Navy NROTC program seeks 1964 entrants at YMCA event
The 18th annual NROTC entrance exam will be Dec 14 for eligible high school seniors and graduates. Applications due by Nov 22. Last year the Albany district produced 250 selections spanning eastern New York western Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont. Tuition books and fees are paid by the Navy with a $50 monthly retention stipend for up to four years. A training cruise is included in summer. Navy recruiters appear at the YMCA Tuesdays and Fridays 2 to 4 pm.
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Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
W.R. Smedberger
Naval Personnel
Albany
New York
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Naval Academy
Civilian College
NROTC
Navy
Gov Hoff and Peabody Golf Duel on Exposition Links
At the Eastern States Exposition Gov Endicott Peabody of Massachusetts and Gov Philip Hoff of Vermont traded a golf plot during Governor's Day. Hoff won the match on a course near Agawam, joking he knew little of the game while Peabody won early holes. The tale ends with Hoff noting he forgot to name a bet, sparing Massachusetts. Peabody quips Vermont's legislature has adjourned while Massachusetts' is still in session.
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West Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Green Mountain
Vermont
Endicott Peabody
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Peabody
New England Governors Conference
Bay State
Dowsers Mum To Challenge of Professor
The American Society of Dowsers rejected official sanction of Prof. James A. Coleman’s proposed contest offering 100 dollars to any dowser who proves superior power to locate water or other substances underground. Coleman remains undaunted and proposes a private contest. the society cites no gain and potential loss.
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Springfield
Mass
American Society of Dowsers
James A. Coleman
American International College
Dowsers
New England
Coleman
Danville
Galen O. Hutchison
Brandon
Hutchison
Fa Dowser
Corcoran Sues Village Over Trailer Park Zoning
Joseph D. Corcoran of 131 McKinley Street filed a suit against the Village of Bennington. Superior Judge Dale W. Brooks issued an injunction May 1 blocking a village zoning ordinance aimed at restricting trailer parks and mobile homes on Morgan Street and Imperial Avenue. The case asks for a county clerk filing within the month and targets zoning of the Morgan Street parcel as R-2 under the proposed code.
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Joseph D. Corcoran
McKinley St
Bennington
Dale W. Brooks
Stowe
Banner
Brooks
Corcoran
Hanford Davis
Brandon
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
James B. Gibney
Bennington Water Department
John H. Williams II
Chancery Court
Williams
Bread Sale Curbed in Russia as Khrushchev Faces Farm Issues
Moscow reports say bread and grain rationing is tightened with a 1.1 pound limit on white and black bread per customer. Wheat flour sales are halted while observers note a strong harvest but potential distribution problems.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Eisenhower College Named At Seneca Falls Presbyterian Site
A new Presbyterian related college is to be built on a 300 acre site in Seneca Falls New York. The college will be named Eisenhower College in honor of former President Eisenhower a Presbyterian.
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Seneca Falls
N.Y
Eisenhower College
Vermont Daughters Probe Genealogy at First Fall Meeting
The Vermont Society Daughters of the American Colonists met at Montpelier Tavern and Motor Court with state regent Mrs. Ethel Duke Barrows presiding. Miss Clara Follette, Vermont Historical Society librarian, outlined genealogical data and research methods while an exhibit of common reference books was shown. Members from Pittsford, Brandon, South Royalton, Bethel, Barre and Montpelier attended. next meeting will be in White River Junction in November.
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Montpelier
Vermont State Society
Daughters of the American Colonists
Ethel Duke Barrows
East Calais
Clara E. Follette
Vermont Historical Society
Library of the Historical Society
The
White River Junction
Novais
Pittsford
Brandon
South Royalton
Bethel
Barre
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Sisters of St. Joseph
Edward Hoffmann
C.S.C
Holy Cross Novitiate
Paul Lauzon
Hagerman
Chief of Naval Personnel
Department of the Navy
Washington
D.C
YMCA
Don Zirkel
Brooklyn Tablet
Gov. Hoff
Gov. Peabody
Bob Beikirch
Main St
United States Brewers Association, Inc
Russia
Berkeley, Calif
University of California
Edward
Ted) Whitman
Edward Whitman
Rowe’s
School Street
Royal Barber and Beauty School
Schenectady
Sil’s
That City
Kay Windsor
Society Daughters
Miss Follette
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Vermont Bank
Meier Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brattleboro
Rutland
Bennington Bellows Falls
Chester
Nichals
Union Street
Chesterfield
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