Interstate Commerce stays Rutland line abandonment ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a stay on its Sept. 21 order authorizing abandonment of the Rutland Railway, except the Norwood Malon Junction segment. The stay lasts while a petition for reconsideration filed Oct. 12 by the Railway Labor Executives Association is reviewed. The line has been idle since Sept. 25, 1961, and spans Vermont with branches to Ogdensburg and Bellows Falls.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rutland
Norwood
Malone Junction
N.Y
New York Central
Railway Labor Executives Association
Railroad Brotherhoods
Vermont
Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence River
Bellows Falls
White Creek
Vermont jobless rate rises in week ending Oct
Vermont unemployment up ten percent to the highest level since July, with 3134 claims and 625 initial filings. Eight of eleven areas show joblessness increasing as the state reports weekly labor data from the Department of Employment Security. Barre hosts a Democratic fundraiser with Postmaster General James Day as principal speaker. Senator Aiken opposes selling an atomic powered submarine to France, citing legal concerns and French government instability.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
Barre
James EF. Day
John M. Spencer
Day
Luther Hodges
Rensselaer County Budget Talks Advance Withheld Figures
New York Rensselaer County work on the 1963 budget continues as County Treasurer James M Brahan withholds figures. The $7.9 million budget last year is expected to rise due to salaries and welfare costs. Brahan plans a tentative budget release early next week, two weeks before the November 15 deadline, with the county board to review for two weeks and possibly hold a public hearing.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
James M. Brahan
Brahan
County Board of Supervisors
Baker-Metcalf bill foes united at Troy church
Troy branch NAACP hears regional director John Jennings argue the Baker-Metcalf bill bans private housing discrimination backed by lenders. He also addresses rights of residents displaced by urban renewal and housing reform.
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Troy
John Jennings
New York State Commission For Human Rights
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bethel Baptist Church
Mularski Heads Berkshire Redevelopment Committee Drive
Walter Mularski Jr. was elected president of the Northern Berkshire Area Redevelopment Committee succeeding Paul deGategno. Adams selectman Laurie King chaired the meeting and criticized reporters for missing tramway coverage in Mt. Greylock efforts. Berkshire Street Railway Co plans a Boston hearing October 30 to raise basic fares 20 to 25 cents and local runs from 30 to 35 cents.
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Williamstown
Walter Mularski Jr
Adams Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Greylock
Northern
Berkshire
North Adams
Berkshire Street Railway Co
Boston
Main Street
Adams
Wall Streeter Shoe Co. Chief Named to National Shoe Fair Board
Robert E. Wall president of Wall Streeter Shoe Co. is chosen as a director of the National Shoe Fair in Chicago. He will join the 1963 board representing firms producing more than 80 percent of U S shoes. Notre Dame Church 40 voice choir will sing at Springfield Cathedral on Sunday for Ad Altare Dei ceremonies.
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North Adams
Robert E. Wall
Wall Streeter Shoe Co
Chicago
United States
Adams
Notre Dame Church
Springfield Cathedral
Script Writer For Grace Film Has the Jitters
AP reports Cynthia Lindsay assigned to write Princess Grace tour script for CBS special in February fears arrest after losing a Riviera notebook with notes on palace tunnel throne and camera shots. CBS and NBC face off as CBS previews Red Spy Target with spy footage and CSIs Daniel Schorr estimates thousands of spies in West Germany.
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Cynthia Lindsay
Princess Grace
Monaco
CBS
Grace
Monagasque
Red
NBC
Berlin
Germany
Daniel Schorr
West Germany
Northeast Pushes Drive To Abolish N E Service
Northeast Airlines pursues abolition of Northern New England air service at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing. Nathan S. Simat of Brookline Massachusetts, president of a research firm hired by Northeast, estimated at yesterday's session that
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Washington
Northeast Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northern New England Air Service
Nathan S. Simat
Brookline
Mass
Northeast
Unions Plea Delays Rutland Rail Abandonment Case
Rutland Railway restoration efforts hinge on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Four unions sought severance pay for about 400 workers, causing a stay of the abandonment certificate. Governor Keyser urged withdrawal and expedited hearings while noting regional carriers' interest in Rutland assets.
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ICC
Hospital Notes List of Discharges Births in Several Towns
Discharges include Mrs. Martha Williamson and her son at North Bennington, Mrs. Barbara Kota and daughter at Bennington, and several masters and Mrs. Bennecia Brown, Miss Edna Peters, and Mr. Robert Rice among others. Birth announcements: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith of Hoosick Falls welcome a daughter on Oct 22 and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Clemons of Shaftsbury welcome a son on Oct 22.
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Jeffrey Fortier
Richard B. Gauthier
Nicholas Gauthier
Bennington
Bennecia Brown
Pawlet
Shirley Mangano
Pownal Center
Edna Peters
North Bennington
Mark Higgins
Robert Rice
Hoosick Falls
Martha Williamson
Barbara Kota
Joseph Smith
School St
Warren Clemons
Shaftsbury
Woodlot Advisors Boost Vermont Forest Income
Vermont's county foresters report a near threefold rise in woodlot owners receiving guidance over ten years, linked to a state and federal Cooperative Forest Management Program. In 1950 about 1100 owners benefited. by 1960 the figure reached 3129, with thinning and pruning services expanding woodland acres from 2600 to over 10,000.
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Montpelier
Vermont
A. W. Goottlieb
Department of Forests and Parks
Woodlands
Bennington Banner Offers Rates and Delivery Details
The Bennington Banner lists contact numbers for business and newsroom operations. It outlines subscription pricing for local Vermont and national delivery, with special serviceman discounts and motor route options.
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Bennington
Main St
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
U.S
Historian Morison Calls Blockades Acts of War
Naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison said all large blockades in history are acts of war if the other side views them that way but he supports President Kennedy's Cuba blockade. Massachusetts Gov. Volpe and others praised the strong action as necessary to defend the nation and hemisphere. The Kennedy brothers and rivals weighed in, with Ed ward Kennedy urging full disclosure of the danger and Lodge endorsing the measures at Guantanamo. Senator Aiken noted sustained pressure behind Kennedy's decision and questioned the added Cuban surveillance.
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Samuel Eliot Morison
U. S
Cuba
Kennedy
Beacon Hill
New
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Congress
Morison
United States
Dor
Great Britain
Hyannis
Senate
George Cabot Lodge
Guantanamo
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
Bennington Man Granted Change of Plea in Driving Case
Municipal Court Judge Waldo C. Holden allowed Gerald F. Campbell 21 of Bennington to change his plea from guilty to not guilty on a driving to endanger charge. Campbell had been sentenced Friday to 60 days in county jail with five days to serve, probation, and driving privileges revoked. He remains free on $50 bail.
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Waldo C. Holden
Gerald F. Campbell
Bennington
Holden
Campbell
Alva-Tranquil tablets claim to curb smoking cravings
A testimonial from M. Brooks of Skokie IL praises Alva-Tranquil tablets for relaxing nerves and reducing the urge to smoke. The ad promises quick relief from anxiety stress sleeplessness and emotional upset with no aspirin and urges readers to obtain the genuine product at their druggist with TM Reg Form Pat Pend 1962 ARL.
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M. Brooks
Skokie
Pat. Pend
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