Cousteau calls for tougher oil tanker rules in US
Jacques Cousteau urged Congress to tighten oil tanker regulations at a Boston press conference, linking environmental protection to economic health. He said the mature society must act with citizen cooperation and warned that destroying nature harms people first, while noting offshore drilling could be acceptable if carefully managed.
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Ken Cafarell
Boston
UPI
Jacques Cousteau
Ciety
Cousteau
Boston Harbor
Congress
Arlington Community Activities Evening Schedule
Arlington Tryouts for Little League start at 6 p.m. The Arlington Chorale rehearses at the Music Box at 7 30 p.m. The Arlington Lions Club meets Thursday at 7 p.m. Battenkill Grange sponsors bingo at Grange Hall this Saturday at 8 p.m. AA meets Sunday at 8 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Hall. Cousteau urges solar energy potential and oil transport reforms in Massachusetts Legislature address. In Boston for Involvement Day May 14 with forums on the environment.
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Cousteau
Boston
Falls parents plan tag and plant sale in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls residents organize a tag sale at Walter A. Wood Memorial Park starting May 21 at 9 a.m. The event supports the Hoosick Falls Concerned Parents Association and invites donations of toys books furniture jewelry clothing glassware and plants. Also noted are Sugarbush Day Camp registrations for North Bennington Girl Scout troop and a senior citizens aid speaker visit by Louise Rohm of Shaftsbury. Pamela Fontana earns Green Mountain College bachelor’s degree in business management on May 14.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Concerned Parents Association
Walter A. Wood
North Bennington
Sugarbush Day Camp
Philip O’neil
Dewey Street
Bennington
Ladies Sodality of
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
Louise Rohm
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Sunderland
Sandgate
Rohm
the Sodality
River Road
Gladys Love
Judy Bissonette
Pamela Fontana
Manchester Center
Green Mountain College
Green Mountain
Poultney
Ms. Fontana
Amoco geologist to discuss offshore drilling at Williams College
Geologist Richard Steinmetz of Amoco Production Company will speak at Williams College on Tuesday May 3. He will present a 4 pm geology seminar and an 8 pm general talk on Offshore Drilling Retrospect and Prospect in Room 105 Clark Hall. Both lectures are open to the public.
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Williamstown
Mass
Richard Steinmetz
Amoco
Williams College
Steinmetz
Clark Hall
Altamont- Bluebell
Uinta Basin
Utah
Geology Department
Center For Environmental Studies
Texas Christian University
Perjury trial opens for Williams Stebbins in Vermont
UPI reports in Burlington that Williams Stebbins of Hartland faces a perjury trial in U.S. District Court after pleading innocent to lying to a federal jury. His mother Pauline Stebbins was convicted December 3 in the same case for allegedly paying $10,000 to White River Junction lawyers to defend her son on an aggravated assault charge from 1973.
Poulen pleads innocent in assault and device case
Loren Poulen 18 of Northfield pleaded innocent in Vermont District Court to simple assault and possession of a destructive device after arrest Saturday night near William Fenn’s home. He was held Monday for lack of 2000 bail as police probe a third holdup at a Rutland gas station Sunday night with two armed men fleeing on foot and no injuries reported.
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Rutland
UPI
Lehigh
Governor Snelling signs bills and reviews agenda
Gov. Richard Snelling met with his cabinet to assess the impact of new legislation on state government. He has signed about 50 bills this year and is reviewing more as they arrive on his desk. Aide Charles Butler said there are no veto plans for the 1977 General Assembly measures as the session adjourned Sunday. In Stowe, Lamoille County State's Attorney Scott McGee warned bar owners of possible liquor license suspensions for serving intoxicated patrons and directed police to increase enforcement amid rising liquor related incidents and auto accidents.
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STOWE
UPI
Lamoille County
Scott McGee
Thar
McGee
Craftsbury student wins national Merit four year scholarship
Craftsbury Academy student William Behrend is the sole Vermont high school recipient of a four year National Merit Scholars scholarship. Behrend earned the Colin Merit Scholarship at Rice University in Houston and plans to study science.
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Craftsbury
UPI
Craftsbury Academy
Vermont
William Behrend
Behrend
Colin
Rice University
Houston
Texas
New York City council fuels mayoral succession fight
Democrats pick W Kenneth Doyle to succeed late mayor William A O Neill after a council workshop. Republicans boycott, favor Independent Paul Done with GOP ward captains backing Al Goyette, setting a tense battle ahead. County Exec William J Murphy defends buying a chair, saying an earlier chair failed, costing $60 a year after amortization.
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Troy
William A. O’neil
W. Kenneth Doyle
O’neil
Doyle
Paul Done
GOP
al Goyette
Berkshire City Faces Potential Tax Hike Under Brindle
Reports at City Hall indicate Mayor Brindle will seek an 8 to 10 dollar increase, about 13 percent, in the upcoming budget after an 8.40 rise last year. Brindle, who cut 42 jobs in April, has noted continued bad news on the tax outlook and aims to trim the budget further. In other news, a Lanesboro man is hospitalized in good condition after a beating on Appleton Avenue. two suspects face continued court action as police review the incident.
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Pittsfield
Paul E. Brindle
Dobelle
Lanesboro
Berkshire Medical Center
Appleton Avenue
Frank W. Cimini
David Wick
Frank Meyette
John Feeley Jr
Meyette
Wick
Feeley
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Berkshire County
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United States
Fort Warren
Georges Island
Helene Thompson
Arlington Chorale
Music Box
Arlington Lions Club
Legion Rooms
Battenkill Grange
Grange Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
St. Margaret Mary Hall
Massachusetts
U.S
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Panama
Manchester
E. F. Johnson
Essenger
Radio Shack
Johnson
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CB Communications
FCC
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Cable & Connector
Johnson CB
Bennington Mammoth Mart
Adio Shack
AMS
JUV & HY A
Tandy Corporation Company
Pan American Petroleum Company
Plymouth Oil Company
Princeton University
Penn State University
Northwestern
Feld
Pownal
North Pownal
Chester Grassett
Gilbert Wilcox
Hale Company
Spice’n
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Poulen
Snelling
New York
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Civil Service Employer Association
CSEA
Harmon Switz
Murphy
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