Nine revisions proposed by Vermont commission
The Constitutional Revision Study Commission will study nine priority items for the 1969 legislature including reapportionment and a lower voting age. The panel, voting unanimously, will also examine state attorney relationships, constitutional amendment methods, governor and lieutenant governor terms, appointive versus elective offices, annual legislative sessions, Legislative Council election laws, and land use taxation. In Chelsea, Burton Depp, 45, of East Roxbury, remains jailed in Orange County for first degree murder with a $15,000 bond after pleading innocent to the Randolph shooting of Harold Rowe, 25. Judge Samuel Rothman assigned Harvey B. Otterman Jr. to represent Depp. the case was continued.
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Legislative Council
Chelsea
UPI
Burton Depp
East Roxbury
Danby
Orange County
Orange District
Samuel Rothman
Depp
Randolph
Harold Rowe
Rothman
Harvey B. Otterman Jr
Bradford
Windsor
Palmer Ainsworth
Four statewide hearings set on constitutional changes
The Constitution Revision Study Commission schedules four public hearings to solicit views on possible amendments. Dec 2 in St Johnsbury and Brattleboro and Dec 5 in Burlington and Rutland. Sen George Cook will lead northern hearings and Rep Richard Mallary will run the southern sessions.
Pittsfield Airport Runs Into 5,000 Foot Runway Pact
Pittsfield officials and Conservation Commission reached a $3 million runway plan compromise for the Pittsfield Municipal Airport. The agreement gives the commission control of land adjacent to the site while allowing the 5,000 foot runway to proceed despite fears of losing a 600 foot forest strip.
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Pittsfield
UPI
Conservation Commission
Berkshire church change sparks resignation and dispute
In Pittsfield the Petricca Construction Co. replaces Ernest L. West as contractor for the unfinished Second Congregational Church. Pastor Rev. Isaiah Jenkins resigns effective December 1 and condemns the dismissal as urged by W Rankin Furey. Willie Singleton says the new contractor will complete the church non profit with donated labor and materials. Jenkins cites pressure from Furey, former Berkshire Life head, as the cause. Residents of Williamstown form a committee opposing a state by pass proposal. Prof. Freeman Foote of Williams College chairs a citizens highway committee to craft an alternative route. By pass plans are debated as racetrack and foliage crowds gather at Field Park. Two proposed routes rumored to be divided lane highways with many overpasses. In North Adams, A Norman Provost is named operations manager of Sprague Electric Co. microelectronics facility in Worcester, per Dr John L. Sprague.
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Pittsfield
Petricca Construction Co
Ernest L. West
Second Congregational Church
Isaiah Jenkins
Willie Singleton
Jenkins
W. Rankin Furey
Pittsfield Urban Coalition
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Williamstown
Freeman Foote
Williams College Geology Department
Stone Hill
Citizens
Field Park
North Adams
A. Norman Provost
Sprague Electric Co
Worcester
Mass
John L. Sprague
Pittsfield Theft Hits Wahconah Street Warehouse
Pittsfield police report a break in at Wahconah Street Warehouse of Pittsfield Electric Supply Co. where 25 color TV sets worth 12500 dollars were stolen. Detective Carmal Russo noted the loss.
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Pittsfield
Wahconah Street
Pittsfield Electric Supply Co
Carmel Russo
Summer Youth Program Praised As an Extraordinary Success
Montpelier UPI officials praised the New York Vermont Cooperative Youth Program as an extraordinary success after a pilot linking ghetto youths from New York City with Vermont teens for study, companionship, and racial understanding. Officials said New York City remains committed, while funding for next summer is uncertain and Vermont youths may visit NYC to balance the program environment.
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Philip H. Hoff
New York
John V. Lindsay
Kerner
Vermont
Sales tax may fund rising education costs in Vermont
Rep. Lyman Hunt of Essex Junction hinted a sales tax could be needed to maintain education programs as costs rise. He noted Congress lowered a $48.5 million request for 1968 69 education aid and claimed Republican efforts added 3 million to the governor’s 34 million recommendation while criticizing Democratic claims of broader aid increases.
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Hunt Hunts
Montpelier
UPI
House
Lyman Hunt
Essex Junction
Burlington
Hunt
Deane C. Davis
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Education Department
Republican House
Emergency Board
Vermont Student Assistance Corp
Post Election Hearing on Irasburg Incidents Planned
A public hearing on events in Irasburg will be held in Newport after the November 5 election. UPI reports Judge Ernest Gibson said the hearing will examine the July 19 shotgun attack at the home of Negro minister David Johnson and adultery charges against Johnson and house guest Barbara Lawrence. The Labor Day arrests and related harassment incidents are not part of the probe. Johnson is expected to be a key witness.
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Mr. Johnson
Barbara Lawrence
Seaside
Calif
Orleans County
Philip H. Hoff
Lawrence
Larry Conley
Glover
Johnson Home
Johnson
Apollo 7 flight sets new space records and milestones
SPACE CENTER Houston NASA's Apollo 7 crew Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham achieved multiple records during their 260 hours 10 minutes in orbit first live TV from a US crewed spacecraft and used the largest American manned rocket Saturn 1B weighing 1.3 million pounds with 21 000 pound service module engine thrust marking a historic era in early manned spaceflight.
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Soviet Union
Valery Bykovsky
United States
Apollo Room
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Normanskill
Foster
Green Street
Glenmont
Hillsman
Down In
Berkshire
Sprague
John Stewart
Dunne
New York City
Stewart
Council On Youth Opportunities
Youth Project of Vermont, Inc
Santa Rosa, N.M
Kansas State Penitentiary
Guadalupe County
John Daley
Irasburg
Bennington
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