Davis Road Show To Tour Northern Vermont In July
Gov Deane C Davis will bring the portable State House to St Johnsbury Newport and St Albans in late July mirroring his southern tour. He will confer with local officials while naming a 117 member environmental control commission and a 26 member advisory subcommittee. He seeks detail on a district attorney system and noted voter reluctance for a constitutional convention.
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Commission On Environmental Control
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Ing
Vermont
Arthur Gibb
R-Weybridge
House Natural Resources Committee
Gibb
GOP
House
Senate Natural Resources
Royal Cutts
Townshend and
Son
Arthur Jones
Orleans-Essex Counties
Charles Ross
Burlington
Interagency Committee On Natural Resources
Forrest Orr
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Vermont Governor Sets Early Budget Procedure Changes
Governor Deane C. Davis announced four changes to streamline drafting the 1971 executive budget. Department heads must present program goals eight year projections, group related programs, and show operating impact of capital requests. Davis aims for a balanced budget near 110 million with no new taxes. He will meet agency heads June 13 to finalize the plan.
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Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Lyndon Faculty Committee Backs Nonreappoint Decision
Lyndonville Lyndon State College faculty committee upheld the administration’s decision not to reappoint Mohi Al-Din, finding procedures proper. The two page report urged clearer communication, broader access to information, and stronger campus appointment and dismissal processes to prevent future conflicts.
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Lyndon
Lyndonville
UPD
Lyndon State College
Robert Long
Mohi al- Din
Long
Paul Stockwell
Ucation
Philosophy
Al-Din
State College
Deane C. Davis
State Colleges
Stockwell
Immediate Action Urged On Housing in Vermont
Gov Deane C v opened a day long State House forum on housing and welfare as top concerns. Builders realtors bankers and corporate executives attended to learn federal programs to ease the housing shortage. Dan Healy FHA Vermont warned development will slow unless utilities water and sewer systems expand. Larger communities lack development land while smaller towns resist growth.
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Montpelier
Grp
Deane C. v
Vermont Housing Authority
State House
Dan Healy
Federal Housing Administration
Vermont
Healy
Vermont to study security at Waterbury hospital
Governor Davis will chair a June 26 meeting with 14 county state attorneys, judges, the attorney general, mental health chief, prison warden, and hospital superintendent to assess needs for higher security at the Vermont State Mental Hospital in Waterbury after two inmates overpowered attendants and escaped. The session will review the 1969 insanity procedure law and the handling of detainees slated for psychiatric exams.
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Troy
Vermont tax hike sparks early charges on meals and rooms
Vermont's 4 percent rooms and meals tax rises to 5 percent July 1 but some restaur ant and motel owners have already imposed the higher rate. Tax Commissioner Lawrence Wright confirmed complaints of early collections, noting June should see no rooms and meals tax. Other taxes in the program rolled out June 1.
Tick Fever Forces Epidmiologist to Pause Study
Fort Collins Colorado. Dr Michael Earnest a U S Public Health Service epidemiologist had to take time off from his study of tick fever after contracting the illness.
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Fort Collins, Colo
Vermont Gov plans meeting over rider fingerprinting
In Montpelier Gov Deane C. Davis aims to meet Green Mountain Race Track officials in Pownal to address objections to periodic rider fingerprinting. Davis says he hears no objections, but aide Elbert G. Moulton notes discussions are under way with Fred Reed and Fred Davis to arrange the talks. fingerprinting is required for all riders at tracks to verify identity amid name changes across venues.
Secretary urges more skilled craftsmen at apprenticeship meet
Assistant Secretary of Labor William J. Usery told the Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference that industry can do more to boost skilled trades. He cited 240,000 registered apprentices as a pitiful share of the U.S. workforce and urged management to honor collective bargaining for better labor relations, stressing mutual respect as essential to negotiation.
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Burlington
UPC
William J. Usery
Eastern Seaboard
Usery
Labor Department
U.S
Vermont Tax Dept Reverses Tax on Used Car Parts
Tax Commissioner Lawrence Wright announced that the department will not apply the 3 percent sales tax to replacement parts bought by used car dealers for installation before resale. The rule, which had taxed such parts, is rescinded and the parts are exempt when used for this purpose.
Towne Heads Committee for Eastern States Scholarship
Former Agriculture Commissioner Elmer Towne leads a committee to pick a recipient for the governor’s Eastern States Exposition Scholarship Award. The prize honors a Vermont resident high school senior in the top 24 percent of their class. The award will be presented September 13 at the Governor’s Day luncheon in West Springfield Massachusetts.
Leicester man killed in Route 7 crash near Brandon
Donald La Rock, 34, of Leicester was killed when his car hit a utility pole along Route 7 north of Brandon. Audie Wing, 16, of North Troy died from injuries after a Thursday night crash on Route 100 in South Troy.
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Brandon
UPI
Donald la Rock
Leicester
Rte. 7
Here
Audie Wing
North Troy
South Troy
Winooski wins grant for program aiding slow learners
U S Education Commissioner James Allen approved a 45000 dollar grant to Winooski to fund an eighteen month program. The plan trains fifteen people to work with under motivated school children from low income families. Announcement made Thursday.
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Winooski
UPD
U.S
James Allen
Search on for missing boy in Winooski River
South Burlington police and state authorities searched the Winooski River for Randy Parrash, a 6 year old boy believed drowned Thursday night after being reported missing shortly after 5 p.m.
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South Burlington
UPD
Winooski
Randy Parrash
Cohoes looks to NABS program for training disadvantaged workers
William J. Magee of the Cohoes Industrial Terminal says a NABS initiative may boost local training and jobs. A workshop next Thursday at Cohoes High School Auditorium will explain the program to city businessmen. The plan would grant federal reimbursement to cover part of training costs for disadvantaged youths under 22 or jobless adults over 45.
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Cohoes
State office to dismiss about 35 architects and engineers
The Office of General Services announced that about 35 architects and engineers will be dismissed due to legislative cutbacks reducing construction workload. A shift to a project manager concept aims for one team responsible for a project from start to finish, stated John McKenzie of OGS.
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Albany
State
Office of General Services
John McKenzie
OGS
Berkshire Downs sale reported to affect racing plans
In Pittsfield Berkshire Downs is reportedly being sold for about 50 000. Owners B A Dario and Sante Campinella are said to be selling to Bill Veeck and Martin DeMatteo. If the deal closes no commercial race meet is expected this year. In North Adams a 1 million planned in town motel with about 190 rooms seeks redevelopment authority approval, site Phoenix Hotel, federal clearance needed.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
B. A. Dario
Providence
R.I
Sante Campinella
Boston
Bill Veeck
Suffolk Downs
Martin DeMatteo
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
North Adams
Richard E. Scarafoni
North Adams Redevelopment Authority
Develoers
Phoenix Hotel
Pittsfield City Council Defeats Library Bond Issue
The Pittsfield City Council on Wednesday rejected a 1.8 million enabling bond for a new library by a 6 to 5 vote, eight votes needed. Absent approval, the city risks losing 440 thousand in federal construction grants and 450 thousand in urban renewal credits, with five councilmen aligned with a taxpayer revolt trend.
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Pittsfield
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