Mohawk Wins Permission to Trim New England Air Service
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved Mohawk Airlines to cut service in five New England markets while maintaining essential flights. Mohawk must run three daily round trips between Manchester and New York City and Worcester and New York City, and seasonal three round trips between Lebanon and New York City and Keene and New York City from June 15 to September 15, with two daily trips at other times. The Boston Burlington market remains two daily round trips, and old schedules required higher frequencies in several corridors.
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Mohawk
Manchester
New York City
Worces
Ter
Lebanon
Keene
Boston-Burlington
Worcester
Keen
Senate bill to outlaw segregation in big city schools
In Washington the Senate nears a vote on a Ribicoff measure to desegregate metropolitan area schools within ten years or lose federal aid, costing an estimated two billion dollars annually. Javits and Southern senators challenge the plan while some back a uniform national policy proposed by Stennis.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
The
Big City
North
South
Abraham A Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
John Stennis
D-Miss
Assistance sought for jobless areas in New Hampshire and Vermont
The New Hampshire Vermont Development Council asked U S House leaders for two year renewal of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. The measure would extend public works grants development loans and technical aid for Coos Carroll and Grafton counties in New Hampshire and seven Vermont counties.
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Hanover
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire-Vermont Development Council
U.S. House
Council
New Hampshire
Coos
Carroll
Grafton
Vermont
Muskie consults New York Democratic leaders in Syracuse
Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine met with over 20 state and local Democratic officials at the Hotel Syracuse during a campaign style stop. He used a $50 fundraiser to defend police surveillance limits and press freedom, arguing it is vital to protect free speech while preventing abuse by agencies.
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Syracuse
N.Y
UPI
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Muskie
John J. Burns
John English
Long Island
Maine Democrat
FBI
Mrs Lawrence to Attend CWU Assembly in Wichita
Mrs. Alvan Lawrence leads Vermont unit of Church Women United to an ecumenical assembly in Wichita Kansas this weekend. Joining her are Mrs. Donald Urie Craftsbury Common Mrs. Philip Wheeler Norwich and Mrs. Edmund Boyce Rutland president of the state assembly. Miss Ruth Gutama of Ethiopia accompanies as guest student at Vermont College Montpelier. About 2 000 Protestant Orthodox and Roman Catholic women will discuss 1970s plans and future society with theologians and futurists before electing a new 125 member Board of Managers for the coming triennium. Church Women United spans Vermont units 2 300 local communities and invites all Christian women to participate.
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Shaftsbury
Alvan Lawrence
Vermont
Church Women United
Wichita
Kan
Donald Urie
Craftsbury Common
Philip Wheeler
Norwich
Edmund Boyce
Rutland
State Assembly
Kansas
Ruth Gutama
Ethiopia
Vermont College
Montpelier
National Assembly
CWU
Robert Peach dies by own hand former Mohawk Airlines chief
Robert E. Peach, longtime Mohawk Airlines leader, died Tuesday from a self-inflicted gunshot in his Clinton home. The 51-year-old executive guided the carrier from a small two-plane operation to a major regional airline with 40 planes serving 87 cities. He served as president and later chief executive officer before stepping down on medical leave in 1970 and resigning as a director last week amid a pending merger with Allegheny Airlines. He is survived by his wife Ann and children from his first marriage. funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Clinton
N.Y
UPI
Robert E. Peach
Mohawk Airlines
Peach
Preston Clark
Mohawk
Robinson Aviation
Allegheny Airlines
Ann
Martha Minge Clarke
Jacksonville
Fla
Vermont Education Officials Weigh Parochial Aid Rules
Vermont officials consider limiting state reimbursement under the Rutland parochial aid plan by excluding students counted in aid. Commissioner Oakey notes a preliminary finding that students cannot be counted, while Deputy Commissioner O Connor continues review for a final decision. Separately, a Colchester youth serving 35 to 40 years for murder loses a bid for freedom after a 1967 guilty plea aided by guardian incompetence claims.
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Oakey
Daniel O’connor
Vermont unemployment rate declines to 7 percent
Vermont's unemployment rate fell to 7 percent for the week ending April 10, a drop of 2 points from the prior week. St Albans remained the hardest hit with 12.7 percent unemployed, while Brattleboro recorded the seasonally low 3 percent. Only 4 percent of the insured workforce was unemployed a year ago.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
State Employment Security Department
St. Albans
Brattleboro
Barre man dies from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
A 61 year old Barre town man John Barcley died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning after a faulty stove. Vermont State Police say his body was found at his home Monday and the death is tentatively ruled an accident.
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Barre
API
Vermont
John Barcley
Vermont district gets $303000 vocational program grant
The U.S. Office of Education regional office announced a three year grant of 303000 to the Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union School District in Richford Vermont to establish a kindergarten through grade 12 comprehensive vocational education program.
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Boston
Mass
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
Richford
Mansfield to Speak at St Michael’s College Dinner
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana will cross party lines May 1 to serve as principal speaker at a St Michael’s College dinner honoring Sen. George D. Aiken of Vermont for his four decades of public service.
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Winooski
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
St. Michael’s College
George D. Aiken
O'Brien Slaying Convicted. 25-to-Life Sentence Imposed
Troy scene reports Thomas J. O'Brien found guilty in the 1969 rape slaying of a 21 year old teacher and given 25 years to life by Schoharie County Judge J Robert Johnson. His lawyer filed an appeal in Rensselaer County. Albany observers say court action will seek to preserve thousands of state jobs amid looming layoffs. The Civil Service Employer Association lists 140,000 members.
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Troy
Thomas J. O’brien
Schoharie
J. Robert Johnson
O’brien
John H. Cogan Jr
Rensselaer County
Albany
The
Civil Service Employer Association
Civil Service Association
Mountain Greylock ski resort near dead says official
Berkshire report notes state official Arthur Brownell calls the Saddle Ball ski and recreation project on Mount Greylock near death. A separate 400 acre Elco Resorts venture next to the reservation should proceed as it needs no state aid. Brownell cites stalled plans and past lease by Joseph Deliso Sr. in 4 years of inactivity.
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Adams
Arthur Brownell
State Department of Natural Resources
Saddle Ball
Mount Greylock
Teacher dies in car crash in Chester Vermont
Rich ard Smith 41 of Grafton a Green Mountain Union High School teacher was killed in a two car crash on Route 11 when he swerved to avoid a deer and collided head on with an oncoming vehicle. Four others including his son Richard Jr and Norman Clark 17 of Chester were injured. The death raised Vermont highway toll to 26 for the year.
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Chester
UPI
Richard Smith
Grafton
Green Mountain Union High School
Smith
Springfield
Richard Jr
Norman Clark
Vermont
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