Bellows Falls to disclose school salaries amid petition
Bellows Falls school officials vote to reverse a policy of secrecy, making Windham Northeast salaries public. Harry W. Noyes previously led state secondary education and earned about 15 000 dollars annually, plus 1300 in expenses. Holland’s 15300 salary plus 1300 expenses were released from Montpelier records.
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Bellows Falls
UPS
Windham Northeast
Hilton C. Holland
Education Department
Harry W. Noyes
Noyes
Holland
Montpelier
Burlington man pleads innocent in stolen coins case
Albert Levesque, 22, of Winooski pleaded innocent in Chittenden District Court to possession of stolen coins linked to a missing $5,000 antique coin collection from the University of Vermont Fleming Museum. Bail set at $1,000, case delayed for jury drawing. James Willette Sr., 31, of Burlington, received a suspended two to five year term after pleading guilty to similar charges.
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Burlington
UPI
Albert Levesque
Winooski
Chittenden District Court
Edward Costello
Levesque
University of Vermont
Fleming Museum
James Willette Sr
Twelve Vermont state parks to open May 17
Deputy Parks Commissioner Rodney Barber announced that 12 state parks will open to the public on May 17 including Emerald Lake Molly Stark Carmi Elmore Grand Isle Groton Little River Mt Philo St Albans Bay Sand Bar and the DAR Park. He added that 29 more parks are due to open on May 24 and about 290 seasonal employees will be hired to staff the parks in late May.
Burlington Mayor backs Humphrey over Kennedy
Democratic Mayor Francis J. Cain of Burlington says he will support Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey for president. Cain expects Humphrey to campaign soon, marking a split with Governor Philip H. Hoff who backs Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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Burlington
Albany Approves Liberal Retirement Plan for State Leaders
The New York Assembly approved a half pay retirement plan for its members, staff, lieutenant governor, comptroller, and attorney general after 20 years of public service with five years in the legislature or executive. The Senate quickly followed and sent the bill to Governor Rockefeller. Sen. Julian B. Elway opposed, questioning the fairness of retiring a constable at $7,500 after 20 years.
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Albany
Assembly
Senate
Rockefeller
Julian B. Elway
Albany Medicaid rolls trimmed as eligibility tightens
Albany area welfare agencies have spent a month removing ineligible persons from Medicaid and reassessing others. Albany County, with the most card holders, aims to drop about 25 percent of the 55,000 previously eligible before April 1. New laws cut benefits for most adults 21 to 64 and reduce low income family eligibility by 11 percent. Commissioner Francis Schreck reports 4,000 to 6,000 already dropped.
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Albany — Area
Albany County
Francis Schreck
Officials Mum on Progress In Hunt for King's Slayer
Washington officials offer no public progress update on the MLK assassination inquiry. The Justice Department declines to comment on federal investigations, while the FBI continues reviewing reports. Mexico reports no official request for help, but circulates an artist sketch and monitors border points. No arrest warrants have been issued.
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Washington
UPI
Martin Luther King
Justice Department
Memphis
Mexico
U.S
FBI
Ramsey Clark
Boy uses elephant stamp in letter to parents in Honiton
In Honiton England UPI a 7 year old boy Guy Bosence wrote a letter to his parents using an elephant stamp from a toy post office and an incorrect address. A persistent postman delivered the letter the next day. The report notes the post office has been operating for less than 13 months and mentions a local manhunt with a stated focus nearing name confirmation, but no further details have emerged.
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Honiton
England
UPI
Guy Bosence
NRA Head Says King Slaying Should Not Affect Gun Laws
NRA president Harold W. Glassen of Lansing says Dr Martin Luther King Jr s slaying was senseless cruel murder but should not affect gun legislation He notes emotional impact from high profile shootings and urges gun control action Lt Gov Francis W Sargent challenges NRA to lead reform and warns against blocking or soft proposals risking a back lash that could curb hunting and marksmanship as we know it
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Boston
UPI
National Rifle Association
NRA
Martin Luther King Jr
Harold W. Glassen
Lansing
Mich
Francis W. Sargent
Sargent
Washington
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
Congress
Stafford
Martin Luther King
Vermont Labor Board certifies IBEW for Vermont Gas workers
The Vermont Labor Relations Board certified Local 300 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as bargaining agent for production workers at Vermont Gas Systems in South Burlington after an April 5 employee vote. Of 21 ballots, 15 supported the IBE, five opposed, one former member abstained. A second case on Barre City school maintenance workers is pending, with jurisdiction disputes over the Labor Act and state board authority.
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Kemsley
John Boylan
IBE
Donald E. O’brien
Burlington
Barre City
A. Pearley Feen
State Labor Relations Board
Aiken Hails AEC Decision To Hold Yankee Plant Hearings
Senator George D. Aiken praises the Atomic Energy Commission for scheduling December public hearings on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. financial viability. The AEC decision follows a 29 page order approving Vernon Vermont plant construction. Aiken says findings may inform anti trust review and notes upcoming hearings on nuclear licensing legislation.
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Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Vernon
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Vermont Yankee
Senate
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Berkshire House Districts Challenged In Supreme Court
Five Berkshire County residents filed a challenge with the Massachusetts Supreme Court in Boston alleging that two newly drawn state House districts, created by a Democratic county commission, have 26 percent more population than the state average. The petition was led by Williamstown resident Phillip M. Carr along with residents Patricia Brown Stephen Cozzaglio Marion R. Hollingsworth and John W. Duquette from various towns.
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Williamstown
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Boston
Phillip M. Carr
Patricia Brown
Stephen Cozzaglio
Lee
Marion R. Hollingsworth
Lenox
John W. Duquette
Dalton
Curriculum Coordination Expanded in North Adams Schools
Superintendent Wilfred M Gallagher outlined a plan to stress curriculum coordination from kindergarten through grade 12. Effective immediately high school department heads will oversee subject matter across the district to unify teaching and strengthen ties among elementary junior highs and high schools.
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North Adams
Wilfred M. Gallagher
Gallagher
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Burlington, Vermont
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Francis H. Hayden
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