White House Tides Help For Addison County Drought
U S Office of Emergency Planning chief Edward A McDermott tours Addison County to assess drought relief after federal disaster aid was denied and Governor Hoff seeks federal water support for about 200 farms. Emergency Board halts extra state funds for Operation Water Wagon as guard pumps continue.
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White House
U.S. Office of Emergency Planning
Addison County
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Edward A. McDermott
OEF
Burlington
McDermott
Kennedy
Emergency Board
National Guard
Francis A. Billado
State Adjutant General
Billado
Vermont Recreation Workshops To Be Conducted Week Of Dec 9
Five social recreation workshops planned by the state Department of Recreation and the Vermont Federation of Women's Clubs run December 9 through 13. Mrs. Theresa S Brungardt announces the program featuring leadership training, ice breakers, and various games, led by Miss Helen M Dauncey with state staff. Burlington concert to raise funds for Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity scholarship aims to aid upperclassmen with awards based on leadership character scholarship and need.
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National Recreation Association
State Recreation Department
Burlington
University of Vermont
UVM
Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity
Patrick Gym
Nina Simone
Herbie Mann
Steve de Pass
Ron Elian
Tau Epsilon Phi
City wins grant for urban renewal in Mechanicville
Washington approved a 1 705 999 loan and grant to Mechanicville for urban renewal. Mayor John H Connors called it a giant step toward revitalizing the business district.
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Mechanicville
Washington
John H. Connors
Williams College group to circulate housing discrimination petition
In Williamstown Berkshire County Associated Ministers and the Williams College Civil Rights Committee plan to circulate a petition this Sunday to combat housing discrimination.
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Williamstown
Associated Ministers
Williams College Civil Rights Committee
Fire Hazard Rating Lowered in Pittsfield
Fire Underwriters cut Pittsfield from a high Class Four to a low Class Four citing old fashioned construction in the business district as the hazard. Fire fighting capacity rated satisfactory while prevention methods were criticized. North Adams School Committee backs restoring opening prayers in public schools following Gloucester request for legislation to overturn the Supreme Court ban. Mayor Florini supports Gloucester approach as correct compared to North Brookfield action defying the high court.
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North Adams
North Adams School Committee
Gloucester
Supreme Court
Francis Florini
North Brookfield
High Court
New England Transportation Urged to Unite Across States
Massachusetts and other New England leaders urged joint action to preserve rail and air services. Governor Dempsey warned the New Haven Railroad faces crisis without regional backing, while officials from the Civil Aeronautics Board and ICC highlighted cooperation and mergers as key to future transport in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and beyond.
Biologist Denies Wife Poisoning Murder Charge
Brockton Massachusetts AP report on marine biologist Dr. William H. Sutcliffe Jr. 37 admitting an affair with a New York woman while denying second degree murder in his wife Luise Sutcliffe’s 1962 methyl alcohol poisoning death. Witnesses say Sutcliffe acknowledged four liaisons in 1959 1960 with Gail Arnold of New York City. He testified he lied to friend Dr. John A. Ryther to save face and claimed no knowledge of his wife’s supposed affairs while acknowledging personal guilt in his letter after his wife’s death.
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Brockton, Mass
New York
William H. Sutcliffe Jr
Luise Sutcliffe
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sutcliffe
Edmund Dinis
Dinis
Gail Arnold
New York City
John A. Ryther
Ryther
Official Says Most Motorists Doing Good Job
Boston based highway safety officials report that about 80 million vehicles travel 800 billion miles yearly driven by 15 million motorists. They note the majority avoid serious accidents despite nonstandard signs and uneven laws, praise enforcement for shaping driver behavior.
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Federal Highway Safety
James K. Williams
Highway Safety Office
Bureau of Public Roads
Liberty Mutual Council On the Automobile and Public Health
Williams
United States
Russell I. Brown
The
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Washington, D.C
Lay Congress Planned by Rome for World Catholic Laity Congress
Rome reports the Catholic Committee of International Congresses of the Lay Apostolate planned a world congress of Catholic laymen likely in 1965 to promote new lay policies approved by the Second Vatican Council.
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Rome
Roman Catholic Committee of International Congresses
Probe Ends on Collision of Freighter and Tanker
An inquiry by three Coast Guard officers into the collision of the Norwegian freighter Fernview and the tanker Dynafuel is finished. Capt. R. T. A. McKenzie said it will take about two weeks to a month to analyze testimony, then findings go to the Coast Guard commandant in Washington for review. Fernview master Capt. Karl Olsen testified the collision November 14 off Cape Cod Canal could have been avoided if Dynamel had kept its course.
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Coast Guard
R. T. A. McKenzie
Karl O. Olsen
Fernview
Cape Cod Canal
Buzzards Bay
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