Resignation of St. Michael's College President
Very Rev Gerald E Dupont resigns as 10th president of St Michael s College prompting a search by the advisory board and board of trustees. He will stay as acting president until a successor is named with the search starting Sept 28 after trustees meet Sept 27 28. Dupont age 55 is a Providence R I native who taught history and philosophy at the college since 1943 and held multiple education council roles.
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Winooski
UPI
St. Michael’s College
Gerald E. Dupont
Father Dupont
Society of St. Edmunds
Edmard Galligan
Order
Father Galligan
Providence
R.I
St. Michael’s
Vermont Higher Education Council
New England Colleges Funds, Inc
Wallace petition drive gains momentum in Vermont
Wallace supporters in Vermont report 1000 to 1200 signatures collected as clerks validate petitions. Wallace aide Joseph Fine coordinates the effort aiming for 1364 notarized signatures by the September 18 filing deadline to place Wallace on the November ballot.
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Montpelier
UPI
George Wallace
Alabama
Joseph Fine
Montagomery
Ala
Wallace
Vermont
Fine
Grievous Fall From Crane At Be ck and Beck Plant
George E. Gingras 32 of Barre died after a 18 foot fall from a crane cab at the Beck and Beck granite plant. He was dead on arrival at Central Vermont Medical Center and an autopsy was ordered by Regional Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas P. Dunleavy due to eyewitness reports that he slumped in the cab before the fall. Plant manager Frank Friberg noted the impact on his head.
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Barre
UPI
George E. Gingras
Central Vermont Medical Center
Beck and Beck
Thomas P. Dunleavy
Gingras
Frank Friberg
Rutland Teen Dies From Mendon Car Crash Injuries
Robert Clark aged 19 of Rutland died at Burlington Hospital from injuries after a car went out of control and rolled over on Tamarack Notch Road in Mendon Sunday. He was injured Sunday and succumbed Thursday night, according to police.
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Burlington
UPI
Robert Clark
Rutland
Burlington Hospital
Tamarack Notch Road
Mendon
Albany Port to undergo $15 million remodel survey
The Port of Albany docking facilities in Rensselaer will be surveyed to study a $15 million remodel and expansion. The Capital District Regional Planning Commission approved the project at Albany County Airport with no cost to the four-county commission. Funding will come from several large companies and the Albany Port Commission.
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Albany
Rensselaer
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
Albany County
Erastus Corning
Regional Planning Commission
Albany Port Commission
Albany teen posed as minister with disturbing display
Albany police charged 18 year old Harry Bodowes after a jar holding four fingers and a fetus was displayed in a wanton act. Investigators say he threatened a woman with a knife during a separate attack while carrying a gun and two stilettos. He was arraigned on six charges, two felonies, and remanded for a mental examination.
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Albany
Harry Bodowes
Bodowes
Albany County
New York college enrollment to reach record high
The New York Education Department forecasts fall enrollment at 715,000 students in higher education, up 38,000 from last year. About 52 percent of enrollees will attend public colleges and universities, a 5.3 percent rise to a record level.
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Albany—College
New York State
State Education Department
Petition Drives to Stop Mud Pond Lake Lee Dam Rebuild
East Lee civic group gains 200 more signatures for a petition to Gov Volpe against rebuilding the Mud Pond Lake Lee dam after a March 24 burst caused a fatal flood and millions in damages. The group had already collected 200 signatures.
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Lee
East Lee
Pittsfield School Committee Seeks More Candidates for Manager
The Pittsfield School Committee will reopen advertisements for a school business manager after its first choice, a Rhode Island man, declined a $15,000 salary offer. Among four interviewed candidates, the top pick wanted more than $17,000.
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Pittsfield
Rhode Island
Cheshire Soldier Dies in Vietnam Conflict
Lance Cpl. Howard H. Luscier, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Luscier of Cheshire, is the second local serviceman to die in Vietnam within six weeks. He died Tuesday from head wounds suffered in heavy fighting near Da Nang ten days earlier.
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Cheshire
Lance Cpl
Howard H. Luscier
Raymond Luscier
Vietnam
da Nang
Pittsfield weather station closure ends private funding bid
Pittsfield leaders say the Pittsfield Association of Business and Commerce abandoned plans to fund the local weather station after the U.S. Government shut it down on September 1 as part of an economy move.
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Pittsfield
Boston Arm lets amputees will artificial limb move
The Boston Arm, developed by MGH MIT and Harvard Medical School with Liberty Mutual, uses brain signal amplified to power a belt worn motor. Demonstrated by Rudolph Paquin and Parker Rand Jr, the device lifts about 10 pounds and holds 50, promising mass production though not yet widely available.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
MGH
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Harvard Medical School
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Boston
Space Program
Rudolph Paquin
Tiverton
R.I
Parker Rand Jr
Bangor
Maine
Fortas Declines Further Questioning On Nomination
Supreme Court nominee Abe Fortas declines to appear again before the Senate Judiciary Committee for further questioning about White House involvement and executive decisions after his four days of testimony. The panel shifts to obscenity films and magazines, with Sgt. Shaidell to present seized material amid Thurmond opposition and references to titles such as 007 and Flaming Creatures.
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Washington
UPID
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Senate
Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Eastland
Walter B. Slocombe
Slocombe
Iudie
Donald Shaidell
Los Angeles
Shaidell
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Scholarships Offered In Vermont Music Contests
The Vermont Federation of Women's Clubs sponsors music scholarship auditions with two qualifying events on March 8 in Morrisville and Springfield. State finals March 15 in Burlington for juniors and seniors from Vermont high schools or residents. $75 awarded to state winners in organ piano voice strings and other instruments plus Ethel Creser scholarship for the most musical promise. Applications due February 8 to Mrs. Akley with blanks via music supervisors and teachers. contact listed local chairs for more info.
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Barre
Vermont Federation of Women’s Clubs
Morrisville
Springfield
Burlington
Vermont
Ethel Creser
Gordon Akley
Cliff St
Alfred W. Lane
McKinley St
Montpelier
Proctor Martin
Williamstown
Northern
Victoria LeMay
Southern
Akley
Williams to Represent Self in Federal Paint Incident Trial
Suzanne Williams 19 of Leverett Vermont and Shaftsbury Vermont area faces federal charges for pouring black paint on Selective Service files at the Customs House on June 4. She refused to plead at a Sept 3 arraignment. Judge Garrity entered a not guilty plea and Williams said she would defend herself. Bail set at $5,000. co defendant Francis Femin of Williamson West Virginia remains jailed awaiting arraignment in Huntington. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Wall said ready for trial in a week.
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Boston
API
Suzanne Williams
Leverett
Shaftsbury
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Miss Williams
Customs House
Francis Femin
Williamson
W.va
Huntington
U.S
Educational Leaders See Need For Teachers' Negotiations Act
Vermont education leaders urged a Professional Practices Act to provide fairer dismissal procedures and formal bargaining for teachers. Executive secretary Weston Cate backed a bill with 40 percent funding for state education aid, while Charles Nichols proposed a law to require Welfare Department tuition for children under its care. Education Commissioner Scribner pressed for equal opportunity, incentives, and higher state aid funding.
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Republican Platform Committee
Vermont
Nichols
Weston Cate
Vermont Education Association
Cate
Welfare Department
Harvey B. Scribner
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