Davis and Oakes clash over Beltline issue in Vermont race
Vermont GOP governor hopeful Deane C Davis accuses Attorney General James L Oakes of ducking the issue by withholding a ruling on Burlington Beltline funds. Oakes says he will not issue an opinion due to office policy while Davis argues residents deserve to know legal consequences of their vote. In Montpelier the Vermont Home Mortgage Credit Agency plans to accept applications June 1 for private-home purchases under a new $11 million bonds program supporting low down payment loans.
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UPI
Deane C. Davis
James L. Oakes
Burlington
Oakes
Davis
Francis Cain
Milton sues three trailer parks for license fees
Milton has filed writs in Franklin County Court against Checkerberry Birchwood Manor and Bert's Trailer Parks seeking 10000 from Birchwood and Bert's and 5000 from Checkerberry The town claims Checkerberry owes 3500 Bert's 6500 and Birchwood 11000 in back payments and license fees
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Milton
UPI
Franklin County
St. Albans
Checkerberry
Birchwood Manor
Bert
Birchwood
Hoff to visit Vermont Guard at Camp Drum NY
Gov Philip Hoff will make his sixth annual visit to Vermont National Guard troops Thursday and Friday at Camp Drum New York with three legislators and officials. He will visit about 2300 Vermont soldiers in the 86th Brigade during their two weeks of annual active duty training. Burlington Supt William Keough 37 remained in satisfactory condition after a single car crash on I 89 in Williston while driving to a Vermont Superintendents Association meeting from Montpelier.
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Burlington
UPD
William Keough
Williston
Vermont Superintendents Association
Montpelier
Dynamite Theft From I-89 Construction Site
State Police investigated the theft of dynamite and fuse devices from the Caledonia Sand and Gravel Co on Interstate 89. Five cases of a 15-stick gelatin dynamite and eight boxes of detonating fuses were reported as taken earlier this week.
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Sharon
UPD
Caledonia Sand and Gravel Co
Archambault seeks third term in Vermont House
Winooski Democrat Lyle B. Archambault, 63, a first elected in 1966, announced Tuesday he will seek re election to a third term in the Vermont Legislature.
Rockefeller signs $8 billion nuclear power bill
Gov Nelson Rockefeller signed an $8 billion nuclear power development bill in Albany. Lights in his capitol office flickered three times as camera floodlights overloaded circuits during the signing and again when Senate Majority Leader Earl Brydges spoke. The governor called the event historic and a common effort to double low cost electric power in 10 years.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Capitol
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Governor names editors to Capital District Park Commission
Governor Rockefeller named Alton T. Sliter editor publisher of The Record Newspapers to the Capital District State Park Commission. Nomination of Sliter and Fred F Krokenberger of Amsterdam sent to the senate for confirmation. Board now has six of seven seats. one more commissioner remains to be appointed.
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Rockefeller
Alton T. Sliter
Record Newspapers
Capital District State Park Commission
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Fred F. Krokenberger
Amsterdam
Senate
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Berkshire Doctor Named Mental Health Administrator
Dr Edgerton McC Howard of Stockbridge will be appointed mental health administrator for Region 1 of the state Department of Mental Health. He is director of the Berkshire Mental Health Center in Pittsfield and associate medical director of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge. He is expected to start by mid June.
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Edgerton McC.howard
State Department of Mental Health
Howard
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Austen Riggs
Draft Standards Favorable For Teachers in Vermont
Vermont draft policy favors keeping teachers in state service for deferments. Col. William Burke said Vermonters teaching in Vermont have a better chance at deferment than those leaving for higher pay. Local boards will assess critical need, with a Scientific Advisory Board reviewing cases and guiding recommendations.
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National Security Council
Van Santvoord Named to Panel On Constitutional Revision
House Speaker Mallary of Fairlee named Rep. George Van Santvoord and Rep. John Burgess with himself to the nine member Constitutional Study Revision Commission. Rep. Van Santvoord is a Democrat from Bennington and Rep. Burgess is a Republican from Brattleboro. Gov Hoff's action last week accompanied the appointments.
Mohawk Plans Daily Flights From Rutland to Albany
Gov Hoff and Vermont officials announce Mohawk Airlines will add twice daily service between Rutland and Albany starting June 24, using Northern Airways with nine to 18 seats. Regular Rutland flight continues. Civil officials outline related airline pattern and state commission plans. A separate notice: HUD grants $300,000 to Fire District No. 1 Shelburne for water and sewer facilities.
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UPI
Philip Hoff
Vermont Aeronautics Board
Rutland Chamber of Commerce
Mohawk
Northern Airways
Burlington
Albany
N.Y
Washington
Housing and Urban Development Department
Shelburne
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
1969 Legislature to receive ethics legislation from CSG model
The 1969 Legislature will consider a proposed ethics bill based on a Council of State Governments model. The Legislative Ethics Study Committee approved offering the measure, including a voting conflict of interest section. The panel also reviewed responses from a House and Senate member questionnaire. 24 of 26 replies were received.
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Benjamin Collins
Hoff
Senate
George W.F. Cook
Rutland
Supreme Court
Rutland Rejection Defeats Four-Town Union High School Plan
Rutland town voters rejected a four-town union high school district joining Wallingford Mount Holly and Clarendon for grades seven through 12 by 292 to 165. The other three towns approved the special election plan while legislators debated disclosure requirements for assets liabilities and conflicts of interest.
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Rutland
UPI
Rutland Town
Wallingford
Mount Holly
Clarendon
Pharmacy narcotics missing after weekend break at Vermont center
Burlington police investigated a theft at Mary Fletcher unit of the Vermont Medical Center. An inventory showed quantities of various narcotics missing after an entry through a window. Detective Wayne Liberty led the probe and said the pharmacy locks were picked.
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Burlington
UPI
Wayne Liberty
Mary Fletcher
Vermont Medical Center
Democrats Seek 20 Vermont Delegate Posts
Vermont Democrats report 94 candidates for 20 national convention delegates. 21 back McCarthy, 16 for Kennedy, including Hoff, while 35 show no commitment. Delegates chosen at the August state convention in Burlington.
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UPI
William A. Hunter
Vermont
Hunter
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Philip H. Hoff
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
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