Vermont senators to choose third Senate Committee seat
In Montpelier Republican leaders meet next Wednesday to select the third seat on the Senate Committee on Committees with Sen Edward G Janeway and others weighing candidates Arthur Jones and Richard Mallory against Sen Olin Gay as the contest shapes up while the lieutenant governor automatically sits on the panel. In Burlington two possible Hong Kong variant flu cases are under lab checks as vaccine shipments arrive for local distribution. In Montpelier the Legislative Council seeks to extend its life for the next biennium with amendments to clarify the research arm. In Barre Montpelier an airport project aims to extend the runway to attract commercial and small corporate jets with state and federal funds. In Bethel a mobile post office truck crash killed Robert W Morris and injured a clerk while en route from Burlington to Springfield. In Rutland columnist John P Clement dies after injuries from a November accident.
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Gay
Committee On Committees
Burlington
UPD
State Health Department
Hong Kong
Vermont
Robert B. Aiken
Chittenden
Washington
Burlington Drug Co
Montpelier
API
Edward Knapp
Barre-Montpelier
Knapp
Troy Police Court hearing on Riviera loitering case continues
Four witnesses testified for three hours in Troy Police Court before Judge Timothy J. Fogarty regarding arrests on July 23 at the Riviera Restaurant for loitering to permit gambling. A 12th, unnamed person was mentioned. reports link Corp. Counsel Lawrence C. Connors. Motions to dismiss set for December 27. Albany Democratic meeting spans unity calls with little immediate action. Handel’s Messiah to be performed December 13 and 14 in Albany with Capitol Hill Chorus Society under Judson Rand. Soloists Margot Moser Batyah Godfrey Jack ONeill John Ostendorf, organist Allen Mills.
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Troy
Timothy J. Fogarty
Riviera
Atty
Seymour Fox
Thomas J. O’connor
Asst. Dist
Atty. E
Stewart Jones Jr
Corp
Lawrence C. Connors
Albany
Capitol Hill Chorus Society
Chancellor’s Hall
Judson Rand
Margot Moser
Batyah Godfrey
Jack O'Neill
John Ostendorf
Allen Mils
Adams gains first federal aid for sewage plant project
Berkshire item notes Adams receives 175000 in initial federal and state funding toward a 3.5 million sewage treatment plant. The aid equals about 75 percent of the total cost, with plans to pursue regionalized treatment and delay grant applications pending regional plans.
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Adams
North Adams
Social Workers Cite Inadequate Aid and Violence Causes
Dean Charles I. Schottland, Brandeis Florence Heller School, chair of the President's Task Force on the Organization of Social Services, said social services fail to reach full effectiveness unless violence in cities is reduced and racial equality is achieved, noting current programs inadequately address hardship and upheaval locally and nationally.
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Boston
UPI
Presidential Advisory Commission
Charles I. Schottland
Florence Heller School
Brandeis University
Organization of Social Services
Massachusetts
Schottland
Statler Hilton Hotel
Two Children Injured as Bus Rolls Over Colchester
Two Colchester school children were injured when a school bus rolled onto its right side. Lee Kirby, 10, was hospitalized with a broken arm at Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Jennifer Kenyon, 10, was treated for a cut and released. The driver, Harry France, 47, of Essex Junction, reached over to grab a guitar leaning by the door when the bus lost control, hit a soft shoulder, tipped and slid into a ditch before stopping at a tree.
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Colchester
UPI
Mary Fletcher
Vermont Medical Center
Burlington
Lee Kirby
Jennifer Kenyon
Ronald Smith
Harry Franceis
Essex Junction
Hoff Defends Governor's Right To Name His Own Commissioners
MONTPELIER, UPI Gov Philip Hoff backs a full time paid organizer for the Democratic party. He says Democrats can afford it though money is tight since there are no angels. Hoff adds the party needs strengthening and a paid organizer with real ability is warranted. Democratic State Chairman Frank Esposito named a 16 member committee to study hiring one.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Democratic Party
Hoff
Frank Espositio
Gun Committee Rejects Handgun Registration in Vermont
Vermont legislators heard no push for handgun registration as the Gun Control Committee released a report denying next year’s bill. It favors harsher penalties for crimes involving firearms, licenses for dealers, and school hunting safety courses, citing the 1968 federal act. Hoff criticized Lt. Gov Daley’s primary idea, noting intra party battles hurt post election seats. Hoff did not seek re election. Daley lost to Republican Deane C. Davis on November 5.
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Vermont
Wood
Hoff
John Daley
Daley
Deane C. Davis
Five Day Forecast for Boston States Seasonal Normals
Five day outlook from the U S Weather Bureau shows near seasonal norms for Boston and coastal New England. Colder weather on Friday gives way to warmer conditions by Sunday or Monday with total precipitation between a quarter and a half inch in snow flurries north and rain south, then mixed late Monday. Daytime highs range from the upper 20s and lower 30s in the north to the lower 40s in the south with nighttime lows from the teens in the north to the 20s and 30s in the south.
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Boston
UPD
New England
U. S. Weather Bureau
VD Cases Rise Alarm Massachusetts Health Officials
Boston health officials say venereal disease is at epidemic levels with 6000 gonorrhea and 4000 syphilis cases reported in the past year and as many as 90000 unreported. The youngest case is a six year old with sexually acquired syphilis as teens face rising illegitimacy and drug use.
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Boston
API
Massachusetts
Nicholas Fiumara
Massa
Chusetts
Fiumara
Mary Griffin
Boston College School of Education
NRECA Chief Urges Backing Dickey Lincoln Dam Plan
Robert D. Partridge of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association urged a nationwide drive to fund the Dickey Lincoln dam in New England. He warned without its favorable cost benefit, no new federal hydro projects will occur. He blamed Massachusetts and Connecticut House Democrats for opposing planning funds and called for broader cooperation among NRECA APPA labor and utilities. He also faulted the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities for blocking municipal ownership in a Vernon nuclear plant plan.
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Auburn
Mass
UPI
New England
Robert D. Partridge
National Rural
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Dickey - Lincoln
NRECA
American Public Power Association
Labor
Partridge
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
New England Power Companies
Vernon
Hoff Endorses Paid Full Time Party Organizer
Gov Philip Hoff defends a development post choice by Gov elect Deane C Davis and says removal of Commissioner Robert Wilson would not be retribution. He notes Davis may appoint former IDD head Roland Loveless Jr to the post. Loveless withdrew his bid, fueling speculation of disfavor.
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Hoff
Davis
Roland A. Loveless Jr
Loveless
New England Technical Services Administration
Durham
N.H
Elbert G. Moulton
Republican State Committee
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