Vermont board eases limits on Hoosic River mill project
The state Environmental Board secretly voted to lift restrictions on a $7.2 million tissue paper plant proposed for the Hoosic River in Pownal. The move favors industry over stricter environment rules, citing potential job creation for Bennington County amid economic troubles.
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State Environmental Board
Vermont
Bennington District Environmental Commission
Hoosic
Pownal
New York City
State Board
Bennington Commission
Bennington County
Pollution Standstill Faces Vermont State Picked Rhetoric
Governor Davis presses for industry that fits a clean, livable environment as a New York City mill fights mandatory waste treatment. The Hoosie River remains class C with boating only, while the Bennington commission sought B status for swimming. The state Environmental Board claims a compromise but critics warn of weak standards and potential reclassification.
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Davis
Vermont
Hoosie River
Bennington
Water Resource Board
State Environmental Board
Spiro Agnew
Blame Shifts as Nixon Faces Budget Clash
Inflation tops fall election concerns as Nixon rails at Congress for budget limits while Congress pushes more for health education welfare and city aid. The piece argues priorities lie with the executive branch to curb costs and notes the SST ABM and Army Engineer spending as major overhangs.
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Democratic Congress
Congress
Executive Branch
House
Army Engineer Corps
Letter attacks Meyer and poll data prompt editor reply
Open letter to William H. Meyer denounces his poll attack on Vincent J. Naramore as biased and defamatory. It cites Naramore’s academic credentials and past poll predictions to defend his reputation and urges Meyer to drop a self styled savior stance. The letter reflects Vermont political tensions and public discourse.
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Vincent J. Naramore
Prof. Naramore
Salisbury
University of Syracuse
St. Michael's College
Naramore
Davis
Hoff
Meyer
Vermont
America
United States
Scribner's Vermont tenure shapes state education debate
Former Vermont education commissioner Harvey B. Scribner, who leaves Sept 1 to head New York City's schools, left a legacy of local control and the Vermont Design for Education. He championed hands on learning, regionalization, and parent involvement while warning that bricks and mortar matter little without an engaged staff and student-focused choices.
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Scribner
Vermont
Vermont Design
United Press International
Peter Smith
Harvard University
Davis
Smith
Daniel O'Connor
New York City
Cooperation urged to protect streams in highway work
A Vermont dispatch reports a Route 100B reconstruction delay due to Mad River siltation from excavation. Fisheries biologist James MacMartin cites growing interagency cooperation and argues for maintaining 50 foot undisturbed buffers, rock riprap, and strategic disposal of surplus materials to protect streams and later highway stability. He notes past successes in Battenhill, Manchester and calls for continued joint efforts under a reorganized conservation agency.
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Vermont Press Bureau
Mad River
New York
Fish and Game Department
James MacMartin
State Highway Department
Battenhill
Manchester
Vermont
Is Rogers a Great Poker Player or Just Lucky?
In New York the piece weighs Secretary Rogers as a possible skilled negotiator or merely fortunate. It cites his pivot on Phantom Jets to Israel, Soviet moves in the Middle East, and rumors of an Israeli atom bomb. It ponders whether leaks or Meir Dayan’s and Golda Meir’s pressures shifted Cairo’s tone, with outcomes tied to Nixon diplomacy.
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Bismarck
United States of America
Nasser
U.S
Middle East
William P. Rogers
Bill Rogers
Israel
Rogers
Kremlin
Cairo
U.S. Occidental
Mediterranean
Washington
Egypt
Aswan Dam
Sphinx
Pyramids
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Nixon
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Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
the Banner
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Sherwin Ave
Windsor
Fabien Cunsiets
Edward Heath
Britain
London Observer
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Montpelier
Scribner’s
Cabot
Grand Isle County
Deane C. Davis
Maine
Brandon
O’connor
Jamaica
Sec. Rogers
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