Voter contact drive defended by Shelburne GOP head
Derick V. Webb, Shelburne Republican state chairman, rebutted O Briens charges about a voter contact campaign by telephone saying volunteers assist with registration absentee ballots and transportation for Election Day. He likened the work to Democratic AFL CIO and other groups door to door efforts and dismissed the accusation as panic at a potential upset. Telephone service returns to normal after a cable dig disrupts long distance lines from Montpelier affecting routes to Sharon Springfield and New York with rerouting through Burlington.
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Derick V. Webb
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Montpelier
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White River Junction
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New York
Vermont Farm Bureau backs limited sales tax with exemptions
At the Barre Annual Convention, Vermont Farm Bureau members approved a resolution for a limited state sales tax. Agricultural items would be exempt and all receipts would funnel back to towns to ease property tax burdens. The measure aligns with GOP governor candidate Richard Snelling’s reform plan and a three percent cap, modeled on Maine’s limited exemptions for items like seeds.
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UPI
Vermont Farm Bureau
Richard Snelling
Snelling
Maine
Vermont Rep Stafford Wins Editorial Backing for Fourth Term
Brattleboro Daily Reformer a noted independent paper endorses Rep Robert Stafford R VT for re election to a fourth term. Stafford has grown with experience and faced initial opposition from the paper in past elections. He faces challenger William Ryan Montpelier National Democratic Committeeman in the statewide race.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Reformer
Stafford
Vermont
National Democratic
William Ryan
Montpelier
UVM professor edits Emerson notes under federal grant
University of Vermont professor Dr. Ralph Orth serves as editor on a $35,000 federal grant project to complete a 20 volume Emerson notes and journals compilation. Orth has edited the sixth volume, which is slated for printing next month.
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UPI
University of Vermont
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Orth
Watervliet Arsenal wins two 175mm self propelled weapon orders
U S Army Weapons Command placed two contracts with Watervliet Arsenal totaling about 512 million dollars for 100 complete 175mm self propelled guns and 639 spare tubes. In Niagara Falls area two inches of wet snow with thunder and lightning caused power outages while Buffalo endured snow flurries and 48 mph gusts.
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Teens Plead Guilty in Halloween Beating Case
Three teens from Brunswick and Troy pleaded guilty to third degree assault in the beating of two 14 year olds on Halloween night near N.Y. 2 in Eagle Mills. They received suspended one year in Rensselaer County Jail and one year on probation after being arrested Wednesday at their homes.
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Rensselaer County
Douglas Bouton
Richard Parton
Robert Rebhun
Troy
N.Y. 2
Eagle Mills
Break-in at Shapiro Chevrolet in Berkshire leads to cash theft
Police investigate after burglars used company tools to break open a wall safe at Shapiro Chevrolet on Union Street Berkshire. An undisclosed amount of cash is missing. Owners Allan D. and Sheldon Shapiro are cited.
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Shapiro Chevrolet, Inc
Union Street
Allan D
Sheldon, Shapiro
Pittsfield hurled as renewal project wins state approval
Pittsfield receives state approval for an urban renewal plan covering 25.7 acres west of the central business district. The project cost totals 3,047,518 with a federal share of 2,031,680. Fifty-one buildings, mainly substandard, will be cleared for the redevelopment. Es Pittsfield-Dalton TV Cable moves toward cable service with pole location approved, signaling FCC clearance and a six month start toward service.
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Pittsfield
Columbus
John A. Volpe
Central Business District
LENOX
Pittsfield-Dalton TV Cable
Television Communications Corp
New York
Barry D. Stigers
FCC
Stafford Suggested For Vice President
WALLINGFORD UPI A local Wallingford Republican group is pushing to draft Rep. Robert T. Stafford R VT for national office though the bid is two years away. Walter Beer Jr. leads the GOP effort in town.
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Wallingford
UPI
Robert T. Stafford
R-Vt
Walter Beer Jr
New Pollution Control Law Being Drafted in Vermont
Governor Hoff proposes the 1967 legislature approve an expanded pollution control program offering Vermont communities at least 75 percent of sewage treatment costs plus a five percent incentive grant. Federal funds could reach ten million over four years if a 25 percent state share and enforceable water standards are kept. A special caucus will draft the implementing legislation as Vermont aligns with new federal rules.
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UPI
Philip Hoff
Vermont
Congress
Hoff
Hincks Proposes Stock Investment Expansion in Vermont Funds
Vermont State Treasurer Peter J. Hincks urged expanding investment authority to allow up to 20 percent of the state workers and teachers retirement funds to be placed in common stocks. He argues long term stocks outperform bonds and notes his past success managing $50 million in investments and $11-12 million monthly cash flow, boosting temporary investment earnings to $463,000 last year. He cites housing mortgage purchases from state banks as a beneficial program and notes a 1965 bill for stock investments was previously passed but halted by adjournment.
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Peter J. Hincks
Vermont
Hincks
Middlebury
John T. Gray
Teachers’ Retirement System
Dan J. Healy
Federal Housing Administration
Washington
House
Senate
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