Vermonters hear of forest week and Lane Series season
Vermont will observe the 17th Forest Festival Week with a seventh to eighth grade forest essay contest statewide. The University of Vermont Lane Series begins its ninth season October 1 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London under Sir Malcolm Sargent in Memorial Auditorium.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of
London
Malcolm Sargent
Memorial Auditorium
New NY Law Targets Underage Drinking Impacting Licenses
Albany reports a new law effective today tightens penalties for underage drinking and driving with two cocktails or 2 1 2 beers. The measure targets teens more than adults and affects licensing rules.
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Albany
Berkshire custody case leads to kidnapping warrants
In Berkshire, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Coleman of Burlington Vermont face warrants from the local court for kidnapping their five year old grandson Bruce Coleman a cerebral palsy patient amid a custody dispute triggered by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roland Coleman of Lee. The report also notes regional business and civic updates including the Liberty Coaches petition in Pittsfield and the Fall Foliage Festival parade in North Adams along with Hugh R. McKean retirement in Pittsfield.
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Barre
Vermont
Waterbury
Angelo Sessa
Sessa
Lee
Murray Coleman
Burlington
Bruce Coleman
Roland Coleman
Misjudgment cited as cause of USS Grouse grounding
The Grouse skipper testified before a Navy inquiry that navigational misjudgment led to the minesweeper grounding off Cape Ann on September 21. Lt Cmdr Allen E. McCarthy said he slept through the incident as the ship hit Little Salvage Reef, with Lt (j.g.) Eugene W. Petterson at the bridge and no injuries reported. After failed towing, the 136 foot vessel was stripped, burned and sunk on Saturday.
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Boston
Grouse
Cape Ann
Cmdr
Allen E. McCarthy
Valley Hill Drive
Worcester
Navy Board
Portsmouth
N.H
Little Salvage Reef
McCarthy
J.g
Eugene W. Petterson
Purchase Street
Cape Cod
Petterson
Navy
Agriculture Bill Enables White River Valley Development
The Senate passed an agriculture appropriation bill with an amendment by Senator George D. Aiken to allow the White River Valley Association to plan development for an area covering 23 towns in Addison, Orange, Rutland and Windsor counties Vermont. The amendment seeks to raise Soil Conservation Service funding from 1.2 million to 2.2 million though final House Senate compromise is pending. Aiken also won two 25,000 increases for soil and water studies on the J A Dewing farm at East Franklin and a regional hydrology study at Sleepers River near Danville.
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J. A. Dewing
East
Franklin
Sleepers River
Danville
Former AP executive calls for accurate reporting
Verghennes AP report quotes Frank J. Starzel urging clearer explanatory writing to give the public a correct view of news events. He cites Arthur Sylvester on news as part of national weaponry, urges reporters to avoid overinterpreting security remarks and defends responsible disclosure.
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Sylvester
Starzel
Associated Press
Bennington Banner Contact and Subscription Rates
The Bennington Banner lists newsroom and display ad numbers, home delivery options, and mail subscription rates within a Vermont daily paper notice. Rates cover 50 mile radius with 3 months at 4.75, 6 months at 9.00, and 1 year at 17.50, plus servicemen special rates.
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Radius
Presidents Non political Tours Versus Political Realities
Washington analysis notes Kennedy Eisenhower Truman and Roosevelt used nonpolitical trips with political implications. The piece cites Romney and Goldwater debates and recalls Eisenhower’s 1960 tour and Roosevelt’s 1944 inspection visits amid terms and elections.
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Mike Mansfield
Salt Lake City
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Eisenhower
Nixon
California
Edmund G. Brown
Harry Truman
White House
Truman
Ohio
Roosevelt
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