Vermont Senate Backs Abolishing Town Grand Juror
The Vermont Senate voted 23 to 6 to abolish the town grand juror post, leaving two in Rutland and Burlington. The chamber also endorsed a professional negotiations act for teachers allowing nonbinding fact finding, with neutral teams to aid salary talks. Parking meter fines in Burlington were raised from 1 to 2 dollars, while police court provisions were considered for removal.
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Senate and House craft alternate tax proposals in Vermont
Senate Republicans and Democrats prepared alternate tax plans after House approval of an 86 59 sales tax bill. Senate President pro tem Edward Janeway said Republicans will draft options mixing sales and income taxes for a formal caucus next week. Senate Democrats led by Charles Delaney backed an income tax based alternative opposing higher sales tax while signaling amendments to the package.
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Jeffords Attacks Budget Cuts to Law Enforcement
Attorney General James Jeffords blasted Gov. Deane Davis for cutting funding to law enforcement training and State Police operating budgets in fiscal 1970. He urged restoration of about 1.5 million, noting 102 trainees and denied funds for state police training and extra CIU personnel. He warned of rising hard drug use and crime per FBI reports. Davis defended a hold-the-line budget while backing law enforcement essentials.
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One-Hour Strike Staged By Boston Cab Drivers
Boston cab drivers held a noon one hour strike to press for more police protection following the murder of Carl W. Zwicker, a Cambridge part timer, in a holdup. About 300 cabs joined a cavalcade from Park Square to Roxbury and back, as authorities pledge tougher action and mandatory bulletproof cab partitions. The city has seen rising cab crimes with 105, 159, and 265 holdups in recent years.
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Frank Bollino
Boston Taxi Drivers Association
Psychologist Calls Sirhan a Paranoid Personality
In the Sirhan B. Sirhan murder trial, Dr. Roderick Richardson testified that Sirhan showed diminished capacity and a paranoid personality based on ink blot tests and behavior in jail. He argued the suspect could not premeditate the Kennedy assassination and viewed himself as a soldier, descending into mental illness while in custody.
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Limited Con Con Bills Offered For 1969 Session
The Senate Judiciary Committee filed a limited constitutional convention bill for a Sept 8 gathering at the State House to propose changes. The House considers open or unlimited convention options for Oct 6. Both require a statewide referendum to approve any amendments adopted. The measures specify priority topics including land tax, term lengths, and potential officer appointment changes.
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Cleaning Woman Finds Strip Tease Kit at Admiralty Building
A cleaning woman discovered a strip tease kit inside the stern Admiralty Building in London. UPI reports the find surprised the normally stoic staff and prompted questions about how such items ended up in a government office.
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London
UPI
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Legislature moves to bar labor injunctions in strikes
Rep Henry Hicks of Weathersfield will sponsor a Norris LaGuardia style bill to ban labor injunctions in strikes. Frank Donner of the United Electrical Workers Union backs tighter court limits to curb abuses. The move follows a 20 week strike at Bryant Grinder Corp in Springfield and a prior court injunction on pickets. Killington ski area announces pond skimming championship plans for Easter Sunday with slalom course egg hunts and parades. A Graniteville quarry accident leaves a 50 year old worker in critical condition after ice fell from a ledge striking him.
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Burlington
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Helen J Howe Named Head Of Vermont Mental Health Office
Mrs Helen J Howe of St Johnsbury is appointed director of the mental retardation office in the Vermont Department of Mental Health by Commissioner Jonathan Leopold. A Orleans native and 1934 UVM graduate, she has served as district supervisor of child welfare services since 1964 and worked in the Tax Department and various state social work posts.
Vermont House Advances Lower Bank Interest Rate Bill
Vermont lawmakers moved preliminary approval of a bill to raise the legal bank interest rate from 6.5 to 7.5 percent after adopting an amendment by House Ways and Means Chairman Peter Giuliani. The vote was 75 to 68 on a roll call, with the rate previously set at 8 percent in committee.
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Siena to join coed ranks in 1970 push
Siena College in Loudonville announced a plan to admit a limited number of female students next September as a first step toward full coeducation by 1970. President Rev. Brian F. Duffy said the action ends a long period of male-only undergraduate day classes, with evening and summer sessions already open to both sexes. Albany notices follow with local political race details and apolice probe into a theater death.
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