Maneuvers Produce Package On Con Con and Sales Tax
Vermont House adopts a convention plan by a weak voice vote to call a constitutional convention in October. Senate approves a package deal after amendments aligning the House and Senate bills. House raises delegates to 180 and delays the June election by one day, while Senate consideration continues.
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House
Walter N. Kennedy
Chelsea
Senate Democrats
Thomas Hayes
John O’brien
Chittenden
Grand Isle
Sen
Fiore Bove
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Hayes
Charles Delaney
D-Chittenden- Grand Isle
Pavilion Doomed in Montpelier as 92 year old hotel faces demolition
The Vermont Legislature nears adjournment as the Senate backs a $60 000 tear down plan for the Pavilion Hotel on State Street in Montpelier while the House defeats a $229 000 preservation bill. Gov Davis supports a middle road tax plan, and a conference committee will reconcile differences. The hotel’s fate ignites debate on preserving historic buildings versus funding needs.
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Windham County
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Harvey Carter
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Carter
Friends of the Pavilion
Janeway
Vermont
Richard Mallory
Orange County
Robert Boardman
Peter Giuliani
Francis Peisch
Burlington
Kennedy
Two Bodies Recovered From Downed U S Plane
U S destroyer recovered the bodies of two of 31 crewmen from the reconnaissance plane shot down by North Korean MIGs in the Sea of Japan. Debris and life jackets were found as searchers said survival chances were virtually gone.
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Ch’ongjin
Defense Department
Lodge Accuses Giap of Pursuing Total Victory in Vietnam
Paris based UPI report states Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge charges North Vietnamese Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap with sacrificing about 500000 lives to force a Dien Bien Phu style U.S. defeat. Lodge tells Hanoi to abandon any hope of military victory and cites Giap as architect of Vietnam’s earlier Franco victory. notes widespread violations of international agreements by North Vietnam.
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United States
House Will Act Friday On 3% Sales Tax Bill
The House failed to gain the required three fourths majority to suspend rules and take up legislation for a 3 percent limited sales tax, delaying action until Friday.
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Senate
Gonyea Is in Again As Troy City Manager
Adrian C. Gonyea was unanimously rehired as Troy city manager after residency questions and bond issues were resolved. He and supporters hailed the vote as removing politics from the office and noted his salary remains 18500.
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Troy
N.Y
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Lawrence Collins
Gongea
Defreestville
Lawrence Meyer
Collins
Meyer
North Korea Charges U S Plans New War
Tokyo dispatch reports North Korea says the downed U S Navy reconnaissance plane was part of an American scheme to trigger renewed fighting in Korea. Pyongyang warns tension could ignite violence at any moment and labels the incident a brigandish provocation by U S imperialists.
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Hyun
South Korea
White House Blocks Long for NSF Post Over ABM Opposition
Franklin A. Long, Cornell vice president for research, faced a White House block on becoming National Science Foundation director due to his opposition to the antiballistic missile system. DuBridge denied offers, noting discussions occurred but no final decision. the incident, highlighted in Science, risks politicizing a nonpolitical foundation with a $500 million budget.
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Lee A. DuBridge
Nixon
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Johnson
The
Sentinel
Sys
DuBridge
Science Magazine
National Foundation
Foundation
Humphrey-Muskie
Inside Readers Speak Out On Subjects Columns
A reader letters section voices opinions on diverse topics while an editorial lists two solid reasons the Vermont Legislature will adjourn Saturday. Other notes mention Pownal adopting a school double session next September and columnist John Stevens framing natural resources as a balance sheet needing ongoing inventories.
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Pownal
John Stevens
Pollution halts New York nuclear plant near Ithaca
A $170 million NYSEG nuclear plant on Lake Cayuga near Ithaca is indefinitely postponed amid thermal pollution controversy. The decision, cited by Wall Street Journal reporting, follows calls for more cooling research and economic assessment of towers and surface discharge options. Local opponents plan a Friday meeting in Bennington to oppose an Easton fast breeder project, while Cornell researchers push further lake impact studies.
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Citizens Committee For Protection of Environment
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N.J
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Niagara-Mohawk Power Co
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Oswego
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