Vermont Con Con constitutional opinion urged by lawmakers
Asst. Atty. Gen. Frank G. Mahady says a constitutional convention with public referendum ratification is constitutional if limited by legislature and voter approval. Other proposals, including House Senate amendments via referendum or a legislature as convention, are unconstitutional. Gov Hoff ordered a 359,700 General Fund cut and froze 81 vacant positions to curb a 1.8 million deficit. 61 held open, 108 can be filled, 23 to be abolished at Feb 6 board.
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Vermont House panel blocks 900000 trooper funding plan
The House Highway Committee voted unanimously to kill a measure seeking 900000 to hire 60 state police troopers for the Public Safety Department, with 300000 requested for 1968 and 600000 for 1969, citing no current funds to implement the plan. Rep. Walter Kennedy chaired the panel.
Legion awards $3000 in Vermont scholarships
The American Legion Department of Vermont announces three thousand dollars in scholarships for the year. Four five hundred dollar awards and one thousand dollar Charles N Barber American Legion Scholarship are available to all Vermont high school seniors seeking further education. Deadline for applications is April fifteenth.
Miss Vermont Agriculture and Maple Queen named
Alicia Thompson seventeen from Brownington was named Miss Vermont Agriculture at the 34th Vermont Farm Show. She had already been named Miss Vermont Maple Queen earlier in the week.
Berlin Voters OK 480000 Bond for New Elementary School
Voters Thursday approved a 480000 bond to build a new 16 room elementary school replacing three overcrowded campuses in Berlin. The action funds construction and aims to relieve crowding with a single district facility.
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Berlin
API
Albany firm files reorganization in U S district court
ALBANY W N Whitney & Co, long established department store, seeks court protection with assets exceeding liabilities but lacking immediate new financing. Operations remain normal with a $5 million annual gross, 250 workers, and stores on North Pearl Street and Stuyvesant Plaza. COLONIE Trial of Richard and wife over polio shots adjourned to March 25 as lawyers request. The case links vaccination dispute to alleged child neglect. Shadicks say they will vaccinate if failure to do so is deemed neglect.
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Albany
W.N. Whitney & Co
U.S
North Pearl Street
New York
Stuyvesant Plaza
Colonie
Richard Shadick
Shadick
Burglary Report At White Cross Diaper Service
Troy police investigate a weekend garage break in at White Cross Diaper Service 49 Hoosick Street where 15 bundles of diapers were stolen from a truck totaling 105 dozen items valued around 250 dollars amid a rash of thefts in the past week.
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Troy
White Cross Diaper Service, Inc
Hoosick St
Berkshire billboard ruling and Lenox gift for school expansion
Great Barrington residents face a state Outdoor Advertising Board decision on a heavy duty billboard by Maurice Callahan & Sons. In Lenox, Canon G Gardner Monks offers a $500,000 challenge gift to Lenox School for a Founders Hall dormitory, to be matched by year end 1970.
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Stockbridge Road
Maurice Callahan & Sons
Pittsfield
State Outdoor Advertising Board
Lenox
Canon G. Gardner Monks
Episcopal Diocese of
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Lenox School
Canon Monks
Robert L. Curry
Hinsdale Fire Station Repairs Endorsement
Hinsdale Municipal Building Committee defends its plan to repair the current fire station saying 8740 spent on the aging building will save tax dollars without compromising safety. A spokesman notes multiple inspections confirm the station is structurally sound and not in danger of collapse.
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Hinsdale
Bomb scare evacuates Drury High School
A typewritten bomb threat at Drury High School prompted an 11 25 a m evacuation. Firefighters and police checked the building while students were sent home and told to report today, with principal Stephen J Drotter confirming the incident.
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North Adams
Drury High School
Stephen J. Drotter
Romney Reserves Judgment on LBJ Crisis Handling
Governor George Romney criticizes the Johnson administration on fiscal policy and Vietnam while reserving judgment on the Pueblo incident. He urges nonpartisan action, calls for a tax increase in 1966, and argues inflation followed Johnson’s avoidance of tough choices. He plans a speech at St. Paul’s School in Concord during his New Hampshire swing.
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McCarthy Opens Campaign in N H
UPI reports Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota launches his New Hampshire presidential primary bid. He says Pueblo recovery could happen without a military exchange, hints at possible force and pressure on the Russian fleet, and criticizes rapid reserve call-ups. He plans at least 14 days in New Hampshire with his name on the ballot as Johnson runs as a write-in.
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UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
North Korea
New Hampshire
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McCarthy
Johnson
Vipers Fine
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Dennis Sullivan
Miner Convicted in 1967 Windsor Murder Case
A Vermont Superior Court jury found Earl D. Miner 25 guilty of first degree murder in the January 24, 1967, killing of his wife Bonnie Lee 19. Miner faces life in Windsor State Prison. Judge Dale W. Brooks guided the deliberation of eight women and four men over three hours. Miner plans an immediate appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court. motions are due next week.
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Woodstock
UPD
Earl D. Miner
Springfield
Bonnie Lee
Windsor
Dale W. Brooks
Peter Plante
White River Junction
Vermont Supreme Court
Plante
GOP Leaders Defend Proposed Spending Cuts in Vermont
In Montpelier the Republican House leadership backs a 3 percent across the board cut for fiscal 1968 and 1969, expected to save about $1 million. Gov Hoff calls the plan unbelievable and warns it could harm state programs. He orders department heads to freeze vacancies, cut travel, and trim purchases to cover an anticipated $1.8 million deficit.
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Montpelier
Republican House
Philip H. Hoff
House
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Hoff
State Department
Five Daughters Burned In Pre-Dawn Vermont Fire
In St. Albans Vermont five Doner daughters aged 8 to 4 were badly burned when their home burned before dawn. Peggy 8 Laurie 7 Lisa 6 Francine 5 Deborah 4 were hospitalized at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington. Pauline Doner woke at 2:30 a.m. and alerted a neighbor then fire crews. The state fire marshal's office will investigate the blaze. the father, a construction worker, was away.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Francis Doner
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Peggy
Laurie
Lisa
Francine
Deborah
Pauline Doner
Gavin urges force to recover Pueblo from North Korea
Hanover New Hampshire United Press International retired Army Lt General James H Gavin criticized U S policy on Vietnam and expressed shock that the captured intelligence ship Pueblo had no air cover He said the United States should use force if needed to regain the Pueblo if the ship was in international waters and if confirmed should be forced to secure its return during a Dartmouth College talk
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Gavin
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
France
Kennedy
Washington
North Vietnam
Cree Opposes Gross Tax Bill In Vernon Plant
Albert A. Cree of Rutland urged the Vermont legislature to kill a gross receipts tax on the Vernon nuclear plant. He proposed a $400,000 Vernon share and $675,000 for the state based on a $500,000 town budget, noting the plant will replace the current $400,000 electric generating tax when operations begin in 1970 or 1971.
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