Vermont bill to set first-in-nation presidential primary stalled
In Montpelier the Senate Government Operations Committee holds a Vermont first-in-nation presidential primary bill. It would have voters declare presidential choices on Town Meeting Day in election years. A motion to end committee delay failed 17-12, while public hearings are planned.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
New Hampshire
Senate
John T. Alden
Windsor County
Andrew Orzel
Rutland County
Alden
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Judiciary Committee
Leyden prayer ban halted by court order
Leyden Massachusetts School Committee Chairman Gerald F McCarthy must stop daily classroom prayers at Leyden Elementary unless a court delays the order. About 77 students in kindergarten through sixth grade prayed before classes since Sept 1969. the sessions are unsupervised and voluntary. The state supreme court banned school prayers earlier this year.
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Leyden
Mass
UPI
Gerald F. McCarthy
Massachusetts Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
McCarthy
Suffolk Superior Court
Paul V. Rutledge
State Supreme Court
Rutledge
Vergennes and Panton vote on new water system bond
Voters in Vergennes and Panton ballot on an $800,000 local share of a $2.6 million water system to serve both towns drawing from Lake Champlain. They previously approved $600,000 in 1969 but federal financing delays and jurisdiction changes raised costs. The Vermont House Appropriations Committee has backed a $750,000 capital construction item as the state’s share.
Drug arrests surge in Vermont state police report
UPI reports 530 people were arrested on drug charges in Vermont last year, up from 120 in 1969 and 56 in 1968, with 183 convictions so far and $26,000 in fines. Most offenders were aged 15 to 25, males outnumbering females four to one, and authorities warn of rising heroin and hard narcotics activity.
Chelsea Woman Identified After Body Found in White River
Police identify the Chelsea woman Alice Edwards forty four who vanished in January. Her car was found near the White River in South Royalton with footprints leading to the water. The body was recovered Monday about five miles downstream from the car site. Autopsy to be performed today.
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UPI
White River
Chelsea
Alice Edwards
South Royalton
Springfield High athlete reinstated but suit proceeds
Springfield High School athlete Dale Whitney who was suspended in December has been reinstated by the board but his attorney John J. Ford says the due process suit in U S District Court will continue. Ford will seek to cancel a Wednesday hearing but press the case to establish proper suspension procedures at the school.
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Springfield
U.S
Brattleboro
John J. Ford
Vermont Legal Aid
Dale Whitney
Rockefeller Mall cost to rise to eight hundred fifty million
In Albany the official South Mall price is set to jump by 180 million to 850 million on Wednesday as the debt ceiling is to be raised from 670 million. County Attorney John J. Clyne cited a state Office of General Services request for the legislation and noted 420 million of the current authorization has already been issued. Meanwhile in New York City police patrols search Penn Central and Long Island Railroad trackage to curb vandalism and crime, described as very serious by MTA Chair A J Ronan after several fatalities and injuries among commuters and railroad workers. Albany also reports Albany High School plans, already revised once and costing taxpayers 1 million, may be scrapped and rebuilt anew with a more conventional design per a committee report released by Mayor Corning.
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Albany
Rockefeller
South Mall
Albany County
John J. Clyne
State Office of General Services
New York
UPI
Penn Central
Long Island
A. J. Ronan
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
la Guardia
Ronan
Corning
Berkshire bus service to continue after route changes
In North Adams and Pittsfield, Williams Town to Pittsfield intercity service will persist as Vermont Transit Co. receives a temporary permit to pick up and drop off passengers along the route starting May 1. In Pittsfield, about 475 youths ages 12 to 15 attended a trial four hour weekend opening of junior high facilities, with over 150 students at each school. Mrs. Thelma E. Barney, 62, of 10 Oliver Ave., died after sustaining severe burns when a robe caught fire while burning papers outside her home.
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North Adams
Williamstown
Pittsfield
State Department of Public Utilities
Vermont Transit Co
Parks
Vincent J. Hebert
Thelma E. Barney
Oliver Ave
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield General Unit
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Gretchen Frasier Catamount
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Pillsbury Street
Concord
Netcong
N.J
Bennington
Jamie Steffen
Catamount Elementary
Benning Yon
Mary Feenan
Mt. Anthony Jr. High School
Bellows Falls
Bellows Falls Special School
Ira Fink
D-52
Ryegate
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