Vermont right to know law urged for broader access
Vermont Attorney General James L. Oakes urged revisions to state open records rules to broaden media and public access. He cited Arkansas as a potential model, noting Vermont permits private executive sessions but requires formal actions in public. debate at the Vermont Press Association and during the 1967 General Assembly highlighted tensions over open meetings and public scrutiny. The discussion touched on Senate openness versus House transparency and warned against public office for those who cannot withstand scrutiny.
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Montpelier
UPI
James L. Oakes
Vermont
Oakes
Vermont Press Association
Arkansas
General Assembly
State House
Senate
House
Two Car Crash Deaths In New York Area
Two weekend fatalities reported in upstate New York fold into a local brief. Maurice G. Banks 30 of Saratoga Springs died after a single car off Geyser Road near Ballston Spa. James T. Biondo 22 of East Schodack was killed when his car failed to negotiate a curve on Route 43 in North Greenbush. A Mechanicville mini twister toppled two chimneys on Harris Avenue homes of Mrs. George Robinson and Mrs. Betty Snooker.
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Troy
Maurice G. Banks
Saratoga Springs
James T. Biondo
East Schodack
Biondo
N.Y
North Greenbush
Banks
Albany Medical Center
Ballston Spa
Mechanicville
George Robinson
Betty Snooker
Harris Avenue
Adams Eyes North-South Highway After Bancroft Arnold Closings
In Berkshire, Adams seeks renewed industrial drive as Bancroft Arnold division of Indian Head, Inc. nears closing. Chairman Anthony P. McBride urges regional unity to back a North-South highway to prevent stagnation and spur development amid recent plant shutdowns. Pittsfield High School faced a bomb scare on Friday, the 12th since September, prompting evacuations. Police Lt. Stanley J. Kobus vows punishment for false alarms and notes alleged culprits could be assigned to labor at the city landfill or other sites.
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ADAMS
Bancroft - Arnold
Indian Head, Inc
Anthony P. McBride
The
Selectmen Reports
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Pittsfield High School
Stanley J. Kobus
Kobus
Welcome to Massachusetts Billboard Dismantled on Turnpike
WEST STOCKBRIDGE officials say the Welcome to Massachusetts billboard on the Massachusetts turnpike was removed voluntarily as part of highway beautification efforts. The state acted to reflect growing interest in cleaner roadside aesthetics and better urban signage.
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West Stockbridge
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Turnpike
Irvine Installed as Vermont College President Amid Ceremony
Dr William L Irvine was formally installed as the fourth president of Vermont College in Alumni Hall before 600 attendees. He outlined challenges ahead and urged development of a plan to expand the campus to accommodate a growing student body and enhanced facilities. He cited efforts to prepare median students as future leaders and noted federal education funding and two year colleges on the rise.
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Montpelier
William L. Irvine
Vermont College
Irvine
Ralph E. Noble
Noble
Deane C. Davis
National Life Insurance Co
University of Maine
Hauck
Maine
Portland
Congress
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Montpelier Seminary
Lyman S. Rowell
University of Vermont
Dr. Irvine
Everett M. Woodman
Colby Junior College
America
Schulmaier Hall
Alumni Hall
Newbury Seminary
U.S. State Department
Africa
State Department
Asian Specialist To Speak At United Church Meeting
Rev H Telfer Mook of New York City will address the Vermont Conference of the United Church of Christ at its annual meeting in Brattleboro. Mook, regional secretary for Southern Asia of the United Church Board for World Ministries, oversees missions in India and Ceylon and previously practised law and studied at Yale and Dartmouth. The state wide session opens at 10 a.m. with a panel of several clergy from Barre, Rutland, Middlebury, Concord and Boston, followed by Mook’s 11:15 a.m. address after reports from conference committees.
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Brattleboro
Vermont
United Church of Christ
H. Telfer Mook
New York City
Southeast Asia
U.S
Island of
Tinian
Marianas
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Walker T. Hawley
Middlebury
Donald W. Morgan
Rutland
Ernest L. Seeley
Barre
Paul E. Shanabrook
Boston
Otis R. Heath
Randolph
Centre Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ
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ACLU
VSM
Davis
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Champlain Downs
Albury
Swanton International Raceway
Winooski Park
St. Michael’s College
Vietnam
Charles Ruggiero Jr
U.S.A.F
Air Force
John W. Vandeventer
Burlington
Vandeventer
Secretary of the
Lund
Elizabeth Lund
Ernest Harmon
New York
Vandals Pelt House
John McBride
McBride
Down In
Billboard
Buffalo
Cornell
Rochester
Syracuse
Framingham, Mass
Europe
Ithaca, N.Y
United Church Meeting
Mailer & Price List
Bennington
Photo Service
North St
Dial
Wilbur
Mayflower
NASA
Dames Webb
Walter M. Schirra
Dick Tiger
Jose Torres
United States
Zakir Husain
India
Bennington Banner
First National Bank of
North Bennington
Tm Weuws
Interior Department
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Syttende
Spain
Israel
United Auto Workers
Stewart Udall
Clarion
Mendel Rivers
Interior
Mike Mansfield
House Armed Services Committee
VEC, Inc
Madison, Wisconsin
Fatima
East Arlington
Ruskin’s Taxi
Joel E. Pierce
Ruskin’s
de Tunirre
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