Fickle Finger of Fate Award Affects Chicago Restaurant
Grant F Woodward owner of Force Restaurant, Fort Wayne, complains two years of miscataloged addresses by General Telephone. A new error in yellow pages labels his restaurant as a tavern, prompting a billboard sized spoof award and takeoff stationery. He notes prior misplacements from 1967 and 1968, and recounts a NY executive nickname incident. In Maidstone England a 62 year old woman chases bank van bandits after hurling five milk bottles at their car but fails to stop them.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
UPI
Grant F. Woodward
Buster
Woodward
General Telephone Co
General Telephone
Force
Main Street
Pearl Street
Yellow Pages
New York
Maidstone
England
Mary Thomson
Snodland
Undercover Agent Describes DNC Police Protest Clash
Chicago undercover officer testifies that Lincoln Park confrontation on Aug 25, 1968 involved Jerry Rubin inciting about 200 demonstrators against 10 police. He recalls Rubin shouting at officers and urging battle, while crowds hurled rocks and missiles.
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Chicago
UPI
Lincoln Park
Jerry Rubin
Robert Murray
Murray
U.S
Federal Building
Rubin
Parole bids denied for Hoffa and Wolfson
Washington UPI The U S Parole Board rejected parole requests for Teamsters President James R Hoffa and financier Louis E Wolfson in separate decisions on Thursday Hoffa would be eligible November 6 after serving one third of an eight year term Wolfson eligible August 24 after four months of a one year sentence He faces further terms and appeals and may not seek parole again before February 23 next year Hoffa began serving March 7 1967 Wolfson started April 25 at Eglin AFB Fla
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Washington
UPI
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Louis E. Wolfson
U.S. Parole Board
Hoffa
Wolfson
Abe Fortas
Fortas
Supreme Court
Lewisburg
Eglin Afb
Fla
Study Says No Money Available To Expand College Level Programs
Vermont faces unlikely prospects to fund major growth in public college and university programs. An 89 page report notes heavy tax burdens and budget pressures limit higher education spending, with political realities hindering large reallocations. The panel urges a coordinated system combining public and private sectors, as Gov Davis plans to brief on recommendations and has formed a Higher Education Planning Council.
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Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Cairns Receives GVA Vermont Citizenship Award
C Douglas Cairns of Burlington received Ver mont Greater Vergmont Association’s Vermont Citizenship Award at the 19th annual state chamber meeting in Vergennes. The Burlington oil dealer and former Burlington mayor is a Republican activist, serves on the State Republican Committee, and was a 1960 national convention delegate. He chairs the Vermont Petroleum Industry Committee, leads the Vermont Petroleum Association, and has held director and trustee roles in various organizations. Past winners include Simpson, Moulton, Aiken, Ruschp, Cree.
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Vergennes
Greater Vermont Association
Vermont
C. Douglas Cairns
Burlington
State Chamber of Commerce
Basin Harbor Club
Cairns
Republican Committee
Vermont Petroleum Industry Committee
Vermont Petroleum Association
Associated Industries of Vermont
AVM
GVA
No New Clues in Calais Montpelier Slay Probe
In Vermont the Calais and East Montpelier search for the Florida couple slayings yielded no new evidence. State's Attorney Kimberly Cheney said five state troopers and deputies combed an acre in Calais where the trailer with the bludgeoned bodies was found and scoured the Route 2 area in Montpelier where the car was abandoned. Authorities continue reviewing promising leads in the Hipp and wife deaths from Lutz Florida.
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Montpelier
UPD
Calais
East Montpelier
Florida
Washington County
Kimberly Cheney
Adamant
Route 2
Cheney
James Hipp
Ioa
Lutz, Fla
Vermont Health Board Schedules Hearings on Land Rules
The Vermont Health Board will hold hearings November 20 on new land development regulations requiring Health Department approval before construction. Health Commissioner Dr. Robert B. Aiken criticized the announcement process as wasteful, noting publication costs in three state newspapers could reach about $4,000.
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Montpelier
UPD
Vermont Health Board
Health Department
Robert B. Aiken
Aitken
Barre official resigns to join Lowell chamber
Arthur Kelts director of the Regional Development Division in Barre resigns effective Oct 17 to become manager of the chamber of commerce in Lowell Massachusetts. He left the post of regional planning and development director off the table citing higher pay and a return to a preferred field.
September sales tax receipts rise for Montpelier
Norris Hoyt Jr of the Tax Department says September brought 8,151 returns and about 1.47 million dollars in revenue, boosting Montpelier state tax receipts to nearly 3.8 million since the 3 percent levy began June 1, toward an expected 9.5 million for fiscal 1970.
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Montpelifr
UPD
Norris Hoyt Jr
Tax Department
Voters to decide on Bellows Free Academy addition
In St. Albans voters will decide on Nov 4 whether to approve a $723,000 addition to Bellows Free Academy for vocational education. The plan, defeated in June, would be state financed but towns sending students would cover running costs via higher tuition. Burlington also reports sale of a house built by Burlington High School vocational students earlier this year, delayed by money tightness in mortgages, sold for $24,750 to an unnamed buyer. The restoration department is already building another house.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Bellows Free Academy
Burlington
David Jenkins
Holland Smith
BHS Vacation
Troy City Manager Loses Support For Contract And Raise
In Troy New York Councilmen offered no backing for a three year contract and a $3000 pay raise for City Manager Adrian C Gonyea. The contract resolution was dropped after Mayor Lawrence Meyer said no sponsor was willing to move it in a workshop session. Gonyea said he would continue in his post and not resign. Attorney Marvin I Honig sent a letter to the district attorney detailing Collins information on Troy government mismanagement from his tenure as comptroller.
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Troy
Adrian C. Gonyea
Lawrence Meyer
Gonyea
Marvin I. Honig
Lawrence Collins
Rensselaer County
Don Cholakis
Troy Comptroller
Honig
Collins
State Investigation Commission
Berkshires Hitchhiking Youth Fined by Judge After Song
Richard Biers a 21 year old from Philadelphia faced District Court in Berkshire County Massachusetts where Justice John J. Dwyer fined him 10 dollars for hitchhiking on the Turnpike. Unable to pay Biers answered with a song and the judge prompted more singing before he departed.
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Richard Biers
Philadelphia
John J. Dwyer
Massachusetts
Biers
Monument Square Day Care drives past goal in North Adams
North Adams announces the Monument Square Day Care Center fund drive exceeded its 11 000 goal with Mrs. Charles G. Kalt stating the center will likely open later this month as applications are now being accepted. In Lanesboro a town meeting failed to authorize land purchase for a fire station and garage, requiring a two thirds vote. Miss Christine Belini, 17 of Adams, is 1969 Miss Fall Foliage and Miss Boston Store sponsor. A. H. Rice Co. workers face a 6 14 percent raise effective Oct. 20, confirmed by treasurer Peter van S. Rice for 310 employees.
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North Adams
Monument Square
Charles G. Kalt
Northern Berkshire Child Care Committee, Inc
Lanesboro
Harold L. Brower
Brower
Christine Belini
Adams
Boston
Mimi Jones
Williamstown
Pittsfield
A. H. Rice Co
Peter van S. Rice
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W. Arthur Simpson
Elbert G. Moulton
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Sepp Ruschp
Albert A. Cree
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Walker Memorial Theatre
Mount Anthony High School
Bennington
Dudley Baker
Charles Salem
Renzi’s College Book Store
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Manchester
Philip Martinez
Hoosick Falls
Lea B. Vozar
North Adams State College
Kelts
State Post
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