Vermont Junior Miss Pageant plans in Bellows Falls
Bellows Falls Jaycees plan the 1967 Vermont Junior Miss Pageant to be held January 27 and 28 at the Bellows Falls Opera House with co sponsors John H Breck Company Chevrolet Motor Division GM Eastman Kodak and Scott Paper. Tickets go on sale January 1 on a semi reserved basis. Prizes include a $500 scholarship trophies luggage and travel to America's Junior Miss in Mobile Alabama in March 1967.
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Bellows Falls
Vermont
Jaycees
John H. Breck Company
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corp
Eastman Kodak Company
Scott Paper Company
Bellows Falls Opera House
America
Mobile
Ala
Governor Approves Kamp Kill Kare Addition to State Parks
Gov. Philip Hoff announced the acquisition of Kamp Kill Kare on Hathaway Point in St. Albans by the board of forests and parks with support from the interagency committee. The $100,000 land purchase adds 4,000 feet of shoreline and a small island between the peninsula and Burton Island, improving access for watercraft.
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Burton Island
John Charles Daly Joins Norwich University Board of Trustees
John Charles Daly, veteran radio and TV newsman and moderator of Whats My Line, was named to Norwich University's Board of Trustees for a term through 1971. The fall convocation also awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws. Daly's career includes ABC News VP for News and Public Affairs from 1953 to 1960. He is married to Virginia Warren, daughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren.
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Northfield
Norwich University Board of Trustees
John Charles Daly
Norwich
Daly
South Africa
Boston College
ABC
Virginia Warren
Earl Warren
U.S. Supreme Court
Former treasurer pleads guilty to union fund embezzlement
In Montpelier UPI, 40-year-old Reuben George Chafee admitted stealing 1970 from Local 679 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jointers. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, was released on bail pending pre sentence investigation, facing up to five years and a $10,000 fine. Vermont reports 21st rabies case as a calf on Harold Howrigan farm in Fairfield tests positive after a fox bite. animal showed illness and paralysis symptoms.
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Gibson
Chafee
Burlington
Vermont
State Health Laboratory
Harold Howrigan
Fairfield
State Health Lab
Waterford student finds large aid error from state fund
William P. LaBarge, a State University of Potsdam student, briefly received $184,003 in state aid via the New York Higher Education Assistance Fund. His mother reported the mistake to the lending institution, which notified the state. He joked about the windfall and plans to keep a photostat of the error.
Watervliet Arsenal Wins Orders For 152mm And 155mm Guns
Watervliet Arsenal reports work orders totaling over 5 million for gun launcher and howitzer components. U S Army Weapons Command Rock Island Illinois placed 650 tube assemblies and related parts for 152mm gun launchers at 3,421,145 dollars and tubes for 155mm self propelled howitzer at 1,837,776 dollars. Arsenal division says 3,158,961 dollars will be spent on site and 2,099,960 dollars with private industries for parts and materials.
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Watervliet
Watervliet Arsenal
U.S. Army Weapons Command
Rock Island
Ill
Arsenal
Albany Child's Hospital Gains Full Joint Commission Accreditation
C Emory Lochner president of the Board of Governors announced that Albany Child's Hospital has received full accreditation from the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals. The accreditation follows a survey conducted last summer and is valid for a maximum of three years.
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Albany — Child’s Hospital
Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals
C. Emory Lochner
Board of Governors
Cable TV franchise pulled in Berkshire town
Wallace Sawyer of LP Cable TV with attorney Donelan told Berkshire selectmen they would withdraw the franchise because feasibility to bring service is lacking. Site option Berkshire Heights faces neighbor opposition. In Williamstown, Louis Rudnick and Charles Hall retire from Williamstown Savings Bank boards due to age and remain on the corporators.
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Great Barrington
Wallace Sawyer
LP Cable TV Co
Springfield
Robert J. Donelan
Selectmen
Donelan
Berkshire Heights
Williamstown
Louis Rudnick
Charles B. Hall
Williamstown Savings Bank
Paul Jayne
Savings Banks
School Committee to hear tuition hike proposals tonight
North Adams officials consider raising elementary fees from 409 to 450 and junior high to 475 at a School Committee meeting. Mount Greylock High School tuition stands at 811 for September, as announced by Robert N. Taylor.
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North Adams
Mount Greylock
Williamstown
Robert N. Taylor
Governor seeks board review of solitary confinement policy
Governor Hoff asks the Vermont Institutions Department to review Windsor State Prison solitary confinement policies after a Milne case and a federal ruling about inadequate facilities. He urges compliance with constitutional standards while maintaining security, with Woodhull noting many reforms are already underway and denying bread and water punishments.
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Hoff
Albany
N.Y
Vermont
U.S. District Court For
California
Windsor
Woodhull
Department
State
Hof
Donald Milne
UVM Sets Out Financial Aid Totals For Students
More than 1400 University of Vermont students share over 1 million dollars in aid this year with scholarships funding about half. The Wilbur Fund leads scholarship sources with 133000 to 246 Vermonters. other funds contribute over 260000 to 295 students. Agencies, veterans groups, and Dollars for Scholars add 92000 to aid. Senatorial Scholarships total 17000 and Vermont Student Assistance Corporation grants 10000. Two dozen scholarships exceed 15000 support medical college students.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Wilbur Fund
UVM
Wilbur Trust
Service Clubs
Veterans Organizations
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Medical College
Lyman Rowell
Wilbur
Vermont
Student Assistance Corporation
State Emergency Board
John J. O’brien
Rowell
Allen Walker
Walker
Vermont Welfare Dept Proposes 44.7 Million Two Year Budget
Vermont Welfare Commissioner John Wackerman seeks a 44.7 million two year plan with 14 million state funds and remaining from federal sources. The request includes 2.2 million more than 1966 welfare costs, new programs costing 3 million with nearly 1 million state share, and measures to boost aid to families with dependent children. A half million drug benefit program and a 280 thousand dollar food budget increase are proposed, with total 1968 21.8 million and 1969 22.9 million programs.
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Vermont Welfare Dept
State
Waterbury
Wackerman
Vermont
North Adams Man Appointed To Head Regional Division
MONTPELIER The Vermont Development Department named Arthur R. Kelts of North Adams Massachusetts as director of regional development. At 31 he joins from the North Adams Chamber of Commerce to head a new division and organize Regional Development Commissions statewide for future economic growth. Kelts has led industrial development efforts in North Adams and previously held top posts in New Jersey and New York Chamber offices. He will move with his wife and child to the Montpelier area this fall.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Morgan Horse Breeding Farms
New England
New York State
Vermont Development Department
Governor’s
Morgan Horse Advisory Committee
Morgan
Helicon Farm
Bennington
North Adams
Mass
Arthur R. Kelts
Elbert G. Moulton
Kelts
Chamber of Commerce
Greater North Adams
Arthur Kelts
Point Pleasant Beach
N.J
Niagara Falls Area
Tive
Bay State
Keltz
Lycoming College
Williamsport
Penn
United States Chamber of Commerce Institute For Organization Management
Syracuse University
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New York
Child’s Hospital
Down In
Berkshire
Catv Concern
Morgan Horse Tour
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Main St. Bennington
Sierra Blanca
Tex
UPD
Texas Highway Department
Gulf Man
Jos. A
Nadeau
Gulf
Ideal Fuels
Ben Mont Ave
Gulf Oil Corporation
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