Vermont Removes 78 Gasoline Signage Along I 89 91
Highway Department officials report 78 disputed gasoline brandname signs were removed from Interstate 89 and 91 and stored in a Colchester garage pending guidance from petroleum companies. The move follows Vermont’s anti billboard law and a year long dispute among state agencies over legality. The signs, erected in May 1967 under a pilot with the Vermont Petroleum Association, faced an attorney general ruling that they were illegal and Travel Information Council denial of permits.
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Vermont Petroleum Association
Travel Information Council
Davis weighs freezing capital projects for 1970
Gov elect Deane Davis says he may ask the 1969 legislature to block new capital construction in fiscal 1970. A freeze would deny 30 percent state aid for school building projects and withhold funds for sewer and water upgrades at Vermont colleges. He cites delaying facilities but wants his inaugural address Jan 9 to inform a firm decision.
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Davis
UPS Wins Vermont Route Approval for Intra State Service
The Public Service Board authorized United Parcel Service to operate in intra state commerce over 81 proposed routes in Vermont. The board described the action as in the public good and rejected objections from smaller carriers. UPS, based in New York City, has run interstate service in Vermont since May 1967 and mainly competes with parcel post.
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Montpelier
UPS
Public Service Board
PSB
United Parcel Service
Vermont
New York City
Former Navy Secretary declines Vermont highway seat
William B. Franke of Rutland has told Governor-elect Deane C. Davis he will not join Vermonts five member Highway Board. The ex secretary of the navy under Eisenhower originally accepted but then declined citing insufficient time to devote to the post.
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Montpelier
UPI
Secretary of the Navy
William B. Franke
Rutland
Deane C. Davis
Franke
Eisenhower
H. James Wallace
Bennington
Davis
Troy Officials Reassure Garbage Service Amid Budget Clash
Troy residents were told by officials of Arizona Bio-Chemical Co and Capitol Division Disposal Co that trash collection would continue under existing agreements. A $37,000 contract with Latham Holding Co was canceled for nonpayment, risking disposal options for Troy DPW RPI Russell Sage College and local businesses as a landfill site remains unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Arizona Bio-Chemical Co
Capitol Division Disposal Co
Latham Holding Co
Capitol Division
Latham Holding
Department of Public Works
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Russell Sage College
Arizona Co
Trainmen protest at Rensselaer station facilities
Gerald W. Rogers of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen files a formal complaint with the Public Service Commission and other state bodies over the new Rensselaer station. He cites missing showers lockers toilets inadequate track access no bus service no taxi base an insufficient parking lot lack of signage and unsafe conditions for Delaware and Hudson trains. A PSC spokesman says the order required only a heated and lighted waiting room, which has been provided.
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Albany
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Gerald W. Rogers
Rensselaer
Rogers
Public Service Commission
Department of Labor
Delaware & Hudson
Geller wins NY Film Critics Award for best novel adapted for film
Stephen Geller and his wife Joan Ellen Bogen are tied to Troy as the New York Film Critics Award honors him for She Let Him Continue. Lawrence Turman bought the book and Lorenzo Semple adapted it for Pretty Poison, shot in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in August 1967.
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Troy
Stephen Geller
Joan Ellenbogen
New York Film Critics Award
Lawrence Turman
Lorenzo Semple
Great Barrington
Mass
Lanesboro Couple Found Dead in Car in Garage
In Lanesboro Berkshire a couple Leroy Haley 80 and Mrs Haley 62 were found dead Thursday in the front seat of their car parked in a closed garage with the motor running. Dr. Irving I Rubin medical examiner ruled carbon monoxide poisoning and authorities saw no murder evidence. Police Chief John C McCormick and Dr. Rubin said the couple appeared to have chosen to die together amid Haley's old age and the wife’s mental illness history.
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Lanesboro
Leroy Haley
Swamp Road
Irving I. Rubin
Rubin
John C. McCormick
Haley
Mrs. Haley
Freshman Rejects Conscientious Objector Status
Douglas Y Armstrong an 18 year old Rochester Institute of Technology freshman from Green River Road informed North Adams draft officials that he will no longer accept conscientious objector classification. He said he will ignore future classifications though the board plans to maintain his current status.
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Williamstown
Douglas Y. Armstrong
Green River Road
Rochester
N.Y
Institute of Technology
North Adams
Armstrong
Curtis Pushes Petition For Maine Trade Zone
Governor Kenneth M. Curtis plans a Washington trip to urge Maine’s foreign trade zone petition and an oil import quota. He aims for quick action from the Johnson administration before Nixon takes office, amid fears of project delays under the GOP regime.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
Kenneth M. Curtis
Washington
Curtis
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Nixon
Johnson
The
Trade Zone Project
GOP
Alaska
Walter Hickel
Commerce
C.R. Smith
Portland
Machiasport
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Los Angeles
U.S
Edward Gignoux
Tape Readings From Plane Crash Recorder
Investigators of the Northeast Airlines crash near Lebanon New Hampshire on October 25 obtain readings from the damaged flight recorder. The tape, carefully pieced together, will be kept confidential until used as evidence at an official hearing. The FH227 prop jet plowed into Moose Mountain killing 32 with 10 survivors. The FAA has grounded Northeast planes from landing in Lebanon and Montpelier in bad weather.
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Washington
UPI
Northeast Airlines
Lebanon
N.H
Edward Slattery
National Transportation Safety Board
Slattery
Moose Mountain
Boston
Montpelier
Federal Aviation Agency
Panel Finds No Solution To Misuse of State Cars
In Montpelier the governor s Study Committee on Automobile Transportation reports elimination of motor vehicle abuse by state personnel is an unattainable ideal. The panel cites lack of detailed information to measure abuse and notes some complaints are legitimate while private use by permanent drivers may not violate travel policy. It recommends a graded mileage rate, 10 cents for the first 10,000 miles, 6 cents for the next 5,000 and 4 cents thereafter, and criticizes the 12 year old eight cent rate as inadequate.
Final Tests Under Way For Apollo 9 Flight
Cape Kennedy reports final tests begin for Apollo 9 as a 363 foot Saturn 5 rocket and three man crew proceed to Cape launch pad for the earth orbital test set for late February. McDivitt Scott Schweickart join headquarters briefing after Apollo 8 astronauts report on lunar orbit. The mission aims to exercise the lunar landing module with crew aboard, docking nose to nose with the command ship.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Earth
Moon
Oceanside
James McDivitt
David Scott
Russell Schweickart
Houston
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
McDivitt
Scott
Schweickart
Jet Hijacking Forces Miami to Havana Flight
A New York to Miami DC8 carrying 148 aboard was hijacked over the Atlantic and diverted to Havana. Captain Dennis F. Van Huss radioed 11:27 p.m. EST that the plane would go to Havana, touching down at Jose Marti airport around 1:05 a.m. The Cubans typically hold passengers for smaller planes to return crews. safety concerns prevent leaving a loaded jet.
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Miami
UPID
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Cuba
Eastern Air Lines
Flight 401
Dennis F. van Huss
Waldick
N.J
Federal Aviation Administration
Jacksonville
Fla
Havana
Jose Marti
U.S
Michigan Twins Born In Different Years
Grand Rapids reports Delbert Sayles born at 11:55 p.m. on New Year’s Eve as a $2,400 1968 tax deduction to his parents with $600 each for federal and city and $1,200 for state taxes. Kenneth born eight minutes later is a 1969 deduction but not 1968. Kenneth wins Grand Rapids Press New Year Baby trophy as 1969’s first child.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
UPI
Delbert Sayles
Delbert
Sayles
Kenneth
Grand Rapids Press
Bryant Officials Discontinue Strike Talks
Officials at Bryant Grinder Co. halted contract negotiations with Local 218 of the United Electrical Workers after reports of violence against non striking employees. About 350 workers walked out on November 4, with eggs rocks and ice chunks used against cars and homes. Governor Hoff was informed as investigators from Labor and Industry visited Springfield. Local 218's James Kane said Bryant has not negotiated since the walkout began, accusing the company of focusing on breaking the strike rather than reaching terms.
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Springfield
UPS
Bryant Grinder Co
United Electrical Workers Union
Bryant
Richard Shaw
Shaw
Philip H. Hoff
Labor and Industry
Louis Lavin
James Kane
Kosygin Sees Vietnam As Gravest Threat to Peace
Soviet Premier Kosygin told Mainichi readers that a political solution to Vietnam would remove a gravest danger to world peace and that Middle East peace is hindered by warmongers in Israel. He urged China to mend ideological rifts with Russia and predicted closer ties with Beijing.
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Kosygin
Vietnam
Tokyo
UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Middle East
Israel
China
Russia
Socialist People
Shigeyuki Edamatsu
Mainichi
Japan
Moscow
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Security Council
Unitarian Talk Examines Poverty in Rural America
Neil Rappaport, former deputy director of the Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council, speaks on Poverty in the Hinterlands at Bennington Unitarian Fellowship. The 10:30 a.m. Sunday talk at the Bennington Free Library explores roots, living conditions, and future of rural poor and contrasts with big city poverty.
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Neil Rappaport
Bennington - Rutland
Rappaport
Bennington College
Vermont
America
Bennington
New York City
Williams College
Shaftsbury
Stafford Agrees To Delay In Naming Committee Head
Washington UPI Two candidates for the House Republican Research and Planning Committee chairmanship agreed to defer selection until GOP leadership defines the committee role. Rep. Stafford of Vermont and Rep. Rumsfeld of Illinois support a postponed decision as Ford says the panel will have a different function under the Nixon White House.
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Washington
UPI
House
Republican Research and Planning Committee
GOP
Robert T. Stafford
Vermont
Donald Rumsfled
Finois
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Ford
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Stafford
Flamenco Dancers Robbed by Teens in Seville
In Seville, two male flamenco dancers were robbed after a club performance by two youths who later fired cap pistols at them at a desolate spot. The youths took money, watches, jewelry and clothing before police captured them. no real weapons were involved.
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Seville
Spain
UPI
Captive Is Well
London UPI reported Mrs. Agnes Grey received a Christmas telegram from her son Anthony Grey, a journalist held in house arrest in Peking since July 1967, who said he was well.
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London
UPI
Agnes Grey
Anthony Grey
Peking
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Parcel Service
Film Critics’ Award
Down In
Berkshire
Smith
James Oakes
Oakes
New England
Michigan
Bay State
Massachusetts
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Richard E. McLaughlin
Cleveland Press
Charles Tracy
Tracy
State Department
Fidel Castro
Rumsfeld
Oneida
Furniture Co
Main
J Victor
Lady Pepperell
Cold Spring Road
Williamstown, Mass
Bennington, VT
the Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Bratco, Inc
United States
Federal
Stephen E. Baker
R. Willard Beebe John D. Clawson
Alexander E. Cross
Henry A. Dahlgren
H. Edward Dyer
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Charles Fienberg
Stephen H. Gilman
George J Heaslip
WM. Johnston JR
Samuel A. Lewis Hardy A. Merrille
James Roberts
Raymond
Seward
William B. Shangraw
Louis N. Stearns
Frankw
W. Whitcomb
Leonard F. Wing JR
Fred W. Yeadon JR
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