Snelling Pushes Property Tax Cut With Sales Tax Plan
Brattleboro Vermont Republican Richard Snelling urged a 20 percent cut in average local property taxes and a 30 percent cut in income taxes, arguing the tax burden hinders orderly economic growth. He cited a Hoff council report two years old noting dangers of excessive real estate taxes and land development.
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Philip H. Hoff
Council On State
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Middlebury Lawyer Joins AG Race On Both Parties
Atty. Gerard Trudeau, 36, announced plans to run for attorney general on both the Democratic and Republican tickets. He must file with 500 signatures to qualify for the primary by Wednesday. Incumbent Democrat John Connarn and former Windham County Republican senator James Oakes, a Brattleboro lawyer, also seek the post.
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Windham County
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Brattleboro
Community health center planned for Morrisville facilities
The Lamoille County Development Council says a community health center will open in Morrisville in facilities to be built at Copley Hospital this summer. Vermont Mental Health will staff the clinic for 12 months with a psychiatric social worker and a consulting psychiatrist on call. Two New England Marines were killed in Vietnam, Defense Department said. Pfc Joseph Valee of Tewksbury Massachusetts and Pfc Bruce Baker of Burlington were identified as the dead.
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Washington
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Carol McFedries
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Tewksbury
Mass
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Donald S. Baker
Pine St
Vermont Art Exhibit set for August at Norwich University
The annual Vermont Art Exhibit will run August 18 to 21, sponsored by Norwich University and open to Vermont artists over 18. Judge for all media is Winslow Eaves of Dartmouth College, noted for one man shows in New York and Paris and who placed first at the New York State Fair Art Exhibition.
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UPI
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Norwich University
Winslow Eaves
Dartmouth College
New York
Paris
Three Die in Albany Thruway Head-On Crash
A head on collision on the New York Thruway just south of the Albany exit killed three people and injured two. Arthur Billingsley 19 of Rensselaer and Mary Allen 54 of the Bronx died at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Adel Pickens 18 of Albany also died there. Steve Gribble 47 of New Brunswick is in critical condition. Robert Neely 19 of Albany is in satisfactory condition. State Police say the Billingsley car crossed the center line and struck the Gribble car in the southbound lane.
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Arthur J. Billingsley
Rensselaer
Mary Allen
Bronx
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Adel Pickens
Billingsley
GE Workers Strike At Schenectady Plant Over Inequities
About 1,500 workers in the generator and motor division of the General Electric Co plant in Schenectady walked off the job on Thursday. Local 301 official says the walkout stems from a year old grievance over work assignments and is tied to fears of layoffs from production imbalances after earlier strikes. GE accuses the union of a hit-and-run strike tactic to pressure for this year’s contract negotiations.
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Albany Art Show At Family Service Aug 19 20
An art show and sale of paintings pottery and sculpture will be held at Albany Family and Children’s Service Aug 19 from 7 to 9 pm and Aug 20 from 10 am to 3 pm. Works by several East Coast artists making first Capital District appearance will be displayed. The show repeats Aug 21 and 22 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs.
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Family and Children’s Service of
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Saratoga Springs
Final demolition slated for Main Street complex in North Adams
In North Adams the final demolition of the six building Main Street block is planned by North Adams Futures Inc. The tract’s future remains unsettled as more than six businesses left earlier this spring. A four story brick and wooden structure and a theater shell still stand amid the rubble. In Pittsfield, Mayor Remo Del Gallo says he has received several complaints about a Bay State Riders field meet planned for August 14. He did not indicate whether the club will be allowed to hold the event. Councilman John H. Rice is among objectors and the club must obtain mayoral permission.
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Colleges Share $3,753 Grant From Insurance Company
Williamstown Williams College and three other area institutions receive 3753 dollars from Connecticut General Life Insurance Co under the annual Program of Aid to Higher Education. In Pittsfield, Sheriff John D. Courtney Jr. announces a work release program for trustees at Berkshire County House of Correction, the third county in the state to adopt it, effective July 1 after legislative passage in May.
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John D. Courtney Jr
Berkshire County
Frenchman Completes Death Valley Hike
Jean Pierre Marquant, a 20th century voyager and former paratrooper, completed a 102 mile trek through Death Valley in nine days amid 130 degree heat. He consumed three gallons of liquids daily and finished the final six miles in about two hours, telling reporters he may go dancing tonight.
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UPI
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America
Boston men sentenced for murder and armed robbery
Three Boston men yelled abuse at the judge and jury after receiving life terms for the February murder robbery of Morris J. Yanes, a Newton man, at a Dorchester package store. The oldest co-defendant sat silent as he got the same sentence. The jury had found all four guilty of first degree murder and armed robbery.
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UPID
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Morris J. Yanes
Newton
Reuben L. Lurie
Walpole State Prison
Davidc. Carita
Lurie
Paul J. Wise
Sabatino A
Sam) Fondanova
Dorchester
Famed Flyer's Sister Denies Earhart Spying Mission
Muriel Earhart Morrissey, Amelia Earhart sister, insists the famed flyer was not on a U.S. spying mission when she disappeared over the Pacific in July 1937. She cites confidence that President Roosevelt or his private papers would reveal any such assignment.
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Medford
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UPI
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Morrissey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
One Day Flights For Wounded Gls
Wounded Viet Nam veterans from the East Coast will fly non-stop to the Washington area on 20 hour polar flights aboard Lockheed C141 Starlifters landing at Andrews Air Force Base Maryland. Those not living near Washington will be shuttle-flown to nearer military hospitals.
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UPI
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Viet Nam
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews
Papal Blessing Expected for Nuptial Mass
Washington UPI Pope Paul VI is expected to send a personal blessing for the marriage of Luci Baine Johnson and Patrick J. Nugent. The message, read by Archbishop O Boyle at the National Shrine Aug 6, follows their Oct audience with the Pope in New York. President Johnson invited the couple, both devout Catholics, to attend.
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UPI
Paul VI
Luci Baine Johnson
Patrick J. Nugent
Patrick A. O’boyle
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Luci
Pat
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Johnson
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