Accounting study shelved over cost concerns in Vermont
A 30 thousand dollar statewide accounting study by Ernst and Ernst faces indefinite shelving due to high implementation costs. Auditor Acebo accuses Finance Director Mosher of blocking access as Mallory and the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee discuss the report.
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Montpelier
UPI
Alexander Acebo
Bruce Mosher
Ernst and Ernst
Portland
Maine
Richard Mallory
Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee
Mallary
Ernst
Acebo
Mosher
Mallory
UMass Winter Carnival Queen ballot protest upheld
James LaMacchia 19 claims gender discrimination after a student court ordered write in ballots counted and canceled the prior election. The court ruled sex discrimination violated election laws, destroying original ballots and prompting a reballoting in the Amherst campus event.
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Umass
Amherst
Mass
UPI
University of Massachusetts
James LaMacchia
LaMacchia
General Court
Norwood
Vermont commits to 12 convention votes for 1972
Vermont National Committeeman Daniel O'Brien calls the DNC allocation “a good compromise” and a real victory for reform. Vermont will cast 12 of its 1972 convention votes, with 20 voting delegates and 12 alternates. a future plan may assign full or half votes to delegates. O'Brien opposed automatic full votes for the national committeeman and committeewoman.
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South Burlington
UPI
Democratic National Committee
Vermont
Daniel O’brien
O’brien
Vermont colleges urged to tighten work study programs
A Burlington accounting firm Briggs Keyes and Co. urged four Vermont state colleges to target low income students for work study. Recommendations call for prioritizing financial need, ensuring contracts with food vendors include student slots, and creating closer liaison between loan and business offices for implementation.
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Montpelier
API
Vermont
Briggs, Keyes and Co
Burlington
State Auditor’s
Houdini Escapist Youth Recaptured in Vermont Jail Break
A 17-year-old from Winooski who escaped Addison County Jail through a small hole in the cell door was recaptured by two sheriff's deputies while hitchhiking on U S 7 south of Middlebury. The youth, Michael Brown, claimed the hole in the 6 by 12 inch wall was used to pass food.
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Middlebury
UPI
Winooski
Addison County
Michael Brown
U.S. 7
Brown
Alfred Ghio
Bear eats 22 doughnuts after intercept on I-87 near Glens Falls
State Trooper H D Sealy responded to a motorist report of a bear two miles north of Glens Falls on Interstate 87. The bear chewed a hole in the right front tire, then was lured by doughnuts from a bread truck and finally captured with nets after the owner arrived.
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Glens Falls
UPI
H. D. Sealy
Sealy
Animal Land
Nets
Unemployment in New York at five year high
New York State unemployment climbed to 5.6 percent the highest in five years. The Capital District posted the lowest rate at 4.4 percent while the Utica area registered the highest at about 7.6 percent, reflecting government employment concentration in Albany.
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Albany
New York State
State Department of Labor
Capital
Utica
Albany Medical Center Performs Kidney Transplant
Albany Medical Center conducted a kidney transplant on a 34 year old man from central New York who had been on dialysis for chronic kidney failure. A hospital spokesman said the patient was in satisfactory condition after the operation performed by a team of four surgeons.
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Albany — Albany Medical Center
New York
Sprague Electric Loss Signals 1970 Slump
Berkshire firm Sprague Electric reports a 6.5 million dollar loss for last year with a 14 percent sales drop. The decline follows a national recession and a 10 week North Adams plant strike in 1970. Security and staff shortages contributed to sagging demand. Public notices in Pittsfield include the Firemen’s Muster 25th anniversary plans inviting notable officials and 150 participating drum corps. Police urge motorists to lock cars and remove keys to avoid citations.
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North Adams
Sprague Electric Co
Sprague
Pittsfield
U.S
Edward Kennedy
Edward Brooke
Silvio Conte
Francis Sargent
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