Salute satellite launches to pave space station project
The Soviet Union launched a new satellite named Salute, seen as the basis for a lengthy space station effort. Tass said Salute may be unmanned, with future launches to include manned vehicles. Orbital parameters match prior Soyuz flights, signaling preparations for a permanent orbital station and broader solar system exploration.
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Nixon frames welfare reform as White House priority
President Nixon labeled the welfare system a monumental failure and said reform is the White House priority. He praised GOP governors Reagan and Rockefeller for tough actions and urged dignity in work, arguing laws should reward work and penalize doing nothing. He stressed scrubbing floors can be as dignified as any job.
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Legislature extends into overtime over parochial aid dispute
Vermont's 1971 General Assembly returns for an unscheduled 17th week as a fight over parochial school aid blocks adjournment. The extra days allow House review of public aid for church schools and easing private to public student transfers. Cathedral Grammar School in Burlington announces closure this June, the second parochial elementary school to shut down this year.
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Bill extends unemployment pay by 13 weeks in Vermont
The Vermont Senate approved a bill to extend unemployment compensation for 13 more weeks, bringing total coverage to 52 weeks with federal funding. The measure, opposed by Senator Madeline Harwood but supported by Senator T Garry Buckley and others, passed 19 to 10 amid a session backdrop of budget and school aid debates and a looming parliamentary logjam.
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Manchester
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Windham County
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Fred Westphal
Ramoille County
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H. Ward Bedford
Rddison
John Boylan
Borleans
Essex
Olin Gay
Windsor County
Margaret Hammond
George C. Morse
Caledonia County
Graham W. Newell
Caledonia
Vernon hearing ground rules to be set in Brattleboro
A pre hearing conference at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Brattleboro Union High School gym discusses issues for the Vermont Yankee licensing hearing to be held later. The AEC Safety and Licensing Board will set ground rules and may schedule another pre hearing as the staff safety report on the Vernon plant is not complete. Intervenors include Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, several environmental and conservation groups, and church affiliated groups. Light lunches will be sold in the senior high cafeteria during the break.
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Atomic Energy Commission Safety and Licensing Board
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Environmental League of the
Connecticut River Valley
Veterans Lead Antiwar March to Arlington Cemetery
Several hundred war veterans in Vietnam fatigues march from Lincoln Memorial to Arlington National Cemetery kicking off a week of antiwar protests in Washington. More than 1,000 vets signed up while events planned nationwide aim to match or exceed the November 1969 rally attendance.
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UPI
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Lincoln Memorial
National Peace Action Committee
Potomac River
Rep Kearns Overcome in Montpelier Fire
Fires across Vermont over the weekend gutted the Matterhorn Restaurant in Stowe and damaged a Montpelier business block. State Rep. Robert Kearns was treated for smoke inhalation after being found unconscious on the third floor of two Main Street buildings. The Theodore Keiffer estate in Rutland also suffered a suspicious blaze, with ten apartments destroyed and several businesses water damaged.
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Rutland
Robert Kearns
Bennington
Theodore Keiffer
Kearns
Lobster Pot
Times-Argus
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Inside Times Aims of Pragmatism in National Affairs
James Reston weighs pragmatism against politics in national affairs and questions whether practical approach can prevail. Gerald Raftery critiques liberal logic as illogical. A new North Bennington minister poses with his congregation. Welfare issues receive a six hour airing in Manchester. Ping Pong team members share impressions of life in Red China.
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James Reston
Manchester
Red China
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