Brothers pull 10 year old pony toward Expo 67 journey
Tony Whittemore 11 and Jeff 9 of Needham Mass resume northward trek with King the Shetland pony pulling their modified sulky toward Montreal. They plan to reach Rochester tonight on a 400 mile trip, after a mountain jeep jaunt and a ski lift outing at Killington. The boys live on charity, doing chores for lodging and meals.
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Pittsfield
UPI
King
Tony
Jeff Whittemore
Needham
Mass
Rochester
Montreal
Jeff
Mount Killington
Killington
John Giorgetti
Clifton Merrill
Vermont panel backs junk car cleanup funding tweak
The House Natural Resources Committee proposed higher special taxes to fund junk motor vehicle disposal. A bill would let the Highway Board contract with an outside firm to remove wrecked cars. Chairman Arthur Gibb urged a higher head tax, while Ted Cacciort suggested raising the vehicle purchase and use tax from 3 to 4 percent with some proceeds for the program.
Vermont Board Rejects Ramp Request at I 89 St Albans
The Vermont Highway Board denied a request from the St. Albans City Council for an additional ramp at the Interstate 89 interchange. Robert Wilson of Bennington moved to reject, citing policy that no new interchanges be built until the interstate system is completed. Acting Highway Commissioner Reginald H. Arnold cited current traffic and 1985 projections of 675 cars daily as insufficient to justify a southerly slip ramp from the state aid 4 interchange.
Vermont lawmaker calls for board to explain Gibboney exit
Rep. George H. Sloan of Rutland says finding a successor to Education Commissioner Richard A. Gibboney will be tough without a full, public board explanation. Sloan, a Hoff administration ally, urges a definite board philosophy. Harold Raynolds of Springfield cites an impasse over philosophies as the resignation cause.
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Board of Education
Harold Raynolds
Springfield
Gibboney
Vermont to brief groups on 1967 industrial park statute
The Vermont Development Department will hold a Tuesday meeting at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock to explain a new industrial park statute. Passed by the 1967 legislature, the law authorizes the state to loan funds to non profit development corporations for building speculative plants on land they own or lease long term.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Development Department
Woodstock Inn
Woodstock
Judge dismisses 37 gambling indictments in Troy area
Albany Rensselaer County Judge John T Casey dismissed 37 gambling indictments against 18 Troy area men after wire tapping evidence was ruled invalid by a June Supreme Court decision. The men were indicted May 25 after a April raid by District Atty M Andrew Dwyer and state police.
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Albany — Rensselaer
John T. Casey
Troy Area
Andrew Dwyer
Rensselaer County
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
Supreme Court
Waterford Youth Drowns in Canal Spillway Incident
Douglas E. Stanley, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Stanley, drowned Wednesday while swimming in the Lock 3 spillway of the New York Barge Canal. He was swept overpowered by the water flow as the lock opened to permit two pleasure boats to pass.
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Waterford
Douglas E. Stanley
Raymond P. Stanley
New York Barge Canal
Stanley
Constitutional Convention Ends Property Ownership Voting Rule
Albany The Constitutional Convention voted to abolish property ownership for school district voting and proposed spelling out residency requirements, eliminating floater voting, and allowing residents who move within the state for at least 90 days to vote in state elections if they have lived in their new residence 30 days.
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Albany
Berkshire Planning Board backs Mohawk Trail housing rezoning proposal
In North Adams the Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend rezoning about 21.7 acres off the Mohawk Trail for a $2 million, 125 unit moderate income housing project. Oakland Associates of Manchester Conn seeks R-2 zoning on Trudeau property. council action pending.
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North Adams
Mohawk Trail
Oakland Associates
Manchester
Conn
Emile J
Corinne Trudeau
Vandalism Hurts North Adams School Windows
North Adams building supervisor Robert J Knox says vandalism is driving rising school window damage. He reports over 131 broken windows this summer including 31 last weekend and notes stones found inside indicate intentional acts rather than accidents.
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North Adams
Robert J. Knox
Knox
Free University of Berlin Choir to Perform in North Adams
The 45 member Free University of Berlin student choir will give a Friday 7:30 performance at First Methodist with no admission. On tour in the eastern United States, the group includes 19 to 27 year olds from West Berlin and refugees from East Germany and other Eastern Europe. They sing sacred works from Bach Handel David Schutz and Reda and read passages from the Old and New Testament.
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North Adams
Free University of Berlin
United States
West Berlin
East Germany
Europe
Handel
David, Schutz
Reda
Cree Testifies on Rising Cost of Yankee Plant
Albert A. Cree of Rutland told a Vermont Public Service Board hearing that the Vernon nuclear plant cost now stands at 99 million dollars, about 11 million more than initially expected, as the plant seeks to issue an additional 5 million in stock to cover construction costs. The PSB has already granted a 10 million stock authorization, with the Securities and Exchange Commission still reviewing it. Massacusetts officials clashed with Vermont Yankee as counsel George Spiegel pushed for municipal stock sales to Massachusetts entities.
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Vermont Yankee
Securities and Exchange Commission
George T. Spiegel
Municipal Electric Associa
Salt contract settlement ends long price fixing dispute
Maine Vermont and New Hampshire won about 275000 in a price fixing case against three road salt producers International Salt Morton International Diamond Crystal Salt. In Portland Maine the settlement nets roughly 40000 after fees and court costs with Vermont receiving 58850 based on tonnage for 200000 tons of road salt from 1956 to 1961. Atty Gen James Oakes led the inquiry and linked the deal to findings by Sen Jack O Brien and the late Paul Humphrey.
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Oakes
Jack O’brien
Paul Humphrey
Vermont
O’ O’brien
South Burlington
Humphrey
Poultney
Highway Department
International Salt Co
Morton International Inc
Diamond Crystal Salt Co
Four die as Maine plane crashes near border
FAA teams investigate a Piper Supercruiser crash in Aroostook County Maine killing Marc Martin 55 and three others including his two sons Nelson 28 and Rudolph 12 and Aurele Michaud 49 of New Britain Connecticut. Nelson, a student pilot, was not authorized to fly passengers. One wing separated before impact eight miles south of Fort Kent in dense woods.
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Fort Kent, Maine
UPI
Marc Martin
New Canada
Nelson
Rudolph
Aurele Michaud
New Britain
Conn
Nelson Martin
Aroostook County
Here
Vermont Receives 20500 For Fisheries Research
The Vermont congressional delegation announced 20500 in fiscal 1968 funding under the Federal Fisheries Research and Development Program. The state will use the money on a matching basis for a Lake Champlain study led by the Vermont Fish and Game Department, with reimbursements up to 75 percent for approved projects.
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Washington
UPD
Vermont
Vermont Fish and Game Department
Lake Champlain
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