Vermont News Briefs From Burlington to Montpelier
Vermont officials announce appointments including Mary White as Chittenden County coordinator under a six month federal grant and John Gray naming a new assistant budget director Ronald Crisman. Will iam B. Sheppard named VA Center director. Stowe police chief resigns after DUI case. Vermont freshmen receive guaranteed loans totaling about 180000 from the Vermont Student Assistance Corp with loans of 250 to 1000.
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Burlington
UPD
Champlain
White River Junction
Upi
Veterans Administration Center
William B. Sheppard
Jackson
Miss
Sheppard
Harry V. Flussi
Togus
Maine
Mississippi VA
Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Student Assistance Corp
Shelburne Boy Drowns After Boat Incident
A 3-year-old Shelburne boy, William Mead, wandered from home and apparently fell from the family boat docked at Shelburne Harbor on Lake Champlain. He was missing at 12:30 p.m. found two hours later near his home, pronounced dead at Mary Fletcher in Burlington.
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Shelburne
UPI
Shelburne Harbor
Lake Champlain
William Mead
Edward Mead
Mary Fletcher
Burlington
Vermont bankers at 15th annual Wood stock conference
Vermont bankers from banks across the state gather in Woodstock for the 15th annual management conference with directors trustees and senior officers attending. Panel discussions and remarks from a ABA official in Washington DC will headline the full day agenda including an address by Vermont Banking and Insurance Commissioner James Hunt.
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Woodstock
UPI
Vermont
American Bankers Association
Washington D. C
James Hunt
Burns Captures Spotlight at Rensselaer County Democratic Institute
In Troy, Mayor John J. Burns of Binghamton, state Democratic chairman, addressed an all day Political Institute. He attacked Gov. Rockefeller's administration and praised the 1965 Democratic legislature. Local schools report record freshman enrollments with 1,030 at RPI, 1,300 at Russell Sage, and 365 at Emma Willard. A New York Board of Education mobilizes 40 groups to locate discharged Negro teachers amid desegregation efforts, coordinating with 75 southern Negro colleges, nine area universities, and the state Employment Service.
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Troy
John J. Burns
Binghamton
Rensselaer County Democratic Committee
Burns
Gov. Rockefeller
RPI
Russell Sage
Emma Willard School
New York
Board of Education
State Employment Service
Awards nominees mark Williams College 125th anniversary
Williamstown and Adams reports note 100名 nominees from Williston Academy for awards at the 4th annual National Education Conference October 17 and 18 marking the academy’s 125th anniversary. Adams Finance Committee funds Welfare Department with 42000 dollars and discusses Center Street urban renewal. North Adams hires John T. Flaherty to update relocation plan for Main Street renewal project.
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Williamstown
Fred H. Stocking
Old Bennington
Williams College
Williston Academy
Academy
ADAMS
Center Street
Adams Redevelopment Authority
North Adams
John T. Flaherty
Flaherty
Technical Planning Associates of
New Haven
U S Chemist Claims 2 Way Channel Swim
Ted Erikson a 37 year old chemist from Chicago Illinois swam the English Channel both ways non stop in 30 hours 3 minutes with a 10 minute rest on the French coast He shaved 13 hours 7 minutes from Antonio Abertondo s prior record Abertondo of Argentina failed two prior attempts this month using a pilot boat for guidance
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Dover
England
UPI
Chicago
Ill
South Foreland
English Channel
Ted Erikson
France
French
Erikson
Antonio Abertondo
Argentina
Abertondo
Fire Hits State Fair Grandstand In Nashville Fire
A blaze at the Tennessee State Fair in Nashville destroyed a grandstand and exhibit buildings. At least 15 injured, including 10 firefighters, with damages over 12 million dollars. Fire spread from the women’s exhibit to the grandstand as 20 000 to 30 000 people watched early.
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Nashville, Tenn
Campbell
Cliff Andrews
Beverly Briley
New York Newspaper Talks Pause as Progress Reported
New York negotiators for the Times and the American Newspaper Guild took a day off to reflect on their positions while a mediator said major progress was made on one of four issues. Talks resume at 10 a.m. Wednesday as a federal hearing considers an injunction to reopen six halted papers.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Times
American Newspaper Guild
ANG
the Times
Manhattan
Times
Newspaper Publishers Association of
New York City
Daily News
Herald Tribune
Journal-American
World Telegram
the Sun
Long Island Press
Long Island Star-Journal
Theodore W. Kheel
Times- Guild
Kheel
FHA Extends Emergency Loans for Rutland Bennington
The Farmers Home Administration extends emergency loan eligibility for Rutland and Bennington Counties through December 31, 1966 due to two years of drought. Loans cover feed seed fertilizer and other farm operating costs with 3 percent interest. Repayment for feed and crop loans runs three years. Dana W. Barnes Rutland County Supervisor provides details.
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Rutland
Farmers Home Administration
Bennington
Secretary of Agriculture
Dana W. Barnes
Merchants Row
Accused Killer of 2 N.H. Men To Face Arizona Grand Jury
Arizona authorities set a grand jury for Oct. 7 to hear the case of Donald Boggs 23 an Ohio ex convict accused of killing two Newport New Hampshire men and linked to a four state crime spree The judge ordered the session at the defense and county attorney request Boggs and a girlfriend Dixie Radcliff 16 face murder charges and additional juvenile hearings are planned for her after psychological tests The Radcliff parents arrived to support their daughter while pledging love but accepting capture and forthcoming trial
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Flagstaff, Ariz
UPI
Coconino County
Donald Boggs
Ohio
New Hampshire
Laurence Wren
Boggs
Tom Brooks
Jerry Smith
Lee Radcliff
Amesville
Wren
Miss Radcliff
Willis
Johnson
Pearl Radcliff
Radcliff
Dixie
Ocean Quake Off Boston Reported by Weston Observatory
Weston Observatory officials reported a moderate earthquake at 11:30 a.m. EDT Monday, deep in the Atlantic about 800 miles northeast of Boston near the Grand Banks. The quake measured magnitude four on the Richter scale, described as strong for the area, with no known tidal wave effects and unclear cable damage. The last notable quake in this region occurred in 1925, when several transatlantic cables were severed.
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Weston
Mass
UPI
Weston Observatory
Atlantic Ocean
Boston
Daniel Linehan
Grand Banks
Father Linehan
United States
Europe
U N Drive On Iliteracy Congress Meets in Teheran
The first World Congress of Ministers of Education to Eradicate Illiteracy will convene September 8 to 19 in Teheran under UNESCO. The UN estimates about 750 million adults are illiterate, concentrated in developing nations, guiding a broad adult literacy program.
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New York
UPI
World Congress of Ministers of Education
Teheran
Iran
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
U.N
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Ray Kelley
UPS
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Springfield
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Dr. Stocking
U.S
N.Y
Hollywood
Twenteeth Century-Fox
Australia
FHA
N.H
Arizona
Robert D. Willis
Halvor Johnson
Newport
Ash Fork
Ariz
Warren George Lenker
Brigham Young University
H. N. Flory
San Antonio
Tex
Lenker
Cedar City
Utah
Flory
Lokhart
U.N. Drive
Walter Whitne
Carroll
Main Street
Oil Heat Institute
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