Couple Arrested in Bethel in Abandoned Children Case
UPI reports a Lockport couple James Johnston 46 and Florence Johnston were arrested in Bethel and held at Woodstock Correctional Center after Miami police sought them in connection with abandoning five children at a Miami bus station on August 13. The youths aged 6 to 16 were left by the stepfather who allegedly shaved their heads and claimed no money to feed them. The children were placed in juvenile custody in Miami and Niagara County social services. Johnstons were also wanted for questioning in a July 15 theft of 600 dollars from Anthony Burwicka of Somerset New York.
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Bethel
UPI
Lockport
N.Y
Miami
Vermont
James H. Johnston
Florence
Woodstock
Laura
Johnston
Scarpinato
Larry
John
Roy
Billy
New York City
Niagara County
Department of Social Services
Johnstons
Anthony Borowicka
Somerset
Panels Ready Recommendations To Streamline State Government
Vermont panels prepare final reports on streamlining state government within two weeks. The plan calls for a single transportation and development department uniting highways aeronautics and planning with a cabinet secretary, while fish and game water resources and forests and parks stay separate with a natural resources secretary. A department of justice may coordinate police and prosecutors instead of merging motor vehicle and public safety.
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Adj
Reginald Cram
Department of Transportation and Development
Departments of Fish and Game
Water Resources
Forests and Parks
Secretary of Natural Resources
Department of Justice
Ironic turn of fate hero dies in another crash
Bernard Hamel 21 of Concord New Hampshire who rescued two boys from a burning car in Bow died in a second crash less than 72 hours later. In Bow a southbound car crossed the median causing flames and Hamel pulled Steven Byrnes 12 and James Byrnes 10 from the wreckage. The boys’ grandmother Virginia Steeves 56 and great grandmother Juliette Henderson 74 died. Thomas Leonard 51 Nashua attorney and his wife Martha 42 perished in the southbound crash. Hamel’s companion Darlene Merchant 21 died in a later crash while Hamel himself perished near White River Junction. Authorities had difficulty identifying the burned victims. His father calls the death terribly ironic.
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White River Junction
UPI
Bernard Hamel
Hamel
Concord
N.H
Bow
Thomas J. Leonard
Nashua, N.H
Martha
Darlene Merchant
Rte. 4
Aiken seeks adequate New England oil supplies this winter
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont urges the Nixon Administration to guarantee enough heating oil for New England this winter. He asks that 21 000 barrels per day of defense oil imports not in use be allocated to New England distributors and criticizes prior policies that raised domestic prices and restricted imports.
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Washington
API
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Nixon
New England
Aiken
Vermont
Shultz
Milford officer elected head of New England chiefs
Chief William Fitzpatrick of Milford Massachusetts was chosen Tuesday at the New England Association of Chiefs of Police annual convention to lead the group as president. Fitzpatrick, a 30 year policeman, helped organize the Los Alamos force for the Atomic Energy Commission.Outgoing president is Arthur J. Carron of Burlington Vermont. Robert Wagner of Bath Maine is first vice president and other officers include G Robert Triano Southington Conn Matthew Lynch Woonsocket R I Harold Knowles Laconia and Reginald B Belville Brattleboro Vermont.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
UPI
William Fitzpatrick
Milford
Mass
New England Association of Chiefs of Police
Fitzpatrick
Los Alamos
N.M
Atomic Energy Commission
Arthur J. Carron
Burlington
Mount Washington
Robert Wagner
Bath
Maine
G. Robert Triano
Southington
Burlington voters approve two bond issues totaling 2.7 million
Burlington residents backed a 2.5 million bond to build an 18 000 to 25 000 kilowatt gas turbine generator near the citys fuel plant and a 200 000 bond to acquire the Corenco Co property for a lakefront park and beach. Highgate Springs funeral set for Edward J. Tyler longtime publisher resort owner died age 71.
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Burlington
UPD
Lake Champlain
Burlington Electric Light Department
Corenco Co
Highgate Springs
Goddard College Forms New Democratic Community Council
In Plainfield UPD Goddard College enacted a one man one vote principle as a new community council comprising about 600 liberal arts students 70 faculty and Habe members met to begin policy setting. President Gerald Witherspoon announced the move as a democratic response to campus unrest while the board of trustees remains functional mainly for fundraising.
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Plainfield
UPD
Goddard College
Thaa
Gerald Witherspoon
Goddard
Vermont billboard law test draws sign requests
In southeast Vermont twenty two sign owners filed for state directional signs as the 1968 anti billboard law nears effect next November. Secretary of State Richard Thomas said 22 applications met the September 15 deadline in the law’s first test. About 175 private billboards will be removed once state signs go up. Separately, the Vermont State Employees Association announced plans for major pay hikes in the 1970 session, seeking 10 percent raises for all workers and up to 15 percent for lower salaried positions, at an estimated cost of 4.5 million dollars annually.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Richard Thomas
Thomas
UPI
Former City Comptroller Reveals Info on Casey Case
Lawrence J. Coll testified voluntarily before a State Investigating Committee and described the Casey brothers and other city officials as having a one man rule. He warned his remarks could be extremely revealing if made public, while denying a subpoena to testify before a Rensselaer County Grand Jury. Republican leaders in Rensselaer County challenge Independent Taxpayers petitions amid a bid to secure a second ballot line for Democratic candidates, calling the group a device and ploy.
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Troy
Lawrence J. Coll
GOP
Joseph F. Casey
Casey
Patrick
Collins
Rensselaer County
SIC
Troy — Rensselaer County
Independent Taxpayers Party
Four Men Charged in Berkshire City Savings Bank Robbery
Anthony Liquori of Springfield, 29, turned himself in after pleading innocent to receiving stolen goods. The case was continued to Monday and he was remanded to the House of Correction with 20,000 bail. Three co defendants remain jailed in New York on the same charges for breaking a wall of a supermarket and removing a safe with about 12,000 dollars and travelers checks.
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Pittsfield
Anthony Liquori
Springfield
City Savings Bank
Liquori
New York City
House of Correction
Frank W. Cimini
Monterey selectmen plan $500 fines for Lee man over bylaws
Owen Burtt of Lee faces a fine of 500 dollars for violating five town bylaws by constructing a cottage on Chestnut Hill without a permit. He appeared before the board, which ordered completion halted and set a 20 dollar daily fine for 25 days as the cottage nears 90 percent completion. In Pittsfield, chlorine is being added to the water supply to address above normal counts in one city section, health commissioner Dr. Stein said. taste will change until a water purification system is installed.
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Monterey
Lee
Owen Burtt
Chestnut Hill
Burtt
Pittsfield
Stein
Simon's Rock to admit men as fall 1970
Great Barrington Simon's Rock plans to accept male applicants in fall 1970, marking coeducation as a major step. The second development this summer was state authorization to confer an associate in arts degree, broadening the school's offerings.
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Great Barrington
Simon’s Rock
State Department of Higher Education
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N.E
George P. Shultz
Robert Ellsworth
Ine
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