Vermont study eyed for third Lake Champlain bridge bid
The Lake Champlain Bridge Commission hired Fay, Spofford and Thorndike to study a possible third bridge from Essex to Grand Isle, with a $30,000 plan spanning locations in New York and Vermont. D Acuti announced the project after a New York meeting amid rising interest. the region already has two toll bridges. In Poultney, Vermont, Green Mountain College hosts the third inter collegiate symposium of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences on May 11 with panels on arts and sciences, readings, and a Pergolesi Stabat Mater performance by the Green Mountain Madrigal Singers.
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South Burlington
UPI
Lake Champlain Bridge Commission
Boston
Lake Champlain
Vincent J D’acuti
Fay, Spofford and Thorndike
Essex
N.Y
Charlotte
Ticonderoga
Larrabee’s Point
Chazy
Point Au Roche
Grand Isle County
D’acuti
New York
Cumberland Head
Grand Isle
Commission
Albury
Rouses Point
Chimney Point
Crown Point
Poultney
Vermont
Bennington College
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Green Mountain College
Alex McBride
Charles Duke
Pergolesi
Stephen A. Freeman
Middlebury College
Convicted of Animal Cruelty North Hero Case
Canadian horse dealer John Bell was found guilty by a Grand Isle Franklin District Court jury after 40 minutes deliberation of animal cruelty charges stemming from 25 horses left in an Albury pasture last summer. Six horses died from lack of grass, with state attorney Harold O Roberts arguing willful neglect. Bell cannot return to Vermont due to a fatal pedestrian accident in Rouses Point New York last July.
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North Hero
UPD
Grand Isle-Franklin
Carl S. Gregg
John Bell
Bell
Albury
Grand Isle State
Harold O. Roberts
South Hero
Vermont
Rouses Point
N.Y
Hartford Sgt Joseph Manseau Named Essex Junction Chief
Hartford police sergeant Joseph Manseau age 38 was chosen as Essex Junctions new police chief. Village Manager Richard Emerick announced the appointment to fill the vacancy from April 1 retirement of Dewey Perry. Manseau will take the $9000 annual post on May 27.
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Essex Junction
UPI
Post Office Planned for Vergennes
U S Postmaster General Marin Watson announced plans to build a new Post Office in Vergennes. The facility would stand on the southwest corner of North Green and North Streets with plans, specifications, and bidding forms to be released soon.
New Ethics Bill Seeks State Watchdog For Local Rules
In Albany the assembly backed a strict ethics bill covering private citizens and public employees dealing with local governments. If enacted, a state commission on ethical standards would oversee local operations from the governor's office, replacing local ethics commissions after a Suffolk County Islip scandal where officials faced millions in questioned zoning deals. In Schenectady police and firefighters picketed council workplaces seeking contract talks for raises and pension changes, while a state court denied a request to vacate a fact finder hearing. Also Albany filed a bill for 124 new judgeships statewide, including 49 Supreme Court seats, with the state covering an eight million dollar cost.
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Albany
Assembly
Senate
Suffolk County
Islip
Schenectady
State Public Employment Relations Board
Supreme Court
New York State
John H. Hughes
Syracuse
Deerfield Headmaster Boyden Admitted to Williams Class
Berkshire news reports Deerfield Academy headmaster Frank L. Boyden will retire July 1 after 66 years service and join Williams College as an honorary freshman. Williams President John E. Sawyer announced the admission at a dinner honoring Boyden and his wife, a Deerfield teacher.
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Williamstown
Frank L. Boyden
Deerfield Academy
Williams College
John E. Sawyer
Williams
Boyden
Deerfield
Sawyer
Deerfield-Williams
Ephraim Williams
Kearns Accuses GOP Leaders of Myopic Capital Plan
Montpelier Vermont administration commissioner William Kearns charges Republican leaders with a myopic approach to the Capital Complex expansion. He argues discarding the 8.8 million bond plan harms long term space needs and warns against building near the Barre Montpelier Airport, which would require roads utilities staff and higher operating costs.
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Kearns
GOP
Posal
Barre-Montpelier
Federal Officials Back Nuclear Power Plant Bill
Administration officials testified before the Joint Atomic Energy Committee in favor of legislation to allow public and private utilities to own nuclear power facilities. Kenneth Holum said passage would ensure development and fair welfare for consumers, while Norman Clapp warned smaller utilities need the bill to survive and prevent regional monopolies. Senator George Aiken praised the testimony as accurate and persuasive.
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Washington
UPI) — Administration
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Kenneth Holum
Interior Secretary
Holum
Norman M. Clapp
Rural Electrification Administration
Clapp
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Vermont official pins hunger on U S Agriculture Department
Thomas Davis of Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity accuses the U S Agriculture Department of causing hunger in Orleans County. Gov Hoff asked him to investigate a Citizens Committee on Hunger report naming the county a serious hunger area. Davis cites high food stamp purchase requirements and notes six malnutrition cases and three rickets cases in 1966. He plans to present recommendations next week.
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Social Welfare Department
U.S. Agriculture Department
Davis
Agriculture Department
Thomas Hahn
Newport
Hoff
Vermont
Builder dies after bulldozer accident in Colchester
Colchester Vermont report says Leo Guilmette 45, of South Burlington, a contractor, was killed Wednesday when he was thrown from the bulldozer he operated and the machine ran over him. His death is linked to the operator error and equipment malfunction under investigation by local authorities.
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Colchester
UPI
Leo Guilmette
South Burlington
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