Carter advances major welfare reform plan
President Carter will unveil dramatic welfare reform recommendations early next week with a timetable for legislation. The administration is considering a guaranteed annual income for poor families and plans cabinet briefings with HEW, Labor, and CEA leaders as Byrd cautions sweeping action may wait until next year.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House
Jody Powell
Senate
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
HEW
Joseph Califano
Richard Nixon
House
Powell
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Ray Marshall
Bert Lance
Charles Schultze
The
Council of Economic Advisers
Final Rt 7 court battle looms in Vermont case
A petition filed in U S District Court in Burlington seeks a hearing on why the Vermont Highway Department should not be held in contempt of a 1972 injunction. The matter concerns right-of-way acquisitions between Shaftsbury and Arlington tied to the Bennington to Manchester Route 7 project.
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Bennington
Manchester
U.S. District Court
Burlington
Highway Fees
Vermont Highway Department
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Highway Department
U.S. Circuit Court
James L. Oakes
Harvey D. Carter Jr
The
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
Oakes
Transportation
Ronald Crisman
Richard A. Snelling
Lawrence Powers
D-41
Carter
Conservation Society of Southern
Vermont
Vermonters For
State Highway Department
Bennington Considers Sodium Hydroxide For Water Alkalinity
Bennington town officials may add sodium hydroxide to the water supply along with sodium bicarbonate to raise alkalinity and reduce lead leaching. testing shows lead levels above safe limits in homes. state health department support and free testing sites are in place. full system operation expected before May end.
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Bennington
Louis C. Savelas
James W. Patterson
State Health Department
Savelas
U S records March trade deficit rising fuel imports
The Commerce Department reported a March deficit of 2.387 billion, a new record surpassing February, with a 22 percent rise in petroleum purchases. For Q1 1977 the deficit reached 5.9 billion, matching all of 1976. High oil imports followed cold winter depletion.
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UPI
United States
Commerce Department
Commerce
American Petroleum Institute
Midwest
Hussein backs confederation idea with Palestinian homeland
King Hussein of Jordan said a Middle East peace plan could lead to a Jordanian Palestinian confederation. He urged self determination for Palestinians and called for reduced militarization as he spoke in Washington after talks with President Carter.
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Washington
UPI
Hussein
Jordan
Mideast
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Carter
U.S
Middle East
American University
Israel
East Bank
Geneva
Vermont Postal Service Faces Two May 9 Meetings
Vermont residents are urged to attend May 9 meetings in Montpelier and Rutland over a proposed mail sorter plan. Frank Sommerkamp of the Postal Service will seek Vermonters’ reactions as lawmakers led by Sen. Leahy and Reps. Jeffords and Stafford oppose the change. The plan would route almost all mail to a central sorting center, with little local mail remaining.
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Montpelier
Rutland
Lawrence F. Powers
D-Bennington
Donald Steffan
Patrick J. Leahy
Frank Sommerkamp
New England
The
Postal Service
Center For Dispatch
Sommerkamp
Leahy
Congress
Sen. Leahy
Rep
Inside Local June MAU schedule and Ed.D for Scotten
Inside Local reviews the June activity calendar for MAU with Scotten earning an Ed.D degree through the local high school. The note highlights ongoing Berkshire connections and Bennington’s 1777 arrivals in a museum column continuing Page 4.
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MAU
Scotten
Museum
Berkshire
Bennington
Falls trustees reverse Elm Street ruling
Hoosick Falls village board re interpreted an April 12 motion to allow 68 Elm St lot to be sold with residential use only. At a special meeting the board decided the sale intent was residential use, reversing prior understanding of unrestricted sale. HUD funds funded demolition of a dilapidated building on the lot and bids from nearby property owners were noted.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Shirley Scarey
Paul LaPorte
Millington and LaPorte
Peoples Gasoline and Oil
Seareys
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Dong
France
Cersosimo
Manchester Selectmen
John Page
Boston
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Corbett
Falls
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