Sunday Beer Law Passes in Vermont Senate
Vermont Senate passes bill allowing beer and wine package sales on Sundays with hours noon to 9 p.m. The measure faces governor Hoff’s signature next week. Opponents warn of moral decay and highway deaths while proponents cite cross-border competition and economic benefit. House Ways and Means weighs in on sweepstakes funding details.
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Addison County
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Philip H. Hoff
Franklin County
Clement Sharrow
John Kelly
Chittenden County
New Hampshire
New York
Quebec
New Windsor Facility Gets Senate Approval for Prison Funding
The Vermont Senate gave final approval to a bill providing 1.25 million dollars for the first phase of a new state prison in Windsor. The measure passed by unanimous voice vote after defeating an amendment to allow an alternate site. The funds fund a medium security institution for youthful offenders ages 16 to 26 as the first of three stages to end the use of the prison farm.
Hoff Submits Revised Vermont Budget Requests
Gov. Philip H. Hoff sent revised spending proposals to the House Appropriations Committee for the coming two years. The changes add funds for the Vermont Employer Retirement System, health, education, social welfare, and debt interest, while offsetting reductions due to federal manpower retraining money. The plan includes an $80,000 measles vaccination program and $70,000 for capital facility improvements, with total nearly $94 million in the biennium and a projected $206,000 net reduction.
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Death Penalty Bill Becomes State Law in Vermont
Gov. Philip H. Hoff signed a bill abolishing the death penalty in most Vermont murders at the executive chambers in Montpelier. The measure endings electrocution for first time killers while preserving death for certain police officer in the line of duty cases and felons in second offenses. Legislation keeps treason and kidnapping penalties under federal law, rendering Vermont statutes largely moot.
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Cornelius O. Granai
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Wallace Booth
Barre Town
Granai
Vermont
Burlington
Johnson Acts on Disaster Aid After Midwest Floods
President Johnson tied emergency aid to swift federal disaster declarations for tornado and flood struck states Indiana Michigan Ohio and Minnesota pledging maximum assistance as surveys determine damage. He toured the region by air seeing Palm Sunday tornado ruins and urged ongoing relief while Mississippi River crested in Minnesota cities Minneapolis and St Paul amid emergency conditions.
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Sal Vetoes Trustees On Purchase Of Radio
Village President Salvatore Santarcangelo vetoed the trustees decision to buy a Motorola transistorized two way radio for the police department cruiser at 689 dollars installed. Motorola bid by William OConnor beat Hassom s Two Way Communication Service at 590 dollars installed for an Aerotron unit rejected for not meeting 40 watt spec. This marks his first veto in nearly five years, last used Sept 12 1960 over a highway truck purchase.
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Deepartment
William O’connor
Motorola Communications and Electroncs Inc
O’connor
Forrest J. Hasesom
Hassom
Benenington
Aerotron
Hassam
Arlington Eagle Hints At June 15 Manufacturing Start
Inside Globe Union foresees production beginning by June 15. Columnist Hazel Wills discusses early and contemporary Vermont trains. Arlington Eagle edition noted. Miss Julia Shipman of Arlington converts a rabbit patch into a tree farm, highlighting local transformation.
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Vermont
Julia Shipman
Arlington
Defense Dept Newsmen Criticize One Voice Policy
A group of newspaper editors criticized Defense Secretary McNamara and Pentagon press chief Sylvester for confusing the Defense Department information policy with corporate public relations. The ASNE Freedom of Information Committee protested the 1962 interview-m monitoring rule and urged open, frank dialogue with authorities while opposing rigid pretrial publicity codes.
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UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
McNamara
Arthur Sylvester
Defense Department
Ford Motor Co
Sylvester
ASNE
Viet Nam
Freedom of Information Committee
Creed C. Black
Chicago Daily News
Robert Clark
Louisville (Ky
Shoptalk
Alfred Friendly
Washington Post
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Vietnam Night Bombing Expands War Reach With Saturation Attacks
U S air forces mount dawn to dusk saturation bombing of Viet Cong strongholds near Saigon and in North Viet Nam. Navy and Marine jets join the fight in the south for the first time, while night raids target supply routes and river landings. Hanoi protests as civilian casualties are cited by the Communist side.
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New York approves largest single tax increase in history
Governor Rockefeller and a Democratic Republican coalition won approval for a 45 million rise in automobile registrations plus a 2 percent sales levy to raise 310 million for the last seven months of the fiscal year. The plan also raises cigarette taxes for 110 million, with action signed immediately. The budget enables 80,000 state workers to be paid and about 534 million in aid to local schools. Legislation ends an April 1 budget deadline and sets an April 27 reconvening.
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North Pownal Joins Town School District by Vote
North Pownal voters approved joining the Pownal Town School District by 61 to 22, effective July 1. With Mt Anthony Union District, North Pownal loses independent status and will be represented by Pownal on the Mt Anthony Union School Board.
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