Snelling urges care in panel appointments in Vermont
In Montpelier UPI reports Richard Snelling of Shelburne urged care in selecting a secretary for the new Environmental Conservation Agency and cautioned against rushing the appointment. He questioned the two year delay for a state land use plan and called for an interim plan before June 1. Arthur Merkle will oversee the $100,000 plan with Walter Blucher supervising.
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Snelling
Elbert G. Moulton
Davis
Arthur Merkle
Walter Blucher
Arlington
Commission
Highway Board Warns Over Fund Transfer Precedent
The Highway Board condemned the legislature's move to transfer 300000 dollars from the highway fund to the general fund as a dangerous precedent. It warned that diverting funds could hinder highway construction and raise future bonding needs. Chairman H James Wallace dissented on a related claim but supported the resolution. The board will consult the governor's Environmental Control Commission on ecological impacts of a Berlin interstate access road.
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H. James Wallace
Bennington
Wallace
Environmental Control Commission
Berlin
Civil Liberties ETV Topic Panelist Abernethy
Burlington Newsman Bill Moran will host a Vermont Educational Television broadcast on Thursday April 16 at 9 p.m. featuring Civil Liberties and Changing Needs with a panel led by Rev. William B. Abernethy of North Bennington and including ACLU Vermont president William E. Mikell Burlington Rutland past president Donald Hackel Mrs Richard A Snelling attorney general James Jeffords and others. The discussion will cover student dress rights religious observances academic freedom and the proposed wiretap law.
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Burlington
Bill Moran
Vermont Town Meeting
Vermont
ACLU
William E. Mikell
Donald Hackel
Rutland
Richard A. Snelling
Shelburne
Vermont State School Directors Association
James Jeffords
Donald W. LaRouche
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
William B. Abernethy
North Bennington
Vermont Religious Education Foundation
Vermont Governor Sees O'Brien Lead In Salisbury Poll
Gov. Davis, seeking the GOP nomination, called a Salisbury poll showing Sen. Leo O'Brien leading 57 to 43 percent in a general election a good omen. The Addison County survey also noted Davis trailed in 1968/earlier contests to both his primary opponent James Oakes and Democratic rival John Daley. Davis urged voters to compare records and progress of his administration.
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Davis
Salisbury
James Oakes
John Daley
Rutland
HUD Grants Put Toward Vermont Water and Maine Project
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants and loans totaling assistance for Vermont statewide planning including a Housing and Operation Breakthrough plan, Randolph municipal water system improvements, and a $190 425 increase for the Munjoy South Project area in Portland Maine to cover higher costs and relocation and rehabilitation grants.
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Washington D. C
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Vermont Planning Council
Randolph
Portland
Maine
Munjoy South
Vermon t to chart land use plan head named
Arthur Markle, former planning director for St. Louis, Mo., is expected to head the Vermont team drawing up a land use plan. The plan, authorized by 1970 environmental control legislation, will inventory the state's natural, physical, and economic resources.
McLoughlin Joins Vermont State's Attorney Staff
Chittenden County State's Attorney Patrick Leahy announced Samuel McLoughlin 45 of Charlotte will join his team as a special assistant handling juvenile cases.
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Burlington
UPI
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Samuel McLoughlin
Charlotte
Spock predicts Nixon loss and Lindsay rise in 1972 race
Dr Benjamin Spock told a Union College press conference in Schenectady that Nixon will be discarded by the Republican party in 1972 and John Lindsay will gain presidential nomination power in either major party. He called Vietnamization a hollow policy and urged continued resistance to the draft.
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Schenectady
Benjamin Spock
Nixon
New York City
John Lindsay
Union College
Spock
City transit raises fare and service backed by PSC
Albany and Troy bus riders paid an extra nickel for a ride as the Public Service Commission tentatively granted a 35 cent fare and then accepted the carrier's improved service proposals. In Albany the Assembly approved a new Criminal Procedure Code amid criticism of limited defendant protections. Mayors of New York City's largest cities endorsed Gov. Rockefeller's revenue sharing plan, calling it elastic funding from the state income tax.
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Albany
United Traction Co
Troy
Public Service Commission
Assembly
Senate
New York City
John V. Lindsay
Gov. Rockefeller
Dog leash law rejected by Berkshire selectmen
Berkshire news item reports Williamstown officials turning down a measure to require dogs be leashed in public. The board deemed the existing restraining law adequate and referred future complaints to Police Chief Zoito. The discussion also notes local outrage over geese on Route 7 and plans to address the issue with owner William Holmes. In North Adams, the City Council approved zoning to permit a mobile home park on 360 acres near West Shaft Road, with Wheel Estates Inc. holding an option. Williamstown Trustees consider a new building at Pine Cobble on the Lowry property, a 30acre site bought in 1956 for a rejected school project.
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Williamstown
Guy L. Krapp
Joseph Zoito Jr
Arthur G. Deely
Route 7
Zoito
William Holmes
North Adams
West Shaft Road
Wheel Estates, Inc
Trustees of Pine Cobble School
Stratton Road
Selectman
Lawrence B. Urbano
Urbano
Lowry
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