Psychiatrist declares Hohman insane in murder defense
Dartmouth Medical School psychiatrist Dr Henry Payson testified George J Hohman 37 of Bennington was mentally ill at the April 8 killing of 15 year old Mary Ann Peterson. Payson cited alcohol paranoia and acute reactive confusion as the two diseases meeting insanity criteria under Vermont law.
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Middlebury
George J. Hohman
Bennington
Mary Ann Peterson
Henry E. Payson
Dartmouth Medical School
Hohman
Payson
Addison County
Hilton H. Dier
Donald Graham
Windsor County
William Sessions
William Keefe
Bennington County
Raymond Bolton
Dier
Keefe
Vermont
Marine Corps
Snelling taps Gray Gilbert Butler for staff in Vermont
Governor elect Richard Snelling named John Gray William Gilbert and Charles Butler to his executive staff. Gray 58 Enosburg will be executive assistant and special adviser while Gilbert 34 Hinesburg becomes counsel and Butler 31 Montpelier is secretary of Civil and Military Affairs. Other aides Elin Barton Calais and Marilyn Mayo South Burlington join as administrative assistants.
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Davis
Human Services Agency
Gilbert
Butler
Montpelier
Gov. Davis
United Press International
Snelling
Elin Barton
Calais
Marilyn Mayo
South Burlington
Mideast peace worker cites dollar influence in region
Joseph Gerson of the American Friends Service Committee spoke in Bennington about the Israel Palestine conflict. He presented the onion theory of regional relations, warned money drives policy, and urged a lasting accommodation as the path to peace.
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Middle East
Joseph Gerson
American Friends Service Committee
Bennington Friends
St. Francis de Sales Parish
Gerson
Mideast
Israel
United States
Kissinger
Burns warns against stimulus driven by tax cuts or spending
Washington Dr Arthur F Burns chairman of the Federal Reserve told the Senate Banking Committee that tax cuts higher government spending or looser monetary policy to spur growth could cause inflation and are unnecessary. He urged a cautious approach while noting recovery remains incomplete with oil price risks and a small downward shift in the money supply target drew criticism from Senator Proxmire.
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Washington
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Jimmy Carter
Senate Banking Committee
Burns
Federal Reserve
Carter
Organization of Oil Exporting
Sen. Proxmire
Utah execution halted as Gilmore defense seeks delay
Gary Gilmore, 35, won another stay of execution from Utah Governor Calvin L. Rampton while the Utah Board of Pardons weighs whether to uphold the death sentence for the Provo motel clerk murder during a $400 holdup. The board's decision could set a new date or reduce the sentence.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah Supreme Court
Utah
Calvin L. Rampton
Gilmore
Oregon
Utah Board of Pardons
Rampton
Provo
Board of Pardons
4Th District Court
J. Robert Bullock
Bullock
Catholic Bishops defend traditional morals amid rising laity discontent
UPI reports the National Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a revised pastoral letter To Live as Christ Jesus reinforcing policies against artificial birth control abortion euthanasia and premarital sex while opposing homosexual activity. The Detroit Call to Action proposals urging conscience formation on birth control divorced remarriage rights and equal rights for homosexuals were noted as at variance and to be studied at the May Chicago meeting. The NCCB also condemned racism, urged full employment and endorsed selective conscientious objection to war amid concerns over public debate dominance by anti-weakness voices.
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Washington
UPI
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Christ Jesus
Detroit
Chicago
Joseph L. Bernardin
Cincinnati
NCCB
United States
New York pharmacists boycott Medicaid reimbursements
In Cambridge and surrounding towns, Kinnen's and Winchell's pharmacies joined a regional boycott of Medicaid prescriptions to pressure New York State to raise reimbursement rates. Since the boycott began, pharmacists continue to fill emergencies and bill patients, while most customers accept partial or no refills. Medicaid prescriptions represent 10 to 20 percent of Kinnen's business, with broader regional participation noted in Saratoga and Washington counties.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Kinnen
Winchell
Walter Kinnin
Saratoga County
Washington County
Kinnin
Washington
Francis O’hearn
O’hearn
Winchell’s
Hoosick Falls
Inside Report Highlights Second Graders Witnessing Murder
Notes on a national inside feature about second graders who witnessed a teacher's murder seeking special therapy. Local items discuss peanut soup, politics books at the library, and a range of community notes. ACLU civil suit, school radio projects, and sports updates also appear across pages.
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Pete Horton
Liberty Union
Vermont
PTA
Second
Manchester
John Dean
ACLU
Earth People’s Park
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