Vermont senator seeks review of refuge land expansion
Sen George D Aiken said the Migratory Bird Commission may review a 40 percent enlargement of the National Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge in Vermont. He reported Sen Lee Metcalf would ask for public hearings when the commission meets July 26 amid protests from landowners near Highgate and Swanton.
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Missisquoi Wildlife
Vermont
Migratory Bird Commission
George D. Aiken
Washington
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Aiken
Metcalf
Highgate
Swanton
New Haven man jailed for interstate car theft
Joseph Knott, 35, of New Haven Connecticut, received a two year sentence in federal court after pleading guilty to interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. He was arrested in Lyndonville after allegedly taking a car in New Haven in April and altering its registration. Samuel E. Glover, 42, of Jacksonville Florida, got a one year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to violating the Narcotics Act by failing to register with the Treasury Department. He was arrested in May near the Quebec Vermont border.
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Brattleboro
UPI
New Haven
Treasury Department
Glover
Quebec- Vermont
Vermont DMV to issue 20 day temporary licenses
Vermont Commissioner James Malloy said the DMV has moved to a data processing system for operator licenses and qualified applicants may wait long. The department will issue temporary 20 day operator licenses from exam stations to those who pass the test, but temporary learner permits will not be issued.
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Malloy
Teenager accused in highway death of Rhode Island woman
In St Johnsbury Vermont a teenager faced charges in the death of Mrs Sigrade Loftes 76 of North Kingston RI who died after a two car crash on Passumpsic Street. Her husband Alvin 76 and Jay Stevens 18 of Morgan were injured Stevens charged with careless and negligent living with death resulting Vermont’s 48th highway fatality of the year
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UPI
Rhode Island
Sigrade Loftes
North Kingston
Passumpsic
Alvin
Jay Stevens
Morgan
Stevens
Loftes
Vermont
Watervliet Arsenal worker awarded for cost savings effort
Frederick J. Meineker of Castleton was among 17 Defense Department staff honored for contributions to McNamara's cost reduction program. His idea to reuse mothballed World War II 40mm gun breech mechanisms as spare parts saved nearly $400,000 in weapons procurement and earned a $1,000 incentive.
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Watervliet Arsenal
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Frederick J. Meineker
Castleton
Pentagon
McNamara
Joint Chief of Staff
Meineker
Arsenal
State sales tax nets 137.7 million in first collection
Albany reports the 2 percent sales tax brought in 137.7 million dollars in the first of four collections this fiscal year. Tax Commissioner Joseph H. Murphy confirmed the figure and cited no reason the levy would miss the 585 million dollar forecast in Gov Nelson A Rockefeller's executive budget.
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Joseph H. Murphy
Murphy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Airlines add jets as strike lingers across major cities
Albany Mohawk Airlines schedules extra jets starting today to cover Rochester Buffalo Syracuse and New York City while the strike among five major carriers continues. A spokesman warned this will force cutbacks on less popular routes including Albany to Keene New Hampshire and Worcester Massachusetts with two Albany New York City flights affected.
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Mohawk Airlines
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Buffalo
Syracuse
New York City
Keene
N.H
Worcester
Mass
Pittsfield Traffic Fatalities Lead Weekend Toll
In Pittsfield Massachusetts 17 year old James P McGurk dies from injuries after colliding with a parked car following an ambulance pass incident. Another local teen James Clary is hospitalized. Joseph Salustro dies from a separate two car crash near Pittsfield Cemetery. Police investigate a street assault complaint in Williamstown involving two motorcyclists.
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Pittsfield
James P. McGurk
Sacred Heart Church
Clement A. Lacey
McGurk
James Clary
Pittsfield General Hospital
Joseph Salustro
Albany
N.Y
State To Finance Driver Education Program
Vermont will launch a state financed high school driver education and training program this September with a 175,000 dollar appropriation. About 50 or more high schools are expected to participate, serving roughly 3,420 students this year. The plan includes 30 hours of class and at least six hours behind the wheel, with all schools required to offer the course after 1970 and 16 to 17 year olds needing a Motor Vehicles Department approved course to obtain a junior permit.
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State Education Department
Magwire
Motor Vehicles Department
Puccini Opera Opens Newport Festival With La Boheme
Newport Opera Festival opens in Newport Rhode Island with La Boheme staged by the Metropolitan Opera Company under George Shick. Cast includes Licia Albanese Laurel Hurley Barry Morell and Russell Christopher with Sunday plans for Verdi Aida conducted by Silvio Varviso.
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Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia
Verdi
Aida
Silvio Varviso
Lucine Amara
Seaway costs squeeze US and Canada rethink plan
The St Lawrence Seaway faces mounting red ink as debt climbs to $512 million, with Canadian Welland tolls suspended since 1962. A toll increase is debated to pay off debt though opponents warn higher charges will raise consumer costs and deter traffic. Officials acknowledge a new financing plan is needed.
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UPI
S&t. Lawrence Seaway
U.S
Canada
Welland Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
Montreal
Seaway Authority
St. Lawrence Development Corp
United States
Welland
Lake Ontario
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Lake Erie
Great Lakes
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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Bennington Girl Sings Last Line in Limerick Contest
Vermont sixth graders join 1,000 entrants in KVB Limerick Contest themed to keeping Vermont clean. Bennington students submit original lines and poems, with judges including Frank H. Teagle Jr. and Susan Berard, planning 45 prizes.
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Woodstock
Vermont
KVB
Frank H. Teagle Jr
Bennington
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