Vermont bill seeks scenic highway corridors statewide
The House Natural Resources Committee backed a bill to create scenic corridors along major Vermont highways. Attorney General James Oakes said the measure appears constitutional but warned a test case could be filed if approved next year. The plan bans amusement parks, stands, bowling alleys, service stations, billboards, and disorderly ridge-top development within 1,500 feet of rights of way. Major corridors include Route 100 from near North Troy to the Massachusetts line, Route 30 from Middlebury to Brattleboro, and Route 9 from Bennington to Brattleboro, with ten additional corridors proposed.
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Montpelier
VPI
House Natural Resources Committee
Vermont
James Oakes
Troy
Massachusetts
Middlebury
Brattleboro
Bennington
Vermont Reorganizing Higher Education Proposed
A Vermont commission to coordinate UVM VSC and private colleges was proposed by Sen. Ellery Purdy. He said the body would oversee finances admissions transfers curricula and facilities and foster ties with New England and national institutions. Rep. George Van Santvoord urged UVM handle all graduate studies with the VSC excluded.
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Commission
George van Santvoord
D-Bennington
UVM
VSC
Burlington teen faces hearing in fatal shooting case
Dennis Wilbert, 16, is charged with first degree murder in the shooting of 60 year old William Bishop of Charlotte. Bishop was found shot in a hedgerow behind Brandon Training School last December. Wilbert pleads innocent and not guilty by insanity. Another 16 year old, John Shequin, pleaded guilty to a reduced second degree murder charge and received 36 to 40 years. State police arrested the youths in Holland, Connecticut, the day after Bishop's body was found.
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Burlington
UPS
Dennis Wilbert
William Bishop
Charlotte
Brandon
Wilbert
John Shequin
Windsor State Prison
Holland
Conn
Bishop
Vermont unemployment claims ease slight in late week update
Vermont claims for unemployment insurance fell to 1,873 last week while total volume rose 340 from the prior year. The insured rate dipped to 1.6 percent of the workforce, with new claims increasing by 66 to 326. Five of eleven local areas saw changes over 10 percent, led by Bennington with a 29 percent gain.
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Bennington
Fisher dies in solo flight crash near Troy Air Park
James J. Fisher 51 of Averill Park perished during his first solo flight when his single engine plane crashed in a swamp west of the Troy Air Park. He died about a half hour after the accident from blood loss and facial fractures as he attempted to land. Fisher owned Hollywood Drive-In Theater and led the band the In-Betweens.
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Poestenkill
James J. Fisher
Averill Park
Troy Air Park
Fisher
Hollywood Drive-In
Pittsfield School Board Candidate Forum Sparks Debate on Teachers on Board
In Pittsfield a public forum drew nine candidates and about 70 spectators to discuss whether teachers should be allowed on the School Committee. Two candidates, both teachers in other districts, defended the idea while others warned of conflicts over wages and cross disciplines. Williamstown selectman Filmore R. Baker resigned citing circumstances beyond his control, having long backed a town manager government amid growth. Springside Park zoo gains two brown and white fallow does donated by Red’s Dairy Bar, part of a broader park development plan.
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Pittsfield
Mt. Greylock
Williamstown
Adams Junior High
Williamstown — Selectman
Filmore
R. Baker
Board of Selectmen
Springside Park Zoo
Red’s Dairy Bar
Cheshire Road
Dickey Lincoln power project gains White House backing
President Johnson and aide Charles Roche chaired a two hour White House meeting to revive support for the Dickey Lincoln public power project after House rejection of a 1.7 million appropriation. About 20 lobbying groups attended as the Senate was seen as likely to restore funding amid strong inter party opposition and regional vetoes.
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Washington
UPI
Dickey
William D. Hathaway
D-Maine
White House
House of Representatives
Hathaway
Peter N. Kyros
Senate
House
House Conference Committee
New England
Robert Giaimo
D-Conn
Upper
St. John River
Frank M. Clark
D-Pa
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Office of Emergency Planning
Johnson
Curtis
Thas
Student Investment Act Proposed by Prouty
Senator Winston Prouty outlines a plan to fund higher education for poor but qualified students via an education bank. Borrowed funds would be repaid through a percentage added to income tax bills after graduation. He urges a joint study by the Finance and Labor committees to develop the idea.
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Washington
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Senate
Finance and Labor and Public Welfare Committees
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