Vermont Guardsmen May End Vietnam Tour Early
Vermont officials indicate 131st Engineer Co may be released after a one year Vietnam tour under a Defense Department directive. Maj. Gen. Reginald Cram expects the unit to depart Vietnam in September and be released from active duty in early October 1969. Meanwhile Vermont political shifts and a mock legislative session unfold in Montpelier as students study state government.
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UPI
Vermont Army
Vietnam
Reginald Cram
Vermont Guard
131St Engineer Co
Defense Department
Vermont
United States
Cram
South Windham man seeks choice of electric utility
The Public Service Board holds a public hearing on Stockton Woodruff's request to switch from Hali fax Electric Cooperative to Central Vermont Public Service Corp. He argues CVPS offers cheaper service and asks the board to equalize rates between the utilities supplying southeast Vermont.
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UPS
Public Service Board
Stockton Woodruff
Halifax Electric Cooperative
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Woodruff
Vermont
Vermont IRS to aid gun dealers on new federal law
The Vermont District office prepares materials for dealers buyers and collectors to comply with the 1968 Gun Control Statute. District Director Fulton D. Fields said the guidance targets the December 16 effective date when mail order handgun sales become illegal.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Internal Revenue Department
Fulton D. Fields
New York produces conference on poverty race relations
Albany 200 higher education officials will attend a Tuesday conference at Bruun Hall SUNY Albany. Franks Hobson Jr. will open at 9 30 am with 10 30 to 12 15 panel discussions on Developing Institutional Commitment to Community Service.
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Brubacher Hall
State University of New York At
Bureau of Special College Programs
State Education Department
Frank E. Hobson Jr
Reward grows for missing Edwin Thompson in Berkshire
Pittsfield reports a $700 reward for information on Edwin Thompson 24 who has been missing 58 days from his Church Street apartment. His widowed mother Virginia Thompson of Canaan Conn gave $500 to Police Captain Coakley and George Haddad added $200, with the sum to be paid for tips leading to Thompson's location or discovery of his body.
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Edwin Thompson
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Virginia Thompson
Canaan
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Raymond F. Coakley
George Haddad
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Teacher Named Antipoverty Head in North Adams
Melvin D. Ferris Jr., 43, appointed executive director of the local antipoverty agency by the Northern Berkshire Community Action personnel board. Ferris is a Florida community teacher and former associate superintendent of the Central Berkshire Regional School District. Dems To Convene at Tanglewood includes Alma Arles proposal for 1970 Democratic State Convention at Tanglewood Shed with 5,000 seating. Northern Berkshire Action selects five houses in North Adams and one in Adams for self-help nonprofit housing for low income families.
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Melvin D. Ferris Jr
Northern Berkshire Community Action
Ferris
Florida
Central Berkshire
Tanglewood
Lenox
Alma Arles
Democratic State Committee
Yorth Adams
Adams
Northern Berkshire Community Action, Inc
Cushing Assures Parochial Schools Strengthening Plan
Cardinal Richard J. Cushing told Massachusetts Catholics that a study of parochial schools aims to strengthen them, not close them. He urged calm amid rumors, saying decisions await survey results and full information, as he led a color televised Mass at WNAC-WRKO studios during a dedication event marked by the station's 15th year broadcasting Sunday Mass.
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Boston
UPS
Richard J. Cushing
Massachusetts
RKO
Government Center
Wnac - TV
WRKO
Cardinal Cushing
Shutins
Irasburg Inquiry Report On Minister Case Due This Week
A three member inquiry board’s final draft on the Irasburg incident involving Rev. David Johnson Sr. was sent to Gov. Hoff for review. The panel completed five days of hearings and examined 180 exhibits after a July shotgun attack and adultery charges that were resolved with Mrs. Barbara Lawrence moving to California.
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David Johnson Sr
Orleans County
Irasburg
Barbara Lawrence
Seaside
Calif
Johnsons
Rev. Johnson
UVM Trustees Ask Rowell To Continue Another Year
UVM trustees vote to extend President Lyman Rowell for a one-year term through June 1970 though he could retire. They also plan for his successor and authorize borrowing 2.7 million to match 2 million federal funds for a 4.1 million allied health science facility. Rowell says federal grants depend on securing funds. legislature's support is needed to start construction.
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UVM
Rowell
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