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Move South Continues Page 8 RUTLAND HERALD ESTABLISHED IN 1794 VOL 129 NO. 10 COPYRIGHT RUTLAND. VERMONT. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1985 carrier DehSkd 2 SECTIONS 28 PAGES PRICE 25 Gov. Richard A.

Snelling blows a farewell kiss after his State of the State address. HELLO GOODBYE Gov. Madeleine Kunin Gov. Richard Snelling Begins Her Historic Term Departs After Eight Years Farewell Address The torch is passed, and the responsibility for specific recommendations for action is not mine, said Gov. Richard Snelling in his farewell and State of the State address Thursday.

The text of his address is on Page 18. Inaugural Address It is an awesome task, said Gov. Madeleine Kunin in her inaugural address Thursday on the challenge of being governor. The complete inaugural address, delivered in the State House in Montpelier, is on Page 17. By ELIZABETH SLATER Vermont Press Bureau MONTPELIER Four-term Republican Gov.

Richard A. Snelling bid the Legislature farewell Thursday morning with a call for moderation and balance and a reminder that government, and not the citizens, must be the servant. I appear before you today to give a final accounting and a farewell, said the Republican who has served longer than any modern governor. The torch is passed, and the responsibility for specific recommendations for action is not mine. The 57-year-old governor and former lawmaker, who stepped down Thursday afternoon as Democrat Madeleine M.

Kunin was sworn in, offered his final State of the State message as a reflection on the lessons and principles to aid those who will be the stewards of our future. High on that list was a call for moderation in dealing with state taxpayers. Only constant vigilance and painful discipline prevents the costs of government from making it a burden instead of the blessing it is meant to be, he said. i By JACK HOFFMAN Vermont Press Bureau MONTPELIER Madeleine May Kunin became Vermonts first female governor Thursday afternoon as she took the oath of office from Chief Justice Frederic W. Allen.

Kunins inauguration drew more spectators than anyone could remember, as hundreds of well-wishers crowded into the freshly painted House chamber to witness the historic event. In a moving and highly personal inaugural address, Kunin drew heavily on her experience as a Jewish immigrant as she outlined her goals and vision for the future of Vermont. Kunin also paid tribute to the women who had gone before her and helped make it possible for a woman to become governor of the state. I stand with the memory of members of my family who are no longer with me my mother, my aunt, my grandmother the strong women who could never have dreamt I would be in this place on this day, but who, through the courage of their own lives, give me the stamina to stand as tall as they did in their time, she said. elements of the taxation contract.

The response from legislators and others packing the Vermont House chamber was loud and enthusiastic. Before and after his speech, he received standing ovations. Rep. Susan Auld, R-Middlesex, who as majority leader is the top-ranked House Republican, said that Snelling offered an unusual combination of leadership and sensitivity to human needs. Kunin, she predicted, would have a hard act to follow.

I think you can see that it was an emotional moment for him, Auld said, calling his exit the end of an era. In his speech, Snelling underscored the need for planning for both good times and bad, warning that any major attempt to undercut plans for retiring the states budget deficit would jeopardize the future. Because of restraint practiced over the last six years, and the prudent steps of the last Legislature, this General Assembly will not need to practice any greater restraint in setting appropriations for the next biennium than that which has (See Page 14: Snelling) Vermonts third Democratic governor since the Civil War also acknowledged the efforts of her two Democratic predecessors: Gov. Philip H. Hoff, who served from 1963 to 1969, and Gov.

Thomas P. Salmon, who served from 1975 to 1977. Kunin, 51, of Burlington was born in Bern, Switzerland. In 1940, fearing that neutral Switzerland would be drawn into World War II, Kunins widowed mother brought her two children to the United States. Kunins brother, Edgar May, is a Democratic state senator from Windsor County.

During the election campaign last fall, Kunin talked frequently about how that experience had shaped her view of this country and the opportunities it can offer its citizens. Kunin continued that theme in her inaugural address Thursday afternoon. She said her mother had brought to America a limitless dream of what this country could offer her children. That dream, she said, enabled me to strive, to reach, and to touch some horizons I was certain were beyond my grasp. (See Page 14: Kunin) Those entrusted with governing, he said, must retain that sense of duty that springs from the recognition that it is government which must be the servant, and never the citizens who create and fund it.

The need for moderation in making those decisions which determine how great shall be the burden of taxation is one apparently which must be learned over and over again, he said. If the share extracted from the peoples income is too great, citizens cannot meet their own needs, and if the share taken by government is insufficient, all society is diminished by the in-justice which becomes manifest, he said. Moderation and balance are the essential She also recalled Susan B. Anthony, the American leader of the womens suffrage movement, Clarina H. Nichols, the first woman to speak before the Vermont Legislature, Edna L.

Beard, the first woman elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, and Consuelo N. Bailey, the first woman to be the Speaker of the Vermont House and the first woman elected lieutenant governor. We all paved the way for one another, knowingly and unknowingly, said Kunin. Scores of women came to see Kunins inauguration and hear her address. The speech was interrupted by" sustained applause early on as Kunin said I am the first woman to serve as governor of Vermont.

Power Shifts Smoothly to Governors Office Stands Empty, But Not for Long Inside Story The Weather A chance of snow Friday with a high of 20. Cold Saturday with scattered flurries. (Page 14) Hodel Chosen President Reagan picks Energy Secretary Donald Hodel to replace William Clark as secretary of the Interior. (Page 3) New Governor Emotion Fills State House By TOM SLAYTON MONTPELIER Madeleine May Kunin, dressed in winter white, stood nervously waiting as her legislative escorts gathered around her. Everyone was ready.

She took a deep breath, exhaled, and stepped into public life as governor. Four steps into the State House lobby, the applause began. The big, ornate well of the House of Representatives was crammed with people, some of whom had come two hours early to get a good seat. Kunin and her entourage marched into the room and applause washed down like a spring freshet, brightening, exciting Everyone. Sometimes the ceremonies by which state government legitimizes itself are tiresome exercises.

But Thursday, they evoked a flood of enthusiasm that seemed to surprise the very people caught up in them. two very different moments Thursday, the Legislature officially marked the end of one administration and the beginning of another, and power was transferred from Richard A. Snelling, a Republican, to Madeleine M. Kunin, a Democrat. Snelling's last moment in the limelight for the time being came Thursday morning as he delivered his eighth and final State of the State message.

On other such occasions, he had given Ver-(See Page 14: Transition) most exclusive club in Vermont; she was the 74th governor of Vermont. At noon Kunin broke bread with some of the club members. At 2:17 p.m. the Swiss immigrant took the membership oath in front of more than a thousand cheering people legislators, family, friends and supporters. As she spoke the oath, the power and responsibility passed from Richard Snelling, seated in front of the podium, to Kunin.

Snellings face creased with emotion as he became a former governor. He looked at his wife, Barbara, closed his eyes, opened them and was governor no more. At the traditional lunch for former governors, Kunin gave a special welcome to Joseph Johnson. You know we are the only two governors of European birth, Kunin told Johnson, an immigrant from Sweden who came to this country at the age of one. It was 45 years ago that Kunin came to the (See Page 14: History) By CHRISTOPHER GRAFF MONTPELIER (AP) At 1 p.m.

Thursday a state worker quietly and quickly changed the locks on the fifth-floor door that leads into the governors Pavilion offices. The suite of rooms stood empty. A few hours before, the rooms had been abuzz with activity, as Richard Snelling completed his farewell address and his staff juggled last-minute details. By noontime, though, the men and women who ran state government for eight years had moved out and the rooms that had served as the command center throughout dozens of controversies stood quiet and empty. The governors private office stood ready for Madeleine Kunin.

The huge desk was bare, save for a sealed envelope, addressed in Snellings scrawl to Governor Kunin. The quiet was short-lived. A few hours later, the people who now run Vermont moved in. Excitement shined in their eyes, as they went to business processing the proclamations that would give the new appointees official clout. Madeleine M.

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