Vermont Bookmobile Delivered to St Albans Library
A new bookmobile was delivered Monday to the St Albans Regional Library as part of a five year Free Public Library Service program. It is the third vehicle in the plan, behind units sent to Rutland and Brattleboro. The 20 foot vehicle holds about 3,500 books, features a 2,500 watt generator for heat and light when idle, and will regularly visit schools to expand community service with future additions anticipated for communities without libraries.
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Library On
Vermont
Blood donations in Vermont and New Hampshire reach 585 pints
UPI reports last week’s Red Cross blood drives in Vermont and New Hampshire collected 585 pints across six drawings. Mansfield Avenue center distributed 691 pints, with 664 to 62 regional hospitals and 27 pints to other centers as replacements. Windsor State Prison inmates donated 88 pints, Concord and New Hampshire State Prison combined for 125 pints, and Portsmouth contributed 102 pints. Burlington set the high mark with 172 pints.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
New Hampshire
Mansfield Avenue
Red Cross
Windsor State Prison
Ludlow
Concord
N.H
New Hampshire State Prison
Portsmouth
Vermont unemployment claims rise slightly in week
Vermont unemployment insurance claims totaled 2,500 for the week, up 82 from the prior week and 220 below the 1965 level. The insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent, down from 2.8 percent a year ago. New claims fell by 158 to 432 with four industries driving 72 percent of the total, and Springfield and Burlington local areas posted notable gains. Benefits paid from the reserve fund reached $49,510.
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Montpelier
UPI
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Department
Springfield
Burlington
Vermont seeks 40000 grant to start tech services program
The Vermont Emergency Board approved a 20000 grant for the Vermont Technical Services Program, contingent on a matching 20000 grant from the U S Department of Commerce. Director Roland Loveless said the budget was cut from 80000 for six months to launch by year’s start, providing industry with research data in business commerce and industry.
Two NY 7 crashes in Hoosick cars towed, no injuries
Rensselaer County deputies investigated two motor vehicle accidents on New York 7 in the Town of Hoosick. Richard Fuhrman of Miami Florida, an RPI student, drove east as his car skidded and overturned. Sherman Novack of 1616 Albany Street Schenectady also headed east when his vehicle went off the highway into guard rails. The report cites a gas pedal linkage break as the cause of the second crash.
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Hoosick
Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department
N.Y. 7
Richard Fuhrman
Miami
Fla
RPI
Sherman Novack
Albany St
Schenectady
Cambridge Woman's Club Bazaar and House Display
Cambridge area branch of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Club hosts a bazaar and house decoration exhibition at the Historical House this Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 pm. Members decorate the house for the season and workers include Mrs Myron Hertel Mrs Foster Black Mrs Sumner Lind Mrs Stanley Mahaffey Mrs George Ston Mrs Bernard Suinner and Mrs Edward J Schneider.
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Cambridge
Woman’s National Farm and Garden Club
Myron Hertel
Foster Black
Sumner Lind
Stanley Mahaffey
George Ston
Bernard Suinner
Edward J. Schneider
Federal crackdown nets six arrests in Buffalo drug ring
A Buffalo operation involving about 25 federal agents and city police arrested six people at five locations. Assistant Detective Chief Michael A. Amico said the operation handles more than a quarter of a million dollars annually.
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Buffalo
Michael A. Amico
Pittsfield Child Dies Trapped Under Lumber Boards
Daniel Tibbetts five died after wandering into a lumber yard beside his Pittsfield home and becoming trapped beneath boards. Police call the accidental death. he was found by his father and suffocated. John D. Warner announces a preliminary Pittsfield north south bypass plan may be ready for public review in about a month. The ABC highway project splits costs equally between federal and state governments.
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Pittsfield
Daniel Tibbetts
Terry Tibbetts
John D. Warner
Public Works
Water Resources approves 3 acre site for town plant
GREAT BARRINGTON officials report state agencies approved a three acre parcel east of the Housatonic River and south of Great Barr ton Mfg Co for a town sewage disposal plant The selectmen met landowners to outline easements and takings involved PITTSFIELD a school of anesthesia will open at Pittsfield General Hospital on Jan 16 Dr William R Padget announced Approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Philip N Daoust will be director
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Great Barrington
Water Resources Commission
State Department of Public Health
Housatonic River
Pittsfield
Pittsfield General Hospital
William R. Padget
American Association of Nurse
Philip N. Daoust
State Colleges Increase Board and Room Charges
Burlington Vermont State Colleges will raise board from 408 to 470 a year and room from 306 to 395 effective September 1967. Dr. Robert S. Babcock said costs for construction borrowing and food drive the increase. The trustees approved at the November meeting. He noted the move aims to fund dormitories and dining facilities and warned higher costs may affect enrollment, urging students to seek aid if needed and hoping for more federal and state assistance. USC raised costs earlier in 1964 and tuition varies by campus. The system enrolls 2150 students with a record high and expects a 14 percent rise next September.
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Burlington
Vermont
Robert S. Babcock
Board of Trustees
Babcock
University of Vermont
UVM
Student Assistance Corporation
USC
Castleton State
Johnson State
Lyndon State
Vermont Technical College
VSC
New Hampshire weighs tunnel under Franconia Notch
The governor and council in Keene consider extending Interstate 93 through Franconia Notch with a tunnel 3,000 feet long. Geologists report no danger to the Old Man of the Mountain from blasting, while officials push ahead with partial extension from Plymouth to North Woodstock.
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Sider
Franconia Notch
Robert H. Whitaker
Public Works and Highways
Notch
The
Executive Council
Plymouth
Woodstock
Whitaker
Vermont Fish and Game to reorganize department
Vermont Emergency Board approved a full reorg for Fish and Game led by Commissioner Edward Kehoe. The plan creates four divisions law enforcement habitat control research and management and maintenance and adds six staff. A $279000 fund transfer funds the reshuffle with planning to start January and program in place by April 1 1967.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Emergency Board
Fish and Game
Edward Kehoe
Department
Kehoe
Bulova details moon tuning fork clock for Apollo craft
Bulova reports a master and slave tuning forks will serve as the clock's frequency standard. The master fork is enclosed in a pressurized chamber inside the clock case. On the moon, unpressurized forks would gain about 21 seconds per day.
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New York
UPI
Moon
Bulova Watch Company
Vermont Motor Vehicle Office to Hire Eight New Staff
Motor Commissioner James Malloy plans a central control bureau for license applicants to ease workload. The State Emergency Board approved eight new hires and $24,800 for salaries, while denying 12 total positions. They will add three license examiners and two clerks, plus one supply keeper to free examiners for licensing duties.
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Malloy
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