Frigid Vermont cold forces schools to close and drives patrols
Arctic air blankets Vermont as wind chill nears 94 below zero. State police deploy a trooper on I-89 to assist disabled vehicles and urge stranded drivers to stay with their cars. Schools shut, temps drop to single digits in Burlington and Montpelier, with officials forecasting a modest warmup by weekend following a minor storm.
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Middlesex
UPI
Vermont
Interstate 89
U.S. Weather Service
Burlington
White River Junction
Newport
Montpelier
Weather Service
Public Safety
Edward Corcoran
Supreme Court to rule on death penalty reach
The Supreme Court will hear March 30 murder cases from North Carolina Georgia Florida Louisiana and Texas about executing prisoners. The 411 death row inmates across 30 states face a pivotal ruling as justices review 1972 standards and state laws varying from mandatory to discretionary.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Douglas
Ford
John Paul Stevens
Nixon
Warren Burger
Harry Blackmun
Lewis Powell Jr
William Rehnquist
Community college death knell fought in Vermont hearing
About 65 people crowded the Senate chamber for a public hearing on a bill to abolish the Community College of Vermont system. Opponents, led by former legislator C. O. Granai, argued the move would harm access to education. Support came mainly from college teachers who said CCV duplicates programs and drains funds from state colleges at four campuses.
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Rod Clarke Montpelier
UPI
C.O. Granai
Barre
Granai
Senate
Graham Newell
Caledonia County
Newell
CCV
Vermont State College
Lyndon State College
Albert Ouellette
Tam
Ouellette
Noyes
Ginger Reed
North Wolcott
Vermont
Suspect held in Williams murder
A 19 year old Williamstown man Kristin Asmussen is jailed without bail after being charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of Reginald L. Rockwell on the Williams College campus. Police say robbery was the motive and link Rockwell to a bar, his wallet missing, and a hunting knife found at Asmussen’s dorm.
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Williamstown
Mass
Reginald L. Rockwell
Bennington
Rockwell
Williams College
Kristin Asmussen
Hoxsey St
Purple
Asmussen
College
Shaftsbury plan eyed as education funding shift
Montpelier Vermont Education Department backs Rep Edwin Colvin Shaftsbury Plan to replace direct state aid with a pilot program in three to five communities funded by a federal grant. Weiss cautions committee probes and potential compromises before any pilot proceeds.
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Montpelier
Education Department
Edwin A. Colvin
Shaftsbury
Alan Weiss
Weiss
Colvin
House Education Committee
Vermont
Polar Gusts Hit New England in Record Cold Blast
New England faces extreme cold with readings from minus 53 in Boston to minus 118 on Mt Washington. Residents including Randy Gobez in Somerville and Borden Helms in Colebrook describe the bitter wind and deep chill as authorities warn of continued frigid conditions through February.
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Siberia
Randy Gobez
Gobez
Mystic River
Somerville
Mass
New
Canadian
Borden Helms
Mercury
Connecticut
National Weather Service
Windsor Locks
Freezing roads and stalled cars plague Vermont towns
In a Vermont morning of Arctic cold drivers faced long waits for battery jumps as many Detroit and out of state vehicles froze in place. Route 7 traffic was light toward Bennington while ski areas reported scarce fuel additives complicating starts. Water pipes froze in several towns though March may ease the issue. Bennington Water Dept cautions the winter was not as severe as some past years.
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Detroit
Automobile Club of America
Thomas D. Kinney
Green Mountains
Bennington
Green Mountain Track
Zola Chaffin
Bennington Water Department
Sanford exits Democratic race Kennedy falls off California ballot
President weighs possible running mates as the national political scene shifts. Pete Horton speaks with Vermont businessmen to assess local needs. MAU Bulletin offers coping tips for winter. Caucus results in Pownal, new Hoosick Falls Fire Dept officers, a Texas firm buys a large tract in Vermont. Robin Roberts remembered, Generals eye 1976 season, MAU in action tonight.
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Sanford
Kennedy
California
Pete Horton
Vermont
MAU Bulletin
Maddocks
Pownal
Hoosick Falls
Texas
Robin Roberts
Generals
MAU
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Elow
William Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
William Douglas
Potter Stewart
Byron White
Community College
UPIA
Congress
James T. Lynn
Dale McOmber
Williams
Susan Hopkins
Morse
Alice Rockwell
New England
Mt. Washington
United Press International
Helms
Hurd C. Willett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Logan International Airport
Philip Iannucci
Wethersfield
Conn
Litchfield
POLAR
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