritz Restaurant, Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, hosts with social hour at 6, dinner at 7, program at 8. Reservations to Laurance J. Foley, Behr-Manning Co., Troy, AR3-0100 Ext 244.
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Schenectady
David O. Cooke
USN
Troy
N.Y
Immigrant Powell Sends $50 for Believed 1857 Burial
Schenectady city bookkeepers puzzled by a $50 check from Carl E Powell of Richview Illinois to cover burial costs for his grandfather Heinrich Paul. The city says Paul died of smallpox in 1857 and they have no record of the interment, yet feel bound to honor the payment.
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Schenectady
Carl E. Powell
Richeview
Ill
Heinrich Paul
Paul
Berkshire teacher questions Viet Nam policy in mimeographed newsletter
Mount Greylock Regional High School teacher Carlo Valone who criticizes the Viet Nam war circulated a mimeographed newsletter in Berkshire. Valone, a former U S Air Force specialist in oriental languages, warns that the reaction to criticism resembles Germany in the early 1930s and McCarthy era.
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Williamstown
Mount Greylock
Carlo Valone
Valone
U.S. Air Force
Far East
Security Services
Germany
Pittsfield School Site Panel Chooses Three Names
Pittsfield High School Building Commission votes 62 to approve a three man subcommittee to work with Mayor Remo Del Gallo in selecting a site for the 1250 pupil school, but only at the mayor's discretion.
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Pittsfield
High School Building Commission
Remo del Gallo
Areas Eligible for Federal Aid in Berkshire County
The Economic Development Administration designates two labor areas in Berkshire County eligible to apply for aid under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. One area covers parts of North Adams and the towns of Adams Clarksburg Florida New Ashford Savoy and Williamstown. The second includes part of Pittsfield city and the towns of Dalton Lanesboro Lenox and Lee.
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Berkshire County
Adams
Clarksburg
Florida
New Ashford
Savoy
Williamstown
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Public Works and Economic Development Act
Pittsfield
Dalton
Lanesboro
Lenox and
Lee
Royal Tourists See Washington on Capitol Visit
Britain’s Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon begin a three hour Washington tour visiting Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath on JFK’s grave then Mount Vernon and key monuments. A British Embassy luncheon, cathedral service, and multiple receptions and plantings follow before they depart for New York City.
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UPI
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
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George W. Ball
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Episcopal
New York City
Milk price hike considered by Vermont Dairy Board
Vermonters may pay more for milk next year as farmers seek a 22 cent per hundredweight rise for Vermont consumption. The price increase translates to about a half cent per quart, while the Vermont Milk Dealers Association urges a penny per quart rise for non homogenized milk, a small portion of in state milk. Charlotte dairy farmer Fred Richmond urged abolishing the Milk Control Board, saying the industry would be better served without it.
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UPI
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Fred Richmond
The
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Vermont to end unlit wagon law as lanterns fade
Vermont officials push to repeal an old rule allowing unlit hay wagons and logging sleds on highways after dark. Motor Vehicle Commissioner James Malloy urges brighter tail lights or lanterns, citing a recent rear end collision he associates with unlit wagons. The move aims to modernize safety, replacing lanterns from older practice.
Two More Killed in Boston Gangland Slayings
In Greater Boston a Revere cafe bartender and two other men were shot in a coordinated gangland attack marking the 27th and 28th killings in the area over 20 months. Police voiced no suspects or witnesses and tied the violence to the McLean and McLaughlin feud.
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Honky-Tonky
Salisbury Beach
George McLaughlin
James
Buddy) McLean
McLean
McLaughlin
Bernard
Charlestown
William J. Sheridan
Roxbury
Sheridan
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Edward
Punchy) McLaughlin
Somerville
Maxie Shackleford
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McLean Gang
DiStasio
Mickey Mouse Cafe
Shackleford
Thomas Gage
Whitefield
N.H
O'Neill
O’ Neill
Soggy Saga New York UPI Roman Bath Water Use
The Tile Council of America notes ancient Romans used about 300 gallons of water per person daily, far above modern American use at 150 gallons. Much of this went to baths in public tile tubs that could exceed 1,000 square feet and hold over 1,000 bathers.
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UPI
Tile Council of America
Space veterans hope for Christmas home after Gemini flight
NASA officials expect Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 to launch in early December for a 14 day and a 2 day mission respectively. Borman and Lovell aim to link with Gemini 7 at 185 miles up and return by December 18. recovery crews and remote station staff face long hours, though NASA hopes all can be home for Christmas.
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Hirra
Stafford
Borman
Governors Meet On Federal Revenue Sources
In Chicago a meeting of the National Governors Conference Committee on Revenue Sources brought Gov. George Romney of Michigan Gov. Edmund G Brown of California and Gov. Philip Hoff of Vermont with representatives from North Dakota Georgia Missouri and Kansas to discuss grant-in-aid tax sharing credit and transferring federal revenues to states. The group will reconvene December 6 to draft a report for the executive committee under sponsorship of the Council on State Governments.
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UPS
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Michigan
California
George Romney
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Philip H. Hoff
National Governors Conference
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Georgia
Missouri
Kansas
National Governors Conference Executive Committee
Council On State Governments
Hoff administration weighs 39 million in supplemental funds
Gov. Philip Hoff and aides plan next month to discuss a 3.5 million supplemental appropriations bill spread across the University of Vermont Development Department Expo 67 display Constitutional Convention court reorganization Education Department Water Resources Department and a Washington office. A 25 million bond issue seeks highway reconstruction on Routes 4 and 7 as 31 bills move through drafting with about 10 more expected.
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Water Resources Department
Washington
Lewis F. Springer Jr
Springer
Agriculture Department
Social Welfare
Vermonter's Death Unknown in Bethel Rooming House
West Bridgewater woman Cecile Bessette, 32, collapsed and died after a drinking bout and quarrel with Forrest Woods, 48. Autopsy by Dr. Richard Woodruff could not determine cause. injuries present were not seen as fatal. Investigation led by Windsor County State's Attorney James Wright.
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James W. Wright O Stockbridge
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