Blood Donations Dip in Vermont and New Hampshire
Officials at the Red Cross Blood Center in Burlington report 612 pints donated last week, a drop from the prior week. Center distributed 672 pints to 62 regional hospitals and others, with 138 pints sent to hospitals outside the region to replace twin state residents hospitalized there. Nashua residents donated 109 pints in the sole drawing over 100.
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Burlington
UPD
Vermont
New Hampshire
Red Cross
Nashua
N.H
Vermont Democrats urged to lead on peace race and poverty
Democratic National Committee Chairman Fred Harris urged Vermont Democrats to become the party of issues. He said leadership requires addressing peace race and poverty, advocating de Americanization of the Vietnam War and a broader donor base. Harris spoke at a $25 dinner in Colchester, urging early campaigns for 1970 gubernatorial, congressional, and senatorial races.
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Colchester
UPI
Democratic National Committee
Fred Harris
Vermont
Harris
Oklahoma
Marble Island Golf and Yacht Club
Nixon
Hoff Hints Return to Politics in 1970 Senate Race Debates
Democratic former Gov. Philip Hoff discounts reports he will run for the U S Senate in 1970 while saying he has no plans to run. Speaking at a Colchester fundraising dinner he hinted at returning to the political scene as Sen. Fred Harris urged efforts to contest GOP seats. Prouty’s six year term expires next year, clearing a 1970 Senate race in Vermont.
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Colchester
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
U.S. Senate
Hoff
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Harris
Vermont
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Maternity Robes in Noblesville Highlight Judge's Wife
Vivian Sue Shields, who is expecting, models a maternity dress in Noblesville Indiana. Her husband William Shields is an attorney and her mother is Mrs Shields, a Hamilton County Superior Court judge noted as Indiana's only woman judge.
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Noblesville, Ind
Vivian Sue Shields
Mrs. Shields
Hamilton County
Rockefeller signs tough drug penalties in New York
Gov. Rockefeller signed legislation stiffening drug trafficking penalties in New York. Eight ounces or more of heroin morphine cocaine or opium will carry 25 years in prison and 16 ounces or more could yield life. The measure targets major dealers while deterring small sellers. In Bethlehem a new group called Parents and Taxpayers plans to monitor Bethlehem Central School District spending and board member records.
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Albany
Gov. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Central
Rudolph Morin
Elsmere
Parents and Taxpayers
PATS
Morin
John Mead
Delmar
Berkshire Update on Lake Garfield Dam Gates and Local Actions
Berkshire news notes Monterey officials backed by County Engineer William A. Heaphy urge the Monterey selectmen to open Lake Garfield dam gates to keep the lake three feet below normal. Heaphy cites past flood danger and lingering leaks at the dam posing risk to about 600 downstream families.
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Pittsfield
William A. Heaphy
Monterey
Lake Garfield
Heaphy
Vermont and Vermont/N.Y. Methodist sessions reshuffle leaders
UPI reports at Poultney conference sessions Rev Rowland Conklin of Springfield named superintendent of the Albany New York Methodist Conference succeeding Rev Charles Schwartz who moves to Shenendehowa New York Bishop Lloyd Wicke presided over the week long session. Also Vermont Association for the Crippled selects Robert Dombro to replace Dorothy Smithson in Rutland. Lyndon State College faculty urge Nixon to end Vietnam involvement. Burlington School District launches two year graduate industrial training. Lyndon students petition. Michael Sheret, 17, of White River Junction dies in car crash near Hartford.
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Poultney
UPI
Rowland S. Conklin
Springfield
Albany, N.Y
United Methodist Church
Conklin
Charles Schwartz
Shenendehowa
N.Y
Lloyd Wicke
Albany
Troy
Vermont
New York
Burlington
State Department of Education
Lyndon
Lyndon State College
Richard Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
South Vietnam
Post Office Site Chosen in Enosburg Falls Vermont
The Post Office Department selects a Main Street site in Enosburg Falls VT for a new post office costing 15200 dollars. Senator George D. Aiken R VT announces the decision.
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Enosburg
Washington, D.C
UPI
Post Office Department
Main Street
Enosburg Falls
George D, Alken
R-Vt
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