Two House Panels Unveil Land Use Tax Bill In Vermont
In Montpelier two House committees released a land use tax proposal that faces Republican opposition. The bill would tax farm land at use value for farmers owning 50 acres plus and earning half their income from farming, with capital gains tax relief if held 15 years. Critics say it aids few farms and ignores timberland and open space preservation.
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House Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
Montpelier
Giuliani
House Agriculture Committee
Kenalene J. Collins
Rreadsboro
Joseph Stevenson
Rochester
Walter L. Kennedy
Chelsea
Negotiations Renewed Over Mohawk Strike
Mohawk Airlines and its striking pilots renewed talks under the National Mediation Board to settle a contract. The strike by Air Line Pilots Association members has grounded 451 daily flights to 87 cities, jeopardizing reorganization and delaying over $3 million in payments due Monday.
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U.S
Canada
Mohawk
Harvard fails to move against women squatters
Harvard University faced a tense standoff as about 50 women blockaded a building in Cambridge inside the Architectural Technology Workshop. They refused to leave and removed belongings while children were evacuated. Police attempted to serve a court order but were shouted down, signaling no immediate eviction.
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Harvard
Architectural Technology
Lawrence J. Dennehy
Harvard Police
Vermont pay to pollute fee schedule revealed
The Vermont Water Resources Board near unveiling a fee schedule for the new pay to pollute law. Initial plans to refund 80 percent may be relaxed to 99 percent. The 1970 act requires permits and fees for discharging wastes. scrutiny and closed door deliberations surrounded the process.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Water Resources Board
Agnew Denies Feud With Massachusetts Governor
Vice President Spiro Agnew denies a feud with Gov. Francis W. Sargent of Massachusetts. A spokesman says scheduling problems, not anger over a remark, keep Agnew from attending a Middlesex Club fund raiser while in Boston for a Lincoln Day dinner. He will address the event's audience later in the day.
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Washington
UPI
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Spiro Agnew
Bay State
GOP
New
Vic Gold
Agnew
Sargent
U.S. bombers strike Laos amid heavy losses near Sepone
U.S. B52 raids killed about 600 North Vietnamese troops near Sepone Laos in a 12 hour strike. Military spokesmen cited 391 killed in a single attack plus losses of trucks fuel tanks ammunition rice and rifles. Three American helicopters were shot down with one crewman injured and another missing.
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Saigon
Brown
Laos
1St Infantry Division
Davis rejects Springfield plea for police funds
Gov. Deane C. Davis refused Springfield Town Manager Gardner Benson’s request for 23000 to reimburse police protection during an eight month strike at the Jones and Lamson plant. The spokesman cited a local dispute and lack of a relief mechanism. Benson argued the town protected a national company and a national union, noting the sum was about a quarter of the police budget.
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Benson
Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Co
Hemco appeals dam denial on Mad River project
Hemco Inc of Waitsfield filed a formal appeal with the Vermont Supreme Court after the Water Resources Board denied its plan to build a 22 acre recreational lake on the Mad River. The board ruled the development not in the public good and detrimental to the river.
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Montpelier
UPI
Hemco Inc
Waitsfield
Mad River
Water Resources Board
State Supreme Court
Fletcher Joselin
Hemco
Springfield teacher to get public hearing March 18
Veteran Springfield educator Harold Vincent, fired for opposing the high school administration after 15 years with the district, will have a public hearing March 18. Authorities cited his role in protesting firings and alleged insubordination as grounds for nonrenewal and Vincent seeks reinstatement.
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Springfield
UPI
Harold Vincent
Vincent
Vermont Finds First Two Flu Cases This Season
The Vermont Health Department reports two flu cases in South Burlington and Winsocki. Officials note the illness is flu like but not epidemic and not showing severe symptoms.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont Health Department
South Burlington
Winsocki
Revere man indicted in Burlington over stolen checks
Arthur Lois Massei, 25, of Revere Beach Boulevard, indicted by a federal grand jury in Burlington, Vermont on 12 counts of alleged interstate transportation of stolen property. He was arrested at home and was to be arraigned before a federal magistrate. Ray Van Simmons, 25, of Framingham, Mass., jailed for two years for conspiracy and aiding interstate check fraud after passing 12 checks totaling $1,200.
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Revere, Mass
UPI
Arthur Lois Massei
Burlington
Revere Beach Boulevard
FBI
Massei
Ray van Simmons
Framingham
Mass
Bernard Leddy
U.S. District Court
Albany woman GIVES kidney to daughter in transplant
A 47-year-old Albany area mother donated a kidney to her 12-year-old daughter to save her life. After a five and a half hour operation at Albany Medical Center Hospital both are reported in satisfactory condition. The daughter weighs 50 pounds and is the youngest kidney transplant recipient in the area. A five-surgeon team performed the procedure.
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Albany
Albany Medical Center
Development proposals and town manager search in Berkshire region
Pittsfield Wasserman Development Corp proposes a 15 million jubilee urban renewal with middle income apartments a department store and enclosed mall. Nutman eyes 30 million project. Lee Court to hear Planning Board vs Timenterial Inc April 28 over Brookside Trailer Park violations. Williamstown seeks town manager. 17 applications and former North Adams mayor Florini was approached but declined. Krapp resigns April 2.
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Pittsfield
Wasserman Development Corp
Cambridge
Max Wasserman
George H. Nutman
LEE
Planning Board
Timenterial Inc
Lee District Court
Bristol, Conn
Brookside
Park of Planning Board
Williamstown
Selectmen
North Adams
Francis C. Florini
Florini
Guy L. Krapp
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