Mallary Defends Vermonters Budget Stance Amid Hoff Critique
Vermont House Speaker Richard Mallary pushed back at Governor Hoff’s claim the 49th General Assembly is the worst in memory. He noted GOP majority and a self-set program, saying most goals have been achieved despite administration roadblocks. Hoff accused revenues for tax mapping and microfilming of killing programs while Mallary cited a constructive funding compromise. In a separate note, the interagency committee approved $271,000 in remaining 1968 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funds and a $100,000 Forests and Parks project at Black River in North Springfield, plus five land parcels for the Lower Barton River project at $23,800 with half federal funding.
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Hoff
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Vermont approves highway plan with 129 million program
UPI report notes Senate appropriations and finance panels backed House highway construction and financing bills. Gov Hoff seeks 129 million road program to finish interstate and create new roads in southwestern Vermont. Senate Finance supports eight cent gas tax and four percent purchase use tax, while testimony favored seven cent and five percent.
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Senate
Hoff
Chiropractors challenge diabetes testiing ruling in Vermont
Dr. Robert Woodcock president of the Vermont Chiropractic Association condemned Health Commissioner Dr. Robert Aiken for excluding chiropractors from administering diabetes screening tests. He called the decision discriminatory and argued it ignores state law allowing chiropractors access to state laboratory facilities in Burlington.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Vermont Chiropractic Association
Robert Woodcock
Robert Aiken
Woodcock
Burlington
Vermont Acquires 1500 Acres At Camel's Hump
Gov. Hoff announced the state has added about 1,500 acres on Camel's Hump to its holdings, expanding a ridge north of the peak that borders land already owned. The area joins land already designated a natural area. Camel's Hump at 4,083 feet remains to be kept in natural state. The new tract was acquired in exchange for state lands in the Sherburne region.
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Sherburne
New York Leaders Scramble Over Rockefeller Tax Plan
Albany legislative leaders clash over trimming Gov. Rockefeller's proposed 20 percent income tax surcharge to 15 percent or less. They expect other tax hikes to pass, including 10 cent per fifth liquor tax, 1 cent gasoline tax, and sizable business tax increases.
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Albany
Nelson Rockefeller
Bananas spill after Logue Express truck crash on Northway
In Loudonville an out of control Logue Express Co truck overturned spilling about 25 tons of bananas onto the highway center mall. The driver and a passenger were uninjured and bananas were reloaded. In Amsterdam, divers recovered Daymond Serafin’s body from Chuctananda Creek while officials suspect he drowned trying to save his brother Bruce after they disappeared delivering Girl Scout cookies.
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New York Northway
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North Adams Housing Authority to Build Nine Story Elderly High Rise
In Berkshire the North Adams Housing Authority will develop 100 elderly housing units as a nine story high rise in the Washington Avenue Ashland Spring Street area. The plan calls for seven floors of 14 apartments each totaling 98 with two more to be added later.
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North Adams
100 Per Cent Marijuana Use Cited At Vermont College
MIT professor Jerome Lettvin testifies to a Massachusetts legislative panel that marijuana is temporary and no more intoxicating than alcohol. He cites 100 percent usage at a Vermont college, 10-20 percent of Boston area college students, and argues for drug law reform shifting focus to doctors and education over jail. Police Captain Joseph Jordan notes rising arrests and calls marijuana a door opener to LSD and heroin.
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UPI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Jerome B. Lettvin
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Newton
Brookline
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Boston Police Department
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House Committee Narrows Revenue-Raising Options
MONTPELIER UP I The House Ways and Means Committee narrowed options to hikes in cigarette taxes or rooms and meals taxes to balance the budget. Chairman Emory Hebard said no final decision without conference committee talks. Senate approved $700,000 more in spending than the House. A liquor tax rise was ruled out after board input.
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Ray Moore
Rockingham
New Hampshire
New York
Preliminary State Aid Approved for Three School Projects
The Vermont Education Board endorsed preliminary state construction aid totaling about 794000 for three projects including a 439000 addition to St Albans Town School, with 30 percent state help for Middlebury and Peac ham. Final awards went to Dana School in Rutland and Dummerston new construction and renovation. Black River Academy Ludlow met minimum states, six schools got one year waivers, and several districts must show progress by July 1969 to avoid unapproval.
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Arlington
Rutland
Dana
Dummerston
Black River Academy
Ludlow
Bradford
Williamstown
Leland
Gray
Townshend
Albury
May Draft Call Set at 44,000
The Defense Department sets a May draft quota of 44,000 for the Army, down from April’s 48,000 and above the 41,000 scheduled for induction this month. Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps rely on volunteers. Marine draft usage resumes briefly in April at 4,000, with no further requests.
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UPI
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Navy
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Hardwick Academy Closes Over Structural Safety Concerns
Hardwick Academy was closed by the Hardwick School Board after a state Education Board recommendation until the Public Safety Department confirms structural safety. About 362 students gained an unexpected vacation as the board hired a Burlington engineer to inspect the building and called in the state fire marshal, following a 1967 fire code report.
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UPI
Hardwick Academy
State Education Board
Public Safety Department
Burlington
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Education Board
Henry Fairbanks
Winooski
Flanders Calls War in Vietnam an Unexpected Blessing
Former Sen Ralph E Flanders 87 says Vietnam war is an unexpected blessing for international communism. He cites three effects including bridging Moscow and Peking, Mao uniting Chinese with external enemy, and wasting a historic barrier to Chinese expansion. He criticizes U S policy and proposes UN referral with conditions to protect civilians in North and South Vietnam.
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UPI
Ralph E. Flanders
Rvt
Vietnam
Senate
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Peking
Mao Tse-Tung
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