Vermont debate centers on governor’s cabinet reorganization
Davis’s push for a state government reorganization faces key votes as the Senate Government Operations Committee backs two cabinet measures to create an eight member cabinet and allow executive order reshaping of agencies. Senator Orzel delays other reform bills awaiting sentiment on the core plan. Davis may forgo re election if rejected. The session also weighs pollution control state water permit rules and environmental oversight commissions, plus an abortion reform bill under review.
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Orzel
Davis
Elbert Moulton
Senate Natural Resources Committee
Water Resources Department
House Natural Resources Committee
House Natural Resources
Royal Cutts
R-Townshend
Environmental Control Commission
Health Department
Ice Jam Dynamited on Kennebec River
An Army demolitions expert from Minnesota set 60 charges to break a 400 foot ice jam on the Kennebec River near Bath to Gardiner. Flooding affected Gardiner Augusta and Hallowell as storms dumped snow. officials monitored rising waters on Milo Rumford Wilton Kenduskeag while road conditions improved.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
Minnesota
Kennebec River
Coast Guard
Yankton
Bath
Gardiner
New England Division
Army Corps of Engineers
Frank Mertens
St. Paul
Minn
Augusta
Hallowell
Civil Defense
Leslie Stanley
Milo
Rumford
Wilton
Kenduskeag
Vermont Brattleboro Putney Experiment May Move
The Experiment in International Living may relocate from Vermont, with Brattleboro and Putney activities to be unified administratively. A potential sale of Putney land at about 20 per sq ft or 300,000 dollars is discussed to fund relocation, while foundation funds could affect whether the Putney campus is sold.
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Brattleboro
Vermont
F. Gordon Boyce
Putney
John Wallace
Sonic Challenger hits 114 mph on Champlain ice record
Ky Michaelson steered the 17-foot Sonic Challenger on Lake Champlain Saturday, unofficially hitting 114 mph on a quarter-mile run. Officials limited power due to rough ice. parachute used to slow at finish. Built by Tony Fox of Minneapolis. Rutland man dies in highway crash, Charles R. Ruane, 62, of North Clarendon, dies after car leaves road in Rutland.
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Mallets Bay
UPS
Lake Champlain
Sonic Challenger
Ky Michaelson
Michaelson
Tony Fox
Minneapolis
Rutland
Charles R. Ruane
North Clarendon
Vermont
Ruane
Rutland Hospital
Lawrence S. Harris
Fiore Bove weighs Senate bid amid party pressure
Montpelier UPI Senator Fiore Bove of Chittenden Grand Isle counties reconsiders not running for U S Senate after being urged by supporters to pursue the Democratic nomination for the seat held by Winston Prouty. Hoff is expected to run. Bove plans no bid for reelection to the state Senate. Nine family members injured in Main Street fire in Burlington.
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Bove
Senate
Burlington
Cohoes Urban Renewal Plan Faces Federal Endorsement
Cohoes Urban Renewal Agency moves to secure final approval for Neighborhood Development Program Area 1 from the federal Urban Renewal Agency within weeks to a month. Phase one focuses on demolition and land clearance in the North Mohawk Street to Remsen Street area, which is industrial with nearby parks. Kenneth Gilchrest leads the project. Albany notices include Alistair MacKinnon named assistant to Education Commissioner Nyquist with a $17,903 salary and a new anti smoking package by Sen. Edward J. Speno proposing bans on smoking in buses trains and most mass transit cars.
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Cohoes
Cohoes Urban Renewal Agency
Federal Urban Renewal Agency
Cohoes Agency
Kenneth Gilchrest
Gilchrest
Mohawk Street
Omeda Street
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Remsen
Albany — P
Alistair MacKinnon
Latham
Ewald Nyquist
Education Department
MacKinnon
Center On
Albany State University
Albany
Edward J. Speno
East Meadow
State Interagency Committee
North Adams Emplo yees Made School Committee Members
Gov. Sargent signed a bill lifting a ban to let municipal employees serve on school committees in Massachusetts cities but not towns. The law follows firefighter Howard D Amico s campaign for a seat on the North Adams School Committee. In Florida parents backed removing sex education from the curriculum except for a girls hygiene class and supported a nutrition and health focused class. John J Del Negro of North Adams and Drury athletics director is among six to receive a Massachusetts health and physical education award in Boston on March 6. Overland Development Corp plans to seal a land sale with Adams Redevelopment Authority for Project Progress housing, pending final FHA approval.
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North Adams
Francis W. Sargent
Howard D’amico
Florida
Gabriel Abbott Memorial School
Joseph J. Joseph
John J. del Negro
Drury
Massachusetts Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Boston
Adams — Overland Development Corp
Adams Redevelopment Authority
Federal Housing Administration
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Windham County
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Bennington
Hanson
Walbridge
Arlington
Sen
New York
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Down In
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Sex Education Limited
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