Vermont updates: Witherspoon salary set at 12000
In Montpelier UPI reports state Tax Commissioner Gerald Witherspoon will earn 12000 annually, matching predecessor Charles Shea, despite Gov Hoff seeking 15000. The Emergency Board approved the figure amid political debate. A separate panel rejected a 20000 appropriation to buy Adm George Dewey’s birthplace due to budget and interest concerns. In Lyndonville workers vote 25 to 14 to join the US and Allied Workers Union, affecting an 800000 expansion tied to Small Business Administration funds including 80000 locally raised.
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Vermont lawmaker urged to re align after court ruling
Norwich University assistant professor Robert Newton told 19 Vermont House members to re align the state as federal courts order, then seek to amend the U S Constitution to curb Supreme Court power. He argued the court misrepresents communitarian interests while urging compliance with the ruling. Negotiations for Barre granite workers pay boost resume with a 20 cent per hour raise over two years as talks remain far apart. Jobless claims in Vermont fall to 5130 last week, unemployment 5.8 percent, Barre Montpelier leading in total claims with multiple cities following.
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Vermont tax chief slams bill cutting out-of-state firm taxes
Vermont's new tax commissioner Gerald Witherspoon denounced a bill to cut franchise taxes for firms incorporated outside the state. He warned the measure would cost about 800000 dollars per biennium and create windfall benefits to Vermont firms. Advocates say it would spur industry, while aides to Gov Hoff called the bill vicious.
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Hamel Freed After Not Guilty Verdict In Manslaughter Case
Mrs Catherine Hamel, 31, mother of six, is freed from a first degree manslaughter charge after a jury of 10 men and two women finds her not guilty for the July 26 shooting of her divorced husband. Defense calls the act self defense. Meanwhile New York opens its fiscal year without a budget or revenue plan amid talk of payless paydays and a budget crisis.
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Tramway battle eyed for settlement in Berkshire scene
Massachusetts Senator James A. Kelly will convene a state committee hearing Monday with tramway leaders and Greylock activists to seek a settlement on the Berkshire tramway fight. Saddleball Mountain skiing may become part of the compromise. In Williamstown town business LeRoy Picard announced an option to buy the Phi Gamma Delta house at Main and North Streets for a town office, with plans for a building study and renovation review.
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North Adams to open first elderly drop-in center
The rectory of St. John's Episcopal Church was turned over to the Council on Aging to run as North Adams' first drop-in center for elderly residents. The center will open once volunteers are recruited and will operate five days a week.
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Stocks Open Mixed As Market Stays Dull
New York stocks opened mixed in dull trading with chemicals showing a firm tone, steels mixed, and motors slightly lower as investors awaited direction.
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Lodge warns Viet Nam victory hinges on restraint and resolve
Former ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told Brandeis students the war can be won if the United States avoids easy outs and external pressures such as sanctuaries or calls for an immediate international conference He warned a premature conference would undermine morale and yield surrender while noting neutralist pressures and potential Soviet Chinese belligerence amid Southeast Asia tensions. A separate Hollywood note reports Nancy Sinatra joining Frank Sinatra in Comes Community Property at Warner Bros.
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Dulles backs LBJ Viet Nam aims at Harvard
Allen W. Dulles former CIA director says he supports President Johnson s Vietnam policies and using the CIA as an instrument of that policy He is at Harvard Business School to inaugurate a residency program and notes he cannot share inside foreign policy details He recalls turning down a Lenin meeting in 1917 and says you cannot negotiate with an ideology
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Songwriter's Son To Be Arraigned In Shooting
Songwriter Jerry Livingston's son Gary aged 22 is arraigned in Superior Court on assault with a deadly weapon for wounding his parents he told police they were bugging him about getting up late. The shooting occurred February 17. preliminary hearing set for March 18 in Beverly Hills Municipal Court. Livingston is known for hits such as Talk of the Town Mazzy Coats and Close To You.
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