Vermont Higher Education Council elects Dundas president
Dr. Richard J. Dundas was chosen president of the Vermont Higher Education Council at its 20th annual meeting held on the Norwich University campus. Dr. Max W. Barrows was re elected secretary, with Maj. Gen. E N Harmon hosting. The new Vermont Colleges edition lists 18 member institutions adding Vermont Technical College and the College of St Joseph the Provider.
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Northfield
Richard J. Dundas
Castleton State College
Vermont Higher Education Council
Max W. Barrows
Vermont Department of Education
Norwich University
E. N. Harmon
Norwich
Vermont Colleges
Vermont
Vermont Technical College
Randolph Center
College of St. Joseph
Rutland
Fire destroys dairy barn in East Highgate
A dairy barn owned by Roger W. Britch in East Highgate was leveled by a blaze that began after a fuse blew. No cattle were lost as Britch guided his 20 cows to safety, and the loss included hay and a silo half full of corn.
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East Highgate
Roger W. Britch
Britch
Vermont barbers oppose federal training program
Barre reports the Vermont Barbers Association opposes expanding federal training for barbers under the Manpower Development and Training program. President Richard H. Hebert cites a survey showing four to 13 men apply per opening and warns retraining for other fields may occur.
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Barre
Vermont Barbers Association
Vermont
Richard H. Hebert
Hebert
Burlington Father Crushed Under Car While Working
Carlyle Allen Draper a 33 year old father of six was killed when the car he was working on slipped from a jack and crushed him. His body was found by a son who alerted neighbors. Draper resided at 61 Algird Street Burlington. The previous Saturday Draper’s nine year old daughter Bonnie Sue was hospitalized with a broken leg after being struck by a car on North Avenue.
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Burlington
Carlyle Allen Draper
Algird Street
Draper
Bonnie Sue
North Avenue
New York Council Deadlocked On Arterial Highway Change
In Troy an eight eight tie on an adoption resolution stalled a state arterial highway plan after a stormy Common Council session. President Frank E. Popp struggled to restore order amid loud protests and repeated gavels. In Glens Falls, John C. Liddle, 57, Democratic candidate for councilman at large, died in a crash on Interstate 87 near Moreau while en route to a meet the candidates program at the Queensbury Inn. Democratic sponsors canceled the event.
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Troy
Frank E. Popp
Glens Falls
John C. Liddle
Moreau
Saratoga County
Liddle
Queensbury Inn
Williams College expands housing by adding three fraternities
In Berkshire County Williamstown 400 students will be housed as Williams College takes over three more fraternities bringing total to seven. The newest acquisitions are Kappa Alpha and Phi Delta Theta with Phi Sigma expected to join soon. A glaucoma detection clinic will be held October 29 at Masonic Temple in Pittsfield sponsored by the Lions Club for Berkshire residents over 40 and relatives of glaucoma patients.
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Randolph Center
Vermont
Vermont Technical College
VTC
Williamstown
Williams College
Kappa Alpha
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Sigma
Pittsfield
Masonic Temple
The
Lions Club
Berkshire County
Teachers Union May Disband Operations
New York City news item reports the Teachers Union may disband by year end after its executive board recommends joining the United Federation of Teachers. A vote on the plan is scheduled for November 15 amid opposition at a general membership meeting last Friday.
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New York
Teachers Union
New York City
United Federation of Teachers
New York Times
Board of Education
U.F.T
Maine Legislator Fined For Fake Bomb Threat
In Old Town Maine Rep Robert C Cartier 24 of Biddeford pleaded guilty to giving a false bomb report by telephone on the eve of President Kennedy's visit to the University of Maine He was fined 500 and given a 30 day suspended jail sentence released in 1000 personal recognizance Cartier said the call was without malice and not tied to the visit.
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Old Town, Maine
Kennedy
University of Maine
Robert C. Cartier
D-Biddeford
Penobscot County
Cartier
Ian MacInnes
Times Square News Sign Replaced After Renovation
The old Times Tower news sign in New York will be removed during renovation to convert the building into a Life Magazine showcase for chemical products. The 13,320 bulb traveling sign, once active for over 30 years, will be replaced in 1965 by an electronically controlled display.
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New York
Youth Held In Murder Of Mass. Woman
A 17 year old youth arrested on his birthday is held for the slaying of 51 year old Mrs Katherine M Delaney. Delaney, wife of a postal clerk, was found with multiple head injuries in Coolidge Park after being killed Sunday. A blood smeared stolen car was found near the youth’s home. Chief Darcy says the boy faces murder related delinquency charges and a murder indictment was expected. The victim was the daughter in law of former Mayor Joseph Delaney.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Katherine M. Delaney
Coolidge Park
Joseph P. Darcy
Joseph Delaney
Rights Bill Criticism Grows Over Kennedy Policy
Roy Wilkins of the NAACP warned at a Worcester gathering that the Kennedy administration treats civil rights as politics as usual. He argued the nation’s anger over Birmingham’s church bombing underscores the need for strong civil rights and fair employment measures now. He faulted the administration for seeking Republican support by deleting a 1956 Justice Dept power to sue discrimination.
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Worcester
Mass
Kennedy
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert F. Kennedy
Birmingham
Ala
Wilkins
Temple Emanuel Brotherhood
House Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
House
Woman 93 Locked In Four Days at Home
Louise Welts, 93, used a house lock system to trap herself in an upstairs bedroom for four days in San Francisco. With no water and little fruit, she finally signaled for help at 3 p.m. Wednesday, and firefighters rescued her.
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San Francisco
Louise Welts
King Umberto II Tours Boston Area Visits Old Ironsides
Former Italian king Umberto II spends three days in the Boston region visiting Boston College and Harvard University after tours of the Constitution on Old Ironsides 166th anniversary. He meets with Cardinal Cushing Luce and notes American aid to Italy totaling 3.3 billion dollars since World War II.
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Boston
Umberto II
Italy
Boston College
Harvard University
Chicago
Constitution
U.S. Navy
United States
National Committee On Italian Liberation
Mer
John Volpe
Umberto
Bunker Hill
Richard Cardinal Cushing
U.S
Clare Booth Luce
New England Baptist Hospital
Cardinal
Mrs. Luce
Henry Luce
New York
Principal opens lockers doors at school mix up
Principal at George Rogers High School in Winchester Kentucky opened all lockers by manipulating combination locks placed on notes inside each locker. When students arrived they walked near the doors and the lockers slammed shut. Norton produced a master list and helped open the lockers.
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Winchester
Letcher Norton
George Rogers High School
Norton
Bennington Banner Classifieds and Delivery Rates
The Bennington Banner lists newsroom and display ad phone numbers and notes daily publication with holidays observed. It details home delivery pricing for Vermont and rates for other regions, including servicemen discounts.
Kennedy to visit Amherst College for Frost tribute
President Kennedy will visit Amherst College to honor poet Robert Frost and receive an honorary degree. He will share the platform with Archibald MacLeish at a morning convocation and attend a ground breaking ceremony for a $3.5 million Frost Library named for the poet. Frost taught at Amherst from 1917 and praised books despite his line about not living in a library.
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Amherst
Mass
Kennedy
New England College
Amherst College
Robert Frost
University of Maine
Archibald MacLeish
Frost
Simpson
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