Vermont Officials Shuffle Roles and Honors
Former Vermont motor vehicle chief Robert C. Schwartz passed the state bar exam after resigning to return to the Highway Department's legal section with a $2,500 pay cut. Democrat James Malloy succeeds him. Gov Hoff lauded Schwartz after prior doubts. In other news, Vermont sees rising Capitol tourism with nearly 14,000 visitors registered and more than 2,000 uncounted. Also, motor vehicle action revoked a life license for Frederick A. Wheeler after a drunken driving conviction. The Underhill Range near Burlington will transfer to the Army for training and GE testing, and Vincent J. D Acuti is named to the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission.
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Maine Central opposes line shutdown amid ICC action
Morrisville UPS The president of Maine Central Railroad opposed abandoning the St Johnsbury and La Moille County line voting the railroad 10 percent stake against abandonment The St J and L C directors seek ICC authority to discontinue 96 mile freight service serving Ruberoid and Eastern Magnesia Talc Miller recalls six years ago Maine Central favored buying the line but ICC backed Salzberg group Now CN Central Vermont invited to study takeover potential
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Spencer Miller
Maine Central
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Vermont
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ICC
M.M. Salzberg Group
Flushing, N.Y
Canadian National - Central
Watervliet Leader Frank L. York Dies at 84
Frank L. York, 84, longtime chairman and publisher of The Record Newspapers, died Thursday evening after a career with The Troy Record since age 22. In Troy, vandals toppled 150 tombstones in Oakwood Cemetery across four sections, with damage estimated at 4000 to 5000 dollars. detectives seek the vandals.
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Flaming Leaves Rally of Whiteface Mountain Antique Cars
Wilmington hosts the Flaming Leaves Rally at Whiteface Mountain September 24 25 and 26 featuring over 125 vintage autos from up to 200 miles away. Joint event by Whiteface Mountain Chamber of Commerce and Region Antique Automobile Club of Plattsburgh with parades trophy competition and guest trips up the eight mile Whiteface Memorial Highway. Historic St George Episcopal Church in Schenectady presents the Stockade Flea Market in the church parking lot and Great Hall Saturday 10 am to 6 pm with a wall to wall smorgasbord served by Churchwomen 12 noon to 3 pm.
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Jealous suitor murders woman in Berkshire case
Mrs Constance Griffin Crippa 27 of Stamford Connecticut was shot in the face early Thursday by neighbor Pedro Rijos 29. She died about 90 minutes later at Stamford Hospital. Police charge Rijos with murder. Crippa mother of three. funeral planned by San Soucie in North Adams. Parents Benjamin and (Mrs) Griffin recently moved to Stamford. Also in Williams College news Professor Philip Hastings elected to World Association for Public Opinion Research executive council. Lenox Library displays Lincoln letters found by Jonathan C Messerli.
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Stamford
Conn
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Benjamin Griffin
Adams
San Soucie Funeral Home
Williamstown
Philip K. Hastings
Williams College
World Association For Public Opinion Research
Dublin
Ireland
Lenox
Abraham Lincoln
Jonathan C. Messerli
Columbia University Teachers College
A. Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Robert Todd Lincoln
Exeter
N.H
Parents To Vote on School Busing As A Remedy
Springfield Massachusetts parents will be polled by the School Committee to gauge support for busing to correct alleged racial imbalance. Superintendent McCook is to draft questionnaires for next meeting approval. Former City Councilor Paul Mason proposes canvassing and believes funds should be sought if support is strong. If response is small, a different approach may be considered.
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UPI
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Paul Mason
Concerned Citizens Committee
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Charles V. Ryan
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Disinterment Violations Tied to Sacred Heart Cemetery
New Bedford detectives told the Health Board that health laws were violated in the disinterment of bones at Sacred Heart Cemetery. The probe followed gravediggers claiming routine bone dig ups to free space for new graves. The board declined to charge the cemetery foreman.
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Sacred Heart Cemetery
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Death of Michael Boyer leaves cause undetermined
West Los Angeles police described the death of 21-year-old Michael Boyer in his Coldwater Canyon home as either suicide or an accident tied to a game of Russian roulette. His fiancé Marilyn Campbell said she broke their engagement shortly before the shooting. a house guest was present but in another room.
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UPD
Charles Poyer
Michael
Coldwater Canyon
Boyer
Grim
Perris
Los Angeles
Cidental
Marilyn Campbell
John Kirsh
Valiant Records
Four Star Productions
Dorothy Malone Undergoes Six-Hour Lung Operation
Hollywood actress Dorothy Malone, Oscar winner for Written on the Wind, underwent a six hour lung operation after fainting at home. Surgeons removed massive clots from the pulmonary arteries as her heart stopped briefly but was kept beating by a heart lung machine. Blood donors from across the United States were sought, with 150 to 200 volunteers offering.
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Hollywood
UPI
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Raymond Weston
Weston
Miss Malone
Esther Malone
Dallas
Tex
N H Priest To Head Group For Case Workers
A Quincy priest and family counselor will lead a national training institute for professional psychiatric caseworkers from New England and the Middle Atlantic states. The Rev. George A. Carrigg, 34, heads one of seven institutes funded by a $796,000 Office of Economic Opportunity grant, with the Family Service Association of America administering the nationwide project.
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UPI
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Middle Atlantic States
George A. Carrigg
United States
Office of Economic Opportunity
Family Service Association of America
Aiken seeks Hoff stance on 2 price milk measure
Washington UPI reports Senator George D. Aiken urges Governor Philip Hoff to state his position on the milk pricing component of the omnibus farm bill. The provision outlines two price levels for milk within the measure.
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UPI
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Philip H. Hoff
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House Senate Conference Committee
Wirtz Criticized Over Apple Picker Policy in N H
Gov John King condemned Labor Secretary Wirtz for the apple picker policy in New Hampshire urging New England Council to press him. Wirtz limited Canadian labor to 325 pickers, angering orchardists amid a 2 percent unemployment rate, latest in a dispute that could affect next year's harvest.
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