Vermont Senate Committee Weighs Staffing Changes
MONTPELIER UPI The Senate Committee on Committee opened work on seat distribution for the new session. Lt. Gov Thomas Hayes said eight Democratic senators will state committee preferences as the Senate trims 17 standing committees to 10 to reduce workload. The move also eliminates seven chairmanships, with no Democratic chairmen in 1967-68. The Senate remains 22 Republicans and eight Democrats. Hayes declined comment on Democratic chair appointments.
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Hayes
Salmon
House Appropriations Committee
Body Identified at Mallets Bay Mystery
Burlington report confirms the remains found on a remote Mallets Bay beach are Marion Federico, 20, of Long Island New York. State pathologist Dr Richard Woodruff matched dental records to the skull. Federico had been missing since July 27 1967 after reportedly falling from a cabin cruiser near the bay while returning from Expo 67 in Montreal. The body was found last Wednesday by four boys in Colchester. Police theorize the body dislodged from the bay bottom during a wind storm.
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Burlington
UPI
Richard Woodruff
Mallets Bay
Marion Federico
Long Island
N.Y
Woodruff
Federico
Montreal
Colchester
Davis to cut state spending on inaugural float
Vermont Governor elect Deane C. Davis ordered a hold on government expenses and cut plans for a $5,000 inaugural float. He said the state could be adequately represented by a band and marching unit, eliminating the larger expenditure for Washington festivities.
Troy City Councilman Pushes Referendum on Government Form
Troy official Frank McDonald told a League of Women Voters gathering that residents deserve a referendum on the city manager system. He cited tax burdens public safety crises and contract corruption as factors and proposed an April vote with three options: current government council manager or mayor council with nine at large members.
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Troy
Frank McDonald
League of Women Voters
McDonald
Department of Public Safety
Duryea Named Assembly Speaker as Republicans Sweep Albany
In Albany, Perry B. Duryea a Monmouth born 47 year old millionaire businessman was chosen by the Republican majority to be assembly speaker. The resolution to back him for January convening was approved unanimously while Duryea replaces Moses Weinstein of Queens who served as acting speaker after Travia left for the federal bench. In Troy, a flu like illness has affected about 1,000 State University of New York Albany students prompting three hospitals to issue visiting precautions.
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State Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
Montauk
Assembly
State Capitol
Duryea
Moses Weinstein
Queens
Anthony Travia
Troy
State University In
Hoff Seeks Billboard Ban On New England Highways
Gov. Philip Hoff closes his term at the New England Governors Conference with a push for a law banning roadside advertising on major highways. The meeting also weighs the fate of the New England Regional Commission and funding splits with the federal government. Governors Licht Peterson and Davis attend with party chairmanship slated to switch.
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Boston
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
New England
Vermont
Massachusetts
Nixon
John J. Lineehan
Haverhill
Washington
William Frederick
Council of State Governments
Harold Putnam
Frank Licht
Rhode Island
Walter H. Peterson
New Hampshire
Deane C. Davis
Hoff
BU Reports Marijuana Effects Are Mild and Short Lived
Boston University researchers compared nine cigarette smokers with no marijuana history to eight chronic users in a lab study. Subjects smoked cigarettes with or without marijuana in four three hour sessions and showed mild, short lived effects with slight impairment in nonusers and tolerance in chronic users.
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Boston
UPI
Boston University
Boston University Medical Center
Division of Psychiatry
Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory
U.S. Customs Laboratory
Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
O'Brien Proposes Vermont Student Grant Incentives
Sen elect Leo O'Brien of Chittenden Grand Isle has submitted a bill to ensure incentive grants for Vermonters seeking college. The measure seeks to define Emergency Board responsibilities if the Vermont Student Assistance Corp overspends its appropriation. The 1966 law allows grants from 200 to 800 dollars based on income, but recent emergency approvals were blocked for 85 students.
Five Day Forecast For Boston Area Temperatures Below Normal
UPI report predicts a five day outlook for New England with daytime highs Saturday through Wednesday in the upper teens to upper 20s and nighttime lows from zero to 10 above in northern New England and 10 to 20 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. MilderSaturday. colder Sunday through Wednesday. Precipitation totals expected to exceed one half inch, with rain or showers Saturday and snow in the north, and rain or snow across Massachusetts and Rhode Island by about Wednesday.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Berkshire seniors new division head and bandmaster retires
Walter A. Street named manager of General Cable Cornish Wire Co new power assembly division and director of engineering. Berkshire County plans lease of shell building by North Berkshire Industrial Development Corp. Henry H. Blake, Drury High School bandmaster for six years, resigns December 20 to retire to Methuen. A proposal for Berkshire County Industrial Development Commission action program will be presented Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the County Courthouse by Robert J. M. Matteson of Bennington Vermont.
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North Adams
Walter A. Street
General Cable
Cornish Wire Co
Williamstown
New Power Assembly
Corporation
North Berkshire Industrial Development Corp
Henry H. Blake
Drury High School
Methuen
Pittsfield
Berkshire County Industrial Development Commission
Robert J. M. Matteson
Bennington
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