Vermont State Colleges OK 4.1 Million Operating Budget
The Vermont State Colleges board approved a 4.1 million dollar operating budget for the four schools for the coming year at a Vermont Technical College meeting. Provost Dr. Robert Babcock called the budget very tight with almost no contingencies and urged a moratorium on new buildings until funding is resolved. If two proposed 200 room dorms go ahead, room and board rates would rise, increasing education costs for students.
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Babcock
Air Traffic Study Planned for Burlington Airport
A two week study at Burlington Municipal Airport to map obstruction characteristics elevation and location. The U S Department of Commerce study led by William Raynolds will chart air navigation aids to improve air safety.
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Burlington
Senator Raymond Blake to Seek Fourth Term
UPI reports Senator Raymond Blake of Essex Orleans announces Sunday he will run for a fourth term. The Republican lawmaker has served three terms and faces primary and general election challenges in the upcoming race.
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UPI
Raymond Blake
Essex-Orleans
New York Legislature Closes Five Month Session
Albany notes the 1968 session left between 1,000 and 1,200 bills on Gov Rockefeller desk after a five month session. Lawmakers approved a 72.7 million revenue package for Mayor Lindsay and a 497 million supplemental budget. Speaker Travia retires after 23 years to become a federal judge. Albany also adopts work release reform to aid prisoner transition from jail to community under the Huber Law origin.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Onveral
New York City
New York
John V. Lindsay
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Gov. Rockefeller
Huber
Wisconsin
Vermont
Mohawk District Boy Scout Camporee Draws 320 Boys
Camporee activities unfold in Lansing Park behind Abram Lansing school with 320 scouts and 50 leaders. Troops from Green Island Watervliet Waterford Pleasantdale Lansingburgh Speigletown Melrose Valley Falls and Raymertown join in a weekend of roughing it in tents and cooking over open fires.
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Raymertown
Williams College May Explore Urban Center and Coordinated Education
Williamstown residents and Williams College consider creating an urban center in a large city for semester or year study. Plans contemplate coordinate education with a nearby girls college and a Mt Hope farm estate site as a potential location.
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Williams College
Megalopolis
Williams
Mt. Hope Farm
Break-in at Berkshire Bowl nets $8000 haul on Dalton
Police detectives probe a Berkshire Bowl burglary on Dalton Avenue. Thieves used a truck to carry away 50 cases of bowling pins 14 bowling balls 30 cases of beer a $4000 box of alley tools and cash, totaling about $8000 in value.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Bowl
Dalton Avenue
Adventist pastor reports quit smoking course results
Pitssfield Reverend Richard W. Coffen of the Seventh Day Adventist Church said 25 of about 50 participants completed a five day program to help people stop smoking. A follow up campaign may be offered. He plans a weight control program for women who gained weight after quitting.
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Pittsfield
Richard W. Coffen
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Spock Interview Shown At Antidraft Trial In Boston
Film of Dr Benjamin Spock criticizing President Johnson as deceitful and belligerent was shown in the antidraft conspiracy trial in Boston. The 15 minute ABC News clip from New York last Nov 30 featured Spock calling for ending the war and supporting draft resisters. Other defendants included Rev William Sloane Coffin Marcus Raskin Michael Ferber and Mitchell Goodman. The court watched the film as the trial enters its second week amid delays and appeals.
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Yale University
Marcus Raskin
Institute of Policy Studies
Washington, D.C
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Buffalo
N.Y
Harvard
Mitchell Goodman
Temple
Maine
China
Russia
Dwight MacDonald
Induction Center
Washington
Francis ”. W. Ford Jr
Arlington Street
Women Voters Discuss Year's State Programs in Vermont
More than 70 members from 14 Leagues of Women Voters in Vermont met in Barre to shape the state program for the coming year. Discussions covered natural resources and support for a Constitutional Convention with sessions at the Barre Congregational Church and a planned Voters Service Workshop in Rutland in June.
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Burlington
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McNamara
Grimard
Rutland
Joseph Patry
State Natural Resources
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State ConCon
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Bennington
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Patty
Clinton Cook
Peter Francis
Harris Thurber
Middlebury
Robert Rollins
Stowe
Barre Universalist Church
Chicago
Patry
Burlington League
Woodstock League
State League
Clarence Howard
Fradenburgh
Marion Smith
Vermont Man Hangs Self After Weekend Arrest
Edward Frank Rathbun 41 of Westminster Vermont hanged himself with a belt at the Keene Police Station after being arrested for wounding a friend of his estranged wife. Police described a Saturday confrontation at Chapman's Spofford Lake cottage where a struggle occurred, a gun discharged injuring Philip Chapman, and Rathbun surrendered to authorities.
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UPI
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Keene
Edward Frank Rathbun
Rathbun
Brattleboro
Philip Chapman
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Spofford Lake
National Investment Urged For Black and Poor People
Rev Walter Fauntroy of the SCLC urged national investment for Black and poor people, to create jobs or guaranteed income. He warned the nation risks a vicious cycle of exploitation and division without action, as Gov Hoff urged Vermonters to address the two societies and inequality.
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Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
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