Lowering Vote Age to 18 Favored for Vermont Constitution
The Vermont Constitutional Revision Study Commission voted 6-1 in favor of lowering the voting age to 18, with Sen. Arthur Jones dissenting. The panel also backed reducing gubernatorial and lieutenant governor residency from four to two years, and deferred on separating general and highway fund taxes. The commission acts under a time lock allowing amendments in the 1971 session.
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Montpelier
UPI
Constitutional Revision Study Commission
Vermont
Arthur Jones
Orleans
Essex
Gerald Witherspooon
Outing of Cyclists in Laconia Sees 100 Arrests and Violence
In Laconia New Hampshire a weekend motorcycle gathering drew over 25 000 enthusiasts for races near Loudon with more than 100 arrests mainly for traffic violations. A gunshot left Robert Gardner 27 Salem Massachusetts wounded while Anne Dever 19 Lexington Massachusetts was struck by a car and hospitalized. Governor Peterson urged close monitoring of security at the event.
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Laconia
N.H
UPI
London-Laconia
Lake Winnepesaukee
Weirs Beach
Loudon
New England
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Robert Gardner
Salem
Mass
London
Concord Hospital
Anne Dever
Lexington
Walter Peterson
Kennedy Calls Labor Guidelines Weaker Than Promise
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said the Department of Labor gender guidelines issued last week are far weaker than the January 1969 proposal. He described them as ironically emasculated while noting an earlier 1967 executive order barred discrimination by federal contractors in all employment stages.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Labor
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Compar
Ison
Labor Department
Racial Issue Dominates Newark Mayoralty Race
Newark voters faced a race heavily focused on racial issues as Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio, at his federal trial, faced challenger Kenneth A. Gibson in a runoff after a neck-and-neck primary. The city, jolted by July 1967 race violence, plans a crucial election amid fault lines between black residents and white voters.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
Hugh J. Addonizio
Kenneth A. Gibson
Addonizio
Gibson
NFPA Warns of Dangers From July 4th Fireworks
Boston based report finds over 10,000 people may suffer serious fireworks injuries over the Fourth of July weekend. NFPA study of 1969 incidents cites 1,330 injuries and five deaths among those injured, with children disproportionately affected and a wide range of injuries reported.
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NFPA
Boston
UPI
National Fire Protection Association
Morgan
Narcotics Sniffer Added To Logan Airport Staff
State police at Logan International Airport deploy a narcotics sniffing German Shepherd named Lancer. The 100 pound dog, trained in marijuana detection, will work at the airport and port piers under Troop F commander Capt. Robert E. Herzog. Lancer is funded by Massport and lives with Trooper Jack Grinham, with kennel facilities under construction.
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Boston
UPS
Logan International
Robert E. Herzog
Lancer
Logan
Edward J. King
Massport
William J. Powers
Herzog
Nether Lair
Wrentham
Jack Grinham
Randolph
Grinham
Dolores Caron Wins Two Top Nursing School Prizes
Dolores M Caron daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Caron of 118 River St Bennington was awarded second highest academic rank in a class of 28 and the $100 Physicians Award at St Luke s School of Nursing Berkshire Medical Center graduation ceremony in Pittsfield The event included a High Mass at Sacred Heart Church and the diplomas were presented by BMC president Benjamin J Sullivan and executive director Alexander Babillis Afterward Caron plans to join Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington
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Pittsfield
Mass
Dolores M. Caron
Joseph E. Caron
River St
Bennington
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Berkshire Medical Center
Caron
Miss Caron
Bennington Catholic High School
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Benjamin J. Sullivan
BMC
Alexander Babillis
Sacred Heart Church
George Gilman Receives Arizona Music Degree
George E. Gilman son of Mrs Elliott S Gilman of Bennington received a bachelor of music degree in theory and composition at the University of Arizona 75th commencement May 30 He was among 4625 degree recipients Gov Jack Williams spoke and Gilman featured original works including The Journey Beyond and Graduations of Joules He organized rehearsals for the pieces and studied percussion at Bennington College He will enter graduate study at Arizona next year and the piece Ceremonial March for Brass and Percussion was performed by Calabro of Bennington College
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Tucson
Ariz
George E. Gilman
Elliott S. Gilman
Gage St
Bennington
University of Arizona
Jack Williams
Arizona
Gilman
Louis Calabro
Bennington College
Calabro
Ellwyn Miller Named Coordinator of Farm Operations at State Farms
Edward R. Eurich announced Ellwyn E. Miller of Putney as coordinator of farm operations for four state-operated farms. Miller, a dairy farmer and University of Vermont graduate, will develop and coordinate farm production to meet food service needs, provide therapeutic and training opportunities, and efficiently use state agricultural resources. He will work with the commissioners of correction and mental health.
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Miller
Commissioners of Correction and Mental Health
Gold Star Officers Visit Chapter Here
Gold Star Mothers Inc national president Mrs Ellen Simon from Spring Valley New York and Mrs Margaret Rutz of Wabasha Minnesota visited Mrs Ethel Vance at 117 McKinley Street. They had memorials in Washington at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on May 30 then toured chapters in Massachusetts Connecticut and Vermont visiting sites including Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge New Hampshire and Vermont Soldiers Home.
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Ellen Simon
Gold Star Mothers Inc
Spring Valley N.Y
Margaret Rutz
Wabasha, Minn
Ethel Vance
McKinley St
Washington
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Cathedral of the Pines
Rindge
N.H
Bennington
Green Mountain
Marie Janssen
Julia Gates
Mary Buzzell
Hazel Sweet
Margaret Foster
Josephine Colvin
Vermont Soldiers
Hartford hearing postponed in three teacher suspensions
A Hartford School Board hearing on the dismissal appeals of Susan Carpenter Charles Baker and John Davenport has been postponed for one week. The appeals follow suspensions by Hartford High Principal Millard Harrison after a May 7 student walkout, with the board directed by U S District Judge Bernard Leddy to review the cases.
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Hartford
UPI
Hartford School Board
Susan Carpenter
Charles Baker
John Davenport
Hartford High School
Millard Harrison
U.S
Bernard Leddy
White River flood control contract awarded to Welch Corp
A Springfield Massachusetts based Welch Corp won a 225600 dollar U S Army Corps of Engineers contract to improve channels along the White River near the Connecticut line to reduce spring ice jam floods at Hartford and White River Junction. Robert J. Kurrle a 27 year old Washington lawyer was named deputy state's attorney for Chittenden County joining Patrick Leahy and William Wuester in the county law office.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Springfield
Mass
White River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington
Welch Corp
Connecticut River
Hartford
Burlington
API
Robert J. Kurrle
Chittenden County
Patrick J. Leahy
Kurrle
William Wuester
New York GOP to elect county chairman in July session
Rensselaer County Republican committeemen schedule a special meeting for July 6 to choose a new county chairman. Three candidates enter the race: George Nuttall, Frank Heller, and Raymond Sick. ALBANY Representatives of welfare recipients file suit in federal court challenging a new state law tied to uneven welfare payments. The suit alleges equal protection violations under the Social Security Act. Troy A 17 year old arson arrest tied to prior fires at Rennselaer Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co. in 1969. The first degree murder trial of Edward F. LaBelle in Rensselaer County Court resumes, charged with the 1963 Thanksgiving Day killing of Rosemary Sway of Cohoes. Testimony from five witnesses was heard.
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Troy
Albany
Rensselaer
Onondaga
Erie
William E. Sagendorf
Sagendorf
Rensselaer Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co
Edward F. LaBelle
LaBelle
Rosemary Sway
Cohoes
Springfield to get Channel 57 ETV station this year
A $346,470 grant under the Public Broadcasting Act funds Channel 57 in Springfield as part of a Western Massachusetts education TV service reaching nearly 3 million people and 655,000 students. The WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston will connect Channel 57 to Boston facilities for program resources.
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Springfield
Channel 57
Public Broadcasting Act
Wgbh Educational Foundation
Boston
Don Davies
Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology
HEW
Office of Education
Massachusetts
WGBH
WGBX
North Adams sonic boom shatters windows and rattles city
A noon sonic boom shattered two windows in North Adams wounding none and rattling dishes and doors. Emily's Beauty Salon on Ashland Street saw a plate glass window crash. Boston Store on Main Street also had a broken window. Officials suggested jet liners from Logan or Bradley caused the boom.
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North Adams
Ashland Street
Boston
Main Street
Westover Afb
Griffis Afb
Rome
N.Y
Logan
Bradley
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Mammoth Mart
Leo Wodam
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Veterans Memorial Drive
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Ted Kennedy
Logan Airport
Dolores Caron
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Charles S. Morgan
Food and Drug Administration
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Monument Plaza Shopping Ctr
Middlebury
Earl D. Miner, Jr
Addison County
Robert Larrow
Miner
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Windsor County Court
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New York
GOP
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Berkshire
E TV
Pittsfield Housing Authority
West Street
Western Mass. Electric Co
Joseph R. Bianco
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