Davis urges GOP unity in Vermont governor bid
Deane C. Davis, Republican candidate for governor, told Orleans County Republicans that bringing non Republicans into the primary harms the public interest and party unity. He urged candidates to restrain personal ambitions to fit party objectives while allowing open discussion to shape the final party position and defend the primary system.
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Coventry
Deane C. Davis
Orleans County
Davis
Loveless Named Regional Director for Technical Services
Gov Hoff announces Roland Loveless, Industrial Development Director, named regional director for Technical Services in New England. He will start in May, based at the University of New Hampshire, working with an 18 member state board as New England pilots regional Tech Services under the 1965 act.
Planning officials to brief on Vermont act in Montpelier
Leonard A. Wilson from the Central Planning Office announces a 2:30 p.m. Friday briefing in the State House Montpelier for regional and local planning and development officials. The session covers the Municipal and Regional Planning and Development Act modernizing Vermont land use authority and giving towns new planning tools.
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Montpelier
Leonard A. Wilson
Central Planning Office
State House
Vermont
Johnson invites delegates to White House reception for 1968 event
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson extends invitations to delegates of the 1968 Democratic Women's Campaign Conference for a White House reception May 21. The May 19-21 event in Washington features administration briefings and campaign technique rehearsals. Vermont chair Mrs. Betty Kearns said brochures were sent to Democratic state committeewomen and club presidents.
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Montpelier
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Vermont
Betty Kearns
Democratic State
Vermont Governor Heads Tokyo Trade Delegation
Gov. and Mrs. Hoff depart Burlington with a UPI report that a 10 day Japan tour sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will explore agriculture trade possibilities. The delegation is led by Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman and includes Govs. John Volpe of Massachusetts and John King of New Hampshire.
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Burlington
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Japan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
John W. King
New Hampshire
John Volpe
Massachusetts
Robbers Take Floor Safe From Village Justice Office
Police in Fort Edward New York probe a Sunday night burglary at the Village Police Justice office. Thieves dragged a floor safe to the cellar and escaped with cash and bonds valued near 6500 dollars after climbing a ladder and breaking a plywood barrier over a window. They used a sledge hammer and chisels to open the safe door and left behind tools with no other clues.
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Fort Edward
Troy boy saves younger child from grass fire blaze
A 14-year-old Troy newsboy, Joey Maloy, saved 4-year-old Mark Spain from a grass fire in a vacant lot by smothering the flames with his body. A companion alerted Maloy as flames enveloped the boy’s pants and footwear.
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Troy
Mark Spain
Joey Maloy
Mark
Maloy
Albany highway strike halts $102 million in projects
About 2,000 construction workers statewide halted work Monday affecting 12 highway projects in the eight-county Albany district. A state Transportation Department spokesman cited the broader stoppage while Laverne F. O'Dell of the General Contractors labor relations division said the union seeks a $1.60 hourly raise over three years.
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Albany
State Transportation Department
Laverne F. O’dell
Associated General Contractors
Berkshire junk car plan targets 600 to 1,000 hulks
At a Berkshire meeting a special municipal junk car committee arranged with Kenneth Smith a Springfield area car crusher to start processing an estimated 600 to 1,000 rusting hulks around Pittsfield. Smith can handle about 200 per week with no charge for vehicles brought to the disposal area.
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Pittsfield
Special Municipal
Kenneth Smith
Springfield
Downing
Smith
Dogs Outweigh Voters in Williamstown Registration
Town Clerk J Elwood Lamphear reports 114 dogs registered from 9 to noon but only 28 voters signed up from noon to 10 pm. Voter registration will reopen after the April 30 presidential primary.
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Williamstown
J. Elwood Lamphear
Committee Forms to Back RFK Campaign in Vermont
Vermont House Minority Leader Leo O'Brien announces a statewide Vermonters for Kennedy committee to support Sen Robert F Kennedy D NY for president. Gov Philip Hoff will be honorary chair and 13 county coordinators named with Miss Margaret Hartigan as secretary and Arthur Ristal as treasurer.
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South Burlington
UPI
Vermont House
Leo O’brien
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N Y
O’brien
Philip H. Hoff
Johnson
Margaret A. Hartigan
Burlington
Vermont Transit Travel Bureau
Vermont Development Board
Hoff
Arthur A. Ristal
Barre
Addison — Stanton S. Lazarus
Middlebury
Bennington
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Caledonia
Francis X. Ryan
St. Johnsbury
Chittenden
Grand Isle
H. Clifford Dubie
Essex
Herbert E. Caouette
Island Pond
Franklin
Frank Brannon Sr
Gloomy Vermont farms forecast by 1978 predicts half gone
A University of Rhode Island professor warned at a Vermont forum that by 1978 only about 4,000 of today’s 8,000 farms may remain. He argued agriculture will shrink without major changes as it becomes more technical and less profitable, urging relocation to service industries.
Hoff Predicts Troubled Times Ahead for HHH
Gov. Philip H. Hoff predicts rough times for Johnson as a lame duck and for Humphrey as a potential candidate who may lack independent political strength. He calls Johnson’s decision to not seek re election noble and says it gives Americans a chance to reevaluate domestic and foreign policies.
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Democratic
Hoff
Johnson
Vermont Democratic Committee Votes to Change Selection
The Democratic State Committee Executive Committee voted 6-2 to have Vermont's national committee members elected by the state convention rather than by delegates to the national convention. The decision split along Kennedy Johnson lines, with Johnson supporters favoring the current system. The panel also recommended Burlington host the state convention on May 25 and a fundraising dinner.
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Burlington
UPI
Democratic State Committee
Vermont
State Committee
Johnson
William Ryan
Montpelier
Daniel O’brien
South Burlington
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Hoffs
New York
Down In
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Cheshire
State Division of Fisheries and Game
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Joseph Johnson
Cheshire Wildlife Management Area
North Adams
Public Works Department
James F. Cleary
Boston
West Shaft Road
RFK
Lamoille
Helen Beckerhoff
Stowe
Orange
Leon Greenwood
Randolph
Orleans
Gerald Errion
Newport City
Rutland
J. Walter Herlihy
Windham
Thomas P. Salmon
Rockingham
Washington
Jules J. Chatet
Windsor
Stuart T
Woodstock
Dr. Higbee
Higbee
Bruce Craig
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Craig
HHH
Democratic Committee
Jerusalem
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Grant
Monument Plaza
Bennington, VT
Ingraham
Hostess
Vermont National
Fred Parker
Curt Huntoon
Vermont National Bank
Main Street
Federal Deposit Insurance
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Federal Reserve System
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