Bove Named Governor of Virgin Islands by Nixon
Former Vermont official Peter Bove, 62, was named governor of the Virgin Islands by President Nixon, replacing Ralph Paiewonsky who resigned in February. Bove, a Rutland native, had retired as Vermont comptroller after nearly 11 years and will become the first Republican governor there since 1961. Cyril King had been acting governor since the resignation. Bove previously led Vermont boards and moved to the islands in 1957.
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St. Thomas
V.S
UPI
Peter Bove Friday
Nixon
The
Virgin Islands
Washington
Bove
Rutland
Ralph M. Paiewonsky
Cyril King
Pafewonsky
St. Croix Island
Vermont Civil and Military Affairs Board
State Liquor Control Board
Fire destroys farmhouse. two relatives perish
Authorities investigated a Montgomery county farmhouse where an 82 year old woman, Addie Stanhope, died in a Sunday blaze. Her 85 year old brother, Carl Stanhope, was found dead in an adjacent woodshed from a presumed heart attack while trying to reach his sister. The house burned completely after being spotted in flames.
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Burlington
UPD
Chittenden County
Patrick Leahy
Marion Federico
Mt. Vernon
N.Y
Mallets Bay
Joseph
Montpelier
Leahy
Richard Woodruff
New York
Milton Halpern
Federico
Montgomery
UPI
Henry Vautier
Addie Stanhope
Stanhope
Runaway propane tank sparks eight hour shutdown in Mechanicville
A tank car carrying 32 890 gallons of propane derailed after leaving rail yards and crashed into a showroom in Mechanicville injuring no one. Firefighters evacuated nearby residents as a safety precaution while wreck crews removed the car. In Albany, Republicans passed a Taylor Law amendment stiffening penalties for public employee strikes despite Democratic opposition. Albany County licensed the first two to three year old day care center in a private home and outlined plans to expand inner city child care with a $10 000 grant program to churches and community groups.
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Clements Motor Sales
Delaware and Hudson
Boston and
Maine
Albany
Assembly
Senate
Gov
Rockefeller
Albany County
Anne Freeland
Myrtle Avenue
Inner City
Department of Social Services
Trail ownership shift eyed for Berkshire Berkshires
Massachusetts legislators consider making the 2000 mile Appalachian Trail in Berkshire County state property to protect it. The line, unowned and unprotected, is currently cared for by three clubs from Greylock to Tyringham. Federal funds totaling 324378 are granted for two Berkshire anti poverty programs, including preschool training for 162 Head Start children and neighborhood centers run by the Berkshire County Action Committee. A Pittsfield man, Joseph P Rembicz, received a six month suspended sentence for five counts of larceny by check, with probation and restitution.
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Massachusetts
Berkshire County
Commonwealth
Department of Natural Resources
Berkshires
Greylock
Vermont Line
Washington Town Hall
Berkshire
Appalachian Mountain Club
Tyringham
Connecticut Line
North Adams
Berkshire County Action Committee
U.S
Silvio O. Conte
Joseph P. Rembiez
House of Correction
Rembicz
North Adams Foreman Meaney to Retire in April
North Adams Transcript composing room foreman Thomas J Meaney will retire in April after a long career with the paper. He has been with the newspaper since 1919 and became foreman in 1949. He was a brother of the late Charles Meaney of Bennington.
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North Adams
Thomas J. Meaney
North Adams Transcript
Charles Meaney
Bennington
Cape Cod mass murder case expands search for more bodies
Dozens of state police and Cape Cod National Seashore rangers used aerial maps and mine detectors to comb a one square mile pine forest in Truro seeking more bodies after four women were found mutilated. The investigation ties to Antone Costa, 24, charged with the Providence victims' murders. A fifth body remains uncertain and authorities explore a possible link to Christine Gallant.
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Truro
Mass
UPI
National Park Rangers
Harold M. Berrie
Cape Cod National Seashore Park
Mary Ann Wysocki
Patricia Walsh
Providence
Rhode Island
Antone C. Costa
Provincetown
Bridgewater State Hospital
Daniel Herbert
Costa
Patricia Morton
Standish
Chris
Miss Gallant
Mrs. Morton
GOP Leader Ready to Challenge Muskie in 1970
WaterVille Maine AP Republican State Committee Chairman Cyril M. Joly says he will run against Sen. Edmund S. Muskie in 1970 to avoid a Muskie default. He notes he would be interested if no one else runs and denies plans for cross party permission. Names of Curtis Kyros Hathway appear among potential beneficiaries of Muskie popularity.
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Waterville
Maine
UPI
Republican State Committee
Cyril M. Joly
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Joly
GOP
Kenneth M. Curtis
Peter N. Kyros
William D. Hathaway
British Freighter Montcalm Aids Under Sea of Foam
A British freighter Montcalm with a side ripped by a runaway dump truck was steering toward harbor under its own power aided by two pumps air dropped by the U S Coast Guard. Two other freighters stood by to assist and a Coast Guard cutter, tugboats, and a US air transport unit were en route to scene.
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N.S
UPI
U.S. Coast Guard
Montcalm
Coast Guard
Hamilton
Bermuda
Elizabeth City
N.C
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Taylor Law Toughened
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ENITH
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Mon. Plaza Shopping Center
Williamstown
Ronald Gibson
Carlton Press, Inc
Fifth Avenue
First National Stores
Florida
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