Seven Town Police Force urged for Chittenden County
A regional report by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission urges consolidating seven communities Burlington Milton Winooski Shelburne South Burlington Essex Junction and Colchester into a single special police district. The 81 page study promotes phased consolidation to improve law enforcement and address crime and staffing concerns.
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Rchmond
UPI
Chitenden
Chittenden County
Burlington
Milto
Winooski
Shelburne
Essex Junction
Colchester
Kennedy Children Tour USS John F. Kennedy in Boston Visit
John F. Kennedy Jr and Caroline Kennedy visited the USS John F. Kennedy on its first Boston tour. Sen Edward Kennedy and other relatives joined, as 5,000 crew members greeted the visitors aboard the 83,000 ton carrier. Ethel Kennedy greeted sailors, while the ship prepared for upcoming training drills en route to Southeast Asia.
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John F. Kennedy
Boston
John Jr
Kennedys
Sen
Ted
UPI
John F. Kennedy Jr
Caroline
Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Robert F. Kennedy
Sargent Shriver
Patricia Lawford
Aristotle Onassis
Sen. Kennedy
Navy
Ethel Kennedy
President Kennedy
Boston Naval Shipyard
Bogus envoy attends Unfestival at Powder Ridge
Ronald Gordon Jr. helped a man claiming Mali ambassador to the United Nations pass a police barricade at Powder Ridge in Middlefield CT. The crowd, including a nude girl embracing the man, watched as authorities limited entry to locals and the man’s true identity remained uncertain. The teen and his father doubted the claim but praised the appearance as convincing.
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Middlefield, Conn
UPI
United Nations
Powder Ridge
Connecticut
Ronald Gordon Jr
Gordon
Mali
Vermont 18-year-olds unlikely to vote in November election
Vermont Governor Davis says no special session to lower the voting age this year though he may propose a 1971 constitutional amendment to set 18 as the voting age. Lt. Gov. Hayes urges action. Attorney General Jeffords says the legislature can grant 18-year-olds the franchise without an amendment. Davis notes the state constitution sets the age at 21 and that federal law may be upheld by the courts.
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Hayes
GOP
Davis
James Jeffords
John N. Mitchell
Vermont
Vermont Senator Prouty criticized over Ford car deal
Rutland reports say Francis Esposito accuses Sen. Winston L. Prouty of influence peddling for accepting a Lincoln Continental rental from Ford for 750 dollars a year while on the Senate Commerce Committee. Vermont officials laud Knapp for aviation coordination as FAA grants plaque. Knapp plans retirement. A University of Vermont doctor warns smoking harms neighbor health, citing a case where a mother's cessation eased an asthmatic infant.
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Congressional Ethics
Sen. Prouty
Esposito
Prouty
Senate Commerce Committee
Chicago, Ill
UPI
University of Vermont
Herbert Savel
School
College of Medicine
Burlington
Savel
Archives of Environmental Health
American Medical Association
Mercury cleanup plans filed by four New York plants
Four chemical plants including Olin and Hooker in Niagara Falls Allied Chemicals Buffalo Dye Works and Allied in Solvay submitted noon deadline plans to curb mercury pollution. Final determination by Thursday will show if plans satisfy state requirements. In Cohoes, Cols Tobacco Co builds new facility at old bank parking lot with occupancy expected Oct 15. Albany union ends 13 week strike with 43 cent per hour wage boost as foremen return.
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Albany
Olin and Hooker Corporations
Niagara Falls
Allied Chemical
Buffalo Dye Works
Solvay
Syracuse
Cohoes
Cohoes Tobacco Co
Marine Midland Bank
Remsen Street
Jack J. Klein
Sheet Metal Workers Union
New York Capital
Henry Landau
Zoning Fight Over Spruces Mobile Park Expansion
A petition signed by 178 Spruces residents was presented to the Berkshire Zoning Board of Appeal denying allegations raised at a public hearing about the park. The charges, led by Council on Aging representatives, concerned a proposed 50 percent expansion by owner Timenterial Inc. NORTH ADAMS reports a union leader criticizing Sprague Electric layoffs amid high unemployment, while Pittsfield notes the Federal Home Loan Bank board raising regular savings dividends to 5 percent for Massachusetts S&Ls, with Union Federal claiming the highest rate in the nation.
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Williamstown
Spruces
Zoning Board of Appeal
Timenterial, Inc
Council On Aging
North Adams
Sprague Electric
Walter D. Wood
International Union of Electrical Workers
Pittsfield
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Massachusetts
William H. McAlister Jr
Union Federal Savings
S&l
Savings and Loan
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Rockland, Maine
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Skunk
Coast Guard
Rampton
Catherine E. Gordon
Southwest Harbor
Keelch
Rockland
Naval Intelligence
Newport
R.I
Elbert Bunker
Matinicus Island
Matinicus
Bunker
Isle Au Haut
Isle of Shoals
Portsmouth
Wiscasset
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Main St
Bennington
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast Fruit
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Jfk
Pat
Olae Ee Ate
Vermont Bank Americards
Vermont BankAmericard
BankAmericard
Vermont National
Vermont National Bank
BankAmerica Service Corporation
Ronald
Florida
The
Gordons
Young Gordon
Mass
Miracle-Ear
National Hearing Aid Centers Dept
BTV
Tremont Street
Aero Board
Knapp
Montpelier
Federal Aviation Administration
N.Y
Gov
FAA
Edward F. Knapp
William Cullinan
New York
Mercury
Down In
Berkshire
S&l Bank
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