Vermont cautious on bicentennial rail steamboat plan
Vermont planners weigh a Tran Sportation 76 loop linking rail steamer and riverboat for 1976 77 as a state study by Barton Asheman Associates evaluates rail bed conditions. Officials caution about speed limits passenger viability and funding needs while awaiting study results and possible federal support.
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Chicago
Barton- Ashehman Associates
State Bicentennial Commission
Federal Department of Transportation
State Highway Board
Bicentennial Commission
State Transportation Advisory Board
Lake Champlain
Connecticut River
Bennington County
Rutland
Bennington
North Bennington
Hoosick Junction
Mechanicville
Colonie
Rensselaer
N.Y
Vermont
Ristau
Amtrak
State of
Ristan
Transportation Board
James E. Hormel
Department of Transportation
John S. Burgess
Hormel
Montpelier
Burlington
Barton-Ashchman
Fairness in full House impeachment debate stressed
United Press International reports Republican Charles Ross argues impeachment should be debated in full by the House and not rushed. He cites fears the process is used to avoid considering merits and warns against double voting for a congressman.
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Congress
Charles Ross
Ross
Charlotte
Richard Mallary
R-Vt
Senate
Burlington
Margaret Lucenti
Barre
Burlington City Hall
Lucenti
Vermont restaurant workers win minimum wage raise
In Montpelier Vermont a new wage order signed by Gov. Salmon took effect boosting restaurant and hotel workers to a $2 minimum hourly rate with tips added to meet the standard. Restaurant owners protested as the measure ensures higher pay for waiters and waitresses.
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Thomas P. Salmon
I 93 cleared for building in Northeast Vermont
Highway Commissioner John T. Gray announced federal approval of the final environmental impact statement for the Interstate 93 section from the Vermont New Hampshire line at Waterford to I-91 at St Johnsbury. The move enables construction seen as sorely needed for the Northeast Kingdom with copies available for public review at state offices and libraries and copies sent to the Northeastern Vermont Development Commission.
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Montpelier
John T. Gray
Federal Highway Administration
The
Highway Board
Vermont-New Hampshire Line
Waterford
St. Johnsbury
Gray
Vermont
Northeast Kingdom
Highway Department
Northeastern Vermont Development Commission
Lyndonville
Department of Highways
State St
Miss Emelda McInerney Visits from Ireland
Bennington briefs note Miss Emelda McInerney of Stonehall Newmarket on Fergus Ennis County Clare Ireland is visiting her aunt Mrs Evelyn Lane and cousins Mr and Mrs James Marsden of Union Street She will return to Ireland on Aug 18 and resume her post as secretary in her brother James McInerney s engineering business St Joseph College students may pick up the 1974 yearbook at the college bookstore Fairview Street campus Napolitano s Pizzeria advertises homemade Italian style pizza and other Italian items with phone number 442 3949.
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Emelda McInerney
Stonehall
Newmarket-on- Fergus
Ennis
County Clare
Ireland
Evelyn Lane
James Marsden
Union Street
James McInerney
St. Joseph College
Fairview Street
Wilson predicts tight Vermont finances through 1976
Vermont Administration Secretary Robert Wilson warned that fiscal 1976 will be a tough year with revenues projected at 170 million, up only modestly from 159 million this year amid a weaker dollar. He noted a 4.3 million deficit in 1975 and potential tax-shifting, while praising manufacturing for holding jobs and signaling cautious optimism for the sector.
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Wilson
Thomas P. Salmon
Salmon
General Fund
Vermont
Kehoe rules out deer control push for 1975 Vermont legislature
Vermont Fish and Game Commissioner Edward F. Kehoe said his department will not seek an antlerless deer season or direct herd management authority from the 1975 legislature. He cites election-year politics and past deer herd declines after a doe season, while stressing a future push when conditions justify action.
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Montpelier
Fish and Game
Edward F. Kehoe
Vermont
Kehoe
Banner
Fish and Game Department
F. Roy McLaughlin
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BenMont Avenue
Helen Burgess
Ralph Jackson
Dorothy Kelly
Isabelle LaBarge
Frankie Wilcox
Nancy Kaufman
Liberty Union
Kimberly Cheney
Ms. Kaufman
Berlin
Cheney
Provincetown, Mass
UPI
Cape Cod National Seashore
Vermont Senate
Windsor County
Windsor State
Julius V. Moeykens
R. Kent Stoneman
Windsor
State Street
Howland
Monticello
Maria
Sandra
Nancy
Barbara
Arbour
Main Street
Bennington, VI
C. L. Whites, Inc
Carmote
California
Tobin
Armour Star Franks
Foster
Ham
Safford & Gage Y Papers
Bennington Briefs
Napolitano’s Pizzeria
Call
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Nichols
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