Blood drives lag in Vermont New Hampshire week
Vermont and New Hampshire blood drawings fell to 769 pints last week from over 1,000 the week before. Mansfield Avenue Red Cross Center distributed 709 pints with 652 to 62 hospitals, 57 pints sent to other centers as replacements for local patients. High week was Manchester New Hampshire with 130 pints. Nashua 125 and a joint Simmonds Precision Products Vergennes effort at 110 pints. In Montpelier, a judge denied a motion to dismiss blue laws charges against Berlin store manager Norma Turgeon, with her plea due next Tuesday.
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VPI
Vermont
New Hampshire
Mansfield Avenue
Red Cross Blood Center
Manchester
N.H
Nashua
Simmonds Precision Products
Vergennes
Connarn
Plans for St. Albans youth facility advance
MONTPELIER UP I The Federal Bureau of Prisons will review a proposed 1.2 million medium security institute for youthful offenders in St. Albans on Friday. Corrections Commissioner Charles G Adams and Institution Superintendent John Moran depart for Washington to discuss construction with bureau architects. bids could come as early as November 1 if plans gain federal and state approval. opening is slated for July 1, 1969.
Vermont liquor board seeks 2.1 million inventory raise
The state emergency board will hear a Montpelier request to boost liquor inventory for the Christmas to New Year period to 5 million dollars. Budget director John Gray expects no opposition, noting last year’s 4 million allotment was insufficient as stores faced shortages and sales rose about 12 percent year over year.
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Montpelier
UPI
State Emergency Board
Vermont Liquor Control Board
John Gray
Liquor Board
Gray
Vermont ICC pact to coordinate highway law enforcement
Vermont and the Interstate Commerce Commission will sign a formal agreement to coordinate enforcement of highway transportation laws on Friday. ICC staff will provide Vermont with violation evidence and help obtain necessary proofs, while Vermont will reciprocate cooperation with the federal agency.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Hoff appoints Frederick W. Cowan to forest fire panel
Gov Philip H Hoff named Frederick W Cowan of Canaan to the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission. The St. Regis Paper Co. manager will serve an 18 month term alongside six New England states and New York. Hardwick tragedy claims Betty Jean Goodrich four, struck by a car on Route 15 while crossing.
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Hardwick
UPI
Betty Jean Goodrich
John Goodrich
Walcott Street
VISTA Honored Week Proclaimed in Vermont by Governor Hoff
Vermont Gov. Philip Hoff proclaimed a national Week of VISTA recognition as volunteers who live and work with the poor are honored this week in Montpelier. The UPI report notes the emphasis on the war on poverty and service across the nation.
Travia accused of iron grip at New York Constitutional Convention
Albany reports Perry Duryea Republican vice president at a GOP luncheon charged Anthony Travia Brooklyn Democrat and convention president with autocratic control. Observers say Travia may be offered a federal judgeship and could run for governor in 1971. Duryea suggested Travia consider the judgeship immediately.
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Albany
Anthony J. Travia
Brooklyn
Perry B. Duryea
GOP
State Committee
Travia
Duryea
Berkshire Mayors seeks runway extension funds
In Pittsfield Mayor Remo Del Gallo asks the City Council to approve 773,340 as the city share to extend the airport runway from 3500 to 5000 feet. Federal funding will cover half, with about 309,000 from the state if lawmakers provide the money. The extension aims to accommodate small jet aircraft used by private firms. In Williamstown Lindley Park attendance was 6500 this summer per Park Supt. Charles Rochenour, with picnic facilities and a nature trail open while the swimming pool is closed for the season.
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Pittsfield
Remo del Gallo
Williamstown
Lindley Park
Charles Rochenour
Conservation Commission
Freshmen Orientation At North Adams State College
About 200 freshmen will attend orientation weekend at North Adams State College this Friday. Anticipated enrollment rises to around 600, up 75 to 100 students from last year. Academic dean Dr. John J. Komorek reports the figures.
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North Adams
North Adams State College
John J. Komorek
Thermal Pollution Declared Outside Jurisdiction of AEC
Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts suffered a setback as the AEC Licensing and Safety Board ruled it lacks authority to consider thermal effects from the proposed Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon. The board barred state evidence but left it on the record, with 45 days to file objections after the hearing.
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Brattleboro
API
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Commission
Atty
George Sprague
Washington, D.C
Richard Shapiro
Deale
Massachuchusetts
Sprague
Shapiro
Vermont Yankee
John Richter
Vermont Yankee Atomic Power Corp
AEC Licensing and Safety Board
Richter
Connecticut River
Vernon
James Oakes
Percy to Speak at Boston GOP Women Conference
Senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois will deliver the main banquet address October 16 at the 15th Republican Women’s Conference in Boston. The four region meeting runs October 15–17 at the Statler Hilton with leaders from 14 Northeast states, and attendees include Gov. John Volpe and national party figures.
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Sen
Percy
Boston
GOP
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Statler Hilton
Vermont
Robert T. Stafford
Massachusetts
John Volpe
Ray Bliss
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
Charles Goodell
New York
Charles Mathias
Maryland
Bradford Morse
Margaret Heckler
John A. Volpe
State House
Fall Membership Drive Announced By Ethan Allen Council
Rutland Vermont The Ethan Allen Council Boy Scouts of America announces a fall membership roundup from Sept 11 to Dec 31 for Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout Troop units in five southern Vermont counties and Randolph. The aim is to recruit new members and strengthen 16 council units with camps, campfires, conservation projects and district camporees led by Edward Guinness Rutland Alexander Cross Chester Richard Mason North Pennington and Robert Randell Brattleboro.
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Ethan Allen Boy Scout Council
Rutland
Ethan Allen Council
Boy Scouts of America
Douglas R. Crichton
Vermont
Randolph
Mem
Bers
Council
Edward Guinness
Alexander Cross
Chester
Richard Mason
North Pennington
Robert Randell
Brattleboro
Young Artist Contest Opens To Southern Vermont Students
WMNB FM announces its third annual Young Artist Contest open to Berkshire County and southern Vermont students aged 13 to 18 in high school or equivalent. Preliminary rounds Oct 22 and Oct 29 select about 12 entrants for semi finals Nov 5, with finals Nov 12 at Mt. Greylock. $200 first prize, $100 second, $50 third. Entry blanks available from WMNB FM, Curran Highway, North Adams.
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North Adams
Mass
Wmnb-Fm
Berkshire County
Vermont
Pittsfield
Wendell Ave
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Williamstown
Curran Highway
Area Man Flees Connecticut Jail on Demonstration Ride
In Danbury Connecticut Edward Lee Thomas 28 of Petersburg New York escaped from the Federal Correctional Institution during a pre release work detail He was employed as a gas station attendant when he walked to a nearby used car lot and asked to take a 1960 Cadillac for a demonstration ride He did not return to custody.
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Danbury
Conn
Edward Lee Thomas
Petersburg
N.Y
Federal Correctional Institution
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