Plans for Vietnamese orphans to Vermont foster homes
Bennington officials and Putnam Memorial Hospital staff discuss contingency plans to place Vietnamese and Cambodian orphans in Vermont foster homes if evacuations proceed. The effort stresses careful screening, medical checks, and adherence to Vietnamese laws and U.S. adoption safeguards while urging support for UNICEF and Amerasian relief.
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Subcommittee On
Audrey Ringer
U.S
Sen. Kennedy
Washington, D.C
Banner
Vietnam
Cambodia
Ccess
Indochina
Ang
Weather outlook stays cool with mountain flurries
Continued cool conditions with variable cloudiness and breezy winds. Expect a high in the low 40s with a chance of mountain flurries. Tonight will be fair to partly cloudy with a low around 20. Friday remains cool with variable clouds and highs in the low 40s. Yesterday’s high reached 37 and low 12. This morning at 7 a.m. was 14. Sunset is 7:30 and sunrise 6:19.
Cummings Construction Lowest Bid For Vermont Veterans Home
Cummings Construction Co. of Ware, Massachusetts, bids $3,262,000 to renovate and expand the Vermont Veterans' Home in Bennington. Nine major bids were opened, with Granger Construction Co. of Bennington bidding $3,346,000. Federal approval and funding, about $4.5 million, are required before award. Construction aims for 600 working days, with start hoped within 30 days.
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Vermont Veterans Home
Bennington
Montpelier — Cummings Construction Co
Ware, Mass
Vermont Veterans’ Home
Vermont Department of Buildings
Powers
Granger Construction Co
State Buildings
Washington
Senate panel to push Vermont lottery bill
In Montpelier UPI reports the Senate General Committee chair pledges fast action on a state lottery bill while Sen. John Alden signals possible changes. Lt. Gov. Burns planned to forward the measure to Alden's committee after the House voted 85 to 68 to send the bill to the Senate.
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Montpelier
UPI
Senate General Committee
John Alden
Windsor County
Brian Burns
Alden
House
Senate
Vermont
Massachusetts
New England
Appropriations
John Boylan
Essex-Orleans
Boylan
Thomas Salmon
Salmon
Samuel Lloyd
D. Weston
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Vermont House approves Energy Planning Department
The Vermont House approved creating an Energy Planning Department attached to the governor. The 102 to 38 vote backed an office to take over planning from the Public Service Board while keeping regulatory duties. Debate over welfare funding and a potential lottery accompanied the bill.
Evacuation as Saigon-Area Battle Rages Near Xuan Loc
As North Vietnamese forces push toward Saigon, refugees flood highways fleeing Xuan Loc. Artillery, tanks, and air strikes pound surrounding areas including Trang Bom, with government reinforcements and Catholic communities bearing the impact. Officials warn of a potential major offensive beginning near Saigon.
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Saigon
Xuan Loc
Saigo
Vietnan
South
Trang Bom
UPI
Leon Daniel
Highway 1
Salmon signals veto over Senate budget in Vermont
Governor Thomas P. Salmon warned he would veto the Senate Appropriations Committee budget if approved as is and projected a needed 1.5 million dollar tax hike. He ruled out threats, noting many amendments and a floor fight in the Senate as deliberations continued amid cross party talks.
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Senate
Sen
John Alden
Walton Hearst Links Resurface in Inside National
Inside National reports on the Walton Hearst connection reappearing in Page 2 coverage while Local Housing Authority defends a senior housing project and a rate increase triggers immediate recovery for Green Mountain Power on Page 3.
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Walton-Hearst Connection
Green Mountain Power
Kit Foster
Anthony Lewis
Norshaft Lions Park
Sunderland
John Hubbard
Mike Marshall
Dodgers
Jim Maguire
MAU
Jackson seeks hearings on Nixon Thieu pledges to Vietnam
Senator Henry M. Jackson calls for Senate hearings on private assurances to South Vietnam that the U S would respond vigorously to massive violations of the 1973 Paris Peace Agreement He urged public release of confidential exchanges between the Nixon White House and Thieu and said Congress should obtain the documents.
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Washington
UPI
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
South Vietnam
United States
Jackson
White House
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Ron Nessen
Richard M. Nixon
Thieu
Nessen
Nelsen
Mike Mansfield
John Stennis
Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Mansfield
Congress
Ford
Saigon
U.S
Kissinger
Planning meet fuels town bylaw changes over PUDs
Selectmen and planners held a public informational session to untangle the town plan and proposed zoning changes, focusing on PUD rules and RC 40 districts. Attendees discussed how a mixed housing approach could support the Harte Agency area and avoid overdevelopment of the Mt Anthony Country Club. The planning commission will hold an April 16 hearing, with the May 9 town hearing pending 30 day notice.
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Bennington
Questios
Thes Planning Commission
Charles G Pags
Harte Agency
Ace
Ee BS
Mt. Anthony Country
Paul W. Bohne
Ommis
Commission
J.C
Jerome
Harte
Country Club
Bohne
Planning Commission
Selectmen
Gerald P. Morrissey
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House of Representatives
Kennedy
United Nation
Unicef
American Friends Service Committee
AFSC
Chapman Ministration
Veterans’ Home Renovation
Mass. Company
Elizabeth Dwyer
Deer Park
Energy Planning Department
Pasie
Pase
Zee
Vietnas
Daniel
North Vietnam
Windsor
Thomas
Ia — County
Astrous
Budge
Brattleboro
BUDG
Tegzy
Sxowley
Comethy
J.o’connor Jr
Sae
Elmington
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