Hoff to name Mrs Wheaton acting state sergeant at arms
Gov Philip Hoff will appoint Mrs Ethel Wheaton as acting state sergeant at arms on July 1. Wheaton has been deputy sergeant at arms under Wallace Whitcomb who retires June 30 after 28 years. A special legislative committee will review candidates for the $150 weekly post with 15 applicants. Wheaton is among those considered though she may withdraw. The sergeant oversees State House maintenance and arrangements. Also reported, the Vermont Rural Letter Carriers Association and Ladies Auxiliary hold their 62nd and 43rd annual conventions at the Holiday Inn Burlington Monday and Tuesday with about 125 carriers expected. banquet Monday features Walter Crown as toastmaster. Charles Rounds of Bennington is association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mallary
Fairlee
State House
Burlington
Vermont Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Holiday Inn
Lake Champlain
Walter T. Crown of
Charles Rounds
Bennington
Salaries Set At Sixteen Thousand For Vermont College Presidents
Vermonts four state colleges will pay presidents $16,000 annually in 1968, effective July 1, with Dr Arthur J Didden at Johnson State College and Dr Robert E Long, Richard J Dundas, and Pierre V Keiffer leading Lyndon Castleton and Vermont Technical Colleges. Dr Babcock will stay at $20,000. A July 11 TB center planning meeting also discussed a 400000 TB project for Burlington and a move from the Vermont Sanatorium in Pittsford. Vergennes firm Simmonds Precision disclosed contracts totaling over 15 million with Aviation Material Command Lockheed and Boeing for oil temperature pressure and electronic fuel systems for helicopters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton State
Pierre V. Keiffer
Vermont Technical College
Dr. Babcock
Vergennes
UPI
Simmonds Precision
Aviation Material Command
Lockheed Aircraft
Boeing
Vermont Technical College to remodel fitness building
Vermont congressional delegation announced a federal grant of 26596 dollars in Washington. Funds from the U S Office of Education support a proposed 66500 remodeling of the college physical education building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Center
UPI
Vermont
Washington
Vermont Technical College
U.S. Office of Education
Albany Supreme Court awards 5000 to Troy youth in crash settlement
Albany first item reports Judge John J. McCall approving a 5000 settlement for Donald Pieper 18 in a July Troy crash after his car left U S 7 near Arlington Vermont and rolled over following snow ice. Pieper injured two fractured vertebrae treated at Samaritan Hospital Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany — Supreme Court
John J. McCall
Troy
U.S
Arlington
Donald Pieper
Stephen Pieper
Arden Pieper
Pieper
Bennington
Samaritan Hospital
Missing Bonanza Flight Sparks CAP Search in Vermont
Williamstown Civil Air Patrol aids Vermont wing in a lingering search for a Beech Craft Bonanza with a family of three aboard missing since Sunday takeoff from Quebec. Fog and low clouds hinder efforts across surrounding states. Berkshire County may lose one House seat under proposed redistricting based on population, not voter registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Civil Air Patrol
Vermont
CAP
Quebec
Pittsfield
Berkshire County
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Williamstown Berkshire Folk Music Festival at church
The Williamstown Folk Music Association sponsors its second annual Berkshire Folk Music Festival at the Congregational Church on June 30 and July 1. The event features local and regional folk music acts with performances across two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Pope Defends Priestly Celibacy Amid Faithful Alarm
Pope Paul VI voiced deep sorrow over priests leaving the priesthood for marriage and defended celibacy as vital in the modern world. He listed arguments against celibacy, rebutted them, and urged renewed resolve while noting dispensation cases are rare and handled with regret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Ecumenical Council
Msgr
Garofalo
Vatican Commission
Father Charles Davis
House Committees Clash Over Anti Riot Legislation
Two House committees prepare to clash over a bill targeting riot incitement linked to Stokely Carmichael. The measure would criminalize interstate travel with riot intent, carrying up to five years prison and a $10,000 fine.
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House
Washington
UPI
Stokely Carmichael
House Judiciary
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Judiciary
William M. Colmer
House Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Colmer
Mississippi
Senate
Carmichael
Atlanta
William C. Cramer
Rfla
Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Ku Klux Klan
FBI
Cramer
Republicans Plan Area Conference in Boston
Vermont plans for participation in the Northeast Area Republican Women's Conference to be held October 15 to 17 in Boston. Mrs Consuelo N Bailey announces the event to promote grass roots input for 1968 policies. Vermont naming Mrs Clifford Harwood as conference chairman. activities include open sessions, a banquet, a tea hosted by Gov and Mrs Volpe, and a Boston bus tour. Registration details are available through Mrs Harwood or publicity chair Mrs Richard Sykes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
Consuelo N. Bailey
Boston
Mass
Washington
Maine
Maryland
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Clifford B. Harwood
Manchester Center
Harwood
New
Conservatives Dominate National Young Republicans Convention
Omaha delegates pick Jack McDonald as president after passing conservative resolutions. Ray Bliss lacks full backing, while rival James Betts promotes a GOP alignment with the National Committee. Speakers include Ronald Reagan and Lenore Romney. Michigan tax sanctions delay Romney’s appearance as a Michigan House tax fight stalls income tax votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
UPI
Young Republicans Convention
McDonald
James Betts
Rock River
Ohio
YGOP
National Republican Committee
Ray Cooper
Little Rock
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Republican Party
Barry Goldwater
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Michigan
George Romney
Lenore
Hoff Does Not Endorse AMA Abortion Stand in Vermont
Governor Philip H. Hoff declines to back the liberal abortion stance of the AMA while signaling openness to a thorough review of the issue. The AMA supports abortion in cases of rape or incest, threats to the mother's health, or where the infant would have severe deformities or mental deficiencies. Hoff previously resisted a clear position due to definitional uncertainties in high risk infant cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Montpelier
Apt
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
American Medical Association
AMA
Judge Recesses Fayette Trial Until Monday
UPI reports U.S. Circuit Judge Thomas Croacke recessed the conspiracy and fraud trial of former Senator Frederick Fayette of Burlington until Monday to allow both sides to sort through extensive government evidence. Prosecutor Joseph Radigan plans to call about 40 witnesses and present roughly 100 exhibits to prove Fayette, 55, falsified a 1962 SBA loan application for 220000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Frederick Fayette
U.S
Thomas Croacke
Radigan
Fayette
SBA
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UPS
State Health Department
Medical Center Hospital of
Mary Fletcher Hospital
DeGoesbriand Hospital
Pittsford
Technical College
New York
Court
Travia
Albany — Constitutional Convention
Anthony J. Travia
GOP
Earl W. Brydges
Albany
Charles Nelson
Massapequa
Constitution Conventions Committee On Rights and Suffrage
Nelson
Dollie L. Robinson
Down In
Berkshire
Holy Church of God
Paul
Patal Bennington
Manchester
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First National Ajank Orthennington
UGOP
Jack McDonald
Nashville, Tenn
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Fienberg
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Steak House
West Dover
Route 100
Mt. Snow
Baggy
Adams
Burt Bros
Louis J. Perrotta
Lou
Max Perrotta
Merson St
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