Vermont billboards ban proposal draws cautious support
Development Commissioner Elbert G. Moulton backs Rep. Theodore Riehl’s bill to ban all billboards in Vermont. He warns the plan may be too radical but supports a possible compromise, and he questions traffic impacts from state signs. Also discussed are interstate symbol markers and shifting sign control to the Highway Department. A separate Education Board member seeks a more advisory role for the board and governor naming powers, citing the Gibboney affair as a trigger for reform.
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Riehl
Secretary of State
Highway Department
Youth pleads no contest to speeding near Waterbury
David Race, 19, of East Randolph pleads no contest in Barre District Court to speeding on Interstate 89. He is fined 50 dollars after state trooper and governor Philip Hoff's chauffeur clock speeds at 90 to 100 mph. Race's lawyer questions tailing and hot pursuit with Hoff’s wife and a minor in the limo.
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Race
Vinton
Claremont youth fined in fatal Route 5 crash
Lewis Melcher, 20, pleaded no contest to careless driving causing death after a Windsor crash on February 9, 1966. He was fined 250 dollars and received a suspended one to two year jail term. Police said he drove without a license in a car owned by another Claremont man and collided with a second vehicle, killing Michael Gobin of Newport.
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UPI
Claremont
N.H
Lewis Melcher
Melcher
Windsor
Michael Gobin
Newport
Watervliet Arsenal Named National Historic Landmark
The Watervliet Arsenal in New York was designated a national historic landmark by the National Park Service. Officials will present Col Fred Kornet Jr a plaque and certificate on Aug 22 recognizing the arsenal’s 154 years of weapon design and development.
Berkshire schools face closure for Savoy students
In Savoy two one room schools are deemed educationally indefensible by the state Department of Education. The plan urges sending 25 local students in grades 1 to 6 to Adams on a tuition basis, while Savoy's grades 7 to 12 already attend there. The report cites the difficulty of running a modern elementary program in a multigrade setup.
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Savoy
State Dept. of Education
Adams
Indictments Sought In Plymouth Mail Robbery Case
A Boston couple subpoenaed near the Canadian border was to testify before the federal grand jury probing the $1.5 million Plymouth mail robbery from nearly five years earlier. An unidentified witness testified Tuesday as authorities push for indictments in the swift holdup with the statute of limitations due next month.
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Boston
UPI
Plymouth
Justice Department
Hearing Set On Air Routes In Northern New England
The Civil Aeronautics Board schedules a November 28 public hearing to consider new air routes linking northern New England to the Great Lakes. Mohawk, Northeast and State wide airlines seek authority to connect Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire with Albany, Syracuse, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago. Keene, New Hampshire remains the only northern New England hub with direct routes to upstate New York and the Midwest.
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Washington
Midwest
New England
New York
Boston
Prouty Beach Funds Approved By Committee
The Vermont Interagency Committee on Natural Resources approved an extra 20,000 for Prouty Beach on Lake Memphremagog in Newport, bringing total project cost to about 130,000 with Newport matching 10,000. The panel also okayed 14,000 for interstate roadside restrooms and named Forest Orr civil rights compliance officer. Proposals to consolidate water resources, fish and game, and forests and parks into a single Natural Resources department were advanced, with public hearings planned next month.
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UPD
Vermont Interagency Committee On Natural Resources
Prouty Beach
Lake Mempheremagog
Newport
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Highway Department
Forest Orr
Departments of Water Resources, Fish and Game and Forests and Parks
Department of Natural Resources
New Group Formed To Fight Pollution in Vermont
A new Connecticut River Valley chapter of the Anti-Pollution League will sponsor an information center and a series of meetings to discuss pollution and its control. The group highlights the Vernon nuclear plant as a nearby threat and aims to alert 30 mile communities.
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Brattleboro
Citizens’ Group
Connecticut River Valley
Anti- Pollution League
Vernon
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