State Board approves raises and funding for regional groups
The Vermont State Development Board approved salary increases for two unclassified staff and funding for three regional development corporations. Deputy Development Commissioner Donald Lyons gains 10 percent to 12,900 dollars, while Ruth Stillings, secretary to Commissioner Elbert Moulton, earns 6,100 dollars annually. Franklin and Lamoille counties groups and the Northeastern Vermont Development Association won state support, with law providing half the director's annual salary from state funds.
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North Troy
UPI
State Development Board
Jay Peak
Donald Lyons
Ruth Stillings
Elbert Moulton
Franklin
Lamoille
Northeastern
Vermont Development Association
Unidentified man found with self-inflicted gunshot wound near Mendon
State Pathologist Dr. Richard Woodruff reports an unidentified man found in Mendon died from a 22 caliber gunshot wound to the head. He notes skull damage suggests self-inflicted shot. Police found a pistol near the body and the deceased had been in woods near Meadow Lake Road for about three and a half months. Wallet with over $100 present, no ID.
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Burlington
U PS
Richard Woodruff
Mendon
Woodruff
Meadow Lake Road
Burlington dealer suspended for 60 days under Packers and Stockyards Act
Nelson P. Camire of Burlington, a live stock dealer, was suspended 60 days as a registrant for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act. The USDA said Camire issued bogus checks for livestock and ordered him to keep proper accounts. He waived a hearing and did not enter a plea following a complaint by the Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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Burlington
UPI
Nelson P. Camire
Burlington Livestock
Packers and Stockyards Act
Thomas Flavin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New York
Camire
Flavin
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Vermont Medical Center gets $34000 public health grant
The De Goesbriand unit at the Medical Center of Vermont receives a $34,000 grant from the U.S. Public Health Office. Vermont’s congressional delegation announced the funds in Washington. Dr. Frank Falck directs the project focusing on language disorders through a multi-directional approach.
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Burlington
U PI
de Goesbriand
Medical Center of
Vermont
U.S. Public Health Office
Washington
Center For Disorders of Communication
Medical Center
Frank Falck
New York Court Upholds Textbook Loan to Parochial Schools
The New York Court of Appeals, in a 4 to 3 decision, upheld a state law authorizing textbook loans to parochial school students, ruling public funds for school materials do not violate the constitution. Albany also saw New York lottery tickets go on sale, with aims to raise 360 million annually and 198 million for education.
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Albany
State Court of Appeals
East Greenbush
New York
New Hampshire
Two Men Feared Drowned After Lake Capsize Near Monticello
State police skindivers searched Sackette Lake for George Hance, about 40, of Monticello, and Roy Bullard, 39, of Berlin New Hampshire. The men were last seen together Wednesday night and were believed drowned after their rowboat capsized early Thursday. Bullard worked at Camp Roosevelt and Hance at the Laurels Country Club.
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Monticello
UPI
Sackette Lake
Sullivan County
George Hance
Roy Bullard
Berlin
N.H
Bullard
Camp Roosevelt
Hance
Laurels Country Club
Attorney General Reopens Boston Strangling Cases
Boston news reports state Attorney General Elliot Richardson has reopened the Boston Strangler cases and aims to seek murder indictments in one or more deaths. The investigation centers on linking Albert DeSalvo to the murders while DeSalvo remains uncharged in the killings.
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UPI
Boston Globe
State Attorney General’s Office
Ray Richard
Elliot L. Richardson
Albert H. DeSalvo
Richardson
Donald L. Conn
Criminal Investigation Division
DeSalvo
Malden
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
State Police
Andrew Taney
Bailey
Boston Strangler
Conn
Church Council Proposes Crackdown on All Crime
Boston based NCC division calls for a crackdown on crime including the affluent’s respectable crime and street crime. It warns organized crime branches into legitimate sectors and urges federal state and local action alongside addressing poverty and slum conditions.
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Church Council
Boston
UPI
National Council of Churches
NCC
Christian Life and Mission Division
Truman B. Douglass
General Board
Statler- Hilton
Douglass
Congressmen Headed to Vietnam to Examine M16 Rifle
A three member House Armed Services Sub committee team flies to Vietnam to hear GI accounts of M16 reliability amid reports of jamming and combat casualties. Senator Dominick and Rep. Long cite personal testing and constituent letters. Colt Industries says no Pentagon complaints have been received.
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UPI
Vietnam
Colt Industries
Hartford
Richard Schord
D-Mo
Clarence Long
House
Peter Dominick
Dominick
Ichord
U.S
United Press International
Pentagon
High Court Opens Term With Sixty Nine Docketed Cases
The Vermont Supreme Court’s June term begins with a docket of 69 cases including a Union High School District 21 dispute in Groton Wells River and Ryegate. Groton seeks to withdraw arguing illegality of the union while a bill to allow exit failed in the Senate. Jane Jost of Hyde Park seeks reversal of a Lamoille County Court conviction for false advertising connected to a Harvard? Hyde Park college venture.
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Senate
Jane Jost
Hyde Park
Lamoille County
Hyde Park College
Boston
Bill Seeks Protection For Domestic Producers
Senator Margaret Chase Smith and 22 others seek to amend the Trade Expansion Act to allow Tariff Commission findings of serious injury from imports and require a presidential tariff adjustment for affected domestic industries such as New England shoes. The measure would replace reliance on orderly marketing agreements, with Smith noting no affirmative findings have occurred under current provisions. House support is uncertain, with the sponsor hoping a companion bill or amendment will pass.
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Washington
UPI
Margaret Chase Smith
Rlaine
New England
Tariff Commission
U.S
Textile Workers Union of America
Cordova
Ala
Bennington College Shares In S and H Grant
Marlboro Vermont The Vermont Foundation of Independent Colleges Inc has received part of a 38000 gift to the ICFA from the S and H Foundation sponsored by the Sperry and Hutchinson Company. The grant will be divided among seven member colleges including Bennington Goddard Green Mountain Marlboro Trinity Vermont and Windham. The S and H regional manager said the renewal and increase of the annual grant aids private colleges contributing to society and education.
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Marlboro
Vermont Foundation of Independent Colleges, Inc
Independent College Funds of America
ICFA
S&h Foundation, Inc
Sperry and Hutchinson Company
S&h
Henry W. Crosby
Marlboro College
Vermont Foundation
Bennington
Goddard
Green Mountain
Trinity
Vermont
Windham
Charles F. Edwall
Natick
Mass
S&h Foundation
Laxness Blamed for Armored Car Holdups in Boston
In Massachusetts Brink's official says law enforcement, not armored car firms, bear responsibility for rising holdups. Seven robberies in eastern MA netted about 1.5 million dollars over 28 months. Legislation to supervise armored cars faces opposition from Brink's and the trade group, who urge private fixes.
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Boston
UPI
Brink
Massachusetts
J.R. Leidgen
Legislative Public Safety Committee
John J. Conte
Worcester
Department of Public
Sfety
Brink’s
Robert J. Wilson
National Armored Car Association
Wilson
Conte
Woodhull Declines Reappointment as Corrections Chief
MONTPELIER UPI news: John V. Woodhull says he notified Gov. Hoff he will not seek reappointment when his term ends June 30. Under fire from the Institutions Board and Hoff administration for lacking a statewide correctional plan, Woodhull plans to serve until a successor is named. He has been a state corrections officer for 17 years and was named commissioner in 1959.
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Woodhull
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