Stafford Backs ABM and Tax Surcharge Extension
UPI report from Montpelier quotes Rep. Robert T. Stafford urging a one-year extension of the 10 percent income tax surcharge while forecasting large federal and state surpluses. He backs Nixon ABM plans saying they cost less in 1970 and offer diplomatic flexibility, and urges continued ABM research funding.
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Ribicoff Pushes Connecticut River Recreation Plan
Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut plans to introduce legislation to create a 56 700 acre Connecticut River national recreation area despite objections from Vermont and New Hampshire. The bill's revised version should be sent to the Senate within two weeks after the chamber reconvenes, with committee hearings expected in New England to give all sides a chance to participate.
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Norris Cotton
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Legislature Sets to Jettison Summer Biracial Youth Project
In Montpelier, about 20 youths urged Vermont lawmakers to back a pilot program for racial understanding. House committee chair Alden favored shelving a $50,000 appropriation, preferring a Senate resolution instead as youths urged moral support and warned against prejudice.
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Midwest Floods Threaten Iowa Minnesota South Dakota
Flood workers including Iowa National Guardsmen and students battled the Little Sioux River dikes in Cherokee and Sioux City while hundreds evacuated. The Big Sioux River and other creeks rose across Minnesota and South Dakota, with towns like Watertown and Vermillion affected and guardsmen aiding sandbagging efforts.
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Expense Funds To Take Place Of Pay Raises
MONTPELIER UPI The House Appropriations Committee cut proposed pay raises for Lt. Gov. Thomas Hayes and House Sargent-at-Arms Reide Payne. Instead, by a 9 to 2 vote, it endorsed a plan to provide expenses for the two men during sessions equal to legislators, covering food lodging and one weekly roundtrip home. The panel was reviewing a bill that would have set Hayes at 15000 and Payne at 10400.
Vermont Senate panel backs 4 percent sales tax proposal
The Senate Finance Committee approved the 4 per cent general sales tax on a 4-1 party line vote. Committee chair Donald Arnold of Windsor and vice chair Richard Mallary of Orange led the measure with GOP Sens. Kitchel and Hammond. Sen. Boardman opposed, while Sen. Crowley was expected to vote no when present. The proposal mirrors the plan backed by 16 of 22 Republican senators previously.
Vermont House panel backs lifting 4.5 percent tax cap
The Ways and Means Committee approved by 7 to 4 a bill removing the 4.5 percent ceiling on personal income tax payments. Chairman Peter Giuliani and Republicans Lee Davis Harvey Carter Vaughn Boyce voted against. The panel also rejected a repeal of old age assistance and poll taxes, with Rep. Francis Peisch joining Democrats as part of the minority.
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Vermont Senate backs emergency aid for parochial school closures
The Senate Education Committee approved a bill creating a $250,000 emergency fund for the Education Department to aid districts facing parochial school shutdowns. The measure allows funds to pay teachers at private and public schools for secular subjects and requests a joint House Senate study with a report due to the 1970 session.
Body Donation Bill Passes in Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate approved a bill giving individuals the legal right to donate parts of their bodies after death for transplant or medical research. The measure was returned to the House for concurrence after a failed bid by Sen. Fred Westphal to send it to the Judiciary Committee for further study.
Potent chemically produced marijuana alarms officials in Albany
In Albany a new chemically manufactured marijuana called Delta-1 tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is described as highly potent and easy to produce even by amateur chemists. Dr. John Gainor, Albany County health deputy, warns it could attract organized crime as a revenue source and notes its extreme danger and possible birth defects in animals.
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John Gainor
Albany County
Gainor
Resignation of North Adams schools chief cited
Wilfred M. Gallagher 47, superintendent of North Adams schools, resigned at a special School Committee meeting, effective year end. He cited disagreement with some members’ educational philosophy as the main reason. He has served since February 1968.
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