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Ledbetter Joins Jeffords in Charges Against Leahy From Staff Wir. Raaartt MBMaHHMBBaBM From Staff, Wir Raports give is to work with the governor Campaign Citizens Party candidate for state Senate, said he favors a renewable energy resources development corporation to establish and fund local renewable energy generation. "The goal would be to make Vermont increasingly energy self-sufficient between now and the 1990s," using "solar, hydro, recycling energy from waste, co-generation, conservation and other safe technology," said. A more progressive state income tax, investment of state pension funds and the State Energy Office would fund the program, the candidate said. Widrick said the absence of a total state energy program and in creasing heating fuel prices and utility rates "are hitting us in the pocketbook with no relief in sight." He said new jobs would be created and heating costs would be reduced by a complete energy program.

Berard For Reagan Rene Berard of South Burlington has been appointed Vermont chairman of Democrats for Reagan, according to Vermont ReaganBush Committee Chairman Lawrence A. Wright. "My concern for our defense policy and military preparedness as well as the disastrous course of our economy prompted me to support Ronald Reagan," Berard said. A retired U.S. Army colonel, Berard has been a South Burlington justice of the peace, a state representative, treasurer of the South Burlington Democratic Committee and a member of the South Burlington School Board.

Realtors Support Easton John Easton Republican candidate for attorney general, has won the support of the Vermont Realtors Political Action Committee. With the political endorsement came a $600 contribution. Easton, a former assistant attorney general, is opposed by Montpelier lawyer Scott Skinner, a Democrat. OA WOO BOM Republican Senate candidate Stewart Ledbetter charged Sunday that incumbent Sen. Patrick J.

Leahy, has been falsely ing credit for federal grants and spending programs directed at Vermont. "It seems like Mr. Leahy has been announcing some new federal spending project for Vermont almost daily, although in most cases he actually had little or nothing to do with their being awarded," Ledbetter said. Asked to back up the charge with examples, Ledbetter's aide Brian Cosgrove pointed to a $100,000 award to the Project to Advance Veterans Education announced Sept. 25, a $1.5 million Lamoille County housing grant announced Sept.

22 and several project awards announced last spring. Cosgrove claimed the list was "only partial" and that data collected by a Ledbetter researcher on the subject was not available to him Sunday. The Republican challenger called Leahy's action "playing Santa Claus with our tax dollars" but at the same time said his "vigorous campaign against Mr. Leahy may have helped loosen the federal purse strings for Vermont." Ledbetter's charge came one day after U.S. Rep.

James Jeffords, attacked Leahy for taking credit for government grants to Vermont. He said Leahy had the jump in such announcements because he is a Democrat during a Democratic administration. Ledbetter predicted Leahy would announce "even larger awards between now and Nov. 4," including one for an elderly project in Chittenden County this week. Jeffords Slams Leahy Addressing more than 200 and Legislature.

Being independent of the governor is being an isolated lieutenant governor and everyone knows Mrs. Kunin wants to be governor. Should we pay her salary two more years for this?" John Easton, candidate for attorney general, attacked his Democratic opponent Scott Skinner, saying Skinner has never tried a criminal case, has never argued in the Supreme Court and has never worked in the attorney general's office. Easton is a former assistant attorney general. Bradley Promotes Leahy U.S.

Sen. Bill Bradley, told an audience at a Democratic fund-raiser Saturday that if Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan is elected, he would "cut the heart" out of government. Bradley, a former basketball star with the New York Knicks, spoke to a crowd of about 350, including most of the University of Vermont basketball team. He urged Vermonters to rally behind the candidacy of President Carter and claimed Reagan's proposal to cut taxes would force state and local governments to take responsibility for $90 billion in federal programs. "If Ronald Reagan is elected president in November, he will cut the heart not the fat, but the heart 'out of government and raise your state and local taxes," Bradley said.

Bradley also spoke in favor of the re-election campaign of Sen. Patrick Leahy, whom Bradley called "the tightest senator in the U.S. Senate, not only with his own money but with the taxpayers' as well." Energy Program Promoted Gary Widrick of Burlington, oo Franklin County Republicans Saturday evening, U.S. Rep. James Jeffords slammed Sen.

Patrick Leahy, and reaffirmed his support for Stewart Ledbetter for U.S. senator. "I have received criticism for wanting to see Patrick Leahy replaced, everyone says Pat Leahy is such a nice guy," Jeffords said. "Well, this country is in trouble because of nice guys like Pat Leahy. It's always easier to spend money than to cut back." Jeffords also criticized Leahy's assertion that he has been strong on national defense.

"I get upset when he gets on TV with flags and posters and military pictures behind him and tries to convince us that he is strong on national defense when his record shows that he hasn't been. We need men of conviction in Washington, not men who read the polls to see which way the wind is blowing." Jeffords was among the top 'Republicans who attended the annual Franklin County Republican dinner. Master of ceremonies was Jeffords' cousin, Franklin County Republican Committee Chairman Peter Perley. Margaret Garland, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, faulted incumbent Madeleine Kunin for "spending the past two years doing studies saying she is independent of the governor." Mrs. Garland said, "The greatest service a lieutenant governor can The most explosive personality to hit daytime television is now on 7 CHANNEL 3 i Reluctance to Bolt Hurts Third Party Candidates 2 From Page 1 John Davidson A.M.

Mon. thru Fri. tary of state; Anna Land of Wil-liamsville, treasurer; and Jerry Levy of Guilford, auditor of accounts. Other Citizens Party candidates are David Ershun of Guilford, treasurer, and Judith Ashkenaz of Guilford, auditor of accounts. The party also is fielding two candidates for state senator from Chittenden District, Terry Bouricius and Gary Widrick.

Lee Madden of Brattleboro running for auditor of accounts, is the only Socialist candidate on the statewide ballot. Fayston Woman Named to Post Sheila McLaughlin Ware, 28, of Fayston has been appointed assis of the incumbent," Ms. Lloyd says. Diamondstone expounds a theory that Republicans and Democrats have kept other parties in the back seat by saying virtually the same things on the campaign trail. "When there are three candidates running for office the two candidates saying the same thing tend to be more believable, which means the other person has less of a chance of winning." For that reason, he said, Jeffords comas off looking bad during debates in which all three take part.

Jeffords' chances of victory are heightened" by the massive media coverage he attains and his organizational advantages, Diamondstone said. In addition to Diamondstone, other Liberty Union candidates are: Earl Gardner of Newfane, U.S. senator; John Potthast of Plainfield, governor; Guido Condosta of Guilford, attorney general; Charlotte Hickcox of Springfield, lieutenant governor; Carole Folsom of Montpelier, secre- tant U.S. attorney for Vermont by U.S. Attorney William B.

Gray. Mrs. Ware, a 1978 graduate of Suffolk University Law School in Boston, will be assigned criminal and civil work 1 WARE Dance Marathon Raises $8,404 Eighty dancers pulled in $8,404 in pledges for visually impaired Vermonters in a 35-hour marathon at Burlington High School that ended Sunday night, according to Richard Crimminsof the Vermont Association for the Blind. The marathon concluded White Cane Week, sponsored by the association and the Burlington Lions Cldb. The week, which included concerts, an art exhibit and sight and hearing screenings, raised funds for sinht and hearing conservation, Crimmins said.

from the Burlington office, Gray said. Air Force Promotes College Instructor James A. Bohan Jr. of Essex Junction, a law enforcement instructor at Champlain College in Burlington, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

He is stationed in the special investigations office at Plattsburgh, N.Y., Air Force Base. competition for re-election to a fourth term. The Democrats failed to offer a candidate. "It's completely transformed the situation from no race to a challenge Director Appointed To Special Services Of Community College MONTPELIER Roger Cranse has been appointed director of special services for Community College of Vermont. Cranse has been a school princi- pal in Alaska, project director for the Peace Corps in Nepal and an English teacher to foreign students at the University of Pittsburgh.

He is employed in the special education division of the Vermont Department of Education. Beginning Nov. 3, Cranse will assume the responsibility for the federally funded Special Services Program, designed to provide intensive academic and peer support to educationally disadvantaged students. Westfield Man Hurt In Hit-Run Mishap WESTFIELD Roland Baudin, 57, of Westfield suffered a broken hip when his bicycle was struck from behind by a hit-and-run car on Vermont 100 about 11 p.m. Saturday, state police said.

He was in stable condition Sunday night at North Country Hospital in Newport, a hospital spokesman said. Colchester Fire Destroys Trailer The Colchester Fire Department spent Zlz hours Sunday night extinguishing a fire in an abandoned trailer on the Porters Point Road, a spokesman said. The gutted trailer, beyond the Woodland Shore Trailer Park, will be inspected by the state fire marshal, the spokesman said. Man Breaks Leg While Hang Gliding BOMOSEEN Robert Kirbach, 35, of West Rutland suffered a broken right leg in a hang gliding accident Sunday afternoon in the Lake Bomoseen area. He was in stable condition after surgery, a Rutland Hospital spokesman said Sunday night.

State Environmental Agency Wins Grant Th Aiiocioltd Preu The Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation has won a $90,000 federal grant, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said it awarded the money to support state air pollution control programs and said the funds will be Used for program planning, maintenance and administration. On the streets On the the edge off winter with fashionable, functional sportswear from The Downhill Edge. Choose from quality gear by over fifty manufacturers, including the largest selection of C.B. clothing in Vermont.

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