Treasury study finds tax subsidies cost U.S. $50 billion annually
UPI reports a Treasury Department study estimates tax expenditures through credits deductions and exemptions drain over 50 billion dollars from federal revenue each year. The report notes these subsidies touch all income groups and may prompt moves to repeal or modify several provisions including the investment tax credit and capital gains provisions.
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Washington
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means
Mills
The
Treasury
Vietnam
UPI
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Vermont Leads Nation in Water Pollution Control Efforts
Vermont spends three times the national average on pollution control as part of a 12 year Water Resources Board push. Commissioner Reinhold Thieme notes $70 per person invested, vs $26 nationally, with bonds starting in 1957 and 11.8 million spent to date. By 1968 162000 Vermonters were served by waste treatment plants across 28 communities plus Burlington and Winooski were connected.
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Montpelier
UPD
Vermont
Water Resources Board
Reinhold Thieme
Burlington
Winooski
Thieme
Seminarians seize administration building across colleges
Sit ins by Andover Newton and Union Theological seminarians highlight protests over racial reparations and university governance. At Stony Brook NY a narcotics raid sparked clashes as 14 students were arrested and 200 more gathered around police cars, with some stones cast and fires lit. Police concentrated outside the campus as 250 officers stood guard.
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New York State University
Stony Brook
Andover-Newton
Board of Trustees
Union Theological Seminary
James Forman
Search Pushed To Find Buyer for Pavilion Hotel
A Vermont committee aims to sell the Pavilion Hotel by September 1 and may lease back the building to the state for office use. Architect Rob ert Burley will solicit bids after confirming renovation needs as Senators clash over preservation versus replacement of the 94 year old property. The Vermont Historical Society may also use space in the hotel for its museum and library.
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Vermont Historical Society
Vermont Congressman backs state constitutional convention
Washington Rep. Robert T. Stafford urged support for a Vermont constitutional convention. Burlington's Margaret Garland, president of the Vermont League of Women Voters, said Stafford endorsed revision to strengthen state government. The League backs a June 3 statewide vote to authorize a 180 member convention in October, after failed 1961 revisions.
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Washington
UPI
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
Margaret Garland
Burlington
Vermont League of Women Voters
Stafford
League
Vermont League
Governor Davis readies statewide tour amid GOP criticism
Gov. Deane C. Davis plans a statewide tour to tout the 1969 legislative session. Rep. John Alden, R-Woodstock, called the session “a lousy session” and faulted the General Assembly for inaction on consumer protection bills and cable television regulation.
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Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
John Alden
Woodstock
General Assembly
Springfield
Alden
Prouty Backs Three Year Extension of Older Americans Act
UPI reports Senator Winston L Prouty co sponsors a bill to extend the 1965 Older Americans Act for three years with Nixon era changes. The foster grandparent program would move to the Administration on Aging in HEW. Alburg voters weigh plans to keep education by joining Union High or form a new district and fund a $2500 architect study as the condemned high school awaits repairs.
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Nixon
Washington
Alburg
UPI
Union High School
Grand Isle County
Albury High
Troy Council Restores Sanitation Dept And Funds
The Troy City Council unanimously reactivated the sanitation department and authorized purchasing garbage trucks for 111000 and transferring 277000 for waste disposal operations. Joseph Leonard was named head of the disposal department, while two contracts with Capitol Division Disposal Inc. and the Latham Holding Co. were not cancelled, with the bond dispute sent to court. In Albany, Dr. Daniel O Keeffe, aged 81, resigned from practice amid drug and abortion charges. he pled guilty to third degree assault, was placed on probation for three years, and must surrender his medical license.
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Troy
Adrian Gonyea
Joseph Leonard
Capitol Division Disposal Inc
Latham Holding Co
Albany
Daniel O’keeffe
State Education Department
Martin Schenck
Rockefeller Signs Law for Full-Time District Attorneys
Gov. Rockefeller signed a law requiring full-time district attorneys in counties over 100000, including Albany Schenectady and Rensselaer. The bill bars DAs elected after April 1 1970 from private practice, with Rensselaer to elect a new DA for a three year term in November 1970.
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Albany
Rockefeller
Schenectady
Rensselaer
Albany County
Rensselaer County
Berkshire News Highlights Local Appeals and Elections
Clarksburg reports the Mattimore house foundation set on Hayden Hill with volunteer carpenters. Call Brule if you know of a four room furnished apartment for Charles Mattimore and family. Mattimore fire killed wife and five children. Williamstown police report a theft at Howard Johnson's Restaurant last weekend with safe entry by door rivets and reinforced concrete. North Adams School Committee urged to extend Supt Wilfred Gallagher’s contract beyond June 30. May 19 meeting planned. Williamstown voters approve a $500,000 sewer bond and back regional plan. study committee to consider joining North Adams and Clarksburg.
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Clarksburg
Arthur Brule
Mattimore
Hayden Hill
Charles Mattimore
Charlotte Mattimore
Brule
Williamstown
Howard Johnson
North Adams
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Wilfred Gallagher
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California
University of Rhode Island
Connecticut River
New Hampshire
del Monte
LEXAN
Ake Pe
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Main Street
Benihers
Pavilion Hotel
William French
Olin Gay
Windsor County
Edward Janeway
Windham County
Gay
Janeway
Hedstrom
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Main St
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