Former Miss America Delivers Keynote at New England Club Meet
Marilyn Van Derbur spoke at the Woodstock Inn opening session of the New England Conference of State Federation of Women's Clubs. She urged clear goals with fixed dates, stressing self belief, inner happiness, and hard work as keys to achievement. She cited Churchill, Keller, and Roosevelt as examples.
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Woodstock
Marilyn van Derbur
New England
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Woodstock Inn
Miss van Derbur
Winston Churchill
Helen Keller
Eleanor Roosevelt
Vermont appoints Cherington to head mental retardation project
Carolyn Cherington of Calais has been named director of Vermont's Mental Retardation Planning and Implementation Project. A $35,000 federal grant from the U S Public Health Service funds the effort. She will coordinate regional interest, push for legislative support, standardize reporting, and boost training to address the manpower shortage in mental retardation services.
Brightlock Hospital to consider ambulance takeover plan
ST JOHNsbury API Directing board to review a proposal for Brightlock Hospital to assume Northeast Kingdom ambulance operations at an estimated 20000 yearly cost. Half funded by affected towns with service cutoff. Area funeral directors plan to abandon ambulance service Saturday due to Medicare rules and losses, risking gaps in emergency pickup across several Vermont communities.
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ST. Johnsbury
API
Brightlock Hospital
Northeast Kingdom
Vermont
Escapees Back in Jail After 48 Hour Waterbury Capture
UPI reports three youths Francis Schoonmaker Kenneth Robinson Wesley Bacon returned to Addison County Jail after a 48 hour manhunt in Waterbury. The group, all jailed on car theft charges, previously escaped Tuesday with James Lamothe. Sheriff Chadler said one inmate squeezed through a food service panel to release others.
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Montpelier
UPI
Addison County
Waterbury
Francis Schoonmaker
Burlington
Kenneth Robinson
Barre
Wesley Bacon
James Lamothe
Derby
Newport
Allen Chadler
Food Service
Snelling Challenges Hoff on Vermont Finances
Republican candidate Richard A. Snelling says he would be astounded if Governor Hoff avoids naming how to raise funds for future programs. Snelling urges Hoff to publish two year revenue and expense estimates and proposes a 20 million education aid target backed by a 10 million shift from a 3 percent sales tax to towns to cut local property taxes. He argues Hoff must specify tax sources and amounts and claims current plans lack detail.
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Montpelier
Richard A. Snelling
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Snelling
Shelburne
Council urged to accept welfare reform plan
In Montpelier the Legislative Council was to consider 3.02 million in social welfare reform recommendations. The plan would centralize welfare, replace local programs with state control, and expand the federal share from 8 million to 10.1 million, growing total welfare to over 17 million while shifting toward rehabilitative services.
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Social Welfare Committee
Loan Sought To Save St Johnsbury And Lamoille Line
A Vermont Public Service Board special hearing examined a $600,000 loan from the state and shippers to the St Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad to repair bridges and buy four locomotives. The line, losing about $100,000 annually, seeks to avoid ICC abandonment. Union wage freezes and limited concessions could aid profitability. Residents in the Northeast Kingdom petitioned President Johnson to intervene if abandonment is allowed.
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Northeast Kingdom
Johnson
ICC
St. J
Convicted Swindler Says Partner Didn’t Know Jeeps Were Nonexistent
Robert Priest, 32, of Stoney Point, NY testifies that his partner Frederick Skidmore, 28, of Saratoga, NY did not know the Jeeps offered in the Burlington area last winter were fake. Skidmore stands trial in US District Court on six counts of mail fraud and one of conspiracy in the phon ey Jeep scheme. Priest, jailed in Danbury, Conn, says he learned on Feb 10, 1966 that the FBI wanted to speak with him and that the Jeeps did not exist.
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Montpelier
UPI
Robert Priest
Stoney Point
N.Y
Frederick Armour Skidmore
Saratoga
Burlington
Skidmore
U.S
Priest
Danbury
Conn
FBI
Fred
Hazel Little
Tompkins Cove
Priest Enterprises Inc
ER Overload Predicted At Albany Medical Center
Albany officials warn the hospital's emergency room could see about 53 000 patients in 1975 if trends from 1955 through 1974 continue. Dr John H Carter, chair of the ER policy committee, notes ERs now function as accident rooms clinics GP offices and more, reshaping hospital use.
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Albany
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Hospital
John H. Carter
Carter
Village Mayor and Trustees Vote Pay Hike
Hoosick Falls officials approve salary increases for the mayor from 800 to 2000 and trustees from 300 to 1000, pending voter approval. No petitions filed by Oct 9. if none, raises take effect after March village meeting. Legal notice posted Sept 8, 30 day petition window for taxpayers.
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Hoosick Falls
Indictment Dismissed In Draft Registration Case
A Pittsfield man Edward J. Wielgus had an indictment dismissed after he voluntarily reported for induction into the Army. Wielgus, 18 on December 15, 1953, had late Selective Service registration, submitting February 1, 1965, with U.S. District Court in Boston noting voluntary induction as the disposition. In Williams town, George D. West, 20, was injured in a crash on Cold Spring Road and treated at North Adams Hospital after being rescued from his convertible.
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Pittsfield
UPI
U.S. District Court
Boston
Asst
U.S
John Wall
Edward J. Wielgus
Wieglus
Colchester
Williamstown
North Adams
George D. West
North Adams Hospital
Roy C. Bush
Raymond Lemieux
Cold Spring Road
Phantom Tire Hunt Finds All 26 Tires
North Adams reports all tires from the Fall Foliage Festival Phantom Tire Hunt have been found and turned in. Chairman Theodore C. Dydowicz called the response fantastic.
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North Adams
Theodore C. Dydowicz
New York Central to Reinstate Two Boston Albany Trains
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the New York Central Railroad to restore two passenger trains on the Boston to Albany route in a directive issued this week. The decision affects service on the corridor and signals heightened regulatory emphasis on rail passenger operations.
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Pittsfield
New York Central Railroad
Boston
Albany
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vermont nonfarm jobs hit new high in August
UPI reports Vermont employment reached 31,350 nonfarm wage and salary jobs in August, up 4,000 from a year earlier. Growth stems from construction restarts after labor disputes. manufacturing lists 9,050 positions, with 7,350 in durable goods and 1,700 in non-durables. Average weekly pay near 105, weekly hours 42.8. In California, Milton Spinner, history teacher, wins four day week to attend civic events as city mayor.
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UPI
Department of Employment Security
Richmond, Calif
UPD
Milton Spinner
City Board of Education
Spinner
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