County Jail System Ends Replaced by Regional Centers
Vermont ends its 178 year old county jail system as regional centers take effect. Four centers open in Burlington St Johns bury Woodstock and Rutland to serve regional inmates. Some jails remain open locally for up to six months while others shut today. The reform focuses on rehabilitation health education and psychology services.
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Washington County
Montpelier
Franklin County
St. Albans
Orleans County
Newport
Bennington County
Bennington
Adams
Orange County
Chelsea
Addison County
Middlebury
Lamoille County
Hyde Park
Windham County
Newfane
Essex County
Guildhall
Grand Isle County
South Hero
Legislature Under Pressure In Final Weeks of Session
Vermont lawmakers face a sprint as the 13th week opens with the Senate racing to review and pass the same 3 percent sales tax, $96.6 million omnibus appropriations for fiscal 1970, and a state aid to education formula after the House already approved them. Conference tensions loom.
101 Day Strike Ends Longshoremen Return to Work in Boston
In Boston 1500 ILA longshoremen begin returning to the Port of Boston after a 101 day strike against the Boston Shipping Association. A new three year contract includes a unique no strike clause and wage scales of 4.00 to 4.60 per hour with a 40 hour week, retroactive to Aug 1 1968. Clerks and checkers vote on ratification, with about 190 more workers awaiting approval.
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Boston
UPI
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Boston Shipping Association
BLA
New York
Maine
Mexico
John F. ‘Red’ Moran
North Atlantic
United States
John J. Sullivan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
BSA
Sullivan
Survivors To Testify In Plane Crash Probe
The NTSB panel opened hearings into the Oct 25 1968 Northeast Airlines crash near Moose Mountain Lebanon NH which killed 32. Two survivors Betty Frail and Robert Y Kimball will testify in person others by statement. Witnesses include Fairchild Hiller Rolls Royce Rotor Wilcox Electric with firms allowed to direct questions but not cross examine.
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Boston
UPID
Northeast Airlines
Lebanon
N.H
Faiirchild-Hiller
Reed
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Betty Frail
Robert Y. Kimball
Amos Tuck
Dartmouth College
Hanover
H. Reed
Maine
Fairchild-Hiller Corp
Rolls Royce
Rotor, Corp. Lt
Wilcox Electric Co
Moose Mountain
Montpelier
Wilcox Co
Rumsfeld Seeks Bipartisan House Reorganization Bill
Representative Donald Rumsfeld says chances for congressional reorganization are better this year than in two decades. He advocates installing computers to handle routine business and is pressuring for Democratic support on a reform bill introduced by several Republicans.
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Washington
UPI
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Vermont sales tax protest plans march on State House
Mrs. Jean Donahue of Graniteville leads a protest march aimed at swaying the Senate on Vermont's sales tax. She says opposition is about process and voice in government. officials note no public hearings for the tax bill and a 4 percent tax preference over the House 3 percent proposal. Letters invited up to 10,000 antisales tax supporters to attend.
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Senate Finance Committee
Donald Arnold
Windsor County
House
Arnold
Yankee Finances Worry Gibson
MONTPELIER UP1 Public Service Board Chairman Ernest Gibson says he is watching the financial problems of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp and its two main stockholders Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power Co. He warned that a DC Circuit Court decision last week could delay capital for the Vernon plant and force the sponsors to fund cash advances. If stock offering to the public is delayed, sponsors may seek a rate increase. the SEC has yet to allow public stock sales.
House Holds Fate of Council in Montpelier
UPI reports George Blaesi, director of the Legislative Council, planned to work even though the council legally ceased to exist at midnight Monday. The House passed a measure to extend the council's life created in 1965, amid criticism it held more power than intended. Blaesi said he would report for duty, questioning its status. The House aims to pass the Senate bill to revive the council after considering an amendment to abolish the 16 member body.
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House
Senate
Troy councilman urges hiring a professional city manager
Councilman Raymond J. Quinn told a Monday night council forum that Troy should seek a professional manager from a city of similar size and be ready to raid him with a higher salary and a contract. He stressed confidence in interim City Manager Adrian C. Gonyea, who is on leave from Hudson Valley Community College and may return in a year, noting Gonyea had not commented on the proposal.
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Troy
Raymond J. Quinn
Quinn
Adrian C. Gonyea
Gonyea
Hudson Valley Community College
Albany transit seeks fare raise to 30 cents
United Traction Company told the Public Service Commission in Albany that without a 5 cent fare hike to 30 cents it would lose over 300000 dollars next year. They projected a 275000 dollar deficit for 1968 and 329500 dollar losses in 1969 at current rates. The system serves Albany Troy Rensselaer Cohoes and Watervliet and Troy mayor Meyer warned the increase would add over 50000 dollars in local school bus costs if funds to localities for bus reimbursement are cut.
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Albany
United Traction Company
Public Service Commission
PSC
John T. Ryan
Troy
Rensselaer
Cohoes
Watervliet
Lawrence E. Meyer
Cohoes Approves $1.5 Million Elderly Housing Project
The Cohoes Housing Authority won unanimous approval from the Board of Zoning Appeals for a $1.5 million elderly housing high rise on Remsen Street following a public hearing. The panel initially tabled the proposal but later granted variances with no opposition raised during the hearing.
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Cohoes
Cohoes Housing Authority
Remsen Street
Cohoes Board of Zoning Appeals
Twelve of Fourteen Arrested Plead Guilty in Berkshire Raid
In Lenox at Avaloch Inn a gambling raid led to fourteen men being charged. Twelve pleaded guilty and paid $50 fines in Lee District Court Monday while one defendant pleaded innocent and another had a case continued. Twenty policemen and two photographers took part. officers seized a dice table seven pairs of dice and $1436.
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LENOX
Avaloch Inn
Lee District Court
Pittsfield Laborers Strike After Contract Expires
About 600 members of Local 473 struck the Pittsfield General Contractors Association after their contract expired at midnight. The walkout affected construction sites across Berkshire County and southern Vermont as negotiations resumed. Alton B. Perry named leader of the Serendipity Singers in Williamstown. Perry joined the group in 1966 as the only non instrumental male singer.
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Pittsfield
UPI
Laborers International Union Afl-Cio
Pittsfield General Contractors Association
Williamstown
Alton B. Perry
Serendipity Singers
Alton L. Perry
Perry
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