Vermont highway land study drafts parcel by parcel
Vermont officials prepare a chronological fact sheet on Interstate 89 land acquisitions in the Colchester Swanton area. Highway Board will decide on federal nonparticipation risks and possible restoration of funding. Gov Hoff expected to comment at today’s news conference.
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Vermont Democrats set Sept. 21 platform convention
The Democratic State Platform Convention will be held September 21 in Barre at the Municipal Auditorium. Richard Young, co chairman of the Policy and Planning Committee, said ten subcommittees will present a platform to the committee for convention consideration. About 40 people statewide will help draft the platform with no public hearings on the planks. A convention may accept or amend the platform from the floor. Public hearings begin Thursday in Montpelier with 14 subcommittees drafting planks.
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Richard Young
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Wallace for President campaign faces petition shortage in Vermont
In Burlington Vermont UPI reports Wallace campaign struggles to gather 1364 signatures for the ballot. Campaign director William Hastings says he hoped to meet the deadline by Tuesday night but expects difficulty. Thirty notaries circulate Wallace petitions but Hastings wishes for sixty to ensure Wallace makes the ballot before the 18th.
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McDonough Accuses GOP of Kickback Scheme in Rensselaer County
Edward F. McDonough, chairman of the Rensselaer County Democratic Committee, says there is solid evidence that the County GOP Committee demanded and received kickbacks from youths given summer jobs by county departments. He warns of prosecution and demands action within 48 hours, or he will urge the governor to intervene and will submit evidence to the district attorney.
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Edward F. McDonough
Rensselaer County Democratic Committee
GOP
Rensselaer County
Weather balloon mistaken for flying saucer in Mechanicville
The so called flying saucer that landed at a Mechanicville auto dealer lot Monday proved to be weather balloon debris from Albany airport. Residents who spotted the descent had reported a UFO sighting prior to confirmation. In Albany the city and county report a sharp drop in rats since a year long control drive.
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Ben Selkis
Albany
Harry W. Linindoll Jr
County Health Dept
Letters From Pueblo Sailor Linked By Wife In Berkshire
Mrs James A Shepard of Williamstown reports a second Pueblo letter from Navy Petty Officer J C noting his absence of mention of their two year old son Jimmy and says the handwriting matches. Enclosures include group and solo photos. she reports weight loss and sadness. Shepard a Bennington native. North Adams DPW seeks bids for a 500000 skating rink to be built on two acres at Church Street edge of Southview Cemetery.
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Bennington
North Adams
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James F. Cleary
DPW
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Cheshire votes down growth by large margin in 175th year
Cheshire voters defeated proposed zoning bylaws by 480 to 140, signaling broad backing for growth limits amid a six year Planning Board effort. In Adams, William J. McLaren, 36, principal of Plunkett Junior High, becomes acting superintendent as interviews for the permanent post proceed Monday.
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Adams
William J. McLaren
Plunkett Junior High School
Adams Schools
Four-State Recreation Area Proposed
UPI reports Sen. Abraham Ribicoff will announce federal backing for a Connecticut River National Recreation Area spanning 56 700 acres across Connecticut Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts The plan creates three units Gateway Unit in Connecticut Mt Holyoke Unit in Massachusetts and Cool Scenic River Unit along the Connecticut River in New Hampshire and Vermont The study also calls for 10 100 additional acres in Cockaponset State Forest two new Connecticut parks and two parks in each of Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont plus a Connecticut River Tourway and a 300 mile Connecticut Valley Trail The federal land purchase would cost about 45 million with 12 million more for development It would be a trio of units distinct in character unlike other national areas and align with nearby northeast sites.
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Connecticut River
New Hampshire
Vermont
Moore Reservoir
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Ribicoff
Connecticut
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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Cape Cod National Seashore
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Connecticut River National Recreation Area
New Party Eyes Ballot Bid In New Hampshire
Backers of a McCarthy Lindsay ticket claim enough signatures to place the New Party on the November ballot in New Hampshire. Dartmouth College economist Gary L. McDowell plans to file over 1,000 certified signatures with Secretary of State Robert Stark, saying McCarthy and Lindsay did not need broad consent under state law. Signatures were gathered statewide by volunteers and certified by local election officials amid reports national New Party efforts faltered as McCarthy opposition grew.
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Lindsay
McDowell
New Hampshire
Fourth Party
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