Winooski man arraigned after standoff with police
Richard Comstock 36 faced arraignment in Chittenden District Court after police surrounded his Mallets Bay Avenue apartment and coaxed him to unload a 30-06 rifle. He released two of ten children and allegedly assaulted his wife before being taken into custody. Police said he had been drinking.
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Patrick Leahy
Daley Opposes Gun Registration in Vermont
Lt. Gov. John J. Daley, Democratic candidate, spoke at a Franklin County Democratic picnic and said he would not advocate gun registration or a registration tax. He urged keeping firearms from criminals and criminal organizations, while not detailing how to curb access without licensing or registration and calling for expanded law enforcement.
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Richford
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John J. Daley
Keene doctor fined for illegal deer possession in Vermont
Dr James M Ballou of Keene New Hampshire fined 125 after conviction by Chittenden District Court jury for illegally possessing a wild deer out of season. Ballou a fish and game commissioner, previously twice tried for the charge, with the 1966 arrest in Granville meadow involving an 80 pound doe on the eve of deer season.
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Jewel theft hits Saratoga Springs racing season
A California woman reported the theft of 47500 in jewelry from a Saratoga Springs motel room during racing weekend. Police say the loss occurred from 1230 to 630 pm at the Holiday Inn while she attended the races. The incident marks the second jewel theft of the 1968 season and the fourth since 1965, part of a four year total of 883200 in stolen jewels from socialites and Spa residents.
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Union Rejects for Second Time Phone Company's Contract Offer
Boston reports the strike bound New England Telephone Co. ran newspaper ads denouncing the IBTW second rejection of a three year wage offer said to be the largest in company history. The latest 16 week dispute shows 13,500 members voting 5,527 to 4,507 against the pact with eight locals approving.
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Hoff Withholds Support For McGovern In Vermont
Burlington governor Philip Hoff said he is not ready to back George McGovern for president at this time. He praised McCarthy and Kennedy supporters while criticizing the McGovern candidacy as a potential third force and urged new leadership beyond old ideologies. Hoff also faulted the GOP convention for favoring tradition over "new politics" amid national political realignment.
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Hubert Humphrey
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Children’s Crusade
Ruling Withheld In Vermont Student Deaths
Three Vermont deaths separated by incidents include Denis Pellisier 15 of Georgia killed when a farm tractor rolled on Town Road 5. Michael J. Palmer 17 of Chester dying from injuries in a single car crash on VT 11 near Andover Chester. Herbert Kravitz 23 of Fall River Mass a UVM graduate student shot at a Mallets Bay camp. State’s Attorney Leahy said an inquiry paused pending questions. pathologist notes one bullet would not have been fatal.
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Chester
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University of Vermont
Herbert Kravitz
Fall River
Mass
Burlington
Mallets Bay
Patrick Leahy
Kravitz
Leahy
Richard Woodruff
Leaders Discuss Interracial Youth Project
JOHNSON UPI Interracial youth leaders from the Johnson State College phase of the Vermont New York City Summer Youth program urged more planning time for future projects. Counselors and coordinators discussed at the Vermont International Conference on Early Childhood Services the mix of 20 poor white Vermonters and 20 poor black New Yorkers.
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Vermont International Conference On Early Childhood Services
John Colozzi
Albany medical center to study injury data under U S health grant
Albany Medical Center Hospital ER will host a National Center for Urban and Industrial Health Injury Control Program analysis. A $59,234 contract with the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare funds the project led by Dr John H Carter to create trauma focused sample data and an EMS record system for hospitals and epidemiologists. In Cohoes vandals fired pneumatic pellet guns from vehicles damaging nearly 100 cars. State police, Waterford and Cohoes police search for culprits amid 76 windshield and window break reports, with no suspects yet identified.
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Albany Medical Center Hospital
National Center For Urban and Industrial Health
U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare
Albany Medical College
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Cohoes
Waterford
Berkshire Medical Center performs first local pacemaker implant
Pittsfield at Berkshire Medical Center becomes the first area hospital to implant a heart pacemaker last month. Ward J. Gaston of Pittsfield, who had a July 19 heart blockage, is expected to be released this week with the device regulating his heartbeat via a neck vein insertion guided by X rays.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Medical Center
Ward J. Gaston
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