Vermont Education Board interviews six candidates for commissioner
The Vermont Education Board in Warren interviewed six candidates for the $20 700 a year commissioner post in two hour sessions. Named were William T Logan John D Donoghue William F Keough Daniel G O Connor Rupert J Spencer and Neil Sullivan. Logan 42 a former Burlington schools chief may be favored though selection remains weeks away.
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Rupert J. Spencer
Neil Sullivan
Berkeley
Calif
Logan
Burlington
Vermont
Robert B. Vail
Richard A. Gibboney
Harold Raynolds
Springfield
Britten Named Head of Vermont Vocational Rehab
Norman Britten 37 of Lansing Michigan is appointed director of the Vocational Rehabilitation division of the State Education Department in Montpelier succeeding Francis Irons who retired last year and now consults to the Statewide Planning Commission on Vocational Rehabilitation. Irons former Bennington Southwest School District superintendent and Montpelier resident. Britten has spent five years with the Michigan Education Department.
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Montpelier
Norman Britten
Lansing
Mich
State Education Department
Francis Irons
Statewide
Planning Commission
Irons
Bennington
Bennington Southwest
Britten
Michigan Education Department
Cohoes Man Indicted for Murder Declared Unfit for Trial
Francis Mainville, 29, a bakery worker and ex Nazi, indicted on first degree murder for the Aug 29 shooting of a Jewish clothing salesman, was declared unable to stand trial and placed in state mental hygiene custody after a judge ruled him unfit. Psych evaluations cited an IQ around 70.
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Cohoes
Francis Mainville
State Department of Mental Hygiene
Mainville
George Lincoln Rockwell
Martin Schenck
Cambridge-A Concentrated Care Unit Opens at Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge residents learn a new concentrated care unit at Mary McClellan Hospital aims to deliver comprehensive medical and nursing care with at least one nurse for two patients and immediate emergency equipment. The unit opened last week and has already served several patients.
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Cambridge
Mary McClellan Hospital
Rensselaer County Ranks 19th in Per Capita Tax Levy
Rensselaer County ranking 19th among 57 counties outside New York City in per capita tax levy for the year, a Citizens Public Expenditures Survey analysis shows. The county's per capita levy is $37.31 based on its 1967 net budget.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
New York City
Citizens Public Expenditures Survey
Anrig receives top post at U S Office of Education
Gregory R. Anrig formerly of Mt. Greylock Regional in Berkshire takes four month rise to lead the division of equal education opportunities in the U S Office of Education Washington. He aims to recruit a 90 person staff to push desegregation and end school segregation across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware. In Adams, 17 year old Stephen Wayne Letourneau died in a scooter crash with a mail truck and an oncoming car. Police cite helmetless head injury as cause. Pittsfield remains without a junk car disposal site after council rejects a 16 acre tract between Housatonic River and Barker Road amid neighborhood concerns.
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Williamstown
Mt. Greylock
Gregory R. Anrig
Bowie
Innovating Centers
U.S. Office of Education
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Anrig
Equal Education Opportunities
Washington
ADAMS
Stephen Wayne Letourneau
Adams Memorial High School
James J. Macek
Northern Berkshire
Pittsfield
George S. Purnell
Housatonic River
Barker Road
Dickey Lincoln power project cuts spark House vote
In Maine a public works fight over the Dickey Lincoln School power project on the St John River drew a House vote to kill the $875000 funding portion in the $4.6 billion bill. Sen Muskie pled to restore funds as conservationists warn the Allagash wilderness faces threats. Maine Gov Curtis called the defeat disappointing but urged patience while Muskie warned the vote wastes taxpayers money. Giaimo argued a cheaper alternative could meet energy needs.
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Washington
UPI
Maine
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
St. John River
New Brunswick
House
House- Senate
Public Works and Atomic Energy Commission
Dickey-Lincoln School
Michael J. Kirwan
Ohio
Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee
Kirwan
New England
United States
Congo
Robert N. Giaimo
Dconn
Virgin
Allagash
Senate
Dickey Lincoln
Muskie
Kenneth M. Curtis
St. John’s River
Giaimo
Summer Camp Not Appreciated From Vietnam Letter
A letter from 1st Sgt. William R. Mantooth in Vietnam to his wife Christine describes a harsh, dirt-filled camp at Dang Tam South Vietnam. He regrets the conditions, noting lack of swimming and grass, and mentions bunkers built from dirt for conflicts with neighbors, ending with a loving sign off from Billy.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
UPI
Christine Mantooth
Billy
Romney to Speak at Burlington GOP Dinner Draws 1500
Vermont GOP chairman Elbert Moulton expects a record crowd of about 1500 at the Burlington fund raising dinner featuring Michigan Gov George Romney. He urges party unity to defeat Democrats in 1968 and criticizes the state Democratic PR operation led by Benjamin Collins and others. He calls for revitalizing local party organizations and practical political work.
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Morrisville
UPD
Vermont
Elbert G. Moulton
Burlington
Michigan
George Romney
Moulton
Lamoille County
GOP Committee
Development Department
Benjamin Collins
William Kearns Jr
Paul Guare
James Finneran
Arthur Ristan
Northeast Airlines denies merger talks with another line
Springfield based Northeast Airlines rejects reports of any merger discussions. President Forwood C. Wiser Jr. announced a new nonstop link between Bradley International Airport and Miami and said the carrier’s finances are not as dire as years ago. He noted Miami route gains spurred merger offers but no serious consideration, while new winter routes and applications for Bahamas Bermuda and West Coast service are being pursued.
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Springfield, Mass
UPI
Northeast Airlines
Forwood C. Wiser Jr
Bradley International Airport
Conn
Springfield
Miami
Fla
Wiser
Bahamas
Bermuda
West Coast
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