Maine House Votes To Ban All Billboards
The Maine House approved a bill to remove all billboards along state roads within six years in a 9 to 47 vote. Debate centered on costs and jobs, with sponsor Rep. Stephen T. Hughes predicting up to 800000 dollars in costs for about 2600 billboards plus reimbursement under federal law. Bill would allow limited directional signs and impose a 30 dollar fee to the Transportation Department.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
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House
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Hughes
New Jersey
State Transportation Department
Whitingham to Host 16th Annual Horse Show and Pony Pull
The Whitingham Jacksonville PTG sponsors the 16th Annual Horse Show and Pony Pull on Town Hill Sunday July 10 with events starting at 9 a.m. A chicken barbecue follows at noon and a snack bar will be open all day. Show managers Helene Mello and Pat Clark can be contacted for entries and ad sales. The Board of Selectmen meets at 5 p.m. Thursday at the town office.
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Whitingham
Whitingham- Jacksonville Ptg
Town Hill
Helene Mello
Pat Clark
Dorset Firemen Prep Auction Of Donated Goods
Dorset volunteer firemen collect broken furniture farm machinery and garden tools for repair ahead of an August 9 auction. A snowblower and a piano join the haul as Bus Mars of Pawlet leads bidding under a tent at the Dorset Firehouse Route 30. Call Fire Chief Harry Sheldon at 362 2517 to donate items or chair up for attendance.
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Dorset
Bus Mars
Pawlet
Harry Sheldon
Dorset Historian Describes Ancient Vermont Rock Markings
Warren L. Cook of Castleton State College spoke at the Dorset Historical Society on markings carved thousands of years before Christ. The symbols in an oghum alphabet, found alongside sun study huts at Mystery Hill in New Hampshire, appear as horizontal and slanting strokes, sometimes wheel-like, forming beasts or plants. Fred Whittemore announced the society’s new headquarters at the old firehouse will be ready around July 1.
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Dorset Historical Society
Warren L. Cook
Castleton State College
Vermont
Mystery Hill
New Hampshire
Ireland
Egypt
Cook
Fred Whittemore
The
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Vermont Evaluates Sites For Maximum Security Jail
Vermont Corrections Commissioner Cornelius Hogan tours a former East Haven radar base with officials to study site possibilities for a maximum security facility. He notes no plans to build a Windsor-like prison and aims to relieve the St. Albans D Wing housing dangerous inmates awaiting court appearances.
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St. Albans
Embezzlement charge dropped for former Vermont judge
In Vermont District Court the embezzlement case against former Superior Court Judge Dale Brooks was dismissed. The 1975 charge stemmed from a 973 dollar client misappropriation, with the judge resigning in 1970 and later facing a warrant after a no show. The judge called the case a minor matter and a breach of faith rather than a crime.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Superior Court
Dale Brooks
Vermont
Brooks
Maine
Charles Bristow
New York bans topless go go dancing in bars
Gov. Hugh Carey signed a bill prohibiting topless entertainment in New York State bars and nightclubs effective July 28. The ban applies when the performing stage is part of a licensed premises, leaving theaters unaffected.
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Albany
UPI
Hugh Carey
New York State
Carey
Troy Officials Brace HUD Funds Cut in Urban Renewal
The Troy City Council city manager and 30 residents met Tuesday to discuss HUD cutting more than 280000 dollars from urban renewal funds. City Manager John Buckley said HUD is pushing harder to get its share but believes little can be done to stop the loss, though they will fight the ruling.
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Troy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
John P. Buckley
HUD
Buckley
Tax payment saves Greylock Glen land from town seizure
In Berkshire Holyoke Community Savings Bank paid the 1975 tax bill of 22336 on the Greylock Glen resort to avert municipal taking of 966 acres at the base of the state's highest peak. The bank holds the first mortgage and entered the land in May to protect its investment. similar action was taken two years earlier on the Adams Berkshire Inn now in operation. In Pittsfield county commissioners approved raises for county employees totaling about 1100 with a retroactive 500 raise, to begin in the 1978 fiscal year.
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Holyoke
Adams Berkshire Inn
Pittsfield
John J. Pignatelli
Leno
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