Vermont and Montpelier News Briefs
In Chester Vermont district directors plan to review opposition to the union school plan and set a date for a final bond vote after a large turnout by opponents urging a new site and smaller, renovated facilities to cut costs. In Montpelier House Democrats promise a tax relief and education-cost measures for 1969, plus an unlimited constitutional convention proposal and farm aid. The inaugural ball for Vermont’s next governor will be Jan 9 in Montpelier City Hall Auditorium. Vermont deer season numbers show 8,867 deer and 152 bears taken in early days, with the season ending Sunday.
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Chester
UPS
Union 35
Black River
Chester High School
Gassetts
Windsor County
Andover
Cavendish
Proctorsville
Rockingham
UPI
House
Hoff
Thomas P. Salmon
Ways and Means
Salmon
Montpelier
Vermont
Barre
Philip H. Hoff
Joseph Newlin
Republican State Committee
Shriners
Deane C. Davis
Newlin
City Hall
Fire Chief Fleming to Retire at 97 After 76 Years
Albany Fire Chief Michael J. Fleming, who turns 97 on December 21, will retire after 76 years of service, 45 years directing fire units. Mayor Corning praised him as a life devotee to public safety and noted his influence on Albany’s skyline. In Saratoga Springs Edward Albee attacked critics and warned of a fight for creative theater’s survival during a Skidmore College visit.
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Albany
Michael J. Fleming
Villa Mary Immaculate Nursing Home
Fleming
Erastus Corning
Saratoga Springs
Edward Albee
America
Skidmore College
Albee
Berkshire county notes on parks, college plans, buses and murder
Residents in North Adams Adams and Williamstown review a proposed pocket park and bike path route avoiding busy streets and possibly securing federal funds for most costs. Sprague Electric donated land for North Adams State College field house to be studied for a 1970 athletic complex. Pittsfield attorney forms Pittsfield Bus Terminal Inc to consolidate bus facilities, with Greyhound agent poised to be displaced. Richard H Ogle III, 26, indicted for his father’s July 27 murder, remanded for 35 days observation after grand jury indictment. bail set at 10,000.
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North Adams
Adams
Williamstown
Genesio A. Breda
Mt. Williams
North Adams State College
Sprague Electric Co
Pittsfield
Andrew Campoli
Pittsfield Bus Terminal, Inc
Campoli
Greyhound Lines
Ronald Trabulski
Richard H. Ogle III
Richard H. Ogle Jr
Bridgewater State Hospital
Francis J. Quirice
Berkshire Superior Court
Berkshire
Berkshire House of Correction
Jury Acquits Kanavaros In Slaying Of Two Youths
James Kanavaros 21 was acquitted of second degree murder in the Sept 22 shooting of Daniel Maxwell 19 and Richard Gallagher 20, both of Wellesley. The Middlesex County jury deliberated over five hours and returned the verdict at the end of a four day trial, with his grandmother Eunice Geragelis present and smiling. The defense argued self defense as Kanavaros described standing six to seven feet from the victims, who he said had a knife and a dog. A December 2 hearing on appeals was scheduled in the case.
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Montpeliep
UPI
James Kanavaros
Wellesley
Mass
Middlesex
Kanavaros
Washington County Superior Court
Eunice Geragelis
Frank F. Billings
Daniel Maxwell
Richard Gallagher
Maxwell
Gallagher
Irasburg Probe Continues Today
Public Safety Commissioner Erwin A. Alexander was set to lead the fifth public hearing of the Governor's Special Board of Inquiry into the Irasburg Affair. Attorney General James Oakes was also expected to testify, while Capt. Harold Dean’s earlier testimony raised conflicts with Oakes's prior statements. Howard Conley was invited. the Rev. Johnson’s minister did not attend. The board will issue findings and recommendations after completing the inquiry.
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Newport
Howard Conley
Glover
Larry Conley
Strasburg
David Johnson
Gibson
Philip H. Hoff
Orleans County
Johnson
Oklahoma seeks to block Maine oil import plan
Oklahoma Attorney General G T Blankenship asked a federal court to halt Occidental Petroleum Corp of California from importing 300000 barrels of foreign crude daily through a Portland Maine subzone. The suit names C R Smith Stewart Udall Elmer Hoehn and seeks to block federal agencies from approving the plan, saying it would injure Oklahoma’s oil industry and tax base and bypass U S import limits.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
Atty
G. T. Blankenship
California
Maine
U.S. District Court For
Commerce
C. R. Smith
Foreign Trade Zones Board
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Elmer L. Hoehn
Dewey Bartlett
Blankenship
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Maine Port Authority
Portland
Machiasport
Occidental
United States
U.S
Legislation Sought To Ban Cross-Filing in Primaries
The Legislative Council Elections Laws Study Committee will ask the 1969 legislature to tighten state laws to prevent cross filing in political contests. If in effect this year, Democrat Kristensen would have captured the U.S. House nomination via write ins over Republican Stafford. The panel also backed ending straight party voting and closing polls at 7 pm, while rejecting June presidential and statewide primaries and a consolidated primary ballot.
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Montpelier
API
George Blaesi
Legislative Council
House
Senate
Peter Joseph D
Brighton
John Kristensen
Guilford
U.S. House
Robert Stafford
Staf
Quire
Republican Party
Elbert Moulton
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Capital
New York
Down In
Pat Vent
Irasburg
Bennington
MAUD
Bennington, Vermont
Ford
Kristensen
Contents
Maurice Alkon
Eee
Gladmore Farm
North Bennington
White Creek
N.Y
Sheraton
Bristol
China
Haviland
Royal Berlin
John Haddock
Chrysler
Joyce Burnham
Ruth Dewey
Rockers
Geiss
Boston Rocker
North Bennington Road
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