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1 1 1 hi i i upji n. i ii pjiiiMj-u wm i tn) i li i in. p-i 1 1 jj iilhb.ih.ipi iii njwwpi mi i W.i I Golf course lit fuels anger yf In VERMONT, 1B fV Jonathan Browned A dance with discipline UVM basketball team ends Division I slump In SPORTS, Page 1C i In WEEKEND Kunin: Raise gas tax 8 cents over 4 years the governor's budget address, the proposed budget is $19 million less than the total expenditures for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. But when "one-time" expenditures in the fiscal 1989 budget are eliminated, Kunin's proposed spending plan represents approximately a 7.2 percent propose raising the state gasoline tax by 8 cents per gallon over the next four years. Under the governor's recommendation, the tax would increase by three cents in both fiscal 1990 and '91, and by a penny in each of the following two years.

The state gasoline tax is now 13 cents per gallon. Turn to KUNIN, 11 A By James E. Bressor Free Press Staff Writer MONTPELIER Gov. Madeleine Kunin will call on lawmakers today to raise the gasoline tax by 8 cents over the next four years when she presents her $586 million budget for fiscal 1990. According to individuals familiar with 5 V.

captures nod I Wt One-time expenditures totaling $61 million were added to the budget late during the past legislative session as the surplus grew. These items, such as $20 million for the Housing and Conservation Trust Fund, were not intended to continue for another year. In her budget address to a joint assembly of the Legislature, Kunin will ere By Lisa Scagliotti Free Press Staff Writer With just a five-vote margin, Nancy Chioffi clinched Burlington's Democratic nomination for mayor Wednesday night. A capacity crowd packed Burlington High School auditorium, cheering with equal vigor as Chioffi and fellow contender William As- wad were introduced. Caucus mood, IB The cheers ac- curately pre- dieted how close the voting would be.

After two counts of ballots, Chioffi won with 421 votes. Aswad got 416 and attorney Rick Sharp got 23. Chioffi, president of the Board of Aldermen, will now face Peter Clavelle, the Progressive Coalition's choice for mayor, and Burlington Greens candidate Sandra Baird in the race for the city's top office March 7. Planning Commissioner Maggie Green, who had been considering a run for mayor on the Republican ticket, said after hearing of the Chioffi victory that she will not enter the race. "I'm very happy with the (Democratic) selection," she said, offering to help the Democrats in the campaign if they want it.

"If Nancy would like my help, she's got it." But Chioffi's message was directed at Turn to CHIOFFI, back page Chioffi Domocfatic by THURSDAY January 12, 1989 Volume 163, No. 12 35 cents, four news sections -k Top of the news Bush to name Navy man as secretary of energy The Associated Press WASHINGTON President-elect Bush has picked retired Admiral James D. Watkins to be the secretary of energy in his administration, CBS News reported Wednesday night. The selection of the 61-year-old former Chief of Naval Operations would fill the last remaining spot in the Bush Cabinet as the vice president prepares for next week's inauguration. The only major post still unfilled by Bush is the "drug czar" to oversee the nation's fight against illegal drugs.

Olympic diver pleads guilty to manslaughter The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. Former Olympic diver Bruce Kimball unexpectedly switched his plea to guilty at his manslaughter trial Wednesday, admitting that he drunkenly sped into a crowd of teen-agers, killing two and injuring four. The surprise plea, entered as testimony was just beginning, brought an end to a case that attracted international attention last summer during his unsuccessful bid for a spot on the 1988 Olympic diving team. The 25-year-old athlete asked to change his plea as the first witness was describing body pieces strewn along a stretch of road and the state was about to introduce color pictures of the gory scene. The 1984 Olympic silver medalist was ordered held in custody until sentencing Jan.

30. He faces seven to 22 years in prison. 4 An hour after the Aug. 1 accident, Kimball registered a blood alcohol level of 0.2, twice the legal limit. Quayle camp defends vacation-money request The Baltimore Sun WASHINGTON Vice Presidentelect Dan Quayle said Wednesday that the Republican National Committee paid less than $7,000 for two aides to accompany him and his family on a Christmas ski vacation in Colorado, and denied a published report that aides had originally sought $65,000 for the trip.

Quayle said that he had paid all personal expenses related to the 10-day trip travel, lodging, food and lift tickets and appealed to the Republican National Committee to pay for the aides because he did not want to use taxpayers' money from the transition account. "The whole implication is somehow that we used this money for our personal vacation," Quayle said in an interview Wednesday. "It's simply not true." The two aides who accompanied Quayle and his family handled advance work, logistics and helped "keep people at bay," Quayle said. Although he also was accompanied by a Secret Service detail, those agents limit their duties to providing security, according to a Quayle spokesman. "If Dan Quayle the private citizen or Dan Quayle the senator had gone, he would not have needed these aides," said David Beckwith, Quayle's press COLLEGE BASKETBALL Vermont 62 Colgate 59 A mfi fn i I i i i -Mr' i- -r i 1.

ADAM RIESNER, Free Press YEAHI Nancy Chioffi raises her hand in victory after winning the Democratic nomination for mayor by just five votes Wednesday night. Training-rule violation sparks Milton troubles 5 votes Vote count Nancy Chioffi 421 48.95 -J I It Bill Aswad 416 48.37 Rick Sharp 23 2.68 ft Weaver, the coach of the sport involved and a teacher chosen by Sheridan. If someone on either side disagrees with the decision, he or she can appeal the ruling to Ober. After the seven gymnasts were suspended for two of Milton's 10 meets, Sheridan met with the team and warned that future punishments would be more severe. "I was trying to get across a clear message that I considered this a serious issue," said Sheridan.

"I wanted to make sure they understood that. Our credibility as educators is on the line." Sheridan said an investigation of charges against the hockey team was under way when Ober asked him to meet with parents of the hockey players. After that meeting, Ober asked the players to recommend a suitable punishment that did not include suspensions from school. Students suspended from school are prohibited from participating in sports. Ober said he felt justified in going outside normal disciplinary proce- Turn to training, Dack page ii o.ur tot ''AKKFfiiZti.

vJ The Associated Press Vtl President's final tribute: 'We did it' By Karen Hosier The Baltimore Sun WASHINGTON Ronald Reagan offered a fond and intimate farewell Wednesday night to all of the people he said he had glimpsed only through the tinted glass of his presidential limousine, thanking them for his successes and urging them not to forget the lessons of his era. "They called it the Reagan Revolution, and I'll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the Great Rediscovery: a rediscovery of our values and our common sense," the president said in his last televised speech from the Oval Office. In a "final word to the men and women of the Reagan Revolution," Reagan proclaimed, "My friends, we did it. We weren't just marking time; we made a difference." Turning a final time to the medium that had earned him the nickname "the Tha Associatad Press FAREWELL: President Reagan poses in the Oval Office Wednesday before giving his farewell address. Great Communicator," Reagan said, "I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference it was the content great things" that "came from the heart of a great nation from our experience, our wisdom, and our Turn to REAGAN, 11 A By Kevin lole Free Press Staff Writer A violation of training rules didn't stop Milton High School hockey players from skating a regular shift Wednesday, but a similar infraction kept the school's girls' gymnastics team out of two recent meets.

A decision by school Superintendent A. Keith Ober to allow the hockey team to recommend its own punishment contrasted with a school committee decision to suspend seven of the nine members of the girls' gymnastics team for similar violations. Each team had a party, a break with training rules. The gymnastics team gathering was in December; the hockey team party was Friday. School officials will not say how the parties violated rules.

The School Board is scheduled to discuss the issue at its meeting at 6 tonight at the high school. Violations of training rules at Milton are normally handled by a four-member committee comprised of Milton principal Bob Sheridan, athletic director D.u. 11 1t -r V-V; i Teachers walk off job in Barre school dispute NBA Indiana 127 NHL Canadiens 1. -Celtics 108 New Jersey 0 In SPORTS, 1C VERMONT LOTTERY: The numbers 320 and 4393 were drawn Wednesday. DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE: climbed 13.22 and closed at 2,206.43 In MONEY, 7B Weather Windy with snow beginning by mid morning, changing to freezing rain or rain by the end of the afternoon, with an Inch of snow or two accumulating, high near 32.

Regional forecast, 12A Inside Classified 4C Opinion 10A Comics 18D SdoHS 1C Crossword 6C TV listings 16D Deaths 2B Vermont 1B 7B Washington 5A The Associated Press BARRE About 200 Barre teachers walked off the job Wednesday, closing seven schools and sending 2,000 students home. School officials predicted the strike would last at least through the end of the week. "That's it, that's It, we're on strike," said Robert Owen, the Barre teachers' union leader, as he left a negotiating session around 5 a.m. Wednesday. "(The) association made several proposals.

Unfortunately, the board didn't choose to accept them." Students showed up at school Wednesday morning but were sent home. School officials said they had no plans to hire substitute teachers. No negotiating sessions were scheduled. Only six of the district's 200 teachers reported for work. Most spent the day picketing outside the schools.

At issue in the talks were teacher pay increases and the length of the contract. Going into the all-night negotiating session that began Tuesday afternoon, the two sides were about $250,000 apart; at the close of the session about $100,000 separated them. "We're extremely disappointed, very sad and exhausted," Owen said shortly after the strike was declared. "When you get down to the final wire and you're so close and yet you're still so far apart, you wonder why we couldn't have done it all earlier," said Barre City School Board Chairman Conrad Estivill. Together, school spending in the Barre city and Spaulding High School districts Turn to BARRE, back page I 4 ON THE LINE: Barre teachers walk a picket line Wednesday morning in front of Mathewson School.

About 200 teachers went on strike Wednesday after contract talks broke down. 6D Weekend 1D 2A World 6A i.