Cogan new basketball coach at Castleton State College
Dr. Max Cogan of Bayonne New Jersey is named the new basketball coach at Castleton State College age 35. He replaces T Richard Terry who led Castleton's basketball and soccer programs for five years. Vermont Highway Commissioner Russell Holden says highway construction costs have been favorable boosting bids from Vermont contractors at the fall meeting of the Vermont Roadbuilders Association.
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Max Cogan
Bayonne
N. J
Castleton State College
Cogan
Columbia
Teachers College of Connecticut
Jersey City
N.J
T. Richard Terry
Casteleton
Montpelier
Vermont
Russell Holden
Vermont Roadbuilders Association
Holden
Highway Department
Swanton Toddler Recovers After Aspirin Swallow
A two year old girl from Swanton is in good condition at a St. Albans hospital after swallowing about 40 aspirin. The tablets were removed from her stomach yesterday and she remained under observation. Vermont teachers head to Burlington for the Vermont Education Association convention.
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ST. Albans
Lisa L’esperance
Swanton
Vermont Railway Inc seeks PSB approval to operate Rutland line
Burlington AP Jay Wulfson seeks Public Service Board consent to create Vermont Railway Inc a common carrier to run a 140 mile Rutland Railway segment from Burlington to White Creek New York The state bought the trackage for 1.9 million and Wulfson would lease it under an agreement with the state Trucking interests in Vermont may oppose the plan.
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Burlington
Jay Wulfson
Public Service Board
Rutland
Wulfson
Robert B. Eldredge
John A. Calhoun
Montpelier
PSB
Vermont Railway Inc
White Creek
N.Y
Vermon Railway Inc
Vermont
Continued Dry Weather Expected in New England
The Associated Press reports ongoing dry, warm conditions with no rain until Thursday as Massachusetts and New Hampshire face rising forest fire danger. A 13 alarm blaze in Boston's South End, the largest since 1872, destroyed nine buildings and damaged others, with 400 firefighters, 30 injuries, and 200 evacuated.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Weather Bureau
New England
Boston
South End
Route 117
Weston
Waltham Line
Warren
Mass
Pepperell
Fort Devens
Weekend New England Fatalities Leave Vermont Unscathed
Across six states from Friday evening to Sunday, 20 people died in accidents, 19 in highways. Connecticut saw eight highway deaths, Massachusetts six, Maine three, New Hampshire and Rhode Island one each, with a fire fatality in Connecticut and a Vermont no fatal incidents.
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New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Stanislaw Cieply
New Britain
Conn
Berlin Turnpike
Wethersfield
Rose Novella
Louise Mazza
Danbury
Fact Finders Probe Vermont Farm Dislocation and Land Use
Governor Hoff forms an eight member Rural Stabilization and Adjustment Committee to study farm problems in Vermont. The panel will examine dislocation of agricultural workers and land use in rural areas, with concern over rising abandonment of small farms and speculative land purchases. By 1970, he said, 80 percent of Vermont could be woodland, up from 60 percent in 1950, especially in northern counties.
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Commissioners of Agriculture
Hoff
Vermont
Son's Release Ends Russian Prison Ordeal in Ashburnham
Marvin W Makinen 24 returns home after 25 months in a Moscow jail as part of a swap for two accused Soviet spies. He plans to resume studies at the University of Pennsylvania and may rejoin the West Berlin Free University program. He spoke little of his imprisonment and noted letters and medical texts aided his recovery.
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Mass
Marvin W. Makinen
Makinen
Moscow
William Makinen
University of Pennsylvania
West Berlin Free University
Troy Registration Falls to 1963 Low Amid Citywide Dip
In Troy 1963 voter registration totals reach 29,082, down 1,445 from last year and 3,662 from 1959. Cohoes shows the only area increase. The Caroline Ide Cluett Room at the Rensselaer County Historical Society will be dedicated tonight to house antiques donated by Mrs. Cluett who died last summer. Mechanicville notes a past blaze history as demolition crews raze the Alonzo block after a fire Tuesday night. The old Sheffer block once stood on the corner and the largest prior conflagration used water from the Champlain Canal.
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Lowell
Greenblatt Paper Co
Basbane
Wakefield
Mass
Joseph Curley
New Hampshire
Barrington
Troy
Cohoes
Caroline Ide Cluett
Rensselaer County Historical Society
Cluett
County Society
Mechanicville
Alonzo
Albany Assault Trial For Grabbing Child
Police say Gordon W. Hayes, a 270 pound 6 foot 4 man, grabbed four year old Eddie Stangle and slammed him to the floor. Eddie is in Colonie Hospital while Hayes waits trial in county jail for assault.
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Albany
Eddie Stangle
Colonie Hospital
Gordon W. Hayes
Mayoral Debate Highlights Apathy And Open Record Questions
In North Adams Mayor Florini and ex mayor Diamond met for a face to face debate. Both warned of voter apathy and pledged a campaign focused on a look at the record. Diamond touted his administration's accomplishments while pressing Florini on procedures in appointments.
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North Adams
Francis J. Florini
Louis J. Diamond
Diamond
Florini
Robert V. Hamilton
North Adams State College
Hope not dead prompts church prayers in Tennessee
Bob Hope reassures Episcopal Churchwomen of Tennessee that he is alive after a Nashville rumor. the state president, Mrs. J M Patten Jr, explains the mix up and Hope sends an autographed photo with the caption thanks for the memory. In New York Michael J Quill proposes the Transit Authority stop fares and fund a $165 million wage boost for 38000 transit workers with a 32 hour four day week.
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Bob Hope
Episcopal Churchwomen of
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Nashville
Hope
Skinny Ennis
J.M. Patten Jr
Chattanooga
NEW York
Michael J. Quill
New York Transit Authority
Mike
Transport Workers Union
Bowdoin Plans 16-Story Center to Expand Senior Program
Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine unveils a 16 story tower plus two satellite buildings to house its new senior center opening in September 1964. The plan aims to raise enrollment to 925 with integrated living and study for about 200 seniors and a series of senior seminars led by faculty. The design features four person suites on 13 residential floors with lounges and visiting lecturer spaces.
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Bowdoin
College of Longfellow
Hawthorne
New England
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James S. Coles
Coles
Africa
James Sons of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Franklin K. Pierce
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Bennington Banner Publisher Details Subscription Rates
The Bennington Banner lists newsroom and display ad numbers and notes daily publication except Sundays and holidays. It provides mailing rates for 50 mile radius Vermont subscriptions and U.S. mailing prices, with desk address at 425 Main St Bennington VT and AP rights acknowledgment.
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Main St
Bennington
Vermont
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