Vermont campgrounds set higher fees May 1968
Vermont's Forest and Parks Board voted to raise campground fees starting in May 1968. Tent or trailer sites will cost $1.50 per night, up from $1, with family minimum charges rising from $2 to $3. Picnic areas and beaches day-use fees stay at 25 cents, and $5 family season passes remain unchanged. The state owns 1,800 camp sites across 42 campgrounds, which yielded $375,000 last year.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Forest and Parks Board
Robert B. Williams
Williams
Vermont pool supervision boosts drowning protection say officials
Burlington Vermont extension service states supervised swimming areas cut drowning risk by 98 percent. Doris Steele of the University of Vermont urged pond owners to treat farm ponds as hazardous and to fence them to keep children safe.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont Extension Service
Doris Steele
University of Vermont Extension Service
Albany Con Con to Open Fight on Blaine Amendment
The Bill of Rights and Suffrage Committee will formally consider repealing the Blaine Amendment which bars state aid to church schools. A three point plan favors repeal and adopting the federal First Amendment plus allowing citizens to sue the state, mirroring May 25 recommendations by the State Board of Regents. The convention also delayed action on lowering the voting age to 18, with about 60 votes seen in the 186 delegate body and divisions between Republicans and Democrats.
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Albany
Bill of Rights and Suffrage Committee
State Board of Regents
Con Con
Berkshire Road Plan Draws 30 Invited To Forum
More than 30 people from Berkshire county and Connecticut were invited to a Thursday meeting with Massachusetts DPW Commissioner Edward Ribb to discuss plans for a new four lane limited access Massachusetts Route 8 from Pittsfield to the Vermont line. The study was ordered by a legislative act signed by Gov. Volpe earlier this year.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Connecticut
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works
Edward Ribb
Boston Valley Corp To Remove Sign Along Interstate 89
BOLTON UPI The Boston Valley Corp will remove a sign from its property along Interstate 89 following a plea by Gov. Philip H. Hoff. Resort area president Ralph DesLauriers announced Wednesday.
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Bolton
UPI
The
Boston Valley Corp
Philip H. Hoff
Ralph DesLauriers
Hoff Signs New Wage Bill for Vermont Workers
Gov. Philip H. Hoff signed wage orders raising pay for exempt hotel restaurant and resort workers to implement a 1.40 per hour minimum wage with 60 days to take effect. Waitresses at non resort hotels gain 10 cents, resort waitresses 10 cents to 80 cents, chambermaids in resorts to 1.15, and counter service staff to 1.20. Learner rates rise 15 cents in laundry, dry cleaning, wholesale retail and service sectors. AEC says Vermont Yankee plant plan meets safety, schedules Aug 1 hearing in Brattleboro.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Louis Lavin
State
Wage Board
Washington
API
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Vergennes to Get New Post Office on Green and North
The Post Office Department announced a new post office will be acquired in Vergennes with the site at Green and North streets. Construction bids will be sought soon, officials said in Washington.
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Vergennes
UPI
Post Office Department
Washington
Green and
North Streets
Pony Express Trek Through Vermont Toward Expo 67
The Whitte mores of Needham Mass travel by sulky drawn by a Shetland pony King on a 400 mile trek to Expo 67 in Montreal. Tony aged 11 and Jeff 9 collect meals and lodging from small jobs while covering about 130 miles to reach Canada by August 1. They enjoyed crossing the Charles Town Toll Bridge for free as a notable early moment.
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Vermont
Expo
Prise
Theodore P. Whittemore
Tony
Jeff
Charlestown Toll Bridge
New
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Leighton K. Godfrey
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Gaffetti
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Lake Champlain
William Devine
Vernon Devine
Rockpoint
North Beach
Paul Thompson
Tim Gelinas
Devine
Burlington Lake Champlain
New York
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North Adams
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Greylock
Boston
State Forests and Parks Division
Dept. of Resources and Economic Development
Springfield
Mt. Greylock Reservation
Springfield Conservation Commission
Benedict C. Breiting
Gilbert Bliss
Williamstown
Williams College
Patricia Power
John H. Power
Power
Gale Rd
Anar Shaikh
Malaysia
M.S. Shaikh
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah
Shaikh
U.S
Boston Corp
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DesLauriers
Atkins
Jewelers
Main ST
Bennington
Esso
Budget Plans
J.H. Winslow
Shaftsbury
Hampshire
Borderline
Welch
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Rainmaker
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Greenfield Recorder
Mirror Players
Emlyn Williams
Wilmington Playhouse
Wilmington
Vermont Bank and Trust
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Brattleboro
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Chester
Manchester
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