Vernon nuclear plant hearing delayed over plutonium data
A prehearing conference on the Vernon nuclear plant license was postponed two months as the AEC board ruled that the regulatory staff and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp must supply more data. Conservation groups and New England states praised the delay to allow fuller testimony and discovery. The board signaled scrutiny of the FSAR while noting the plant is about 90 percent complete and may use plutonium instead of uranium, prompting concerns over data sufficiency and environmental impact.
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Brattleboro
Vernon
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vermont Yankee
Samuel W. Jensch
New England
Brattleboro Union High School
Jensch
The
Nuclear Corporation
FSAR
Anthony Z. Roisman
Washington, D.C
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution
Roisman
Environmental
Vermont adjourns with aid for parochial schools approved
Vermont lawmakers end session after passing a bill to overhaul the 1969 education aid formula. The measure promises state educational help to all communities after December and grants 18 year olds full rights. Gov Davis backed the plan as Senate and House finally agreed.
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House
Walter L. Kennedy
Chelsea
Senate
Deane C. Davis
Vermont
John Burgess
Davis
Housing Crisis Strikes Bennington Welfare Faces Evictions
The Banner reports 19 people from four California families have lived at Greenbrier Motel since Friday as welfare officials seek housing. Tony Masso notes 30-name eviction list by May 1 and ongoing attempts to find apartments, with high motel costs often reimbursable only partly by federal funds. Masso warns of worsening crisis as landlords convert units and authorities consider temporary housing options.
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Bennington
Tony Masso
California
Greenbrier
East Main Street
Masso
Carrigan Lane
Vermont 1971 Legislature Scorecard of Major Ac accomplishments
MONTPELIER UPI A scorecard lists enacted major laws from the 1971 Vermont Legislature. Highlights include tax changes, expanded senior citizen relief, billions in fiscal and capital budgets, four year terms for top officials, lowered voting age to 18, environmental and education rewrites, welfare tweaks, health powers, administrative reforms, and assorted policy items such as land use tax and deer herd control.
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Burgess
Davis
Virginia
Vietnam
Vermont
Vermont Water Resources Board
Fish and Game Department
Montpelier
UPI
Whey Plant Authority
Women's Lib seeks party status at Vermont Yankee hearing
Brattleboro reports a pre-hearing conference at Brattleboro Union High School ends with Mrs. Ann Stokes refused entry to the Vernon nuclear plant during an AEC inspection tour. The Environmental League of the Connecticut River Valley Inc. disputing attendee access as a local women's group ponders intervention.
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Brattleboro
Women’s Lib
Vermont Yankee
Brattleboro Union High School
Ann Stokes
Environmental League of the Connecticut River Valley Inc
Vernon
Atomic Energy Commission Safety and Licensing Board
Controversy over Medicaid paid abortions in New York
In Troy, two women describe how a state ruling limits Medicaid funded abortions to cases where a doctor certifies danger to health. Ethel, a mother of five, relied on Medicaid for an abortion last December after arguing lack of funds for her older child’s schooling. She recounts welfare barriers, hospital visits, and her moral conflict, noting she might endure further hardship to avoid another pregnancy.
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Troy
N.Y
UPI
Ethel
Rensselaer County Social Services
New York State
George K. Wyman
Aiken Backs Lowering Age for Congress Members
Senator George D. Aiken 78 argues the Constitution should allow 18 year olds to serve in Congress. He notes current rules require at least 25 for the House and 30 for the Senate and says 18 year olds are eminently qualified as adults.
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Washington
UPI
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
House
Senate
Aiken
Vermont parochiaid bill clears House and heads to governor
In Montpelier the Vermont House approved a limited parochial aid measure by 74 to 70, sending it to Governor Deane C. Davis for signature. The plan lets local districts contract with parochial schools for public teachers and supplies, with up to 50 percent of costs reimbursed and parochial students counted in ADM for state aid, differing from the Rutland plan which would have required a public vote on teacher loans.
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Msgr
Raymond Adams
Barre
Marian High School
Brattleboro
Bennington
St. Albans
Winooski
Swanton
House
Davis
Rutland
Inside Bennington Vote Details Tomorrow
A Bennington town vote theme outlines who will vote where and when for tomorrow. Information targets residents seeking location specifics and polling times for the local decision.
ACLU vows challenge to parochial school aid plan
Vermont ACLU President says the group will challenge the 1971 act that funds parochial school aid, arguing tax money for sectarian schools breaches church state separation. Langrock expects constitutional tests in court as Rutland plan details unfold and local districts may contract for secular instruction in parochial schools.
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Middlebury
UPI
Vermont
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Peter Langrock
Langrock
Rutland
Gary Brown
Woodstock
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Bett
By Joe Swayze
Betit
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South
Burlington
Nake
By William Poole
New York
Who
Pete Horton
John Page
Manchester
North Bennington
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