Hoff plan raises Vermont corporate tax to seven percent
Upper Valley Development Council executive director says Gov. Hoff’s budget move harms Vermont’s future industrial growth. Former Rep. Hathorn warns the five to seven percent increase will leave Vermont at a competitive disadvantage to Maine and New Hampshire, which have no corporate income tax. Prospective companies have chosen Granite State sites over Vermont due to lack of corporate income tax.
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Hartford
UPD
Upper Valley Development Council
Philip G. Hoff
Vermont
Byron Hathorn
Hoff
Maine
New Hampshire
Hathorn
Connecticut River
Granite State
Newlin Named Director of Publicity for Vermont
The Vermont department announces the permanent appointment of Joseph T. Newlin as director of publicity and public relations. A 36 year old with Expo 67 Vermont Pavilion experience, he has been acting director since June and previously served as producer for the Vermont Day Program. He will oversee national to local publicity planning and coordination.
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Montpelier
Donald A. Lyons
Joseph T. Newlin
Newlin
Montreal
Vermont
Department
Aiken Says Congress Lacks Strong Voice in Foreign Policy
Putney Senator George D. Aiken told the Experiment in International Living audience that Congress no longer shapes U.S. foreign policy. He argued executive and military interests now dominate, and his plan for U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam is no longer feasible due to risk of a Communist massacre if the United States withdraws unilaterally.
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Putney
UPD
George D. Aiken
Congress
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
United States
Vietnam
Vermont House backs $5,400 starter teacher pay
The House Education Committee endorsed a bill setting a $5,400 starting salary for teachers in Vermont. Rep. George Battles abstained as the proposal mirrors 1965’s $4,800 level. Amendments to raise to $5,600 failed. the Vermont Education Association and the state Education Department had urged the higher pay.
State police warn of rising hard narcotics use in Vermont
Vermont State Police investigator Det. Ross Kindestin says the state faces a growing problem with hard narcotics, LSD entering the state more, and methamphetamine use rising. He notes hallucinogen users are mainly 18 to 25, while hard narcotic users are 20 and older, as discussed on a television interview.
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Burlington
UPD
Ross Kindestin
Vermont
Kindestin
Watervliet Arsenal Announces 4.5 Percent Raises
Col Arthur H. Sweeney Jr. says 140 arsenal scientists and engineers in shortage roles will gain 4.5 percent wage increases. The Civil Service Commission ruled they qualify for a raise due to ongoing recruitment difficulties, covering physicists chemists metallurgists mathematicians and professional engineers.
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Watervliet
Watervliet’ Arsenal
Arthur H. Sweeney Jr
Arsenal
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Russian diplomat to discuss policy at RPI event
Vladimir Trifonov, second secretary of the Russian Embassy, will discuss Russian foreign policy at RPI on Tuesday. The open public talk will begin at 7 30 p.m. in West Hall auditorium, followed by a Q A session, as part of a series sponsored by RPI's Interfraternity Council.
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Troy
Vladimir Trifonov
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
West Hall
RPI
Interfraternity Council
Mechanicville sells old city trucks at auction
Two Mechanicville vehicles retired by the city were sold at auction on Wednesday. A 1939 hook and ladder truck brought $175 and a former Department of Public Works dump truck sold for $250.
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Mechanicville
Department of Public Works
Berkshire Hospitals Clash Over GE Plans and Merger
Hillcrest Hospital officials in Pittsfield criticize General Electric management and say no new talks are planned with Berkshire Medical Center. GE will only back one hospital fund drive if a citywide, integrated plan is opened for review. Hillcrest president Ivan Lord says merger remains out of the question but Cooperative efforts could be considered.
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Pittsfield
Hillcrest Hospital
General Electric
Berkshire Medical Center
Ivan Lord
Williamstown man Bernard Londo dies after eight heart attacks
Bernard L Londo 55 of Luce Road died Thursday at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a Christmas Eve sequence of eight heart attacks and repeated moments of revival. A Brattleboro native, he lived in Williamstown since 1943 and held posts as Western Union manager for seven years and Sprague Electric guard for 15 years. He leaves a wife, father, two daughters, two sons, a brother and three grandchildren.
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Williamstown
Bernard L. Londo
Luce Road
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Brattleboro
Western Union
Sprague Electric Co
New York Men Arrested at Berkshire Jail
Five NYC men were ordered to stay out of Massachusetts after pleading guilty to trespassing on county property for shouting outside the Berkshire County Jail to contact an inmate. A Great Barrington woman faced the same charges and was convicted but not ordered to stay out. All received three month sentences suspended in favor of two years probation.
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Pittsfield
New York City
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Great Barrington
Flooding attempt at rink blocked by subzero temps
Clarksburg residents report an attempt to flood the skating rink at the town recreation field failed Wednesday night after Fire Department crews could not start the pump due to sub zero temperatures, hindering ice formation.
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Clarksburg
Romney Opens New Hampshire Campaign In Cold Start
Michigan Governor George Romney began his bid for the GOP nomination in Nashua New Hampshire, greeting workers at Sanders Associates in subzero weather. He outlined five campaign issues and planned a six day, 2,000 mile swing with speeches and personal outreach aided by computer data on 130,000 Republican voters.
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Nashua
N.H
UPI
Michigan
George Romney
GOP
Sanders Associates
Bernard Boutin
Johnson
Sanders
New Hampshire
Boutin
Romney
Detroit
Moscow
Concord
William R. Johnson
Hanover
Boston
New York
Bedford
Manchester
Amnesia Victim Identified By New Hampshire Birth Certificate
A birth certificate mailed from New Hampshire identified the amnesia victim found wandering in Indianapolis as Paula Marie Cutler, born July 22, 1955. The girl has used multiple names, and Marion County Welfare Department officials have been conducting an extensive month-long investigation to determine her identity and history.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
New Hampshire
Paula Marie Cutler
Marion County Welfare Department
Defense hinges on legality of war in Vietnam case
Five men including Dr. Benjamin Spock and Harvard student Michael Ferber face conspiracy to resist the draft charges. Ferber said the defense will argue the war illegal, presenting their legal case in public court as teach‑ins drew large crowds at Brattle Theater and Harvard venues.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Vietnam
Michael Ferber
Harvard
Benjamin Spock
Yale
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Ferber
Brattle Theater
Lowell Lecture Hall
Howard Zinn
Boston University
United States
Robert Coles
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Asia
France Backing Evangeline Newspaper in New Brunswick
Paris plans to finance Evangeline, the only French language paper in New Brunswick, as France seeks a French revival in the province where Acadians form about half the population. The plan follows confidence French will overtake English speakers in coming years. The headline also notes the long, varied history of a girl identified with many names who has appeared across several states since 1962, now in welfare care.
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Paris
France
Evangeline
Acadia
New Brunswick
Federal Bureau of Investigation
O Brien Considers Stand-In Role in Mass Primary
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien said he would not be reluctant to serve as a stand-in for President Johnson in the Massachusetts primary if the Democratic Party believes it serves the best interests. He stressed he is not promoting the idea and called for clarification of a new state law granting the Democratic state chairman certain powers.
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Stanton
Washington
UPI
Lawrence F. O’brien
Democratic Party
Johnson
Massachusetts
O’brien
Postmaster General
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D - Mass
White House
Kasperak Improves After Heart Transplant Stay
Kasperak 54 remains on the critical list but shows progress on day six with a donor heart beating well. He breathes freely at times and kidney and liver functions improve while no rejection treatment is required, according to Stanford officials.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
Virginia
Maek White
Norman E. Shumway
Stanford University
South Africa
United States
Philip Blatberg
VAMH Opposes Department Merger in Vermont
The Vermont Association for Mental Health opposed merging the state Department of Mental Health into a proposed Department of Human Resources. The plan would combine six agencies including Health, Social Welfare, Corrections, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Board. VAMH warned the move could harm mental health program development, noting the Mental Health Department was recently established in July 1964. Leaders cited concerns from Sen. Douglas Kitchel and Dr. Jonathan Leopold, with James M. Laubach Jr. as president of VAMH.
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Rutland
Vermont Association For Mental Health
State Department of Mental Health
Hoff
Department of Human Resources
Departments of Health, Mental Health, Social Welfare and
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Board
Committee On Administrative Coordination
VAMH
Vermont
Association
Douglas Kitchel
Caledonia
Thomas Davis
Office of Economic Opportunity
Social Service
Jonathan P.A. Leopold
Mental Health
The
Vermont Association of Mental Health
James M. Laubach Jr
Brattleboro
C. Irving Meeker
Shelburne
Luman Howe
Montpelier
Robert Massonneau
Springfield
Gregory Says Brooke Used By Whites In Politics
Comedian Dick Gregory told Northeastern University audience that Sen Edward Brooke has been used by the white man like other Negro politicians and called him a white knight stronger than dirt He also praised Gov George Romney for labeling civil disorders as the nation’s main problem noting Negroes hate the system not white people and vow to crush it
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Boston
UPI
Dick Gregory
Edward W. Brooke
Northeastern University
Gregory
Brooke
Chicago
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
CORE Head Says Negroes Seek Desegregation Not Integration
Floyd McKissick, national director of CORE, told about 900 Dartmouth College students that most black Americans favor desegregation over integration. He said the black power movement seeks self determination and constitutional rights, while whites want to know what the Negroes will do next.
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McKissick
Stokley Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Planning Grant For Windham Bennington Areas Approved
HUD approves an additional 24450 planning grant for 22 communities in Windham and Bennington Counties Vermont, bringing total urban planning assistance to 57034 with two thirds funded by HUD and paid to the state for the benefit of the communities. The article also quotes CORE leader McKissick discussing racial rights and attitudes toward militant civil rights figures.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Windham
Bennington
HUD
Vermont
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