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ity? urltnijtnn Deaths 2B Home Improvement 5B Money 6B Friday, November 2, 1 979 Deputies to Resume Patrols Soon Board Agrees to Find A for Manosh Money vermom Roundup By CHRIS SILVA Free Press Correspondent HYDE PARK A temporary solution to Sheriff Gardner Manosh's funding problems was worked out Thursday night at a meeting of the Lamoille County Sheriffs Advisory Board. Strike Starts Over Security The Associated Press MONTPELIER Fourteen The selectmen also said it would be "suicide now" to call special town meetings to ask for additional funds, but Manosh said he could not wait. The sheriff said he will propose a $140,000 budget for the 1980-81 fiscal year in time for the March town meeting. Manosh blamed the fiscal problems on inflation and said he would "try to operate without a loss." He said he will not increase the patrols, but keep the service, the "way it is" until voters act on next year's budget. borrow $12,000 to keep the patrols, emergency 911 dispatch service and the jail operating through June 30 or until a viable, equitable solution to budget conflicts "can be worked out." The selectmen said they are confident the stop-gap measure would be ratified by their boards, but said they want an opportunity resolve the future funding of the Sheriffs Department by March town meeting.

The assistant judges have authority under state law to borrow money from a bank at a 4 percent municipal no choice but to shut down if the additional funds were not available. "Fund it or kill it, it is as simple as that we don't have a choice," he State police had taken over patrolling the eight county towns that do not have police departments. Stowe and Morristown, the two largest Lamoille County towns, have municipal departments. Several alternate solutions were discussed at the two-hour meeting but rejected because selectmen agreed the larger towns would be faced with a higher share of costs. rate.

The repayment method will be resolved by the advisory board at future meetings, members said. Manosh last week had ended patrols and announced he would "dismantle the whole service, including the dispatch and the jail" after several towns rejected funding for an increase in his budget. Stowe, Morristown, Elmore and Eden rejected the $12,000 increase requested above the $93,000 appropriation from all towns for 1979-80 fiscal year. Manosh told 75 county officials and taxpayers at the meeting he had Manosh said patrolling by deputies will resume "as soon as feasible." The advisory board selectmen from each of the county's 10 towns authorized the assistant judges to 35! Snelling to Take Refugee Aid Plea To United Nations residents of the October Lane housing project have begun a rent strike aimed at forcing the Vermont State Housing Authority to provide a security guard. The tenants also are demanding the authority provide fire extinguishers for each apartment.

The strike was prompted by the authority's recent decision to lock basements, community facilities and the laundry room each night to prevent vandalism. Tenants claim that action-has caused an inconvenience and a safety hazard. Fire extinguishers are located in the locked areas, they say. Vermont Legal Aid lawyer. Lisa Barrett, meanwhile, said she is looking into an eviction notice mailed to one of the organizers of the protest.

I I A refugee task force of state commissioners and Vermont religious leaders are working out procedures to meet incoming refugees' immediate needs, Social Welfare Commissioner David Wilson said Thursday. The task force was formed at Snelling's request. "We have to set up an actual system for processing these people when they get off the plane," Wilson said. "We want to get them a social security number and Medicaid card, and they're going to need to be medically screened immediately." The task force will meet for the second time next week to work out details. Wilson said officials hope to convince agencies serving the refugees that Vermont is ready to take on its share.

For its population, Vermont has the fewest Indochinese refugees of the 50 states, Snelling said Wednesday. "I hope Vermonters accept their responsibility to do something to help the people dying in Thailand, dying in Cambodia, as soon as they can," the governor had said at news press conference Wednesday. Also represented on the task force are the United Church of Christ, Vermont Catholic Charities, Vermont Ecumenical Council and the Social Security Administration. By MARILYN ADAMS Free Press Capitol Bureau MONTPELIER Gov. Richard A.

Snelling and other governors on the recent trip to Asia will go to the United Nations Monday to discuss action on the Indochinese refugee problem. Snelling and the other governors will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and other officials, governor's aide James H. Douglas said. Snelling just returned from a trip to Asia, during which he visited Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand.

Snelling appealed to Vermonters Wednesday to aid some of the thousands suffering hunger and disease in Thailand refugee camps. Molly Corrigan, who staffs the governor's action line, said 12 calls came in Thursday from three doctors, two churches and families wanting to sponsor refugee families. She took down names and will send them a list being prepared of agencies handling donations and settlement services. Anyone wishing to help was urged to call the action line, 1-800-642-3131. At the same time, several state and church leaders have launched plans to organize services for refugees entering Vermont.

Or Free Press Photo by STU PERRY Big Eater Hydraulic jaws reach for old railroad ties to place them in "tie destroyer" at right and shred them at the Burlington Electric Department's Moran generating plant. Jimmy Purcell, in the cab, and Chuck Davidson, service representatives for the manufacturer, demonstrated the machine. The utility may be able to use old ties as fuel for wood-burning boilers. Tests will not be completed until the end of the year because the wood from the ties must be broken into still smaller pieces. A "hammer mill" that will do the job is to be bought by the department.

State Job Training Officials Have Something to Smile About: Money 60 Legislators Listen As Key State Officials Sing Song of Energy Housing Authority officials contend the notice was pre-, pared before the protest and is not connected to the strike, but Ms. Barrett said the timing of the notice indicated it might be related to the protest. Upside Down Car Skids 75 Feet Two cars collided at Willard and Pearl streets Thursday, causing one to flip over and skid on its roof for 75 feet, police said. There were no injuries, but the skidding car was extensively damaged, police said. Robert Provost, 18, of 39 Proctor South Burlington, was traveling north on South Willard Street when his two-door sedan collided at 6:38 p.m.

with a four-door sedan driven by Christopher Armentano, 31, of Sherman Street, Burlington, police said. The Armentano car flipped over and skidded. The Provost car was slightly damaged, police said. Zampieri to Quit Seat in Legislature Tht Associated Press State Rep. John Zampieri, D-Ryegate, will resign from the Legislature this month to take a position with the Vermont Bankers Association.

Zampieri's appointment as executive vice president of the bankers' organization was announced Thursday by associa-tion president Paul Wormwood. Zampieri said his new job will include lobbying his former colleagues to adopt legislation favorable to Vermont banks. A 13-year veteran of the Legislature, Zampieri has been chairman of the House Transportation Committee. He had been considering running for lieutenant governor next year, but said Thursday his lobbying sibilities rule out further involvement in elective politics. Police Checking Firing of Guns In Two Towns The Associated Press Police reported shooting incidents in Barre Town and Springfield on Halloween.

Barre Town police said a 17- Ms. Dragon said at least $860,000 of that amount will be transferred into the program's fiscal 1980 budget, which began Oct. 1. Her office is one of the largest employers in the state, underwriting the salaries of about 2,500 Vermonters. Massive federal cuts recently announced indicate the program's budget could drop from $20 million in 1979 to $12 million in 1980.

Ms. Dragon has vowed to fight the reduction and has requested supplemental funds from the federal Department of Labor. The cutback, which so far has not resulted in layoffs, could squelch the creation of at least 900 federally subsidized jobs. Ms. Dragon, informed Thursday by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Office business manager that the amount of unused funds was substantially less than anticipated, said the state "might not lose a cent." She noted financial statements from contractors still are coming in and could reduce the $40,000 level even further.

By DAVID KARVELAS Free Press Capitol Bureou MONTPELIER Job training officials in Vermont finally have something to smile about. Prepared to forfeit as much as $500,000 in unused federal funds this year, state officials said Thursday the actual loss will be less than $40,000. Sandra Dragon, director of Vermont's Comprehensive Employment and Training Office, said a large chunk of the program's money was eaten up in July, August and September, scaling down the amount of unused funds. Until then, she said, the state expected to be faced with about $1.3 million in leftover money. According to a federal formula, surplus funds exceeding $860,000 in Vermont must be returned to the government for national distribution.

Although the final figure is not definite, Ms. Dragon said, it appears the amount of unspent job training money for 1979 is about $900,000. Lloyd E. Squier, Co-Founder Of Station WDEV, Dies at 78 possible to reduce energy consumption. That includes reduced travel of state vehicles, car-pooling and even four-day work weeks for some state employees.

Banking and Insurance Commissioner Stewart Ledbetter said credit for consumers and fuel dealers is available but at high prices. "Credit is available to the credit-worthy but it will be very expensive," he said. Energy Office Director Ronald AUbee told lawmakers the state's dependence on imported oil has declined in the past seven years. AUbee said that in 1972, 75 percent of the state's energy needs were satisfied by petroleum products, while wood accounted for less than 1 percent. In 1977, he noted, petroleum accounted for 70 percent of energy needs while wood rose to about 7 percent.

Whittaker said the state has stockpiled 1,000 cords of firewood to be used in emergency situations this winter. The environmental conservation secretary said Vermont will burn between 380,000 and 400,000 cords of wood this winter. Sandra Dragon, director of the state Comprehensive Employment and Training Office, told legislators her program weatherized 248 Vermont homes between July and September. The work includes insulation, installation of storm windows and other energy-efficient measures. Snelling said Vermont residents have done their part in the struggle to conserve energy.

"Vermonters have shown they have the capacity to turn away from dependency on petroleum tnd toward self-reliance." He said state government also has done its share so that "the crisis of supply is nearly over." By DAVID KARVELAS Free Press Capitol Bureau MONTPELIER Sixty legislators heard Gov. Richard Snelling and key state officials press home their accomplishments in the energy arena Thursday. In a rare gathering of lawmakers outside the Statehouse, legislators sat in the auditorium of the Pavilion Office Building as Snelling and his top aides painted a promising picture of Vermont's future. "Vermont has taken a strong, aggressive role in asserting itself as a leader in energy planning," Snelling told lawmakers. The governor also used the occasion to criticize politicians who have jumped on the energy crisis as a political platform.

Snelling recently accused Attorney General M. Jerome Diamond of preying on Vermonter's energy fears by developing a $13 million emergency fuel program. He said Thursday that "polemics or political stratagems" on the fuel crisis only contribute to the problem. "The notion that government can make the problem go unworthy," he said. Although the entire Legislature was invited by Snelling to attend the informational forum, only one-third showed up.

Lawmakers were asked by Snelling during the two-hour session to return the state' surplus to taxpayers as a means of offsetting high fuel prices, a request the governor has made in the past Other speakers Included Secretary of Human Services Elizabeth Candon, Secretary of Environmental Conservation Brendan Whittaker and Secretary of Administration Richard Mallary. Mallary assured legislators the state was taking every step WATERBURY Lloyd E. Squier, president of WDEV radio in Waterbury and a co-founder of the station 48 years ago, died of a heart attack at his home Thursday. He was 78. Squier was the announcer and engineer for the first program ever broadcast by the station, only the second in Vermont when it went on the air in July 1931.

The station broadcast one hour a day then, from noon to 1 p.m. "It took all morning to get ready and all afternoon to recover," Squier recalled in an interview year-old youth they did not identify will be eited for reck' less endangerment stemming from a shooting incident Wednesday night. last summer. He was semi-retired but active at the station up to his death. As The Old Squier, he read poetry much of it his own five minutes each day.

He said he began writing poems 20 years ago when his son complained he was wasting too much time doing crossword puzzles. He had more than 450 tapes of his show, 250 of which were his originals. Squier said he had always wanted to publish a book but was too busy. He also ran a mailorder maple syrup business out of the barn attached to his house. After graduating from Norwich University in 1923, Squier teamed up with Harry C.

Whitehill to publish the Waterbury Record, a weekly newspaper. Shortly after the state's first radio station was built in St Albans, the two decided to create their own. station and built a transmitter in the newspaper office. Squier said in a late 1977 interview that the only station philosophy in the early days was "to stay alive. We learned to give good news service.

We're independent. We turned down NBC and CBS in the same year. "The NBC man said, 'If I were in your place, I wouldn't want the damn thing (network affiliation) "Why? It wouldn't leave us enough time of our own," he said. Squier also had been Waterbury village president and head of the Waterbury Rotary Club. He had a been trustee of the Vermont Historical Society and the Vermont Poetry Society.

Police said three youths were trying to steal a sign from a yard when the teenager came out, chased them and fired shots at their car. Authorities said no one was hurt, but one of the bullets hit the car. In Springfield, police said a man, also not identified, was cited for shooting at the feet of two youths. No one was injured in that incident either, they said. LLOYD E.

SQUIER one of radio's earliest.