Vermont deficit trimmed as 1970 end date nears
MONTPELIER Vermonts record 7 million deficit for the 1967 biennium has been cut to at least 2 million and could drop to 1.9 million Budget and Management Director Ron Crisman announced before the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee. He cited additional liquor receipts and fees as factors and said the 110 million revenue projection for 1971 remains on target. Manchester police probe disappearance of about 1500 from Equinox House desk.
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Montpelier
VPI
Vermont
Ron Crisman
Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee
Crisman
Legislative
Social Welfare Department
Convicts Seize Marin Courtroom Kill Judge and Four
San Rafael California UPI A group of San Quentin convicts seized the Marin County Hall of Justice courtroom used a 32 caliber revolver a carbine and dynamite to take hostages. Superior Court Judge Harold J Haley was found dead in the getaway van along with three convicts. The siege left two women an assistant district attorney and two county workers wounded or dead. The assailants loaded the hostages into a Hertz van and fled toward U S 101 as police blocked the exit. A gun battle ensued killing Haley and two convicts plus an unidentified youth while another convict William Arthur Christmas died in the exchange.
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John M. Leighty
San Rafael
Calif
UPI
San Quentin
Superior Court
Harold J. Haley
Gary Thomas
Marin County Hall of Justice
Thomas
County Election Department
Dale Bradford
Santa Venetia
Craig Steen
Novato
Bradford
U.S. 101
Steen
Marin County Center
Frank Lloyd Wright
San Francisco
James Lane
Haley
Lane
James McClain
McClain
William Arthur Christmas
Topping Tavern Museum and a Bennington House Feature
The fourth issue of Southern Vermont Summer highlights the Topping Tavern Museum in Shaftsbury and the Matteson-Gosford House bequeathed to the Bennington Museum on Shaftsbury East Road. It profiles local figures Frank Hickin of Dummerston and author gunsmith Robert C. Kain, plus a Windham Hill Farm dining column by Ellen Cronan Rose.
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Southern Vermont
Topping Tavern
Shaftsbury
Frank Hickin
Dummerston
Rolls Royce
Banner
Brattleboro Reformer
Bennington County
Matteson-Gosford House
East Road
Bennington Museum
Lady Gosford
Newfane
Robert C. Kain
Ellen Cronan Rose Dines
Windham Hill Farm
West Townshend
Weekend Warmth Forecast With Near 85 Degrees
Sunny and mild conditions expected today with high near 85. Tonight and Sunday stay fair with Lows in the 50s and highs in the 80s.
Davis Seeks White House Talk on Water Pollution
Governor Deane C. Davis of Vermont will meet with Russell E. Train, Nixon’s top environmental adviser, to press for greater federal action and funding on water pollution. Davis criticized federal efforts after inspecting Lake Champlain and aims to extend pre-financing provisions and strengthen antipollution laws.
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White House
Nils Bow
Elbert G. Moulton
Bow
Davis
Russell E. Train
Nixon
Environment
Council On the Environment
Moulton
Vermont
90 Day Mideast Cease Fire Goes Into Effect
United States proposed 90 day cease-fire in the Middle East began at midnight local time with Israel and Egypt agreeing. Rogers announced in Washington with Cairo and Tel Aviv confirming. Jordan implied included. Arabs and Israelis kept combat in last hours as Meir welcomed the accord while Cairo cited withdrawal timetable and Nasser acknowledged slim chances yet accepted the terms.
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United States
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Washington
William P. Rogers
Cairo
Tel Aviv
U.S
Jordan
United Arab Republic
Greenwich
Rogers
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Suez Canal
Lebanon
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Mansfield Proposes Abolishing the ICC and Merging It
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged abolishing the Interstate Commerce Commission and transferring its functions to the Transportation Department. He accused the ICC of consumer neglect and industry bias, citing a 6 percent rate increase that harms grain farmers and boosts freight costs.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Transportation Department
Mansfield
ICC
Comersome
Commission
Department of Transportation
West Germany and Soviet Union Sign Nonaggression Pact
In Moscow, Soviet and West German foreign ministers launched a four page nonaggression treaty hailed as easing East West tensions and safeguarding Europe’s future. The accord pledges mutual renunciation of force and recognition of postwar borders. Bonn conditions final approval on Soviet concessions on Berlin.
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Moscow
UPI
Europe
Willy Brandt
Walter Scheel
Bonn
Berlin
Vietnamese Volunteer Returns From Two-Year IVS Stay
EAST ARLINGTON John Schafer returns after two years in Vietnam as an International Voluntary Services volunteer from July 1968 to July 1970. He contrasts IVS independence with Peace Corps limits, notes IVS and AID ties, and discusses how U.S. policy shapes local effort. Schafer taught English in Danang and Hue, collected Vietnamese poetry, and observes war's toll on culture and people.
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East Arlington
John Schafer
Vietnam
Schafer
International Voluntary Services Inc
IVS
Peace Corps
Ethiopia
U.S
Agency For International Development
AID
AID Inietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam
Nixon
Danang
University of
Hue
Imperial Palace of
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Julie Snow
Fox Hollow
Bob Beers
Petersburg
N. Y
Route 2
Manchester
Equinox House
Lake Champlain
Mideast
United Press International
West Germany
Soviets
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