04 Apr 1970
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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1970
Page
1
Montpelier UPI Gov Davis asserts he is well satisfied with the 1970 legislative session as final adjournment nears. Key items pending include environmental controls, a $5 million state employees pay rise, a $107.6 million omnibus appropriation, and nearly $20 million in capital construction. Both chambers hold Friday night sessions to clear last minute bills.
Washington UPI Ten of the Senate Judiciary Committee urged defeat of moving Judge G Harrold Carswell back to the committee. A Monday vote on recommittal was set with 40 for and 42 against, signaling broader floor action likely.
Partly cloudy today with a slight chance of showers or snow flurries. Sunday’s outlook shows variable cloudiness with little change in temperature.
Two federal courts ruled Friday that a Massachusetts service member cannot sue under a new law challenging the presidents authority to deploy troops. Pfc John Griffin 21 sought a writ to bar reassignment to Vietnam and the Supreme Court was to hear the case Monday. Governor Sargent signed the measure days earlier as Attorney General Quinn prepared to defend state servicemen in similar suits.
Lt. Gov. Hayes clarifies that a single exemption in the Vermont Water Pollution Control Bill does not remove Vermont Yankee from state standards. The amendment preserves the Vernon plant’s order to install cooling towers while explicitly exempting one sentence, with safeguards ensuring compliance overall.
On the Inside Dispatch from Montpelier surveys the political choices open to Hayes. A feature story examines the tough problem of drugs in depth.
Postmaster General Winton M Blount said wage negotiations between seven postal unions and the administration may set a pattern for federal government labor relations. He added the postal agreement could shape the overall direction of government employee pay talks as President Nixon urged a 6 percent federal raise and an 8 percent postal raise with reforms to be negotiated.
Vermont Congressman Robert T. Stafford warned that anti ballistic missile system deployment could face opposition from House Armed Services Committee chairman L Mendel Rivers. Stafford suggested Rivers opposes the second ABM phase and noted Rivers favors Navy projects, possibly built in Charleston. He voiced skepticism about the ABM, linked to Vienna arms talks, and cited a trend toward shifting resources from defense to social needs while noting progress toward an all volunteer Army and lowering the voting age to 18.
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