No Fault Auto Insurance Gain Seen in Senate Debate
Senator Robert T. Stafford argues for no fault auto insurance to improve payouts and reduce delays. He notes current system returns only about 44 percent of premiums to accident victims and cites $8 billion in premiums with $3.4 billion paid to claimants in 1972. He supports a Senate bill setting minimum national standards while preserving state regulation and mentions a Vermont amendment granting four years to meet requirements.
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Senate
Vermont
Bennington H S ends Maine trip with Wasp in New England contest
Bennington High School players returned from South Portland Maine after performing The Wasp in a regional eight school New England contest. Bennington represented Vermont having won the state title at Middlebury last month. Arlington Massachusetts took first place followed by East Providence Rhode Island and Manchester New Hampshire.
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Bennington
South Portland
Maine
Wasp
New England
Vermont
Middlebury
Arlington
Mass
East Providence
R.I
Manchester
N.H
Cora B. Whitney
Lovergine pleads guilty to second degree murder
Monte Lovergine, 19, of Jamaica pleaded guilty in U S District Court to an amended charge of second degree murder in the shooting death of 17 year old Karen Dauchy. Bail remains at 75000 dollars and a pre sentence investigation was ordered. A competency hearing found him fit to stand trial. Dauchy had been shot after leaving a Jamaica swimming hole with a Connecticut youth and had dated Lovergine.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Monte Lovergine
Jamaica
U.S. District Court
Karen Dauchy
Lovergine
Wynn Underwood
Bardwell H. Flower
State Hospital
Miss Dauchy
Connecticut
Milk prices nudge up in Vermont next month
Vermont Agriculture Commissioner Leo O'Brien said the Milk Control Board approved a June 3 price increase request by milk processors. The automatic formula could raise store bought and home delivered quarts by two cents, though overall prices may not rise due to other formula shifts. Processors argued higher labor costs taxes fuel and containers narrowed profit spread by 2.6 percent to ensure sufficient milk for consumers.
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O’brien
Vermont
Vermont to issue property tax rebates totals around 4 million
About 24,000 Vermonters will receive rebates totaling four to four and a half million dollars, despite an earlier estimate that 41,000 would apply. The state noted higher actual turnout among seniors, possibly all who qualified. A separate wage hearing is set for May 29 in Montpelier to discuss a $2 minimum hourly wage for waiters and waitresses.
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Montpelier
UPI
Robert Lathrop
Lathrop
Labor and Industry
Louis Lavin
Pavilion
Lavin
Breese Hollow leads New York rural district proposals
In Ren sselaer County New York three new agricultural districts totaling 32000 acres are proposed for Pittstown Hoosick Brunswick and Poestenkill. A public hearing will precede a county legislature vote on granting agricultural status. Dem gubernatorial hopeful Howard Samuels visits Troy May 20 to seek county endorsement. county chair McDonough signals mixed support amid active campaigns from Samuels versus Carey and Reid.
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Cullinan
Vermont
Senate
Troy
Rensselaer County
Breese Hollow
Pittstown
Hoosick
Brunswick
Poestenkill
Howard Samuels
Rensselaer County Democratic Committee
Edward F. McDonough
Samuels
Hugh Carey
Ogden Reid
Two Adventist students survive eight mile trek after crash
R Brian Schwab and Cynthia Jo Walterhouse, seniors at a Berkshire preparatory school, were reported in fair condition after an eight mile walk from the Cessna 150 crash site near Pittsfield. The pilot suffered multiple cuts and Walterhouse an arm injury and cuts. they reached a home north of the crash, describing their trek as nearly 22 hours.
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Monterey
Pittsfield General
R. Brian Schwab
Lenox Dale
Cynthia Jo Walterhouse
Marion
Ohio
Flying Club
Schwab
Farmer pleads not guilty in tower destruction case
Samuel H. Lovejoy, an organic farmer two miles from the Northeast Utilities testing site, pleaded not guilty in Superior Court to willfully destroying a 500-foot environmental testing tower and related equipment valued at 44 500. He plans to represent himself and had admitted the deed the morning after the incident two weeks ago.
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Greenfield
Northeast Utilities
Samuel H. Lovejoy
Superior Court
Lovejoy
Long-running dispute ends with clerk Lamphear’s resignation
Williamstown town manager Robert M. Jones and town clerk accountant J. Elwood Lamphear agree after a two year feud over duties and pay. Lamphear, 63, resigns effective July 15 after nearly 16 years in the post. He first announced plans May 1 and said he sought a small salary adjustment and a reorganization of duties, without success.
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Williamstown
Robert M. Jones
J. Elwood Lamphear
Lamphear
Janes
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Fred A. Parker
Clinton McDonald
Harold McDonald Sr
Shaftsbury
Mattison
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association Inc
Listers
Green Mountain Park Racetrack
Henry F. Black
Fred
United States
St. Louis
Congress
Waacs
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
Nixon
South Vietnam
U.S. Skylab Space Station
Edward G. Jefferson
DuPont
New York
Down In
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Farmer
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