Vermont College Freshmen Arrive for Orientation Week
A total of 292 freshmen are scheduled to arrive on campus for a two day orientation ahead of classes beginning Wednesday September 14 at the two year women’s college. Students originate from 18 of 50 states including Nigeria and Hawaii with New York leading at 144 followed by Massachusetts 127 New Jersey 86 and Connecticut 77. Vermont ranks fifth with 46 attendees and enrollment includes 550 students. After registration Saturday freshmen test Monday and Tuesday with evening social gatherings. Blue and White Guides assist in orientation as campus honorary society members.
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Hawaii
Blue and White Guides
Vermont Truck and Bus Association to hold 37th annual meeting
The Vermont Truck and Bus Association will convene its 37th annual meeting at Basin Harbor Club this Saturday. Max Godes, president, says the event will review industry history, assess current conditions, and plan future transportation needs for the American public. Reginald Wilson and W. V. Barquin coordinate the program inviting all truck owners to attend. Robert Ray of Burlington will toast at the banquet, with attendance expected from state officials, trucking company personnel, and shippers across Vermont.
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Vermont Truck and Bus Association
Basin Harbor Club
Max Godes
Reginald Wilson
Rutland
W. V. Barquin
Barre
Robert Ray
Burlington
Vermont
Windsor County Democrats name write in Senate and judge candidates
Windsor County Democrats selected three write-in candidates for the state Senate Harold Raynolds of Springfield Henry Vail of Ludlow and Stewart Rouse of Hartford for the county three Senate seats and two for assistant judge Esther George former Sharon town representative and Henry Seesselberg of Ludlow were picked for assistant judge in advance of next Tuesday's primary. Dr Robert Slater resigns as dean of the University of Vermont Medical College to become executive director of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children in New York He will stay connected to medical education and clinical pediatrics through the new role.
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UPI
State Senate
Windsor County
Harold Raynolds
Springfield
Henry Vail
Ludlow
Stewart Rouse
Hartford
Esther George
Sharon Town
Henry Seesselberg
Theft of $500 in Tools at Jericho Center Site
State Police probe into Labor Day weekend break in at Reed and Stone Construction sheds in Jericho Center Essex Junction. Four tool sheds at the site of the new Jericho Center Union High School were entered, with about $500 worth of tools reported missing.
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Priest held in Albany on hospital intrusion charges
In Albany, Rev. Donald J. Bauer of Syracuse spent Wednesday night in jail after refusing bail on unlawful intrusion and disorderly conduct charges filed by St. Peter's Hospital. Fellow arrestee David W. Patrick, a union official, was released on $50 bail. Arraignment scheduled for this morning.
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Waterford GE unveiled $10 million expansion plan
Waterford General Electric announced a nine project expansion, including a new $3.5 million silicones plant, at a Wednesday press conference. The firm is the second largest employer in Saratoga County, behind International Paper Co. in Corinth.
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Waterford General Electric
Waterford GE
Saratoga County
International Paper Co
Corinth
Troy Men Indicted in Firebomb Plot Amid City Unrest
Rensselaer County grand jury indicted three Troy men David C. Venson 20 Leonard A. Wade 26 and Wilbur Carter 21 on firebomb possession charges. All are Negro and held in Rensselaer County Jail after arrest July 23, as racial unrest shook the city last week.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
David C. Venson
Leonard A. Wade
Wilbur Carter
New York men charged in Berkshire motel TV thefts
Louis Martino and Richard Stevens, both held on $600 bail, face larceny charges for stealing a TV from Green Valley Motel in Williamstown and are also charged with stealing another TV from Villager Motel. Vermont police linked the case after finding a TV in their car trunk. Bail raised to $1,200 each. charges may extend to Vermont.
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New York
Green Valley
Joseph Zoito Jr
Louis Martino
Brooklyn
Richard R. Stevens
Flushing
Pittsfield
Zoito
Vermont
Martino
Stevens
Pownal
Coolidge Room Duplicated At Vermont Exposition Exhibit
Vermont Building at the 1966 Eastern States Exposition features a recreated oath of office room from the Coolidge Homestead with life sized figures including President Coolidge Grace Coolidge and Vermont figures. The exhibit, free to the public, also unveils a trout stream stocked by the State Fish and Game Department. The exposition opens Sept 17. In Washington the House Appropriations Committee will include Dickey-Lincoln School Power project provisions with a reduced $890,000 appropriation and a separate feasibility study requirement before construction. The project aims to bring cheap power to New England, despite opposition from private utilities and fossil fuel interests.
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Erwin Geiser
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House Appropriations Committee
Maine
St. John
Army Corps of Engineers
Congress
Passamaquoddy
Public Works Subcommittee
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New England
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Dr Jost Defense Opens in False Advertising Case
Morrisville dispatch reports Dr Jane Jost testifying in her own defense against two counts of false advertising over a proposed college and girls school at Hyde Park. State witnesses say the college is not accredited to grant degrees.
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UPI
Jane Jost
Hyde Park
Jost
Boston
Karlene Russell
State Education Department
John Mahoney
The
Rutland Herald
Mavis Doyle
Burlington Free Press
Harry Cooley
William May
Johnson State College
Frank Limoncelli
Boston Globe
Limoncelli
Burlington Free Press Endorses Richard Snelling for Governor
The Burlington Free Press endorses Richard Snelling for the Republican nomination in the Vermont gubernatorial primary. It praises his programs, business experience, and ties to Vermont, contrasting him with opponent Thomas Hayes who lived in Washington for 15 years. The paper argues Snelling offers the party a chance to return executive leadership to proven Republican hands.
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UPI
Republican Party
Snelling
Vermont
Hayes
Washington
Union District Approved For Schools Of Four Towns
Vermont Education Board approves a Union High School District for Bradford Corinth Fairlee and Newbury to address the Connecticut River Valley issue. The plan diverges from a consultant’s study, but Education Commissioner Gibboney says combining the towns is best at this time.
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Fairlee
Wershire
Stratford
Thetford
Southern
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Gibboney
St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury School System
St. Johnsbury Academy
State Welfare Reorganization Recommended in Vermont
The Legislative Council Social Welfare Committee approved six major recommendations for reorganizing Vermont welfare services. They call for a policy statement, state control of welfare agencies, expansion of the social welfare department, broader child welfare statutes, an inter-departmental advisory committee on human resources, and ongoing legislative study during reorganization based on Community Research Associates findings.
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Community Research Associates of
New York
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