Arctic blizzard paralyzes Northeast and Midwest travel
A severe Arctic blast blankets the Northeast and eastern Midwest with heavy snowdrifts and subzero chill. Ontario premier John Roberts is rescued after a night at a highway service center. a New Jersey fisherman survives an open-boat ordeal. Thruway reopens portions as schools and businesses shutter. Fatalities blamed on the weather rise while travel warnings persist across several states and provinces.
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Ingersoll
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Finger Lakes
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Quebec
Albany
Rochester
Midwest
Cheboygan
Mich
Traverse City
Florida
Deep South
Santa Ana
Los Angeles
National Weather Service
Four climbers missing on Mt Washington amid storm
A 10 member rescue team waited at the base of Mt Washington in Pinkham Notch New Hampshire for a weather break to resume search for four climbers believed stranded near the peak. The party had to retreat Wednesday as wind and snow intensified with temperatures at minus 30 and winds near 40 mph.
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Ohio
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Maine
North Carolina
Midwest
Tennessee
Fargo
N.D
Brownsville
McAllen
Tex
Pinkham Notch
N.H
UPI
Mile High
Mt. Washington
United States
William Alden
USS. Forestry Service
Gorham
Alden
New Jersey
Rutgers University Outdoor Club
Harvard Mountaineering Club
Barry Fields
Boonton
Joseph DiMaio
Irvington
Marc Edward Salter
Vineland
Jose Vasquez
West Orange
Lion’s Head
Senate panel opposes election of Vermont auditor
Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee insists the legislature should select the state auditor rather than elect the post. The panel voted to keep the auditor as an appointed position with a four year term, opposing incumbent Acebo’s push for popular election. The vote also advanced four year terms for lieutenant governor treasurer and secretary of state, while proposing changes to the time lock and other voting provisions.
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Russell Niquette
o-Chittenden-Grand Isle
Deane C. Davis
Constitutional Study Revision Commission
Davis
Commission
Legislature urged to redraw Senate districts ignoring counties
Vermont lawmakers faced a push from the Legislative Apportionment Board to end reliance on county lines for senatorial districts. Chair Christopher Webber cited the 1970 census showing Chittenden Grand Isle deserves a seventh seat and proposed merging Caledonia with Orleans Essex to create three seats. He warned current statute blocks one man one vote and that re apportionment is due this year.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Legislative Apportionment Board
Rutland
Christopher Webber
Webber
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Caledonia County
Vermont Legal Aid sets activity guidelines after Davis clash
Gov. Davis and Vermont Legal Aid agreed on permissible staff attorney activities after a dispute over political activity. The guidelines ban inflammatory language in newsletters and lobbying before legislatures or agencies, while allowing preparation of proposed legislation, drafting rules or ordinances, and appearances when invited by officials.
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Richard Blum
Legal Aid
VLA
Davis
Vermont House Amends Adjournment Date to April 17
The Vermont House Democratic amendment set April 17 as the 1971 session adjournment, changing Rep. Graf’s April 24 plan to avoid seven final days of unpaid work. The move passed 89 to 49 despite Republican hesitation. Rep. Oreste Valsangiacomo led the change, with GOP Leader John Grenier offering cautious remarks.
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House
John Grenier
Waterbury
McLaughry Delays Resolution on Constitutional Convention
Rep. John McLaughry of Kirby opposed the Senate approved push for a constitutional convention to discuss revenue sharing. He forced the measure back to the House Judiciary Committee, opposing the convention method on principle.
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Montpelier
UPI
John McLaughry
Kirby
Congress
McLaughry
House Judiciary Committee
Vermont Senate backs rail link Boston to Montreal
The Vermont Senate on Wednesday endorsed Gov. Davis's appeal to Transportation Secretary Volpe to add Vermont to the Boston to Montreal passenger rail plan under the 1970 Rail Service Act. It also approved the renomination of Lawrence Wright as state tax commissioner.
Freshman NY Legislators Propose Albany Mall Bill Jokes
Two New York City freshmen Assemblymen Brian Sharoff and Richard Gottfried push tongue in cheek bills on Albany South Mall. They propose renaming the project Albany Mall or the Great White Elephant, an additional one billion to pave streets with gold, and empowering the state general services commissioner to seize Schenectady land for parking facilities related to the mall project.
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Albany
New York City
South Mall
Brian Sharoff
Brooklyn
Richard Gottfried
Manhattan
Albany Mall
General Services
Trustees OK $150 Tuition Hike at New York Colleges
The State University Board of Trustees voted to raise four year college tuition from 400 to 550 dollars per year for resident undergraduates starting September, signaling a likely similar increase at most two year community colleges with a 1973 price rise planned.
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Albany
State University Board of Trustees
Picard Farm Recreation project challenged by state plans
Adams Berkshire Dragone says Picard Farm group will not block state development of Thiel Farm Camping Area by the Department of Natural Resources. He proposes a public right of way to the Thiel entrance and offers to develop the site for the town if land is returned. Northern Berkshire Austrian surgeon Bohler visits North Adams Hospital ahead of ski injury course in Colorado. Baker named South Junior High principal in Pittsfield. Sheffield Conservation Commission asks state for feasibility study on boat ramps near Housatonic River projects.
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Picard Farm
Thiel Farm
Joseph R. Dragone
Springfield
Thiel
State Department of Natural Resources
Dragone
North Adams
Jorg Bohler
Linz
Colorado
Arthur E. Ellison
Williamstown
Pittsfield
Paul E. Baker
Mamaroneck
N.Y
South Junior High
William A. Tully
Sheffield
Conservation Commission
State Department of Public Works
Housatonic River
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