Winooski seeks HUD letter to proceed with Model Cities
Mayor Edmund Dupont plans to obtain a letter to proceed from the Department of Housing and Urban Development this week enabling Winooski Vermont to enter the action phase of the Model Cities program. Projects include 70 000 for beautification 203 000 for neighborhood facilities and 26 000 for a feasibility study with a housing for the elderly project valued at 791 000 already approved. Vermont lawmakers propose a bill to let towns appraise and tax railroad property to capture revenue currently paid to the state.
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Winooski
VPI
Edmund Dupont
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Vermont
Dupont
Montpelier
UPI
Norman Reed
Francis Hathorn
Hartford
Reed
Boston and Maine
Central Vermont
Trial Denial for Burlington Attorney in Extortion Case
Chief Superior Judge Rudolph J. Daley refused Harrington's bid for a new trial after his December conviction in Chittenden County Court for threatening motel owner Armand L. Morin of Littleton New Hampshire with adultery unless Morin agreed to a divorce settlement of 175000 dollars. Harrington claimed jury bias and pressed for an appeal. Separately, Vermont and New Hampshire Red Cross donor totals rose to 1401 pints in 10 blood drawings last week, with IBM Essex Junction contributing 583 pints and other facilities reaching the 100 pint mark.
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Burlington
UPI
Rudolph J. Daley
Atty
John Harrington
Harrington
Chittenden
Armand L. Morin
Littleton
N.H
Morin
Daley
Vermont Supreme Court
UPS
Vermont
New Hampshire
Red Cross Blood Center Today
International Business Machines Corp
Essex Junction
Simmonds Precision Products Co
Vergennes
Keene
U.S. Navy Disciplinary Command
Portsmouth
Randolph
Rockefeller tax row widens split over budget cuts
Albany Assembly Speaker Duryea says a 50 percent sales tax rise may still be needed after cuts, while Rockefeller warns welfare and education reductions could wipe out savings. Duryea favors selective cuts to fund a broader state spending reduction.
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Albany
Republican Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
Rockefeller
Berkshire Health Board Evicts Horses From Pasture
In North Adams seven race horses were evicted by the city Board of Health after being kept in a pasture tied to an area the board had ordered closed. Owner William B. Whitney said it will be hard to find new exercise space and claimed compliance with the prior order. In Pittsfield, John V. Geary and Norman Cook spoke at a statehouse hearing opposing a bill to repeal Monday holiday observances for Washington's Birthday Patriots Day and Memorial Day, urged by veterans groups.
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North Adams
Warren Street
City Board of Health
William B. Whitney
Pittsfield
John V. Geary
Berkshire Hills Conference
Norman Cook
Cape Cod
Statehouse
Veterans’ Organizations
Geary
Washington’s
Gov. Davis to Explain Need for 4 Percent Vermont Sales Tax
Vermont lawmakers prepared for a joint session as Gov. Deane Davis outlines the case for a 4 percent sales tax and a 195 million biennial budget. He aims to show agency needs, proposed spending, and $35 million in general fund revenue to fund state services.
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Gov. Davis
House
Ways and Means
Davis
Assembly
Thomas P. Salmon
Rockingham
Burlington
Salmon
Two Gunmen Arrested in Maine After Hostage Release
Two gunmen abducted Patrolman Harold McCullock and attendant Everett Wilcox during a $140 holdup in Maine. They held the hostages for two hours before releasing them unharmed after a high speed chase. A state police plane assisted, and officers arrested the bandits without gunfire near Goodwins Mills on Route 5.
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Portland
Maine
UPI
State Fish and Game Department
Goodwin’s Mills
Dayton
Gerald Boutilier
Saco River
Harold McCullock
Everett Wilcox
McCullock
Wilcox
Diamond National Lumber Co
Weekend fatality report shows Vermont free of deaths
UPI reports fifteen people died in New England accidents over the weekend including eleven traffic deaths and three fire fatalities. Maine saw one death in an explosion while a Boston electronics plant guard was found beaten. Connecticut led with seven deaths. Massachusetts three. Rhode Island and New Hampshire two each. The only state without a fatality was Vermont.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
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David Maloney
Michael Felock
Saratoga
Skidmore College
American Red Cross
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Donald R. Stoddard
Jacob Jayits
Charles Goodell
Red Cross Blood Bank
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Health Board
Mittee
Arthur Gibb
Weybridge
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Phillips
Ray
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