Vermont Emergency Ambulance Service Law Draft Urged
The Legislative Council in Montpelier formed the Emergency Ambulance Study Committee to draft state legislation creating districts to meet federal traffic safety standards. A rough draft is due by the June 10 meeting, with a 1969 session target. The effort follows a joint resolution to study municipal emergency medical and ambulance services for federal funding eligibility.
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Montpelier
APS
Legislative Council
Motor Vehicle and Health Departments
Donald Smith
Washington
Smith
Colchester Jaycees Set Major Vermont Convention
Two candidates Wayne Jameson of South Burlington and Aldo Nicholi of Windsor seek the 1461 Jaycees presidency as 500 members and wives attend the Colchester event May 3-5. Durward C. Ellis of St. Johnsbury will step down as president and become board chairman. A keynote by William Suttle of North Carolina and the Parade of Locals highlight the program with a Sunday inaugural banquet closing the convention.
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Colchester
Vermont
Marble Island
Colchester Jaycees
Wayne Jameson
South Burlington
Aldo Nicholi
Windsor
Pneumo-Dynamics Company
Jaycees
Durward C. Ellis
St. Johnsbury
William Suttle
North Carolina
Hoff Pushes RFK in Indiana
Governor Philip Hoff will tour Indiana to bolster Senator Robert Kennedy on the eve of the Indiana primary. He plans rural stops and a Purdue student meeting, then continued campaigning in other states to aid Kennedy’s national convention delegate effort in Chicago. Hoff returns by Sunday for a Burlington TV program.
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Kennedy
Burlington
May Is Car Inspection Month in Vermont
Vermont residents are reminded that May is car inspection month. Commissioner E A Alexander urges owners to inspect now to avoid a last minute rush, noting today’s inspection is tomorrow’s protection. All motor vehicles must be inspected by an approved station by May 31.
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Montpelier
E. A. Alexander
Alexander
Vermont
Albany suit targets narcotics director over alleged frameup
Damage suits totaling 4 million dollars accuse John R. Bellizzi director of the State Bureau of Narcotics Control and three undercover agents of a hoax involving two former advertising associates arrested on marijuana charges. Albany County Judge Martin Schenck dismissed charges against the two ad men. Governor Rockefeller stripped the bureau of enforcement powers on February 19, placing drug traffic direction with state police. The men allegedly sold 300 dollars worth of marijuana to undercover agent Leonard Ortenzi of Niagara Falls.
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Albany
John R. Bellizzi
State Bureau of Narcotics Control
Bellizzi
Martin Schenck
Narcotics Bureau
Rockefeller
Bureau
Leonard Ortenzi
Niagara Falls
Housing Units To Be Built In Albany South Mall Complex
State Division of Housing and Community Renewal approves 442 low and middle income units for the South Mall complex. Bids open May 16 for a 20 story tower with 102 aged housing units and seven other buildings containing 340 apartments across seven and eight stories. In Schenectady, City Council says city manager Erwin Shapiro will be fired at next Monday’s meeting after Republicans won 5-2 control last fall. Replacement not named.
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Albany
State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
South Mall
Schenectady
Raymond Vacca
Erwin Shapiro
Shapiro
Berkshire reporter earns national public affairs award
Edwin Matesky former Williamstown city hall reporter and education editor at the Hartford Times is among 40 reporters nationwide cited by the American Political Science Association for public affairs reporting. Award includes expense paid seminars with political scientists journalists and officials. Williamstown plant relocation planned for Berkshire Screw Machine Products Co. Inc. after 25 years in Cheshire.
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North Adams
Edwin Matesky
Williamstown
City Hall
The
Transcript
American Political Science Association
Matesky
Hartford, Conn
Times
Cheshire
Berkshire Screw Machine Products Co. Inc
North Hoosac Road
Edward Wylde
Vermont GOP delegates split as Nixon Rockefeller battles loom
In Montpelier Ralph Foote claims Vermont supporters favor Rockefeller 63 percent while C. Douglas Cairns cites Nixon at 60 percent of more than 780 delegates. State chairman Elbert Moulton says an even contest. Readiness to present rival slates for Vermont’s 12 delegates to Miami. Aiken urges Rockefeller entry as strong regional fit. Stafford backs Rockefeller and calls for an unpledged slate to keep options open.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Richard Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Committee
Ralph Foote
Middlebury
Foote
C. Douglas Cairns
Burlington
Elbert Moulton
Cairns
Miami
Gov
Rockefeller
Vermont GOP cheers canceled special session
Vermont Republican leaders call Gov Hoff’s decision to cancel the May 6 special legislative session a victory for Vermonters. GOP officials say the move spares a do nothing legislature while emphasizing constitutional reform and a future convention. James L. Oakes criticizes indecisiveness by Lt. Gov Daly and argues public support for a constitutional convention remains strong.
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GOP
House
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Vermont
Hoff
Oakes
John J. Daley
Gasoline Tax Hikes In Vermont To Eight Cents
Vermont motorists face the highest eastern state gasoline tax now eight cents per gallon as the levy increases by one and a half cents. Vermont joins Washington as the only states with higher gas taxes, while the total with the federal four cents brings the burden to 12 cents a gallon. The hike funds an expanded highway program and followed a 1967 report showing road taxes produced about $24.78 million for road purposes.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Milton S. Brown
Vermont Petroleum Association
Washington
Brown
Two-Time Nobel Prize Winner To Speak At Windham College Commencement
Windham College will honor Linus Pauling with an honorary doctor of letters and feature him as speaker at the May 26 commencement. Pauling holds Nobel Prizes in Chemistry (1954) and Peace (1962), the only person with two unshared Nobel prizes.
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Windham College
Putney
Linus Pauling
Eugene C. Winslow
Pauling
Windham
Dr. Pauling
Robert B. Corey
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