ACLU in Vermont Plans Saturday Swanton School Debate
Vermont ACLU chapter to hold a Saturday meeting to hear supporters and opponents of the Swanton Union High School merger proposal. Chapter President Donald Hackel says a formal policy will follow. the plan aims to merge one Catholic and three public high schools. Americans United condemns the plan and threatens a court challenge if the $3 million bond issue passes next month and construction starts.
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UPI
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American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Swanton Union
Donald Hackel
Hackel
Swanton
Americans United For Separation of Church and State
Vermont dairymen shift herd size boost milk output
Burlington reports Dr Verle Houghaboom says Vermont dairy farms show 51 percent fewer dairymen producing 20 percent more milk than 1966 with 24 percent fewer cows. Average herd size rises from 25 to 39 cows since 1953, a 56 percent gain, while total cows fall from about 272,600 to 206,000. Milk production grows by about 500,000 pounds despite fewer cows.
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Burlington
UPI
Verle Houghaboom
University of Vermont
Ludlow Officials Resign Over Police Criticism
Ludlow police chief Francis Bixby special officer Alphonse Simoneau and Board of Trustees chairman Ignatius Matulonis resigned on Tuesday for personal reasons after a Board of Selectmen meeting criticized the police department. Town had faced speeding complaints and a cruiser with excessive mileage.
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Ludlow
UPI
Francis Bixby
Alphonse Simoneau
Ignatius Matulonis
Board of Selectmen
Vermont gets 1968 Land Water grant total of 679788
Sen. Aiken announced in Washington that Vermont will receive 679,788 for fiscal 1968 from the Land Water Conservation Fund to support state recreation projects funded by entrance and user fees sales of surplus property and the federal motorboat fuels tax Aiken also noted a 10215 grant to the Vergennes School District for a bathhouse at Vergennes Park pool Gov Hoff was to confirm acting Corrections Commissioner Charles G Adams for a four year term with the board recommending a 14400 annual salary He succeeds John V Woodhull who resigned last June under pressure.
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Interior Department
Vermont
Land Water Conservation Fund
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Washington
Aiken
Vergennes
Vergennes Park
Montpelier Widow Told Navy Lt. William Fitzgerald Killed
Mrs. Betty Ann Fitzgerald of Montpelier was notified by the Defense Department that her husband, Navy Lt. William Fitzgerald, 29, was killed in a Viet Cong attack near Da Nang on the South Vietnamese unit he advised. He leaves two daughters and a three weeks old son.
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Montpelier
Betty Ann Fitzgerald
Defense Department
Navy
William Fitzgerald
da Nang
Vermont troopers promoted to corporal and investigator
Public Safety Commissioner Erwin A. Alexander announced promotions for 23 state troopers to be effective August 21. The list includes 16 promotions to corporal and seven to criminal investigator Class A.
Albany Convention votes down Justice Department plan
In Albany the Constitutional Convention defeated 85 to 74 a bid to form a Department of Justice to supervise law officers including district attorneys and sheriffs in the fight on organized crime. Gov Rockefeller backed the plan but delegates balked at unlimited supervision powers and extra verbiage. They did approve Justice Department jurisdiction over correction rehabilitation and probation officials. Separately in Albany an all faith prayer hour drew pickets charging organizer William Sheridan Jr and his father with hypocrisy and profiting from Black people while housing slum tenants.
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Department of Justice
Nelson Rockefeller
Justice Department
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The
Brothers
William Sheridan Jr
Sheridans
William Sheridan Sr
Berkshire county fraud probe and Sprague Electric six months
North Adams Transcript reports a probe into fraudulent car registrations in Berkshire County with four fake addresses and possible typographical errors in excise bills. Registry of Motor Vehicles plans further checks. Separately Sprague Electric Co net sales for six months ending July 30 fell to 6.71 million and net income dropped to 2.36 million from last year’s 4.34 million.
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North Adams
North Adams Transcript
Registry of
Berkshire County
Sprague Electric Co
Consolidated
Lobsterman Seeks More Pieces of Sea Monster Skeleton
Biddeford Maine lobsterman Richard Gagne returns to Saco River breakwater hoping to uncover additional parts of the 86 inch sea monster skeleton found while retrieving traps. Scientists say the cartilaginous remains show shark like traits and may be a prehistoric throwback. Gagne plans to keep the remains for study and may sell to researchers.
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Biddeford Pool
Maine
UPI
Richard Gagne
Biddeford
Gagne
Saco River
Atlantic
Hoff Accused of Fostering Battle within GOP Ranks
Shelburne report states local businessman Richard A. Snelling accuses Gov. Philip H Hoff of stirring a premature intra party fight within the Vermont GOP. Snelling, defeated by Hoff for governor last year, said he has no plans to seek office in 1968. Hoff, a Democrat, commented Tuesday.
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Hoff
Democratic Party
GOP
Snelling
July 1 1969 Target Date Set For Youthful Offenders Facility
Montpelier reports state corrections chief Charles G Adams sets July 1 1969 as the target date for a 1.2 million medium security youth facility in St Albans. Preliminary plans go to the state Building Board Sept 14 with bids possible by Nov 1. Construction could begin next May with a two month staff training prior to opening.
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John Moran
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