Vermont Features Highlight Big E Exposition
Vermont themed displays dominate the Eastern States Exposition with a Vermont building showcasing dairy farming, maple products, and historic farm implements. Gov. Davis attends Governors Day amid Vermont Day plans and a slate of no charge specials features Bobby Vinton and Royal Canadian Circus.
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West
Springfield
Mass
Vermont
Green Mountain
Deane C. Davis
New England
Vermont Historical Society
Bobby Vinton
Royal International Circus
Guy Lombardo
Royal Canadians
Dan Fleenor
Sargent proposes regional transit authorities in Massachusetts
Gov. Francis W. Sargent files legislation to establish eight regional transit authorities modeled on MBTA and funded by state and federal money. Authorities would subsidize private bus operators in metropolitan areas with voter approval, while MBTA bonding is scaled back to 120 million.
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Boston
API
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Francis W. Sargent
Sargent
MBTA
Transportation
Alan Altshuler
Altshuler
Regional Transit Development Act
Transit Development Act
Berrigan to be moved from Springfield to Danbury
Antiwar priest Philip Berrigan and nine other federal prisoners who ended a hunger strike may be transferred from the U S Medical Center in Springfield to Connecticut this week. Prison doctor observation lingered as officials awaited word from the doctor before Bureau of Prisons instructions.
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UPI
Philip Berrigan
Connecticut
U.S. Medical Center
P.J. Ciccone
Springfield Center
Danbury
Conn
Bureau of
Washington
Ciccone
Berrigan
William Ireland
Catonsville
Harrisburg
Henry Kissinger
OEP reports on probes of freeze violations
New England director Albert D. O Connor says the office investigated over 800 alleged wage and price freeze violations during the first month. Most cases were resolved through telephone contact or IRS intervention, with 4 500 national complaints and broad voluntary compliance reported, including strong union backing.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Albert D. O’connor
Internal Revenue Service
O’connor
Vermont AG weighs accepting federal funds over future costs
Attorney General James Jeffords said he will decide if the state can take federal money while potentially bearing bills if funds run out. He has handed the issue to Assistant AG Louis Peck after the Emergency Board blocked expansion of the Consumer Protection Division. The move could affect hundreds of state positions and millions in federal funds including drug abuse control money and the Emergency Employment Act. Bellows Falls police station was damaged by a cigar like incendiary device left in the lobby last Sunday night, with a cigarette used to ignite it. The device burned out before discovery and follows earlier controversy over a basement cell fire that killed Gregory Howard last June.
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Bellows Falls
Richard A. Spear
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Spear
Gregory Howard
Weathersfield School Busing Plan Faces Windsor County Court
In Windsor County Court a hearing will address a petition by nearly 400 taxpayers and parents to block a plan to bus elementary students from Ascutney to Perkinsville. School officials say the busing prevents overcrowding at Ascutney and saves about $18,000 in teachers salaries.
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Woodstock
UPI
Windsor County
Weathersfield
Ascutney
Perkinsville
Seven Guiana residents held on illegal entry charges in Vermont
United States immigration officials detain seven Guiana nationals in Newport for entering the United States without stopping at a border station. The group includes three men a woman and three children and is held in St. Albans pending an administrative proceeding before deportation back to Guiana.
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ST. Albans
UPI
United States
Guiana
U.S
Newport
Border Patrol
Funeral services for former Rep Claude Farr Bradford
Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Claude Farr a former Bradford Republican congressman who served 1957 to 1961 and was a GOP national committeeman in the early 1950s He died Sunday at age 83 in Bradford UPI report
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Bradford
UPI
Claude Farr
Farr
GOP
Waterford Woman Rides Five Ambulances Home
Mrs. Mary Kane of Waterford rode in five ambulances in one day from Easthampton to Waterford after illness during a funeral. A multi-community pickup and delivery plan ferried her home with help from five towns. In Troy, county legislators seek to expand two year terms to four years, potentially removing a mandatory referendum.
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Waterford
Mary Kane
Troy
Dismantling Mt Greylock War Memorial延期至春季
Adams Dismantling and rebuilding of the Mt Greylock War Memorial will not start until next spring, with one contract and operation deemed more practical. Concerns about vandalism during winter storage of granite blocks were noted by locals. Berkshire County Regional Commission gains final approval for a $185000 handbook to evaluate power proposals. Williamstown schools discuss reorganization for independent class units. Vietnam Veterans Memorial skating rink opens Sunday with 11279 last year attendance.
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Berkshire County Regional Commission
North Adams
Arthur W. Brownell
Commissioner of Natural Resources
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Power Handbook
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