Vermont House backs tax shift in liquor sales war
The Vermont House approved a bill revising liquor taxes to use gross receipts instead of a flat rate per fifth, aiming to pressure higher priced brands while easing cheaper ones. If enacted, the measure moves to the Senate for consideration amid broader campaign finance and industrial development proposals.
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Montpelier
UPI
House of Representatives
Vermont
House
New Hampshire
State Liquor Control Board
Senate
Rep
Is There Life after Dartmouth Career Conference
Hanover New Hampshire Dart mouth College hosts a student alumni career conference on Friday and Saturday with thirteen alumni joining seminars on professions and future pathways.
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Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
School boards set meetings and career seminars in Manchester Dorset
Manchester Board of School Directors calls a special meeting January 17 at 7 p.m. at Manchester Elementary. Dorset Board of School Directors meets January 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Dorset School and offers individual career counseling. A Dartmouth career conference begins Friday at 4 p.m. in Center Theater with alumni led discussions on law and career options. Career seminars follow at 7:30 p.m. in Dartmouth classrooms on law, social service, public service, medicine, education, government, business, banking, and advertising. Saturday includes individual counseling from 9:30 a.m. to noon in Alumni Hall.
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Manchester Board of School Directors
Manchester
Center
Hopkins Center
Dartmouth
Alumni Hall of
Vermont committees back million whey grant push
The House and State agriculture committees in Montpelier will back a resolution supporting a $1 million federal grant for a controversial Georgia whey plant. Whey Pollution Abatement Authority Chairman Richard Gadbois urged lawmakers after a meeting. he warned EPA funding could be at risk if Vermont rethinks the whey program while planning and engineering funding remains available.
Corporal Punishment in Vermont Schools Challenged
The Vermont Education Board recommended legislation to abolish corporal punishment in schools. Only Mrs. Pat Hunt voted against. four others supported. The policy bans beating for punishment yet allows restraint to prevent injury or protect property and order. The bill is to be drafted for the legislature and forwarded to the House Education Committee.
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House Education Committee
Edwin Farrell
D-iroctor
Farrell
David Gibson
Brattleboro
Lip Reading Instruction at Manchester Senior Center
Manchester The North Shire Senior Projects Center in Manchester announces Mrs. Dorothy Kraft will conduct Lip Reading Instruction on Tuesday mornings at 11. The center invites anyone interested to join Mrs. Kraft.
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North Shire Senior Projects Center
Manchester
Dorothy Kraft
Nixon press room turmoil and Watergate backlash
A White House scene shows President Nixon lashing at reporters and shoving press secretary Ron Ziegler as Watergate coverage intensifies. Ziegler’s stance fuels criticism from media and allies while Nixon pivots to appealing to Middle America. The Ervin Committee trims hearings amid budget limits and fear of public backlash.
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Ron Ziegler
White House
Ziegler
Dixie Heights High
Covington
Melvin Laird
National Press Club
Washington Press Corps
Laos
Southeast Asia
Washington Post
Disneyland
Haig
Kissinger
Nixon
Congress
Middle America
Ervin & Co
ABC
Gallup
Harris
Watergate
Washington
San Clemente
Ervin
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Proposed bill won't affect ongoing strike
Gov. Thomas P. Salmon reportedly said that the proposed legislation to force noncooperative industries to negotiate with strikers would probably have no bearing on the 18 month old Chittenden County construction strike. Sen. Russell Niquette and Rep. James Shea met with Salmon after more than 250 strikers gathered at the State House. Strike leader Arthur Deloy of Burlington Local 522 said it could take months for the legislature to pass pro labor laws.
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Douglas Tudhope
South
Burlington
Vermont
Senate
Thomas Crowley
Chittenden County
Robert Gannett
Windham County
James Guest
Blue Cross
Guest
Russell Niquette
James Shea
Winooski
State House
Salmon
Arthur Deloy
The
Laborer’s International Union
Vermont House votes on governor veto over land sale bill
Vermont lawmakers debate overriding Gov. Salmon's veto of a bill requiring the state to sell publicly owned Groton State Forest land to campowners. Senate already voted to override. Morse says last proposal unsatisfactory while GOP caucus backs an override amid constitutional questions and partisan tensions.
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Morse
House Republican Caucus
GOP
House
Candon
House Judiciary Committee
Timothy O'Connor
D-Brattleboro
Vermont moves to curb obscene materials for minors
UPI reports Vermont lawmakers back a bill to bar minors from obscene materials and ban displaying sex or nudity in advertising. The bill, backed by ACLU Vermont and the Department of Libraries, aims to create statewide guidelines and protect youth while guarding exhibitors rights.
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ACLU
Richard Kohn
House Judiciary Committee
Henry Marcy
Department of Libraries
Sharp rise in joblessness in Vermont during January
Unemployment rose in the second week of January as the Department of Employment Security reports an insured unemployment rate of 7.1 percent. About 1,100 of 10,650 new to relief benefit roles. St Albans and St Johnsbury exceed 13 percent, Newport 12 percent, Barre Montpelier area near 11 percent, while Springfield at 3.6 percent.
Vermont gets 440000 grant to study power use nationwide
The National Science Foundation funds Vermont with a $440,000 three year grant to review residential power usage. William Gilbert of the Public Service Board notes the study aims to test load control and management systems to give consumers and utilities more control over electricity. Richard DeGrasse will direct the project.
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Montpelier
UPI
National Science Foundation
Vermont
Vermont Public Service Board
William Gilbert
Gilbert
Richard DeGrasse
Public Service Board
Murphy declines to lead county Republican party
In Troy William J Murphy rejects taking over the county GOP chair as Douglas Hudson nears June departure. He cites conflict with his county executive duties and says party supporters urged him to accept. Rumors say Hudson may resign early and James Rowan is seen as a possible successor allied to Murphy.
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Troy
William J. Murphy
Republican Party
Douglas Hudson
Murphy
Hudson
James Rowan
Berkshire teen accused of assault and theft linked drugs
John L. Reynolds an 18 year old Berkshire youth was arrested after allegedly striking a police detective during questioning about a drug theft. He reportedly discarded a bottle of Dilaudid pills later recovered from a nearby machine. Reynolds faces assault on a police officer and receiving stolen property charges. A separate prior drug possession case was revived for possible action, bail set at 500 dollars, case continued. In Williams College area two fires caused dorm and inn damage with no injuries. Heating oil price up 77 percent in a year with supply concerns noted, though no shortages yet.
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Pittsfield
John L. Reynolds
Reynolds
Nichols
Williamstown
Agard House
Williams College
Williams Inn
College Infirmary
Mark Hopkins
Great Barrington
Local Energy Commission
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