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i -v, M' Police Chief Candidate Visits Vermont Him Legislature By MIKE DONOGHUE Pr Prtu Staff Writtr Connecticut State Police Lt. Richard Hurley, who is expected to be named Winooski Police Chief, returned to Vermont Thursday to discuss a possible contract with City Manager Leo V. Clark. Clark said Hurley was also interested in housing and employment opportunities for his wife and daughter. Hurley met with Sgts.

Mark E. Paine and Gerald Cowhig and Pa trolman William E. Timmerman, president of the local police union, to discuss the department. Paine was one of four candidates for the post. If Hurley and the city come to terms and he passes various tests and a background check, the 23-year state police veteran is expected to be officially named by Clark.

Timmerman said Thursday the police union was upset because it was not offered the chance to meet with the two top choices, as promised by Clark before the interviews began. "It's not because Paine didn't get the job," he said. Clark said the promise was hard to keep when there was only one top candidate. Clark said he was totally surprised by the support Hurley received from the four-member council Monday night. He said he had expected a split vote.

The city manager said an article in Tuesday's Free Press, saying Hurley was top choice, caused bad feelings because he had not had time to brief union officials on the previous night's meeting. Clark said Thursday he considers Paine, who has been acting chief since Aug. 31, the second choice. Paine was not the second choice of the city council. During the closed-door session Monday night, Paine received no votes.

Hurley reportedly received three votes for first place and Anthony P. Grassano, a former Wayne, N.J. detective, received three votes for second place. Colchester Patrolman Thomas C. Kane Jr.

received one vote for first place. Timmerman said he is now satisfied because the union did get a chance to meet with Hurley. Citizens Party Fails To Nominate Candidate House Panel Lets Youngbaer Keep His Seat From Staff, Win Rporh MONTPELIER The House Committee on Municipal Corporations and Elections voted Thursday to allow Democrat Peter Youngbaer to keep the House seat he won two months ago. Youngbaer's election was challenged when he moved out of his district within days after the election. He moved from Plainfield to Marshfield.

The committee gave its unanimous support to the lawmaker, saying state statutes require a candidate to live in the district in which he is seeking office. Members of the legislative panel said state laws do not put restrictions on a lawmaker's residence after he is elected. 67 Would Limit Abortion Legislation that would require a physician to be present during an abortion has been introduced in the Vermont Senate. Under the measure introduced by Sen. Madeline Harwood, R-Bennington, abortions could be performed only by a licensed physician or by a person under the direct supervision and in the presence of a physician.

If passed, the measure would limit the actions of agencies, such as Planned Parenthood, that operate abTt'in clinics staffed with physician's assistants and nurses. Among several new bills introduced in the Vermont House was a measure that would establish a compensation program for the benefit of innocent victims of crime. Another measure would define and prohibit the nussess'on, sale and use of drug paraphernalia. Rep. Peter Giuliani, R-Montpelier, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is one of five House members sponsoring a bill that would tie state expenditures to the annual growth rate of personal income.

Reps. Henry Carse, R-Hinesburg, William Allen, R-Vergennes, John Zampieri, D-Ryegate, and Robert Kinsey, R-Craftsbury also sponsored the bijl. The measure would limit state spending to the amount spent the previous fiscal year, adjusted by the rate of growth of aggregate personal income. It would also allow emergency expenditures over the limit by a three-fourths vote of the General Assembly. Another money bill introduced in the House calls, for the repeal of the inventory tax and the business personal property tax.

The measure, sponsored by Rep. John Farmer, R-Stowe, calls for the lost revenue to be offset by the return to cities and towns of one-third of the sales and use tax receipts generated in the community. Sterilization Law Proposed A bill that would establish new procedures in the voluntary and involuntary sterilization of mentally retarded people has been introduced in the Vermont House. Rep. Theresa Feeley, D-Colchester, a co-sponsor of the bill, said the measure allows for "judicial procedure." She said she would like to see social issues avoided and only legal matters concerning the bill considered by the Legislature.

DO YOU KNOW salaries would not necessarily improve neighborhood protection or imrpove community relations with the department. The caucus also approved a resolution criticizing the proposed wood-burning McNeil Generating Station. Three people, including Guma, said they would be candidates for alderman at ward caucuses Monday night. Guma will run in Ward 6. Terrill Bouricius, a state Senate candidate last fall, will run from Ward 2.

Gary DeCarolis said he will run in Ward 3. Men Rob Teen of $1 Three men between the ages of 18 and 30 held up a Burlington youth Wednesday, but got only $1, police said. John Bartlett III, 13, was walking home on North Avenue when the -three men demanded his money, ponce said. He said he gave them $1 an a ran. Police received a partial description of the men and their car.

The Citizens Party did not nominate a candidate for mayor Thursday, but approved resolutions supporting a nuclear weapons freeze, the proposed fair housing commission and a delay of the southern connector highway at its first Burlington city caucus. Greg Guma, city party chairman, declined the mayoral nomination, saying it would be "difficult to run against another progressive candidate." Bernard Sanders is running for mayor under the Independent Coalition label. Mayor Gordon Paquette, a Democrat, is the only other announced candidate. Some of the 30 people at the meeting said they were unhappy with Sanders for not being interested in the Citizens Party nomination. Marcia Marshall said party members are "miffed" at Sanders plan "to get a coalition of progressives and ignore our existence." A resolution tying a critique of Paquette's downtown redevelopment policies to the need for better salaried police officers was withdrawn after some of those attending objected.

They said better OUR WEEKEND HOURS? The bill revamps a current statue which was declared unconstitutional by a Rutland County superior judge last year. Ms. Feeley said she requested the bill be sent to the Judiciary Committee, rather than the Health and Welfare Committee. She said the Health and Welfare Committee "tore up" a similar measure introduced during the last session because members feared the sterilization process -would be abused. The proposal would give mentally retarded people "a little more human dignity," said Ms.

Feeley. Under the voluntary section of the measure, people whose doctor refused to sterilize them would be able to file a court petition to determine if they are competent to consent to the operation. The proposal provides for a court hearing for all involuntary sterilizations to determine if the person would be capable of making a voluntary decision. New Committee Created A six-member steering committee to review all bills on tourism was formed Thursday by about 35 lawmakers. The legislators complained that not enough is being done to ensure return visits by tourists.

Among other things, the committee called for better ways of letting tourists know where services are and for improved rest area maintenance. Guardians Needed, Judges Say Vermont Probate Court judges want to revise state laws governing guardianship to make legal representation of someone who is incapacitated "more readily available." The judges, meeting in Montpelier this week, would like to see the Legislature adopt provisions for emergency guardianship and so-called "self-proving" wills. Chittenden Probate Judge L. John Cain said guardianships have dropped 50 percent since state laws were changed two years ago. The changes were made to serve the interests of the mentally ill, Cain said.

Provisions of the law apply to all people, however, and have discouraged establishment of guardianships, he said. Changes supported by the judges would "strike a happy medium and open up the guardianship law so it will be easily available to those people who need it," he said. The state does not have laws that allow for emergency guardianship, Cain said. Emergency guardianship is required, for example, when someone is unconscious after a traffic accident and doctors cannot find relatives to, approve necessary surgery, he said. "The doctors, normally, just are not going to operate unless somebody will sign for the operation," he said.

Self-proving wills would allow settlement of estates where no witnesses to the will are available for a court appearance. Current law requires that one of three witnesses testify, he said. The judges said they unanimously oppose reduction of their terms from four to two years and will urge defeat of such a constitutional amendment. FRIDAY 8-8 SATURDAY 8-5 SUNDAY 9-3 Complete line of American and Foreign Auto Parts AUTO PARTS PIACE Rre. 7, Shelburne Rd.

985-2546 Hours: M-Th 87, Fri. 8-8, Sat. 8-5, Sun. 9-3 Burlington Lawyer to Challenge Incumbent in Aldermen Election BLANCHARD BAILEY "a sticky problem," but felt sending it to the Planning Commission with eight safety changes had addressed many concerns raised by South End and Lakeside residents. Bailey is a University of Vermont graduate and received his law degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles.

He works for the firm of Hoff, Wilson and Powell. He was an Army interrogator in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971, and has been active in Vietnam veterans' issues the last two years. Bailey has not run for office before. Last year he worked in the brief presidential campaign of California Gov. Jerry Brown and the reelection campaign of U.S.

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt. Blanchard has been on the city Finance Board the last few years. He said he supports the proposed fair housing commission and increased public use of the waterfront.

By ALAN ABBEY Free Presi Staff Writer Burlington lawyer -Thomas Bailey, 34, an opponent of the southern connector highway, will run for the Democratic nomination for Ward 5 alderman against incumbent William Blanchard. His announcement produces the first contested race among six seats open this year. Bailey, a Burlington native, said he is "chagrined" with Blanchard and other aldermen for not exercising leadership. "They have deferred a lot of their real policy-making role to the administration of the mayor and the Planning Commission. That's too bad," he said.

Blanchard, 57, is a four-term incumbent. An accountant at McKenzie Packing he said, "I think we've been responsive to the needs of the people." He cited as examples the King Street Revitalization Project, his support of the Lakeside Avenue underpass reconstruction and new zoning allowing more housing in the King Street area. Bailey said he opposes construction of the southern connector because it will not be safe for pedestrians nor improve traffic conditions. He criticized Blanchard for "flip-flopping" on the issue and aldermen for sending it to the Planning Commission after months of discussion over safety conditions. Blanchard said the connector is Jury Finds Man Guilty of Assault i i WOMEN'S formerly to $95 MEN'S formerly to $72 J.

Bergeron had said Wednesday she would. The only witness Thursday was State's Attorney Mark Keller. Keller said several members of the Martel family visited him after the incident and said they wanted to make a complaint against Hislop. Keller said the Martels told him there had been bad feelings between members of the family and Hislop prior to the Sept. 8 incident.

Martel testified Wednesday that there were no bad feelings between Hislop and members of his family -except for an incident several years ago. At that time, Martel said, Hislop "had some bad language with (Mrs. Martel)." Martel testified the incident was minor and did not cause him to bear a grudge against Hislop. Martel testified that he had been looking for the family's strayed dog. He said he and his son had no guns and had not been jacking deer.

Martel also testified that he did not see or hear Hislop on his way back to the garage. Hislop had testified that he tried to stop Martel by yelling and waving. Martel said he did not go after Hislop with a garden tool but politely asked Hislop to leave the property. Martel said once he was outside the garage, Hislop jumped at him and the two men fell to the ground with Hislop landing first on his shoulder and Martel falling on top of Hislop. Martel's wife did not testify Thursday as defense attorney John CHILDREN'S Hi 99 HQ99 formerly to $28 10 By WILLIAM H.

BRAUN Fre Pri Staff Writer Maurice Martel of Williston was found guilty of aggravated assault Thursday by a Vermont District Court jury that deliberated five and a half hours. Martel, 52, had been accused of stomping on Fish and Game Warden Richard Hislop's shoulder during an altercation outside Mattel's Oak Hill Road garage the night of Sept. 8. Hislop testified during the trial that he received a telephone complaint about a shot heard in a nieadow behind Mattel's home. When he went into the field less than a mile from his own home, Hislop testified, he saw Martel and one of Martel's sons drive out of the field.

Hislop said he ran after Martel's vehicle and followed it into the garage, where Martel took a long-handled garden tool from the wall and began advancing toward Hislop. Once outside the garage, Hislop said, he grabbed the tool from Martel's hands and the two men grappled. After they fell, Martel got up first, stomped his foot down toward the warden's head but missed when Hislop dodged, Hislop said. The boot hit him on the shoulder, Hislop said. THE GREAT BOOT CLEARANCE IS Nearly all our winter boots are at these great clearance Great Great Great time for Man Allegedly Fires Shots Through Wall Step into 1 III 1 MM Mr I JOHNSON A 37-year-old Johnson man fired two shots through a wall at his Main Street home Wednesday, state police reported.

Kenneth Hadlock was taken into custody by state troopers and taken to Copley Hospital in Morrisville, where he remained Thursday night, state police said. Hadlock's wife and three children were home during the incident, police said. Police said the shots passed through a wall in an upstairs room. A shotgun was seized, a spokesman said. The case will be referred to State's Attorney Joseph J.

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