Suit Over $300000 Damages Filed In Vermont
Van Epps-Summers Inc a Pennsylvania firm files a $300000 damage suit in Chittenden County Court against Vermont Gas System and C F W Construction Co alleging unpaid sub contract work improper specifications and delays from a lack of a continuous right of way from the Canadian border to Winooski. The filing cites lower morale higher pay for new workers and a difficult final route through swamps rivers and rugged terrain.
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Burlington
UPI
Pennsylvania
Chittenden
Vermont
van Epps — Summers Inc
Linesville
C.F.W. Construction Co
Fayetteville, Tenn
van Epps — Summers
Winooski
Editor Tatarian to Speak at Windham College Commencement
Windham College will host United Press International editor H Roger Tatarian as the Commencement speaker on May 28. President Eugene C Winslow announced that Tatarian will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree. Tatarian, a UPI vice president, brings more than 25 years of national and international experience with the agency.
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Putney
H. Roger Tatarian
United Press International
Windham College
Eugene C. Winslow
Tatarian
UPI
Winslow
Rockefeller Spanish release signals small business aid
Governor Rockefeller issued a Spanish language press release announcing a broad expansion of a State Commerce Department program to aid Spanish speaking small businessmen by translating state publications. An English translation accompanied the release, drawing mixed reactions from reporters.
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Executive Chamber
Troy police raid targets 20 area gambling dens
In a large coordinated operation, Troy police and state officials raided 20 Troy area gambling establishments, arresting 17 men while seizing money and equipment. The two month probe led by District Attorney M Andrew Dwyer Jr produced bail totals of 20 600 with most defendants pleading not guilty. Meanwhile the Troy Common Council awarded contracts exceeding 1.5 million for an expansion to bring Troy water to Rensselaer and East Greenbush including a main transmission line to a four million gallon tower.
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Troy
Troy Area
Rensselaer County
North Greenbush
Brunswick
Andrew Dwyer Jr
Rensselaer Common Council
Rensselaer
East Greenbush
Olin Construction Co
Camillus
Adams-Herbert Mahar Pushes Karnitska Square Honor
Adams urges town to name a prominent site for WWI casualty William Karnitska, the 1917 first Adams death, on Patriots Day marking 50 years since the event. Mahar advocated 1965 naming of Karnitska Square. no action taken. Karnitska not listed in Armory records despite Co. M linkage.
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Adams
Herbert Mahar
William Karnitska
North Pownat
United States
Mahar
Karnitska Square
Karnitska
State Armory
Co. M. National Guard
Editors Charge Johnson News Handling Hurts Credibility
The Freedom of Information Committee of ASNE accused President Johnson of harming his image by making news seem better than it is. The report, presented at the ASNE convention, cites Vietnam reporting and calls for candor over political considerations. It criticizes NASA for late and misleading Apollo 1 information.
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Washington
UPI
Freedom of Information Committee
The
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Johnson
ASNE
Vietnam
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Congress
Press-bar Committee
Supreme Court
Sam Sheppard
American Bar Association
ABA
Bar
Hoff To Address Conference On Better Vermont Libraries
Gov. Hoff invites about 3000 Vermonters to the First Vermont Governor's Conference for Better Libraries on May 18 at the University of Vermont. He will speak on Libraries for Literacy, with discussions on library developments, legislation, and community action to improve access and funding for Vermont libraries.
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Hoff
Vermont
Vermont Stops Included In New Air Flight Plans
Northeast Airlines seeks CAB approval to fly from New England to Detroit Chicago and the Pacific Northwest with stops in Bangor Presque Isle Keene Lebanon White River Junction Burlington Albany Syracuse Cleveland and Detroit Mohawk Airlines requests Portland Maine to Chicago with stops at Lebanon Manchester White River Junction Burlington Albany Syracuse Cleveland and Detroit The CAB action timeline is not given and governors push Midwest linkups through direct service.
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Washington
UPI
Horace Greely
Northeast Airlines
New England
Florida
Civil Aeronautics Board
Detroit
Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Mohawk Airlines
Portland
Maine
Lebanon
Manchester
N.H
White River Junction
Burlington
Great Lakes
Midwest
F.C. Wiser
Northeast
Presque Isle
Bangor
Keene
Albany
Syracuse
Cleveland
Land Purchases Approved For Two State Forests
The Interagency Committee on Natural Resources approved two land acquisitions to fill gaps in state ownership. It bought 800 acres in Putnam State Forest at Worcester for 40000 and 850 acres north of Camel's Hump to the Winooski River for 51000. The Hump area is a designated natural beauty site. The panel also noted BOR support for Vermont outdoor recreation through 1969 and approved related projects on Silver Lake, the Lamoille River, and Chester.
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Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Washington
Vermont
Robert Aiken
Brattleboro Liquor Board Closes Harmony Room Nightclub
Brattleboro selectmen acting as the Liquor Control Board voted to close the Harmony Room nightclub after an April 8 brawl involving about a dozen patrons that sent 13 police to quell the disturbance, hospitalizing two. The six member panel approved the action without dissent at a Wednesday night meeting, with the closure lasting until the liquor license renewal on April 30.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Brattleboro Selectmen
Liquor Control Board
Harmony Room
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