Welfare Study Panel Eyes Welfare Budget Rise and Programs
Vermont Gov. Davis chaired a 12 member Special Welfare Study Committee session on two Social Welfare Department programs. Administration Commissioner William French described the meeting as informational while Welfare Commissioner John Wackerman and Deputy Paul Philbrook presented program background. The panel will review the family services grants and general assistance as Gov. Davis seeks a 1970 budget of 34.492 million dollars, up from 11.776 million in 1965, with over 28.66 million dollars of the total budget request tied to these programs. A Feb. 18 meeting will precede further action.
Vermont Senate advances charter amendment bill with voter petition review
The Vermont Senate approved a bill letting towns amend their charters without legislative approval but adds a provision for legislative review if 5 percent of eligible voters sign a petition. The chamber also passed a measure to authorize interstate teacher qualification agreements to ease teacher mobility between states.
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Montpelier
UPI
Senate
General Assembly
Ludlow rejects plan to send Black River students to Springfield High
In Ludlow a special election voted 484 to 213 against a tuition-based plan to send Black River High School students to Springfield High. The Black River study group led the ballot effort to keep the local school open despite the board’s view that sending students would cut costs and raise educational quality. In Washington, Vermont will receive 34.273 million dollars in federal highway aid for the first half of 1969, with 32.8 million for fiscal 1970 and 830 thousand for two new highway programs including rural and urban improvements.
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Ludlow
UPD
Black River High School
Springfield
Black River Study Group
Washington, D.C
UPI
Vermont
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Vermont Highway Department
Aiken
Mayor appeals to prevent delay in South Mall cultural center
Albany Mayor Erastus Corning urged Democratic leaders to block delays in South Mall cultural center construction. Republicans seek cuts of about 13 to 14 million of the initial 50 million appropriations, while Rockefeller aims to secure remaining 224 million deficiency budget. Corning warns redesign could push completion two to three years.
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Albany
Erastus Corning
South Mall
Gov
Rockefeller
Corning
Morrow Named Director of Communications for Gov Rockefeller
Hugh Morrow, longtime speech writer for Gov Rockefeller, was named director of communications after Leslie Slote resigned as press secretary. Morrow, 53, of Bronxville, has been press secretary to Senators Ives and Keating, a former Washington correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and an editor of the Saturday Evening Post. He will become vice president of RCA.
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Albany
Hugh Morrow
Gov
Rockefeller
Gov. Rockefeller
Leslie Slote
Slate
Radio Corporation of America
Morrow
Bronxville
U.S
Irving M. Ives
Kenneth B. Keating
Washington
Philadelphia Inquirer
Saturday Evening Post
Troy 12th Gambler Fails to Appear in Court
Twelve men booked after a gambling raid at 109 Congress St. faced arraignment. one, Joseph J. Tedesca, 21, failed to appear. Judge James Fogarty issued a bench warrant, revoked $250 bail, and Tedesca was charged with promoting gambling in the second degree.
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Troy
Congress St
Joseph J. Tedesca
Tibbits Avenue
James Fogarty
Tedesca
Berkshire Fatal Crash Claims Pekosz Couple in Snow
Stanley J Pekosz 42 and his wife Margaret 41 of Quarry Road Cheshire died in a head on collision on Curran Memorial Highway amid blowing snow. Pekosz died at the scene while Margaret died later at Albany Medical Center. Jill Delisle 20 suffered a fractured skull and remained at Albany Medical Center. Three others injured less seriously. Pekosz was a kiln fireman and relief foreman at U S Gypsum Cheshire. Margaret worked as a production worker at Phelps Dodge Aluminum Products North Adams.
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North Adams
Stanley J. Pekosz
Margaret
Quarry Road
Cheshire
Curran Memorial Highway
Pekosz
Albany Medical Center
Jill Delisle
U.S. Gypsum Co
Phelps Dodge Aluminum Products
Urbano and Schroeder Lead Nine in Williamstown Board Race
Former Town Counsel Lawrence B. Urbano and Planning Board Chairman Walter W. Schroeder topped nine candidates to win nominations for the Williamstown board of selectmen. They will replace Selectmen Norris A. Phelps and James S. Drummond, who are not seeking re election.
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Williamstown
Lawrence B. Urbano
Planning Board
Walter W. Schroeder
Board of Selectmen
Urbano
Schroeder
Sprague
Norris A. Phelps
James S. Drummond
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Bayete U
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Warner
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Sawie
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