Seminar on 1968 drug law at Norwich University
Northfield hosts a three day Public Safety seminar at Norwich University focusing on the 1968 drug abuse control act. About 43 law enforcement officials including 10 state police investigators and agents from the Justice Department will study drug identification investigation and lab analysis as legislators updated narcotics laws to include hallucinogens. Burlington officials discuss balancing rights of the accused with public safety and propose modernizing criminal code procedures and broader discovery access for law enforcement.
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UPS
Public Safety Department
Norwich University
Glenn E. Davis
Department
U.S. Justice Department
Vermont
Burlington
UPI
Washington County
Joseph Palmisano
Palmisano
U.S. Senate
Vermont Law Hearing on Blue Laws Tonight in Bellows Falls
Legislative Council Sabbath Breaking Study Committee holds its third hearing at Central Elementary School in Bellows Falls at 7 p.m. The panel, led by Rep. Allen Foley, seeks public airing to aid the 1969 report on Sunday Blue Laws after the 1968 session failed to abolish them.
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Bellows Falls
UPI
Legislative Council
Vermont
Allen Foley
Norwich
Montpelier
Manchester
Central Elementary School
Tragic hit run in Albany claims 17 year old life
Gerald Lincourt of Rensselaer dies at Albany Med Center after injuries from a June 18 crash on N Y 9 and U S 20 near the Rensselaer line. Police seek a light blue GM car with four headlights and damaged front end.
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Albany
Gerald Lincourt
Rensselaer
Albany Medical Center Hospital
N.Y. 9
U.S. 20
General Motors
East Greenbush
Albany schools show slight racial imbalance rise
Albany public schools remain more racially imbalanced than last year, state census data disclose as the Albany NAACP petitions for a hearing on alleged segregation and unequal education. NAACP official Seth Spellman says the city resists faster integration despite prior plans to seek a state inquiry.
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Albany
State Education Department
NAACP
Seth Spellman
Obscene film complaints in Williamstown theater draw officials
Three North Adams residents including a priest objected to The Fox at College Cinema. Police Chief Zoito said only option is enforcing the 18 year old law. Theater manager Blanche Gendron credited for excluding youths. Also Berkshire Community Action Council to hire one of three attorneys for free legal aid with a $35,674 federal grant and $2,400 local support. Investigators prep third probe into Mud Pond dam collapse in Lee. suits total $10,600,000 as reasons remain undetermined.
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North Adams
Fox
Joseph Zoito Jr
Blanche Gendron
Berkshire Community Action Council
James E. Barnes
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Lee
East Lee
Settlement Near as NE Telephone Strike Enters 75th Day
The New England Telephone Co strike reaches day 75 with hope for a settlement after mediators scheduled talks between the company and IBTW. The sole issue is the conduct of a referendum on the wage progression plan, with the union confident of finalizing settlement if a vote can proceed.
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Boston
UPS
New England Telephone Co
Bell System
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
IBTW
Union
Gerald Walsh
Owen Sullivan
American Arbitration Association
Walsh
John J. Sullivan
Jeffords Seeks State Aid to Curb Water Pollution
Senator James Jeffords seeks GOP nomination for attorney general and proposes designating an assistant attorney general to aid local prosecutors in enforcing water pollution and zoning laws. He argues most young attorneys lack chancery court experience and needs to bolster enforcement in five-state region including Vermont.
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Johnsbury
UPI
James Jeffords
Rutland
GOP
Jeffords
Court of Chancery
Rutland Police Seek Union Recognition
Rutland faces a two week deadline to answer a petition asking the city police to recognize the American Federation of Municipal, County and State Employees as bargaining agent. Leader David Chisholm says the group claims over 30 percent support among Rutland’s 25 officers.
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Montpelier
UPI
Rutland
State Labor Relations Board
Donald O’brien
David Chisholm
American Federation of Municipal
Policemen’s Benevolent Association
Chisholm
Denver man guilty of disturbance after bikini carwash protest
Lorenz Peifer, 70, told a judge he demonstrated against girls in bikinis at a carwash. He was acquitted of a drunkenness charge but convicted of disturbance for walking down the street in his underwear.
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Denver
UPI
Lorenz Peiifer
Peifer
Senate backs Prouty youth crime prevention bill
The UPI report notes the U.S. Senate approved a measure drafted by Sen. Winston L. Prouty of Vermont. It emphasizes prevention and rehabilitation to curb juvenile delinquency and calls for prioritizing crime prevention programs.
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Washington
Upi
U.S. Senate
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Senate
Vermont
Hoff Urges Scientists To Bridge Air Quality Gap
Gov. Philip Hoff told about 75 scientists at Goddard College that translating research into action is the key. He urged lab researchers to craft feasible programs for political use to fight air pollution, calling it a frightening but solvable problem with private and public sector cooperation.
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United States
Canada
Europe
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