Vermont bill would lower drunken driving blood alcohol limit
State officials back a bill reducing the blood alcohol standard from .15 to .10 percent for DUI charges. The House passed it. Senate action pending. Schwartz urged accompanying reforms of Vermont court and prosecutions, noting pleas to lesser charges in many drunken driving cases.
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UPI
Robert Schwartz
House
Senate
Schwartz
Swanton Chamber of Commerce
Vermont
Orleans County Development to unveil new industry plan
The Orleans County Development Corporation will reveal its first project, a new industry valued over $1 million, with Gov. Philip H. Hoff attending to speak and unveil plans alongside the Orleans Barton and Newport Chambers of Commerce in northern Vermont near the Canadian border. A separate item notes eight year old Bruce Boufford injured critically after a bicycle collision with a car on Route 128 in Westford, and unemployment benefits in Montpelier rising to 45 dollars weekly starting July, with details on eligibility and base period credits.
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Orleans County Development Group
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Bruce Boufford
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Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Lottie Davis
Master plan talk split on Rensselaer growth
In Rensselaer a Monday master plan seminar drew 50 attendees with two starkly different views. John C. Burdis urged reintegration of suburban and rural residents while ex mayor William T. Wright warned the plan could split the city and urged resisting state control. Burdis Associates will receive 19,800 dollars from city state and federal governments to draft the plan and implementation steps.
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Rensselaer
John C. Burdis
Burdis Associates
William T. Wright
North Greenbush
Bill Proposed To Aid Teachers In Tax Deduction
Rep. Carleton J. King's bill would make ordinary and necessary educational expenses paid by school teachers tax deductible. The proposal, to be reviewed by the House Ways and Means Committee, would also allow certain travel expenses tied to teachers' educational self improvement to be deductible.
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Carleton J. King
House
Ways and Means Committee
Water study on Hoosac River from North Adams plants
State Health Department inspectors began testing Hoosac River water at the North Adams sewage plant, the Williams College treatment facility, and the Widen tannery. The study may lead to a conference of local, state, and federal officials later this year as the river runs through Adams, North Adams, and Williamstown toward Pownal and Hoosick Falls, where thousands of dead fish surface each summer without a known source.
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Hoosac
State Health Department
Williamstown
Adams
Pownal
Hoosick Falls
Bills Move to Abolish Mount Greylock Tramway Authority
Bills would abolish the Mount Greylock Tramway Authority and are set for debate in the state Senate and House today. The day also marks the deadline for filing arguments and motions in the Superior Court case over a proposed $5 million development on the state's highest peak.
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Mount Greylock
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Superior Court
Three Quit Becket School Board Resignations Effective April 16
Three Becket school committee members resign citing disharmony and animus. Chairman Albert W. Sullivan and members Kenneth Damon and Burt Rod leave effective April 16. Selectmen have authority to appoint new members, with a special Town Meeting as a preferred solution. Only two members remain on the Central Berkshire Regional School Committee.
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Becket
Albert W. Sullivan
Kenneth A. Damon
Burt Rod
Peter L. Trudeau
Central Berkshire Regional
McNamara press blackout draws Republican criticism
Washington based UPI reports the Republican congressional committee condemned a press blackout during a Defense Department tour of the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts. The measure, cited in the committee newsletter with the line It could happen only in Russia, questions whether the press is failing in its duty. One paper, the Lynchburg News, sided with the critique.
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Republican Congressional Committee
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Robert S. McNamara
Springfield
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Lynchburg
Massachusetts
Congress
McNamara
Red China
Strike Halts Baltimore Paper Publication
The Baltimore Sun papers suspended publication for the first time in 128 years amid a four day strike by the American Newspaper Guild. Stereotypers joined typesetters and others to block cross lines and halt a typeless newspaper using photographic methods. No new talks were scheduled between the guild and publisher A. S. Abell Co. The Washington Newspaper Guild supported the strike as negotiations collapsed. The protest drew national attention over contract issues and workers rights.
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UPID
Baltimore Sun
Sunpapers
A. S. Abell Co
Washington Newspaper Guild
U S Approves Vermont Work Training Projects
UPI reports federal funds totaling 377000 approved by Labor and HEW for seven Vermont training programs. Projects include nursing at Thompson School and Allen Memorial, machine operators at Burlington High, nurses aides at Holiday House, operating technicians at De Goesbriand, carpenters at St Johnsbury Trade School, and paper hangers at the same school.
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UPI
Vermont
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Brattleboro
Burlington High School
Burlington
Holiday House
St. Albans
Allen Memorial School of Practical Nursing
Colchester
de Goesbriand Memorial Hospital
St. Johnsbury
Meeting Set to Lay Ground Rules For Rev King in Boston
Boston hosts a briefing today to set ground rules for Fridays planned confrontation between Dr. Martin Luther King and School Committee Chair Louise Day Hicks over alleged segregation in Boston schools. The NAACP announces a suit filing date to challenge racial imbalance, while King visits schools and addresses the legislature during a two day visit culminating in a Roxbury march to Boston Common with stops at City Hall and the school committee offices.
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Louise Day Hicks
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
State Board of Education
Hicks
Boston School Committee
Kiernan Re
Port
Owen G. Kiernan
Roxbury
Boston Common
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