Northern states grapple with 18-year-old voting vote
A Supreme Court ruling forcing separate ballots and machines for 18-year-olds creates fiscal headaches across New England. Connecticut officials warn of dual systems. Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont consider lowering ages to 18 to curb costs and complexity.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
New England
Connecticut
Gloria Schaffer
Maine
New Hampshire
Laurier Lamontagne
Berlin
Senate
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Supreme Court
Congress
High Court
Stark
Rhode Island
August P. LaFrance
Vermont
Richard C
Thomas
Elden H. Shute Jr
Pancake Supper Aims to Boost Dollars for Scholars
Feb 23 fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. at MAUHS cafeteria features Robert Dubrowski as chief cook and Arthur Jones as food chair. Proceeds go toward a $12,000 DFS goal. tickets sold by Stewart Allen and Charles Neuschafer with access through the high school and district offices.
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Robert Dubrowski
MAUHS
Arthur Jones
Dubrowski
Shaftsbury
Beverly
Bellingham
Mass
Quaker Oats Company
Public hearing on Lake Memphremagog classification set
The Vermont Water Resources Board schedules a March 11 hearing at 10 a.m. in Newport on proposed classification for Lake Memphremagog and several streams including Johns River Tomifobia River Coaticook River Stearns Brook and Holland Brook. Funeral held for Mrs Hewson of Hoosick Falls NY burned at home. husband Leo Hewson hospitalized. Liturgy by Rev Donald J Ammering and entombment at St Marys Cemetery. RANDOLPH Mass UPI reports Randolphs annual smoke out to benefit a high school scholarship fund with toll booths and store displays encouraging donations. dance 9 to 1 with George OBriens band. Joint aerie meeting Sunday at 4 p.m. with covered dish supper for members and auxiliary.
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Hewson
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Albany Medical Center
Burns
Fisk St
Leo Hewson
Donald J. Ammering
O.S.A
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father Ammering
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Charles Herrington
Eugene Salluzzo
John Powers
Joseph B. Cullen
Clifford Danforth
Carl Cunningham
Mahar
Randolph, Mass
UPI
Randolph
Randolph Rotary Club
Randolph High
George O’brien
Aerie and Auxiliary
Vermont Board Opposes Public Support For Private Schools
The Vermont Education Board adopted a 5 to 1 resolution to ease pupil increases in districts facing parochial school closures. It seeks extra state aid for districts with enrollments up more than 10 percent and calls for revising 1969 emergency loan provisions to base aid on first month’s average daily attendance.
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Mary Miller
Waterbury
Education Board
Vermont
Marian Taylor
Bennington
Vermont Educator Named to National Child Nutrition Council
Cola D. Watson, director of vocational and technical education for Vermont, named to the National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition by Sen. George D. Aiken. The council continues studies of school lunch, breakfast and special milk programs under the Child Nutrition Act, with Watson chosen for his long vocational and technical education experience.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Cola D. Watson
Vermont Education Department
National Advisory Council On Child Nutrition
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Watson
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Beebe Quebec Robbery Suspect Pleads Guilty
Norbert P. Houle of Beebe Quebec pleaded guilty before Judge Bernard J. Leddy to armed robbery charges tied to the Derby Line National Bank holdup on November 10. Co‑defendant Camille Pruneau had already pleaded guilty, with two brothers and a third man jailed on the federal counts for the $15,000 robbery.
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Burlington
UPI
Beebe
Quebec
Derby Line Bank
Norbert P. Houle
U.S
Bernard J. Leddy
Camille Pruneau
Pruneau
Daniel
Raymond Belville
Derby Line National Bank
Vermont UVM tuition hike tied to legislature action
University of Vermont president Edward C. Andrews told the Senate Appropriations Committee that a $500,000 increase in the approved $8.9 million appropriation would limit tuition to 100 dollars, or 850 for Vermonters and 2100 for out-of-staters. Without the extra funding students would face a 200 increase.
New York Telephone seeks record rate hike amid financial troubles
Albany reports New York Telephone Co. asks the Public Service Commission for a $391 million yearly rate increase to fund service programs totaling $10 billion in the 1970s. If approved, $284 million would be temporary, raising intra state rates about 21 percent except coin phones. full hike would lift rates nearly 30 percent. Also in Albany, SUNY and the State Education Dept. receive $1.8 million in grants from Carnegie Corporation and Ford Foundation to launch two off campus degree programs via independent study and exams for non residential students, many adults.
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Albany
New York Telephone Co
Public Service Commission
State University of New York
New York State Education Department
Carnegie Corporation
Ford Foundation
State University
State Education Department
Three firms eye Lee for new industrial sites
Berkshire officials heard at a Kane meeting that three potential developers are considering Lee for location. One is a California mobile homes and camping trailers maker, another a steel fabricator, and a third a local firm seeking relocation. The town has about 180 acres of rail property formerly owned by the New Haven Railroad available for industry.
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Lee
Berkshire
New Haven Railroad
North Adams ALTA fuel depot TRO blocks lease at Harriman
A temporary restraining order prevents the North Adams Airport Commission from leasing any city land with the Harriman fuel storage depot to Sprague Electric Co. The depot is run by Berkshire Hills Aviation's Edward Pringle. A Springfield hearing Tuesday will decide if the order lasts beyond 10 days and a civil merits hearing begins April 5.
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North Adams
Theft at Walsh Clothing Store Funds From Safe
More than $2,000 was reported stolen from the House of Walsh Clothing Store in Williamstown. About $900 was cash and the rest checks, taken from an unlocked second floor safe. Theft reported Tuesday after store staff found the missing funds during bank deposit prep. Planning Board to sue ZBA over Route 7 motor inn decision.
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Williamstown
House of Walsh
Planning Board
Zoning Board of Appeals
Motor Inn
A. Kelly Hooks
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