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rrt nviin jiKTrirr Kinsey, Russell Lead Race for House Seat I 1 i A V. I The two Republican incumbent held lead over their two Democrat- ic challengers in the contest for the House seat in LamoilleOrleans District 1 with unofficial results from four of the six district towns reporting Tuesday night Rep. Robert E. Kinsey, R-. Craftsbury Common, held a com-, manding edge over all opponents with 937 votes.

Rep. Wallace C. 1 Russell R-Barton, was in second place with 562. Democrat Francis H. Whitcomb, D-West Glover, had 509 and Democrat Fred L.

Broad D-Green-sboro, had 317. The two towns not reporting were Albany and Barton. Kinsey, 53, has served five terms and is the assistant House Republican leader. He has served on the Appropiations, Natural Resources and Ways and Means com mittees. He said he focused much of his campaign on getting the necessary funding for the Orleans County law enforcement agencies.

Russell, 52, has served two terms in the House, where he has been on the Transportation Committee. The dairy farmer said his campaign issues included solving the Highway Fund deficit without a gasoline Whitcomb, 57, lost a bid for the district seat in 1978 by more than 500 votes. The farmer and teacher said he focused most of his campaign attention on changing the Miller Formula for education aid. Broad, a South Albany fundraiser, could not be reached during the primary campaign. He is president of the Vermont Fund Raising Council, a consulting firm for nonprofit agencies.

Five-Term Veteran Holding Lead in Orange-Windsor 1 Pre Press Photo by STU PERRY Early Risers The early risers had plenty of company at 6:30 line for voting to begin at Thayer School in a.m. Tuesday as more than 150 voters waited in Burlington. Curran Winner at Halfway Point By JODIE PECK Freo PiH Staff Wriref Five-term House veteran Harold Baker and newcomer Barbara Wood held strong leads for the two House seats in Orange-Windsor District 1. With three of four towns reporting Brookfield, Bethel and Brain-tree Mrs. Wood had 821 votes, Baker had 784, and Donald Dustin had 400.

Hannah Jeffery had 350 votes and Roger Smith, 129. The district covers Bethel, Brain-tree, Brookfield and Randolph. Republican Baker, 73, is a five-term veteran of the House. He is a former division manager for Central Vermont Public Service Corp. Ha said he hopes to work on several bills he has drafted concerning the elderly and tax rebates for energy savings.

Mrs. Wood, 56, is a nursing school graduate and housewife. She has been on the Bethel School Board for 17 years and is its chairman. TV. Pearl was the only candidate in the primary, but after the primary Curran collected enough signatures to have his name placed on the ballot as an independent.

Oviatt, whose name was not on the ballot, announced his write-in candidacy last month. He failed to get any news coverage in the local weekly newspaper for Grand Isle County, and tried unsuccessfully to arrange a debate with his two opponents in an effort to secure public Incumbent Kenyon Winner Of Orange 2 House Seat Howrigan Franklin District's two Damn. cratic state senators, Richard Soule and Francis Howrigan, were re- eieciea mesuay in uiitumcsieu races. Soule, 64, a Fairfax life insurance salesman, will be serving his seventh term. Howrigan, 63, a dairy fanner in Fairfield, was elected to his third term.

The two-member, district includes all the towns in Franklin Countv exceot Georgia and Rich- ford. Soule is chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the General Affairs Committee. He is also on the Legislative Council and the Senate representative to the Health Policy Corp. Howrigan was appointed to the Senate in the fall of 1975 and won his first full term in 1976. He is a member of the Agriculture, Highway and Appropriations committees.

He. is also chairman of the Fairfield Board of Selectmen and has served on the board for 30 years. Republicans offered no candidates this year and have not been elected to Franklin County Senate seats since the early 1950s. Incumbent Zampieri Wins Easy Victory Democratic incumbent John Zampieri of South Ryegate swept all three towns to overwhelm political novice Russell C. Bullard in the race for the Caledonia-Orange District 1 seat in the Vermont House.

Zampieri, who owns his own insurance business, relied on his 13 years' experience in the House to pile up an advantage in Groton, Newbury and Ryegate. Both Zampieri and Bullard, the owner of a diner in East Ryegate, campaigned on a pledge to reform the Miller Formula for state aid to education. Zampieri favored adding an income factor to the grand list value of land in order that "communities rich in land and poor in income would gain." The Republican Bullard advocated abolishing the school tax in favor of a system based on income' rather than land ownership. inks She hopes to serve on the Education Committee, "since that's where my background lies," she said. "I'm concerned with the state aid formula, but I don't have a specific plan I'm pushing." Mrs.

Jeffery, 58, is a housewife serving her second term as a Randolph selectman. She decided to run for the House because she was "sick of seeing what the state was doing to the towns," she said. She supports more local government control and less state control. Smith, 32, is a carpenter whose major interests are the formula for state aid to education and enforcement of the drunken driving laws. Dustin, 55, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, has been on the Braintree School Board for three years.

He was a selectman for two years, town manager l'i years, town lister and town planner and is now town moderator. If elected, he had hoped to work on the formula for state aid to education and the Highway Fund. First he said he would "sit and listen until I learn. Then I think I could do a good job." to young people wanting to start farms and for highway upgrading. A member of the Health and Welfare Committee, Kenyon favored work programs for able-bodied welfare recipients and better monitoring of welfare benefits.

Mrs. Donnelly, 59, is a home-maker in her first bid for elective office. During her campaign, she stressed a "back to basics" theme, saying she wanted "to see Vermont known for self-sufficiency." Mrs. Donnelly also favored revision of the Miller Formula, which she termed "very unfair." And she said she favored "sunset" legislation to abolish outmoded state agencies and laws. Election Bid an $11 million deficit this year.

He said he tried to let constituents know the state is in for a period of fiscal belt-tightening after a number of "gravy years." Hikory, 38, a self-employed granite carver in his first bid for elective office, called for greater local control of government, a cut in the highway budget, increased funding for sheriffs departments and a loan program to help young farmers. Hikory also favored tax incentives for non-agricultural development and help from the state development agencies to help small farms and businesses take advantage of existing markets. his first term in the House. Hewitt served two other House terms and then his first term in the Senate 1959-60. After a long hiatus, he reentered politics and served in the Senate continuously from 1975 to this year.

Haley also appeared on the Democratic ballot in Tuesday'i election with a strong write-in showing. He defeated Rep. Eugene Daugherty, R-Pownal, in the primary election. Mrs. Harwood, 68, served Ave terms in the House before beginning her Senate career in 1975.

She also has been national Republican com-mitteewoman since 1973. ber of the House in 1973-1976 and 1979-1980. His district covers Averill, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Canaan, Granby, Lem-ington, Lewis, Lunenburg, Maidstone, Norton and Victory. ByDAVEGOSKA Frt Prii Correspondent Unofficial returns show Democratic incumbent Wayne Kenyon winning re-election by 34 votes over Republican challenger Eleanor Donnelly in the Orange 2 House race Tuesday. With all three towns in the district reporting, Kenyon's vote total was 627, against 593 for Mrs.

Donnelly. Independent candidate Kenneth Vittum received 295 votes. The district covers Bradford, Corinth and Topsham. Keayon, 47, favored use of some of the $19.8 million surplus in the Property Tax Relief Fund for loans Avery Leads in Re By DAVE GOSKA Freo Prats Correspondent Republican incumbent Allen D. Avery picked up an early commanding lead in his re-election bid for third term as Orange District state senator against challenger John H.

Hikory, a Democrat. With seven of 13 towns reporting, Avery had amassed 1,682 votes against Hikory's 781. Avery, 37, a Lake Morey innkeeper, campaigned sparsely during the election due to heavy family business commitments. A member of the Appropriations Committee last term, Avery said the state had to face a $7 million deficit in the General Fund last year, and is facing By ELOISE HEDBOR Freo Press ComnporfoW With just over half the votes tabulated late Tuesday, it appeared that Jack Curran, 70, a retired laboratory technician, had won a three-way race for Grand Isle County high bailiff. Curran had 905 votes to 623 for Democrat' Robert Pearl and 47 write-in votes for Steve Oviatt.

Pearl, 32, is a chief engineering officer in the merchant marines, and Oviatt, 30, is a reporter for WCAX- 1 Philip Morris Inc. I9S0 Warning: The That Cigarette I ity. Both Curran and Oviatt said they entered the race in order to give voters a choice. The position of high bailiff traditionally draws little interest. The high bailiff has no duties except to arrest the sheriff upon receipt of a proper writ, to serve writs "which the sheriff is incompetent to serve," and to fulfill the functions of sheriff if there is a vacancy in the office or if the sheriff is jailed.

Box: Less than 0.1 mg tar. Um than 0.1 0.01 mg nrcotina sv.ptr cigaratti by. FTC Method. I I 7 Bennington District Elects Haley, Harwood A Bennington District will send a new face to the state Senate in January for the first time since 1975. Thomas R.

Haley 6Q, a Bennington car dealer and former selectman, was elected along with three-term Sen. Madeline B. Harwood of Manchester Center. The two Republican seats were safe when no Democrats filed for either of the sea(s in the primary elections. Haley replaces three-term Sen.

Merritt S. Hewitt a retired dairy farmer, who decided not to seek reelection after a legislative career that goes back to 1953 when he won Essex District 1 Seat Goes to Brunette Republican Walter S. Brunette of Gilman won an uncontested House seat in Essex District 1 Tuesday, for his third legislative term. Brunette, a 71-year-old retired purchasing agent, has been mem Surgeon General Has Determined Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. WHAT'S lURLINOTON TALKINO AtOUTt Check Mogele Maurice's column Sundays In the Living section of the Free Press.

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