Vermont group backs state aid for better dumps
Woodstovk Vermont trustees of Keep Vermont Beautiful endorsed a plan for state financial aid to towns seeking improved dump facilities and local ordinances against unauthorized dumping. The survey of 81 communities showed 25 unhappy with dumps, 41 satisfied, 64 planning expansion, and 18 towns facing litter issues. Trustees support landfill construction to replace incineration and call for stricter enforcement of anti litter laws with a $50 fine.
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Woodstock
Vermont Beautiful, Inc
Frank Teagle, Jr
KVB
Hoff to review Vermont federal planning funds hold up
Gov Philip Hoff will study delaying federal planning funds and the potential request of 500000 from the 1967 Legislature to cover the gap. Officials say the holdup began after Oct 13 with no new funds granted and existing applications paused, partly due to Viet Nam War costs. Federal money funds most Vermont Central Planning Office programs and two thirds of federal project planning bills in the state aside from highways.
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Vermont
Vermont Route 100 Association to Boost Scenic Travel
A meeting at the Weston Playhouse Monday at 8 p.m. will launch a Route 100 Association to promote travel along Vermont's Route 100 for Expo 67 bound tourists. Organized by the Vermont Development Department, the group seeks regional business attendance from Waterbury to the Massachusetts line, with further meetings contingent on interest.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Weston Playhouse
Vermont Development Department
Waterbury
Massachusetts
Elbert G. Moulton
Montpelier Man Pleads Innocent in Fatal Driving Case
Patrick Ambrose, 54, pleaded innocent in Montpelier Municipal Court to charges of careless and negligent driving with death resulting after 12 year old Shane Laufman was struck by Ambrose’s car last Saturday. Laufman died Wednesday at Mary Fletcher Hospital. case to be transferred to county court. Vermont highway toll for 1966 reaches 107.
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Montpelier
UPI
Patrick Ambrose
Montpelier Municipal Court
Shane Laufman
Laufman
William Laufman
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Ambrose
Vermont
Rensselaer County Prepares Underground Emergency Center
In New York Troy supervisors approved Executive Order No 1 creating the County Emergency Operating Center at Van Rensselaer Manor as the base of government during attacks or disasters under the New York State Defense Emergency Act. Colonie Macy's reports strong profits and plans new stores. Granville man injured in Vermont crash with skull fracture. vehicle demolished, operator identified as Carl F Sweet.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
van Rensselaer Manor
New York
Colonie
R,.h. Macy’s Inc
Jack I. Strauss
Strauss
New Rochelle
Fishkill
Smithtown
Brooklyn
Granville
Carl F. Sweet
Rutland
Fair Haven
Sweet
Vermont
Paul Huntley
Hampton Bridge
Death of Mrs. Ann Weber in Berkshire Homestead Inn
State police report no foul play in the death of 31 year old Ann Weber found in her Homestead Inn apartment. An autopsy preliminarily cites barbiturate and alcohol overdose. She leaves a son in New York and a brother in Iowa. the case follows the widow of Frederick R. Weber Jr. who died similarly in New York City last September.
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Stockbridge
Lee
Ann Weber
Homestead Inn
William R. Shuttleworth
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Great Barrington Approves Local Market Research Study
Selectmen grant Eleanor St James of Pittsfield representing a New York firm permission to conduct a market research survey in Great Barrington. A deterrent will be distributed to housewives and test results collected during the week of December 12.
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Great Barrington
Eleanor St. James
Pittsfield
New York City
Connecticut Man Heads New England Council
David L. Coffin of Windsor Locks was elected 24th president of the New England Council at its 42nd annual conference. He succeeds Everett Ware Smith, with Holmes H. Whitmore retiring as board chairman. Robert A. Eisenhauer and James S. Barker were elected vice president and re-elected president. Coffin, a Suffield resident and director of many Connecticut firms, is a WWII Navy veteran and Trinity College and New England College alumnus. The council pools leaders from six states across business, government, education, and labor.
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Boston
David L. Coffin
Dexter Corporation
Windsor Locks
Conn
New England Council
New England
Coffin
Everett Ware Smith
New England Merchants National Bank of Boston
Holmes H. Whitmore
Jones & Lamson
Waterbury
Farrell
Textron, Inc
Providence
R.I
James S. Barker
Mechanicks National Bank of Concord
N.H
Benjamin F. Stacey
First National Bank of Boston
Richard J. Stride
Biddeford & Saco Bus Lines
Saco
Maine
Burgess Fobes Paint
Portland
Suffield
New Britain Machine Company
Connecticut River Watershed Council, Inc
Colby Junior College
New London
U.S. Navy
Trinity College
Hartford
Medals of Honor Awarded to Four Army Heroes
President Johnson approved four Medal of Honor awards for Vietnam veterans. Posthumous honors go to Spec. 4 Daniel Fernandez and 2nd Lt. Robert J. Hibbs. The other recipients are Spec. 5 Lawrence Joel and 2nd Lt. Walter J. Marinn. The presentation occurred during Johnson’s Bethesda Hospital visit.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Daniel Fernandez
Los Lunas
N.M
Robert J. Hibbs
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Lawrence Joel
Fayetteville
N.C
Walter J. Marinn
Barre Men Defendants In False Arrest Suit
In Rutland U S District Court three Barre men face a $250 000 false arrest suit by Ronald Huard of Burlington. The defendants are Washington County State's Attorney John Bernasconi Barre Patrolman Ronald Geake and former Policeman William Nuissi. The Barre City Council votes to defend Geake and Nuissi.
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Rutland
UPD
U.S. District Court
Barre
Washington County
John Bernasconi
Ronald Geake
William Nuissi
Ronald Huard
Burlington
Huard
Vermont
Robert Smith
Ernest Gibson
Bernasconi
Wisconsin beer drinkers lose lead to Germans and Luxemburg
Lead in beer consumption slipped from Wisconsin to West Germany and Luxemburg. The British Brewers Society of London reported West Germans drank 26.8 gallons per person per year, Luxemburgers 26.6 gallons, while Wisconsin residents averaged 26.3 gallons.
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Milwaukee, Wis
UPI
Wisconsin
British Brewers Society of London
West Germany
Luxemburg
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Clarksburg Fine
Philip H. Hoff
James Mereness
Associated Industry of
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Derby
State Grange
Donald Rownan
Greater Vermont
Connecticut
Senate
Allan B. Angney Jr
Arlington, Vermont
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