Kennedy seeks re election to Senate in 1970
U S Senate Majority Whip Edward M Kennedy announced in his Boston apartment on the Charles River that he will seek a full six year term in the Senate and will not pursue the 1972 presidential campaign. He described his decision after the Kopechne tragedy and years of antiwar rhetoric as a re commitment to the Senate.
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Senate
Boston
UPI
U.S. Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Charles River
Josiah A. Spaulding
Republican State Committee
GOP
John J. McCarthy
State Administration
John
Benjamin Smith
John F. Kennedy
Harvard
White House
West Springfield
Howard Whitmore
Russell Long
Dla
Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Squaw Island
Hyannis Port
Wilbur Heirs Argue UVM Violates Trust
Vermont Supreme Court hears dispute over James C Wilbur will trust funds at the University of Vermont The heirs claim the 1.5 million dollar fund should pass to them arguing the gift was violated while the university and Library of Congress maintain beneficiaries rights The court will decide 11 certified questions of law from Bennington Chancery Court in this ongoing appeal
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Library of Congress
Liberal Arts
Fitts
University of Vermont
Library of Congress Trust Fund Board
Wilbur
Wilburs
Supreme Court
Bennington Chancery Court
Wilbur Heirs
Shad To Be Shadowed Up Connecticut River
University of Massachusetts researchers will chase electronic tagged shad upriver this summer in a 20 foot outboard scow. Graduate students Harvey Katz and Joseph Bohne track shad as they pass Holyoke Dam and study their upriver journey to spawn.
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Amherst
Mass
UPI
University of Massachusetts
Connecticut
Harvey Katz
Joseph Bohne
Holyoke
Katz
Bohne
Davis Moves to Use Students as Communication Link
Gov. Deane C. Davis plans to rely on the Student Affairs Commission to liaise with Vermont campuses. Dan Gillmor of Middlebury urged each campus to submit two student names for a temporary commission, to nominate non voting members for state boards and prepare for fall campus elections. The move follows campus demonstrations against the war and Kent State.
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Gillmor
Davis
Kent State University
Amherst student jailed for flag offense in Hadley
Amherst College student Robert Kingman, 20, of Wayzata Minnesota, was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $100 after being arrested May 12 for wearing an American flag on the seat of his Bermuda shorts in a Hadley shopping center. Judge Luke Ryan cited enforcement of the flag law noting sacrifices by soldiers.
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Northampton
Mass
UPI
Amherst College
Luke Ryan
Robert Kingman
Wayzata
Minn
Kingman
Hadley
Ryan
Vermont agency taps 1.8 million bond for private college
The Vermont Educational Buildings Financing Agency sold a 1.8 million bond at 7.9 percent to refinance winded units at Middlebury College, lowering the rate from the prior issue. The program backs private colleges with the state’s credit, while the institution pays principal and interest. TheCorrectional Board plans a review next month of a site for a new 5 million state prison, canceled meeting due to travel. The board had chosen the old turkey farm as the proposed area and will reschedule after chairman’s return.
Vermont names five to license electricians in state
Gov. Davis named Labor Commissioner Louis Lavin chairman of a five member board to license electricians in Vermont as required by the 1970 legislature. The panel includes Rutland electrician Thomas Carpenter Sr. Barre’s Deane Merrill, Burlington’s Robert Ellis representing the Insurance Rating Association, and Public Safety Commissioner Edward Corcoran.
Resignation at Crime Commission Head To Take Effect
Montpelier date line reports Carolyn Cherington chief of the Governor's Crime Commission Task Force resigns effective June 19 to pursue summer study at the University of Vermont. Cherington joined the Crime Commission in 1969 and has led the task force since last September. ENOSBURg line notes Gary Lothian, 25, shot in the leg at Wayne Delisle's Enosburg home. surgery Tuesday and likely return to the OR.
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UPI
Gary Lothian
Enosburg Falls
Wayne Delisle
Burlington
Lothian
Ludlow Seeks Boost in Sewer Aid to 317000
In Washington, D.C., Ludlow’s sewer project receives a federal boost, with a grant rising from 288000 to over 317000. The total project cost is 581000 and was announced by Sen. Aiken on Tuesday.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Ludlow
Sen. Aiken
New York county to study incinerator plan for waste disposal
Rensselaer County legislators will conduct a thorough study of an incinerator system for garbage and wastes after info from Terminal Service Co through attorney Douglas P. Rutnik. They project population around 240000 by 2000 and waste tonnage rising from 191350 in 1969 to about 459460 in 30 years, with the plant claiming compliance with federal antipollution and state health and air rules.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Ohio
Douglas P. Rutnik
Ohio Concern
Terminal Service Co
State Department of Health and
Woodland Plains Pow Wow at Helderberg Workshop
Indians from Onondaga Mohawk Oneida Seneca Cree and Omaha gather in Voorheesville for a Woodland Plains Pow Wow on the Helderberg Workshop land. The village includes tepees campfires demonstrations exhibits of Indian craftsmanship sponsored by Helderberg Workshop Inc and New Scotland Kiwanis Club.
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Voorheesville
North America
Helderberg Workshop
Woodland Plains
The
Helderberg Workshop Inc
Regents
New Scotland Kiwanis Club
Pittsfield doctor to aid Peru earthquake relief in Lima
Dr Frank K Paddock a Pittsfield physician and Peru earthquake expert leaves for Lima today to volunteer rescue aid. Fellow rescuer Rev Regis J Giroux also departs from Peru to contact Huaraz bishop. Giroux has cousins in Bennington and raises funds now totaling 11000. Burns on Berkshire may delay local air rules until Sept or Oct 1971. Lanesboro death of Gerald Guarda in Pontoosuc Lake capsized boat while sailing with wife and friends. He was recovered from about 10 feet of water.
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Pittsfield
Frank K. Paddock
Peru
Lima
Regis J. Giroux
Father Giroux
Huaraz
Bennington
State Public Health Council
Berkshire County
Department of Public Health
Boston
Lanesboro
Gerald Wayne Guarda
Richmond
Pontoosuc Lake
Guarda
Gary Mazelli
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Jones and Lamson Machine Co
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Jones and Lamson
John O'Reilly
Concord
N.H
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
John T. Fitch
FORD
Bennington Ford
E. Main ST
New Land Ford
MN of Daughters of Sweden, Inc
Arcadia
Spring Street
Williamstown, Mass
Vermont
New York
Down In
Berkshire
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