Hoff chides Emergency Board over student aid funds
Gov Philip Hoff criticized the Republican controlled Emergency Board for denying a supplemental $106,000 request from the Vermont Student Assistance Corp to fund 225 incentive scholarships for Vermonters planning to attend college this fall. The board noted prior spending of $870,000 for the biennium and late applications. Hoff refused to call a special session to approve the money, saying people’s needs outweigh technicalities. A separate note: Republican candidate Richard C. Thomas proposed moving Vermont primaries to June to boost party unity and end straight-ticket voting. Also, FAA funding for Lyndonville airport rises to $289,000 with federal share at $144,500.
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West Rutland
UPI
Vermont
Richard C. Thomas
Montpelier
Man from Barre Killed In Vermont Truck Crash
William Robinson aged 30 died when his truck veered off Vermont Route 302 on a steep grade, struck a tree, and burst into flames near Groton. The crash occurred Monday according to a UPI report.
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Groton
UPI
William Robinson
Barre
Watervliet unions push for higher police fire salaries
Watervliet policemen and firefighters will submit 1,500 more signatures to the city clerk to back a pay referendum on the November ballot. The unions demand a minimum $6,800 salary and have over 5,000 signatures. They argue the city offer of a $700 raise in 1969 plus $400 the next year leaves the force in the bottom third of state salaries. In Albany, the Albany Presbytery pledges over $73,000 to urban poverty relief, while a separate incident in Fort Covington reports a tractor trailer lumber accident injuring a 9-year-old Albany County boy.
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Lawrence R. Dewine
Edward McLoughlin
UFA
PBA
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Albany
Presbytery of
Carlyle Adams
Presbytery
Fund For Freedom of the United Presbyterian Church
Fort Covington
Albany County
Derrick L. Heneult
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Franklin County
Berkshire auto suit ties to 1967 slaying case
A $30,000 damage suit was filed in Berkshire Superior Court against Bruce D. McConnell 22 of North Adams now serving 8 to 12 years for the 1967 Bonnie Pearson murder. The plaintiffs Wayne and Patrick King Calvin King and Jerry Field and Harold Field allege injuries from a July 2 1966 North Adams crash in which McConnell was the driver. In Northampton a Shelburne Falls priest Rev James P Lynch 39 and Gordon F Burgess III 21 Milwaukee were killed in a head on I 91 crash at 2 am also injuring Joanne P Brown 19 of Saxton's River Vt.
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Berkshire Superior Court
Bruce D. McConnell
North Adams
Walpole
Bonnie Pearson
Williamstown
Wayne
Patrick King
Calvin King
Jerry Field
Harold Field
Kings
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McConnell
Northampton
Shelburne Falls
Milwaukee
James P. Lynch
St. Joseph’s Church
Gordon F. Burgess III
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Burgess
Joanne P. Brown
Saxton’s River, Vt
Pittsfield Bank Night Deposit Theft Reported
Pittsfield authorities report a theft from the Pittsfield National Bank with over $70,000 missing from a night deposit vault. FBI agents are investigating and bank staff have been questioned, while city police and the district attorney's office have not been involved.
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Pittsfield
Pittsfield National Bank
FBI
Texas Seen Key to Victory For Nixon on First Ballot
A New Hampshire delegate at the Republican National Convention says Texas may determine whether Nixon wins on the first ballot. With 1,200 votes before Texas and 667 needed, Sterling notes 40 of Texas’s 56 votes lean Nixon. He cites Texas alphabet placement and Tower endorsement as factors. Rockefeller gains in Connecticut and Rhode Island, with Nixon support waning in parts of New England.
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Vermont Delegates Lean Toward Reagan as Second Choice
Three Vermont national delegates and possibly a fourth have signaled they may back Ronald Reagan if Richard Nixon’s bid falters. Reagan announced he is an active candidate for the GOP nomination at a Miami Beach news conference.
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Reagan
Miami Beach
UPI
Richard Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
GOP
Industrial Building Up for Rent in St Johnsbury
The first speculative industrial building with state financial aid, a 30,000 square foot shell in St. Johnsbury Lyndonville, is up for rental. The $120,000 project received the first loan from the Vermont Industrial Park Authority, with four prospects showing interest to spur new industry in the region.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Northeast Kingdom
Emergency Board Okays 125 New Jobs
The Emergency Board approved 125 permanent full time positions across departments. Social welfare gains 35 staff under the 1967 welfare reform, transferring programs to state control. Included were administrators and superintendents for regionalized county jails. A $10,500 rent request for Vermont Life Magazine offices was approved. An auditor's $44,750 line to hire independent accountants for 1968 statements was approved. Harry Coley secured $1,500 for Travel Information Council costs. Emory Hebard abstained, criticizing funding claims as misrepresenting the bill.
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Social Welfare
State Buildings
Irving Bates
Vermont Life Magazine
Jay Gordon
Harry Cooley
Travel Information Council
Republican House Ways and Means
Emory Hebard
Glover
Hoff Helped Plan Meeting In Chicago
Gov. Philip Hoff says he helped arrange a Sunday gathering of 16 Democrats in Chicago to discuss open convention rules and delegate selection for the Kennedy faction. The group aims to ensure Kennedy ideas appear in the Democratic platform and support Eugene McCarthy’s antiestablishment stance. A Montpelier supporter has signposted Hoff for vice president, noting no endorsement yet from Hoff.
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Hoff
Kennedy
Chicago
Eugene McCarthy
Montpelier
Richard Billings
Philip H. Hoff
U.S.A
Twenty Five Campers Injured In Vermont Truck Crash
Twenty five girls from Camp Skybird in Sudbury were hurt when a pickup truck overturned on Vermont Route 30. Driver John J. Fanning, 20, of Mamaroneck New York swerved off the road struck a rock ledge and rolled. Ambulances rushed all passengers to Rutland Hospital. most were treated for minor injuries. Two girls aged 5 to 15 and three teen counselors were seriously injured. one Vermonter counselor Sandra Winnerstrand 18 of St. Johnsbury remained with the group.
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UPI
Sudbury
John J. Fanning
Mamaroneck, N.Y
Rutland Hospital
Sandra Winnerstrand
St. Johnsbury
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