Migrant farm shooting in Vermont leaves worker injured
On a Sutton potato farm in St Johnsbury Vermont a gunman wounded two migrant workers with a .22 rifle. Lester Danpier 44 of Florida faces an assault with intent to kill warrant and is jailed in Caledonia County while William Barnett 33 of New Jersey is hospitalized in serious condition. Police say the shooting followed a personal grudge as about 15 workers harvested potatoes. Danpier surrendered after Barnett was taken to Brightlock Hospital. Morrisville Vermont US Senator George D Aiken will speak at the 43rd annual United Farmers of New England meeting with other officials including Eldon J Corbett and Herbert L Forest.
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ST. Johnsbury
Sutton
Lester Danpier
Florida
Caledonia County
William Barnett
New Jersey
Brightlock Hospital
Barnett
Danpier
Morrisville
U.S
George D. Aiken
Rvt
United Farmers of New England
Eldon J. Corbett
Colebrook
N.H
Herbert L. Forest
Milk Marketing Orders
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Karnedy Named President of Vermont Chamber Group
John G. Karnedy of Barre, an executive with National Life Insurance Co., is elected president of the Greater Vermont Association at the 12th annual meeting succeeding Albert A. Flory of Newport. Karnedy assumes leadership as the state's chamber of commerce seeks growth.
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Fairlee
John G. Karnedy
Barre
National Life Insurance Co
Greater Vermont Association
Chamber of Commerce
Karnedy
Albert. A. Flory
Newport
Vermont seeks NBC apology over Brinkley bribery claim
Vermont highway Commissioner Russell Holden demanded NBC president David Sarnoff provide precise evidence for statements by commentator David Brinkley linking Vermont to bribery and shakedown in road work. Holden asserted the national program tarnished Vermont's reputation and its long record of integrity.
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Holden
Vermont
Rockefeller pledges housing in Albany South Mall project
Gov Rockefeller vowed to build low and middle income housing for 9000 residents of Albany's South Mall as part of a 95 acre redevelopment. Lt Gov Wilson joined on tour as Rockefeller touted a Republican effort to beautify the capital and attack Morgenthau's debt record. Morgenthau, campaigning in New York, criticized fiscal policy and warned of a tax increase at the next legislative session.
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Albany
Rockefeller
South Mall
Malcolm Wilson
Robert M. Morgenthau
New York City
Prediletto Arrested in Nevada Liquor Store Holdup Case
Troy native Troy Henry J Prediletto 51 was arrested by FBI agents while working as a dishwasher at RPI in connection with a July armed robbery in Carson City Nevada. A Reno issued warrant charges him with fleeing Nevada to avoid prosecution and notes a prior Nevada State Prison burglary sentence served last year.
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Troy
Henry J. Prediletto
FBI
RPI
Carson City
Nev
Kenneth H. Bailey
Albany
Prediletto
Reno
Nevada
Mt Greylock Budget Hikes Slightly In 1963 Proposal
In Williamstown Supt Paul McDonald filed a 1963 Mt Greylock Regional School budget of 602742 up 2900 from 1962. In Adams Edward M Kennedy urged support for the Mt Greylock tramway and a eastern Berkshire north south highway. In North Adams engineers reviewed the city flood protection project and called it excellent.
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Williamstown
Paul McDonald
Mt. Greylock
North Adams
North Adams School Board Holds Executive Session
The North Adams school board met in an executive session at the guidance director’s request to discuss personalities pupils parents and teachers. Such closed sessions are permitted only when the topics are planned.
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North Adams
Four Die in West Los Angeles Hotel Shooting Search
An enraged gunman killed four people at a West Los Angeles hotel after a complaint about loud radio. A fifth person was wounded and the gunman vanished into the night as police hunted him. one victim was the hotel manager. The wounded man, a presumed witness, lay unconscious at UCLA Medical Center.
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Los Angeles
Ucla Medical Center
In God We Trust Motto Installed in House Chamber
The House of Representatives displayed the motto In God We Trust in gold letters above the speaker's chair. Representative Fred Marshall of Minnesota had introduced the resolution, calling it a historic event. Capitol architects installed a temporary version, with a larger version to be inscribed on the marble wall during recess.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Fred Marshall
D-Minn
Capitol
Hotel shooting leaves man in serious condition
Police describe a tall gray haired killer after a man with a bullet wound under the right arm tells detectives he went to the hotel to rent a room found the woman manager slain and was shot when he looked into an adjoining room.
Vermont sheriffs seek straight salary overhaul of pay system
Vermont's 14 county sheriffs press legislative change to end the fee system and adopt a straight salary. Last fiscal year state payments ranged from about 2,987 to 27,437 dollars, with totals including jail board and travel expenses. Officials note civil service and private fees vary by sheriff, while some favor maintaining fees for specific duties.
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Vermont
Assembly
Earl B. McLaughlin Jr
Chittenden County
McLaughlin
John R. Finn
Franklin County
Grand Isle
Essex
Charles J. Blair
John Irwin
J. Fred Carbine
Rutland
Dartmouth Plans to Dedicate Pair of New Buildings
Dartmouth College will dedicate two new buildings next month. The $7.5 million Hopkins Center for the creative and performing arts, designed by Wallace Harrison, opens November 8 and features art galleries, dance, music and drama spaces. On November 18 a $1.5 million field house, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi, showcases Nervi’s concrete-arch approach used in Rome’s 1960 Olympic venue.
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America
Pier Luigi Nervi
Rome
Hopkins Center
Nervi
Ameri can cigarette sales forecast reach 497.5 billion
The Agriculture Department predicts Americans will smoke 497.5 billion cigarettes this year, spending a record $6.88 billion on cigarettes and over $7.8 billion on all tobacco products. Cigars are forecast to cost about $645 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Boston Socialite Held in Man Slaying
Boston police say Suzanne Clift 21 a debutante admitted killing Pietro Brentani 27 an electronics engineer. Brentani was found dead in Clifts Beacon Hill apartment with a .22 pistol as the suspected murder weapon. Clift was booked on murder charges and arraignment was planned.
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Boston
Beacon Hill
Edward Sherry
Suzanne Clift
Boston Municipal
Pietro Brentani
Sherry
Barbara Pierce Pearmain
Miss Clif
Benhi Teachers Attend Whitingham Regional Science Session
Bennington High School teachers Martha Gale and Ralph Simpson joined a Regional Science Conference at Whitingham High School in Jacksonville. Evan Sweetser, state education consultant, demonstrated modern lab equipment including an automatic projector. Simpson noted updates on the Periodic Table based on carbon and Gale showcased Earth Science methods with sample mineral references. The group planned future conference meetings and presentation programs.
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Bennington
Martha Gale
Ralph Simpson
Whitingham High School
Jacksonville
Evan Sweetser
State Department of Education
Sweetser
Simpson
Gale
Bendi
Bennington Banner publication and subscription rates notice
Public notice from The Bennington Banner lists mailing and motor route subscription rates for 50 mile radius Vermont and nationwide options. Special rates offer 20 percent discount for servicemen and a one year rate of $15 00. daily delivery details included.
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Bennington
Main St
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Radius
U.S
Vermont Group Forms Emergency Food Board
Burlington reports a Vermont State USDA Defense Board forms to coordinate civil defense food supplies from production to wholesale. Chairman A F Heald leads the effort with Robert P Davison as deputy and members Lemuel Peet George Gokey Maynard Bryant and Paul Newcomb. The group stands ready to act on emergency calls.
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Vermont
Emergency Food Board
Burlington
Vermont State U.S.D.A. Defense Board
Soil Conservation Service
George L. Gokey
Middlebury
Farmers Home Administration
Maynard L. Bryant
Montpelier
Agricultural Research Service
USDA
Paul Newcomb
Rutland
U. S. Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc
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Francis Gibney
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W. Philip Walker
Stanley C. Farymarz
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Jane McCullough
Edmunds
Ken Wild
Morning Press Bureau
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Harold S. Potter
Windham County
Norman C. Robinson
Melvin W. Moore
Windsor
Dartmouth
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North Adams, Mass
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