Vermont film to represent U S at West German festival
Goddard College senior Robert Estrin of Montpelier has a film selected to represent the United States at the 14th annual West German International Film Festival in Oberhausen. Amos Vogel chose the film Advertising, which earlier earned a Chicago Film Festival certificate of merit and was acclaimed at Los Angeles National Student Film Festival. The festival draws over 1,000 journalists and critics, with many films purchased by European distributors. Estrin studies film making at Goddard while Norwich University cadets prep for the 1968 Winter Carnival with the theme Psychedelic Sleighride. events include snow sculptures, a Winter Carnival Ball at Plumley Armory, and a Queen selection by Skull and Swords Society. Albert Fuller will give a Baroque recital at Windham College’s Student Union featuring Bach, Rameau, and Scarlatti.
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Fairlee official pleaded no contest in embezzlement case
Calista T. Ross 59 pleaded guilty by no contest in Orange County Court and a pre sentence investigation was ordered. Justice William C. Hill accepted the judgment of guilt after her appearance. Town officials had accepted her resignation as town clerk and treasurer last June 5 following a bank report of an unauthorized 500 dollar check drawn on the Fairlee Water Department.
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Newbury District Vote Narrowly Keeps Union Plans Alive
Newbury residents voted 211 to 207 to stay in Union School District 30 which includes Fairlee Corinth and Bradford. Corinth polls close February 19 with a district wide bond vote set for February 21 to finance the district and address the Connecticut River Valley towns school problems.
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Legislature fails to override veto on misdemeanor plea rule
The Vermont House fell short of the two thirds needed to overturn Gov. Hoff's veto on a bill requiring arraignment plea entry for misdemeanor charges. The 79 to 63 roll call preserved the governor's stance that the measure curtails constitutional rights by forcing a plea within 24 hours.
Albany Narcotics Agent Plan Seeks College Campus Presence
John J. Bellizi, head of the State Bureau of Narcotic Control, urged placing a narcotics agent on every New York college campus during a speech to the Exchange Club of Albany. An Albany State University official noted undercover agents have visited the campus with university approval in the past. Meanwhile, John Kingston demanded the ouster of nine State University at Stony Brook faculty members who refused to testify before a legislative narcotics hearing.
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Rockefeller seeks 1.1 billion loan plan for NY hospitals
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller urged the Legislature to authorize a large bond issue to modernize municipal hospitals and fund nursing home construction including mental hospitals. He argued many facilities are obsolete and communities lack adequate nursing homes and mental health care. Albany. In a related item a blind woman and her seeing eye dog were reunited after the dog was found far from Second Avenue where it had been released by children. Police and residents traced the dog to Livingston Avenue following the apparent prank.
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Kennedy reassures Berkshire on oil and guns in 1960s visit
Senator Edward M. Kennedy spoke in Pittsfield promising national firearms controls and urging action to ease a New England heating oil shortage after Interior Department orders deliveries to independent dealers. He affirmed no military victory in Vietnam, urging tighter policy beyond the battlefield. Sprague Electric workers in North Adams will take Feb 23 off for a long weekend after union agreements.
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Pittsfield Builds New Penn Central Station on East Street
Construction of a single story 30 by 40 foot cinder block Penn Central station on East Street is expected to be completed by June 1. It will replace the current West Street structure, which the Pittsfield Housing Authority will raze once the railroad vacates.
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New Hampshire Democrats Split Over Vietnam Policy
In Manchester New Hampshire UPI reports a widening split among state Democrats ahead of the March 12 presidential primary. Senator McIntyre challenges McCarthy to detail his Vietnam plan while McCarthy campaigns in Milford Peterboro and Keene advocating US negotiations and a coalition government. Galbraith foresees rapid dissolution of the South Vietnamese Army within weeks.
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Westbrook family slain in suspected two-slayer suicide
Four members of the Allard family were found dead in Westbrook Maine in a murder suicide pattern. Peter Allard 16 is suspected to have shot his father Roger 47 mother Frances 47 and sister Susan 13 before killing himself 19 year old Paul the sole survivor was away at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Autopsies awaited to confirm details.
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Hoff Asks N.Y. To Act On Champlain Pollution
Governor Hoff urges New York to detail actions against International Paper at Ticonderoga for lake pollution. He cites massive mill waste in Lake Champlain and near total oxygen depletion in adjoining waters. Hoff critiques current controls as overloaded and cites lack of responsive updates from International Paper.
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Mallary Denies Delaying Housing Authority Action
MONTPELIER UPI The Republican House speaker Richard W. Mallary of Fairfield denied Democratic charges that he delays action on a Hoff administration plan to establish a state housing authority. He defended his decision to send the measure to a committee for review and possible passage.
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Vernon Power Plant Tax Plan Faces Compromise Approval
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a 1.9 percent state property tax on Vernon Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.’s $110 million plant, yielding about $1.5 million to the state and $400,000 to Vernon. Rep. Francis Peisch opposed, joined by Reps. LeClair Chambers and Franco. The measure follows hearings arguing against an 8.5 percent gross receipts tax. The bill avoids state funding and ties to housing subsidies under federal acts.
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State GOP to Hold Convention May 18 in Montpelier
The Republican State Committee set Montpelier as the venue and May 18 as the date for the state convention to select Vermont's 12 delegates to the national convention.
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