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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1969
Page
5
Vermont lawmakers study panel proposes five alternatives to revise the primary election law. Options include keeping party declaration, closed primaries with convention nominations, a consolidated secret ballot, and a McClaughry closed primary with half weight for independent ballots. Debate centers on voter secrecy and access.
Massachusetts to adopt a cabinet style government with nine secretaries overseeing consolidated agencies. Gov. Sargent signed the reorganization bill, effective April 30, 1971, amid a $2.5 million annual planning cost. Doric Hall ceremony drew about 100 attendees.
Robert Broadley of Norwood Massachusetts survived a helicopter crash on a mountain ridge near East Poultney after more than 24 hours. He sustained a broken leg and minor injuries and was rescued by Central Vermont Public Service Co crews. he walked 150 yards to a stream before being airlifted to Rutland Hospital. Broadley had been on a routine check flight for Wiggin Airways Corp when engine trouble forced the wreck. Civil Air Patrol units from Vermont and Massachusetts joined the search.
New Bedford mass. UPI District Attorney Edmund 5S Dinis plans an exhumation autopsy for Mary Jo Kopechne as part of the Edgartown Martha’s Vineyard inquest. He will meet Wilkes Barre judge Bernard Brominski to schedule a hearing around Aug. 25 with a Sept. 3 inquest date possible. The report includes Kennedy staff denial of a credit card calls fabrication and Dinis criticism of Dr Mills over autopsy handling.
MONTPELIER (UPI) An OFO staffer says Newport welfare caseworkers have harassed recipients. Stanley Albro of St. Johnsbury, an OEO outreach member, told the governors committee that violence is used against applicants seeking emergency help. He described repeated questions causing women to cry and urged retirement with double pay for older staff.
Vermont revenues for the first month of fiscal 1970 reached 13.741 million dollars, up 1.3 million from a year earlier. The Finance Division noted new 3 percent sales tax and a gasoline tax decline, with Deputy Finance Director Marsh citing a late August deposit of 800 thousand dollars, about 400 thousand for July receipts.
Former Gov. Philip Hoff urged a fresh look at youth issues at a Fall Mountain YMCA testimonial dinner. He said adults should listen to youth to solve problems, noting young people seek greater societal roles. In other Vermont news, Russell Bogart faces pre sentence for cattle rustling after pleading guilty to three charges. Paul Hale pleads innocent. Igee named head of Vermont library services. Joan Bishop, 15, of Peninsula Ohio, dies from injuries in Route 2 crash near South Hero.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller urged New York banks and credit unions to continue supporting the State Higher Education Assistance Corporation loan program started in 1959. The program has guaranteed over 580,000 loans, with the federal government paying interest during schooling and borrowers beginning repayment nine months after graduation at seven percent interest.
GE proposes about 6.8 million dollars through 1977 for river cleanup focused on oil and industrial wastes including phenol chrome and dyes. Eight-year effort aims to reach a C standard for water suitable for fishing and recreation except swimming, per Richard Reinhart.
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