Vermont lawmaker backs billboard regulation proposal
Rep. Theodore M. Riehle Jr. of South Burlington released a letter supporting his bill to replace off premise roadsigns with state owned directional signs. Windham Regional Planning Commission Chair Jeremy Freeman wrote the commission unanimously backs the bill’s aims and will study it further, noting provisions to inform travelers about accommodations and points of scenic and historic interest. Windham-area legislators agree with the commission’s position.
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Freeman
Windham
Blood drives set Vermont New Hampshire records at regional center
Vermont and New Hampshire residents donated 1092 pints of blood last week to the Regional Red Cross Center in Burlington, the highest in five months. Dartmouth College in Hanover saw 564 pints, with Nashua and Conway at 131 and 100 pints. The center distributed 855 pints, 771 to 62 twin state hospitals, across nine drawings.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
New Hampshire
Red Cross Center
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N.H
Nashua
Conway
Cooley to Speak to Washington County Democrats in Montpelier
Secretary of State Harry Cooley will address the Washington County Democratic Committee in Montpelier today. He is expected to face questions about a Burlington meeting of Concerned Democrats last Wednesday that discussed possibly dumping Lt. Gov. John J. Daley, the sole declared gubernatorial candidate for the Democratic ticket. The committee may also consider pre-primary pledging.
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Montpelier
UPI
Harry Cooley
Washington County
Democratic Committee
Cooley
Burlington
John J. Daley
Hoff Awards $6 Million GE Armament Pod Contract
Gov Hoff announced a $6 million U S Army contract to General Electric of Burlington for 300 armament pods for the 7 6262 millimeter automatic aircraft gun. Burlington mayor Cain backs Lt Gov Daley and Lyndon Johnson for next year’s Democratic ticket.
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Montpelier
API
Philip H. Hoff
General Electric
Burlington
Army Weapons Command
Rock Point
Ill
County to avoid sales tax in 1968 budget plans
In Rensselaer County New York officials report no sales tax for 1968 as the 17 million dollar budget should fund government operations next year. Troy School District discussions of a district sales tax to bolster revenues are not expected to gain much support from Troy officials.
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Troy
Rensselaer
Bank official injured in hit and run near Rensselaer home
Police say Helene Hart, 51, drove her car at a bank employee as he repossessed the vehicle near his Rensselaer residence. Robert Kisselbach of First Trust Co. was taken to St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Hart was arrested for hit and run driving.
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Rensselaer
Helene Hart
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany
Robert Kisselbach
First Trust Co
Counties Approve 3 Percent Sales Tax in Upstate NY
Montgomery and Hamilton counties in upstate New York approved a 3 percent sales tax to curb sharp property tax increases tied to rising Medicaid costs. The move aims to stabilize local funding as governments face escalating health care expenses.
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Fonda
Upstate
Montgomery
Hamilton
Gallagher elected North Adams schools chief
Wilfred M. Gallagher, 46, unanimously chosen superintendent of Berkshire Hills School District, will take office February 1 at a salary of 16500 dollars plus a 600 dollar allowance. He succeeds retiree Robert N. Taylor, who leaves January 31 but stays on as consultant, in a district faced with overcrowded Drury High School and an improvised junior high setup after limited postwar construction.
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North Adams
Wilfred M. Gallagher
Berkshire Hills
Gallagher
Robert N. Taylor
Drury High School
Adams plans Saddleball ski area boundary drawings
Adams Joseph J. Deliso submitted drawings of boundary lines to the Adams Planning Board completing one approval step for Saddleball. A public hearing is slated for Jan. 8 on rezoning the bottom eastern Greylock slopes, town owned and outside the Greylock Reservation.
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Adams
Joseph J. Deliso
Adams Planning Board
Greylock
Williams College to sue over Amherst game weekend shows
Williams College plans to sue a New York agent and Cafe A Go Go and Barry Imhoff for entertainment no-shows during the Amherst football weekend. Three of the four bands failed to appear and the fourth arrived too late to save the show, according to students.
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Williams College
New York
Amherst
Barry Imhoff
Pittsfield Eyes State Codes for Building Rules
Pittsfield's code review Commission recommends adopting the state electrical and plumbing code. Chairman William A Mandell says he expects the Building Official Conference of America code to become Pittsfield's official construction guide in time.
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Pittsfield
Code Review Commission
William A. Mandell
Commission
Building Official Conference of America
State Supreme Court Blocks School District Dissolution
The Vermont Supreme Court blocked a move to dissolve the proposed Northfield Berlin Roxbury and Williams town Union High School District. The dispute focuses on Northfield's participation after a 488 to 356 vote to join, followed by Northfield rescinding the formation vote in April, with Norman Apperger and Harold Elliott of Northfield filing suit in Washington County Court to halt the January organizational meeting.
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Souhan
Helen Wade
Harold Davis
Montpelier
State Supreme Court
Norman Apperger
Harold Elliott
Northfield
Washington County
Hoff Disagrees on Governor Term Length in Vermont
In Vermont Gov. Philip H Hoff and Atty. Gen. James L Oakes clash over the governor s term length Hoff favors a four year term while opposing a two year limit He also weighs the scope of a proposed constitutional convention with Oakes supporting judicial reform only and calls for a spring 1969 meeting to consider reforms including full time state s attorney and longer Supreme Court justice terms Meanwhile in Vermont court news a ruling nullifies a April 25 withdrawal vote from a union district citing a required one year gap and upholding the dissolution framework In Chicago Willie B Jimerson 29 was fined 100 in boys court for biting a bailiff s arm.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
James L. Oakes
Hoff
Oakes
Supreme Court
Chicago
UPD
Willie B. Jimerson
Release Petition Denied
MONTPELIER UPI A Burlington man Earl C Newell lost a habeas corpus challenge over credit for time spent in treatment as a psychopathic personality. The Vermont Supreme Court ruled treatment duration cannot be pre determined and declined to deduct 20 months of confinement from his 6 to 10 year sentence.
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Newell
Chittenden
Malaysian lawmakers trek through floods to budget meeting
In Kuantan four Malaysian legislators traveled by foot bicycle boat and car covering 130 miles through severe floods to attend an important budget meeting. They said it was their duty to represent their people at the gathering.
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Kuala Lumpur
UPI
Kuantan
Motel Assn Secretary Opposes Action On Sign Bill
Marshfield Vermont John Hawes secretary of the Green Mountain Motel Association says he is upset and considering resigning after the association voted not to support Rep Theodore M Riehle's anti billboard sign bill Hawes owner of the Marsh Plain Motel in Marshfield was absent when 10 of 41 members voted against the measure He questions the process and acknowledges parts of the bill may benefit the association but notes the tally and two hour briefing he says were mishandled He emphasizes the vote did not reflect his view or his wish to hear both sides and suggests the association should have waited.
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Marshfield
John Hawes
Green Mountain Motel Association
Theodore M. Riehle
South Burlington
Hawes
Marsh Plain
Association
Riehle Hawes
Robert Gilroy
Bennington
Riehle
Mendon-Pico
Mendon
Ing
Manchester
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