Vermont Democratic Party Eyes Fulltime Organizer
Vermont Democratic leaders aim to hire a fulltime party organizer within a month with five candidates interviewed starting next week. The job, described by a state committee subpanel, would direct work under State Chairman Frank Esposito to build town district and county committees, with salaries estimated at 15000 to 20000 dollars. In a separate note, Water Resources Commissioner Reinhold Thieme warned of a potential serious spring flood risk due to record snow and possible heavy spring rain.
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Esposito
Vermont official resigns from historic sites board
Arthur F. Williams of Fayston resigns as member and chairman of the Vermont Board of Historic Sites to devote full time to the Vermont Council on the Arts, headed by John G. McCullough. Interior Department approves a 288,600 grant for Ludlow waste water facilities as part of 9.5 million for 78 municipalities.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Interior Department
Ludlow
Montpelier
Arthur F. Williams
Fayston
Vermont Board of Historic Sites
Williams
Vermont Council On the Arts
Gov
Davis
John G. McCullough
North Bennington
HUD grants loans for dorms at Vermont and New England College
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $2 million loan for a dormitory complex and dining facilities at the University of Vermont in Burlington. A $1.6 million loan for similar facilities was granted to New England College at Henniker, New Hampshire.
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Washington, D.C
Department of Housing and Urban Development
University of Vermont
Burlington
New England College
Henniker
N.H
Troy Audit Checks City Fiscal Affairs in Controversy
A state Department of Audit and Control team arrived in Troy to audit the city's finances amid a dispute between City Manager Adrian C. Gonyea and Comptroller Lawrence J. Collins. Audit chief Harry Metz said the Troy review is part of the regular program, with taxpayers' savings noted as outside firms may not be needed. In Albany, Civil Service Employees Association officials met Gov. Rockefeller about the threatened March 13 strike by 124,000 state workers, as talks remain stalled by a Public Employment Relations Board order and ongoing bargaining representative elections.
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Troy
Adrian C. Gonyea
Lawrence J. Collins
Gonyea
State Department of Audit and Control
Harry Metz
Collins
Albany
Civil Service Employes Association
Gov
Rockefeller
Theodore C. Wenzl
CSEA
Wenz
Public Employment Relations Board
AIV
New York Assembly Passes Higher Auto Insurance Bill
Albany lawmakers backed a bill requiring motorists at fault to carry up to 25000 dollars for a single injury 50000 for all injuries and 10000 for property damage. Sponsor Alfred Lerner said about 10 percent would be affected while 90 percent now have extra coverage. Opponents warn it expands coverage for those in the assigned risk pool.
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Albany
New York
Assembly
Alfred D. Lerner
Richmond
Lerner
Mohawk Valley Aviation-Schenectady Merger Moves Toward Airport Lease
In Berkshire, Schenectady County commissioners consider approving an airport lease for Mohawk Valley Aviation Co. and Industrial Flight Service of Schenectady after stockholders backed the merger. Mohawk plans a 250000 building at Schenectady airport to mirror its local terminal. both firms run charter service. In Lanesboro a Seabee veteran missed his first wedding anniversary due to a storm delaying travel from South Pole via New York, Providence, and Rhode Island before reaching home a day late. A Florida tractor trailer overturned on the Mohawk Trail, injuring two Windham, New Hampshire drivers and spreading lime across the highway.
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North Adams
Mohawk Valley Aviation Co. Inc
Industrial Flight Service, Inc
Schenectady
George A. West
Mohawk
West
Lanesboro
Ernest de Chaine
South Pole
New York
Washington
Providence
Rhode Island
Florida
Dead Man’s Curve
Mohawk Trail
Joseph Beauchesne
Roland Sousa
Windham
N.H
North Adams Hospital
Sheriff orders mesh screens to separate inmates and visitors
Deputy Master Henry Como reports Sheriff John D. Courtney Jr has ordered separation of inmates and visitors at Berkshire County Jail. Fine mesh screens will be installed in the jail’s common room used during visiting hours to curb outside traffic of drug pills, based on observed visitor activity.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Henry Como
John D. Courtney Jr
Up to Three Feet of Snow Buries Eastern New England
A massive storm blanketed eastern New England with up to three feet of snow causing at least 25 deaths from heart attacks and widespread disruption. Cities shut down, airports closed, and highways clogged as communities braced for more snow. governors urged staying off roads while officials assessed the mounting economic impact.
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Boston
UPS
New England
Francis W. Sargent
Logan International
New Hampshire
U.S. Weather Bureau
Committee Sets Fast Pace on 1970 Appropriations Bill
In Montpelier UPI reports House Appropriations Chair Luther Hackett aims to run day and night sessions to finish the 96.1 million general spending bill for fiscal 1970. Target is to print bills by March 21 with passage likely after a conference if needed. Ways and Means delays sales tax drafting, awaiting governor’s line item budget.
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Hackett
Deane C. Davis
Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
R-Montpelier
House
Land firms barred from selling Vermont plots to New York residents
New York state orders four land development firms to halt sales to New York residents of resort lands in Vermont New Hampshire Florida and the Bahamas until they file required financial and land statements. On site inspections accompany state reviews of company disclosures. Firms cited include Joe Cotton Realty Corp Globe Investment and Realty Corp Andros Beach Ltd Burke Mountain Recreation Inc.
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New York
UPI
New York State
Vermont
New Hampshire
Florida
Bahamas
John P. Lomenzo
Department of State
Joe Cotton Realty Corp
Miami, Fla
Monroe County
Fla
Globe Investment and Realty Corp
New Haven
Federal Board Considers Machiasport Trade Zone
The Foreign Trade Zones Board meets for the first time in 27 years to consider a Machiasport Maine zone tied to a $143 million Occidental Petroleum refinery plan to process Libyan crude oil. If approved, 30,000 gallons daily would be refined for New England fuel oil amid debates over quotas and impact on smaller refiners.
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Washington
UPD
Foreign Trade Zones Board
Machiasport
Maine
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Eugene M. Becker
Army
Maine Port Authority
Occidential Petroleum Corp. of
Los Angeles
New England
White House
Nixon
Interior Department
Johnson
Occidental
New England Congres
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UVM
Double Insurance
Down In
Berkshire
Block Island
R.I
Eastport
New
England
Mount
N.Y
Federal Board
Atkins & Gould
Sterling - Stemware
Your Gift Center
Main St. —. Bennington
Frost’s Pharmacy
North St. Bennington, Vermont
America
Cortland
Zenith
ZENIT
E. T. Williams
Hunt Street
Bennington
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