Hoff backs Humphrey if nominated for president
Vermont Governor Hoff says he would support the Democratic nominee even if Hubert Humphrey wins the nomination. He previously endorsed Robert F. Kennedy and, while preferring Kennedy, would back Humphrey or Eugene McCarthy if either secures the nomination, citing concerns about Humphrey's stance on Vietnam and domestic policy. Hoff clarified he cannot support Humphrey at this time and will judge based on current statements.
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Humphrey
Johnson
Hoff
Education Board to Hear Royalton College Privilege Fight
Education Commissioner Harvey Scribner outlined the process for a Vermont Education Board hearing on Royalton College’s degree granting privileges. He said all evidence must be presented at once, with the Vermont Higher Education Council’s recommendation and visiting committee report withheld until the May 29 hearing. The board will review whether the college meets 17 conditions set in April 1967, with deliberations in executive session and input from town officials and college trustees.
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Seribner
Royalton Town
Hoff named on McCarthy slate for Democratic convention
Gov Philip Hoff will join a McCarthy slate of delegates for the national Democratic convention on May 25 in Burlington. Eugene Winslow offered the post as a personal gesture of respect though Hoff backs Sen Robert Kennedy. Hoff called the designation a pleased and delighted uncommitted delegate status.
Hoff fills two highway board seats in Vermont
Gov Philip H Hoff named H Gordon Smith publisher of the St Johnsbury Caledonian Record and Henry Angell Brattleboro automotive service proprietor to the expanded five member Vermont Highway Board. Smith is a Republican and Angell a Democrat. Appointments require Senate confirmation.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
St. Johnsbury
Brattleboro
State Highway Board
H. Gordon Smith
Burlington plans groundbreaking for $750,000 office building
The Burlington redevelopment group schedules a Friday morning ground breaking for a $750,000 office building as part of a seven acre urban renewal project. After the ceremony Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia and Cousins Properties Inc. of Atlanta will unveil plans for the rest of the center site. The group may invest up to $20 million in the area.
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Burlington
UPI
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co
Philadelphia
Cousins Properties Inc
Atlanta
Winooski Sgt. Duell praised for saving Rathe children
The National Police Officers Association commends Winooski police Sgt Ronald Duell for taking charge at an April 12 fire at the Louis Rathe farm in Colchester and delivering several Rathe children to their grandparents home. Police Chief Donald Savard notes Duell arrived first at the scene and organized the response.
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Winooski
UPI
National Police Officers Association
Ronald Duell
Louis Rathe
Colchester
Donald Savard
Duell
Shapiro Fired as Schenectady City Manager in Party Row
In Schenectady New York city politics ended with the firing of Erwin Shapiro, the city manager, by a Republican controlled City Council after months of upheaval. The decisive vote by Mayor Malcolm Ellis followed a heated council meeting, with Republicans Vacca Callahan and Benson voting to oust, while Democrats Quinn and Isabella supported retention and Luther abstained. The $21,420 post has been vacant since last July.
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Schenectady
Erwin Shapiro
Shapiro
Malcolm Ellis
Raymond Vacca
Charles Callahan
Bruce Benson
J. Raymond Quinn
Fred Isabella
Norman Luther
Troy Office Returns to Normal After CWA Strike Settlement
The Troy New York Telephone Co office was described as back to normal after Sundays settlement of the Communications Workers of America strike. Supervisors returned to duties after long hours to maintain service while locals in Detroit New York St Louis and Baltimore rejected the settlement and continue striking.
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Troy
New York Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
International Union
Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Baltimore
Berkshire paper mill sues over flood damage and deaths
Clark-Aiken Co. of Lee files a $5 million damage suit in Berkshire Superior Court against Cromwell-Wright Co. of Lee, owners of Lake Lee dam. The dam collapsed during heavy weekend rains on March 24, flooding East Lee and causing three deaths. The suit seeks compensation for damage to plant and equipment.
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Pittsfield
Clark-Aiken Co
Lee
Berkshire Superior Court
Cromwell-Wright Co
Lake Lee
East Lee
North Adams Directory Mixup Cites Wrong Area Code
North Adams facing a faulty listing with area code 617 on the front cover of 22 000 new North Berkshire telephone directories. The correct Western Massachusetts code is 413. Officials have not decided how to fix the error yet.
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North Adams
North Berkshire
Massachusetts
Adams taxi service closes after market fire impact
Adams town's sole taxi firm shut down after Park Street Super Market blaze damaged business. Proprietor Roy E. Norman could not be reached. He previously said the fire hurt his two-vehicle operation, which also offered Western Union services and Vermont Transit tickets.
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Adams
Roy E. Norman
Norman
Park Street
Western Union
Vermont Transit Lines
Hoff urges students to pursue activism over sit ins
Gov. Philip Hoff urged college students to pursue political activism as a more effective tool than a sit in. In Montpelier he spoke as 35 Goddard College students staged a five hour lobby vigil to protest poverty program handling. A confrontation with Sergeant at Arms Reid Payne and student leader Roland Hayes preceded Hoff’s call for tangible action in the political arena.
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Hayes
Hoff
Efforts Dropped To Entice RFK To Address Vermont Dems
Gov. Hoff says Vermont will not invite Sen. Robert F. Kennedy to a Burlington fund raising dinner. Instead Sen. Edward Kennedy will stand in for his brother, due to RFK's California engagement for the state primary. Hoff noted McCarthy's surge after college student activism and urged grassroots participation amid issues raised by student demonstrators and a petition.
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Kennedy
Vermont
New York
Hoff
New Hampshire
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
McCarthy
Boston Attorney Urges Easing Marijuana Penalties
Boston attorney Joseph S. Oteri urged reducing marijuana possession from a felony to a misdemeanor and replacing arrests with summonses for presence or possession. He proposed a Central Psychiatric Clinic to assess addicts before sentencing and called for excluding marijuana users from mandatory physician reporting. He warned current laws blur careers of youths and fail to curb use.
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Boston
UPI
Joseph S. Oteri
Oteri
Jer
Suffolk
G. Joseph Tauro
Philadelphia
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Boards of Health
Davis Agrees With Oakes 99 Per Cent
Burlington UPI report on the 1968 Vermont Republican gubernatorial race notes Deane C. Davis credits James Oakes with a speech he nearly endorses, agreeing with 99 percent. Davis, a National Life executive, cites running pace as the main difference. Oakes urges educational flexibility, grants to speed reorganization, and a limited sales tax as a last resort. Davis calls for study of local property tax burdens amid concerns about state indebtedness.
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Burlington
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Montpelier
James Oakes
Jim
Oakes
Davis
Stafford Seeks Delegate Post for GOP Convention
Washington Rep. Robert Stafford announces plans to seek one of Vermont’s 12 delegate posts to the GOP national convention in Miami He supports Nelson Rockefeller for president while pledging to back Richard Nixon if Nixon secures the nomination
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Washington
Upi
Robert T. Stafford
Miami
Stafford
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Illegal Hippo Found in Sweden Faces Expulsion
In Goteborg district veterinary official Einar Wollertz identifies Lady Juba a 2.5 ton hippo as an illegal immigrant in Sweden after a circus sighting. She has not undergone customs veterinary checks and will likely be expelled possibly to Switzerland.
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Sweden
UPI
Juba
Einar Wollertz
Wollertz
Switzerland
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