Shaftsbury Halloween Drive Promotes UNICEF and Parade Joy
Shaftsbury fourth to sixth graders will canvass for UNICEF donations door to door this week. The annual Halloween parade and party, led by the Shaftsbury fire truck, forms at Cole Hall at 6 30 p.m. on October 31 and proceeds along Church Street and Main Street before returning to the firehouse for prizes and refreshments.
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Shaftsbury
Unicef
Cole Hall
Stanley Tool Company
Church Street
Cleveland Avenue
Main Street
Shaftsbury Fire Company
Vermonter serves as Botswana Peace Corps farm manager
Ellwyn E. Miller a 63 year old Vermont native and former state farm official has served the past year as a Peace Corps volunteer farm manager in Botswana. Promoted in June to oversee the 4000 acre Content Farm complex near Sebele he directs research divisions a Botswana Agricultural College and a rural training center while coordinating farms roads buildings and equipment for the three divisions. Miller lives at the complex with his wife and youngest son and has a long record in Vermont farming public service and civic activity guiding agricultural development in Botswana through extension research and training efforts.
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Sebele
Botswana
Ellwyn E. Miller
Vernon
Putney
Northfield
Mass
State of Vermont
Miller
Southern African Republic
Content Farm
Gaborone
Ministry of Agriculture
Botswana Agricultural College
Beverley
Mark
Brattleboro High School
Millers
Vermont
Martha Strickland
Brattleboro
Richard
Westminster
Reed
David
John
University of
Ethel Maynard Miller
West Brattleboro
Mount Hermon
University of Vermont
Burlington
Aggie Club
Vermont Extension Service
Vermont Agriculture Department
Peace Corps
State Agriculture Department
Agriculture Committee
Vermont Farm Bureau
Dairy Herd Improvement Assn
The
Grange
Holstein Friesian Assn
Action
Voluntary Service Agency
Nixon
Mike Balzano
Volunteers In Service To America
VISTA
Service Corps of Retired Executives
SCORE
Active Corps of Executives
ACE
Aera
University Year For Action
Public meeting on Hoosick Falls demolition plan
Hoosick Falls Mayor Richard Severson calls a public meeting at the town armory to explain his recommendation to demolish the Municipal Building rather than restore it. Residents question costs, timing, and the fate of the park and site, amid rumors of a new combined complex location.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Church Street
Richard A. Severson
Falls Hardware
Mechanic Street
Wheatons honored on fiftieth wedding anniversary
Hoosick Falls New York Rev Lawrence A Wheaton and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on October 20 during a visit with their son and daughter in law in Circleville Ohio. A luncheon hosted by the Hoosick Falls Baptist Church Adult Bible Study class preceded their trip.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lawrence A. Wheaton
Wilder Ave
Howard Wheaton
Circleville
Ohio
Wheaton’s
Heritage House
Bennington
Hoosick Falls Baptist Church
Wheaton
Springfield
Mass
Louise Butler
North Easton
J. Burford Parry
D. Pitt Beers
Bay Pack Junior College
Commercial Department of Windsor
Conn
Colgate University
Clayton
Wilder Avenue
Ministerial Association
New York State Baptist Convention
Vermont Weekend Accidents Claim Eight Lives
UPI report details eight deaths across Vermont over the weekend including a drowning in Winooski and single car crashes on I 91 U S 302 and U S 7. Victims include Gary Graves 19 of Wallingford and Noel Cordero of New York, among others, with several injured.
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United Press International
Vermont
Winooski
Winnooski
Gary Graves
Wallingford
Rutland
Graves
Noel Cordero
New York
Brattleboro
Lyndonville
Sutton
Canadian Pacific
U.S. 5
Red Village Road
Edwardo Wood
Paul Wood
Josephine Middleton
Harry Royen
Newport
Holly Christie
U.S. 302
Orange
Terrence O'Neill
Richmond
Browns River
Fairfax
Edward Archer
U.S. 7
Frank Buswell
Fair Haven
Elmer Warren
Central Vermont Railway
SUNY to Establish Policy Alternatives Institute at Albany campus
Albany reports SUNY Chancellor Boyer announces creation of the Institute for Policy Alternatives at the State University of New York. The unit will be open to faculty and graduate students and study a broad array of social issues including environment crime health care aging and more. Stratton urges support for 2.2 billion Israel aid and calls peace in the Middle East a need.
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Albany
State University of New York
Institute For Policy Alternatives
SUNY
Ernest L. Boyer
U.S
Samuel S. Stratton
Israel
Stratton
Temple Ohav Sholom
Middle East
United Jewish Appeal
State of Israel
Youthful robber gets probation amid prison risk in Berkshire
In Pittsfield Berkshire Judge George J. Hayer noted Killackey aged 23 faced harsh penalties for masked armed robbery with five years to life. He received 15 months for unlawful possession of a hypodermic needle and syringe and three years probation on robbery. The defense asked for probation after the attorney Frank H. Graham highlighted youth rights. The judge warned about dangers of Walpole State Prison and rising drug traffic and violence there.
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Pittsfield
Commonwealth
Norman Killackey
House of Corrections
George J. Hayer
Killackey
Frank H. Graham
Walpole State Prison
Williams College chemist found guilty in toll fraud case
Don G. Scroggin, 28, assistant professor of chemistry at Williams College, was found guilty in District Court on using a black box to evade telephone tolls. He was fined 100 dollars for fraudulent use of telephone facilities. larceny over 100 was dismissed. A five day term at Berkshire County House of Correction was suspended if he pays 124 dollars restitution to New England Telephone. Grinnell to appeal, arguing wiretap evidence was illegally obtained.
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Williamstown
Don G. Scroggin
Williams College
Scroggin
Berkshire County House of Correction
New England Telephone Co
Bruce D. Grinnell
Superior Court
Ciolkowski Ordered for Competence Evaluation in Hatchet Attack Case
Leon C Ciolkowski 25 faces charges of attempted murder assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and mayhem stemming from a Sept 10 attack on his estranged wife Susan 23 in a North Adams elementary schoolyard. Medical and psychiatric exams were ordered to determine his fitness to stand trial.
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North Adams
Leon C. Ciolkowski
Susan
Ciolkowski
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