Vermont Week Features Conferences And Youth Citizenship Conference
University of Vermont students enjoy spring recess next week as campus remains active with two statewide conferences, two science meetings, a high school gymnastics contest, and a lecture. The ninth Vermont Youth Citizenship Conference for secondary students and teachers runs Monday and Tuesday on the UVM campus, sponsored by state education and social studies groups. A new Mycological Society meets Wednesday evening in the Pringle Herbarium, and the Western Vermont ACS meets Wednesday to hear Norman C. Deno of Penn State discuss The Simplest Non Classical Carbonium Ion.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Vermont Youth Citizenship
Vermont
Government Research Center
UVM
Vermont Headmasters Association
Vermont Superintendents Association
Vermont State Department of Education
Vermont Council For Social Studies
Mycological Society
Pringle Herbarium
Western Vermont
American Chemical Society
At & P.m
Terrill Hall
Norman C. Deno
Pennsylvania State University
Philosopher Anne Schlabach to Speak at Green Mountain College
Dr Anne B Schlabach a philosophy professor at Bennington College will speak at Green Mountain College next Wednesday at 3 30 p m in the College Center The talk titled Philosophy and Science is the second in the public lecture series She earned a Ph D from Wisconsin studied in Geneva and Columbia and taught at Wisconsin before joining Bennington in 1948
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Muelder and Sears
University of Wisconsin
Bennington
Vermont conf budget panel named to resolve House Senate rift
The Vermont conference committee on supplemental budgets picks Ed Janeway and Olin Gay from the Senate with George Hayes. House members chosen are Luther Hackett Sanborn Partridge and Robert Graf. All Republicans. A $727,000 gap exists between chambers as House conferees vow to hold to a $2.6 million budget.
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House
Vermont education cost sharing bill faces Senate adjournment
In Montpelier the education cost sharing formula, approved by the House, may die in the Senate as Appropriations Chair Edward Janeway and Sen. Stovan Christowe of Windham express mixed views. Christowe warns 20 of 22 towns in his county could lose state aid payments if the bill passes.
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Montpelier
API
House
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Edward Janeway
Windham
Janeway
Stovan Christowe
R-Windham
Christowe
Medicaid Bond Fight Looms In Albany
In Albany the Assembly Ways and Means chair Harvey M. Lisset threatened to delay approval for Rensselaer County to issue up to 600000 in serial bonds to cover 1500000 of unpaid 1967 Medicaid bills. Lisset urged reform, warning he would withhold if counties rely on this financing again. Also in Albany, federal officials rejected a 20 percent co insurance plan for Medicaid unless applied to all ages or dropped, risking no federal funds. In Amsterdam five year old Daymond Serafin is presumed dead after days of searching the Chuctununda Creek dam area. brother Bruce, 11, drowned earlier in the swollen stream and was recovered Tuesday.
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Albany
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Harvey M. Lisset
Rensselaer County
County Board of Supervisors
Lisset
New York
Amsterdam
Daymond Serafin
Daymond
Bruce
Florida teacher rights drive echoes at Berkshire meeting
Mrs. June Beadle of Cape Kennedy told about 30 County Teacher Association leaders that a national NEA truth force would aid U S teachers in safeguarding rights. She argued the Florida strike stemmed from system flaws not just wages, citing textbooks, labs, crowded schools and other issues. Prof. Frederick L. Schuman, 64, longtime Williams College figure, plans retirement to Portland State College Oregon to be closer to his son.
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Pittsfield
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Florida
June Beadle
National Education Association
U.S
Williamstown
Frederick L. Schuman
Williams College
Portland State College
Oregon
Williams
North Adams real estate tax rise and city budget notes
North Adams property owners face a $4.35 tax increase as Mayor James F. Cleary projects a 1968 rate of $52.35, with last year at $48, citing budget cuts and salary changes. In Lee, John J. Consolati, longtime Lee High football coach, named assistant elementary school principal while remaining athletics director.
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North Adams
James F. Cleary
Lee
John J. Consolati
Lee High
Massachusetts
Legality of Viet War Challenged By North Adams Resident
John M. Medeiros a 24 year old former IRS worker of Fairfield Conn living in North Adams filed a federal court petition seeking a declaratory judgment on the legality of the Vietnam War He argues Article I Section 8 vests war powers in Congress and accuses President Johnson of acting unconstitutionally via the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution The action alleges unconstitutional conscription without representation and is believed to be the first such court action in this matter.
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North Adams
Mass
UPS
Internal Revenue Service
John M. Medeiros
Fairfield
Congress
Medeiros
Johnson
Gulf of Tonkin
IRS
Brandeis University
Robbery Epidemic Strikes Six Banks in New England
Robbers fled with more than $50,000 from six New England banks in Massachusetts Maine and Connecticut with one teller alarm stopping another robbery. Stations include Stamford Conn Brookline West Roxbury Roxbury Mass Portland Me and Brookline Village. A separate Vermont flood report notes two feet of water on US 5 and four inches on VT Route 73 with ongoing rainfall across the state.
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New England
Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Maine
Connecticut
State National Bank
Stamford
Conn
Putterham
Brookline Savings Bank
West Roxbury Parkway
Brookline
First National Bank
Roxbury
Brookline Village
Hanson
Rockland Trust Co
Liberty Street
Casco Bank and Trust Co
Portland
Vermont
Hoff Receives Several Bills From Legislature
Gov. Philip H Hoff was to receive multiple bills including two in education. The Senate sent measures to the House for messaging to the governor. State funds cover local costs for handicapped classroom construction and 93000 for disability program development. Elizabeth Lund Home in Burlington slated for 311880 and Old Soldier's Home in Bennington for 1160000 in capital improvement appropriations.
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Senate
House
Education Department
Elizabeth Lund
Burlington
Old Soldier’s
Bennington
Senate Approves Viet War Bonus for Vermont Vets
The Vermont Senate backed a $350000 bond measure to grant Vietnam veterans $120 each, while House plans called for a $100000 general fund appropriation to aid about 800 vets. The bonuses cover service from August 4 1964 to end of the Vietnam war. Washington also reports a $212317 HEW grant to 13 Vermont colleges funding 593 scholarships, announced by Senator George D Aiken.
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William Wright
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Washington
UPI
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Vermont
George D
Aiken
R-Vt
Dickey Lincoln Power Project Costs Rise in Maine
An Army Corps of Engineers official told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that the Dickey Lincoln Power Project in Maine now costs 218.4 million dollars, up 6 million from last year. Col. Ermi Renier attributed the rise to higher general costs and changes in construction features, noting the increase remains below the 218.7 million projection made two years earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Army Corps of Engineers
Maine
Ermi Renier
Senate
New England
Renier
House Votes $6 Million To Build Capitol Complex
The House passed a $6 million capital complex construction bill after debating funding. A motion to suspend rules to send it to the Senate failed. The House rejected $7 million bonds and kept $6 million, $3 million less than the Senate. An amendment to cut demolition and land costs to $87,800 was defeated. The Senate originally proposed a $16.6 million bond issue.
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House
Capitol
Montpelier
UPI
Senate
Institution
Ways and Means
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Pavilion
Statehouse
Hebard
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Down In
Berkshire
Schuman
North Adams, Mass
University of Massachusetts
Hoff
Dickey-Lincoln
Esso
Winslow
Chamber
Appropriations Committees
Artery Arcade
Mobil Heating Oil
Mobil Heat
Depot ST. Dial
Cash
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