McCloskey Quietly Builds NH Campaign Aiming for 51 Percent
UPI reports Rep. Paul McCloskey quietly crafts a New Hampshire campaign ahead of the March 7 primary. He dresses casually, plans 24 days of campaigning, and bets on direct, person to person outreach to surpass Nixon. Local leaders and voters show cautious curiosity about the Republican challenger.
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UPI
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New Hampshire
Concord
N.H
Nixon
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Lancaster
Highway Hotel
Walter Peterson
Nashua
Mt. Washington
New York
California
United States
Court frees man from Waterbury mental hospital
HYDE PARK UP I Henry Hastings 54 of Stowe was released Thursday from the mental hospital where he had been involuntarily committed. District Judge Carl Gregg ordered the release and set other terms.
Vermont unemployment dips to 3.8 percent across state
Vermont's jobless rate falls to 3.8 percent for the week, the lowest since last November, with 4,600 claims and 186000 dollars in benefits. St Albans remains highest at 8.6 percent while White River Junction is at 1.4 percent. Hastings freed pending competency exam after hospital commitment dispute. The Vermont Civil Liberties Union vows to push tighter involuntary commitment laws and due process protections.
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UPI
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St. Albans
White River Junction
Hastings
Lamoille County
Theodore Barnett
Barnett
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
Gregg
Burlington
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Six Michigan men held in Pontiac bus bombing conspiracy
FBI agents arrested six men including two MI Ku Klux Klan leaders on conspiracy charges over the August 30 bombing of 10 empty Pontiac school buses. The arrests followed a day after buses departed their depot in nearby Pontiac without incident for the desegregation program rollout.
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UPI
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Vermont prosecutors oppose Jeffords appeals plan
State's Attorneys' Association of Vermont, representing 14 county prosecutors, opposes a proposal by Attorney General James M. Jeffords to create a permanent criminal appeals section in his office. They argue current practice handles appeals within existing duties at no extra cost and resist ceding authority. Jeffords sought emergency funds to obtain a federal grant to expand this role, a funding move tabled earlier and linked to today's Emergency Board agenda.
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Lamoille County
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Barnett
R. Marshall Witten
Bennington
Vermont Health Chief Recovers After Heart Surgery
Vermont Health Commissioner Robert Aiken, age 61, was listed in very satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after heart surgery last Friday. He is reportedly sitting up for meals and walking, having been moved from intensive care on Monday. Ramsey, Quick Jr., Edmond Remier and Distel were among those appearing in U S District Court here in a related protest case. Distel, injured while blocking a bus, said the act was worth it, while his father Alexander Distel was arrested at the bus depot for disturbance.
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Howell
Michigan
KKK
Ralph B. Guy Jr
U.S
Wallace Elwood Fruit
Drayton Plains
Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Robert Aiken
Medical Center Hospital
Aiken
Ramsey
Raymond Quick Jr
Pontiac
Edmund Remier
FBI
Distel
Alexander Distell
Burlington junior high bans outdoor shoes
Principal Charles Houser of Lyman C. Hunt School announced a no outdoor shoes policy for next week. Students may wear only gym shoes, slippers, or heavy socks in hallways and classrooms to keep floors clean and support a “classroom on the floor” plan. The policy follows discussions with students and teachers. only two calls protested. The school enrolls 650 students.
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Burlington
UPI
Charles Houser
Lyman C. Hunt School
Houser
Appeals filed to restore Vermont welfare benefits
Fifteen Burlington welfare recipients contest a Social Welfare Department decision to drop general assistance. Vermont Legal Aid said Monday it has filed appeals with the Vermont Social Welfare Board challenging the Aug. 24 action by Commissioner Joseph Betit to cut general assistance to meet budget limits. Attorney John Dooley noted earlier emergency aid requests were denied and said no legal action has been taken yet, though court action may follow.
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UPI
Social Welfare Department
Vermont Legal Aid
Vermont Social Welfare Board
Joseph Betit
John Dooley
Dooley
Veront Legal Aid
Betit
Velco conflict over burying lines in Vermont project
The Vermont Public Service Board resumed a hearing on Velco’s six mile transmission link from South Burlington to Williston. Velco disputes a consultant plan to bury the line citing environmental costs, arguing overhead lines are far cheaper.
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South Burlington
Williston
Outward Bound probes deaths of two girls
In Oregon two teens died during an Outward Bound survival trek in the Three Sisters Wilderness. National and regional boards will review the circumstances with 19 board members plus an external expert panel to study the incident. The dead are Joyce Howden, 21, from Fall Creek, and Lorene La Rhette, 17, of Sudbury, while Pamela Sullivan, 18, of Seattle survived.
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UPI
Outward Bound
Donald W. Hurschberger
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Ore
Northwest Outward Bound
Joshu Miner
Andover
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Outward
Joyce Howden
Fall Creek
Lorene la Rhette
Sudbury
Three Sisters
Pamela Sullivan
Seattle
AEC hearing set on Vernon power plant license in Brattleboro
The Atomic Energy Commission will meet October 12 in Brattleboro Vermont to continue reviewing Vernon power plant license application. Sen George Aiken says the session will be at the School for International Training auditorium. Hearings were recessed last month pending new NEPA compliant regulations now issued, delaying final licensing to at least spring.
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UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
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Vernon
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
School For International Training
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Vermont cigarette tax proposal funds fire fighting
Burlington Fire Chief Patrick Brown proposes a 5 cent per pack cigarette tax to fund fire departments in Vermont. He estimates the tax would raise about $3.5 million annually for equipment and operating costs, with local governments still providing support. Brown says the bill has backing from the Vermont State Fire Fighters Association.
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Patrick Brown
Vermont
Brown
Vermont State Fire Fighters’ Association
Vermont hearing on Bay Colony Life Insurance Co. plan
The Vermont Banking and Insurance Department will hold a hearing on October 6 on a request by 15 people to establish Bay Colony Life Insurance Co. of Vermont, a subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. The hearing will assess the proposed firm’s financial responsibility, with department approval required to incorporate.
Vermont University portfolio earns 600000 to 700000 yearly
The University of Vermont reports annual stock portfolio profits between 600000 and 700000 from a portfolio exceeding 14 million dollars. The rise came in 1967 after officials shifted trust funds into growth stocks, while policy limits prevent more than 5 percent of any single firm's stock, avoid major holdings, and abstain from managing companies.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
UVM
Appellate Division bars grand jury minutes in Albany snow fraud case
In Albany the Appellate Division voided a judge’s order allowing defendants to inspect grand jury minutes. Eight Albany businessmen and two companies face charges for allegedly taking city payments for unperformed snow removal during 1969-70. The ruling calls inspection prejudicial and will be appealed. A separate Troy item notes a 27 month old boy survived a 25 foot fall from a second story fire escape. he has a fractured skull and is reported in satisfactory condition.
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Albany
New York
Martin Schenck
Troy
Thomas A. Aldrich
Congress St
Pittsfield HUD pushes aging plan revival and funds
HUD urges the Pittsfield Council on Aging to finish final work drawings and data by November 8 as it seeks federal funds to rehab the Bradford Block into elderly housing. The plan includes renewing an option to buy the block for 175000 and pursuing accelerated funding. North Adams mayoral race features Taft challenging Bianco with Randall Lapointe and others. Wilfred Gallagher runs for School Committee. Gary Smith, 25, also enters mayoral race.
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Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
North Adams
John R. Taft
Joseph R. Bianco
Warren E. M. Randall
Henri R. Lapointe
Supt. of
Wilfred A. Gallagher
Gary Smith
Boston & Maine moves Fitchburg HQ to Billerica center
After 70 years in Greenfield the Boston & Maine Railroad plans relocating its Fitchburg Division headquarters to the Billerica operation center. Greenfield has housed the division since 1901 with the Connecticut River Division from Springfield to White River Junction consolidated into the headquarters around 1925 to 1930.
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Billerica
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