Special Session Considered for St. Albans School Funds
St. Albans faces closed public schools as taxpayers rejected three times a school tax. Marian Taylor and Atty. Gen. Jeffords floated a special legislative session or emergency funds to avert an education crisis for 1,660 students. City officials warn only 5,700 remains and August payroll totals 19,000, with no funding beyond that.
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Taylor
Montpelier
St. Albans
John Mulvey
Education Department
Larry Larrow
Jeffords
Davis
Eli Shapiro
Massachusetts Urged to Ban DDT by Audubon Leader
Allen W. Morgan head of the Massachusetts Audubon Society and scientists urged the Pest icide Board to enact a total immediate DDT ban. Morgan cited a five year old industry meeting warning of ecological harm and demanded market withdrawal at manufacturers expense.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Pesticide Board
Allen W. Morgan
The
Audubon Society
Newsmen Admit Hoax In Writing Sexy Novel
A group of 25 Newsday writers created Naked Came a Stranger as a collaborative hoax, with Penelope Ashe as a cover identity. The project, aimed at a sensational bestseller, sparked rapid sales and bidding before the authors revealed their involvement.
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Garden City
N.Y
UPD
Long Island
Newsday
Jacqueline Susann
Penelope Ashe
Mike McGrady
Gene Goltz
John Cummings
Mike
Nieman
Harvard
Billy Young
Vermont Housing Wait Period Adopted by Authority
The Vermont Housing Authority approved a six month wait before non Vermont residents can apply for accommodations. Legal advice cited by attorney Thomas Kenney of Burlington noted the ruling nullifies welfare residency rules but the housing program differs as it provides improved housing rather than basic living needs. The board also approved leases for 31 additional units, 14 unit Montpelier building largest project, bringing total to 198 under the 1968 program with 75 units already occupied. The program subsidizes rents with federal funds under an amended 1937 law.
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Montpelier
Vermont Housing Authority
Vermont
Thomas Kenney
Burlington
Kenney
Supreme Court
New York
Massachusetts
LPI
Teens claim Revolutionary war gunboat found in Lake Champlain
Plattsburgh youths Charles Miller and Peter McKee report discovering a 100 by 16 foot wooden gunboat offshore along Clinton County. They seek state clarification on historic artifact disposition and want it shown publicly, possibly at the Clinton County museum or New York State Museum, noting resemblance to a Smithsonian ship. In Albany, lawmakers consider redistricting after a court order, with Rep. Stratton and Rep. Button urging minimal changes to fix large population variances, Button criticizing court intervention.
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Plattsburgh
API
Lake Champlain
Charles Miller
Peter McKee
New York
Miller
McKee
Clinton County
New York State Museum
Albany
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Samuel S. Stratton
Daniel E. Button
Button
Albany Drug Crackdown Nets 31 Arrests Across 26 Locations
State and city police early Wednesday raided 26 Albany sites, arresting 31 people. Police chief John P. Tuffey said 20 men and 11 women were charged with drug possession and related offenses. Over 100 officers seized a large quantity of narcotics including heroin, cocaine, stimulants, depressants and marijuana.
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Albany
John P. Tuffey
Tuffey
Berkshire Zoning Plan Folds Modernization Into City Codes
Pittsfield Planning Board released a full rewrite of the city land use rules since 1952 detailing integrated development with mixed housing types and commercial facilities to allow smaller lots and more open space. It also proposes performance standards to curb air, noise, and industrial disturbances. In North Adams Downtown Futures seeks urban renewal approval at a NARA meeting, presenting plans for a Main Street cluster with an enclosed mall, parking deck, and office building.
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Pittsfield
Planning Board
North Adams
North Adams Redevelopment Authority
NARA
Downtown Futures
Main Street
Main
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