Welcome and Information Center Opens on I-91 at Guilford
The Welcome and Information Center on Interstate 91 near Guilford opened at noon with Brattleboro officials and area legislators present to greet the first out of state car. Merchants donated gifts including meals passes to Santa's land theater tickets and Brattleboro lodging, as the center was handed from the Greater Vermont Association to the State Development Department for operation.
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Guilford
UPI
Greater Brattleboro Area
Greater Vermont Association
State Development Department
Rutland Man Kills Himself in Front of Wife's Home
Richard Lawrence McCullough, 33, went to his estranged wife’s home at 14 Woodstock Avenue, shot himself with a .30-caliber rifle as five children watched, wounded himself in the shoulder and died soon after. Rutland police and Medical Examiner Dr. William Powers reported death by self-inflicted gunshot. State's Attorney ruled it a death by own action.
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UPS
Richard Lawrence McCullough
McCullough
Woodstock Avenue
William Powers
Robert West
New York to Erect Vermont Directional Signs on I 87
State Development Commissioner Elbert Moulton announced New York will install directional signs along Interstate 87 to Vermont. Signs near Albany, Whitehall, and Rouses Point will guide travelers to Bennington, Rutland, and the Lake Champlain islands to boost Montreal Expo 67 tourism.
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UPS
Elbert Moulton
New York State
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Moulton
New York
Albany
Bennington
Whitehall
N.Y
Rutland
Rouses Point
Lake Champlain Islands
Montreal
Vermont Supreme Court to Hang Portrait of Walter Cleary
Chief Justice James S. Holden accepted a portrait of former Chief Justice Walter Cleary of Newport. The painting, presented by ex Gov. Lee Emerson, will hang in the Supreme Court chambers next week. Cleary retired in 1959 after 25 years on the Vermont bench and now resides in Newport with winters in Florida.
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Supreme Court
Olin Jeffords
Lawsuit Over Adoption Bias Sparks Italian-American Protest
A complaint filed with the New York State Human Rights Commission by the Grand Council of Columbia Associations alleges unlawful discrimination based on ethnic background in a Ulster County foster child adoption. Mario Biaggi notes 80 000 Italian descent civil service workers are affected by the Ulster County Welfare Commissioner Joseph Fitzsimmons' rejection of Mr and Mrs Michael Limni of Tillson as foster parents. The child has shared Thanksgiving with her grandmother and relatives. the Lions hope for Christmas with them. A Kingston Supreme Court hearing is set for Wednesday.
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Ulster County
New York
Tillson
Lionis
Supreme Court
Kingston
Derailed NY Central freight cars disrupt Albany to Boston run
Two boxcars derailed on a east bound New York Central freight train near Dalton delaying trains until replacements arrived. The Albany to Boston train was pulling 128 cars, derailment cause under investigation, and service rerouted as authorities work the scene.
Bomb threats at Pittsfield High School prompt multiple false alarms
Pittsfield police traced two bomb threat calls to Pittsfield High School on Wednesday. One call came from a nearby service station by a girl, the other from a North Street store. No action was taken during the calls, though the building had been cleared on three prior occasions.
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Pittsfield High School
North Street
Smog Blankets Eastern Seaboard in Inversion Crisis
A temperature inversion spread dirty air from Maine to the Carolinas as New York and Boston warned residents. Officials urged indoors for those with heart and lung conditions while power companies shifted to natural gas and authorities prepared for a weather front to disperse the smog.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Consolidated Edison
Long Island Lighting Co
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Air Pollution Control
Austin H. Heller
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Henry H. Henley
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Barry T. Leihead
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Micruss OY
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