Ogden pushes secretive committee sessions in Vermont
Sen Herbert Ogden of Windsor County proposes amending Vermont’s right to know law to permit closed door committee meetings with later background briefings. He argues reporters curb open testing of ideas, while Rutland Herald editor Ken Wild counters that press reporting is essential to democracy and raises First Amendment concerns.
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Montpelier
UPI
Herbert Ogden
Windsor County
Vermont
Ogden
Wild
Odgen
Vermont completes OSHA state plan and grants
Vermont becomes the sixth state to finish all steps for an OSHA plan under federal law and will receive about 285000 dollars in federal funds for the fiscal year ending September. The grant covers half the cost and the plan will be monitored for one year to gauge effectiveness. A separate 298000 dollar grant will fund job training and services for seasonal and migrant farm workers.
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Boston
Mass
UPI
Vermont
U.S. Labor Department
Labor Department
Vermont Northern Railroad revival push gains legislature support
Former Transportation Board chairman Robert Gensburg pressed the House Transportation Committee to bond 7.2 million to rehabilitate the 99 mile Vermont Northern Railroad. The line, bought from bankruptcy, is operated for the state by Morrison and Knudsen. Gensburg warned 500 jobs could be lost without upgrades and urged funding by 1981 using highway funds.
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St. Johnsburg
Funeral for Arlington man Russell C. Holton observed
Russell C Holton of Arlington died March 6 at Putnam Memorial Hospital. His funeral, conducted by Rev David Andrews at Hanson Walbridge Arlington, included Army honors for WWII service with the 108th Combat Bny of Engineers. State Police and veterans groups attended. Burial planned later at Evergreen Cemetery. Holton was an operating engineer with Union Local 98 Springfield.
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Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
David Andrews
Federated Church
East Arlington
Edward Baker
Bruno Kernazza
Paul Kasanoble
Stanley Holton
John Bacchi
Mark Coli
Holton
108Th Combat Bny of Engineers
Thomas Ryan
American Legion
Post 69
Order of Eagles of
Manchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
American Legion of Arlington
Andrews
Evergreen Cemetery
Union Local 98
Springfield
Mass
Firearms Case Ends in Mistrial in Burlington
UPI reports federal court in Burlington aborted the trial of Mark Dustin 44 charged with illegal possession of two unregistered pen guns with no serial numbers. Dustin claimed the weapons fired blanks. Judge Albert Coffrin granted a mistrial after conflicting testimony on weapon firing tests.
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UPI
Mark Dustin
Dustin
U.S
Albert Coffrin
More U S funds for handicapped education grows
UPI reports Rep. James Jeffords amendment to the Education For All Handicapped Children Act heightens the first year ceiling to 851 million dollars, up from Carter administration aims of 365 million. The House Education and Labor Committee approved the change as part of fiscal 1978 budget authorizations. Edward Bourdon, 57, Adams native and former local athlete, died March 8 in Albany after a long illness. He leaves a wife, three sons, a daughter, seven brothers, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday at Notre Dame Church Adams. Burial Bellevue Cemetery Adams. Memorials to Heart Fund requested.
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Edward Bourdon
Adams
Mass
St. Staniislaus
Albany Medical Center
Wilfred and
Flora (Pinsonneault) Bourdon
Sprague Electric
North Adams
Marie Kaigle
Bernard
Gary
Edward
Jewett
Vermont jobless rate rises to 7.2 percent statewide
Vermont’s jobless rate climbed to 7.2 percent of the insured work force, up two tenths from the prior week, as the Department of Employment Security reported more than 16,000 benefit applicants totaling 981000 dollars. St Albans posted the highest rate at 13.7 percent, while Burlington remained lowest at 4.5 percent. Barre Montpelier district averaged 8.9 percent.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
DES
St. Albans
Burlington
Barre-Montpelier
Regional wage changes noted in Vermont towns and a miscaptioned photo
Correction details list percentage changes for Bennington Brattleboro Burlington Middlebury Morrisville Newport Rutland St Albans St Johnsbury Springfield and White River Junction with up or down shifts. A Banner caption error misidentified two women in a four generation birthday party photo. Grace Stone and Florence Hollbrook are Lena Bruso’s daughters.
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Brattleboro
Burlington
Middlebury
Morrisville
Newport
Rutland
St. Albans
St. Johnsbury
Springfield
White River Junction
Grace Stone
Florence Hollbrook
Lena Bruso
Winter Drives Food and Fuel Prices Up in February
The Labor Department reports a 0.9 percent February rise in wholesale prices, the largest in 16 months, driven by fuel and food costs due to frigid weather. Gas fuels climbed 13 percent from January to February, pushing the Wholesale Price Index to 1900, with farm and processed foods also higher.
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