Buckley proposes 19 percent pari mutuel tax for Sundays
Vermont Senate Finance Committee weighs a Buckley plan to raise the Sunday pari mutuel tax from 18 to 19 percent, allowing the Green Mountain Park track in Pownal to gain a larger share of the split while preserving a 6.5 percent state take. The plan faces possible Pownal referendum on Sunday racing and includes pressure to balance bettor impact with track revenue, amid other lawmakers and track officials weighing this compromise.
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Montpelier
APD
Vermont
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Senate Finance Committee
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Ralph Foote
Middlebury
Mississippi
Senate
House
Buckley
Senate Committee
Arthur E. George
Carter
Head Start Placed In New HEW Agency
Nixon moves Head Start into a new HEW unit, the Office of Child Development, under Robert H. Finch, arguing for a focus on early childhood development while supporters split over keeping Head Start tied to community participation. Protests from Head Start mothers highlight fears of losing noneducational program aspects.
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UPI
Harvard University
John Harvard
University Hall
HEW
Washington
Nixon
Office of Economic
OED
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Office of Child Development
Robert H. Finch
Children’s Bureau
OEO
Educal
Office of Education
Head Start
Petersburg ski lodge fire spurs cross-town blaze response
Fire destroyed the base lodge at Petersburg Pass ski area near Petersburg New York after a 2 a.m. blaze spotted by crews from Williamstown Massachusetts Petersburg and Berlin. A night watchman had left at 11 p.m. no injuries reported, cause under investigation. Firemen strained by scarce water supply and attempted to dam runoff but could not halt the flames.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Petersburg Pass
Williamstown
Mass
Berlin
Geneva Talks Set On Atoms for Peace
United States and Soviet Union plan early talks in Geneva to explore peaceful nuclear explosions for engineering projects under nonproliferation terms. Officials expect a preliminary exchange of ideas on using nuclear explosions for dams harbors and tunnels, with future arrangements for nonnuclear states. Moscow criticizes a ban proposal as ineffective, urging broader disarmament measures and relying on IAEA safeguards.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
America
Russia
Vienna
Alexei A. Roshchin
Roshchin
Moscow
U.S
Fisher
IAEA
U.S.A
Senate Debates 4 Percent Sales Tax in Vermont
Gov. Deane C. Davis backs 3 percent sales tax but supports Senate debate on a 4 percent levy and a 10 percent surcharge. House plan includes 15 percent income tax surcharge. Mallary drafted Senate plan. session aims for uninterrupted discussion. Davis lauds overall legislative effort amid fiscal concerns and announces an eight member advisory panel for Local Affairs.
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Richard W. Mallary
Orange
House
Davis
Vermont
Office of Local Affairs
Barre
Thomas Duff
Duff
Francis Cain
Burlington
Government to Close 97 Job Corps Centers
The Nixon administration plans to shut 57 Job Corps centers in 30 states before July 1 as part of a $100 million cut in the war on poverty program. Urban centers in Parks California Kilmer New Jersey Clinton Iowa Marquette Michigan St. Louis Missouri Omaha Nebraska Cleveland Ohio Huntington West Virginia are among those to close. total centers nationwide number 106 with about 35,000 enrollees.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor Department
Carl D. Perkins
D-Ky
House Education and Labor Committee
Gaylord Nelson
D-W II
Senate
America
Parks
Calif
Kilmer
N.J
Clinton
Iowa
Marquette
Mich
St. Louis
Omaha
Neb
Cleveland
Ohio
Huntington
W.va
Lyndon B. Johnson
Inside Vermont Senate theme stretch report by Harwood
Sen Madeline Harwood analyzes the Vermont Senate theme stretch in a page three report. The piece reviews political strategy and legislative focus within the chamber and highlights key figures shaping the debate.
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Madeline Harwood
Vermont
Senate
Mt Anthony students learn from police about drugs
Cpl Paul Huntley of the Rutland State Police visited Mt Anthony Union High School to educate more than 200 students about drug dangers. He displayed narcotics from Vermont raids, discussed marijuana and its alleged links to hard drugs, and screened a film portraying marijuana leading to heroin, while noting medical opinions vary on marijuana’s dangers.
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Cpl
Paul Huntley
Rutland State
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Vermont
Castleton
Joel Fort
San Francisco
Center For Special Problems
Mt. Anthony
Cpl. Huntley
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Vincent J. Bartimo
William B. Franke
Ralph A. Foote
DeMatteo
Foote
Harvard
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lodge
International Atomic Energy Agency
General Assembly
Rolf Haugen
University of Vermont
William Schmidt
Windham Regional Planning and Development Commission
Colchester
James Lowe
Brattleboro
Corwin Elwell
Reinhold Thieme
Wallace Farnum
Central Planning Office
New York City
New York
Woodford
U.S. Forest Service
Police
David Scribner
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