Burlington to seek HUD approval for urban renewal deal
Burlington officials travel to New York to win HUD consent for a contract with Horizon Inc. A Chittenden County court session set the stage as Superior Judge Harold C. Sylvester indicated agreement with Burlington and Horizon to free seven acres for Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Cousins Properties. In exchange the city waives a $150,000 bond. Horizon had been dropped for lack of proof of financial ability and sought $1 million in damages.
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Cousins Properties
Atlanta
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Ex-Army Private Sentenced for Assault with Intent to maim
A 20 year old ex Army private from Rutland received a 9 to 10 year term at Windsor Prison after pleading guilty to assault with intent to maim. Robert M Gray acted in Rutland County Court Monday. He was charged with assault with intent to kill his 9 year old cousin Lorraine Ann Gray on May 18 1967. The girl was struck on the head with the blunt end of a hatchet and is recovering. Gray pleaded innocent and innocent by reason of insanity to the original charge which was reduced. State's Attorney West urged the maximum 10 year sentence based on psychiatric tests indicating sociopathic personality.
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UPI
Windsor
Robert M. Gray
William C. Hill
Gray
Lorraine Ann Gray
Miss Gray
Robert E. West
Vermont highway cost spike prompts board testimony
Montpelier reports the joint legislative committee will hear from the highway department board on a $300 million cost increase in the state program. Chairman James C. Marro and members Frank Balch and Robert Wilson will explain the rise from $142 million in 1966 to $457 million in 1968. The panel questions why the seven year plan was rejected, with Gov Hoff saying the arterial program was in deep trouble when submitted.
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Philip H. Hoff
Albany State University Refuses Draft Counseling on Campus
Albany officials assure state university facilities will not be used for an anti draft counseling service planned by a faculty committee led by Dr. John M. Reilly. The 27 member group, including 27 teachers, aims to advise students on how to avoid the draft as conscientious objectors, sparking protest from Assemblyman Neil W. Kelleher of Troy and veterans groups.
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Albany State University
State University
Neil W. Kelleher
Troy
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Rensselaer Plans New High School With Amphitheater
Preliminary plans for a 900 pupil Rensselaer high school show an outdoor amphitheater beside the Hudson River and a crescent shaped campus. The 24 acre site north of the Dunn Memorial Bridge would also include a 550 seat auditorium and a 1,500 capacity gymnasium.
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City moves to light public tennis courts for next summer
SCHENECTADY officials plan pay tennis on metered lighted public park courts next summer after council approved a State Department of Conservation grant covering about half the cost. City would fund the remainder via parking-type meters at the courts. ALBANY State Tax Commissioner Joseph H Murphy announced New York sold 4766542 lottery tickets in December, down from November. Most tickets, over 3 million, were sold in New York City.
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Housing project fate in Berkshire security questions raised
In North Adams a proposed 2 million moderate income housing development off Mohawk Trail faces doubt as Federal Housing Authority questions its economic feasibility due to tax concessions. Attorney James W. Lilly, for Oakland Associates of Manchester Conn., plans a written request for tax relief on the 125 units to be built on 21.7 acres owned by Emile and Corinne Trudeau.
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Oakland Associates
Manchester
No mid year or final exams at St Josephs High School
Pittsfield reports that St Josephs High School will not hold mid year or final examinations this year as part of an experimental program to emphasize daily work and reduce testing stress.
Romney Seeks 1968 Race With Vietnam Neutralization Plan
Keene New Hampshire UPI Gov George Romney resumes his New Hampshire tour and unveils a pledge to achieve guaranteed neutralization of Vietnam Laos and Cambodia if elected. He spoke at Keene State College outlining steps toward ending U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia.
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Cambodia
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Keene State College
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Henniker
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Boy Narrowly Escapes Death in Railroad Incident
A six year old Winooski boy, Thomas Cady, was dragged 50 feet by a moving railroad engine after crossing near Vermont Furniture Co. He was saved from under the wheels by a brake rigging and later treated at a Burlington hospital for a sore thumb and a bruise. Engineer Arnold Flood backed up the train to free him.
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Winooski
Donald Savard
Thomas Cady
Vermont Furniture Co
Savard
Arnold Flood
Swanton
Young Thomas
Burlington
Charlotte Church Withdraws Support from Vermont Council of Churches
Charlotte Congregational Church voted 39 to 8 to withhold funding from the Vermont Council of Churches until its actions meet church deacons and members’ approval. The decision follows dissatisfaction with the council’s executive actions on conscientious objectors, amid other churches cutting ties or reducing support.
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Sprigg
Charlotte
Swanton
Jeffersonville
Lyndonville
Middlebury
Supreme Court to rule on Pittsfield bank tax exemption
The Supreme Court agreed to hear First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County's appeal seeking exemption from Massachusetts sales and use tax as a federal agency. The case traces to a 1967 state ruling that denied exemption, despite the bank’s federal role and its Massachusetts base in Pittsfield.
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UPI
Supreme Court
First Agricultural National Bank
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
U.S
Congress
Pittsfield
Federal Reserve System
Democrats Name State Secretary
Stanwood Bicknell was named executive secretary of the state Democratic party in Burlington. He succeeds Richard Young who resigned. Bicknell, formerly an advertising salesman for two years with WVMT in Burlington, had previously worked for McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. in New York City.
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WVMT
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McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
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