Kreizel urges growth with local controls in Vermont
Development Secretary Arthur Kreizel advocates expanded Vermont growth across agricultural recreational and business sectors while stressing local control. He aims for 10 000 jobs in two years and a 5 percent unemployment rate, praising Act 250 and announcing a $65 000 federal grant to open a Montreal office to lure Canadian firms.
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Elbert Moulton
Kreizel
Moulton
John
Federal Economic Development Administration
The
Development Agency
Montreal
Supreme Court orders new murder trial in Mendon case
The Vermont Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Robert Lapham in the 1975 Easter Sunday murder of his wife Eva Lou in Mendon. The ruling faulted the trial for improper prejudicial actions including a psychiatrist report and prosecutor arguments and suggests focusing on involuntary statements to police made after the slaying. The decision comes alongside several Employment Security Department rulings on unemployment benefits involving a waitress, a carpenter, and a woman unable to work certain hours.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Supreme Court
High Court
Superior Court
Robert Lapham
Lapham
Eva Lou
Mendon
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
State Employment Security Department
DES
Vermont Employment Security Board
Saunders marked 60th wedding anniversary in Orlando
Mr and Mrs Harmon Saunders were honored guests at a March 27 celebration hosted by their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Ed Saunders in Orlando Florida. A three tier anniversary cake floral arrangements and a monetary gift were presented. The couple wed in Bennington on March 27 1917.
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Harmon Saunders
Ed Saunders
Orlando
Fla
the Saunders
Bennington
Vermont Jobless Rate Dips to 6.8 Percent
Vermont's insured unemployment eased to 6.8 percent last week from 6.9, with a year-ago rate of 7.3 percent. About 15,350 claimants received 921,602 dollars in regular, extended, supplemental, and special benefits. St. Albans toped the state at 12.7 percent while Burlington held the lowest at 4.6 percent.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Department of Ee Ee Security
DES
St. Albans
Burlington
Barre-Montpelier
Will lawmakers get a raise in Vermont Senate vote now
The Vermont House approved a 16.6 percent across the board pay raise for state employees, with lawmakers potential gains. The bill would raise legislative pay from 150 to 175 dollars weekly, add an annual salary of 1200 dollars, and increase daily expenses to 35 dollars, amid a broader 40 hour work week and debate over timing.
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Senate
William Poole Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
House
Daniel Debonis
D-Poultney
DeBonis
John Murphy
D-Ludlow
High speed mail sorter planned for White River Junction
UPI reports the U S Postal Service will install a high speed letter sorting machine in White River Junction despite opposition from officials residents and postal workers. District manager James Howard said installation begins in late July with sorting to start in September, replacing work now done in Rutland and Montpelier.
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Rutland
UPI
White River Junction
U.S. Postal Service
James Howard
Montpelier
Howard
New York
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Benjamin Bailor
Jeffords and Sons
Robert Stafford
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
State eyes measles rise amid low immunization rates
Vermont reports 190 measles cases in 1977 with eight hospitalizations across four hospitals since last fall in Burlington. New cases appear in Bennington, Lamoille, Franklin, and Washington counties as health officials warn that low immunization drives the outbreak.
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Burlington
Vermont
William Watson
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
U.S
CDC
Health Department
Gray Panthers warn about anti Moonie bill in Vermont
Vermont Gray Panthers, an elderly rights group, warn that a bill targeting the Unification Church could be misused to cheat seniors. The measure would allow courts to name temporary guardians for adults.
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Gray Panthers
Sun Myung Moon
Faire Edwards
The
Herbert Brucker dies veteran editor and author
Herbert Brucker 78 longtime Hartford Courant editor author and columnist died after a long cancer battle. He chaired the American Society of Newspaper Editors Freedom of Information Committee 1956–1959 and evaluated New England daily papers in a 1973 foundation survey. Brucker taught at Columbia and served in the Office of War Information 1942–44. He lived near Windsor Vermont and retired as Courant editorial page editor in 1966.
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Herbert Brucker
The
Hartford Courant
Brucker
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Freedom of Information Committee
Vermont
New England
Banner
Windsor
Courant
New York World
Springfield
Mass
Union
Columbia School of Journalism
Columbia
Office of War Information
State Freedom of Information Commission
Bennington Briefs Reach Tonight and Easter Closings
Bennington Community items list tonight meeting time and location for the Bennington Food Co op at the Senior Center plus a VA benefits information session at the Bennington Armory on Wednesday April 13. Other notes include family travel, Clarkson College dean’s list achievement, local business Easter closures, VFW dance and bowling center schedules, Moose Lodge chicken supper, and A and W Easter closure.
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The
Bennington Food Co-op
Senior Center
North Street
Vermont Veterans Affairs Office
Bennington Armory
South Street
Dunstan named to banking post
Edmund Dunstan Jr., 50, of Montpelier, named commissioner for banking in the Vermont Department of Banking and Insurance. He owns J.C. Goodrich Inc. and formerly directed Investment Services at National Life Insurance Co. An economics major from Yale with an MBA from NYU, he also worked with Hanover Bank in New York and Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. in London. The appointment was announced by Commissioner Stewart Ledbetter.
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Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
London
Stewart Ledbetter
Funeral services for Forrest Vadakin in North Bennington
The funeral for Forrest Vadakin of 16 Sage Street North Bennington who died April 2 at home was held April 5 at Mahar Son Funeral Home. Rev. Paul Parker officiated with bearers Harold Williams Joseph Myers Martin Percey and Gordon Hall. Burial followed in Grandview Cemetery North Bennington Fr Parker led committal prayers.
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Forrest Vadakin
Sage Street
North Bennington
Mahar & Son
Paul Parker
Ascension Episcopal
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New York Times
Landon Associates, Inc
American Academy of Pediatrics
State Health Department
Bennington Briefs
Guy Mattison
Ormond Beach, Fla
Stephen J. Heacock
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Star Route
Woodford
Clarkson College
Potsdam
N.Y
Napolitano’s Pizzeria
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ADV
W.S. Hall
VFW 1322
Dan Colette
Bennington Lanes
Moose Lodge
Frank Stratton
Jr’s
Maine
Safford & Gage Inday
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