Vermont House weighs bills to curb nuclear plant construction
The Vermont House considers two measures to regulate nuclear plants. Luther Hackett proposes state approval of site size and design for any atomic power facility. Brian Burns seeks PSB power to issue permits with legislative approval. Also, a joint resolution asks the 1969 session end April 19 with a Jan 7 1970 start for the second session, while Sen. John O'Brien pushes a 14 week term ending April 12.
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Chittenden Grand Isles
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O’brien
House
SEVCA Chief O Neil Rejects Closed Dismissal Hearing
Chester Davis S O Neil SEVCA director says he will not attend a planned secret hearing on his dismissal unless it is open to the public. He cites a need for public awareness of agency operations and hints at possible prior mismanagement. Board member Rev James L Young says he was fired due to widespread staff discontent with him.
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Chester—Davis S. O'Neil
Southeastern Vermont Community Action Agency
SEVCA
O’neil
James L. Young
Brattleboro
Vermont Librarians Get 25491 Grant for Summer Institute
United Press International reports the U.S. Office of Education awarded the University of Vermont a 25491 grant for a three week summer institute for elementary school librarians. Senator Winston L. Prouty announced the program will help Vermont librarians develop new library programs for their schools.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
University of Vermont
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Vermont
Miss Vermont Agriculture 1969 Crowned at Farm Show
Jeanna Chase a 19 year old freshman at Keene State College in New Hampshire was named Miss Vermont Agriculture of 1969 at the Vermont Farm Show closing session in Barre. Chase hails from North Pomfret and earned the title during the Thursday event.
Policing Criticism Probed by Gloversville Chief
Gloversville police chief Gordon Scribner acted at Mayor Richard Hood's request to investigate a resident's criticism of city police. Robert Kennedy at a Common Council meeting alleged officers were insolent and uncourteous, recounting episodes including a domestic search for a barking dog and an in-store assault he says involved the wrong man.
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Gloversville
Gordon Scribner
Richard Hood
Robert Kennedy
Common Council
Kennedy
North Adams approves 3 million sewage plant expansion
The North Adams City Council approved a 3 million dollar addition to the primary sewage treatment plant with 20 percent city funding and 80 to 100 percent state and federal aid. R J Widen Co tannery will pay annual fees starting at eight thousand dollars, rising to fifteen thousand, to help cover operating costs. The expansion ties the tannery to the plant to curb water pollution and adds about twenty one thousand dollars yearly. In Pittsfield, General Electric will move transformer line production out and bring two in from other plants, with 90 employees in the Pittsfield Commercial Distribution Department affected in coming months.
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North Adams
R. J. Widen Co
Pittsfield
General Electric Co
Hickory
N.C
Oakland
Calif
City Solicitor Rules Out Overtime for Custodians
North Adams city solicitor Benjamin Apkin said Thursday night that school custodians are not entitled to overtime pay for private group events in public schools. He questions Fair Labor Standards Act applicability and cites contract terms as not covering such services.
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North Adams
Benjamin Apkin
Apkin
Maine Pushes Foreign Trade Zone Approval
The Maine Legislature urged the Foreign Trade Zone Board to promptly rule on Portland's foreign trade zone and Machiasport subzone proposals. House action sent the measure to the Senate as Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans hints at a decision next week. Senator Aiken, chair of the Committee of Alternates, says review resumes soon with hopes for a final ruling.
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Maine
UPI
Foreign Trade Zone Board
Portland
Machiasport
House
Senate
Washington
Commerce Department
Maurice H. Stans
Trade Zone Board
George Bush
Rtex
Stans
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Foreign Trade Zones Board
Committee of Alternates
Aiken
Burgess Vows Action to Move Bills to Floor
Speaker John S. Burgess of Brattleboro pledged firm action to force committee chairs to report bills within the allotted time and warned against further extensions. The House Rules Committee approved 10 day extensions for at least 24 bills as a courtesy, while Minority Leader Salmon urged stricter enforcement of the 15 day rule and supported proposed joint rules to prevent end of session logjams.
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Education and Ways and Means
House
Thomas P. Salmon
Rockingham
House Rules Committee
Salmon
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Ailing Gibb To Remain Ways and Means Chairman
MONTPELIER Vermont UPI reports that Ailing Gibb will stay as Ways and Means chairman with no current vacancy. Rome UPI notes Italians leave countryside as farm labor falls by 307000 while non agricultural jobs rise modestly in industry and services. Gibb hospitalized after a heart attack may be absent this session. Rep. Peisch is cool to the sales tax plan and residency shifts in state government are explored by Burgess.
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UPI
Central Institute of Statistics
House
Ways and Means
Arthur Gibb
Weybridge
Gibb
Deane C. Davis
Francis Peisch
Burlington
Appropriations Committee
Luther Hackett
South Burlington
Henry Carse
Hinesburg
Burgess
Sirhan to testify on economic status at trial
In Los Angeles Sirhan B Sirhan will testify he is from a low economic level as part of an argument over the grand jury selection for his murder trial of Senator Robert F Kennedy. His mother Mary will also testify that she and the family are poor. The defense contends the jury was not drawn from a representative cross section of poor and young people.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
Sir
Mary
Cooper
Lot
Arthur L. Alarcon
Rule Change Opens Mass Roles for Women in U S Church
A Vatican ruling permits women to proclaim lessons and the epistle and direct singing at Mass in the United States. Restrictions: roles limited to convents, schools, retreats, and gatherings lacking available male lectors. Announcement by Archbishop John F. Deardon of Detroit. tied to the Vatican Council liturgy reform. Also notes an unrelated jury appearance in Sirhan case.
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Washington
UPC
United States
Consilium
John F. Deardon
Detroit
American Bishops
Nixon fireside greeting halted by smoke at White House
Pat Nixon was about to greet the National Homemaker of the Year in the White House Green Room when smoke from a fire place forced the ceremony to move. A spokesman cited damp logs as the cause.
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Washington
UPI
Pat Nixon
White House
N E Motorists Struggle With Ice Slicked Roads
New England motorists faced ice slicked roads and freezing rain for a second day. North Maine saw snow while other six states reported rain and drizzle. A 15 car chain reaction crash occurred on McClellan Highway in Boston area. Berkshire County power failures followed ice storms and Windsor lost power overnight. Schools closed in Windsor Peru and Cheshire.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Maine
U.S
McClellan Highway
Maine Turnpike
Berkshire County
Mass
Opposition Voices Against Vermont Sales Tax Proposal
A Vermont NAACP chapter in Burlington and Brattleboro Area Ministers Association publicly oppose Governor Davis 4 percent general sales tax. NAACP argues it raises relative burdens on low-income people and that rebates are too costly to administer, suggesting higher graduated income tax instead. Ministers group warns any tax on life necessities hits struggling residents hardest.
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UPI
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Burlington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Brattleboro Area Ministers Association
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